Pick on me!

Pick on me!

Don't know about deer but the Nile crocodile is one animal which likes to be picked on. It will open its mouth and birds like spur-winged plover will pick on the leeches that feed on its blood. It is gain-gain symbiotic relationship.

Plant Talk: Pornographic Chillies

It seems that there is a type of chilly native to Louisiana and Texas in the USA that looks so hot that it has been voted the Most Pornographic Pepper by Organic Gardening Magazine. Called by a variety of name like Peter Pepper, Chilly Willy, Penis Chilly, the pepper could be eaten but are planted for ornamental purposes. Fancy having one in your mouth? I bet it would make you cry!

We are saluting the sun!

We are saluting the sun!

Yoga practitioners would be familiar with the term 'saluting the sun' which refers to the series of postures aimed at promoting general health. Yoga as everyone know is a stess-busting sport originating in India. Said to be associated with meditative practices in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, it is no wonder then that Malaysia's National Fatwa Council once issued a ban on the sport among Muslims.

Wait till I catch you!

Wait till I catch you!

That'd probably remind you of Aesop's 'The Mice in Council' and the phrase 'Belling the cat' or 'To bell a cat'. Doesn't ring a bell?

Shoot!

Shoot! And I don't need a gun!


I once heard someone said that the inventor of the atomic bomb, Hungarian physicist Leó Szilárd was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. During World War II, Leó Szilárd, and many other scientists in the 1945 Manhattan Project that produced the deadly weapon had hoped that by merely showing the tremendous power of the bomb, Germany and Japan would be forced to surrender. In a similar vein, Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the assault rifle and a decorated general wished that his legacy would spread peace in the world and stop murders and wars. Pretty silly smart men these, don't you think?


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I am Flying!

I am flying!

Can ducks fly? I used to think that they can't. Back home, my dad used to keep ducks in the backyard. I had not seen any of them flying. Domesticated duck, it seems, do not fly because their body weight is heavy. Wild ducks, however, do fly! That's why, I suppose, western comics and books have hunters shooting down ducks.

Size does matter!

For Malaysia’s biggest bull, size does matter. Besides needing a daily diet of 50kg of Indian Napier giant grass and 5kg of food pellets, getting up on its four feet is difficult to do. Because of its girth, it takes up to a minute to just get up and then of course, it is difficult to have sex. Its owner, Juharani Jaafar, a cafe operator had tried to get the bull to mate twice and both times the cows died. Standing at 183 cm and weighing 1.5 tonnes, the six-year-old bull which is bigger than a mid-sized family saloon car broke their backs when it mounted them!

I am the flower dog!

You hear it right! I am the flower dog, not the flower girl!




A flower girl, like a ring bearer or a page boy, is a participant in a wedding procession. A flower girl walks in front of the bride, carrying a bouquet of flowers and may spread flower petals before the bride as she makes her entrance. And while we are here, here's , 'Here comes the bride'...

Rats!

Rats That's what Kapuku are! If you fancy a diet of rats, you'd probably get to buy it in Lilongwe, Malawi. where you can get the rodents ready cooked, salted or dried. These gray field mice are popular Malawi delicacy.The mice are hunted in corn fields after the harvest when they have grown plump on a diet of grains, fruits, grass and the odd insect. Doesn't really look like a dirty meal, does it?

I am feeling out of place!

I am feeling out of place!


Out of place is an idiom, meaning not in the proper place or inappropriate. If you are feeling out of place, you could well feel awkward and unwelcome. When and under what circumstances do you feel out of place?