--- after office hours ---

Apr 30, 2006

I love Pet Movers!!!! The dogs are so free there and I bet Elmo must have had a good time there as well. There's a pool for them to swim and there's free dogrun..wahaha and I saw sooooo many dogs...I just love it and I am definitely going to bring him there again,but this time with shampoo so he can go play in the pool. I didnt bring it todae, tus he can only stay onshore to see the other dogs wither being thrown or jumped into the pool.I think he really wanted to play in the waters,coz he kept walking near the pool...

Well, I wasnt too confident yet, so I leashed him up, but he was dying to play with the other dogs..he wanted to join in the fun, coz they were running ard and chasing each other...but but, it's my first time bringing him ther, so....the next time ba...I will definitely unleash him!!!!

And then, I went into the enclosed dogrun with pig...hehe, I unleashed him~~~ and he ran ard like mad..was sniffing everyone's butt like mad...haha...but it was fun seeing him (the only maltese) running ard...So happy....and I can tell he's happy too...

After leaving PM, we went to the other farms who were selling puppies...coz PM was selling the maltese pups at a dear price...haha..trying to be chim. Anyway, I wanted to go to Topbreed to see their maltese puppies, coz I heard that their maltese are well known. But it was closed, again. I went there the other time, and also closed, could only see the malteses from outside...

We followed the path and came to one ulu petshop...They were selling 4 maltese puppies there..Me n pig then walked in and hehe, a 2 of them caught my eye...so cute..I asked one out and it was a male again..when can I set my eye on a female????? Haha, so I asked him about the price...$780..hmm, it was reasonable, both for female n male..and then I proceeded to ask, is it ok for a puppy to live with another puppy? The man said , sure, why not? Hmm...I supposed he thought Elmo is an adult dog..so I asked how old are his puppies, he said , 3mths! Okie, they were about 1/2 the size of Elmo. When I told him that Elmo is only 4mths old, he was shocked..HUH, 4mths and so big?Haha, My brother is big..not fat..just longer than others.

Well, after leaving the shop, I really wanna get another dog!!!!!! And also with the encouragement of pig - she told me to get another dog to accompany Elmo...And she's worse, ask me to let the 2 dogs mate and then she wanna kop the puppy..Kill her!!!
Haiz....what shall I do? Haha, I think my parents are kinda prepared that I will tell them the shocking news anytime.When I flip the classifieds, I will tell my dad...wah, puppies selling for $XXX only...and when I told him that I wanna go to PM to see puppies, he was like," You wanna get another one ar?", in a friendly tone...wahaha. Mummy saw what I wrote on a piece of paper, coz I went to yahoo classifieds to see, and todae morning, she asked me," You wanna get another dog meh?

Hahaha...YES!!! I wanna get another dog, but dunno when!!! Woow, it's 8 already and I have to go out and fetch my Mummy le..going to bring it up to her and see how she react. Hahaha...

Elmo's so tired todae....haha, he has been out for more than half a day...hehe...kp slping and slping~~~

Left a note at 8:02:00 PM

Apr 28, 2006

I wanted to blog about other things yesterday, but when I went to the ASD webby, I cant help but blog about those poor dogs. I mean, how can any sane person do that to a dog? They have feelings and senses like us. Not only do dogs have these, cats and other animals too. Those people who think that they are JUST ANIMALS, should really hang themselves upside down. Talk about shallowness, these people are the perfect examples.

Anyway, Elmo went for his grooming session last Sunday and he WAS a handsome boy. And on Monday, he turned into a messy ball again. But his hair is short now, so it saves me much time from having to blow dry him after his bath.

Apparently, my ma is not too satisfied with the cut, coz she kept commenting that he dun look handsome...haha..I think she's just prejudiced.

And here's the tag that I've ordered for him. It's going to be gold. A gold tag..Wonder if they gold plate it?haha

I think my Elmo is somewhat paper trained liao(Finally!!!) He pees at the right place if I leave him alone at home. Just Wednesday, I went down to buy Pan*dol for cold relief, I left him at home and yes, UNCAGED. When I came home, he was waiting for me at the front door, and I scanned the house for his 'crimes'. Heng, nothing...then I went to the kitchen and I saw a big puddle of pee on the newspapers! (exactly where he is supposed to pee!)
So, the next day, I decided to try him out again. I left him in the kitchen though, coz I will be going for exams, won't be home for about 5 hours, havent got the courage to leave him uncaged for that long yet. Anyway, when I came back, he peed on the newspapers again!!! Yay!!! But with some pee trails though. But at least he knows that he has to pee on the papers!!!

WOW WOW....exam's finally over and I can take a good rest now before I go for the intersem. Intending to go to Pet Movers this Sunday, to look at puppies, let Elmo play and to go shopping in Pets Megamart!!! But Annie's Pet Corner's having a sale tomorrow. Oops, I am shopping in petshops more than I shop in shopping centres...haha.

Currently watching Da Chang Jin...haha,missed it during the exam period and now making up for it...but it's kinda long, sit until my back aches...

DIM SUM DIM SUM!!! CHALET CHALET!!!! STEAMBOAT STEAMBOAT!!!
I want all of these!!!!! Can Liping and dafei quickly finish their exams so we can go for steamboat in out chalet and then the next morning go for dim sum?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

And to Amanda and Jaya, when can we discuss our big thing????????
Missy Ong, stop tempting me with all your activities, can?
Go watch Eight Below, eat dim sum, all bo jio...I hate you!!!!

Haha, I am posting this whilst at home...DUHHH
Wait a minute..what am I doing at home after exams????
HAHAHA

Left a note at 9:58:00 PM

I am sad but yet I am angry.
Look at the plight of these poor dogs. (extracted from asdsingapore.com)
They might make you uncomfortable, but I just wanna show you guys that not all dogs are fortunate, in the so called developed Singapore. Some people are just plain heartless.

This dog,named Sheila, was abandoned by her owner when they shifted house.
She was fed only once a week in 6mths.

Extracted: "The dog was a small terrier, and she was a living skeleton with her ravaged skin clinging to her skeletal frame. There was almost no hair left and she had large areas of blackish and hardened skin - signs of advanced skin infections which were not cared for. "

"There was no life in her eyes... It was as though she didn't care what happened to her anymore... We spent 2 hours getting rid of the hundreds of fleas infesting her and we gave her a bath, it was so heart wrenching because we could feel evey single bone in her body and the shampoo could not even lather because of her thin skin. "

After much treatment, this is how Sheila look.

Another case of abandonment.

This is Pammy before treatment.

Extracted "She had been cruelly and heartless abandoned at Portsdown Road in the wee hours of midnight on Dec 26, 2005."

"In the dim street lights, he couldn't see her very well, but he could smell the strong stench emanating from her body. It was only when he brought her home did he realized she was a Shih Tzu and the extent of her condition was horrifying : About 60% - 70% of her body was covered with red, raw angry sores, all wet with discharge, with a terrible stench. The hair had all fallen off in those areas, and elsewhere, the fur was all matted with blood, pus and discharge. It was obvious her condition had not been treated for some period of time."

This is Pammy, happily aodpted.

And, this is Zoro.

Extracted:" Zoro when he was first found, unable to even sit up, he was just a pile of skin and bones, weak to the point where he could not even eat nor drink. He also had an infected ear and other ailments."

"It was a little brown terrier, highly emancipated, with a terrible smell emnating from his body. Little Zoro was unable to even sit up and he was panting with laboured breath under the hot sun.... he was so skinny and his body so void of any nutrients that it was possible his organs may have been damaged.... He has an enlarged heart and many bladder stones, an infected ear and an abscess on one of his hind leg. He is all skin and bones and weigh only about 3.5 kgs, a far cry from the healthy 5-7 kgs proportional to his frame.... unable to stand up, possibly due to muscle atrophy. He must have been kept in a very small cage, unable to walk around until his muscles wasted away. "

This is Zoro a few days before he passed on.

Have a heart, people, these are lives too.
When you abandon them, when you don't love them anymore, have you ever thought about how you would feel if you were in their shoes?

I remember seeing this somewhere which really triggered alot of feelings.

'To you, he may just be a dog. But to the dog, you are everything.'

I am sorry if this is a heavy hearted entry.

Left a note at 2:16:00 AM

Apr 23, 2006

Alright, I broke the promise to myself to not post anything throughout the exam period.
I am blogging for my loyal fan too, who is now, dunno where. Msg her and no replies till now.
Disappeared? Like Carol in the 9pm show?
3 papers down and I am left with another 3.
One on Monday, which I just finished reading and labelling.
The final core on 26th and then my NOT slack GE on the 27th.

Then I will be free!!!
I promised Elmo I will bring him out on Thursday.
He has been accompanying me everyday in the music room throughout this whole exam period.
So far so good, except that:-

1) He peed on my face once.
2) He peed on the sheets.
3) He humps the gf after dinner almost everyday.
4) He plays with his baby teeth that drops after some tugging game with Daddy or me.
5) He drooled while sleeping once.

That's about it. Nothing much.

Elmo is now a licenced dog and he will get his tag from the AVA in about 3 months time...That's a short time, considering the people working on the tag has to do some serious consideration as to who to vote in the coming GE.
AVA told me to pay in like 3 days..and the tag takes 3 months???????

Besides having an AVA tag, I am going to get him a personalised tag. Will post the picture up once I got it..coz I cant decide on the design now.

Amanda told me to stop spendin so much on Elmo...I know I shouldnt, but....but...everything seems so tempting. Whenever I go out, and I have to kp him in the playpen, I just feel sad. Sad that he has to be alone at home. I wonder what will happen when I am not around. He will be alone for 8 hours everyday. 8 hours!!! I've got lotsa experience staying alone at home for 8 hours, or even more than that, especially in the last few years, where I have to forbid myself to leave the house, and sit at home to study for exams.
The feeling is horrible. Moreover,the poor boy has to stay in the 1X1 metre playpen. I will die if I am in his shoes.

So when Mummy proposed that she can bring Elmo to work everyday, I felt really relieved. He will have so much fun out there, coz he's always the star when he goes out, with his dashing looks. Hehe...
And therefore, I bought him the following toys from petedge. They dont really cost much. I am just doing as best to reduce the amount of boredom and his biting urge since he is teething.

And I thought of getting him another dog as company, but I dont think it's a good idea, coz he's not even here for 1 year. At least a year before another dog. hehe. This time, I will get it myself. I do not want those stupid and unnecesary misunderstandings anymore.

Money is the root to all evil. People, please remember this. It destroys everything.

But anyway, there's no harm in thinking about what dog to buy.
On the top of my list are Toy Poodle, Mini Dachshund, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel or Mini Maltese or just normal Maltese.

To Amanda: I have a little confession. I did what we are supposed to do at the airport todae. Hehe, when's ya turn? Or have you been secretly doing it in your room? HAHAHA.
I was looking at him and I just couldnt control. You were right, he will be one of the main factor of consideration regarding the big thing....hehe...

Elmo's going for his second grooming tml and the groomer is coming to collect him and return him when he's done.
When I told Mummy about it, she was like "Can trust or not?"
I said,"Can lah."
"Later she see Elmo so cute, she dun wan to send him back,how?"
I was like . "People got 2 dogs at home leh...Why want to take Elmo."
And then she left the room.

The next morning when I woke up,she asked me again. "You really trust that person ar?"
I said, "Ya, she herself got 2 dogs leh, I dun think she want another one, will return de lah, dun worry."
And she replied," But Elmo so cute leh, later she dun want return."
HAHAHA...Mummy loves him so much. He is the apple of the family now.

Mummy has come up with a list of questions which I am supposed to ask the groomer, with the most impt, how to get rid of his tearstains.
I was like, "Aiyah, sure will tell you to buy this and that de lah."
Then she said, " Then buy lor. If really good, then buy."
"You buy this buy that. Already bought him the bright eyes drops liao, still buy."
And then she said," 要养就养到最好，不要养就不要养。"
I smiled.

Aint I just contradicting myself?
Who's the one who did online shopping for Elmo?
Who's the one who purposely took the bus to some ulu pandan shopping centre to buy his kibbles?
Who's the one who went to so many supermarkets just to look for goat's milk powder?And not to mention the higher price.
Who's the one who is making him a tag?
And, who's the one who is proposing to go all the way to Pasir Ris to 'visit' Pets Megamart, to see if there's anything to buy for him?

I am sure you guys can tell me the answer.
Haha.
I shall end here.

Left a note at 2:21:00 AM

Apr 10, 2006

hehe, i am here to update you guys that there will be no updates till 27th Apr, coz of exams, anyway, the people who reads this blog will be having ya exams as well...
but just to inform..haha

nothing much for these few days, just that I am currently doing some online shopping from petedge.com...the things are cheap leh...
and I am getting so many toys for him...have to cut down le..
haha, otherwise, pocket will have big big hole~~~

Left a note at 3:41:00 PM

Apr 4, 2006

Useless Elmo is sleeping now..then later at 2plus, he will bark again...naughty boy...

Anw, I would like to apologize to the JC gang. A thousand apologies.
I gave the maltese you all gave me to Elmo. He liked it, and I dun really use it, so I gave it to him, as a 'compensation' for making him bogay...hehe..and he really like it...hehe
I call it his girlfriend,though he destroyed her ribbon liao...haha

here's a foto of him slping with the gf...oooppps....
but I made him hug the gf..hehe...

next, this happened very long ago actually..but he's got 2 pairs of shoes...haha...2x2....
Mr Elmo in his striking shoes~~~

Oh ya, think he's bleeding again todae..so sad...but it's his own fault...he was trying to break the tail of his gf...that he pulled so hard...
here's a video of it...

and here are fotos of the blood stains....

I was trying to take a foto of it, but apparently, the boy managed to steal it away before the camera could auto focus n take the picture, hence it ended up like this....

Had to use force then, but this was one end...
And the other end.....

Addtional photos of the day...just like the toto additional number...haha

He's stealing some apples from me~~~
Looks like he understands," An apple a day keeps the vet away."

The ah pek Elmo look....hehe

The thing is getting BIGGER!!!!! People who do not know what is it, will get to know in time to come. People who know what is it may not know what I am talking about...hahaha

Left a note at 11:24:00 PM

Apr 3, 2006

Alright, it is high time for me to update le...I've cleared all the spiderwebs and killed all the ant and cockroaches here...hahaha...

Firstly, I have to explain my absence for so long...Tied up with too many projects and presentations and assignments...AND most importantly, tests and exams....Sian, I havent started studying yet and exams will be here in less than 2 weeks...

okie, back to my darling Elmo....

Sometimes, when I look at him, I really cannot believe my eyes. I HAVE A DOG AT HOME!!!!
It just crossed my mind that, what if it's all a dream? What if I wake up and I dont see him anymore??? But whenever I feel him, I will know he is real and he is my Elmo~~~

Hehe, so I almost cried and I am so sorry for kicking him yesterday and causing him to be bogay now...
For yesterday, I was at my auntie's place. And this boy, went to bomb outside her door, so i had to clear his shit and bring it to the refuse chute...and at this moment, my mom took out his leash..so he ran and find me...hee, so heartwarming~~~he was wagging his tail so vigoriously that it almost broke (haha, very much exaggerated), so I decided to play with him...I ran back to my auntie's house...dun see him short short, he runs very fast...caught up with me almost immediately, then i ran to the refuse chute there again...that's when it happened. he ran by my side, then I decided to take a right, rather than going str8, who knows, i kicked him on his left side, and he hit the corner of the wall on his right...and he screamed quite loudly...Haiz, it's all my fault~~shouldnt have tried to turn....heartpain sia....

Then todae, I was playing tug of war with him...with his handkerchief...and I think I used too much strength, one of his tooth came loose, coz I saw blood on the handkerchief...It looks like a permanent tooth, so I made him bogay at such a young age, and right at this moment, the loose tooth came out le....

Dunno if he's in pain or what...and dunno he will get infection or not..just hope everything will be fine.

He seems to have quite a number of problems these days...
Next, I think he got rashes or he might be bitten by ants or mosquitoes..He's got some red bulges on his belly and some heat rash too...too hot maybe...

Diverting from all the 'abuses', here comes another abuse..wahaha...but this is more subtle...
Daddy farted right into his face yesterday...hahaha!!!!!

And I am so proud of him, though I did not witness it, but Daddy did.
For the first time in his life, he walked into the playpen(on his own accord) and peed on the papers!!! Muacks!!!

There's just simply to much to share...he did so many things that I do not know where to start to update you guys...haha...

Like how he always steal the slippers and then run to the kitchen, how he wake me up in the morning, how he whined, how he pee at the wrong place and then look at you with the very innocent face....I can go on and on about this darling boy of mine...I think I am going to miss him in August....saddens...I think I really would. Afterall, he is my brother....

I am seriously regretting the fact that how come I did not pester my mother to get me a dog earlier...but maybe it's a blessing in disguise...I wouldnt treasure him if I had gotten him just anyhow. It's after so much 'drama' that I got him...both financially and family obstacles.
And he's really a very sweet darling to me.

Last thing I would like to ask...give me some response hor..Is Ernie female or male?

Here are some photos to share...hehe

The blurred tail is not coz of my poor photography skills, it's that he was wagging his tail. On top of it, daddy was scolding him when he did this...see lah, how to scold?He's so cute~~~

My fave zao xing of him...haha..cute yet handsome

The photo that Amanda took, which looks as if he took a suan mei.

A very handsome photo of him...haha

OOO, Elmo is so hardworking..he's revising his work!!! (he's sleeping actually. Camera angle)

He got awoken by me..haha

Schnauzer style of sitting.

He's biting the duck duck that Tingting stole from him last Saturday...haha

Sleeping at a squeezy corner.

Taken yesterday at da yi's place.

Trying to sniff for sth in daddy's butt?

After his shower..he always got new hairstyle after shower...haha

That's all folks!!
On myself. Big things are happening. But who cares about me? I know my parents do. Coz this big thing involve them too...haha.

Left a note at 12:47:00 AM