the abattoir

Today, my group had a trip to the slaughterhouse. It really wasn;t as bad as i'd expected it to be.

bascically, the sheep are put on this conveyer belt, with their heads covered so they can't see a thing, then as they emerge to the "sticking point" (cutting point), they get to look around for about 1 second beofre electrodes are placed btw their ears and it stuns them. they go into a state of epiletic fit for about about 45 seconds where they are unconsious. before they become consious again, their necks are slashed with a very very sharp knife by 2 muslim men (so the meat is halal)

the only horrible part was when the sheep were bleeding to them, because they are fitting, some of them are still kicking and "struggling" when really, they are just in a state of fit. it was quite a sight to see an entire floor covered with bright red blood, like tomato ketcup. in fact it was gross. but torable consiering my many many more horrible, smelly, decomposing Post mortem practicals.

all those horror stories you hear about slaughtering? Not here.

yeah.. i was actually wondering if i could ever eat meat again after this trip, but i guess i still can. they were really humanely slaughtered.

One thing about this abattoir is that words like "abattoir, kill and slaughter" are actually banned! The manager of the place (processing plant they call it) is a psychologist and she took measures to entire a high standard of staff moral to enhance their productivity.

I guess working in a factory, where you do the same horrible thing everyday: slaughtering, cutting together with all the bad smell and almost no interaction or variation can bring people down. Apparently, abattoirs in the past (and some still) are extremely horrible places to work in. horrible as in not the job itself, the people too. they were rude, male dominated, rowdy, work safety was at a zero coz of knives and anger and dissatisfaction. This "processing plant" is revolutionazing these stigmas now. cool..

Oh.. but i dont think i'm ever eating suagages again.. they are really made of real intestine walls!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! everytime someone said that sausgaes are made of intestine walss i thought they wer joking. i had no freaking clue that it is true!!!! and you know what! they dont wash the insides of the intestine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they are just rolled out, washed on the outside and run thru rollers to flatten and squeeze out the insides of the intestine but no water actually runs thru it!!!

ekkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!! never again!! never again!

student hostels

here's a reply i got recently from a potential housemat ebakc in singaproe. yup i have extended my adds to singapore IDP..

"Hi,
I've discussed with my parents and they both feel that it would be
better for a sotong like me to stay in a student hostel first. They
are afraid I cannot handle moving into a room without furniture.
Especially when I have to deal with a whole new environment. Haha. So
thanks anyway!"

hmm.. i dont wanns sound like i am promoting my apartment nor do i wanna be a push over or a bossy person or try acting like a mom, but..

since when did student hostels help you cope with a new environment, a new life????! yeah sure there's furniture.. they forgot to mention the bit where there is lots of hidden costs, possibly needing to share a kitchen and toilet, possibly loneliness.

I mean, if back then, someone offered to put me up for 953 (cheaper than college sq still or 975, now i know it's like 1000++) i would take it.someone who alreadi is a fren who can guide you and (she doesn;t know) but would love to help her in this tranistion because i know how it feels)

okie okie i'm just beign upset about the rejection. I mean, she replied me 2 days late!!! but i was looking forward to her. also, i am partly worried about her for thinking that student hostels are good.

she really doeant know what is coming her way...

what makes me happy

I've been thinking about this for a long time... Because i told myself that i need to start doing things that make me happy. even if i dont succeed, at least i tried, so that's half happy..

- do well in studies and being competent.
- make lots of money
- dress up and be vain and look good
- pampering myself with beauty products.
- meals with friends
- birthday parties with friends
- catching up with old friends
- cooking nice meals for myself, family and frenz
- clubbing and dancing to great music all night long with party-able friends
- improving myself with skills, knowledge,...
- spending quality time with family. this does not include holidays with them. i prefer to sit around at home with them to rot, then watch tv/movies, go eat, talk...
- eating healthy food.
- eating chocolate. as long as it's not too much.


realise that shopping isn't actually on this list coz it makes me feel guilty later. so does playing sims2.


p/s: siaowen! i didn;t read ur blog before i wrote this! ahhhh ! great minds think alike..

proof of the chnages 2

regarding the previous posts.. what i mean when i say that the chnages are true, is that, if you look at a past entry, i did the same quiz about sometime in the begining of last year, and on the "weaknesses" bit, there was neer a "pessimism" and a "close-mindedness"

yeah.. hence the "proof of the changes bit"

anyway, dawn came back alreadi! i had such a good time talking to her over dinner yesterday. She's so nice to be around with, she giggles, laughes and most of all, she always looks on the positive side of things. I really must learn from her.

on another notes, her mom bought me perfume.. so sweet right? so she says i take care of dawn alot.. awwwww..