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[704] Of cat attack due to ammonia!

As in right now, there are just too many cats around me.

Mohd Hafiz Noor Shams. Some rights reserved

Cute but too many nonetheless. And they are starting to get on my fragile nerves. I think I’ll cook some for dinner. Wait, I can’t cook. Oh well. Life is just an experiment and so is cooking. Yeah. A sacrifice for Eid. Muahahaha. Alright. I’m getting a bit crazy. Too much ammonia, you know. It might affect sanity, sometimes.

LABIS: More than 300 people overcome by ammonia fumes caused by a chemical reaction at a nearby illegal dumpsite fled their homes yesterday.

The gas prompted residents living near Sungai Gatom to evacuate their homes.

Haha, I still remember that it’s NH3! Or was that ammonium?

I wonder how a cat meat would taste like when cooked with ammonia. Won’t be too kind to the tongue I presume. You’ll never know until you try, eh? Let’s do it.

Lame and not funny.

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Gaming Photography Politics & government

[683] Of lost in reflection

Yeah, I know. I know. That’s a lame entry title. Unoriginal. But they say, it’s a form of flattery.

This one was taken near Dang Wangi, Kuala Lumpur ; in front of a shoe store.

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Some passersby noticed me while I was taking the photo. And there was this WTF-kind of expression on their face. I’m sure that they were thinking, what so interesting about shoes.For people that know me quite well, and as the picture suggests, I’m interested in the reflection, not the shoes.

This idea of shoot yourself in a mirror started when I first stumbled upon The Mirror Project. As of currently, I have 13 photos there. w00t!

p/s – god. I hate this shaman. I think I’m going to log into World of Warcraft again sometimes soon. I miss all the people in Sanct.

pp/s – What’s going on here? (via)

ppp/s – now, this is what I call shrewd diplomacy.

Iran Offers U.S. Share in Nuclear Plants

By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer Sun Dec 11, 8:18 PM ET

TEHRAN, Iran –
Iran opened the door Sunday for U.S. help in building a nuclear power plant � a move designed to ease American suspicions that Tehran is using its nuclear program as a cover to build atomic weapons.

…

“America can take part in international bidding for the construction of Iran’s nuclear power plant if they observe the basic standards and quality,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said in a news conference.

Erm…

p4/s – Wizards of Winter (via).

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Humor Photography

[682] Of when a conservative comes to a university…

They’ll get booed. Well, maybe not all but Ann Coulter sure had earful. She also brilliantly called her audience stupid. No. She actually called her audience stupider.

Ann Coulter to hecklers: You’re stupider than I am

STORRS, Connecticut (AP) — Conservative columnist Ann Coulter cut short a speech at the University of Connecticut amid boos and jeers, and decided to hold a question-and-answer session instead.

“I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am,” Coulter told the crowd of 2,600 Wednesday.

Boo!

Somebody at Norwich Bulletin wrote something marvelous about the uber-polemicist’s speech:

The UConn College Republicans’ stated reason for inviting Coulter to speak, for $16,000, was to promote conservative thought on campus. In actuality, they paid for a circus, and they got one.

Right on.

Too bad she graduated from Michigan.

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Photography Politics & government

[678] Of Felis domesticus

A cat catching a not-so-catnap in a morning, on, of all places, my bed.

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Knowing that this particular cat loves sleeping on my bed, now, I may have discovered a reason why I always find myself with little red scratches almost every morning.

The photo is obviously overexposed. Still, I like the details of his bosom. But now, it’s time to give the cat some scratches of his own.

p/s – haha. if everyone thinks like this, Barisan Nasional will have serious problem. It’s in Malay. If you don’t understand it, then you’ll have to learn Malay. =)

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Photography Society

[674] Of time’s eating Kuala Lumpur alive

On the same day I digitized the Jamek Mosque, I took quite a number of photographs in and around Kuala Lumpur . This is a row of deteriorating, badly damaged shophouses in the capital. Specifically, around the Dang Wangi light rail transit station. In spite of the building appearance, surprisingly, it hasn’t been abandoned.

Mohd Hafiz Noor Shams. Some rights reserved

It’s a disheartening feeling to see buildings that once characterized Malayan cities falling into disrepair, eaten by time relentlessly. Compare all this to Singaporean shophouses. What a difference it is.

To be fair, there are other better preserved buildings of similar type here in the capital but I wish there were more. Malaysians certainly could learn a thing or two from our friends down south.

When I wanted to get shots of the structure for my collection, at first, I was a bit apprehensive to approach it. The place rather secluded; you’ll never know when a prick’s going to come up to you and ask for your wallet. Nevertheless, in the end, my curiosity got the better of me. And nothing unsavory happened.

About the photo, I had to ticker with it so that the colors are more defined. The original is rather bland; too bland to be of any interest. I feel my photo don’t do justice to my subject. While I was there, I was awed at the sight. There was something grand and sad about it. And the original failed to capture that feeling. Even the edited version doesn’t properly convey the message across.