As we speak, I'm sitting at my laptop to reply some emails and doing some workies as usual, but tonight, is a very special night indeed.

Lo and behold, what did I see? 

 

I was in awe, while gazing at view of the ethereal Supermoon from my window!

It was magnificent. I quickly whipped out my camera gear without thinking. 

Out comes my DSLR and 200mm telephoto lens!

 

How could I resist?

 

7 May 2012 Supermoon 

 

7 May 2012 Supermoon 

 

7 May 2012 Supermoon 

 

Oh and.. here's a HDR shot I did of tonight's Supermoon. Enjoy!

 

Supermoon from my window

 

As of tonight, the 7th May 2012, the biggest full moon of the year peaked and shone 30% brighter than usual due to its close passing to the Earth. 

Lovely. I'm really glad I managed to catch the significance of tonight!

 

Because of a fluke of orbital timing, the full moon of May peaked

just as the moon was passing its perigee, the closest point to Earth of its orbit.

The result was the biggest full moon of the year, which NASA and

other scientists nicknamed the supermoon of 2012

- news.discovery.com

 

 

You could say I'm quite a fan of giant full moons, here's my previous blogpost about the moon I shot one Autumn night last year back in Australia.

Should probably lay a rug in the middle of your lawn right now and admire the moon in all its splendour when you still have the chance! 

 

Alright, back to work now

Have a great week ahead lovelies! 

 

 

Ohai! Hope your weekend was just as exciting and eventful like mine was, if not better!

Today imma introduce you my little one. No, I did not go into hiding for 9 months and produce an offspring.

 

Born 7th June 2011

My 5 month old American Curl x Ragdoll kitten

 

BabyChivas, would you like a glass of Chivas on the rocks?

 

Many question the reason behind his name. It is Chivas, named after the 1st blended Scotch whiskey that introduced me to the world of partying and drinking, Chivas Regal. Behold the wonder:

 

Ohai. We meet again.

 

So yes, hence the name Chivas. Also because I wanted to name my furkid after a two-syllable alcoholic beverage but other brand names didn't seem to cut it for a name of a cat.

I'm pree sure you would've known all about Chivas if you've been following me on Twitter or Facebook.

 

Here we are at Old Town White Coffee for dinner

 

Monday blues begone! Imma spam you with photos of my kittyboy today. Okay?

 

Adorable one

 

My 1st day bringing babyChivas home!

 

In case you were wondering how a 5 month old kitten can be so big, it's because of its breed.

It's a purebred American Curl with a Ragdoll for its mommy. It took the traits of its father, an enormous cat.

 

Cradling babyChivas

 

Got him for a fair bit of a price but he's worth everything to me now.

One of the reasons why I chose Chivas from its entire litter of siblings, is because he magically winked at me

 

And I managed to catch it again!!!!!!!! He only does it to me though  

 

My one and only kittyboy

 

Brought him back to granny's place and there were dogs around so.. IN THE CAGE YOU GO!

For your own safety, boy 

 

I hate it when he's eyes/pupils get tiny (direct sunlight) cos it makes him look a tad bit creepy

 

See what I mean? Creepy.

Btw, check out his ears. Total curly-eared trait from daddy American Curl!

 

Talking to Chivas before bedtime

 

Bought him a red toy shark to play with!

 

Who's my prim and proper kitty?

 

Just chillin' on the sofa

 

Ready to pounce?

 

POUNCE!

 

Food??

 

Just fooling around

 

How can you not love him?

 

Coming from a family who despises cats, thefockers instantly warmed up to babyChivas – faster than I thought they would! Granny and mom hates the living daylights of felines; warning me never to bring him back.

But knowing my rebellious nature, I did anyway. And guess what???

 

Woohoo See? If you give everything a chance, it will turn out great!

 

Nommy!!!

 

No mouse for this computer, cat.

 

Outing with kittyboy at Desa Park City with my mates

Yippee yay for pet-friendly zones! 

 

Another outing!

 

Looking out the window

 

Although I look dreadful in this photo, babyChivas

looks simply adorable so I just HAD to post it up

 

Shocked expression LOLOL

 

Watching TV together

 

babyChivas being sucha baby!

 

I'm blessed to have housies that equally love and adore my kittyboy.

In fact, they do help me with disciplining him when he destroys our cables/wires by gnawing on them

 

Housie Edwin – Chivas' merciless discipliner, Uncle Edwin

 

Housie Darryl – Chivas' affectionate & pampering Uncle Darryl

 

"OH NO!

DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG AGAIN?"

 

Funny how we brought Chivas over to buddy Venessa's house to befriend her cat, Whiskey.

 

Chivas & Whiskey's 1st meet …….. didn't go well

 

"UGHHH. GTFO! NO! EWW! I HATE HER!"

 

Whiskey & Chivas not playing with each other

 

Chivas can be quite a whiner sometimes.

Especially when he wants more attention or food

 

WHINE WHINE WHINE

 

That's when mommy cajoles you 

 

Happy now?

 

He's sucha child sometimes.

Well he should be, he's only 5 months old (4 months, at time of the above photo)

 

Just like me, I love how he can sleep instantly anywhere he wants

This was taken while he was keeping me company on my roadtrip to Ipoh!

 

Or just on my lap while I'm busy with work

 

Or over-exposed & vulnerable on the bed

Or in my arms like a baby!

 

Although I don't sleep with babyChivas, we do take naps together

 

Jessicat and her kittycat off to catch some zzzzzz's

 

"MOMMY! HOW DO I GET DOWN FROM HERE??"

 

Smile for the camera!

 

When I figured I was bringing him out with me all the time, I thought I'd just get a kittybag for him

 

So he can follow me whenever and wherever!

 

Another random photo:

 

Looking all serious and shizz

 

Also recently bought a kitty tee for him too!

Look who's a handsome boy now?

 

Lookin' all smug

 

But still adorable nonetheless

 

Cuddly kitty! 

 

Oh and, you know what randomly came to my mind as I was choosing kittytees for him?

The fact that we always watch him poop – cos it's interesting to watch to be honest LOL

 

So.. no watching ey? Can we take photos instead?

 

POOP! You're on candid camera!

 

Oh, speaking of candid camera, you should totally see Chivas after showering. 

HE.LOOKS.RIDICULOUS. And extremely scrawny!

 

HOUMAIGAWD LOLOLOL

Wet cat 

 

BabyChivas snoozes a lot during the day but is tip-top alert during the night

 

"WHAT'S THAT, MOMMY?"

 

BabyChivas can be quite an intellectual kitty too.

Whilst I was slaving away at my assignments and exams, he just loves coming over to me and sitting there to keep me company. Sometimes even walk up and stare or sit on my notes!

 

Heh. Excuse me

 

Thanks for the offer, sweetheart, but I don't think I can trust you to give me a Distinction for my assignment

 

Microsoft Word kitteh

 

Another random huggable kitty photo of him

 

Better than any huggable plush/soft toy! 

Also, like clockwork, he mews softy and squeaks whenever he is being squeezed hehe!

 

Cuteness overload. Mommy and everybodeh loves you!

 

So there you have it. An entire post about my furkid.

Photo credits to housies Darryl & Edwin and my iTouch

Ain't he a celebrity cat? So many people wanted to meet him already for the past 1 month ever since I tweeted and Facebooked him to the world! One day, just maybe one day, I'll bring him out partying with me to meet his muse, Chivas Regal LOL

 

I was joking

Great week ahead peeps!

 

So my friend, Wei Jin posted this photo on his Facebook profile with the caption:

"Anyone seen this strange looking bug before?? @@"

 

I totally freaked the moment I saw it.

Pardon my language, but what the fuck is that?!?? 

 

It looks like a cockroach mated with a grasshopper, producing this hybrid, ghastly lobster-looking insect.

LOL If it's even an insect to begin with. By definition, insects have 6 legs.

 

My observation:

See that final pair of "leg"? It looks like a lizard's tail or a worm to me. 

It has wings, albeit quite short.

It has feelers, like those of a cockroach

 

I then gathered more details about this odd creature -

• He found it beside the kitchen table 
  
• It is about 3 centimetres in length, bigger than a cockroach (half the size of his palm)
  
• It's tail looked like the back of a snake and had white stripes on it
  
• It looked like a rat from far and when my friend wanted to hit it, it flew a little
  
• The yellow stuff is its secretion (shit and goo)

 

If you guys have any more questions, just ask

Any opinions of yours is good too.

 

Thanks! I'm just extremely curious to find out what this is.

Any help will be appreciated! Share this! We'll find out what it is together 

 

UPDATE! 

A few readers told me it looks like a woodlouse.

And others told me it could be a wood termite.

More of them claimed it was the famed 'Cockamouse' from How I Met Your Mother

   

LOLOLOLOL I quite agree. But it's a fictional creature so it's impossible

 

Any more opinions, guys?

 

BIGGER UPDATE!!!

Finally discovered what that underground monster is!

 

It's called a Mole Cricket! (discovered it when I was Googling and Wikipedia-ing all night)

Ta-da! Same, right?

 

Your new best friend

 

I was sorta right. It IS a hybrid. And from the grasshopper family.

It's a cricket! Not your average cricket FYI.

 

This creature is nocturnal and practically spend their entire lives underground and digging tunnels.

It feeds on larvae, worms, roots and grasses.

 

EUREKA!