My cat PUNCTURED me!

It got a little psycho while I was holding it and but down HARD into my arm! Thank goodness I clipped his nails yesterday. Maybe thats why he bit me today...

First there was just a really deep small hole. No blood. Then the immediate area turned white with a pink larger area around that. Now the white seems to have faded and the hole became smaller.

My cat the vampire.Will I grow orange fur and fly?

I think I've been bitten by all species under the sun.

Feline: My cat, countless other cats, especially of the "longkang" (drain) variety.

Canine: I remember Uncle Michael's "Major" the collie gnawing on me. Maybe it was because I let him. And many others.

Porcine: The piggies at school endlessly tugging at the ends of my overalls like they are a rare treat. And chomping down while doing an examination of their tongues.

Avian: By my uncle's parrot. Again. And the birdies and parrots in Armadale. Especially the female human hating emu. And the chook my grandmother "Ma ma" had in the backyard.

Bovine: When placing the rumen tube down. And the mouth gag. Don't see them as harmless vegetarians, their teeth really lacerate!

Ovine: The lambs in the cradle in Olimarena. Maybe its because my fingers look like their mum's teats and they want something comforting to suck on.

Equine: When looking horses in the mouth. Therein lies the saying about the proverbial gift horse.

Rodentia: My hamsters, guinea pigs and rabbits. The dwarf hamsters are the worst. Their teeth are like tiny needles. And they somehow know where to bite where it hurts the most.

Fishies (For lack of a more scientific sounding name): Incredulous I know. But goldfish and koi, especially the large ones, have a LOT of suction power. Fingers beware!

Amphibia: While feeding the froggies at Armadale, they overestimate the size of the cockroach and SWALLOW your finger as well. But I like froggies. They are cute. The teeny ninja turtles I used to have too. Before they decided the sewers were the place for them and headed down an open drain in their yard.

Batties: No not the Yeap. The black flappy things at Armadale. One of them especially liked me and would climb down to cling on me and taste to see if I was good eating. The next day I realised I could have got rabies. But so far I don't feel rabid. Cool.

Marsupials: The roos at Armadale. Especially when they get jealous. The grumpy southern hairy-nosed wombats when they get woken up too. But I usually up my way out of there before they can catch up with me to do it.

Insects: The occasional love bite from the occasional mozzie.

Homo sapiens: Jialin has tried to eat me multiple times. Not nibbles. CHOMPS! Scary! Which is quite ironic, because she's vegetarian. I suspect that Weixin has harboured thoughts of biting me. It's just the way she stares at me I suppose. Hammy looks like she could do some damage with her sharky teeth...Help!
Love bites are more like love SUCKS aren't they? Incongruity. 0_o
My thoughts on love bites and how purely innocent hugging is far far better to me may appear on another post. Someday. = P

Hmm, I think that's about it so far hey? (Hey. How Aussiefied.) I wonder what I'll get bitten by next.

Oh well I've come out none the worse and all the better for it. At least I know now how NOT to get bitten.

No I'm not into self-mutilation. I'm just really into animals. In more ways than one. Like pregnancy testing cows. Another gross out story for another day. =)

Swoon! I'm in love with the Paul Colman trio! I can't wait to go back to Oz to get more CDs.

Mara said he was good, and I just bought some CDs back to Singapore to try him out. "One" and "New Map of the World". Wow! Go Aussies go!

Smoother than Jars of Clay, singable tunes and meaningful words. Very comforting sounds. Give Paul Colman a try! It will be the next big thing in Christian music!

I can't believe one and a half years ago when I said Planetshakers were fantastic the All Saints young ones just looked at me funny and laughed. Diaooo... Now it's so much a part of the worship culture they can't imagine ever being without it.

I think the wave of good Christian music goes from east to west. Australia to Singapore. I 'm in such a good vantage point in Perth. Blows my mind. So did "Sophie's World" actually. = )

Unbelievable! Back in Singapore already! The semester really flew by!
Will now be a time of catching up with family and friends (although just lazing around the house sounds really good after a jam-packed semester people maketh the sharon happy. Tee hee hee).
NOW I know how Al fell on his face in Fraser's. I keep getting regaled with funnier versions each time and I just keep laughing.
Shannon said after the fall in the toilet Al stared at him selfin the mirror with a stone face then went in his funny way :"Oh S#*T!". And the laughing from the youth hasn't stopped since.
Evan said Al was trying to do some parkour thing over the balcony wall. I wish I was there to see it. My dear bro please take lessons from Jawn (the yabbe : hard shell prawn?!) if you want to do death-defying stunts like that. I only have one genetic brother no?
Farm attachment was a lot of fun and learning. I think Adi is avoiding me now because of how I castrated the lambs...
Graphic details in the rest of the post! Not for the faint of heart! (Or groin...)
I tried a few lambs with the "Elastrator TM". A teeny green rubber ring goes into this 4-way pliers that opens up, pop the balls in and release. The poor lambs walk a little funny afterwards. With the blood supply cut off the balls fall off in a couple of weeks. Apparently this method of castration has a very low chance of infection.
And WHY must it be done? The farmer doesn't want random babies poppping up of inferior breeding (which he has to spend money on to feed) and babies popping up when there is no green feed for them and their mums in the dry summer for example. It's all a question of good management.
The calves were done standing up in the stall with a knife. Slice open the skin, pull the balls out and slice those off. Nils the farmer was really good at it, he has a 0% death rate from this minor surgery.
I did this and much more at Penny and Nil's "Olimarena" (sandy area). But I figured everybody has a morbid fascination with castration. = )
Now to unpack prezzies from Perth.