Knut und Flocke, sie sind so süß!!!

There are two lil cute baby polar bears in Germany that were suddenly brought to the limelight. And I mean it, they are really cute! Knut is the older boy staying in the Berlin Zoo, while Flocke is a new-born baby girl in Nuremberg. Knut was brought in to be reared by human after being rejected by his mother, while zoo keeper took Flocke away from her mother after witnessing her being tossed around by her mother. The main concern by the animal activists is that these animals may not develop properly in terms of their social behavior under human care. It is unfortunate that no scientific research has ever been done on this issue. Poor lil babies! Nonetheless, may God bless them...and in fact, I would prefer to see video of huge polar bear feeding their cubs on the bleak icy land. SO, save the world! Be a scientist to develop green technologies, take subway rather than drive to work, OR simply be the American or China Communist Party's leader to kick-start carbon-emission curb. The other video is about a baby Sumatran tiger at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. As for the poor tigers facing extinction, STOP hunting for or buying tiger fur you stupid selfish dumbass!

Super Cute!! 小小混血儿

As the title suggests, they are exceptionally cute, especially the little snow white Amber in the second clip, though I would prefer a grown-up girlfriend with Alyssa' character.






I have heard from the radio a really sucking song recently, 月儿光光, and I have just found out that it is sung by 5566! 883JiaFM (http://www.883jia.com.sg/) has been my good company for a few months already. The reasons why I like to listen to it rather than Yes933 are because I support great effort from the minors, plus 恺缨 is one of the DJs there! She is a very cute lady, as I found out from her blog on JiaFM website. There are three very cute entries. NO.1: she tried to imitate the sound of tiger cubs for a few hours in the studio after seeing them:



NO.2: she likes the movies "Sleepless in Seattle", "Serendipity", and "You've Got Mail", of which the first two are my fave too. NO.3: "Over msn with a very witty person…
Kay: And in 2008, I shall attempt to grab Lee Hom and marry him. Muahaha!!!
Mr T: Wah la*s. Really is Lust (you), Caution (him)."


Besides, I also got this from her blog, but she made a bit of correction, namely "money is the root of all evils", hence...:


Actually, I really think she looks like the tiger cub when she smiles^^ And we have the same zodiac sign - CANCER! JiaFM is now promoting a trip to HK and Macau in March with 恺缨 and 德江, offered by Dynasty Travel. I really wish to go, but my hapless look appears straight away when I look into my wallet:(

Music is one the beautiful things created by humans. Evidently I enjoy listening to music very much. But the fact that I cannot play any musical instrument becomes a hurdle for me to get more involved and closer to it. Here comes my inspiration to practice singing. Interestingly, I had come up with an idea a few days back. Looking back to 香港劲歌金曲 of the 90s and comparing them with the contemporary music charts, one could easily spot (perhaps by feeling) that they are different, may it be in a subtle way. Therefore, I have this hypothesis that the some attributes of the pop songs have been evolving under some sort of selection pressure. This may seem utterly trivial. But my point here is to be able to characterize or quantify the "attributes" and the "selection pressure", hence able to model the evolution of the "musical taste" of different generations. Besides, we may try to figure out on this basis the attributes that make up songs that top the charts. IF, it's successful, we may then able to synthesize new pop song from the already popular songs.

SO, how am I going to work on it? Seriously, I don't really know, now. But I have reserved a book related to some sort of mathematical and computational description of music, in which music aesthetic was written as a subtopic. Hopefully, I can get something from there. TBC...

Leos Kuss

News excerpted from http://www.timesonline.co.uk/

The king of the jungle showed his romantic side when he reached through the bars of his cage in Cali, Colombia, and clasped Ana Julia Torres in his giant paws to give her a kiss. Ms Torres earned the affection of Jupiter, a 110kg (242lb) African lion, by nursing him back to health after rescuing him from a circus. He is one of about 800 maltreated residents at her Villa Lorena animal shelter in a poor suburb of the city.

Ms Torres, a teacher who began nursing abused animals ten years ago, says that she takes in everything from limbless flamingos to blind monkeys. Jupiter is relatively lucky compared with a mountain lion that had been kept illegally as a pet. Its two front legs were hacked off after it clawed at a family member’s face.

Ms Torres funds the shelter with her salary, bolstered by donations. But she is adamant that it will not open to the public. “We want the animals to live in peace. This is a paradise where they can finally rest.”