Monday's pick: Original or hybrid?

I love cats. I want BIG cats, but apparently you can't have big cats, they are a protected species :P. Darn it! So I was talking to my bf about big cats (lions and tigers) because I saw the show The lioness and the leopard on Animal Planet and apparently (I did not realize that) lions are bigger that leopards :P. Duh me. XD

So that reminds me of a story I read a few weeks back about the Liger cubs (Lion dad + Tiger mom). And Tigon cubs (Tiger dad + Lion mom) in the picture below. I think they are the only ones that existed (at least that's what it said in the article). Cute huh??

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The above picture are Liger cubs, the one that was born in Taiwan. They are uber cute!!! Apparently they kinda look like tiger cubs right? Guess the lions are like a white canvas and tigers are stripey that they kinda just added stripes to the lions :P but look at the pictures below:

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I Google-d a bunch of pictures of Ligers and most of them look like they were photoshop. But I am sure they aren't. Only a handful of them survived tho. They tend to have shorter lifespan than lions or tigers. And when they are grown the can be bigger that the lions or tigers. o.O I want one!!! And they look more lions when they are adults with a mane but with stripes. Cute!! :D

Oh and I found this!

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Just when I thought they have not done it...they did! It's a Leopon (Leopard dad + Lion mom). Funny, I should just say lioness lol!! They tend to have a lion head and leopard body. I wonder if there are others out there? This picture were taken in 1960 (!!!!) in Kobe, Japan. Crazy huh?

So what do you think of these hybrids? Or do you prefer our lions, leopards and tigers?

Monday's pick: Would you prefer...

Sunny days or rainy days?

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I prefer cuddling on a rainy day. :) While watching the rain, with cold chocolate ;)

Would you rather watch Dirty Jobs or Mythbusters?

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Hands down, Mythbusters of course! Come on, laughter, myths, and crazy randomness fun...who wouldn't want to watch this??? :D And I just love Tory, Kari and Glenn :D and of course Adam and Jamie ;) I can just sit and watch this alllllllll day :D.

Monday's Pick: I have Mother Goose in my head o.O

Last week my friend posted Mother Goose nursery rhymes on her Facebook status...now I have it stuck in my head. For the entire. Weekend. o_O It is this one:

Hey diddle, diddle
The cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the moon
The little dog laughed 
To see such fun craft (I always thought it was fun =__='')
And the dish ran away with the spoon

(Did I remember it correctly?)

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Ok so since IT is stuck in my head (please go away), I decided to spice it up a bit. And it goes:

Hey diddle, diddle
The cat does the wiggle
The cow loves pink and maroon
The little dog laugh
Cause he had fun
And the dish loves a big fat baboon

LOL~~ Ok I screw up Mother Goose's rhymes, but hey at least I can laugh at it XD

What's your favorite Mother Goose's nursery rhymes?

Monday's pick: I love me some chocolate ^_~

A week ago, it seems so much longer, I indulged in some yummy-licious dark chocolate with peppermint. :D It was good, it was amazing!

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I remember telling my bf that I had some yummy peppermint dark chocolate that I am having now, and that I am addicted to. And he showed me this:

Apparently he was having dark chocolate too (without me :P), organic dark chocolate to boost. :P So I guess great mind thinks alike :D. I do prefer dark chocolate over milk chocolate. I LOVE chocolate covered raisins more, OMG I think I could eat this everyday and would not get sick :).

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Come on who doesn't love chocolate covered raisins? XD If you don't, more for me!! What did you do this weekend? Here is what I did. :D 

Monday's pick: Shoes

Okay, so here's the deal: heels over wedge or heels over boots? Truth is I have never ever worn boots in my entire life *gasp* I know...not so much of a shocker. There are some reason why I have never worn/owned/have one:

1. My legs are fat...like seriously.

2. I don't think I look good in them aka I look stumpy (cause I am short).

3. I don't have a reason to own/buy one since our climate is so hot.

4. I just don't have the reason to buy one :P.

Okay, okay...so I think they are extremely HOT! if, I was Mila Jovovich or Gwen Stefani. They have uber cute, sexy, long, thinly shaped legs. I know, I love to drool over woman's legs (and boobs and arse)...hey my bf should be very happy. But me, I have stubby legs. If you know me personally I think you would agree with me. Hahahaha...I mean, I am sure I can rock (some type of) boots, but I have never tried. My bf said I'd look real sexy in them, altho I don't really trust him cause he is biased - he is my bf after all. So anyway I have seen some really, really sexy cut and interesting boots I'd LOVE to try on (and I know I'd probably look stumpy and short but hey you live only once!) and I know I could get my hands on them. :D But of course I'd have to be somewhere cooler (like seasoned countries) to try to rock into them.

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Hmmm dreamy ey? If only I had those legs *drools*. Anywhoo....okay shoes. Well I suppose not so much of shoes...

My pick for today is shoes, in general. I do love heels. I try to get them but I don't use them a lot. I am more comfortable in flats, or sandals or hmmm flip flops. :D Yeah those are great for going casual. ^^ Going for dates, just out with friends, and whatever. But I do love me some heels. Or wedge. Altho I prefer wedge since it is more comfortable in a long run. Okay, maybe not. It depends on the heels. Some heels, even tho it is 4 inches high are really, really comfortable. I know! You guys might thing how do you girls do it. We just do!!! Now who doesn't love being a girl?? We get to dress up and put sexy clothes on for you guys to drool over, paint our faces put on cute makeup, and get to wear cute shoes!! Life is not so easy being a girl but we love it and do it anyway! :D

So this Monday I am up for SHOES!!! Anything in general. I do love me some nice, comfy Nike, or Kappa or Converse. :D Good for the easy, breeze, sporty look. I know!! Shoes!!! Heels!! Boots!! Gotta love them all!!

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Christian Louboutin heels - picture from flickr

Monday's pick: It's MY birthday!!!

Ok...since it is my birthday I just want to say, Happy birthday to me!! Vain much? Anywhooo...I can't pick anything for this Monday, cause then it would be like picking everything I can think of (since it is my birthday anyway). I want everything and anything. :P

But I think the only one thing that I truly want it for my boyfriend to be here. :( Like if I can have anything that's what I want...and maybe a gazillion bucks. Thank you very much. So if you have a gazillion bucks to spare, you know where to find me. :P


Lots of love,
a!kO *hugs*

Raya special: RAYA! Eid-Fitr!

Today's Monday's pick Raya special is all about food and food! :P ahaha...ok I am late by 3 days but who's counting right? (Right Al?) Anywhoo...I don't know what is so special about raya...eid...except the extraordinary delicious mouth watering food that people serve us for FREE at their humble homes and you can sit there and stuff your face till you can't eat anymore...so what? But of course you don't do that...stuff yourself till you can't eat anymore...just saying. You can do that. And it might seem rude ya know.

Anyway, I don't know what to pick for raya...I think I am out of raya ideas...but I will be back next Monday (hopefully :P) so...stay safe for raya people! (Al I know you wanted something extravagant but I can't think of anything...ahaha sorry!)

Selamat Hari Raya

 

~ a!kO

'Belated' Monday's pick: Bangles

OMG! I so totally forgot about Monday's pick since I have started my short course, and the wireless connection is so sucky that I really am about to explode. Thankfully I have my long list of games I could play. *pheeew* I could die and do nothing in the very cold temperature controlled room (not, it's damn cold and if the ac are not on it's damn hot).

So anywhoo, my belated Monday's pick would have to be bangles. I am so (kinda) into it now. I mean eons years ago, I am more of the silver/gold bracelet kinda girl you know. Until last January both of my silver bracelets snapped while CLK was here, so I didn't have the time to replaced it. Yeah I know should've asked CLK to replaced them for me :P but there are seriously no great looking silver bracelet I have come upon.

So then I have decided to move onto bangles. :) And I freakin' loving them! Ok, I don't have a lot of them but I am stocking up (for the lost time). Presently I have some beaded ones (from SARAWAK! HELL YEAH!), and some wooden ones (from Sarawak too!!), some leathery-type ones, errr, what else? I think I have some like stainless steel ones too, and a few others I don't remember. Don't you guys just love accessories?? Especially bangles (and earrings and rings and anklets and...well that's for another day :D ). I guess i'm just an accessories girl :). So this week's pick would have to be BANGLES!!!

 

*image courtesy of www.fashionista.com 

*image courtesy of www.costumesofindia.com

xOxO,
a!k0

Monday's pick: Jeggings or leggings

My pick for this week is: Jeggings :D altho leggings would be a good one to, so either way jeggings/leggings.

Apparently, I think I have been using leggings (or maybe those really stretchy, skinny, spandex pants) a long time ago. Yeah they use to be my favorites, and now they are back? As for the question mark, I'm sure they are the same thing but not. You know what I mean, right? Anyway...I have not used the jeggings/leggings a lot lately cause of the weather (like freakin' humid and hot) and I don't think it is really suitable for tropical weather but I think it would look good at night. Ok, I'm just that crazy/creative/daring to wear them but I see a lot of the girls wear them and I envy them! I think it is because they have really skinny legs (ok, sometimes they look like sticks. What! They do.)


But anywhoo, I bought a jeggings a couple of weeks ago without knowing that they are jeggings. It is kinda cool I think cause they look like skinny jeans but they're not. Geddit? Oh, jeggings are jean-leggings or denim leggings, like so...cute eh?

 

*taken from here

Jeggings are the new fashion trend hitting the retail sector.   These leggings originated in Japan where they became an overnight sensation.  These revolutionary leggings are a cross between skinny jeans and leggings and are expected to be the fashion sensation of 2009 in the UK.  It is the fusion of jeans and leggings that has derived the new name for this product i.e. Jeggings. **courtesy of http://www.jeggings.co.uk/


Apparently I want some!!! I have not found these here (except a dark color blue and black jeggings) but if they have some greys and indigo I'd love to get my hands on one. :) Cool and weird eh? They have a variety at Topshop, you should check it out. :)

~ a!kO