LOL!!! I found myself in a book Thanks to a link on this author’s website, which I stumbled upon when I came across his comment on my sis’ blog.

…when people think that I don’t know what to do and they feel it is their duty to tell me what to do.

…when people make it seem like they are helping me but in reality, they are trying to steer my actions in the direction that they wish.

Seriously… can people just leave me alone to do things the way I want it??? This annoys me to no end!

I have observed, through professional but mostly social settings, that men in general, do not want to hear others talk. They just want to hear themselves talk and they like to talk about themselves.

From being a naive person who was willing to share some stories of myself with male friends and acquaintances (naturally, the amount of detail dependent on how well I know the person), I have resorted to not sharing anything at all with these male friends/acquaintences based on the passive reaction I received when I did.

Except for a few of male friends who genuinely care about me and actually appreciate what I have to say, rest just enjoy talking about themselves. Coz the few times when I did contribute my stories, you could literally see their eyes glaze over.

So it has come to a point where now, unless the guy is a good friend, I don’t even bother sharing anything about myself, say, personal experience on the topic that they are talkng about.

Thus reinforcing the age-old complaint by women that men don’t listen.

Taken from Mkini :

Wesak Day releasing of birds actually cruel
SM Mohd Idris | May 22, 09 5:33pm

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) echos the call by the Buddhist Chief High Priest of Malaysia, Venerable Reverend K Sri Dhammaratana against the cruel practice of releasing birds during Wesak.

SAM shares the concern expressed by the Ven Reverend that such act of ‘kindness is actually perpetuating trade and capture of such birds.

Despite an appeal of a similar nature in the past, the Buddhist fraternity remain oblivious to it as they continue with the traditional practice of releasing animals as a gesture of compassion and a repentance for one’s sins.

Little do they know that their compassionate intentions are often lost in the act resulting in unintentional cruelty to the animals.

This is because most of the birds brought from the pet shops are caught days earlier and kept in cages for sale on Wesak day. It is an illusion that by releasing these birds they are returning them to their original habitat.

Released birds and animals when hungry, frightened and fatigued would not be able to find shelter and food, the consequences of which is death. When released at crowded temples, they become absolutely disorientated and are unable to fly and fall prey to predators.

On the other hand, by buying animals from pet shops, the people are actually encouraging the catching of more of these birds and animals. Birds from the wild often die when caught or during the journey to the shops.

Since these are cheap birds, they are treated like dirt. Overcrowding in dirty cages and standing in their own excrement, there is no proper care food or even water.

Similarly, non-native animals released into reservoirs will cause an ecological balance as in the case of the luohans or the red eared slider which prey upon the native species. Either they cannot survive in their new environment or they may affect the well-being of the original inhabitants.

The traditional liberation of animals needs to be reviewed in the light of knowing that released animals can result in suffering for them because of their ecological incompatibility. There is also the danger of introducing virus and bacteria from animal releases.

Compassion needs to be balanced with wisdom and one can ‘liberate’ animals by adopting rescued pets from animal shelters instead of from pet shops, by supporting animal welfare activities, advocating humane methods of animal control, caring for an injured bird or fishes trapped in pond and so forth.

SAM reiterates its stand that the practice should be stopped. NGOs and religious institutions should play a part in educating the public to help animals by not releasing them into reservoirs, nature reserves and during religious festivities.

The writer is president Sahabat Alam Malaysia

Today was the first time I watched this season’s American Idol, TWICE! Just in time to catch the winner

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I just realized that the line in Britney Spears’ song “If You Seek Amy”, is actually “F-u-c-k me” :-O… as in :

The sanitized version
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to if you seek Amy

The actual thing
Love me, hate me
Say what you want about me
But all of the boys and all of the girls
Are begging to f-u-c-k- me

Haha! I think I’m a bit slow coz I’ve been hearing this song on the radio for some time now, and I just realized this, lol! I guess it’s a whole different perspective when you see it in writing as opposed to hearing it

ARGH!!! I swear some people have no toilet etiquette whatsoever!

If you drop toilet paper on the floor, pick it up!

If you’re using the bidet correctly, the water shouldn’t be splashing OUT of the toilet bowl and into the next stall, wetting my pants!

If you soil/wet the toilet seat, bloody clean it up!

And why can’t people keep the toilet floor DRY???!!!!

What is wrong with you people?!!!!! Do you need a course on how to use the bloody toilet??!!!!

GAH!!!! *fuming*

I think my tums is trying to tell me something…

What is it, tum-tums?

Things may not be what they seem?? I agree. Deja vu happened and some things are just too pattern-y to be coincidental.

Hmm…

I can’t be that blur for the similar incident to happen more than once, right?

*shakes head*

I know what I heard, clear as crystal, in each incident.

I may be blur at times but I am not that blur.

At the end of Angels and Demons (the movie), the head of the cardinals said this, which I feel is quite apt :

Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed.

On another note, this is the first movie I have ever been to in a cinema here that did not have BM subtitles.

Hmmm…