This has to be one of the most adorable things I’ve ever seen. Her name is Sonya and she is a Slow Loris (Nycticebus Coucang) – a slow moving primate found throughout southeast Asia inhabiting tropical evergreen rain forests. They are mainly fruit eaters but will also eat insects, leaves and bird’s eggs. The saliva of the species is toxic and used as a defense against predators but as you can see from the video they don’t seem to be at all aggressive. When they(more...)

Do you believe in psychics, are you a total skeptic or are you sitting on the fence?

I wrote this post because recently I heard about a prediction that was made to a friend telling him he was in danger if he went overseas. He now has a great job offer but this “psychic” has well and truly given him the willies which is making him hesitant. I think he should ignore the so called prediction and take the wonderful opportunity offered to him. I truly(more...)

Well that’s the only explanation I can come up with. I’m haunted by a very pissed off ghost that hates all kinds of electronic equipment. Maybe it was someone who was struck by lightning while talking on his mobile phone sitting at his computer and watching TV. He may or may not have been eating ice-cream at the time because I suddenly want ice cream and of course that couldn’t be because I’m a pig. Me? Never. Oink!

Maybe I should seek advice from Natalina over(more...)

Do you know what a dag is? Or a bogan? Welcome to the world of Australian slang. I thought I’d better do a post on the various forms of slang that will litter my site like fragments of broken glass so that, if you’re not an Aussie yourself, you may have at least some idea of what I’m waffling on about.

You will also notice sometimes that I spell things differently than you do (especially if you’re from the USA). We tend to use the proper(more...)