beautiful disaster
this is starrystarrytwenty
"No, there is no escape.
There is no heaven with a little hell in it -
no plan to retain this or that of the devil in our hearts or our pockets
Out Satan must go, every hair and feather."
- GEORGE MACDONALD
"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen:
not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."
- C.S. LEWIS
Thursday, December 07, 2006
like ernie sang, i wldnt want to live in the sea.
yAy.. my official timingz out..
i did my
10km in 1.01.44 hours..
heehee~ sweet.. im hoping to go under the hour mark next year..
shldnt be too difficult.. (:
went underwater world with mummy, aunty meei chin and 3 of mummz sunday sch kids..
underwater world is a really cool place manz.. we first went to see the turtlez that were outside the attractions.. then when we went in, we touched some starfish, pufferfish and a bamboo shark.. (:
went to another petting pool and
fed and touched sting rays.. theyve got such nice slippery skin.. and theyre suckers.. wahahaahaa.. they suck theyre food i mean, like a vacuum.. it sucked my fingers too.. quite an experience.. itz like my fingers were being compressed.. haha.. got a bit scared aft that.. haha.. was a bit paranoid about touching it near itz tail area.. the steve irwin incident juz gets stuck in ur head doesnt it..
hmm.. saw the embryotic cycle of a bamboo shark, life embryos.. quite cool, u can actually see the baby shark inside moving ard..
went into more viewing areas.. saw this really small white shrimp that was spotted with blue flower-like patterns.. itz sO cute!!
saw lotsa different crabs.. the jap king crap is really hUmongous.. i think they look like starship trooper ship.. haha.. really cool.. :D
and therez this really small stick like crab.. therez the ornament crab that has colour fluff on itz shell.. the coral crab bcz it grows a piece of coral on itz back as camouflage.. the fiddler crab that has one enlarged pincer thatz really big and of different colours, therez red, yellow and orange.. itz only a few cm small.. peiyi said that they caught that crab on st johnz island, timmy named those that he caught.. apparently he got quite attached to one named larry.. haha..
anywayz.. back to underwater world.. saw these really really really large fish.. more than 2m long.. there were many of them in the tank, in which, there was a diver inside cleaning the glass.. i think if it were me, i'll be quite freaked.. but sitting there, watching them swim ard in the tank, they look really majestic.. the wonders of God's creation..
woo.. saw jellyfish.. one thatz named the sea nettle and has got really really really long tentacles, itz potent enuff to cause a bad rash but not to kill..
by this time, i was alr feeling a bit giddy from looking into the aquariums.. haha.. u know the magnified effect.. yar.. i never did like aquariums bcz of that..
oh.. how can i forget the sea angel!! Sea angels are gelatinous, mostly transparent and very small, with the largest species reaching 5 cm.. got that off wikipedia.. haha.. :D itz really a shell-less sea snail.. itz got a red glow.. they swim like an angel in a upright position.. really really mesmerizing.. they live in really deep and cold waters in the antarctic.. herez the wiki link.. heehee~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_angel or u might wanna try http://www.answers.com/topic/clionidae.. there are some links there that u can link on too.. heehee~ these remind me of the angelz that erjie draws.. haha.. watch the clip on the latter website, itz one of the links there.. :Dmoving on.. went into the tunneled walkway, onto the conveyer belt.. wat a great feeling.. fish and sharks all ard.. saw the dugong too.. aka a manatee.. :D itz cute.. itz got weird habits.. it can stand upright and can be seen to be cuddling her cub.. very interesting, therez a picture shown there, itz shadow captured in the sea, it looks like a mermaid.. haha.. itz said thatz how the story came about..
oh yes.. therez the giant grouper.. really giant.. same size as a small shark.. haha.. and then therez the fish, itz got metallic like skin.. they actually look quite gross.. like a villian in a movie.. erm.. green goblin mayb? juz that the metallic isnt green but silver..
hmm.. thatz quite about it.. u can really see that
God made all things bright and beautiful, great and small.. :D and i concluded that i wldnt really be very happy living in the sea.. haha.. i'll be too insecure, will keep looking over my shoulder.. haha.. like a sesame street song went, oh i'll like to visit the sea, and see all the fish everywhere, oh i'll like to visit the sea, but i dont think i'll like to live there..
watching man utd vs benfica as im typing this.. utd won 3-1 and tops the group.. heehee~ vidic, giggs and saha all heads up.. haha.. literally, all 3 goals were headers.. :D