dependent

had a really horrible day today. great forces were all at work to annoy me, with both people and animals as their pawns. counting only the number of ways in which animals have harrassed me today:

- sherbie, despite having undergone an overnight fast, managed to poop mid-flight during his morning release, when i was already running late for uni.
- could not figure out which keys went to which of osky/mei/peanut's homes. so ended up trying keys in front of both neighbours' houses and managing to look like the neighborhood burglar.
- osky didn't want to eat his dinner. while i was standing there, puzzling over how to solve this issue, he casually walked over and pooped right in front of me.
- mei scratched and hissed kaixing.

okay technically in the last example kx was harassed, not me, but all dog owners find it distressing when their dog is cowering between their knees. particularly when it's in response to a rescued kitten.

having said that, kaixing gazing at me with her squeaky ball between her jaws is priceless. maybe i'm biased, but then maybe dogs really are man's best friend.

commemoration

back to school again, for my final semester of university. the past two weeks have been a whirlwind of fun, excitement, good food, and sleep deprivation.

as suddenly as it all began, i found myself sitting in the mary lockett LT this morning, listening to my lecturer as he said "it's the beginning of the end". something about 130 days until we graduate. he repeated it quite a lot, in fact. 130 days, 130 days, 130 days...

oh yes. and we also got our job offers today, and i did get my preference. and strangely enough i am also going to spend the rest of my rotations this year in the same hospital, ie >50% of this year in one hospital! pretty crazy, given that i hardly ever got my first preferences in the previous two years.

umm.. and actually i don't have much to say. i have a week of lectures before starting my next rotation. seems like fun! i'm looking forward to it. we're doing plastering tomorrow morning :)

oh and i'm also excited about catching up with some of my friends whom i didn't see over the entire two week winter break. yaaaaaaayy!! can't wait!

Latest addition to the family

Everybody, a belated meet Herbert-Sherbet/Rory-Lori/Troll:

{hello, humans!}

The latest addition to our family :). S/he is a rainbow Lorikeet Kaixing rescued from four crows. When dad opened the door to our garden, Kaixing rushed out and chased the crows away. She started sniffing the Lorikeet and followed him as he ran around our entire garden because he could not fly.

You may have noticed that he has no tail feathers- they have been dispersed all over our lawn. Crows are such bullies! We think that they may have been responsible for Maggie's untimely disappearance.

{it took me a few minutes to realise what dad was holding}

Dad put it back in the tree where its parents were, but it wasn't moving very much. So we tried feeding it.

We tried raw minced beef (kaixing's favourite), but it wouldn't eat. We were about to try seeds (maggie's favourite), but some friends told us that Lorikeets eat sweet things. It's true. S/he took honey from my finger until we could purchase some Lorikeet feed from the shop.

{kaixing trying to meet and greet}

Kaixing is completely smitten by the bird. When we let it around the house, it will usually run to some corner and sit there. Then Kaixing will lie down beside it and stare, fascinated.

For some reason, S/he seems to be perpetually occupied with defecating. We've had quite a lot of collateral damage in the form of mum's jeans, and my Leavers' jumper.

I think this will be my last post for a little while. I'll be flying over east tomorrow night. Yay! :D