*
      ___           ___          _   _          /_\           ___
    {~._.~}       {~._.~}       ( )-( )       {~._.~}       {~._.~}
     ( Y )         ( Y )        ()_*_()        ( Y )         ( Y )
     |~*~|        ()~*~()        ( v )        ()~*~()        \~H~/
    (_)-(_)        l_T_|        {_` '_}       (_)-(_)         \H/
                                  ~~~                          ~
    armless       Standing      Upside        Party         koala
    koala         koala         down          koala         icecream
                                koala
             .             .
      ___   //     .---.  //      _ _                         ___
    {~._.~}//     Y|o o|Y//     {~.V.~}         . .         {~. .~}
     ( Y )K/     /_(i=i)K/       ( Y )                       ( Y )
    ()~*~()      ~()~*~()~      ()~*~()                     ()~S~()
    (_)-(_)       (_)-(_)       (_)-(_)                    /(_)-(_)\
                                                            ~       ~
    Luke          Darth         Koala with    Invisible     Superman
    Skywalker     Vader         a splitting   koala         koala
    koala         koala         headache
                   _ _ _                        ___
 _)   ___   (_     \___/          |||          _) (_          -^-
_) \{~._.~}/ (_   {~._.~}       {~. .~}       {~$_$~}      {~ -_- ~}
)_\ \( Y )/ /_(    ( Y )         (v^v)         ( Y )        (  Y  )
 )_ ()~*~() _(    ()~*~()       / ' ' \       ()~*~()      ()~___~()
  )_(_)-(_)_(     (_)-(_)      / \   / \      (_)-(_)     (_)__V__(_)

    Dragon        Berlin        Dracula       Dagobert      Sumo
    koala         koala         koala         koala         koala
                  _____|           _           _____          ___
      ___         \_*_/|         _/ \_          |_|*        {~._.~}
    {'   `}      {~._.~}        {~._.~}/      {~._.~}        ( Y )
     (   )        ( Y )|         ( Y )/        ( Y )        ()`o'()
    (/   \)      ()***()        (  : /)       ()~*~U)       (_)_(_)
    (__u__)      (_)-(_)       (   :   )      (_)-(_)    ___|  1  |___
                                                        | 2         3 |
    koala         Russian        Snow          PhD          Champion
    from behind   koala          koala         koala         koala
                                  ___
      ___  ___  ___        xxxxx _) (_         ___           ()_()
    {~._.{~._.~}._.~}     //._.\{~._.~}      {~._.~}          ._.
     ( O )( O )( O )      /( Y )\( Y )      ~ ( Y ) ~~       ( Y )
    ()~*~()~*~()~*~()     (/   \()\V/()    ~o~ ~  ~~o~      () O ()
    (_)-((_)-(_))-(_)     /     \_)-(_)    ~  ~  ~  ~ ~     (_)-(_)
                           ~~~~~~~            ~  ~   ~
          koala           Just married       Swimming        Easter
          chorus            koalas            koala          koala

Submitted by Ervinna Lim ***

Thank you for indulging me in my little game.  Now you will receive your reward!  It's a really, really awesome award...  you now get to hear my koala story now!  Ta-da!  Well, it's not such an awesome reward, but at least it's something, okay? ;)

Here's my story, my obsession for koala bears began my freshman year in college.  Apparently my friends from freshman year decided that the animal that I most resembled was the koala bear.  Of course, when a large group of people decide on something being true it becomes nearly impossible to change their minds.  The koala theme just became a part of my life from that point on.  As a result, I now own a koala puppet, 2 koala beanie babies, a normal koala stuffed animal, and an assortment of koala related paraphenalia.  Thanks again for working your way to this point.  Now please feel free to browse through the rest of my pages.  Click here to return to my homepage.