At 62.5cm, this paradise tree snake still had almost double its body length to grow. A victim of grass-cutting, it was found right outside the office and brought in by a colleague. I spent the better part of yesterday afternoon injecting and fixing it in formalin. It will join the ranks of my spirited collection [...]
Posts under ‘Paws at Work’
Adrenaline thoroughly drained
It’s been a heck of a week and more. My portfolio during this period could not have been any more varied: graphics designer, photographer, PR manager, personal assistant, driver, tour guide, nature guide. Appearances ranged from field trip garb, business executive look (Mom has been tremendously pleased), hiking boots, heels, flats, shorts, skirts, business jackets, [...]
On hold
It feels as if our normal lives have been put on hiatus since the previous week. It is finally here, and we’re keeping the show running, fuelled by reserves of adrenaline.
B.A.D.
It’s Blog Action Day today. I’m not going to talk about climate change per se, since I’ve recently been accused of writing ‘too much like a scientist’ (no, not on my blog… never on my blog, I hope) and I can’t really talk about climate change (you know, CO2, atmospheric gases and all that. But [...]
"Smile!"
Dad with toddler in arms walks over.
I do the usual “Hello, welcome to XXX!” and hand them a brochure.
The dad whispers something into the child’s ear.
The child reaches out and grabs the brochure.
Dad whispers something else.
Child says to me, “Hello.”
I respond in kind, “Hello!”
Dad whispers again.
Child goes, “Bye bye.”
I wave, “Bye bye!”
They walk off.
Colleague and [...]
"Cannot tahan"
I went ‘fishing’ during two extremely boring and redundant 3-hour-long briefings today. Don’t mind me. I’m sure my bosses share the same sentiments, having been forced to sit through the same.
If there’s anything that turns me off and makes me squirm in my seat, it’s poor English. Or heavy Singlish, in what should be a [...]
Headless Gallus
It’s kind of redunculous that they’ve completely dug up the roads running through the front porch and driveway of our office. Impassable, unwalkable, for there’s no road left. Heck, there’s no ground left. It’s like a waterless moat. Or a ladderless trench. The only way to get to work these days is to slip through [...]
Lady Mygale
Summoned to the Fish’s desk with a “come to my table NOW!!! big spider”, I fetched an empty specimen tube and hopped across the hallway into the other room. I was expecting one of those huge jumpers, which constitute most of the S.O.S. cases around here. When I saw this one from afar, I promptly [...]
The week astern
Never has the synonym for pigs been made this unpopular. For days now, it’s (alright, to be fair, it and ‘flu’ are an item so they both appear together) been gracing our news pages, FaceBook statuses, Twitter updates, and email warnings. Whenever anyone sneezes, someone would go, “Oh no! Swine flu!” Although that term is [...]
Seahuskying
Even while on solid ground, I still feel as if I’m riding on gentle waves. Clocked up about 12 hours out at sea during the past three days – either at the helm (working towards a powerboat driving licence), getting my bum numbed on the crewseats, or trying to track and shoot terns with the [...]
