humans *tsk tsk*

[081105] from http://budak.blogs.com/the_annotated_budak/2005/10/reproduction.html:

"Homo sapiens doesn’t seem able to cut himself off at the supply end. He’s one of the few species that doesn’t limit reproduction in the face of dwindling resources. In other words – and up to a point, of course – the less we eat, the more we fuck....

men can imagine their own deaths, they can see them coming, and the mere thought of impending death acts like an aphrodisiac. A dog or a rabbit doesn’t behave like that. Take birds – in a lean season they cut down on the eggs, or they won’t mate at all. They put their energies into staying alive themselves until times get better. But human beings hope they can stick their souls into someone else, some new version of themselves, and live on forever.”

Crake in Oryx and Crake by Margaet Atwood, 2003

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e cat is amazed & delighted to read in e official gahmen mouthpiece ST this morning that someone as influential as MM Lee has voiced his concerns on sustainability & e state of e environment. now can we start doing more about it?

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e wanton mee/shui2 jiao3 mian4/carrot cake stall named Jade Garden at #02-03 Blk 44 Holland Drive market/hawker centre has wonderful wanton mee =) perhaps its e gravy that appeals particularly to cats - it has a hint of fish in it - & e long queue of humans who want to join e cat in eating fishy catfood for lunch. lagi bestest, this stall encourages recycling =)

like many hawker centre/kopitiam/foodcourt stalls, Jade Garden charges 20 cents extra for takeaway orders. unlike many hawker centre/kopitiam/foodcourt stalls, it has quite a number of regular customers who bring their own tupperware/tiffin/plastic container + plastic bag & who do not request for plastic cutlery/wooden chopsticks. might be to do with e fact that such customers are not treated as if they're trying to cheat e stall of 20 cents, & e 'lack of fear' on e stallholder's part that customers will hand over dirty containers, kena food poisoning & then *horror of horrors* lodge a complaint with NEA to get their licence suspended. e cat has heard this 'don't sabo me' argument too many times when attempting to ta pao food from foodcourts using tiffin carriers, & asking bakery/deli cashiers to pack more than one bun into a plastic bag =|

so if you ever spot e cat walking out from its workplace carrying its food dish in a crumpled plastic bag (only dogs carry their food dish between their jaws), you can guess what e cat's going to have for lunch =)

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