March 23rd, 2007 by warpedmind
They say playing with your dog is very important for its mental health. I say its detrimental for the owners mental health!

Here are some of the games we play.

Prison break!
Baby makes a run for freedom ‘Braveheart’ style and I run half naked and barefooted through the streets of Subang Jaya to catch her. The fact that she is tiny and a LOT faster than me, makes this game last longer and even more fun for her. The end game is when she runs out of breath, and starts running in spurts of speed instead of continously. Lucky for her, I’m normally wheezing and about to collapse by this time. So she gets away with it.

Poop and run!
Baby poops on Julian’s bed and runs for her life when Julian lies down and feels ‘lumps’ in his bed. Normally ends with lumps on baby’s poor butt.

Spot the wet spot!
Normally the spot is spotted with the feet. If you’re lucky just one foot. If you’re not so lucky both feet get soaked in baby’s pee. She’s become very adept at hiding her ’spots’ and my family have become a lot more light footed!

edit: mom complained to me after reading this that not only did she step into a puddle of pee, she also slipped and fell in it.

Fetch… but its not for you!
Baby plays fetch… but not for you! She gets the item you’ve thrown for her to get, then runs along towards you. Thinks a while. Figures out, ‘Hey, I ran all the way to get this, why should I give it up without a fight’. She clings on to the item for her dear life and refuses to let go; with mock growling and a wagging tail.

Play dead
Baby’s a picky play dead player. She walks in a circle around mom on the bed. Carefully picking her spot to ‘play dead’. Sniffing and nuzzling away, she’ll finally settle on a spot that is most uncomfortable for mom and ‘play dead’ i.e. sleep for hours without moving. As long as mom is asleep, she’s ‘dead’.

Bury the bone!
Baby loves and I mean LOVES to hide her bones. And she loves it even more when people find her bones. Either by lying on it, tripping on it or jamming the vacuum cleaner with it. She also likes to bury the bone ‘when no one is looking‘ (i.e. when everyone is watching) under cushions and pillows. She’ll toodle away and come back later, expecting the bone to be there. Hell hath no wrath like a disappointed baby when she finds mom has removed the bone. Barking and whining ensue like no ones business.

Bounce!
Baby has a fascination with the vacuum cleaner. Its a love-hate relationship. She loves to watch it, but hates to have it close to her. Once she’s even decided she’d had enough of the noise and pounced on the vacuum cleaner, only to bounce off.

Food for thought!
Baby digs her bowl when she’s hungry. Or so you think! She normally digs her bowl at very momentous occasions. Such as 4am in the morning when everyone is trying to sleep, at the climax of a conversation…. or when I finally manage to connect to MSN after 30 minutes of trying.

You bathe me, I bathe you!
As the name of the game suggests, baby is a great sharer. Be it struggling for her life when you try to bathe her, ending up more wet than she is. Or just that frenzied shaking of fur that drenches your feet. She even manages to look smug in her own doggylike way.

Thunder strike!
Thunder doesn’t strike? Does it? In baby’s case it does. When thunder sounds, she’ll start barking her hide off as if to scare it away. When she discovers this is not working as the thunder continues roaring, baby strikes! Jumping into the closest pair of arms or lap that she can find for shelter from the big bully.

Bigger is not necessarily better!
Baby loves picking fights with cats that are bigger than her! Size does not matter after all. She’s also fond of trying to cozy up to big, rabid Dobbermen dogs that are growling their balls off at her. Talk about ‘cili padi’… she’s for real!

Migration!
Baby cuddles up to me quite often when I sleep. But as soon as she hears the aircon in mum’s room turned on, she decides to dump me. Not for greener pastures… but COOLER pastures…

Catching!
Baby will run when you stomp your feet and chase her. She’ll run and run around the house at top speed! Jumping sofa to sofa, table to chair, basically every where. Then when she gets tired she’ll run into her ’safe zone’; her cage. Basically a dog’s cage is supposed to be its haven. You’re not supposed to make her feel insecure in her cage. So I can’t touch her when she’s in her cage. She’ll drink water. Rest. Then look for the moment you’re distracted to run out again.
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So these are some of the games I play with my dog. Emphathise with me. Understand the panda eyes and stoned look I have. All my energy is sucked up by this tiny terror that I love so dearly.

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My beloved pet dog, Baby, is missing. She went missing a day after my birthday. On the 13th. I guess God gave me a belated birthday present *sarcasm*

If you read my blog, and stay in the subang area, she is a jack russell terrier with brown head, white body and a distinctive black patch on her bottom. She is tiny too. She looks like a puppy. Please please, I’m begging. Get in contact with me if you know anything. 0122809296. You can even miss call me and I’ll call you back. We’re offering a reward for anyone who finds her.

Please. She means the world to me and my mother.
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Baby… come home :(

If you found what I wrote earlier cute or amusing… please forward this address to your friends… maybe they might know something about baby’s where about… thanks…

Vince

Ok this blog is officially dead

August 10th, 2005 by warpedmind

My new home is definately http://thewarpedmind.blogspot.com/

blogspot has better functions and stuff… also I can’t be bothered with the complaints about being spammed on email!

if you dont’ wanna get notification.. turn it off la!

Hot (pronounced *hawtt*) Chicks and Dipsh*ts

August 5th, 2005 by warpedmind

I had an interesting conversation with a friend about the tendency for hotties to be out with not so hotties. Ever noticed that really good looking people have a thing for mirror crackers? Its a pretty strange phenomenon if you ask me.

Obviously I’m more interested in the cun chick + ugly dude combination. Who cares if ugly chicks get all the good looking guys. All the better, as the saying goes ‘Less man, more share’.

Any way, from a pseudo scientific point of view, mostly people would be hunting down, as our instincts dictate, someone genetically superior or equal to us. Like it or not thats how we were programmed: ‘seek the best partner, mate and produce little versions of ourselves’

Yet, looking around, we see more and more ‘mis-matches’. What on earth is going on? This is definitely against the law of nature! And if it isnt’… it damn well should be!

Her theory was that women see past the skin deepness of men. So they see the ‘inner beauty’ in their partner. I’m inclined to half agree. I’m sure there are couples who actually are more bothered about how their other halve looks like in the inside than on the outside. Perhaps to go as far as say that there are the rare few that managed to go past the superficial and move towards … well the sligltly less superficial! These kinda relationships do develop from long term friendship. Either they’ve known each other so long that there is utter comfort and security in each others company, thus the long road to love is paved; or their ‘love’ is a revelation to them. Normally after a bad break up or some thing equally traumatic, the guy just happens to be around to console the hottie… and boinggggg~ can you spell ‘R E B O U N D‘  *cough* I mean revealation?

However, that doesn’t really cover why it happens so often!

My theory is that really hot chicks are insecure creatures. Basically they date the ugliest thing they can find so that they know for sure their man won’t go roaming other hen houses. So to speak. There is, for these women, a comfort and security in knowing that your man is so ugly, even if he were one of the few remaining bachelors in the world, other women would think twice before ‘being with them’. They themselves being highly attractive, probably worry about one of two things.

1) What happens when they lose their looks? Will people still ‘love’ them if their bits sagged enough to mop the floor when they walked?

2) Obviously they’ve had their share of people hitting on them. So they’d know how fickle the human heart can be. What could be safer than picking some ugly dude as their boy :D? Even if he were fickle, there’d be less chances for him to cheat on them.

My friends counter point to this theory was, ‘Hey! I’ve seen lots of ugly guys with multiple hot chicks as gf’s!‘ This one had me stumped for a while but I think i’ve finally figured it out!

The guy must be a combination of this:

1) God ugly - major security points here!

2) Charismatic - definately a sweet talker

3) Bloody good at cover lining and planning his time for the different girls.

So basically we have a case of an ugly charmer who organises his time well enough to fit several hot chicks into his life. The chicks all reckon he’s too ugly to get another chick, and he uses this to his full advantage! So several hotties go out with him, totally ignorant of the possiblity that he might even have the remotest chance of two timing them. There you go! Hook, line and sinker.

Sigh… this post seems a little forced for some strange reason. I can’t quite find the cynicism or sarcasm I always thought I oozed through every orrifice. Maybe its because I’m tired. Maybe my perspectives are being changed for me without my permission.

*glares*

Either way, I’m feeling especially drained today. So thats all for now folks. Sorry for the crappy post. I seem to have other bigger things on my mind. Yes. The tiny  bit alcohol didn’t burn away.

Be safe people

Hot (pronounced *hawtt*) Chicks and Dipsh*ts

August 5th, 2005 by warpedmind

I had an interesting conversation with a friend about the tendency for hotties to be out with not so hotties. Ever noticed that really good looking people have a thing for mirror crackers? Its a pretty strange phenomenon if you ask me.

Obviously I’m more interested in the cun chick + ugly dude combination. Who cares if ugly chicks get all the good looking guys. All the better, as the saying goes ‘Less man, more share’.

Any way, from a pseudo scientific point of view, mostly people would be hunting down, as our instincts dictate, someone genetically superior or equal to us. Like it or not thats how we were programmed: ‘seek the best partner, mate and produce little versions of ourselves’

Yet, looking around, we see more and more ‘mis-matches’. What on earth is going on? This is definitely against the law of nature! And if it isnt’… it damn well should be!

Her theory was that women see past the skin deepness of men. So they see the ‘inner beauty’ in their partner. I’m inclined to half agree. I’m sure there are couples who actually are more bothered about how their other halve looks like in the inside than on the outside. Perhaps to go as far as say that there are the rare few that managed to go past the superficial and move towards … well the sligltly less superficial! These kinda relationships do develop from long term friendship. Either they’ve known each other so long that there is utter comfort and security in each others company, thus the long road to love is paved; or their ‘love’ is a revelation to them. Normally after a bad break up or some thing equally traumatic, the guy just happens to be around to console the hottie… and boinggggg~ can you spell ‘R E B O U N D‘  *cough* I mean revealation?

However, that doesn’t really cover why it happens so often!

My theory is that really hot chicks are insecure creatures. Basically they date the ugliest thing they can find so that they know for sure their man won’t go roaming other hen houses. So to speak. There is, for these women, a comfort and security in knowing that your man is so ugly, even if he were one of the few remaining bachelors in the world, other women would think twice before ‘being with them’. They themselves being highly attractive, probably worry about one of two things.

1) What happens when they lose their looks? Will people still ‘love’ them if their bits sagged enough to mop the floor when they walked?

2) Obviously they’ve had their share of people hitting on them. So they’d know how fickle the human heart can be. What could be safer than picking some ugly dude as their boy :D? Even if he were fickle, there’d be less chances for him to cheat on them.

My friends counter point to this theory was, ‘Hey! I’ve seen lots of ugly guys with multiple hot chicks as gf’s!‘ This one had me stumped for a while but I think i’ve finally figured it out!

The guy must be a combination of this:

1) God ugly - major security points here!

2) Charismatic - definately a sweet talker

3) Bloody good at cover lining and planning his time for the different girls.

So basically we have a case of an ugly charmer who organises his time well enough to fit several hot chicks into his life. The chicks all reckon he’s too ugly to get another chick, and he uses this to his full advantage! So several hotties go out with him, totally ignorant of the possiblity that he might even have the remotest chance of two timing them. There you go! Hook, line and sinker.

Sigh… this post seems a little forced for some strange reason. I can’t quite find the cynicism or sarcasm I always thought I oozed through every orrifice. Maybe its because I’m tired. Maybe my perspectives are being changed for me without my permission.

*glares*

Either way, I’m feeling especially drained today. So thats all for now folks. Sorry for the crappy post. I seem to have other bigger things on my mind. Yes. The tiny  bit alcohol didn’t burn away.

Be safe people

Hot (pronounced *hawtt*) Chicks and Dipsh*ts

August 5th, 2005 by warpedmind

I had an interesting conversation with a friend about the tendency for hotties to be out with not so hotties. Ever noticed that really good looking people have a thing for mirror crackers? Its a pretty strange phenomenon if you ask me.

Obviously I’m more interested in the cun chick + ugly dude combination. Who cares if ugly chicks get all the good looking guys. All the better, as the saying goes ‘Less man, more share’.

Any way, from a pseudo scientific point of view, mostly people would be hunting down, as our instincts dictate, someone genetically superior or equal to us. Like it or not thats how we were programmed: ‘seek the best partner, mate and produce little versions of ourselves’

Yet, looking around, we see more and more ‘mis-matches’. What on earth is going on? This is definitely against the law of nature! And if it isnt’… it damn well should be!

Her theory was that women see past the skin deepness of men. So they see the ‘inner beauty’ in their partner. I’m inclined to half agree. I’m sure there are couples who actually are more bothered about how their other halve looks like in the inside than on the outside. Perhaps to go as far as say that there are the rare few that managed to go past the superficial and move towards … well the sligltly less superficial! These kinda relationships do develop from long term friendship. Either they’ve known each other so long that there is utter comfort and security in each others company, thus the long road to love is paved; or their ‘love’ is a revelation to them. Normally after a bad break up or some thing equally traumatic, the guy just happens to be around to console the hottie… and boinggggg~ can you spell ‘R E B O U N D‘  *cough* I mean revealation?

However, that doesn’t really cover why it happens so often!

My theory is that really hot chicks are insecure creatures. Basically they date the ugliest thing they can find so that they know for sure their man won’t go roaming other hen houses. So to speak. There is, for these women, a comfort and security in knowing that your man is so ugly, even if he were one of the few remaining bachelors in the world, other women would think twice before ‘being with them’. They themselves being highly attractive, probably worry about one of two things.

1) What happens when they lose their looks? Will people still ‘love’ them if their bits sagged enough to mop the floor when they walked?

2) Obviously they’ve had their share of people hitting on them. So they’d know how fickle the human heart can be. What could be safer than picking some ugly dude as their boy :D? Even if he were fickle, there’d be less chances for him to cheat on them.

My friends counter point to this theory was, ‘Hey! I’ve seen lots of ugly guys with multiple hot chicks as gf’s!‘ This one had me stumped for a while but I think i’ve finally figured it out!

The guy must be a combination of this:

1) God ugly - major security points here!

2) Charismatic - definately a sweet talker

3) Bloody good at cover lining and planning his time for the different girls.

So basically we have a case of an ugly charmer who organises his time well enough to fit several hot chicks into his life. The chicks all reckon he’s too ugly to get another chick, and he uses this to his full advantage! So several hotties go out with him, totally ignorant of the possiblity that he might even have the remotest chance of two timing them. There you go! Hook, line and sinker.

Sigh… this post seems a little forced for some strange reason. I can’t quite find the cynicism or sarcasm I always thought I oozed through every orrifice. Maybe its because I’m tired. Maybe my perspectives are being changed for me without my permission.

*glares*

Either way, I’m feeling especially drained today. So thats all for now folks. Sorry for the crappy post. I seem to have other bigger things on my mind. Yes. The tiny  bit alcohol didn’t burn away.

Be safe people

New blog webbie

August 3rd, 2005 by warpedmind

I’ve moved some stuff to a new addie will be updating there as well as here… Probably there more, you get to do more stuff with blogspot itself in terms of html (which I need to learn).

http://thewarpedmind.blogspot.com/

I’m bloody tired… a howling mutt isn’t exactly condusive to sleep. She’s like my alarm clock. Never fails to wake me at 10am. Well thats all for now. I’ll leave ya’ll with something that resembles semi decent humor in my opinion :p

I just lay there

A young female came to the ER with lower abdominal pain. During the exam and questioning the female denied being sexually active. The doctor gave her a pregnancy test anyway and it came back positive. The doctor went back to the young female’s room.

Doctor: "The results of your pregnancy test came back positive. Are you sure you’re not sexually active?" Patient: "Sexually active? No, sir, I just lay there."

Doctor: "I see. Well, do you know who the father is?"

Patient: "No. Who?"

Qanta Airlines

August 2nd, 2005 by warpedmind

After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a "gripe sheet," which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems; document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor.

Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas’ pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers. By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never had an accident. … Enjoy!

P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.

P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.

P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.

P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.

P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.

P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.

P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That’s what they’re for.

P: IFF inoperative.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.

P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you’re right.

P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.

P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.

P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.

And the best one for last…

P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget

Yup I realise that I’m just dumping forwards that I’ve read on my blogs today, but between arranging meetings, interview times and writing my stories I’ve had precious little time to do any writing of my own, so I’ve mostly been reading to unwind instead.

I do have a new poem I’m working on; which I may or may not post later on. :D Have a murphy day.

Grand Pa’s Garden

August 2nd, 2005 by warpedmind

Heres a pretty nice one Debbie sent to me a while back :D

Grandfathers and three-year-old boys are natural buddies. On this particular day in May, the grandfather was pleased to have the company of his best little pal when planting the vegetable garden. For awhile, the boy seemed to like it too. His small fingers were just the right size to pick up the tiny seeds and drop them into Granddad-made holes. They were a great team. But before long the boy became restless and directed his irritation at the seeds themselves.

"What’s this one, Granddad?"

"Beets."

"Ugh, I hate beets."

"Well, then, let’s do the zucchini instead."

"Yuck, I really hate zucchini."

"Okay, buddy. What would you like to plant?"

"How about….. doughnuts?"

Just in time, the grandfather stopped himself from saying there was no such things as doughnut seed. Looking at the unhappy face, he suddenly got an inspiration.

"Wait a second, I have to go inside and get the right seeds."

Granddad returned with a handful of Cheerios. He and the small boy solemnly planted then in a special corner of the garden. Weeks later, when the real seeds began to break through the soil, the boy became entranced with the tiny seedlings. He spent many afternoons helping Granddad water and hoe and watch them grow. And when the first baby vegetables were harvested, he liked them after all.

For weeks, he had forgotten all about the doughnuts. But then one day at lunch, he said,

"Granddad, what happened to ourdoughnuts? How come they didn’t grow?"

Granddad paused for a moment. "Well, you know, doughnuts are tricky. Some years when you plant them, you get lots of doughnuts." He sighed. "But other years. all that comes up are the holes."

Okay… this one is me!

August 1st, 2005 by warpedmind

Mike! You gave me the wrong one la! Cham… bo bian… I lazy to edit… :p

this one’s something I wrote early last year…

To whom it may concern

The more people you know in this life, the more you will see leave life. It is a realization that dawned upon me over the weekend. As we lay to rest a person I’ve known since I was eight years old, I found myself wondering about the circle. This was the second parent of a friend to leave the world. What last thoughts ran through her mind as the light from her eyes faded.

Were they of regret? Leaving behind something you hold dear to the heart is never something easy to do. I cannot imagine the immensity of leaving an entire world. The thought of relinquishing everything sends jolts of shivers into my spine. More so, the lost of the endless possibilities that life allows us.

What about the things in life that we will never taste, feel or say? What of the experiences we will never enjoy? The obligations we have to others and more importantly to those we love. The line ‘I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep’ comes immediately to mind. She must have been very sad,knowing that her cycle was at an end.

But, what would you give up to remain here? What kind of discomforts will you endure to see the love in the eyes of those that are precious to you? For how long?Do we choose when we depart, or does fate overwhelm us and snatch even that basic choice from us?

And yet, perhaps her thoughts were one of relief. ‘The world is a cruel, cruel place,’ as someone dear to my heart once said, and still often says. To live is to feel and to feel is to endure discomfort and pain from time to time. Perhaps she felt a freedom that we can never experience in this world. That all the burdens were lifted from her shoulders as she closed her eyes for that very last time.

Perhaps when we are born, we do no cry out to hail our births. Perhaps we cry out to mark the beginning of a cycle that will see others cry out as the cycle ends.How many cycles will we see end before our own expires, I wonder. It is not a pleasant thought.

Regardless, I just thought I’d take this one moment,and tell you all that I’m grateful you’ve been, and I hope will be, a part of my life and share my grief and thoughts with you. Most importantly, that I love you guys. We’ve got a long way ahead of us people. But heck… you guys make life worth looking forward to.

One love,
Vince

Was this me???

August 1st, 2005 by warpedmind

apparently I wrote this… I sure as hell don’t recall… if its your work do tell… cause oddly it doesn’t feel like me…

any ways thanks a bundle mike!

It was May..
When you started to wonder…
Was it love that held you and him together for that long or was it sex?
Was it love that he craved from you or was it sex?
Was it love, was it his gentle touch or was it sex?

You’re confused, me lady
You’re lost, me lady

The hardest part is to take the first step and get out of the comfort zone, - you said.
I couldn’t agree more baby.

baby, maybe you’re just not the one…
It was love no doubt
It was his gentle touch too no doubt
It was sex too; you just can’t deny it, can you?
sex is the expression of love, you once said

But what is there to hold on to, when the direction is different…
What is there to hold on more, when the heart isn’t there with you?
And what is there to hope for, when all promises are broken.

You start to cry yourself to sleep every single night.
Hoping the tired eyes could just shut down by themselves.
You curled up under the sheet, in despair, crossing your fingers that things will get better

Then, Your heart feel no more
My friend, when you’ve experienced the most disappointing moment… your heart broken into gazillion pieces. Then you just don’t feel anything anymore. - You said.

Then there it comes, the month of June..
When one morning you wake up, and you realise you practically been a fool
How stupid is that oh my friend… - you said.

Baby, it’s neither stupid nor foolish
It was love that we believe in.
what is there to regret, you’ve been his butterfly for the longest of time
And then I hear you saying,

sweetie, I just don’t believe in love anymore.