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More about my zoo rotation...

I forgot to say that i actually vaccinated an otter! *gasps* Cool right? The poor bugger was scared shit LITERALLY when they netted her and responded by dischaging all the contents of her anal gland (= whatever makes your shit smelly). I ended up with gross, smelly, totally DISGUSTING hands (cannot wash off the friggin' smell for the entire day some more!). BUT in all, it was a really awesome experience!

For the first time in my life, i handled a lizard too! It was this rather cute but thorny lizard thingie which wriggled in my hands and was pretty defensive all through. Mind you, lizards can bite hor. Please ah, don't tell me they can't, COS THEY CAN! I've always been frightened of lizards, but i guess now that i've held one and tortured it, they're not that scary after all. I don't think i mind the bigger lizards like the iguanas, dragons or chameleons, just don't present me with a house lizard....ARGGGGGGHHH! *goose pimples protruding*

Anyway, someone was just arguing with me about the gahmen (read: government) and insisted that i liked being screwed in the ass by them, just because i said i love my country (wah so patriotic) and have no major problems about the way it's run. I'm definitely not a conformist and neither am i one of those kiasi Sgporeans, BUT in life, i guess we all just have to shut up and stop whinging at some point in time and learn to be contented. I don't deny that nothing is perfect and there will definitely be loopholes and glitches in the system, but in exchange, i have a roof over my head, a school to study in and food to put in my mouth (and nothing in my brain, that person arguing with me said. HAH!). I have the sense of security that nothing too drama will happen while the big 'uns up there take care of us. The bus drivers aren't gonna just start rioting and decide that everyone will have no buses to ride for 2 weeks, till they get a better pay (this happens quite often in Aussie). The power company wouldn't just collapse suddenly, leaving everyone with no electricity and over the next few days, see stupid arguments on news about who should be responsible and who should be sacked in that power company. Come on lah, just give us our electricity and shut up for God's sake! Even when i went to the States, i was appalled by how many homeless people there are on the streets, living in nothing but cardboard boxes. And you know what, none of this is happening in Singapore! So for fuck's sake, just be contented and be happy. So what if the houses are more expensive? (So what if cigarettes are getting more expensive? That's a bloody good move to increase the prices of tobacco because even if you don't mind dying from lung cancer or heart attack, i do! I mind, so just go somewhere far, smoke yourself to death and don't implicate innocents like me!) So what if we have to pay for CEO? So what if the education system totally sucks? You win some, you lose some, and as far as i'm concerned, we're winning more than losing. Maybe that's what he meant be "you just like having your ass screwed by the gahmen". HAHA!

Really man. Talking about counting your blessings, i always feel blessed when i think of my family. I've been through some rough patches in life, but i try not to whinge too much because it could have been much worse without their support. I read this quote somewhere about how God will help you during rough times and it's somewhat like the inspiring "Footprint" thingie. It says that when life gets tough and the load on you gets heavier and heavier, God will help you get through it by lightening your load or strengthening your shoulders. Every difficult experience is a trial i guess and if you survive it, you'll be stronger. Even in relationships, conquering a rough patch will make the bond between 2 people stronger and hardier. You start off with a flimsy string as the "bond" between you and as time passes by, it strengthens with trials and tribulations. Some people end up calling it quits because perhaps the bond between them is only as strong as stryofoam is. You can just break styrofoam with bare hand. Once there's pressure, that's it. Others survive the test of time because a bond of steel has been forged as they conquer perils together and as such, add more substance and strength to the bond between them. Oh well.

So much for ranting on a Sunday morning!! I totally wasted my day yesterday and the chores are still undone! I better get going.....