I'm Back!! or I'm Back??

It's been 2.5 years now since I last published a post. So many life changing things happened since 2020...  some good but mostly bad and some traumatic.

Now when we talk about year 2020, all that people will remember is that Covid-19 happened. The pandemic that changed the WORLD! People were forced to stay indoors for weeks and some months. Wearing a face mask now is as necessary as wearing an underwear. Almost everyone's nose have been violated at least once. So everything bad is somewhat related to C19. And now that we're in year 2022, C19 is still among us and every country is trying to recover from the impact it has caused.

About the good... the BEST thing that happened to me that changed my life was my daughter, Lilo aka Lee Lo.

She's a mix of Pomeranian and Toy Poodle. She was born on 10 March 2020 and I brought her home on 30 April 2020 when she was 6 weeks old. No, I didn't buy her... my friend, Richvan, gave her to me. Being on lockdown and working from home has given me all the time I needed to train and bond with her.

All my life, prior to having Lilo, I was afraid of dogs... no matter big or small. What made me decided to say yes to having her... I don't know. She was like God sent to me to be my daughter in this life. She's brought a lot of joy to me and my family. I am so blessed that she's easily trained and well behaved. We can leave her alone at home uncaged and not be coming home to a mess. She's not easily tempted with food and she won't run wild when we let her out of the house unleashed. She won't bark unnecessarily and definitely do not bite. She will not simply poo and pee in the public, thus making it easy for us to bring her out. Most people will think that I spoilt her but when she was growing up and misbehaved badly, I spanked her... not the light tap on her bum, but a real hard spank.

Her most outstanding features will be her ears and the most frequent heard comment was that she looks like a teddy bear. The thing about Lilo is that she can be quite a diva... so much at times that I think she thinks that she's human. She don't mingle with other dogs, definitely don't like them sniffing her bum. She hardly looks at the camera, so it's very hard to get her to pose for a photo.

So other than life with Lilo, my cycling team is now updated...

New logo, new team T-shirt and some new faces...

Same amount of pedaling but more laughs and more food. It is never about how fast and how far we cycle. It has always been about who we cycle with and that made a whole lot of difference.

I really would like to keep my blogging a bit more consistent from now on and try not to disappear for too long. Till I get my next inspiration....

Males Are More Colourful???

Today during a drive out for lunch with a few colleagues, the topic of discussion was male and female animals. It started when my guy colleague showed us his family photo taken with a python. Then he went on talking about a white tiger being available for photo session as well.

Then the conversation went like this:
 Pat : Was the tiger a male or a female?

Daniel : I'm not sure coz I didn't check underneath the skirt.

Me : *Laugh* I think lions are easier to differentiate. Did you know that in the bird kingdom, you can tell the males from the females by looking at their colours?

Pat & Daniel : How is that?

Me : The males are more colourful and in a way better looking than the females. Just take these few birds for an example...

Peacock

Mandarin Ducks

Ostrich

Turkey

Pat : That's so unfair!! Why does the males have to be the more attractive one when the females are so dull and ugly looking??

Me : Coz the males need to fight with other males to get the females attention.

Daniel : Then how about crows??? How can you tell the male from the female?

Me:

Me : Emmmm.... Maybe the male crows are blacker???

OTHERS:
 




Then, later I found the right answer.

But if you were caught with this question, what would your answer be? I know you can easily find the answer in the wonderful world wide web...but I just want to know the first answer that comes to your mind.

G-Force - Asia

* NEWS FLASH *

Since the acknowledgement of G-Force by the FBI in July 2009, G-Force has been actively involved in special FBI cases throughout the world. Due to the undeniable success and achievements of G-Force, team expansion was required to take on greater challenges.

After much debate in regards to the expansion plan, in December 2009, G-Force unit leader, Ben, finally made a public announcement to the press on the search for elites to pioneer the Asia team.

Applications came pouring in from all over the world. The FBI director, Chris Ellis, together with G-Force unit leader, Ben, took 5 consecutive days to shortlist 10 hopeful candidates. These 10 candidates were then required to go through a series of stringent tests. These tests includes one-to-one interviews, personality and IQ tests as well as various physical and mental tests.

At the end of January 2010, out of 10 hopeful candidates, 8 were sent home and only 2 were selected to join the G-Force family.

Today, G-Force welcomes Pinky and Peanut from Malaysia into the family. They will be the first 2 members of the Asia team under the exceptional leadership of Angie and David.

Peanut

Pinky

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Pinky & Peanut

Let me introduce you to Pinky & Peanut...

No, no... they're not mine, but I wish they were, they belong to my friend. They're called Sugar Gliders! My other friend and I went totally bonkers when we first met them.

Some Facts from the Wikipedia

The Sugar Glider is a tree dwelling creature, often living in groups of 10 to 15. They are active by night. The Sugar Glider is named for its preference for sweet foods and its ability to glide through the air, much like a flying squirrel. With plenty of attention (a minimum of 1-2 hours of daily human interaction), it bonds well to human companions. Sugar Gliders are known as "pocket pets" because of their size and natural sociability. Sugar Gliders are also known to be especially intelligent.

They sleep in a very soft and comfortable felt material pouch and a cover was specially sewn for the cage to keep them warm when they're in a air-conditioned room.

 This cage is a temporary home for them while they are still babies. My friend is currently looking for a bigger cage to house both of them as they need more space to move and glide. I just can't wait to see them glide!