i got a new camera, the sony t2. i thought it was ideal for me since i don’t want to carry my heavy and bulky s5 everywhere i go, and i always, always forget to bring my sd card (sigh so silly) but then i realise i really forgot how to use a simple point and click. see all my pics turned out blurry :’( eh in my defense ah, all the pet photos were taken illegally, and the kid was jumping around. hokay!!

i was feeling so down that i decided to go visit a pet shop the next day. pet shops are horrible. i went to pet lovers’ centre vivo and the dogs were all tired and looked sickly. there was a beautiful lion-like dog though, and he was gorgeous. a westie was an off-white colour and all were drained of energy. what do they do to them?? >:(

welsh corgi

schnauzer

see? all sleeping one! dunno la i was so sad after i came out of the store. told myself if i do buy a dog i won’t get it from a pet store. anyway ask questions they also won’t know how to answer hmpf. anyway i passed by this sign at their entrance entitled 10 commandments, which i thought was quite cute so i snapped a photo (but too blur so i won’t embarrass myself and type it out instead double hmpf!).

1) my life is likely to last 10 to 15 years. any separation from you will be painful for me. remember that before you get me.
2) give me time to understand what you want of me.
3) place your trust in me. it is crucial for my well-being.
4) don’t be angry with me for long and don’t lock me up as punishment. you have your work, entertainment and friends. i have only you.
5) talk to me sometimes. even if i don’t understand your words. i understand your voice.
6) be aware that however you treat me, i’ll never forget it.
7) please don’t hit me as i cannot hit back but i can bite and scratch and i really don’t want to do that to you.
8) before you scold me for being so uncooperative, obstinate or lazy, ask yourself if sometime might be bothering me. perhaps i’m not getting the right food or i’ve been out in the sun too long or my heart is old and weak.
9) take care of me when i get old, as you too will grow old one day.
10) go with me on difficult journeys. never say, “i can’t bear to watch,” or “let it happen in my absence.” everything is easier for me if you are there. remember i will always love you.

so i was disappointed yes, but i didn’t give up. off to holland v’s branch of pet lovers. soooo much better. at least they were normal, active, excited dogs! very cool la but the french bulldog was shuddering i felt so sad for her. she’s only two months old. haih i dunno how people can just cage these adorable creatures up like that :( but in all honesty hor, the french bulldog really looked like a french bulldog la, if you know what i mean.

illegal picture of a pretty, pretty pom that i just had to take! this pomeranian was sooo playful i wanted to just take her home there and then. there was a scottish terrier (ooo, small lil thing) that was yelping like crazy. what a contrast to another scottish terrier at vivo.

this was the hardest photo to take because it was right under the noses of the people in charge. hehe. i couldn’t resist - he’s just looking at me with puppy dog eyes (pun intended)! his coat was so much brighter than the westie at the vivo branch too.

yesterday i was having lunch at kim gary in gurney when suddenly this head popped up at me o_O really. omg i don’t have much experience with 4-year-olds and had been thinking that shin-chan couldn’t really exist because i didn’t think 5-year-olds were so gregarious or vivacious!

this is ryan, aged 4.

clearly i was wrong. wah i tell you ah, at this age i’ve hardly been told that i have to “finish all your food! you have to finish all you take!” wtf :’( i not even at some atas buffet ok.. :’( at first he was just popping up and down. he was at the other table with a partition right? (see picture) and he kept bouncing on his seat, making a different face when he came up. so incredibly cute can! btw he said i only eight years old. wtf. but still. why la why these charmers always start young?? sigh by the time he gets to my age he’d been snapped up long, long time ago :( ok i shall stop being so paedophilic.

ryan: why you don’t finish your fries?
me: no i’m done.. do you want some?
ryan: no cannot! i still have my bread. you have to finish your fries!!
me: huh but i’m full already o_O
ryan: you have to finish all you take!
me: but you never finish your bread also what!!
ryan: but i’m full already!!!!

-_- pengsan

man he was so cheery he really brightened up my mood lots :) he offered me his sandwich (”bread”) and was almost climbing over to my table lol. i’ve really forgotten what’s it like being with kids. it’s been a year since my teaching in thailand, and i do miss those lovelies.

thank you, 4-year-old ryan tan from penang :) god bless you lots.