Drafted In Nam ( Part III )

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Some of the artsy-fartsy stuff for the artsy-fartsy people ( Esther's line =p )

The front side...

The backside...

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Drafted In Nam ( Part II )

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For the first day, we visited the Cu Chi (pronounced as Ku Chi) tunnels. Ah yes, this tunnels were built way before the Americans’ attempt to invade Nam. The Viet Cong (Vietnamese Communist) made separate small underground rooms to avoid the French’s air attacks. These rooms eventually connected and became a network of tunnels that could reach up to 200 kilometers. Then the Americans came, with their technologically advanced (at that time la) weapons and well trained soldiers. The VCs would’ve lost the war if they had fought with them directly but by hiding in the tunnels, the VCs controlled the time and place for combat, thus ensuring their victory against the Americans.

From Ho Chi Minh to Cu Chi is damn far and according to the Lonely Planet, the best way to enjoy Cu Chi tunnels is by joining the group tour there. And thats exactly what we did. Our bus left at about 9 in the morning and i managed to get some snapshots from the bus. Heh, i was being the typical tourist, i know =D There's no shame in that!

Our huge bus actually went through this tight alley. You just gotta love the drivers in Nam.

Bently limo's the grand prize for some football competition.

The cops

Before we reached Cu Chi, the bus stopped us at a factory called The Handicap Handicraft factory. They have handicapped people helping out with the carvings and the paintings.

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Drafted In Nam ( Part I )

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IM BACK!

Sorry for the delay of the Viet Nam post, I was vomiting my guts out during the weekend. Now, that was a fine spectacle, imagine this. I was in the living room, watching some morning cartoons, minding my own business when suddenly, my breakfast decided they want out. I started getting that BLERGHHH feeling. The minute I moved my posterior from the sofa, I started chugging out the glorious bits and pieces of breakfast. It was a sight to behold. I ran/vomit/laugh a little bit all the way to the toilet from the living room. By the time I was facing the toilet bowl, I ran out of vomit. I couldn’t help laughing again when I saw the trail of vomit/breakfast from the living room to the toilet. I wish I could record all that, it was hilarious! Haha. It was definitely a CANON moment.

Anyway, back to Nam. This post will be more on pictures, as you know a picture’s worth a thousand words. Now try 700 pictures, that’s like a gazillion words there. Hehe. Too bad blogspot got a limit of MBS to post so i can only upload a limited amount of pictures per post. Sheesh.

Our ETA was at 1900, met up with this awkward and lanky Vietnamese guy. At eaaase sol’ jah! It was difficult communicating with him because he only knows simple English words like taxi, one dorrar (dollar), two dorrar, three dorrar, the works. So I had to use exaggerated hand gestures to get to him. Heh, s’all good. Our taxi was a freakin’ 4 wheel drive pajero. Pretty sweet i suppose.

Along the way, I witnessed first hand on how Vietnamese peepz navigate themselves through the streets. Holy cow, the streets were filled with motorbikes and occasionally some cars but the dominating vehicle on the streets of Nam is definitely the bikes. It’s a heaven for rempits everywhere. And sheesh the traffic lights were just guidelines for them. If you’re confident enough to go against the traffic without getting hit, by all means you can give it a shot. That’s what all of them were doing.

Crazy crazy traffic

No idea who's going where. lol

My first Vietnamese meal

Fuh, this lady really knows how to make a good breakfast.

Bread with eggs. Superb! The bread was crusty on the outside, and soft on the inside. It was just perfect. Ah, but she cheated me of a thousand dongs though...

Me, mingling with the kids =D

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Temporary Hold up

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Right now i have close to 700 pictures in the camera. Transferring them to my laptop is a bitch. Aih. Will blog about Nam soon =)

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Pictures

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I got bored with the new porcupine because it was still sleeping so i took some pictures of my backyard. CLICK TO ENLARGE, it looks ALOT nicer that way =D

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Another addition to our family!

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An hour ago, my dad brought back another porcupine! A big and smelly female porc! Woohooo! Dad said that in order to stimulate the male to mate, he needed another female. Thats one lucky porc, 2 fine ladies all for himself. She's sleeping right now, so I'll check on her tomorrow. And by check i mean camwhore with her. Heh. I gotta start thinking of a name for her too..hmmmm

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Roaring My Way to Nuffnang Wild ‘Live’ Blogging

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Ah finally, a reason to have a post on ANIMALS!

Nuffnang is having another get together party for young and old bloggers alike. I was a little bit skeptical about this gathering since I'm still a blog newbie, but when I saw the prizes, FUH! A freakin Sony PSP baby!!! And TWO laptops to boot! Effing sweet! I’m effing there man!

To get an invitation, I have to put up a picture,cut and crop, put speech bubble and ect of an animal as creatively as possible. I don’t know nuts about being creative but I’ll be damned if I don’t put up pictures of my favorite animals. Hehe

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Now considering the fact that my blog itself refers to our lovely and majestic mule (although Elaine would prefer to call me Dumb Donkey), I’m sure that most of you will assume that it is most logical for me to put a picture of a donkey right? Thing is I’ve never seen a donkey in the flesh before, makes it hard to blog about it eh?

No no, the animal iconS for this post are…*dum dum dum* MY PORCUPINE aaaaaand MY BABY TAPIR!

Let me explain a little bit of history on these babies of mine. I was blessed with a beautiful baby porc 3 years ago; it was abandoned by its community and sadly, by its mommy as well. So my dad decided to bring it back and give it the love it never had. Porc love I call it. Because of its rough life and troubled childhood, my twin and I christened it Lil Hustla. I lost all my pictures in the PC soooo I stole some from my brother. I doubt you could tell the difference also. Hah.

my bro and i have this habit of sniffing younglings..they smell good laa

At first it was this adorable little rat like thing who loves to whine and poop and eat and poop and play and poop some more. Ah those were the days, when it was still cute. And with the miracles of science and backside checking, we found out that Lil Hustla’s a female. A fine young lady at it too. No wonder she needed so much attention from the studs at home. Haha SHE'S MY PORC, I can say whatever I want =D But seriously, she loves the attention.

After about 3 months or so, it grew its first cluster of quils. Haih, that’s when the trouble begins. Lil Hustla has this habit of rubbing herself affectionately on anybody’s legs. She thinks she’s an oversized cat, completely forgetting her sharp quills. I had to wear jeans everytime I play with her, else ill get barbed. My sister got barbed once, she wanted to pet Hustla while she was eating. Unfortunately, she didn’t know that Lil Hustla gets REALLY defensive when she’s stuffing her face (haha she was under the twins’ care what) so without any remorse, she viciously barbed my sister. The quills detach easily so my sister had a few of them sticking from her foot. Haha.. I’m proud of Lil Hustla.

Now 3 years later, she’s big and beautiful. My dad even found a man for her, a big black male. They fell in love at first sight and have been porc humping for quite some time now but still no babies. Yet. The most popular question I get from my friends was “How do they hump la?” LOL. We had to lock them in a cage now because Lil Hustla eats everything…even my mom’s plants. Way to go, Lil Hustla.

Now on to my baby tapir. I was still in Cyberjaya at that time but my brother has kindly filled in all the details and pictures for me. Baby ‘Pir right here is actually a hot celebrity. Tapirs usually give birth to only ONE baby, just one. But for the first time in Malaysia, we have tapir TWINS. My dad said this was the first ever recorded. The first baby, a female came out and started suckling on its mom while the second one was still in the womb. The second ‘pir, a male came out a few weeks later only to be bullied by the female. A good example of female dominance here. There weren’t enough titties to go around, she says. For the baby to suckle, the mother needs to lie down and sometimes sleep since they couldn’t reach her titties. So when the second ‘pir wanted to get its share of the milk, the other ‘pir hurriedly woke the mother. Poor fellow, second ‘pir was always starving. My dad then decided to take care of second ‘pir and brought it back to our house. And I MISSED IT. Sheesh. Damn you Cyber. According to Raz, the fellow damn happening, living with him in his room. It wont take a dump in the room, it’ll poop when it’s outside. When it runs, its digestive system will start working and it’ll start pooping. When it’s in Raz’s room, it only sleeps. LOL. So here are some of the pictures of the baby tapir. That twin tapir who lived with my twin. haha. Enjoy!