Update: Puppies adopted!

Hi Guys,

Great news - all 3 puppies have been successfully adopted! It was an exhausting search but worthwhile to know that 3 more families are able to welcome a little more love into their lives from 3 new extraordinary friends. Thanks so much to everyone for supporting and helping out in our adoption campaign.

For those who missed out on the opportunity, my friend Natasha often rescues abandoned animals and is always on the lookout for loving homes for them. She's in fact currently looking for a home for a female black labrador. For more info you can visit her blog:

http://cleopatrathelabrador.blogspot.com

There's also another blog that regularly posts up pictures of abandoned animals up for adoption:

http://rescue2rehome.blogspot.com

Thanks for your support of animal welfare, every effort makes a huge difference :)

URGENT - Puppies for adoption!

Hi Everyone,

These puppies are up for urgent adoption!

- Three females, aged 6-7 weeks, all adorably floppy-eared.
- We're getting them vaccinated and de-wormed.

1. One is a rich chocolate colour with hints of caramel, legs are light brown. Docile and friendly.
2. One is white except for her head, which is black. She also has three large defined black spots on her back. Easygoing and playful, and she's just learning how to bark although right now it's just a squeak :P
3. The smallest one is an adventurer! Curious and gutsy, so gotta keep an eye out for her. Similiar fur pattern to 2, except that this one is oak brown and her spots are a bit more splotchy.

They were found abandoned in Bukit Damansara and are temporarily sheltered in my boyfriend Paul's house in Bangsar. Paul's leaving for Dubai next Thursday 16th August and won't be back til the end of the year, so we seriously hope we can find loving homes for them before he flies off.

Anyone who would like to welcome a little more sunshine into their lives, pls contact either Paul (016-6375161) or Davina (016-6650161).

Please spread the word! Thanks so much for your help & support.

Best regards,
Davina

duh-vana principle #5

Time will never change the fact that you are still you.

You may enter

Self portrait, Banyan Tree hotel, Bangkok.

duh-vana principle #4

To keep yourself in check, speak and see in third-person perspective.

Tuning up

Acoustic guitarist Az Samad preps up for his performance, Sunrise Jazz & Rhythm Fest 2005.

Religion: Is it vital for goodness?

I am a walking paradox. I live by principles that may suggest a relatively conservative mindset, yet I live whatever squeaky-clean life I lead in the most reckless way possible. I do things that make people question my gender, my age and my sanity (those who know me personally can testify without contest). It's hard for people to believe that I even abide by any rules of existence at all.

Whenever people find out that I don't drink, smoke, do drugs nor believe in premarital sex, AND am working towards being a vegetarian, the first reason they attribute such discipline to is religion. It's quite ironic, since I don't have a religion - in fact, I seem a lot more religious than a lot of friends I do know who do have a religion.

I do build my principles to a certain extent on the basis of the question, "What would God do at a time like this?" But religious context aside, I've also bred myself on instinct, common sense and universal law. That is how I also intend to bring up my future children, if any. I want to give them the privilege of choice when it comes to religion, but even if they decide against it, then at least they'd have a strong enough sense of moral values to fall back on.

I don't deny that religion helps people become the best they can be. I've seen it transform friends and family into amazing beings, full of mental and spiritual clarity. Some of the most remarkable people I've met in my life are the result of what their respective religions nurture them into. But it only happens when a religion is wholeheartedly allowed to influence one's way of living. There are others I've met whom have 'fallen from grace' - people who have turned their back on the religion they've been brought up to embrace. Not giving a rat's arse about going to hell, splashing about joyously inside the melting pot of sin.

But my question here is, aren't human beings built to be strong enough on their own to to understand and practice virtue, regardless of the belief in a God? Perhaps a simpler way of putting it is, do people really need a to have a religion in order to be good people?

Cat for adoption

This beautiful tortoiseshell cat was abandoned by my next door neighbors after they moved house. Looking for a new home for her ASAP. If interested, or know anyone else who might be, please leave me an email (click on my profile). Many thanks.

duh-vana principle #3

The best way to get even with a bad day is to keep on smiling.

Shy

The sex-kitten-in-denial, Ms. Kristin Ling, during filming of one of our friend Olivia's experimental short film.

duh-vana principle #2

If all else fails, blame it on the boogie.

John watches a women's volleyball match during the 2004 Olympics.

duh-vana principle #1

If you, as a woman, get squeaked at by a lorry driver / contractor / miscellaneous male blue-collar worker, at least return a smile if you have the heart to. It will probably be the closest he will get to having sex in his existence.

Privacy

Colonial residence @ Fraser's Hill, December 2003