大熊貓

*The 16 Pandas Choir group... La la la

According to wikipedia, there are only around 3000 Giant panda bears left in the world. This puts them in the endangered species category just like the Sumatran rhinoceros and Siberian tiger. These giants are tame and passive in nature but they won't hesitate to attack whenever they feel threaten or irritated.

I always have a soft spot for them because pandas are just so dem cute!

I still remember when i was just a little boy, i asked my mother what would i be...
eh eh... got carried away :P

Acherly I asked my mum :

"why the panda has 'blue black' eyes geh?"

"oh... because they like to sleep late loh... if you sleep late you will have black eye circles lika panda..."

"ohhh... i must sleep early then"

aiyah... so gullible hoh... :P

I found these old photos of the '16 pandas', which were born in captivity a few years back, in my inbox. They are just so adorable. Tak percaya ke... tengoklah sendiri :)

*You have a kutu on your back... come i catch it for you... grrr... grrr...

*Family Potrait... cheese!

*Time to change diaper

*Feeding time!

*WEE!!! eh... how come this car kennot move geh?

*I miss my mummy

*Why does this uncle look so funny geh? got mask and green hands wor...

Little Gestures... Mean A Lot

Yesterday, while I was strolling around Taman Rimba Ampang, I saw an old couple sitting on a bench at the playground area. The grandpa was massaging grandma’s arm gently and it was a lovely sight. I walked nearer to them to take picture of them together and overheard them chatting about their grandchildren (they were conversing in Hakka). Sweet old couple :)

*ni kon... wah hau liang ohhh...*

It’s not always about the fancy dinner or gifts, but little gestures of love from our loved ones, that we will always cherish and remember.

A phone call to say ‘Hi’, holding the door for the other person, well-wishes via text messaging, a good rub on the back… These are the things that we all do to show our affection and care :)

Little gestures of love, have you shown yours today?

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Photos taken at Taman Rimba Ampang. Enjoy!

*The small river that runs through the park*

*Fungus thriving on a mossy tree*

*A leaking pipe has become a photography opportunity*

*Interesting looking tree trunk*

Field Trip

Yay! HR has approved my training nomination.

It’s a 6-day field trip course to East Malaysia. I haven’t done one in a while. My last field trip was to the East coast during my hay days. The field trip will start at Miri and track slowly North-East ward to Sandakan. Wicked!

I’ll get to visit Brunei and stay at the prestigious Empire Hotel. Holy Molly!

*cough* Bruneian Dollar 565/night *cough*

If time permits, I would really love to visit Ulu Temburong National Park.

Ulu Temburong National Park

WAH!

Taken from She-Shooter


WAH! WAH!

Beast Hunt

Sad news from our shore...

The Star newspaper :

PETALING JAYA: The lack of inoculation marks on the body of the girl stuffed inside a sports bag in Petaling Utama indicates that the child could be a foreigner.

Police are now looking into the angle that the girl and her parents could be illegal immigrants, since no one has come forward to claim the body.

Not the same: (Top) Nurin missing since Aug 20 and (bottom) the dead girl who yet to be identified.

If indeed the parents are illegal immigrants, they face a dilemma because, to reveal themselves to the authorities would result in deportation for them, and yet their statement to the police would be vital in tracking down the child’s killer.

parents... it's your child that we're talking here!

A paediatrician who declined to be named said all Malaysian babies are given the BCG vaccine after birth. The absence of the BCG scar on the dead girl could mean that her parents are illegal immigrants.

On Monday, an employee found the bag at the bottom of the staircase of a shoplot in PJS1/48 and brought it into her workplace, thinking that it belonged to her boss.

Her boss later opened the bag and found the naked body of a girl in a foetal position.

Police found bruise marks on her neck, suggesting strangulation, and a brinjal and a cucumber inserted in her private parts.

“There is no missing person report that fits the girl’s description,” said Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohamed yesterday.

The bag was left at the place as early as 2pm on Sunday because there was CCTV footage of a woman in jeans and a red top walking about in the area at that time and the bag could be seen then. The woman, estimated to be in her 20s, later entered a Silver Kenari.

ACP Arjunaidi appealed to the woman in the video, or people who know her, to contact the police.

In the brand new sports bag which was sent to the police forensic unit for fingerprinting, investigators found strands of hair that did not belong to the girl. The dead girl, believed to be between six and nine years old, weighed about 18kg and was about 150cm in height. There was a birthmark on her left thigh.

Police are also checking whether the murder was linked to two cases in the past three months, where two girls aged five and six were abducted and molested in the Kampung Baru area in separate incidents.

Meanwhile, police have taken blood samples for DNA tests from the parents of eight-year-old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin, who has been missing since Aug 20 in the Wangsa Maju area.

Nurin’s parents were called to view the girl’s body on Monday but they confirmed that the dead girl was not their daughter.

It was reported that Nurin was seen putting up a resistance as she was being pulled into a van near a night market in Wangsa Maju on the night she disappeared

With all these terhorrible things happening nowadays, parents must be more prudent and always keep a close watch on their children, especially when they are out in public places. Personally, i would like to see our police force adopts a more proactive role in tackling crime like this, not when it has happened only they take action. Prevention is always better than cure.

One thought that crosses my mind is what if the victim is your own son/daughter. Would you take justice into your own hand? Seek revenge, hunt down the 'beast'. Is it justifiable to kill in this circumstance?

SICK!!!

News taken from here

"John David R. Atchison, a federal prosecutor from Florida, was held in custody Monday after he appeared in U.S. District Court in Detroit on a charge that he flew to Detroit intending to have sex with a 5-year-old girl.

Atchison, an assistant U.S. Attorney in Florida's northern district, is expected to appear again in court for a detention hearing on Tuesday.

He was caught in an Internet child sex sting run by the Macomb County Sheriff's Department and the FBI and arrested Sunday when he flew into Detroit Metropolitan Airport from Pensacola, Fla.

Atchison is charged with using interstate communication to entice a minor to have sexual contact, a federal charge that carries a 10-year minimum prison sentence upon conviction. He is also charged with traveling across state lines with the intent of engaging in illicit sexual contact, an offense that carries a maximum sentence of 30 years.

A sheriff's deputy posed as a mother who was interested in finding someone to have sex with her children, in a sting that has already netted a California paramedic and numerous other alleged pedophiles from around the country.

According to the complaint, Atchison reassured the sheriff's deputy who was posing as the child's mother that he would not hurt the 5-year-old because he goes "slow and easy," and "I've done it plenty." O_O'

News of Atchison's arrest is "a shellshock" in Gulf Breeze, where Atchison was the president of a local youth recreation board and had been involved in coaching soccer, baseball and other sports.

Atchison is married with children and has lived in the community about 20 years.

Officials at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tallahassee, where the northern district of Florida is headquartered, and in Pensacola, where Atchison works, could not immediately be reached for comment.

At his own request, John David Roy Atchison, the indicted federal prosecutor from Pensacola, FL, was taken off of suicide watch.

Atchison waived his detention hearing and stood mute to multiple charges. A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf.

The assistant U.S. attorney has been charged with enticement of a minor using the Internet and knowingly traveling interstate to engage in illicit sex. If convicted of those charges, he could spend up to 60 years in prison.

Today, another count—traveling across state lines to have sex with someone under 12—was added. That one carries a maximum of life in prison upon conviction.

Atchison was arrested Sunday in metro Detroit after several online chats with an undercover officer posing as a mother interested in offering her children for sex. He intended on having sex with her fictitious 5-year-old daughter, police said.

Atchison even had a MySpace.com page, which said he enjoyed spoiling young girls.

Under the user name fldaddy04, name John and caption "Experienced, understanding Daddy," Atchison allegedly described himself in his MySpace profile as: “Handsome, educated, professional, experienced Daddy. I love younger girls. Like everything about you...how you think, talk, act. I'm very understanding and supportive...never ever judgmental.”

The profile goes on to say that he would like to “pamper, spoil, change and take care of” girls.

His general interests are listed as “surfing, diving, boating...everything to do with the water...music and cute girls."

These people make me sick!!! They are not even fit to be called a human being!

And what the hell is wrong with those people who offer up their children for money. Shame on you!

Kena Saman

Not talking about the 'summon' that comes in red envelope here.

I was issued my first summon yesterday.

Woo Hoo! Eh… shouldn’t I be sad :P

Anyway, it all happened at the toll booth of Sg. Buloh yesterday. While waiting for my turn, I quickly made a call to my mom. It was a very short chat, maybe less than a minute and the traffic was still idling after the call. When it was my turn, I took the ticket and whizzed off leisurely. Less than a 100m away, I could see two police men issuing summon to some lorry drivers, when all of a sudden, one of them looked at my direction and signaled me to pull over. Just like every ‘law-obeying’ citizen, I pulled my car aside and rolled down my window.

*taken from Mohd Fahmi

JL: Selamat petang Encik

Police: Selamat petang, boleh minta lesen dan saya akan beritahu kesalahan Encik

(kesalahan? What did I do eh?)

*handed the policeman my driving license*

Police: Encik telah melakukan kesalahan menggunakan telefon semasa memandu

O_o

JL: Tetapi kereta saya telah berhenti dan traffik masih belum bergerak selepas panggilan tersebut

Police: Ia masih dikira sabagai memandu, Encik sepatutnya berhenti di tepi jalan selepas tol untuk membuat panggilan telefon

JL: Tetapi kereta saya tidak bergerak

Police: Ya Encik, tapi ia masih adalah satu kesalahan

JL: OK...

-__-*

*scribbled on his pad and then handed me the summon with the sweetest smile*

Police: Encik boleh bayar saman anda di PJ dalam tempoh masa 2 bulan

JL: Terima Kasih

Police: Terima Kasih

Now, if only there’re that efficient in solving crimes and catching thieves…

*sigh…*

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"87 killed in Thai plane crash, officials say"

My deepest condolences go out to all those families who lost their love ones.

Sloth

The only word I could think of as I watched the Mak Cik yacking away nonchalantly while doing her work ‘efficiently’ at counter No.2, JPN Maju Junction. She picked up the form handed to her, scanned through the first page thoroughly, second, until the last page and you would think she was done but NO… she reread the whole damn form again from the beginning. While doing so, she stopped intermittently to chat with her coworker seated next to her, amusing each other with what they had for lunch, breakfast etc. Come on… I wouldn’t give a damn if you’ve eaten a cow or elephant, maybe I do if it’s an elephant, and I certainly didn’t need to know how many times you went to the toilet after lunch! TMI (Too Much Information).

It is always a dreadful experience to visit government offices like JPN, KWSP, Immigration etc. My main contempt is the people, not that I’m antisocial, but it’s really terrible plus horrible = TERHORRIBLE!

*A 3-Toed Sloth, beautifully taken by Dave Schreier

For example, let’s take my recent visit to the KWSP HQ at Jalan Raja Laut. A big applause to the sensible people in KWSP for setting up kiosk that provides instant access to our KWSP accounts rather than the conventional over the counter method. It cuts down a lot of paper usage and it saves us time. Besides that, they have revamped the place to make it more spacious and cleaner. But the good impression was a short lived one.

The receptionist, with a perpetually pissed-off look, gave me a number after I told him I wanted to submit form 9KM. I was given a number, 0505, and they’re serving 0503 at that time. I said to myself,

‘Hey it’s only 2 more to go, it should be fast.’

Misconception!

I waited for 93 minutes! 93 freaking minutes! And through out that time I sat there, feeling bummed, and observed how these ‘efficient’ people work. I must say there’re a few who were working diligently around the clock, dealing with one customer after another with great efficiency. But most of them were just lembab.

It says here that a sloth moves at 15-30cm per minute. Those people at KWSP could be sloths in disguise!

Addio, Maestro Pavarotti

Your voice had touched many hearts.

You'll always be remembered as one of the world greatest tenors.

Rest in peace...

Patrick Cassidy aria from Deidre of Sorrow

Ave Maria by the the late Pavarotti