Trip to JB and Overnight at Airport

Last Saturday, I went to JB with my buddies. Lots of obstacles before I got to meet them. First was the long queue at Novena Square where I'm suppose to collect my race pack. Decided to go next day instead. Next, I discovered I didn't bring my passport. Cabbed back home to take instead.

Then, we took Azman's car to Tuas checkpoint. Realised it was a longer route to the place we supposed to have our dinner. But still, we managed to reach in time. While in aZ car, I asked if SY was still interested to go airport to study for his exams. He said he had not decided. When I reached the seafood place, he messaged and said he would be leaving his place at 11pm. I was so excited and happy even though I would just be doing nothing but just be his side "accompanying" HIM.

We had a great time enjoying our food:

 

Okay, the last 2 photos were not our food. Just some animals we saw at the entrance. Hmm... maybe they were? But definately not ours.

After dinner, we headed back to the checkpoint. I asked if aZ could send me to Airport but he said was too far but he could send me to Tanah Merah MRT though.

On the way, HE smsed and said he might miss his last train to city hall and pasir ris. But thank god, he managed to board the last train. Before aZ dropped me off at Tanah Merah MRT, he teased me and asked me to enjoy my date with "bf". lolx.

I was checking out the places before he came so that it can save him some time. Went to check out T1 BK together but it was so noisy was it was at the arrival hall. We settled for T2 BK in the end.

He was trying to read his notes while I tried to do some of my stuff. Dozed off a while. Can see that he had difficulty concentrating.  Felt so bad that there's nothing that I can help but just be beside him. He was so quiet throughout.

It was 5 plus when he couldn't take it anymore. We waited and took the first train. I went home to take a nap before I went to Novena again to take my race pack. This time round it was fast!

Then HE msged me to tell me about the "secret" and more people had knew about it, Then we decided to go to Virtualand again to do crafting. I was about to win the F6 when they shut off my computer. Dammit.

We went to had a late dinner at S11 before I headed home. Can see that he was troubled by his exams but as usual, he preferred to keep it to himself.

Jiayou!

Cats purrfect the art of getting what they want: study

Saw the following interesting news from Yahoo! page.....

LONDON (AFP) - - Cats coax their owners into giving them what they want with a special purr that blends their normal soft, low sound with a high-pitched element that is hard to ignore, British researchers said on Tuesday.

The high-frequency part is similar to a cry or a meow, and cats incorporate this into their normal, contended purr to exploit the nurturing instincts of humans for their own needs -- usually to get fed, according to scientists.

Lead author Dr Karen McComb of Sussex University in southern England said she initiated the study after being repeatedly woken up in the mornings by her own cat, Pepo.

"I wondered why this purring sounded so annoying and was so difficult to ignore. Talking with other cat owners, I found that some of them -- including co-author Anna Taylor -- also had cats who showed similar behaviour," she said.

McComb and her team tested human responses to different purring types, including "solicitation" purrs -- which included the high-frequency element and were made by hungry cats -- against "non-solicitation" or normal purrs.

"When humans were played purrs recorded while cats were actively seeking food at equal volume to purrs recorded in non-solicitation contexts, even those with no experience of cats judged the solicitation purrs to be more urgent and less pleasant," she said.

When the team re-synthesised the purrs to remove the embedded cry, the urgency ratings decreased significantly.

McComb concluded that the cats were using the special purr to make their views known without risking irritating humans with an overt meow.

However, this solution appears only to work in cats living one-on-one with their owners -- cats in large households usually have to meow to be heard.

I will start to notice more with the FAT CAT if I see him tomorrow.