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Hilarious.

Famous Cat Lovers in History

1) Sir Issac Newton invented the first known cat flap.

While he was in his attic trying to conduct light experiments, his cat kept nudging the door open and letting the light in, spoiling his experiments.

Not wanting to upset her, he decided to cut a small opening in the doorway which he then covered with felt attached to the top of the opening – and voila! The very first cat flap had arrived!! Now cat and master were happy – the cat could come and go at will, and Isaac wasn’t disturbed by her comings and goings, and could continue his experiments in peace.

It is said that all geniuses sometimes have a blind spot and when his cat had kittens, so anxious was he to please them, that he cut several smaller holes alongside the original one so that they could come and go whenever they wanted to. It didn’t occur to him they could use the existing one!


2) Sir Winston Churchill

Churchill's marmalade cat Jock slept with his master, shared his dining table, and attended numerous war-time Cabinet meetings. If Jock was late for meals, Churchill would send servants to find him, waiting to eat till the cat was present. Jock was said to have been with his master when he died. Jock was also mentioned in the PM's will.


3) Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway shared his home with more than 30 cats. Hemingway once said, "A cat has absolute emotional honesty; human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not."


4) Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
Hugo is considered one of the greatest author in the history of French literature, one notable book being Les Miserables. He wrote fondly in his diary about his cats.


5) Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
American PresidentAbraham Lincoln came into presidential office accompanied by Tabby, his son's cat. Tabby was the first of several White House cats.


6) Muhammed (570-632) Prophet, Founder of the Muslin faith
Muhammed loved cats. The story is told that one day when he was being called to pray he noticed his cat, Muezza, sleeping on the folds of his sleeve. Rather than disturb the sleeping cat, Muhammed cut off the sleeve of his robe. They say that in the place where the prophet (peace be with him) was laid to rest, there is a cat or cats around the area.


7) Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) Humanitarian
One of Florence's cats was a large Persian named "Bismarck". She owned more than 60 cats in her lifetime.



8) Nostradamus Seer and Prophet (1503 - 1566)
This French astrologer had a cat named Grimalkin. The definition of a grimalkin evolved to "A cat, especially an old female cat."



9)Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
US PresidentTheodore had a polydactyl grey cat called "Slippers".



10) Dr. Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) German theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician, Nobel Peace Prize winner

Cats played an important role in Dr. Schweitzer's life. He rescued a kitten a kitten after he heard her plaintive "meow" under the floor of a building under construction.

Named Sizi, she sat on his desk as he wrote, often falling asleep on his left arm - during these times Dr. Schweitzer, who was left-handed, wrote prescriptions with his right hand. This went on for 23 years. Another cat, Piccolo, slept on papers stacked on Dr. Schweitzer's desk; if someone needed the papers, they were required to wait till the cat awoke. Schweitzer once said: "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."



11) Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910) American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer
Twain kept eleven cats at his farm in Connecticut. He wrote, "I simply can't resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course."

He also quipped, "If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way" and "The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won't sit upon a cold stove lid, either.”


12) Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci, artist, writer, mathematician, engineer, architect, botanist, musician, and inventor, was an animal lover with a particular fondness for cats. He once wrote “The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men” and asserted that “The smallest feline is a masterpiece.”


13) Raymond Chandler -
talked to his black Persian, Taki, as though she was human and called her his secretary because she sat on his manuscripts as he tried to revise them


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Difficult as it is to believe, not everyone loves cats. Genghis Kahn was a famous cat-hater and so were Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. It may be that men with dreams to dominate the world can’t get used to the idea that cats won’t submit to them. The same streak of ailurophobia (cat hate) affected the personalities of Napoleon Bonaparte, Benito Mussolini, and Adolph Hitler.

Cats are wondrous creatures because unlike dogs..they have a will of their own. They are the queen of the household. Dogs are born to be servants. Cats are just born to be served.

Imagine the Day

where each get to paint her own rainbow.

No longer seven colors. It is more.

Or it could be just black and white.

Imagine the day where negative stereotypes are removed.

And people are free to be who they want to be.

without feeling humiliated or feeling the need to fit oneself into a mould to be happy.

Thank You

Thanks to all people from Zion that came for the wake..for coming to show support for Someone so dear to me...just when she is going through an extremely tough time in her life.

Thanks to:

Zhiyang
Jac
Zixiang
Jovita
Chuan Guan
James
Huiqi
Yosua
Jess
Kaiwei
Preacher Jon
Ellis Phua


Thanks especially to Jac.. for sending soup over on the second night. Really very touched by your gesture.

Thanks Chuan Guan for taking leave just to come with us to the Crematorium...even though you hardly know carine. Thanks for being a great brother in Christ. I will give serious thought over what you said. *winks*

No matter where i'll be eventually... you guys will always be Family to me.

thoughts thoughts thoughts

This morning i ate the exact same food..and drink the exact same drink before church.

yet. Something, i knew was different.

This is life. It springs upon you surprises that you never wanted.

Just last week she told me "Thank you for coming." I laid my hand on her knee. And said "Take care."

Two weeks ago..i hear her happily talking about how she looked like a sister to her daughter. And the brother-in-christ talking to her about how they have the same surname.

1 month ago.. She had a new hair cut. and we commented that the haircut actually looked good on her.

How can it be that she has left? Leaving behind just an empty shell?

what is it really that keeps a person alive?

Is it the soul that keeps the brain and heart functioning? Or is it the functioning body that keeps the soul in?

The church usher asked me, "How many people are you with?"

And i replied "One."

Something within me broke. And finally it sank in.

Two weeks ago.. there were three of us.

I stood there with tears welling up in my eyes as the realization sank in.

How can anyone just leave like this?

Why is it that humans have so little control over their lives?

We are just so helpless. unable to save ourselves. unable to save the people we love.


yet as humans, we often like to think of ourselves as being in total control of who we are, the kind of life we want to lead, control over the kind of person we want to be, over the people we want to spend our lives with.


Arrogance.

we are just too fragile. too small. Who says that we can dictate the course that this world takes? Or the paths of our future? We cannot even determine if we will breathe the next moment. or if our hearts will just stop beating the next moment.


But of cos.. we are not without hope.

We found hope in our Lord.


I don't know about tomorrow,
It may bring me poverty;
But the One Who feeds the sparrow,
Is the One Who stands by me.
And the path that be my portion,
May be through the flame or flood,
But His presence goes before me,
And I'm covered with His blood.


Many things about tomorrow,
I don't seem to understand;
But I know Who holds tomorrow,
And I know Who holds my hand.




Love you girl. I'll be here for you. Be strong. you'll pull through. *hugss*

Thank God for all in VFC who had shown so much love. you guys taught me so much about what it really means to be part of the body of Christ. You guys taught me so much about what it really means to love one another.

Electricity

today i learnt the importance of Electricity.

I would have died if See ming's charger did not work

it would mean that i need to retype the 1400 over words from scratch.

Really appreciate my friends.

they are really super nice.

Love you guys loads and loads.

Soldier in the Well

The soldier that looked upon the light in the well.

And for days..that was his source of comfort.. and the hope that he has.

when he was rescued out of that well...

He felt like he should have died in that light.

life from then forth...

seemed like an empty shell.

Bought a cane

Bought a cane for 60 cents.

Intend to cane shelmi once she climbs up the window.

came back... tickled her with it.

then decided to try its effect on her.

Lift up the cane. Gave her a decisive Smack on her bottom

She was stunned. Ran away and hid under the bed.

The next time she saw me holding the cane..She ran as if her life is in danger.

Sorry girl.

This is to save you from losing your life.

R.I.P Brekkie

Received a message from the person I adopted Shelmi from.

She told me that she was distraught.

Shelmi (Lunch)'s brother, Breakfast passed away yesterday.

He fell out of the window.

when no one was at home.

She did not get to see him for the last time.

When she came home, her neighbours told her that Breakfast was found at the bottom of the flat. And his body was taken by the SPCA.

When she went to SPCA, they already had him cremated.

"don't leave any message of condolence on my facebook. I think i will never stop crying that way. I love him so much."

This left me stunned.

I remember that brainless girl...that likes to walk along our house's window stills... no matter how often we scream...smack...threaten...whack her ass off.


"I wish Lunch will have a long life."

I must get the window mesh soon.

glad that Shelmi has no sense of emotions..and she understands no human language..except for FISH. So i dun have to tell her anything.

She can continue living her life as a loghead.

something

i felt like the soldier in the well.

The one in Wind-up bird Chronicle.

the one that saw the light.

And the light was his hope. The few seconds of warm brightness...consumed and engulfed him.

After which... he felt he should have died in the light.

And living on after that light ceased to have any meaning.

...

How ironic.

The person that said she had not received our email to know wat she had to do.

Sent me a mail... with the "mail she had not received" at the bottom.

Cos she had used that mail to reply.

Dunno wat to say.

RANTING

this is the worst group i have ever had in my 3 years.

wat's with people perpetually not turning up for meetings?

Excuses here. Excuses there.

"I have an appointment i cannot cancel"

WTH? I mean... this is Lecture TIME we are talking about. Just because we dun have lecture today. You suddenly have an appointment you cannot cancel today?

I mean wassup man? I have a free day too! And GC was willing to come down for meeting during her free day too.

So why is that a problem for you?

Seriously. And you have not even turned up for one bloody meeting. And wat's with "not receiving our emails to know what i am supposed to do" when it is obviously sent to you.

Guys,We only have one week!

totally give up trying to meet them.

Will try to churn out everything tonight.

just my fate.

maybe it is Karma la. For being a bad group member in JC.

suddenly.. i miss my History group members. I mean..they are the best la. though we often do last minute work... all of us rush together..everybody does their part. nobody says that they cannot make it.. or just dun turn up.

Challenged Skepticism

At the end of the event, i caught myself thinking..

Is it productive at all? Has it accomplished much just treating a whole lot people to a meal.

My skepticism however, was challenged by the Lord.

Just today, we have two new people joining us at the Chinese service because of the event the day before.

After service, i immediately went to get coffee for them and talk to them.

It turns out that there were people that has not been going to church for a long time. And this event had directed them back to the church.

Thank God! hopefully i will see them again next week.

I cannot believe it myself when i exclaimed "WElcome! We welcome you!"

Just a few months ago, we were the ones that people greeted with "Welcome!"

Who measures productivity really? Does everything needs to be productive? And does it mean that when we dun see productivity, it means that something we do is not altogether productive?
What is productivity really? Can't people do something without measuring it in terms of productivity?

Someone approached me today and asked "So are you coming weekly now?"

The testimony of this person (shared by his wife) was amazing. the first time i heard it.. really was moved.

I said yes.

"Do you want to serve?"

I was stunned.

I said Sure! What is there for me to do?

"Would you be an usher? And someone that welcomes people...sit with new people." He proceed to tell me about the importance of an usher...about how an usher has to lend their ears to listen to the woes of the new people they sit with.. to pray for them..

"just a simple prayer will do." He said. and began to recite a simple prayer.

Simple but so full of sincerity.

I was really surprised. Just this morning..i saw this friend i met in Care and Share doing ushering. And i was wondering in my mind...how does one join ushering? and one does it involve?

Then someone came to ask if i would like to do it.

I said YES! I would do it!

I dunno! it was almost impossible to refuse. Not because i am pressed to. but really... an incomprehensible joy just filled my heart. and I said YES! I want to do this!

He told me "Start from ushering. next time...you can do so much more!"

I nodded, my heart filled with joy i cannot understand myself.

Since when am i so excited about serving God in the church?

But then..

Is this it? Does it mean...there is no way back from now on?

I have no idea yet. I have no idea where God wants me to be really.

But i shall just do whatever I can...wherever I am.

As long as it serves the Church of God.

These days.. going back to church is like going to a Oasis after walking through the desert for a week. I have really no idea why this is.

It is beyond my logical thinking.

What made the difference? I have yet to figure it out.

No one gets unnoticed

Another thing that surprises me.

we thought that no one know us there.

we thought we din get a chance to get in...because our names were not on the list.. and we dun have any care group leaders to contact.

So we began to walk out.

SUddenly! someone shouted SAMUEL!!!

we turn back! it was her. the youth coordinator and the girl I met briefly at the English Services.

With her help... we got in...and spend the day with the Elderly.

How can anyone remember Samuel's name after just meeting him ONCE?

it surprises me that someone as reticient as Samuel was remembered. After just one encounter.

There is just so much we can learn from them.

Maybe i should share this with Caring team some day.

Things to be done!

2 group projects
3 Essays
1-E-learning
2 tests
1 GSP assignment
1 maths assignment
3 Exams


Frightening mad rush

South Of the Border, West Of the Sun

“Have you heard of the illness hysteria siberiana?...I read this somewhere a long time ago...it affects farmers living in Siberia. Try to imagine this. You’re a farmer, living all alone on the Siberian tundra. Day after day you plough your fields. As far as the eye can see, nothing.

To the north, the horizon, to the east, the horizon, to the south, to the west, more of the same. Every morning, when the sun rises in the east, you go out to work in your fields. When it’s directly overhead, you take a break for lunch. When it sinks in the west, you go home to sleep...In the winter they stay at home and do indoor work.

When spring comes, they go out into the fields again. You’re that farmer. Imagine it...And then one day something inside you dies...Day after day you watch the sun rise in the east, pass across the sky, then sink in the west, and something breaks inside you and dies...You begin walking toward the west.

Heading toward a land that lies west of the sun. Like someone possessed, you walk on, day after day, not eating or drinking, until you collapse on the ground and die. That’s hysteria siberiana.”

(South of the border, West of the sun)

Another Wondrous Book By Murakami though the main character was one big jerk.

South Of the Border, West of the Sun also introduced me to this Song by Nat King Cole:

Pretend

Pretend you're happy when you're blue
It isn't very hard to do
And you'll find happiness without an end
Whenever you pretend

Remember anyone can dream
And nothing's bad as it may seem
The little things you haven't got
Could be a lot if you pretend

You'll find a love you can share
One you can call all your own
Just close your eyes, she'll be there
You'll never be alone

And if you sing this melody
You'll be pretending just like me
The world is mine, it can be yours, my friend
So why don't you pretend?

Busyness

Hi! tashi delek!

Tibetan Class resumes last thurs @ Teacher Norzin's place.

It is good to be on the road again to acquiring the ཀཁགང (s) again.

ཁོང་བོད་པ་རེད།
But typing in tibetan is still quite a chore. Dunno which key to press to produce a certain letter.

Havent been practising piano. My mind is just so occupied with the number of deadlines i have to fulfill soon enough.

AMX 400 words more to completion. (=.=")

There are just so many things that are demanding me of my time.

sometimes really wish that i can have 48 hours a day and can be fully charged in energy with 2 hours of sleep.

Cannot believe that Jinpa pinched my arm >.< (He is Tibetan) ཁོང་བོད་པ་རེད།

It must be a china guy thing. i think guys in singapore are largely more reserved.

China guys are like so darn straightforward. but i guess.. it made them more real as well.

Maybe that's the difference between people educated under the western sophisticated let's-be-gentlemen system and the chinese system.

Suddenly i hear the words "ESSENTIALIZING" in my brain.

Crapp..AMX is sooo dominating my life.

Heard that a lecturer said this in class:

"Women that wants to be equal with men lacks ambition."

At first when i heard it.. i was like WHy? Why lack ambition?

Then my friend was like "LOL. Cos we are better than them. So why only strive to be equal?"

OMGOSH what an amazing sexist remark! LOL. Totally love it.

Chui hui..you are a rat: ཅི་ཅི།
Me cat: ཞི་སོ།
Qiqing my little sun: ཉི་མ།
Jess... had a little ལུ་གུ།

What a ཆེ། i have!

Anything

Anything but just not that.

These days.. it sounds even funny to myself.

hey hey hey... just deal with it ok.

Get the Coffee starbucks voucher... go get a cup of coffee..

and move on.