A new achievement

Some ppl eat dogs, and do not see anything wrong with it.
Some ppl are cannibals, and they too, do not see anything wrong with it.
Many things are edible on earth, just look around you, wat God created, mostly can be eaten. But fellow frens, choose wisely those things you want to pop into your mouth.
While all things are permissible, not all things are beneficial.

ponder upon this.

Back to my topic today, i love dogs. Nope, i love dogs as pets, not food. One simple reason amongst many other reasons is: they are very interactive. They are almost always so willing to please you, they'll do watever you commanded them to, provided they understand what you meant. =) this is the trick.

As for my dog, today he achieved something new. He's learned to drink water at my command! I know many of you would bah at this, but hey, look at it, all dogs go eat, whether or not you commanded them to. They loved eating. But can you make a dog drink as you like? Many ppl always tell me the same thing, "My dog doesn't like to drink water." What if, you can make your dog drink water as often as you could? :)

Imagine you called to your dog, "Koko, go drink water!" Koko just stares back at you (i'm not thirsty).

But once you've mastered the skill : make them drink water at your command, it's a sheer joy to watch them drink water! just so cute!

Today toff achieved this new level of understanding, and i literally made him drink water again and again, and he's enjoying it! Im enjoying it too. =)

Life at work

Working, tests or builds our character. Everyone agree? Yea.. birds of the same flock fly together. :P

One of it was... how patient am I?? I used to think i am a "tidak-apa-tidak-kisah-no-tantrum" person.. until i started working... here are a few good examples:

Scenario A: A man brings in a normal-looking puppy.
Me: Wat can I do for you?
Man: My dog wants to see the vet.
Me : Wat's wrong with your dog?
Man: YOu've got to ask him. How would i know?
Me: Why do you bring him to the vet then?
Man: Coz he wanted to see the vet.
Me: Look, your dog can't talk. How do you know tat he wanted to see the vet?
Man: See la, i know how to see one mah.
Me : (deep sigh) Ok. Is there anything tat worries youa bout your dog? Anything you think not rite? Or you just want a general chek up?
Man: If i know i don't have to come here lah.
Me: How's his appetite? Any vomit, diarrhoea, flu.... etc?
Man: How would i know. i work one. come home at nite.
Me: (-_-') nver mind. I'll just see what i can find.

Scenario B: Consulting a client...
Me: How's your dog's appetite?
Man: He seldom pass out stools, maybe once or twice.
Me: How's your dog's appetite?
Man: Sometimes the stool weird weird one.
Me: Does your dog still eat?
Man: I feed him rice la.. cucumber la... etc..
Me: (did you hear me?!!) Nevermind. Now i'm asking you, does your dog still eat?
Man: I not sure. I put his food there, if he finishes his food, then he finishes la. if he doesn't then he doesn't la.
Me: So does your dog finish his food this morning?
Man: yesterday got eat le..
Me: (sigh...) Ok. how about today?

Scenario C: Consulting a client
Me: I recommend to hospitalize your dog.
Man: If hospitalize you all duno how to feed him one.
Me: We'll see how, and then we'll feed him.
Man: Will he die?
Me: He's sick. And ne need to be warded. If not treated he may die.
Man: Sure die one a? I don't want him to die.
Me: If not treated he may die. If you want to take care of him at home, you have to bla bla bla..
Man: Wa.. so difficult i cannot take care one. i work bla bla bla (3 minutes bla bla)
Me: Tat's why i advice to hospitalize your dog.
Man: My dog very scared to come here one.
Me: Look, scared or not scared, your dog need to be taken care of. If you can't do it, we'll have to do it for you.
Man: My dog cannot stay one nite away from home.
Me: (-_-') Nevermind, no problem. Then you bring home take care. IF you have any quiries, call me ok.
Man: But nobody to take care at home wor...
Me: (-_-') You think about it, i'll come back after a short while k.

tomyam yumm yumm..

i love eating... good food (somethings are meant to be food, while certain other things are never meant to be food. For those things which are not meant to be food, i'll never put them onto my dinner plate. NEVER.)

anyway, today i just wanna comment on the tomyam servings in malaysia. we all know tat tomyam (most likely) originates from thailand.. but in malaysia, we do have tomyam stalls aplenty! i've tasted sooOOoooOOoo many of them.. and i realized one thing: the tomyam prepared in malay / thai stalls have always tasted better than any other restaurants!

& one of the main ingredients in those malay/thai tomyams are... they always have lemon-grass, onions, chillis, tomatoes... and many of them just tasted authentic! i mean they dun taste like tom-yam paste or maggi-mee...

5-half day! yahooooooooOOOOOoooo! ! !

Yes! tat's right! i'm now workin only 5-half day.. oh.. how i lurRrve it!

well, for those who didn't knw, ever since i come back Kay-Ell i've been working 6-full days. it was very tiring, to be honest - feel like no day of rest at all. But i had no one to complain to, coz i've agreed to this 6-full-day thingy even before i started my work here. Tat's the sacrifice i had to make if i insisted on a Sunday-off. Sunday is my Sabbath, thus there's no talk-talk abt working on Sunday.

Sometimes in the morning (waking up is the hardest thing to do) i often talked to God.. "I'm really tired.. can I work less day... please.." It was just a mere talk or complain - i had no wishing or hoping or expecting...

One day, my boss told me tat he's reducing my workdays by another half - which means i now work for 5-half days only! Oh yah! God is good!

Don't you see... God listens even to the slightest, hopeless sigh of His children.

Thank you Jesus! luv ya! =)

* im reali enjoying my xtra half day off... la la la la llalalala... ;D

Help! Help! help me out!

Help help me out! someone! anyone! i've fallen in love with this old hymn and nobody knows where i can find the mp3 or CD or anything that sings its tune for me... internet wasn't helpful..

does anyone know of this song.. and know where to get the mp3 or CD or who's the singer.. or who's singing it? or does anyone know how to sing this song?

Help the miss desperado... (ie. me, hehehe) - pls email, sms, or leave a comment k. ;) tx!!
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"John 3:16 hymn"

Verse 1
For God so loved the world I find it written
In verse sixteen, John’s gospel chapter three
He gave His life, who was for sinners' smitten
When nailed upon the cross at Calvary Chorus

Such wondrous love that passes human knowledge
That Jesus died that we might ever live
Eternal life so none need ever perish
This life to all believing souls he now will gain

Verse 2
I once was lost in darkness and imprisoned
Then came the Light in truth revealed the way
Eternal life that only Christ has given
His blood was shed that I may live this day

Food for thought - Philosophies

When religion degenerates into empty ritualism or into ignorant superstition, thoughtful men may abandon it altogether because they feel that it has no real satisfaction to offer them. They cannot, however, ignore the necessity of finding some rational answer to the problems which the world poses for them. The mysteries of the universe call for explanation unless one is content to be such a dolt that he never is disturbed by them.

Philosophy is the attempt to correlate all existing knowlege about the universe into a systematic form and to integrate human experience with it... ... In any case, philosophy never depended upon a revelation from God. It has always assumed the potential adequacy of man to understand his own world and to decide his own fate...

The formulation of knowledge into a coherent system should be governed by the rules of logic which man has devised...

Quoted from Merrill C. Tenney.

one beautfiful night...

i was happily walking my doggie toff at a field near my hse. it was a dark night. from the dims of the street light, i caught a glimpse of a large black dog wandering around the junction toward my hse. toff, being the "i-see-dogs-i-kill-them" (haha, forgive my exaggerating here)-natured dog, quickly went into his "ATTENTION!" posture. Eyes, nose and tail all stood "ready". ready for wat? u know.. being te "i-see-dogs-i-kill-them"... he noticed the huge rottweiler roaming nearby.

Thankfully, i had toff on leash. Unfortunately, the rott was not on leash. But thankfully again, te rott was muzzled. I waited patiently at the field for the rott to walk away, further from my route home. But he lingered around for more than 15 minutes i guess, and i started to lose my patience. Maybe.. the rott is not interested in toff..

So i started my way home. Thankfully, the rott started turning his head away, and walked abt 100m ahead of us. Toff n i walked home very slowly, quietly, pace by pace... n all of a sudden.. the rott turned his head around. I knew he saw us - me and toff. I wanted to flee right away, coz knowing toff's "i-see-dogs-i-kill-them-nature", i'd definitely not want to see him involve in a fight with a rott double his body size.

But it was too late. The rott started jogging towards us. The owner who was so-very-proud of his rott started calling fr behind, "Superman... no.. no... i beat u aaa...wei... hey!!" The rott was deaf to his words. Toff stood on his hindlegs (ready to pounce on the emerging enemy). Running away at this point of time would only worsen things. So i stood firm, held my slippers in my hands, and made toff sit still.

Then Superman arrived at my footsteps. I looked at him - eye-to-eye. Then I said to him, "No." He looked at me, quietly. The owner was walking cum jogging towards us, maybe 50m from us tat time. Suddenly, noti toff pounced onto the rott, expectedly, the rott pounced onto toff, I quickly hit the rott hard everywhere with everything i could, n u could imagine all the growls and huff and puffs breaking the silence of the nite. then the proud owner came and tugged his Superman away.

Phew!! I was angry.
Toff was being noti. Superman couldn't hold his impulses. Toff & Superman were just being dogs.
But the rott owner was overconfident with his Superman. He was not responsible for allowing his rott roam freely. He was not being protective for not chasing his dog after he noticed Superman running towards me n toff. He did not even apologize! He did not even feel sorry!
He was NOT being a man. sad.

IT WAS DOWNRIGHT IRRESPONSIBLE TO WALK YOUR DOG WITHOUT A LEASH, WAT MORE A BIG, HEAVILY-MUSCLED, HUGE-MOUTHED ROTTWEILER! I've handled many many rottweilers before, and I've seen how many of them broke and tore the muzzles. So i know how dangerous it is for a rott to roam freely. Muzzled, or without a muzzle on.

wat if a naughty child bumped unto Superman, mocked him and threw things at him (children very often do these silly stuffs, rite)? Don't tell me tat Superman will stop to think rationally, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of attacking the child. Wat if Superman meets a bitch on heat? So many worse things could happen. Why did the "man" open such unnecessary doors?

Folks out there, please, please (me begging you here), always, always walk your dog on leash. It is simply being a responsible dog-owner for your community. And please, please educate your frineds who have dogs. Irregardless of small or big, or tame or fierce dog, walk them with a leash on.

ps. very often we read in the papers, "rottweilers attack people!". But you know wat? Most of te time, the very culprit was the victim and dog owner, not the dog. The dog was just the scapegoat.