Friday, July 4, 2008

Today'll be my 5th day of OJT at the Night Safari.
OJT is gonna last for 7 days straight, exhausting.
Decided to stay there instead of transferring to the zoo.
The people are great and I love my job so far.
Err.. What else...
Oh, I don't have much time for anything else when I've work, its pretty tiring.
My schedule now is:
Work till midnight, supper at home, bed, lunch, prepping for work, heading to work.
And it repeats itself.

There's a downside to the job though, I don't see my parents at all when I work, and we have to deal with unreasonable people at times.
There was this Indian guy last night, complain that $5 is too much to pay for one kid to go up to take pictures with the animals.
Too expensive don't pay la right?
Then the fucker, wasted so much of all our time, and paid for 7 kids to go up.
Cheebai man, wanted to bad to give him the finger.
But then again, you get really nice folks from all over the world.
Its cool to meet new people.

Can't wait till Monday, day off! Woohoo!
FCC, we have to go to Changi Airport on Monday night horrrr...

I worked with this last night, its a Tokay Gecko.
It was so cute, I decided to name it spots.
Looks something like this. (Credits to Wikipedia)

The Tokay Gecko is the second largest Gecko species, attaining lengths of about 30–40cm (11–15 inches) for males, and 20–30cm (7–11 inches) for females, with weights of 150–300g (5–10 oz). They are distinctive in appearance, with a bluish or grayish body, sporting spots ranging from light yellow to bright red. Its typical lifespan is 7–10 years, however in captivity some Tokays have been known to live over 18 years.

The Tokay is considered the "pit bull" of the Gecko world due to the fact that when they bite their human handlers, they often won't let go for up to several hours at a time, and generally cannot be forcibly removed without causing harm to the Gecko. One way of getting a Tokay to release its hold is to submerge the animal in water, which will encourage the lizard to let go, without causing it any harm or undue stress.

Tokays are renowned for their aggressive disposition and (unusually for lizards) their loud vocalizations, sometimes referred to as a "bark". Their mating call, a loud croak, is variously described as sounding like tokeh or gekk-gekk.

And the time you said that this is forever..