This weekend has been helluva busy.

But it's fun though.

I love weekends nearing CNY!

so fri was cleaning up my room again and going off to work

sat was shopping in town w smell

and i bought bow, flower and crystal hair pins, lots of scrunchies and a top from new look

new look is officially my fave shop!

i used to think f21's damn nice but now i've got new look!

the top is like black with green hearts all over

and accessorize has 70% discount, i got this nano sticker. it's fucking chio

afterwards met up with crazy gang at cow car water LOL

it's damn funny when the canopies are collecting rain water and whenever someone pushes the water off, those suay kias walking past will get drenched

there's this woman w her LV bag tio drenched HAHAHAHA

and today was gg bugis w kimo and zac, touching up tatt, cny shopping and steamboat at my place.

i lazy to upload photos leh.

soon though.

think there are tons of pics that wasnt w me.

like the dinner w jon which where we had boon tong kee and udders ice cream and playing pictionary.

also the pics w smell ( she saw dai yang tian at diesel and squeals like a kid LOL)

think there are pics taken at cheenatown as well

and several pics today. not much though cos non of us had camera w us but this weekend had been a happy one.

Im cassandra guan yim ma now LOL

Boring as it is, this post is STILL going to be about happy nehneh pok.

I dont think I've provided reasons why I gave her such a "lame" name.

It was because on the first day I got her,

which was on new year's day,

I've kept her in a temporary fish tank for a day before Jess gave me her pink cage

While watching her, she always shows me her nehneh hence the name happy nehneh pok

The pet shop she was from has a lot of baby hamsters proudly displayed in front of the shop.

There were different breeds housed together

These were the more "sellable" ones(aged 4 to 6 weeks)

guinea pigs and bunnies were also on display.

they charge you exorbitant prices ranging from 45 to 60 bucks for a hamster.

Just behind the big display, there's this entire block of transparent boxes about the size of 20inch by 30inch

In each of these boxes lives a hamster or two and sometimes three.

These hamsters were either new borns( probably 2 weeks old,too young to be separated from the mother) or too "old" thus not sellable atm/already.

sometime late dec last year, i saw this hamster in one of the boxes with only a water bottle and food bowl. No wheel or toys

the bottle was too high up for her,

she always fell on her back trying to get a drink and always has to stand on one leg trying to reach the ball bearing of the bottle

I also noticed that her eyes were closed most of the time and she walks with a limp.

Also, her back has this sharp jut that was impossible to miss.

It wasn't love at first sight at the pet shop. That hamster is so cute im going to buy her kinda scenario.

Was more of like feeling appalled

As days goes by, the thought of the hamster still lingers

After repeated visits to the pet shop, I finally decided to get her on new year's day.

I asked the pet shop assistant for the price of the hamster and it comes to a shocking 30 bucks just because it was a yellow blue pudding hamster

I blatantly lied to him that the previous day I was there, the other assistant quoted 15 bucks instead

He said it was possible to sell it for 15 because it is already very big(6 months) which I assumed also meant it is not sellable

enquired about her eyes and he said she was sleeping!

I wont say this assistant is cunning because his boss is in the shop as well and if he were to tell me nehneh is blind, I "might decided not to buy" and he was sure to get a scolding from scaring off a potential customer.

However, he tried his best to get me accessories within my budget.

So I got my happy nehneh pok at 15.

I've read many hamster forums since and it never fails to make me feel that I made the right decision getting nehneh pok.

Some of the posts on forums include

- Pouring boiling water on hamsters that nobody wants to buy

the story of how one of the rescued hamsters was adopted here

- A girl read about this "proven breeding pair" and the state of health of the hamsters was beyond imagination (the female hamster died from breeding)

here's the story

-A hamster that was abandoned one too many times and suffered extreme pain.

read about her life here.

Often, I would think what would have happened to happy nehneh pok if I didnt buy her.

An "old" and impaired hamster that many potential hamster owners would walked past without giving two hoots about her well being.

A little hamster's life could be changed.

Which was why I wont buy from pet shops apart from this incident.

If you are looking for hamsters, why not try sghamsters or hamsterhideout?

There are always talks on forums on abandoned hamsters found, baby hamsters waiting for adoption.

As much as I love to adopt more hamsters, people who know me should know that I'm extremely terrified of furry animals so it took a lot of me to decide to get nehneh.

I'm sure this saying applies to all pet owners hamster or not.

A pet is something in your life but to the pet, you are everything.

So if you can provide a better living condition, why not?

I know la, I sound like some self preaching bitch but whatever k.

What opinions u formed doesnt matter to me.

I hope one day u realise that putting people down serves no purpose and benefits no one.

bought carefresh confetti bedding already.

i loike! colourful leh

anyway ive placed happy nehneh pok's previous cage in the tank as well so she can climb ard

since she dont want to use the wood chew i used it to make a gap on the top of the cage loh

two wheels and two bell toys and two food bowls for her
the inside of her cage.

the pink house is actually double storey but that nehneh pok dont like to go upstairs so i removed one storey
the only thing missing is the background that im drawing right now. new sun, clouds and star.

yup, i have cat litter at the bottom. heard that like that it is better for absorbency.

then i can change tank once in 2 weeks!
while i was setting up her tank

his voice damn nice!

drew these to paste at the back of happy nehneh pok's tank.

i think not even halfway through.

there are more things now including a giraffee, goldfish, monkey, butterfly and plankton from spongebob squarepants!

my patrick v fail leh. idk why everytime like that

the first thing i draw usually looks like crap

and the first thing i usually drew is my favourite.

the tortoise damn cute!

now looking at the paper, my fave is definitely the toucan
miley cyrus stalks happy nehneh pok everyday
happy nehneh pok was actually sleeping in the tiger hideout but i go disturb her HAHA

trying to get away from me, she slept in the house

sibei cute, like those ah pek dozing off at the coffee shop
the rabbits!

brought celery and carrots this time.

meanwhile, blossom has molted again

so i left her alone in case she gets too stressed and dies.

idk if i did mention i bought fresh food for happy everyday

so anyway i bought a pack of carrots for her but i read on forums that puddings are more prone to diabetes and carrots will change their fur colour so i kiasi never give her already

then i thought, since downstairs got people keep rabbits can give them lor

when i walked over, they run towards me leh. so cute but i know la, cannot keep them.

so i fed them 3 carrots which i roughly chopped

dk why their cage like so dirty and muddy one leh

that pile on the right looks like mud lor
empty food bowl. but i see food pellets on the newspaper.

but when i fed them carrots they were damn hungry leh.
xin tong see they sleep without newspaper or bedding.

so i will make it a point to visit them frequently

i've shifted happy to a 3ft tank alr

it's carene's. yay

and her dad is damn nice he drove the tank and the stand to my house :D

furball!

this is how it looks like

ive made some changes to it

that was the 5th water bottle i got lor KNN!

the first was bought when i bought her

then jess' cage has a bottle but it drips easily so i got another bottle

but happy dk how to use -.-

finally bought an orange ball bearing bottle but KNN drips!

damn pek chek bought the current one.

oh ya i've got 3 wheels damn sian same story as above

i intend to get a huge piece of paper, paint a rainbow,sun, lollipops and all and stick it at the back of the tank.
this was ytd night when i havent put the tank on the stand
helicopter view

and my samsung omnia pro hang for 3 days same page alr

damn suay

more like samsung omnia pui.

so, im using this lao pok hp and the camera got free holga effect one.

swee bo

here's my hamster patiently waiting, er no. sleeping while i clean her cage.the mundane tedious thing i do on a daily basis-picking out sunflower seeds from the mix

look how much of the food are not sunflower seeds!

if i give her these everyday, she will look like me in the near future. LOL
and this is how she greet me when i woke up. hen cute lor.

she's gnawing the toilet roll HAHA

like that one leh, body in toilet roll

caught her sleeping like that
new hamster food for her

anyway im contemplating changing her name to macdonalds cos i'm lovin' it. HAHA
nvr see my crab v long alr right haha
neh

I've reached my 1000th post on tumblr!!!! and this is what my 1000th post looks like :D

found these while spring cleaning

used them as rough papers for planning a party years ago

look at my good life haha. working on 18th 20th and 21st dec 2008

all zbar with the good people shiokness!

happy finally learns how to run in her wheel!

changed her wheel and she runs!

i see she like become more fluffy so changed her diet abit

20 over grains of hamster food per day with fresh food

ive since tried cherry tomato, broccoli, celery, bread, digestive biscuits and apple

she ate them all cept digestive biscuits and bread.

new chewable maze for happy!

im damn proud of myself cos i spent 10 minutes fixing it

swee bo?

back of the maze
ai seh man, got bbq and bikini babes somemore sia
side view 1
side view 2
lots of things for her to gnaw

gnawing stone, chewing block and toilet roll

but she still chew the bars -.-

over the days, i've come to observe and understand happy's behaviour and temperament.

she's a sweet and smart hamster

everyday, she would deshell sunflower seeds and leave the seeds in her hideout

when she feels like it, she will go eat the seeds.

clever sia, most hamsters stuff them all in their mouth or deshell them only when they want to eat.

gave her broccoli and cherry tomato just now

she separated half the broccoli

half to eat and half to keep in her hideout

but she still hasnt run in her wheel

she practically sleeps in every corner of the cage

sand house, hideout, toilet roll u name it

i've removed her shredded toilet paper 'cos they were soiled with broccoli bits

heng she not like her owner. ultimate veggie hater LOL

here's how i celebrated the last day of 2010

there's dinner at swissotel followed by a walk at clark quay, watching fireworks in the car sipping corona and a walk at ecp.

didnt took a lot of pictures because busy eating mah

my fave is the dessert selection

particularly the vanilla pudding, chocolate fondue and DURIAN PENGAT!

i also quite fancy the raw salmon and roasted beef whooooot

the mother kept making us take pictures

tong ku leh lol

I've decided to name her happy (:

tried taking pictures but all i can capture was her butt

I bought a blind, deformed crippled hamster

haha i think i said it like 1627389405 times already

but i'll show u pictures next time 'cos i've already blogged two long posts and i'm chui alr LOL.

next post should be about my new hamster and how i spent new year's eve.

see i lazy until i never make font bigger or bold liao

zhai jian

x'mas gathering was held at carene's as usual

and i was late

as usual haha
they started off playing pictionary first while i ate after them
ok, the post the pics are all jumbled up as well bcos it is in the x'mas folder
that's a belly button clue HAHAHA

jess was like " this person, has a hole in his stomach"

his belly button v big hor
look at them

they say i diu lian play with the santa hat

but they did this before i came over!
carene and i with our presents before exchanging
i like this pic
okok wo lai liao

u see maureen, i finally removed my hat and smile properly then she threw the pillow over
machiam jail sia
bing after she exchanged presents
see my smiley

cute bo
bing's volcano hahaha






an octopus









their typical "waiting for cass" look hahaha
simi lai eh?
i was like "i have white nipples whoooooooooooooo"



jess: this person face pain then put this ok alr"

it's an eyedrop HAHAHAHA