Blog Editing

Ok, i've just read over my travel journal and they are so full of grammar mistakes! So, i've corrected a lot of it tonite. Hopefully it is more readable now. (i doubt it's grammar error/mistakes free tho)

this is kinda cute!

Baby hippo, giant tortoise mark year since adopting each other after tsunami

28/12/2005 9:29:00 PM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The unlikely couple of a baby hippo and a 130-year-old tortoise were still together, a year after the hippo was separated from its family by last year's Indian Ocean tsunami.

A baby hippo named Owen walks along with its 'mother', a giant male Aldabran tortoise at the Mombasa Haller Park, Wednesday. (AP) The relationship between Owen, the two-year-old hippopotamus, and Mzee, the giant tortoise, surprised conservation workers and made international headlines.

Owen was living with his family on the Sabaki River when massive waves from the Indian Ocean tsunami reached the East African coast. He was washed into the ocean and stranded on a reef.
Residents of Malindi, a small coastal town, used fishing nets to catch him. He was then taken to the Haller Park sanctuary, where he met Mzee and adopted him as a surrogate parent. Owen may have been attracted by Mzee's round shape and gray colour that are somewhat similar to that of an adult hippopotamus.

The tortoise at first resisted. But the persistent Owen kept following him around the park, into the pool and trying to sleep next to him.

Mzee relented after several days. As the bond grew, the tortoise even returned signs of affection. They are now inseparable.

Conservation workers plan to introduce Owen to a 13-year-old female hippo named Cleo early next year, hoping to see the two develop a strong relationship. The female hippo has lived without companionship from her species for more than a decade.

The delicate process will begin with having the two animals meet and become used to each other's smell before moving them into a larger enclosure together with the tortoise.

It's been a year

It's been a year since the deadly Tsunami hit Southern Asia. I was in Sri Lanka and India at that time. Luckily i left Sri Lanka a day earlier (it should've been 2 days, but our stupid tour missed our flight!), cuz if i didn't, i really don't know if i will be here today. I still remember we got the news in the middle of nowhere in India through our tour guide; we received a text message regarding the news. I was kinda in trouble cuz i lied to my parents and told them i was going to Taiwan instead, and i sent them an email telling them that i was actually in Sri Lanka on the 24th. I think i really scared my parents. :( I remember i was telling Ringo that I know Tsunami is Japanese and even sang a few lines to SAS's famous song (called Tsunami!) Everyone in our tour had no idea on the magnitude of the disaster until we were back in HK. As soon as i turned on my phone, there were many messages asking me if I was ok, and i remember the first thing i did was calling Clara confirming that we are seeing "Kung-fu Hussle" the next night. @_@ And then everyone was saying "Oh gee you scared me you are still alive!". I guess i felt the love there.... ^_^ I love my friends!

This never occured to me until much later, but i do consider myself a lucky person after visiting these poor countries. I really dont know how some of these ppl in the 3rd world countries live their lives. Like there should be enough resources on this planet for every single person right? Why do we still have people die of starvation? Why are we not able to protect childrens/girls in the poor countries? It kinda upset me. :(

Ok, getting a bit serious, so i better move on.

24 Day 5

Wow this looks exciting! Can't wait!

Windows hi-res

http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/url/www.fox.com/syndication/24/24_promo_314.asx

Windows lo-res

http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/url/www.fox.com/syndication/24/24_promo_50.asx

Real hi-res http://www.fox.com/syndication/24/24_promo_hi.ram

Real lo-res http://www.fox.com/syndication/24/24_promo_lo.ram

24 is the only show that i watch religiously every Monday at 19:00 (hehe thanks to Satelite TV i get to watch it 2 hours earlier). Remember not to disturb me during this time alright? :D

It's over!

Yes yes yes yes yes! No more studying for a while. I finally wrote my Acct final today. Yes, i wrote it, i didnt defer the exam or fake sick! I was so tempted to do so, since i did so bad on the midterm. :( You know things are not looking good when there's a Royksopp song dedicated to your midterm mark.

So finally i will have some free time to do things i like. Yeah~

i should be studying....

...but why am i updating my blog? I find it hard to concentrate and this is really becoming a problem lately. :( Exam is on the 19th, why is it so close to X'mas? I am somewhat depressed.

Anyways, i got my Franz Ferdinand DVD on Friday, a great DVD except i felt a little cheated on the karaoke part. I thought they'll have the original footage of the music video, instead, there's some weird video with Japanese on-screen cheerleading. Hmm i guess they really wanna immitate that Japan karaoke-box kinda feeling.

I will be a free person after the 19th, precisely at around 21:00MST.

Christmas Present for myself

To cheer myself up, i've brought this as a X'mas gift for myself.

Look

I am already in heavy debt after the trip, so i really don't know why i got this. The next thing on my list is a pink Razr. I think i will have to wait. :(