Proud Mother Blogging..

Looking at my title..

"YOU GAVE BIRTH???!"

Hmm..

Of course not lah! But my babies, dear hamsters are now proud parents of 2! Well, it was 3, but one died. Super cute.

I read that Winter White Pearl male hamsters are usually infertile, and well, I thought mine was too. Hence, I never worried about my Winter White Pudding female getting pregnant, so I let them live together..

Of course, my hamster had to turned out to be one of those 'low percentage' fertile males.. as I found out yesterday afternoon. It was a pleasant surprise, of course.

My WW Pudding has been very fat for a long time now. I suspected that she was pregnant long ago, but when I counted 21 days and still no babies, then 2-3 weeks passed and I thought 'Ok, my hamster is just a greedy fella and hoards food and eats a lot'.

So imagine my surprise when I opened the cage to give it new food(cat food, actually. =P It looked nice so I bought it. Hehehe. Turns out it was really a perfect coincidence.. cause my hamster had just given birth and needed the protein that the new food had to offer).

Anyway, I opened the cage to give it the new food, then to my shock and.. surprise and I-dunno-what-feelings, I saw the WW Pudding carrying a baby in its mouth! I was so shocked I just shut the cage and yelled... MOM!!!! Hahahahaha! Natural reaction, no? =P Anyway, she hurried over and together we looked in the cage.. both hamsters(dad and mom) were in the 'toilet container'... we couldn't see any wriggling babies.. so I thought that I imagined it for a moment.. after all, I just saw it for a split second before I yelled. Hahaha.

Then 1 of the hamsters left the container.. and I saw a wriggling red thing after moving around the whole cage to get a proper look inside the container..

There were 3 babies in all. But last night the mother was carrying one in her mouth, and left it somewhere. When I saw it, it wasn't wriggling..

So as I suspected, this morning there were only 2 wriggling babies left. But those 2 look healthy and strong. Pretty strong lungs too, for me to hear their squealing. Hehehe.

Anyway, allow the following pictures to do the talking...






My WW Pearl and WW Pudding when they were just babes themselves.. =)













How it all started.. so innocently.. who said kissing doesn't bring any harm? =D













Rated 18 and above! (Oops, I'm only 17)

















Eh I meant what I said k.. Rated 18 and above!

















The Result?? Need I explain further??

The fella on the right is saying "Hi!"














A closer look.. They somehow resemble their parents in the 1st picture, don't they?




















Okay, just their positions I meant. =P








Soooo overjoyed over them! Both the parents and the babies. =) Parents are about 3-4 months old now, and a really loving couple. Seriously! The way they sleep against each other.. =P Not to mention when they chase each other to *ahem* make babies..

I've got to force myself out of the house to prevent myself from hovering over the cage. hahaha! The last pic you see shows my 2 hammies taking a break from being parents. No, I did not separate the dad cause he has been such a good dad.. bringing tissue to the nest, lying next to the babies to give them warmth when mom goes for a break... cleaning them up..

No animal lovers read my blog anyway, so I won't get hammered for not taking the dad out. Haha! I considered separating the dad, but I really don't have the necessary equipment to give him..

Also, I didn't take the wheel out of the cage because the babies came as a surprise.. and I've not seen the mom do anything stupid... like taking the baby and putting it in the wheel and then running the wheel..

Hopefully the remaining 2 survive.. can't wait to see what colours they'll be. =) Both parents are hybrids you see, so they can turn out to be any colour.. Agouti, Sapphire, Pearl, Pudding.. or one more that I'm hoping, Pearl Pudding. Pearl Puddings are really pretty. =)

I'm sounding like a lovesick mom, don't I? hahaha.

Okay, hammies aside, some serious stuff.

Yesterday I cycled to Kiwanis as usual.. only to be told that there was no class cause one of the teachers had passed away. Didn't get the exact story, but I think she passed away due to some illness.

Went today, enjoyed myself. We made banana pancake! Hahaha. And I didn't diarrhoea after that.. =D

Anyway, that's all for now.

God bless,
Joanne

Looking back..

Been reading my posts from long ago. My blog is officially 5 years and 9 days old!

I used to blog so differently.

So innocently.

In my eyes, anyway.

What changed me?

Life? Naw, nothing drastic has happened the past few years that forced me to mature suddenly.

Must be the life I had in form 4 and 5..

Is it?

Anyway, just read a post in August 2006.. how studies is for fun, I don't really want a scholarship.. form 6 will be fine for me...

How simple life seemed back then. Or maybe I just did not want to face reality.

I don't think I'm the emo-ing kind of person.. right? My posts are generally happy-go-lucky kinds.

Tomorrow is really proving to be a mysterious gift. Only question that can be asked.. What will it be like?

Anyway,

Yesterday was my 1st official driving lesson. =D My instructor brought me to a parking lot, asked me to drive a few rounds, then felt that I was ready for the road after about half an hour. So I went on the highway on my 1st lesson! =) Went until 3rd gear only though, kept to 40km/h. When I reached 50km/h my instructor kindly reminded me to stick to 40km/h. =P

Then today I went to the circuit to practice my parking and 3 point turn. Would have practised slope too, except that it just underwent some kind of lowering process and needed time to dry. Hey, the lower, the better, right? For our test, anyway. Hehe.

My driving school does it in 3 lessons, 2 hours, 4 hours, 2 hours.

So today was the 4 hours one. After about an hour and a half of parking and 3 point turning, my instructor wanted me to go on the road and learn the exam route. So I did.. not too bad, cars tend to stay away from L drivers. =P With a good reason too. Hahaha! Went around the exam route twice, then my instructor told me to go drive back to Taman Megah! Lol. My driving school is in Puchong Prima you see. So that means.. I was to drive on the highway... on my 2nd lesson...

He told me that on the highway I've got to be faster.. so I was. Was pretty much a 60km/h for a while, sometimes reaching up to 80km/h. Eh, not bad ok for a 1st time on the real highway experience! I even changed till 5th gear! haha.

In Megah area, he found a slope, got me to practise on it.. ok lah, nothing too terribly hard.

Then after that few rounds around Taman Sea area, then the LDP a bit.. then drove to the BP station near Atria.. to pump petrol. Then drove home.

=) Driving is fun. It's my newest toy! Of course, I'm a pretty cautious person so I generally don't like following cars too close behind, but my instructor keeps telling me to keep close to the front car, so no car can cut in front of me..

My test will be on the March 4th. My instructor thinks I'm ready for it, just another lesson to memorise the route and practise the slope.

Let's hope I pass first try.. I know anything can happen... JPJ examiner in a bad mood or me making a stupid mistake..

That was what I originally wanted to blog about, I think. =P


God bless
Joanne Lim
Webmaster@joannetmj.tk

Life Goes On..

Kiwanis appeared in the newspaper yesterday, 22 Feb 2008, Friday.

Hehehe. I wasn't in the photos, but I was there.. to watch the Philharmonic performance. I was expecting a... well, an orchestra. :-P There were so many MPO(Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra) adults, I thought there would be a huge performance.. in the end there were only a few violinists.. ini dipanggil potong stim. Hahaha! But still, pretty enjoyable. The children.. not many of them appreciated it lah, many of them had parents who constantly played catching with them.

Whatever happens after SPM results.. I'll have to stop volunteering there in a few months.. :'-(.. They've been great kids..

SPM results.. Haiz.

You know, I want it to come out, so that my future isn't so terumbang-ambing.. but I don't want it to come out at the same time.. it's a conflicting emotion that I'm pretty certain most SPM candidates of my batch are facing..

Then again, many of them have already decided their future. Or, as I said before, have parents who decided for them.

Sometimes I wonder which is worse, to be undecided, or to live out your parents dreams..

Oh, I'm certain of what field I want to enter. But the details are still fuzzy.

But whenever I begin to worry I remember that in the end, God has my future in His hands.. what more can I ask for?

I've told Him time and again, seeing I've really no strong inclination for a certain ambition, He can use me anyway He wants. I know people and friends who are certain of what they want to do. Well, they'll have to seek God's will for that.. for me, it's anything that God puts me into..

The thought of entering form 6 is.. well, not an overly pleasant thought. I've enjoyed my schooling years. I have never once looked back and said, "I hate school!" If anything, I enjoyed it, plunge myself whole heartedly into activities I liked.. and studied reasonably hard.. Yep, no regrets at all.

"So why not enter form 6?" You ask.

I said I've no regrets. I've maximised my enjoyment in school. I never minded wearing my uniform(was a prefect from standard 3 to form 5). Nothing like a different uniform from the rest to make you feel high and mighty, eh? But I was a pretty useless prefect in all, haha. Got the Prefect of the Month badge 2 or 3 times though, in form 5. Nothing short of surprising, right? haha!

I attended more camps than my 10 fingers can count.

I've won badminton tournaments, running events...

I've won school quizzes..

Represented school in several quizzes, tournaments, essay writing..

Held posts in various clubs and societies.. Yellow House, CF, History & Geography Club...

Captain of the Badminton team...

Helped teachers in various ways.. from carrying stuff to typing in data to running from class to class and block to block..

Arguments with our dearest PK Koko..

Class parties, club parties.. you name it.

Staying up all night to do club stuff..

And the list goes on..

Seems like a pretty good list, no?

But..

I've used school up!!!

If there's such a thing. I'm trying to put it in a.. metaphoric way? Whatever it's called. It's like this.. You eat from a Chokie-Chokie(Choky-choky??).. you know, the tube of chocolate.. and you enjoy it while it lasts. Then you finish the tube, and throw it away. You've no regrets consuming it, but if anyone were to ask you to pick up that tube and eat from it again, won't you feel disgusted?? "But I've already finished that!" You'll whine.

Well, the thought of going back to school is like that. I know some friends miss school. Truth of the matter is, I don't. Like I've said, I enjoyed school, I took the opportunity to enjoy it, and feel it is time to go on.

But hey, that decision really isn't in my hands.

If I'm to go form 6, by all means I'll throw myself into the school life again.. less cheerfully, perhaps concentrating more on books..

I don't know.

I seem to be imitating Janice. =P

But seriously.

I don't know.


God bless
Joanne Lim
Webmaster@joannetmj.tk