Kittens are growing up!

The kittens are getting playful. See how cuddly they are. I also want kittens but I cannot at where I stay.....

Sleepy Kittens Waking Up

More cuteness video of the seven new borns waking up. Wished the author made a longer video, can't get enough of the cuteness.

Kittens taking their first steps

Awwww..... this is one of the cutest video I've ever seen on the internet. Kittens!!!

生まれた「α住宅おたく仲間掲示板」

I've just hosted a 2ch styled message board for fun using Kareha. Kareha is a message board script. It is loosely modelled after message board scripts used on 2ch and many other similar sites which is popular in Japan. This kind of board software is built around anonymous posting and requires no registration to post a message.

I've added the link to my message board to the right sidebar. Feel free to drop by α住宅おたく仲間掲示板 and drop a message or two.

Brunei ceased broadcast of Capital FM and Capital Gold

Residents in northern Sarawak and Labuan could always pick up strong FM broadcast of London’s Capital FM and Capital Gold since the mid 90s from Brunei Darussalam. However these few years has seen a drop in the signal strength of both Capital FM and Capital Gold broadcasts.

Yesterday I was still listening to Capital Gold with my morning Milo (local chocolate drink). I had a surprise just now while tuning in Capital Gold; they were playing a Kenny G piece instead of golden oldies. I waited through the piece as it was the Capital Gold Jukebox time where listeners request their favorite tracks so I thought the Kenny G piece might be requested by a weirdo. After the piece an announcement played “Please be informed that all previous services on this channel has been discontinued”. I then tune into Capital FM and the same thing plays.

Here is that part of the broadcast I recorded just now. Click to Listen.

Since Capital FM and Capital Gold showed up around 10 years ago, it could be a 10 years contract expired. Most English radio listeners prefer to listen to Capital FM because of its quality programming energetic DJs bringing listeners to life. It’s going to be a sad departure. I’ve hear that when the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam studied in a University at the UK and he loved listening to London's Capital FM so much that he brought it back to his people in Brunei. We Malaysian beside Brunei was bless with the best from the UK charts with a mix of rock, pop and even techno music on Capital FM. Capital Gold was a very nostalgic experience playing the best variety of oldies since the 50s.

While many locals who are going to miss Capital FM and Capital Gold can opt to listen on the internet. But still, nothing beats listening to Capital FM and Capital Gold on my Car receiver or walkman.

Avain Influenza: Be Aware, Be Prepared

Monday, I called the state health office but was hung up upon finishing my story to the person on the line. I was busy on Tuesday. I’ve made the call to the Malaysian health ministry yesterday and was answered by an officer confident that Malaysia was avian influenza free. He however told me to report such incidence to state health departments. I refer to him about my case with the state health department ignoring my report. He then suggests asking for a health officer prior reporting. I was redirected to call my local town health office after the following call to the state health department. Finally my town health office diverted my report to the local veterinary office.

At last someone who understands the situation responded to my account. But instead of sending someone over, he suggests I bring the bird to him. “What? It’s one week old and decomposing? Never mind if it’s rotten, it’s probably safe now.” It was obvious that these people don’t watch CSI dramas. Ok, I give up with expert help. I think I’ll throw the body into a chicken or pig farm for faster analytical results.

In the news, a three-day council of war on avian influenza opened in Geneva Monday ended yesterday. International health experts have agreed an outline global strategy to tackle bird flu.

The measures, announced at the end of a three-day conference in Geneva, called for an immediate improvement in animal health surveillance.
Experts said every dead or dying bird should be investigated and the results reported within 24 hours, and that countries must improve their disease early-warning system and share information about suspected outbreaks with one another.
They also warned that countries also needed to develop and rehearse plans to deal with a flu pandemic, for example deciding whether schools would be closed, and who would get anti-flu drugs when there were not enough for everybody.
"Once a pandemic virus appears, it will be too late," the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Lee Jong-wook, said. (Source-BBC News)

If you have any encounter of suspicious sick or dead birds in Malaysia, please contact your nearest Veterinary Office as they are prepared to deal with such situations. Visit Contacts of Malaysia Department of Veterinary Offices around the country for your nearest veterinary officer.

News Source:

• Experts outline bird flu strategy | BBC NEWS
• Flu Pandemic Now Just a Matter of Time, Conference Told | Deutsche Welle

Links:

• Avian Flu Guidance to Handling Suspected Host
• Avian Influenza | Wikipedia
• Avian Influenza | WHO
• Avian Influenza Guide | Malaysia Department of Veterinary (in Malay)
• Bird Flu | In Depth | BBC NEWS
• Contacts of Malaysia Department of Veterinary Offices around the country

Identifying Possible Avian Influenza Infected Pigeon Species

Here are the pictures of the dead bird taken with the help of Rez that I spotted just this morning. Rez and I agreed that this bird is some species of pigeon however this kind of pigeon we have not notice locally before. Rez told me that some pigeons do migrate which raise my concern of possible avian influenza infections among local birds.

Can anyone please help identify the species of this bird and determine if it is a migratory bird?

Unconfirmed Avian Influenza Case in Malaysia

This morning a bird of unknown (I personally don’t know) species fell into my garden. It was weak and hid behind some bicycles where my dogs kept barking at. Fearing that the bird might be infected with some form of disease, I put some plastic bags over my hands to hold the bird. I was going to carry it out of my house away from the harm of my dogs but seconds after I close the front gate the bird died. The bird doesn’t appear to have any physical injuries from my examination. I then folded the plastic bag on my hand over to cover the bird and the bag under a box outside my house to keep it safe from wild animals from nearing the body.

The first thing on my mind was, this bird might have died from a disease and I hope it isn’t the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Unfortunately it was the public holiday since yesterday as our country is celebrating the Muslim festival of Hari Raya. I tried but failed to contact the health ministry, the agriculture department and WHO Representative here in Malaysia. I heard many cases from various countries where foreign government agencies take serious steps to identify and quarantine birds suspicious of avian influenza to prevent an outbreak. I was hoping that the local government had setup some kind of contact or hotline for citizens to notify it of any suspected deadly diseases so it can take some form of action.

As it was the holidays I can only try and hope that police department and hospital can do something about this. I was greeted with disbelieve from both parties that someone called to report of a dead bird. How can people be so ignorant and uninformed of such global concerns? Even issues such as the dengue outbreak that started last year in Peninsula Malaysia which infected over 9000 and claim 81 lives this year didn’t bother the citizens to take extra precautions until a neighbor dies.

I spent the whole morning looking and calling up phone numbers finding people who might be concern and give me advice on dealing with the matter. Only the WHO (World health Organization) regional office base in Manila the Philippines that I called gave me what I wanted to hear. The officer at WHO advised me to avoid any contact with the bird and keep the corpse away from humans and stray animals. He then advised to contact the relevant authorities as soon as they are available.

I hope next Monday I will be able get the local authorities to investigate the already decomposed corpse. At least to show that they cared if not concerned. You might think I’ve over reacted but I believe it’s up to everyone’s individual responsibility to tackle such a widespread problem. If everyone would take the responsibility to pick up a piece of rubbish on the ground for every piece that he/she litters, we could eliminate rubbish pollution and continue to litter.

First Impressions of Juicebox

The Strokes will release their third record "First Impressions of Earth" On January 2006 as published on their webpage http://www.thestrokes.com. On the contrary, I’ve just heard on White Label on the BBC World Service that the new record will be released in December.

The 1st single from the forthcoming record “Juicebox” can be listened on their webpage on the “News” link. I’ve only listen to Juicebox for a few times. The chorus part had a kind of nostalgic 60s-70s feel with a bit of element from Glay’s early 90s works. It’s a really amazing song. I can’t wait for the new record to come out.

SWLing

I’ve been a fan of SWL (shortwave listening) to cross continent broadcast since my early secondary school years. I listen to the BBC world service, Voice of America, Radio Japan and other international broadcasts from my dad’s old Philips cassette recorder which has 2 shortwave bands.

Back then without the internet, shortwave was a cost and time effective way to get updates on the latest happenings and discovery on the planet around the clock. Even today with advanced communications technology like Wifi, cellphones and PDAs, many still rely on shortwave for their information and communications need especially in 3rd world counties where many still don’t have access to even a phone line.

Even for us blessed with cellphones and internet access, shortwave might be the only means for situation updates and communications with other part of the world if our land is struck in war or natural disasters. Events like the 2004 Dec 26th tsunami, last month’s hurricane disaster over New Orleans to the recent earthquake in Pakistan, people can depend on shortwave during such emergencies when power line, phone lines and communications network are cut off to contact and receive information from the outside world.

Shortwave isn’t very popular in Malaysia. I tried looking for clubs and communities for shortwave listeners and even amateur radio hobbyist without success. These are links to some ham radio (amateur radio) clubs in Penang, Sabah and Sarawak but the links are outdated. However I found Asiawaves.net. Asiawaves.net is rich with a list of available FM, MW, & SW Radio and TV Broadcasting in South and South-East Asia.

Asiawaves.net is relatively new it seems. There’s a forum there but it’s in trial and there aren’t many members. If you are interested, why not go to the Asiawaves.net forums and sign-up? I believe we can build a community of Malaysian or even Asean SWL and DX enthusiast there.

Sorry for no updates

I've had a very busy month and I'm sorry for a month without updates. I'll get back with updates as soon as I find some time.

Slave to money

A friend got me a one week part time job starting Friday till the end of the month. It’s a sales promoting job. Thanks to him I can pay off my rent and food for this month. Most people live to reproduce and sustain a living. I just live to be happy. Working isn’t a happy thing but it’s a reality we’ve got to face in order to sustain a living. I’m not going to live a coded process in our genes just to ensure the survival of the species.

Everything today has a price for that we can’t ignore. With 10 hours of work, 2 hours on the road and 8 hours for sleep, there’s only 4 hours a day for me to enjoy my free time. With my poor time management, those 4 hours can be also lost. How did modern life ever become like this? Not many people can make a living out of their interest or hobbies these days.

Yam's Blog With Cogs

I had an interesting find today that Yam from “Yam's Blog With Cogs” added a link to タママの嫉妬と怨念log. Yam somehow discovered that I view his weblog from time to time. I appreciated Yam putting a link to タママの嫉妬と怨念log. I made a link to “Yam's Blog With Cogs” sometime ago for my easier access there.

Yam is a mysterious being I presume who has a different and humorous view at situations. Yam draws very nice manga styled illustrations even though Yam denies ever reading any manga. Stop by “Yam's Blog With Cogs” for stories out of the blue.

Yam made a post here saying that I have fetish for anime is however irrelevant. I would say that I adore and am very passionate towards anime characters. Anime characters can be brought to life by fan fictions and live forever in our dreams and reminiscences.

Tama Kero 5

I have browse to another cute Tamama ＆ Keroro webpage by Pyoko様. タマ５ is one of the cutest webpage I have seen yet. Pyoko様 is very dedicated to タマ５. It is frequently updated with memos and diary entries. There is even a page for mobile phones. Pyoko様 also likes Hikago ＆ Akira so one can also check out Pyoko Cabin for cute Hikago ＆ Akira works through the link on the main page.

The memo in the gallery section is filled with interesting photos with thoughts of mostly models or plush toys of Tamama ＆ Keroro in various lovely scenes. There are also other exciting subjects in the memo that Pyoko様　shares. Pyoko様　creates very cute illustrations that makes one sigh in adoration. The photo diary in gallery are picture journal of Tamama ＆ Keroro plush toys. The diary in gallery is an illustration journal of Tamama ＆ Keroro’s everyday doings.

Pyoko様 is very devoted to Tamama ＆ Keroro’s love that Pyoko様 created the “Tamama V Keroro alliance” （タマｖケロ同盟）. I added the link to “タマｖケロ同盟” to support the “Tamama V Keroro alliance”. There are too many cute illustrations of Tamama ＆ Keroro’s divine love at タマ５ to be expressed here. Please have a visit to タマ５ but please be responsible and do not offend the author during your visit. And please do not reuse the respected author's works without written permission from author.

Reasons to blog

I feel that maintaining weblog isn’t that easy after all. I always come up with many ideas for articles but never really execute them. Sometimes out of laziness, sometimes out of lack of confidence. My life had always been like that but if you think we’re all the same, believe me. You’re far better then my lack of actions.

Maybe just talking like this to my weblog is better than thinking up something to write about because I can just write my mind out. I have been a bit too expressive a few posts back because I was writing my heart out. Reveling too much about one self to the world on a publicly accessible webpage isn’t so nice as some personal information might be used against the writer although it feels so darn good.

There I go again, writing up unfocused stories that bore people. I’m just trying to reach out to the world to communicate with people who might have the same ideas or feelings. Or am I just trying to keep this weblog updated? You just have to stay tuned for more 嫉妬 and 怨念. Isn’t that why we blog?

Love is strong to the death and after.

My savings are finished I’m in heavy debt. I’m still borrowing. I haven’t found a job. I still love Tamama. But I still have feelings for Takato. With love in mind, I don’t really care what happens in reality.

Happiness fills my heart while reality tears my life apart.

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Don't die.

I'm sorry I don't have time to update this weblog but I can't believe I posted 4 post in 12 hours at Tech N Tools. I had more information for Tech N Tools for me to keep writing but I wanted to focus more here at タママの嫉妬と怨念log.


I'll try hard to come up with content for タママの嫉妬と怨念log. I love タママの嫉妬と怨念log more than Tech N Tools. So, no. I won't let slow down. I want an audience to communicate with.

A try at quotes

“What is important to one of the other doesn’t appear important to the other”

My theory to selfishness and success.