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When my wife was watching TV sometime ago, some stupid TV show on Colours and the way they describe the health of a human being. They went through all the colours, and when they came to white, she was thinking: “Oh sure, they’ll show a white guy walking by..”. And sure enough, they did.. But then suddenly she noticed: “Hey! That’s MY white guy!”.. Check it out, my debut television appearance, for a mere 3 seconds:
Just spotted this post of pictures of people from BEFORE they were famous 
Love those pictures.. Makes you realize that EVERY child has an opportunity to become someone and its a matter of choice to put in the effort. If you’re willing to work hard and be different, you have a chance to become somebody.. Anyways, check it out 
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Today, my mom called me to inform me that our cat of 12 years has passed on.. A cat like no other and one that will be truly missed, had to be put to sleep because she met misfortune in the last day of her life..
When Dommie was just a few weeks old, her mother was hit by a car, while we were sitting outside, celebrating my sister’s birthday. The sound still plays in my head, as a loud bang made all of us get up and rush to the roadside. Her mother, “Anoeska” was hit by a man in a mini-van type of car. I was so pissed with him, for not paying close attention, although in actual fact, I knew it wasnt his fault. As a 16-17 year old boy, I cried over the loss of another truly remarkable cat, sweet as sugar and responsive to anyone. Little did I know that her daughter, Dommie, would bring as much joy to our lives, as she did..
Dommie was only a few weeks old, and we had to feed her by hand, trying to raise her to the strong cat that she became.. When one day, suddenly she stuck her head through one of the holes in the “banana-box” that we kept her and her little brother in. Because she had pushed her head through, probably while adventuring around the familiar area, she was unable to pull it back, as the ears blocked her return! On the outside of the box, she looked like a life hunting trophee, and it was then that we decided to call her Dommie, or “Silly” in English.
She grew up to become a strong cat, surviving many ordeals, from coming home with a bleeding face, dislocated nose and a crunching skull, likely caused by a car-accident, or someone that had kicked her in the face. We thought then that her days were counted, but no, indeed cats have nine lives: Dommie miraculously survived and became more beautiful than she was before! Just months after that, again she came home, bleeding from her near her legs. This time, it seemed like she had tried to jump over barb-wire, and got her leg stuck and tore the skin on her stomach. The vet recommended: keep her in the house for a while, but there’s little we can do.. She’ll have to heal on her own..
Dommie brought forward MANY kittens, every year, twice a year there was news of 2-4 newborns and they all found homes around the area, sometimes close, sometimes further away, but always - at the best of our knowledge - at peaceful and loving homes, where they hopefully still live today. One day however, my mother decided she had to “close the fence”, no more kittens.. So we started feeding her “the pill”. This time around however, she was not as “dumb” as her name might make her seem, as she figured that pills can be swallowed, regurgitated and thrown up on the lawn when nobody’s watching! She did this a few weeks in a row and found her Casanova in the neighbourhood.. Weeks later, again she was pregnant!
My mother got a bit worried, as she had been feeding her “the pill” continuously while paying attention she wouldn’t throw it up! And now, she was pregnant again! So, per immediate my mother stopped feeding her the pill, as this could endanger her pregnancy.. Some weeks later, she gave birth to 2 little kittens, 1 strong and 1 weak. The weak one was black with white, a beautiful, but very tiny kitten.. She was so weak that somewhere at night, a soft meow’ish squeel signaled her end.. We thought this would be the last time we’d see her kittens be born.
Yet, she still gave birth twice or three times after that. Yes, maybe we could have gotten her sterilized, yet we decided not to, or never got around to doing so.. If only we had, but that is always in hind-sight.. As today, my sister sent me a message online saying: Dommie gave birth to 4 baby kittens last night! The joyous news however ended quickly, as my mother was able to inform me that she saw Dommie jump out the window as she always did, however this time something seemed to be “hanging out of her”..
My mother tried to find Dommie outside, but she had already run off. Leaving the window open, my mother hoped to find Dommie back in the house in the morning, but she didnt. Several times my parents scoured the area, calling her name, when suddenly my dad spotted her in the bushes.. There she was, lying down, with something hanging out of her: her womb! She was rushed to the vet, but it already turned out to be too late: Dommie was uncureably ill and would not be able to pull through.. The vet advised us to let her sleep in, together with her 4 newborns..
With that, 12 magnificient years with a beautiful, loving, responsive and sweet cat by the name of Dommie left this earth and moved on.. Rest in peace, Dommie.. We will truly, TRULY miss you.. I love you..
So, I spent a grand total of 5 hours doing all kinds of tests last Thursday, in a - failed - attempt to get consultation for Lasik surgery.. Guess that ain’t gonna happen to me any time soon.. See, Lasik surgery is a kind of surgery where they shoot frikkin’ laser beams at your 2nd and 3rd cornea, shaping it in such a way that you are miraculously able to see without the aid of spectacles or contact lenses. Me, having pretty bad eye-sight, thought that’d be a nice investment for life.. The only problem for me was: the treshold for Lasik surgery is -11.00 degrees, in terms of eye-sight grading.. For your reference, -11.00 degrees would mean you could probably see your clearly if you’d put your hand about half a meter away from your face.. I, on the other hand, have -19.00 or for the laymen: legally blind (not to be mistaken with “Legally Blonde“, a movie starring Reese Witherspoon).
So, they offered me an alternative.. I could implant a contact lense, right into my eye, behind the cornea.. Well, that sounds all cool and stuff, but it’d also increase my chances to develop a catharact (I think that’d be “staar” in Dutch). Now, I already seem to be developing a mild form of catharact in my right eye and this’d just speed things up.. Not only that, but it’d speed money out of my bank-account faster than I could spell catharact as well: SGD 4,000 - SGD 5,000 (EUR 2,500) per eye and many follow-up medical checks for a year.. Since that would be a bit too much of an investment to me, I decided to skip it for a while more.. Ofcourse, if you want to donate any amount to my PayPal account, please do not hestitate to contact me
Nevertheless, it was a good learning experience and a disappointment and we’ll be moving forward. Hopefully, the near future will bring more developments in the optical surgery department and perhaps, God-willing, I’ll be able to go for a Lasik surgery in a few years time.. Keep you posted!
With a brand new layout, customized features and still a long way to go, I’m proud to present the stepping stones for a massive upgrade to my blog at Stoelwinder.NET Here, you will be able to read (again) what keeps me occupied, entertained and distracted during my time away from work (ok ok, also during my work-time occasionally ;)). Anyways, please do leave me a message every now and then and keep a close eye on the developments of this website!
Well, it’s finally happened! Maskhideout.com is no more and Stoelwinder.net IS. Put into an entirely new jacket, using WordPress and Kiwi, I’m finally off my feet and dancing with features. Still lots to do, but this is the start of a beautiful friendship! Keep you posted!
From our category “Alert Us“, comes a cute little poem/story about a guy who suddenly found himself to have lots of toes.. Until he woke up 
Cute! Thanks to Duncan Steeves for his dedication to the website. Please keep those suggestions coming!
Check it out: Toes.. Lots of Toes..
Source: Duncan Steeves
All I can say is.. Crazy Japanese people enjoying some Karaoke Well, I sure see how this can be entertaining Cracked me up for sure!
Check it out: Crazy Japanese Karaoke
Source: Mailbox (Nadia)
It seems obvious that I’ve been going out too much, as I didnt know this dude existed Well, it seems he’s pretty popular. A boy goofs off at school, re-inacting his favorite scenes from the movie Star Wars. Seems people liked him so much that they copied him.. Lots of times..
Check it out: Star Warz Kid
