The Return of the King....

Some of the pictures I took using my crappy camera(phone camera) that I would like to share with everybody. :-)

An UNWILLING little Dutch Milk Maid....wahahaha!

Aint the fella cute?

Nathan having enough of being our source of amusement!

Padini Kids Summer Collection Pose...

Natster waiting patiently for his meal to be served at Manhattan Fish Market

After 20 minutes of waiting...aint Silly Bean and Nathan cute? Love them to bits!

Early breakfast at Mc Donalds....

Where's my ice-cream Ma'a?

Nothing beats having a cold sweet ice-cream on a Saturday Morning...

Closer take on the Natster enjoying his share of Chocolate Sundae

Mummy stealing Nat boy's ice-cream!

Daddy showing off some meat...for your information, this is my Futsal Session outfit....don't think stray!

Hope you fellas enjoy the updates...until next time!

100 Acre Wood - September 2010 Jon's Version

I was browsing the net a couple of days back for some information on language classes and I noticed something very 'in' nowadays. There are ads in almost all the sites about 'cartoonizing' yourself. Basically it works by you sending in your best pictures to them and they cartoonize it for you for a small fees. Some of these are in the mould of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' style while others are more Mangaish in their approach. It actually tickles me to see some really really old dude doing it as well as the target market of the young and trendy! Anyway, since it's the holidays and ol'Jon has lots of time, it makes me think of something very creative but a tad naive. What if, ol'Jon is just part of a show for someone else entertainment? What if the 6 billion plus ppl are all characters in Cartoons? Which cartoon will ol'Jon be in?

After some hard thinking and dismissing Japanese Hentai Anime(wahahaha), ol'Jon thought that he would do well in the Winnie the Pooh story. Ok here goes;

In the 100 Acre Wood(the home to all the Winnie The Pooh characters), there live a harmonious group of animals, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore the Donkey, Tigger the Tigress, Piglet the Pig, Rabbit the Rabbit(of course), Kanga and Roo the Kangaroos and lastly Jon the Lion(new character!)

Jon the Lion is the new resident of 100 Acre Wood and he is one of the more crazy animal there. He is responsible, sweet, funny and a bit crazy. He is also sometimes hot tempered, forgetful and has a knack of giving too much opinions, more than people would appreciate. His is 100% crazily in love with Tigger(in this version of story, Tigger is a female character).

Second character is Tigger. She is very bouncy, very happy, and very kind Tigress. She makes ppl around her feel warmth and comfortable with her enigmatic charm. She is also able to makes grown ups bounce with happiness with her antics and funny character. In my 100 Acre Wood, the Tigger would be my Silly Bean, My CP and My Love. CP, like the Tigger is a much misunderstood creature. On the surface, she looks cold, fierce(it comes with being a tiger), unfriendly and unkind. But once you got to know her, you feel safe with her, you feel warmth with her, you feel happiness with her and most of all you feel her love. She is also fiercely territorial and sometimes defensive but that comes with the whole package and I love her to bits!

When Jon the Lion married Tigger the Tigress, out came Winnie the Pooh. Winnie the Pooh is the perenial favorite character in the 100 Acre Wood. He is a small little bear with a lot of charisma. He is lovable, huggable, extremely cute and his love for food is endless! Winnie the Pooh in a sense will be Nathan. Someone that brings endless joy and laughter to Tigger and Jon. Someone that gels Tigger and Jon even more. And someone who is loved by all that knows him. In a sense, Winnie(Nathan) is the most popular character in my story.

Then comes Eeyore. Eeyore is a donkey who is calm but extremly gloomy. He is also very intelligent but mostly keep it to himself. He is Jon's best friend and he is rightly Mr. Yeap aka Nutty! Nutty is a long time old friend of Jon. He is a very smart man with lots of knowledge but he tends to keep it to himself only sharing it if you pushed the right button. He is also fiercely loyal, patently good listener and ridiculously good mannered. Eeyore aka Nutty is the unassuming, steadfast and no nonesense friend any man would like and that is a very high credit someone can have.

After Eeyore, it is the turn of the Piglet. Piglet shall be Joan and Joan should be Piglet. No pun intended but Joan/Piglet is small in stature(not her legs though) but brave in face of trouble or danger. The problem is, she sometimes doesn't even know that she is brave to do a lot of things that ppl are not ready to do. If she want something she gets it done provided she didn't think about it first! Once she starts to think, she will not and cannot do anything anymore. Thus Piglet is Joan and Joan is Piglet, oh and Joan fancies bright color stuffs just like Piglet.

Rabbit is the next character in the 100 Acre Wood. Rabbit is pushy and takes his own desicion. She rarely listen to others and most of the time are depressed and moody. This is a toughie and after some ponderings, the character goes to Tan Bin Bin. She is a brilliant person but makes the most ridiculous decision sometimes. She is also a bit pushy for others to accepts her opinions using the cute and cuddly route with a all familiar; "Awww don't you think so? I don't know....but..." statement pushing you to accept it. However this might have changed since her migration to the land of Sewer Water(that is Singapore if you dont know)

 

Kanga and Roo is best described in my sister and her daughter Jasmine. Kanga the mother Kangaroo loves her daugther so much that she always warn her of the dangers, often advising her on stuffs and takes care of the daughter, sometimes too much. She pampers Jasmine and gives her the best there is. Jasmine/Roo on the other hand is cheeky, smart and cute. She loves running around the house. She also loves Tigger and Winnie and are best of friends with Winnie. She used to be very close to Tigger and adores her but circumstances had it that they dont meet that often anymore. So in my 100 Acre Wood, Kanga is my sister Elaine, and Roo is my niece Jasmine.

If my world is a cartoon, these are the few characters I know that will fit into the 100 Acre Wood. If only life were these simple....

Women are not demanding at all...not even a bit!

They just want;

Plain looking husband.....

                                          

....NORMAL simple ring

                             

.....SMALL& MODEST wedding

....Honeymoon at ANY place

                          

....Small house for the kids to run around

                          

....lovely childrens

                                    

                      

.....husband is a family man

                                 

.....but work hard

                                

.....small car for shopping

                                

.....slightly bigger car for the kids

                                 

.....a few handbags

                                 

....shoes for each occasion

                                  

.....some nice outfits

                                

....a bit of cosmetics

                                

.....a bit of makeup

                              

.....overseas trip once a year

                             

....more often on domestic trips

                             

....dinners

                           

....presents occasionally ~ a bit of gift

                                 

.....and finally SOME securities

                            

That's it, Women are not Demanding at all!!!!

ol'Jon received the above exerps from Silly Bean not long ago. I dont know if she is implying something!

Lastly, if this guy could not figure out women, then what hope does mere mortals like us fellow Men can do to understand this Women thingy. I think women is a sub-species of the human race, sort of the different family group....thus the hardship in understanding one....

                       

Brood Parasitism ~ In another perspective!

Two days back I was watching Animal Planets(number 1 channel in the house now due to King Nathan's request) together with Natster on the comfort of my couch. Silly Bean was busy cleaning the house, thus the important job of keeping Natster company fell to ol'Jon. I could not remember the show's title but it's about some Extreme Animals.

One particular animal that caught my attention was the Cuckoo bird. These are a sly and cunning bird which practises "Brood Parasitism". Ok now, if you guys do not know what brood parasitism; allow me to explain further. These birds lay their egg on other bird's nest. And their egg are timed to hatch before the original bird's eggs. Once hatched, the chick will knock the original eggs off the nest or if permitted kill the hatchlings.
This is to ensure that the parasite chick gets all the food. Cuckoos are famous for doing this and they thrive by denying others a chance to flourish. They are the badass of the birds world and they're selfish, cunning and vicious in their pursue for survival. They are essentially the bad guy!

Spot the Difference ~ Apparently 'Foster Birds' cannot differentiate their eggs

However, they're not 100% to be blame, 95% at most....The other 5% of blame is on the "foster bird" parents. I know the joke about having a bird's brain(which means you're stupid) but can't the parents identify their own chicks? I mean come on, the cuckoo's chick and their chicks are totally different. Does it mean that the birds will take care of whatever eggs that is found in their nest? How bout chicken eggs then? Being stupid even in the animal kingdom means taking a lot of unwanted route and wasting a lot of time. It is much more apparent in the human world though....

Ok, the egg might be confusing to detect but look at this...pure dumb? The cliche bird brain was coined since!

Anyway, this show is very interesting to me on the context and it makes me think and think. It also has a ticklish effect on Natster seeing so many 'bird bird' flying around, oblivious to the hidden message of the programmes.

You see, poor ol'Jon was being labelled as being immature by 'the one who holds a high position' recently. His justification was that I could not add some 'diplomacy' in my approach of handling some issues and that I cannot agree with his ways and was persistent in my pursuit of my principles. While ol'Jon has been labelled as a lot of things in the past, good and bad included eg: hot-headed, impulsive, fighter, natural leader, like to criticize, fat, fit, player, smart, mature(yes....lots of folks say I'm mature mentally and physically) playful, humorous and so on and so on but ol'Jon has never been addressed as being immature. It is a new thing for me, sort of the discovery of a new definition for a words by Thesaurus(those who doesn't know what is this pls google it!" I mean come on, refusing to be a hypocrite and a liar is not being immature. Standing on my principles and things I believe in is not immature. Refusing to be a two-headed snake like 'the one who holds a high position' is not immature. And not being a mere Yes Man is not being immature.

So I took the jibe cum advice that I'm immature with a pinch of salt and do some reflections. Yes I agree lying sometimes is a must and even though the Good Book say it is wrong, humans lie, and sales people lie even more(but lawyers, politicians, marketing folks lie even more) But if a lie is to cover one's ass and no harm will be feted out to others then I can accept. If a lie is used to hurt or attack another person I cannot accept and will never accept!

Of being a hypocrite like 'the one who holds a high position', that I cannot do in a million years. Though I'm not particularly religious, I've always hate hypocrites. I mean there is 5 things ol'Jon can't stand.

1. A dirty car
2. A Man Utd fans dissing my beloved Liverpool
3. A Hypocrite
4. An Idiot pretending to be Smart
5. A lady who is too lazy to dress up

And to think that 'the man who hold a high position' goes to Church every Sunday and do generous donations, it make the hypocrisy even worse. I hope God knows who the 'real shame shaddy' he is and sent him a reminder soon!

I'm from the sort of strict and cane your ass if you're naughty family. So even though I'm the only son(suppose to enjoy a lot of luxury in a Chinese household), I get my fair share of canings and lectures when I'm younger. Of course being a cheeky fella didn't help the cause. So good principles are instilled in me when I'm young and I'm very proud of it. My father once told me that if you think you're doing the right thing and someone thinks you're doing the wrong thing, it is your job to find out the truth and change oneself or the other person. But of course 'the one who holds a high position' is already in a path that is so lost that no one can help him. Apparently a wife and a kid will make a man more principled and disciplined, not in the case of 'the one who holds a high position'

Lastly it takes natural talent and lots of skills to be a two headed snake. I'm afraid I lack those talent, skills and instinct to make a good 2 headed snake. I'll leave it to the pro like 'the one who holds a high position' to be the extraordinary 2 headed snake he is. He is the undisputed champion of 2 headed snake. Like a saying that there cannot be 2 tigers in the same hill, I think 1 champion pro 2 headed snake is sufficient now!

In summary, if I'm so stupid like the 'foster birds' in the show, I'll end up carrying a lot of unwanted baggage and unnecessary waste of time and energy to fulfil one nasty Cuckoo's egg! Hate to disappoint but ol'Jon is not the ordinary Joe and God bless me with a functional brain though not fully utilised! Until then...readers out there, don't be a 'foster parent' and a victim of Brood Parasitism! God bless~

*Disclaimer - Posting is for personal consumption and not linking to anyone( in case there is some nosy, pesky and busybody reader who forwards the posting or complain to 'the one with the Stick' You know who you are(hint hint, it is from the land of US) and may you have a miserable day today if you read this. The rest of readers from US, rest assure I love America...hehehe...in fact I love the world and I love life!