Soyanbutterfly

Mar 26, 2009

Goodbye My Spotty Friend

Posted by Soyanbutterfly at 2:15:00 AM

Known as " Man's Best friend ", always loyal, sometimes obedient. Adorable as always!

Once around, now gone...

Just got a really terrible news from my mom earlier tonight. Apparently, my grandma's mixed Dalmatian passed away last night due to an ear infection. Can a dog die of ear infection?! Is that even possible?!?!?! Man was it shocking to receive such news...

I remember when my grandma 1st got it, i was like what, 13? 14? or even younger... And now I'm... well, sadly, I'm 20. Not really proud being 20 but.. Anyway, it's just so sad to hear that this adorable girl - Fa Li Lok- meaning messy in Cantonese i think, just died out of a sudden, with no proper explanation of the cause of death.

From what i heard, my grandma sent her to the vet and went home. Later in the day, when she wanted to go back to visit, the doctor didn't allow saying that she needs rest, it's best not to come see... Which freaking monkey doctor in the world would stop an owner from visiting their own pet friend?!?!?!?! Even if it's sooo serious that they need to be quarantined, the owners still deserved the rights to at least see them from a far right?!?!?! Later at night, the doctor called my grandma saying that she died. And when my grandma asked why, the only explanation given (with a tone of ignorance) was "erm, I think got cancer kua...". According to my grandma, the way the doctor answered her questions were like he was trying to give excuses. And according to what I've heard, I'm soooo freaking pissed at the doctor and really sad that she's gone now.

My heart felt like it has just been swallowed down my stomach when i got the news. I'm just so out of words.

This is she -Fa Li Lok named after all the messy spots around her.

And yes, she's not a pure Dalmatian, that's why her spots are brown instead of black.

That's how messy her spots are.

It's really hard to not have her around when I go visit my Grandma in Ipoh now. Seeing her since she was a pup till she grew into a beautiful lady dog. Such a lost. Sigh.

Yes, we will miss you so much.

May you rest in peace.

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Mar 19, 2009

The Not So Deep Blue Sea...

Posted by Soyanbutterfly at 1:05:00 AM

Hey butterflies!!! I'm back from the dead... Yes Sdyney, FINALLY!!! (haha)...

Btw, i'm actually working right now... But... Afternoon shift is a total bore!!! especially starting from 9pm!!! no guests... no managers... just me, myself and the com... Though, it's pretty scary when it's time to off and lock... same goes for the morning shift - on and unlock... urgh!!! hate the darkness!!!

Anyway, a couple of weeks ago, I visited Aquaria, KLCC. It was... not bad i think... but they can do better. once i entered, there were 3 small touch pools - 1 with sharks like below...

1 with starfishes

And 1 more with Horseshoe Crabs which i didn't touch nor took picture.

Moving on... I'll just show you pictures of some of the creatures they have in Aquaria.

Smiling Electric Eel....

Pirannas. They had loads of pirannas. Like a few aquariums filled with Pirannas...

Then there were snakes...

Green Tree Viper.

Python. Reminded me of the 1 in Bintan

And then, there's the tortoise family...

Can't remember what this is called. Rock turtle? can't even spot where it's eyes are...

Next, Scorpians...
There were the amphibians too...

Leave Frog i think...

And after having fun looking at those creatures... Next is 1 I fear most!!!

Spiders!!!!!!

After those hidious 8 legged freaks... I spotted this really cute sleeping aligator...

It's as if it's smilling while it's sleeping... cute huh?

Now, my mom's worst fear - Lizards!!!

Well, these aren't really lizards but geckos... Anyway, they still belong to the same family...

Gliding Gecko

Spotted Gecko... (you can see my camera's reflection!!! haha)

Can't remember the name to this lil thing... But it looks cute... look at it sleeping so soundly like a baby...
Green-eyed Gecko

This big guy was sooooo lazy... just look at it's expression(if it even has one)... Lazy bump

Now to some mammals...

Aren't they cute?!?! Seriously, they were sooo puny!!! they were like just palm size...Ok, back to the marine... Let me show you, 1 of my favourite marine creature...

It's poisonous,

has spikes,

has stripes,

and it opens up something like a peacock,

What is it???

LION FISH!!!

Pretty huh?soooooo many of them!!! but it was quite hard for me to take a whole group photo as they were everywhere in the aquarium...This was my best shot...Now, the Finale...

Underwater World in s'pore has the rotating thingy where it brings you round this long aquarium where the sharks and rays are mainly at? well, they have it here in Aquaria as well... But sadly, it's not as long as the 1 in Singapore... Here are some pictures taken in there...

Man-made Shipwreck

Another of my favourite marine creature

Guess what's the funniest fish on earth?

CLOWNFISH!!! a.k.a NEMO

Another of my favourite...

TURTLES!!!

Next, some snake-like creatures...

Black Spotted Eels.

This fish has Angelina Jolie's Lips....Some weird looking shark... If i'm not mistaken, it's known as the Sand Shark.No idea how you spell the name of this fish...
I think it's spelt

Anyway, It's HUGE!!!Just compare it with me!!!

The rays... There's a super big gigantic ray... The 1 and only giant in the whole aquarium...

Nope, not this 1...

This is the fellow you're looking for... (well, you can't really tell tru the pictures... you have to see it for yourself, to believe how huge it is...)This is it's tail...Now, compare it with a great white...

Lastly, the sharks... There's an interesting story to this... wait and see...

Ok, now to the story... while i was in that rotating thingy just admiring the marine lives... there were this small group of students and teachers on a tour... And their tour guide (a staff), was explaining what kinda marine creatures they have in the aquarium...