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<title>Turn Left Turn Right</title>
<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right</link>
<description>Dogster diary for the dog Xiao Ping</description>
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<copyright>Copyright 2009 by Xiao Ping &amp; Dogster</copyright>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:24:45 PST</pubDate>
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		<title>Renewed</title>
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				<pubdate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:53:59 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I renewed 2 acquaintances. That doggone thing, we learnt her name is chanel. How lovely. Fomfo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I renewed 2 acquaintances. That doggone thing, we learnt her name is chanel. How lovely. Fomfomfom decided we should get to know each other calmly before chanel eats me up one fine day, so we were brought together twitching and struggling and screaming. Then we were calm and chanel refused to look at me. At least she didn't seem like she wanted to eat me up anymore. Not today anyway. 

The 2nd acquaintance is a little more heartbreaking. There's this girl, I thought she was about 10 years old, sometimes we would see her mother bringing her for a walk around the estate, slowly, holding her. I'm not a doctor, but I'm thinking maybe it's cerebral palsy. Today we saw her again, and I hung around till she reached me so I could say hi. Her mummy(?) says she likes doggies but she's scared. I told her she doesn't have to be scared of me, i won't bite. Fomfomfom asked how old she is and her mummy said she's 17. We were almost floored but we kept our expressions unchanged and wished them a nice day.

Later, we tried not to weep.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mystery</title>
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				<pubdate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:46:07 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Cha found poop on my behind after our morning walk and conferred with fomfomfom. That was when they  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha found poop on my behind after our morning walk and conferred with fomfomfom. That was when they realised I hadn't pooped for 4 sessions straight, all yesterday and this morning. They were baffled as to where the poo came from.

That's for me to know and them to find out.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>That doggone face</title>
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				<pubdate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:19:44 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The doggone face that's always hanging out of the 2nd floor unit. Today she was naughty and ran out  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The doggone face that's always hanging out of the 2nd floor unit. Today she was naughty and ran out without her owner's permission. She had just gone home so we were surprised. Suddenly, fomfomfom saw her standing right in front of us. Since I always bark at her, fomfomfom was afraid she would take the chance and eat me up. In a Matrix-worthy sequence, fomfomfom lifted me up in 1 second using my leash and turned her back to the doggone thing, with me safely in her arms.

The doggone thing didn't pounce on fomfomfom as expected though. I know why. Coz her mama was cursing and swearing and her voice came floating down the staircase where the doggone thing had used to escape. She must have been shivering in her doggone panties.

When pissed-off mama caught up, she scolded her all the way up and then some. Giggles, she totally deserves it. My armpits are still hurtin'.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Limerick</title>
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				<pubdate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:48:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>There was a young girl from Singapore
Trottin' merrily on her fours
Seized by an itch
She yelled, ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ There was a young girl from Singapore
Trottin' merrily on her fours
Seized by an itch
She yelled, "What a bitch!"
What happened next nobody saw.

Giggles. At least I hope no one saw. I fell on my bum and tumbled over as I tried to get at that itch and then I told cha I wanted to go home. Embarrassed. Giggles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pandamonium</title>
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				<pubdate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:19:16 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It's wonderful. China is going to send singapore 2 pandas. I like pandas. They're big and cute and s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's wonderful. China is going to send singapore 2 pandas. I like pandas. They're big and cute and silly. I shall get my mamas to bring me to the zoo to look at the pandas. 

And when no one's looking, I can bunch up my tail, sit between the pandas and wail loudly and pretend to be their baby. Giggles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I was this close</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:20:03 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>to getting the workinprogress scarf Ah ma left on the massage chair. This close. That Chacha had to  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ to getting the workinprogress scarf Ah ma left on the massage chair. This close. That Chacha had to come look for me. And she had to see me trying to get at the scarf. And she had to tell everyone about it. And everyone said Ah ma would hang me up and whip me for being so naughty. 

But she didn't. She told Cha to fetch me my own ball of wool to play with. 

Ah ma loves me. Beams.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Where do you think you are going with my pizza?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/635403</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:46:36 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Two pizzas came and left. And I didn't get a single bite. 

I need to have a word with someone abo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Two pizzas came and left. And I didn't get a single bite. 

I need to have a word with someone about this. 

In other news, it is Apec week in Singapore. It's so exciting. I saw pictures of Hillary Clinton having coffee at a Starbucks joint and Hu Jintao visting a school and a water plant. 

Now if only Obama would come to our neighbourhood; I'd show him my favourite places. And maybe then pizzas won't disappear the way they did.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rain rain go away</title>
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				<pubdate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:16:53 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Oooh how it rained today. I was wet and unhappy coz I couldn't walk as freely as I would have liked. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oooh how it rained today. I was wet and unhappy coz I couldn't walk as freely as I would have liked. Eliza must be unhappy too, she had a bbq going on today. I guess someone must hold a brolly over the food.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lonely</title>
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				<pubdate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:35:29 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>No one was paying me any attention so I devised a game to play by myself. I had to curl up tightly a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ No one was paying me any attention so I devised a game to play by myself. I had to curl up tightly and lie on an old t-shirt strewn on the floor. No part of me was to touch the floor. I circled the t-shirt quite many times while thinking how best to position myself before carefully lying down.

I was quite pleased with myself when cha strode out of her room and declared, your paw is on the floor! How offensive. I reprimanded her, I have hands and feet. She's the one with grubby paws.

Besides, I didn't invite her to play my game. Grumble.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My cycle-thon</title>
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				<pubdate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:19:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Cha wanted to join some cycle-thon. Being a cheapskate, she wanted to get 4 people to form a team. F ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha wanted to join some cycle-thon. Being a cheapskate, she wanted to get 4 people to form a team. Fomfomfom's friend decided to pay heed to her old aching back, so cha was left scrambling at the last minute for a replacement. I thought, why not cha, fomfomfom, ah bee and me, we 4 can form a team? Fomfomfom should get a bike with a basket in front, and I can sit in the basket and we'll ride for 20 kilometres. How happy that would be.

I was a little upset when I learnt ah bee had found a replacement and no one had thought to ask me to join. I even had my water bottle and helmet ready.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My birthday</title>
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				<pubdate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:10:00 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I am 5 years and 11 months old today. Fomfomfom asked me what cake I wanted, but I didn't want any.  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am 5 years and 11 months old today. Fomfomfom asked me what cake I wanted, but I didn't want any. Taking pictures with cakes that I never taste just isn't celebratory enough. I whispered in her ear, just so cha won't hear, I want kfc! One drumstick would be enough.

So while I was locked in cha's room in the afternoon and forced to nap, fomfomfom went to get me my chicken. She got a 3 piece meal, and I got the drumstick and half of another piece. I didn't get any chicken skin though, those are the best bits. Fomfomfom thought they were too salty for me.

I love kfc. Happy birthday to me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Betcha didn't know that</title>
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				<pubdate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:29:10 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom's skin doctor told her we should never pop a pimple in the area above your lip and around  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom's skin doctor told her we should never pop a pimple in the area above your lip and around the lower bits of the nose coz the bacteria will go to your brain. Via a vein.

I didn't know that. Scary.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No, I'm not a cat; I'm just playful</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/633890</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 07:35:53 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They have gone knitting mad in this house. I heard someone in Ah bee's office got them started on kn ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They have gone knitting mad in this house. I heard someone in Ah bee's office got them started on knitting scarves for Mongol children. And Ah bee got us at home started on the same project. I think it's a wonderful idea, knitting scarves for the poor children. 

It's wonderful also coz now we have many balls of wool at home. I saw them in a plastic bag on the floor. So I took off with the pretty pink wool and starting playing with it. The ball unwound and I ended up with a mess of pretty pink wool. I was about to roll in it when Ah ma came and took it from me, all the while scolding me (and everyone for letting me play with the wool). 

I told Ah ma I was only trying to help by unwinding the wool for them so they may knit faster but she didn't buy it and I didn't get the wool back. 

I need another plan.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Saved a trip</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/633692</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:14:52 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee emptied my anal sacs for me at home today. It took 2 pairs of gloves, lotsa KY and even more  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee emptied my anal sacs for me at home today. It took 2 pairs of gloves, lotsa KY and even more tissue paper. It got me upset. I later understood that this means I don't have to go to the vet tomorrow.

In that case, I forgive her.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>One born every minute</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/633442</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:12:34 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Oooh all these nigerian scamsters. They are not even nigerians these days. Everything gets pirated t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oooh all these nigerian scamsters. They are not even nigerians these days. Everything gets pirated these days. There's just no sanctity anymore.

Our maid Jelyn got a call today saying she'd won 3 million pesos. She wanted to go to where the filippino nigerian smut told her to, coz "it's a lot of money".

How do we break the news to her? And by the way, it's the 2nd time she'd gotten such a call. Oh, to give up 6 million pesos. It simply breaks the heart.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>2 white flags</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/633211</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:26:30 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It rained, like, all day. They told me to forget about my evening walk. But pingping doesn't do forg ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It rained, like, all day. They told me to forget about my evening walk. But pingping doesn't do forgetaboutit. I followed fomfomfom everywhere and looked at her with my big beautiful eyes all evening and she finally capitulated. We went down at 7pm when it was already pitch dark and all splooshy wet. Whee. We played for almost an hour.

Cha is still jetlagged, so useless she is. She went to bed at 8pm and locked my lamb ear in with her. I wanted it at 11pm so I knocked on her door. She opened the door and refused to give it to me. Then she closed the door as if that were the end of the matter. But nobody closes the door in pingping's face. So I persevered and knocked on the door until it opened and my lamb ear flew out.

Whee. We chinese have a saying: have perseverance, will needle. Pingping needled!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Good as gold</title>
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				<pubdate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:06:03 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I understand that gold has reached a record-busting price. I don't own any gold. How unhappy I am.
 ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I understand that gold has reached a record-busting price. I don't own any gold. How unhappy I am.

But fomfomfom came home with kangaroo sausages and gave me half a sausage. The rest she kept in my cabinet so I may whine for it all the time. I think I'll rather have sausages than gold.

That's how I keep happy.

p.s. auntie wenli told fomfomfom today, if you're happy and you know it, check again. Giggles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Snubbed</title>
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				<pubdate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:30:30 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I saw a birdie sitting on the carpet outside the gym today. I went up to say hi but she wasn't very  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I saw a birdie sitting on the carpet outside the gym today. I went up to say hi but she wasn't very friendly. Maybe she was injured and not in a good mood. She didn't like my nose touching her and fluttered hard and flew away.

I don't know how to fly.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Only 2 walks today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/632533</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:02:54 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ooh, how it rained today. It was so hot at 1pm fomfomfom cut short my walk and we went home to sit i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ooh, how it rained today. It was so hot at 1pm fomfomfom cut short my walk and we went home to sit in an air con room. Then it promptly began to pour, right through till evening and I missed my evening walk.

How unhappy i am.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What's so funny</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 07:26:10 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Cha retired to her room after lunch today and didn't emerge until half past nine tonight. When she f ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha retired to her room after lunch today and didn't emerge until half past nine tonight. When she finally did, looking all confused and groggy, everyone burst into laughter. She said she woke up and panicked coz I wasn't sleeping in the room with her. They only laughed harder. 

Can someone please explain the joke to me?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Halloween</title>
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				<pubdate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:42:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee thought up a really cool costume for me. She'd go buy some purple leggings and I can be an oc ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee thought up a really cool costume for me. She'd go buy some purple leggings and I can be an octopus. I already have 4 legs and with my tail makes 5 tentacles. They thought of where they would attach 3 more but they thought I'll look asymetrical. So I told Ah bee they just have to stick 2 on my sides and I can be the 7-tentacled octopus. Then I will tell everyone I meet trick or treating that I battled a giant squid and won but lost a tentacle in the process. 

Somehow along the way they decided maybe they can buy yellow leggings instead and I can be a banana. They said that'd save them a lot of work and the world from having to listen to my tall tale. 

Somewhere further along the way (i.e. this afternoon) they brought me for a haircut and said I can be a little mouse instead of a banana. 

Lose.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Spicy wings</title>
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				<pubdate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:20:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I requested a little of what ah bee was eating. It was some duck wing cooked da szechuan style. I me ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I requested a little of what ah bee was eating. It was some duck wing cooked da szechuan style. I mean, da szechuan style. That's somethin'. Ah bee was impressed when I took it all in and asked for more. But I didn't get much coz they feared my stummy would be a-rumblin' all night.

Yums.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Eeyore is back from NY</title>
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				<pubdate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:43:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Cha cha is back from New York!! She snuck back in the wee hours this morning at 1am, and I bounded u ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha cha is back from New York!! She snuck back in the wee hours this morning at 1am, and I bounded up to her in a furry welcome. I expect an appreciation of USD $100. Thank you cha cha. In my shoebox please.

Which I will use to buy many many brown rats. Since ah bee didn't make good on her promise. So I went to the fence again today to try my luck. No brown rat. So I sniffed around a bush. No brown rat. Except that there was. Fomfomfom later told me the rat ran out from the bush from where I couldn't see and ran across the fence. I knew it. I could SMELL it.

Darn rat.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The one that got away</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/631348</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:15:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/631348</guid>
		<description>I paced the fence today looking for a brown rat. It was grooming itself when I met it nose to nose,  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I paced the fence today looking for a brown rat. It was grooming itself when I met it nose to nose, then it ran away. I walked up and down, hoping to make its acquaintance again but fomfomfom begged me to go home after 25 minutes of futile searching along 6 feet of fence. I refused and fomfomfom said ah bee will buy me a brown furry rat tomorrow if I would just give it up.

Ok then. Thank you ah bee!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Wot?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/631100</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:02:33 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/631100</guid>
		<description>Yesterday, eliza made a startling discovery. She articulated it thus: sushi has a tongue! 

Well,  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesterday, eliza made a startling discovery. She articulated it thus: sushi has a tongue! 

Well, eh. So I have a tongue. Fomfomfom was stroking my head and eliza asked, what's that? Fomfomfom looked at me and said, that's sushi's eyebrow. Do you have eyebrows?

Eliza thought about it and said, I have lipstick.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Silent P</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/630789</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:11:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/630789</guid>
		<description>We were watching tv yesterday when ah bee suddenly sat up and asked fomfomfom, how was that dancer's ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We were watching tv yesterday when ah bee suddenly sat up and asked fomfomfom, how was that dancer's name pronounced again? Fomfomfom said she didn't hear, I wasn't surprised, fomfomfom is pretty oblivious most of the time. 

Ah bee decided that name was pronounced with a silent "p". I thought that was so cool. Fomfomfom and ah bee thought so too, and we decided my name will be pronounced with a silent "p" from now on.

It does take some getting used to.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Why we hate people</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/630564</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:25:37 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/630564</guid>
		<description>To continue with why I hate people, 2 more reasons today. I was tired and ah bee was carrying me hom ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ To continue with why I hate people, 2 more reasons today. I was tired and ah bee was carrying me home when we walked by our 15 year old neighbour. He must have been trying to impress his 2 ugly female companions when he said, loud enough for ah bee to hear, that I'm just a dog, why all that carrying? We went home and ah bee was so angry she marched down immediately and demanded to hear again what he said. Oooh, what a coward. He squirmed and denied having said anything, and apologised as ah bee turned to go. Apologising for not having said anything? Not just rude and ugly, but stupid too.

Enter fomfomfom the private justice doer. She marched down with me and ah bee a couple hours later and paraded me in front of the 2 ugly girls and cowardly boy and glared at them so hard they must have wished they were never born. Kids these days are so horrid. Whatever will they grow up to be.

2nd reason. Fomfomfom's friend opened a pet grooming shop for a couple of months and in that short time, she saw many neglected dogs in terrible condition. Rotting flesh. Maggots in ear. Her 21 year old female groomer hung a dog by its neck coz it was uncooperative during a grooming session, to punish it. And didn't think it was wrong to do so. The friend promptly fired her. Fomfomfom is determined to rear a private army to dispense private justice in future. I will be the commander in chief.

Watch out, bad people.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee finally paid up</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/630371</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:25:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/630371</guid>
		<description>I heard two things that upsetted me today. The first is that a doggie died because his groomer was i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I heard two things that upsetted me today. The first is that a doggie died because his groomer was impatient and hit him on the head with an electric shaver. The second is that Dou Dou was sold by his owners and they are currently shopping for a new dog. 

People are disgusting.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Irrelevant</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/630051</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:49:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/630051</guid>
		<description>I met snowy this afternoon. She is only 8 months old. She's become quite the curly one since I met h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met snowy this afternoon. She is only 8 months old. She's become quite the curly one since I met her when she was a mere babe, I don't even know what kinda doggie she is. Must be a mix of poodle and something else, maybe maltese.

Anyway, we were happy to meet in the bore of the hot and humid noon. Therefore, as snowy bounded around me, and I bounded right back, fomfomfom suffered a leash burn on her shin, kinda like a leash version of the paper cut. Ouch.

But fomfomfom didn't utter a sound, of course. It would have been uncool in the extreme. Coz when 2 doggies are having a time, she's just, like, irrelevant.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My mummy taught me never to trust anyone</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/629891</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:44:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/629891</guid>
		<description>I mean, a nice girl like myself has a limit to her patience too. Ah bee hasn't deposited the $330 in ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I mean, a nice girl like myself has a limit to her patience too. Ah bee hasn't deposited the $330 into my shoebox yet. Thank goodness I have devised many holds over these untrustworthy people over the years.

I shall exercise my lien over ah bee's oil contract tomorrow. That'll teach her to stiff me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The point of the matter</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/629646</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:35:25 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/629646</guid>
		<description>The kids descended upon the playground today like a swarm of locusts. But that is not the point. The ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The kids descended upon the playground today like a swarm of locusts. But that is not the point. The point is, ah bee owes me $330. 

Ah bee owes me $330.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A dollar</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/629318</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:42:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/629318</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom dug out a dollar coin from her pocket to buy a drink but amanda happened to approach to ta ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom dug out a dollar coin from her pocket to buy a drink but amanda happened to approach to talk to me, and her eyes lit up at the coin. So fomfomfom gave it to her and she ran off in delight. Eliza came and reproached fomfomfom bitterly why her sister got a dollar but not her. Fomfomfom was ashamed of herself and I think eliza will get a whole dollar to herself tomorrow.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No excuses</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/629060</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:52:03 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/629060</guid>
		<description>Ah bee came back at lunchtime. She had the flu and the doctor excused her from work for the day. I t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee came back at lunchtime. She had the flu and the doctor excused her from work for the day. I think it's a great way to work and ah bee should try to do that everyday. Amanda is not in school coz she has a week away from school to study for her exams next week. I asked eliza why she's not in school either and she couldn't answer me.

I think she's playing truant.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Snowing in New York</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/628860</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:54:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/628860</guid>
		<description>We heard it's 4 degrees in the Big Apple. 

And Cha is there in her autumn clothes. 

*giggles* ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We heard it's 4 degrees in the Big Apple. 

And Cha is there in her autumn clothes. 

*giggles*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>So ladylike</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/628638</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:48:42 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/628638</guid>
		<description>I met the very nice lady with the white bmw today. Her shih tzu is a girl and her name is chako. She ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met the very nice lady with the white bmw today. Her shih tzu is a girl and her name is chako. She has long hair and wears a ribbon. She's got purple shoes and we tried to make friends. I think we're ok though she doesn't seem that interested in me. Her owner's name is xp too. We share the same initials, that's why she's always so nice and friendly to me.

I feel like a tomboy next to chako.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Strange countries</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/628403</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:46:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/628403</guid>
		<description>Someone asked ah bee to recommend a lawyer from Guernsey. I'd never heard of  guernsey in my life. N ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Someone asked ah bee to recommend a lawyer from Guernsey. I'd never heard of  guernsey in my life. Neither had fomfomfom. I asked ah bee what a guernsey was. Was it delicious?

Ah bee said it's a country. Like seychelles. One of those countries in the middle of nowhere. Ah, I know seychelles. Like in, I'm picking seashells on the seashore in seychelles, sitting on a see-saw on the seashore counting my seashells in seychelles.

I know seychelles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Nothing worse than a vengeful cobra</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/628197</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:11:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/628197</guid>
		<description>I was fighting with bean bean when the security guard came and told us a cobra was spotted in the co ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was fighting with bean bean when the security guard came and told us a cobra was spotted in the compound a couple of days ago. With relish, he said it could be the mate of the cobra that was caught a few months ago. That's what cobras do. They travel in pairs and if one dies, the other one will seek revenge.

They didn't call in the authorities coz it had slithered away by then. Eek. I shall have to be terribly careful from now. All these snakes in singapore. I shall have to consider seriously fomfomfom's proposal to move to new zealand to frolick with the harmless and delicious lambs.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A business idea</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/627964</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:09:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/627964</guid>
		<description>I think popped lotus seeds are the bee's knees. They taste like crunchy corn and are full of goodnes ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I think popped lotus seeds are the bee's knees. They taste like crunchy corn and are full of goodness. I had 2.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cha goes to New York</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/627734</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:23:47 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/627734</guid>
		<description>I watched tv with fomfomfom and ah bee just now. It was a program about stray and abandoned doggies  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I watched tv with fomfomfom and ah bee just now. It was a program about stray and abandoned doggies in singapore, and an outfit called the Action for Singapore Dogs Society. The poor doggies make me want to weep, and I shall empty my shoebox and donate all my money to save these poor doggies.

My very first bag, of thousands to come, of donated gourmet dog food shall be on its way very soon.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lactobacwhatever</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/627472</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:06:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/627472</guid>
		<description>I woke up feeling ill. So I decided to self-medicate. I went downstairs and ate a lot of grass. Cha  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I woke up feeling ill. So I decided to self-medicate. I went downstairs and ate a lot of grass. Cha couldn't pull me away.

Then fomfomfom and cha brought me to the vet. The vet woman did the unmentionable again and fomfomfom told her my stummy ain't so great. The vet woman gave me some friendly neighbourhood bacteria that's supposed to be mixed in my food so that my stummy will be strong again. I told her I'll just drink yakult everyday. That didn't fly with her.

I'm resigned to a life of doped food.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The only way to wake</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/627195</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:20:16 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/627195</guid>
		<description>Every morning I wake Cha up by scratching my neck. The bell on my collar will ring and Cha will stir ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Every morning I wake Cha up by scratching my neck. The bell on my collar will ring and Cha will stir. Then I'll stand on my hind legs and put my front paws on her bed. And I wait, staring at her face so I'm the first thing she sees the moment she opens her eyes. 

Cha proudly told Fomfomfom that this is the only way to wake in the morning. 

Indeed. She's a lucky one, that.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy birthday to me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/627044</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:20:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/627044</guid>
		<description>I am 70 months old today and Fomfomfom bought me a slice of tiramisu, along with a bagful of other d ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am 70 months old today and Fomfomfom bought me a slice of tiramisu, along with a bagful of other doggie treats.  Ah bee ate it (the cake, not the treats) and decided she can do much better and she will. This is coming from the person who had set out to make tiramisu but ended up with tiramisu ice cream. Twice. 

Watch this space.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rats!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/626755</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:14:37 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/626755</guid>
		<description>So a dead rat was found in ah bee's office a couple of days ago.

I still begrudge ah bee for not  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So a dead rat was found in ah bee's office a couple of days ago.

I still begrudge ah bee for not bringing it back. What a waste of a perfectly good dead rat.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sad</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/626544</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:50:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/626544</guid>
		<description>I was surfing the spca website just now and I came across one of their rescues. It was last month, a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was surfing the spca website just now and I came across one of their rescues. It was last month, and a shih tzu was swimming for 2 hours in a canal before he/she was finally rescued. I hope the poor thing wasn't thrown in to drown, or else I'll have to put a curse on the evil person who did it.

Then I put the spca's phone number into the mobile phones of cha, fomfomfom and ah bee so that they can call for help if they see a poor creature in distress.

The poor shih tzu. I shall be upset for days.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pork plot</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/626249</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 05:27:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/626249</guid>
		<description>I haven't seen my porky leg tendons for rather a few days now. 

I smell a nefarious plot. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I haven't seen my porky leg tendons for rather a few days now. 

I smell a nefarious plot.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm scared of small dogs</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/626044</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:09:41 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/626044</guid>
		<description>I met this 5 month old white doggie. He wanted to play with me but I was scared. His daddy and entir ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met this 5 month old white doggie. He wanted to play with me but I was scared. His daddy and entire extended family were shocked when he started barking at me, I'm thinking it might have been his first bark or something, he's so tiny. I thought maybe they were all laughing at me so I wanted fomfomfom to bring me elsewhere.

Fomfomfom then brought me to fight with bean bean and I was happy again.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A naughty bean</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/625762</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 5 Oct 2009 05:04:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/625762</guid>
		<description>I fought with bean bean today. Fomfomfom scolded us both and dragged me away. But we weren't contrit ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I fought with bean bean today. Fomfomfom scolded us both and dragged me away. But we weren't contrite. Fomfomfom fired up bean bean in the first place by teasing her. That's why we fought.

Bean bean fought with another doggie before fighting with me. Her maid was checking her for injuries on a table. And she lost her dog license tag last week while fighting with another doggie. I think she's so naughty.

We tried to fight again later and fomfomfom said eek.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Yami yoghurt</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/625563</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 4 Oct 2009 05:47:09 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>is very yummy. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ is very yummy.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mid Autumn Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/625392</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 3 Oct 2009 09:42:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/625392</guid>
		<description>It is regrettable that I have no lantern, no mooncake and no pomelo. 

Maybe next year. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is regrettable that I have no lantern, no mooncake and no pomelo. 

Maybe next year.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Make Up</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/625136</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:46:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/625136</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom decided that at almost age 30, she needs her very first make up kit. So she went out and b ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom decided that at almost age 30, she needs her very first make up kit. So she went out and bought an entire shop of stuff. At night, she proudly showed ah bee her purchases and then proceeded to paint her face. She asked ah bee for her opinion and ah bee said it's ok, as ok as one smokey eye and pink lip gloss on an oily face can be, I guess.

I thought she looked like my Lamb Chop. Only Lamb Chop looks slightly better.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy Children's Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/624927</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:33:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/624927</guid>
		<description>I might be a bit slow, but I finally felt the building shake after yesterday's massive earthquake in ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I might be a bit slow, but I finally felt the building shake after yesterday's massive earthquake in indonesia. It was about 930 this morning, and I was taking a nap. I felt the building move and I got scared so I ran out to fomfomfom and asked her to comfort me. This earthquake thing is so scary.

And how time passes.It is children's day again. I asked ah bee to buy me a present, so she dutifully brought me some lovely pig leg tendons. I got 2 immediately and it was a happy day for me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Earthquake</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/624698</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:01:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/624698</guid>
		<description>There was a major earthquake this evening in Indonesia. It was so violent that things in singapore s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ There was a major earthquake this evening in Indonesia. It was so violent that things in singapore started shaking. Ah ma said she could see the water in a glass moving, and ah bee was giddy in her office.

I didn't feel anything or realise there was a major earthquake coz I was focused on playing downstairs. Fomfomfom didn't feel anything either coz she was focused on me.

It seems mother nature has been in a bad mood recently. Scary.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>5 years old</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/624451</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:54:33 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/624451</guid>
		<description>It is Eliza's birthday today. She had a birthday party in school and will have 2 cakes for the day,  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is Eliza's birthday today. She had a birthday party in school and will have 2 cakes for the day, one in school and one which daddy bought. I didn't know beforehand that it's her birthday so I didn't have a present for her. But now I know she likes oreo cookies so maybe next year I'll give her a cookie for her birthday.

Her teacher gave her a yoyo. I don't think she knows how to play with it so I showed her. I didn't want to return it to her unless she asked for it back in chinese but she didn't know how. I teased her for a while but she couldn't quite get the words out of her mouth. I spied her big strong daddy in the gym and was afraid he'd come and bash me up so I returned the yoyo to Eliza in a hurry.  

Then I went on my merry way coz even if it's her birthday today, I'm still older than her. So there.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Making do</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/624218</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:02:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/624218</guid>
		<description>I'm sleeping with fomfomfom tonight because the lights in cha's room are almost falling down. Heaven ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I'm sleeping with fomfomfom tonight because the lights in cha's room are almost falling down. Heaven forbid it should fall on me when I'm sleeping.

For safety's sake, I shall condescend and make do in a smaller room tonight.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>F1</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/623984</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:21:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/623984</guid>
		<description>I watched the F1 race on tv today. It was so boring I fell asleep. 61 laps! Round and round and roun ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I watched the F1 race on tv today. It was so boring I fell asleep. 61 laps! Round and round and round. Fomfomfom woke me up to watch the last lap.

I like that Singapore is hosting the F1. It makes the whole place so vibrant. We get publicity and the whole world is watching. So happy. As for the integrity of the race itself, ah well, no comment.

Festivities! Whee!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A fan</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/623787</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:22:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/623787</guid>
		<description>I met this woman yesterday. I'd never seen her before but when she saw me, she stopped in her tracks ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met this woman yesterday. I'd never seen her before but when she saw me, she stopped in her tracks, sat down beside me and started hyperventilating. She kissed me on my head and cooed at me non-stop. I know I have that effect on people. 

I met her again today. She is Thai and told me she had 5 dogs in Thailand. Oooh, a dog lover! 

I like dog lovers coz dog lovers like me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>F1</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/623537</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:19:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/623537</guid>
		<description>It's F1 season again. Ah bee talks about it coz it's taking place just beside her office. It's on tv ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's F1 season again. Ah bee talks about it coz it's taking place just beside her office. It's on tv and in the papers. It's everywhere.

I'm not interested coz I think it lacks integrity.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Eliza asked fomfomfom to buy koko krunch for her</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/623252</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:08:42 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/623252</guid>
		<description>The air con man has been coming for 2 days now. I'd been sleeping in a room without air conditioning ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The air con man has been coming for 2 days now. I'd been sleeping in a room without air conditioning for 2 nights now. The horror. I'm happy to report the air con is running fine now and I won't have to wake up 10 times coz of the heat.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee called</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/623023</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:12:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/623023</guid>
		<description>The phone rang a real long time and no one answered. I thought mebbe they didn't realise the phone w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The phone rang a real long time and no one answered. I thought mebbe they didn't realise the phone was ringing so I sat facing the phone and started whining. 

It took 2 long whines before fomfomfom rushed out of her room and stared at me. I continued whining and she sat down beside me, thinking very hard. Then she lifted the phone off the hook and I stopped whining.

She started patting me and asked if anything was wrong. I told her I was trying to tell her to answer the phone. Fomfomfom was very concerned coz she'd never heard me whine like that before. She wasn't quite convinced of my purpose and kept asking me if anything was wrong. She'd thought I was in distress and was still in a bit of a shock. I pointed to my belly and told her I needed a belly rub.

Fomfomfom should really learn to answer the phone.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Excuse me!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/622774</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:34:12 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/622774</guid>
		<description>Ah bee and fomfomfom are calling me Excuse Me. I don't know why they're calling me that, but it soun ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee and fomfomfom are calling me Excuse Me. I don't know why they're calling me that, but it sounds kind of cute. I'm cute too, so I think I'll accept the nickname.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Shih tzu is champion</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/622514</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:05:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/622514</guid>
		<description>The most popular breed of doggies in singapore is shih tzus. Mind you, that doesn't mean we're commo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The most popular breed of doggies in singapore is shih tzus. Mind you, that doesn't mean we're common. It only means we're the most desirable.

Fact of the day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lalala</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/622341</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:46:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/622341</guid>
		<description>Ah bee bumped into Eliza and Nicky at the playground today. Eliza asked where I was. Ah bee told her ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee bumped into Eliza and Nicky at the playground today. Eliza asked where I was. Ah bee told her that she had no idea, but that was coz I was with Fomfomfom wandering somewhere in the estate. 

Eliza was most alarmed and she exclaimed, "You lost Sushi?!" Ah bee nodded and said she lost Fomfomfom, as well. Eliza walked away, furrowed brows and all. I think that was also when little Nicky got a little confused and he asked very frantically, "Where's my gorgor!"

Ah bee could only laugh. 

Later when we met up with her, and bumped into them kids again, Fomfomfom called out for Eliza and informed her that Sushi is found. Nicky let out a little whoop. Fomfomfom whooped right back. 

We are so happy.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Puppy love</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/622042</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:50:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/622042</guid>
		<description>Today the younger twin told me she's got a c-r-u-s-h on Jonathan. My spelling ain't so good but fomf ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today the younger twin told me she's got a c-r-u-s-h on Jonathan. My spelling ain't so good but fomfomfom told me that spells crush, which means she's secretly in love with jonathan. I giggled and promised to help her. So I strode to Jonathan and asked him if he's got any girls he likes in this condo. He said not in this condo, only in school.

I told the twin the good news, she may yet be his exclusive squeeze in this condo. We only have to work a little harder. So I asked him what kind of girl he likes. Long hair, thin, no spectacles and noisy (not quiet girls!), he said.

I think the twin can't fail. She only has to lose the glasses and she'll be swingin'. If she can't see anything without her glasses, which indeed she can't (10 year olds these days have such bad eyesight), she can just cling on to jonathan's arm and let him guide her.

Whee.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cold and smoky</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/621801</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:59:59 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/621801</guid>
		<description>It's a rare cold day in singapore. Whee! About 26 degrees, I reckon. The past few days were so hot a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's a rare cold day in singapore. Whee! About 26 degrees, I reckon. The past few days were so hot and stifling I almost couldn't think. It's with great insight today that I made fomfomfom cover me with a blanket while I nap.

But there was smoke everywhere. I think it might be the last day of the month of hungry ghosts, I haven't had time to consult my almanac. That's why people were burning joss sticks and paper stuff everywhere.

Ah well, it's better than hot and smoky.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Surprise!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/621560</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:23:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/621560</guid>
		<description>I met kiki and koko yesterday. Their hair had grown out a little and I made an earthshaking discover ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met kiki and koko yesterday. Their hair had grown out a little and I made an earthshaking discovery. They're white and brown! I'd always thought they're pure white doggies. Fomfomfom was surprised too. We told ah bee and she was, well, surprised three.

I'm thinkin', maybe they had a recent dye job. No way they are brown.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Baa baa</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/621389</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:36:18 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/621389</guid>
		<description>I woke up with a start last night. Where was lampchop? I had to find it quick, so I woke cha up and  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I woke up with a start last night. Where was lampchop? I had to find it quick, so I woke cha up and had her open the door for me. Cha irritably went outside and hurled my beloved lambchop into the room. Oh, my lambchop.

Today, it was present number 2. A sheepskin rug! I hurled myself onto it immediately and am pleased to say it's not bad.

Present accepted. Beam.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fomfomfom is back!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/621181</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:20:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/621181</guid>
		<description>And she brought me a little lamb soft toy. She has makeup on and her name is Lamb Chop. It wasn't th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ And she brought me a little lamb soft toy. She has makeup on and her name is Lamb Chop. It wasn't the lamblet I was expecting but it will do. 

I hear there is another present for me but I have to wait till she unpacks. 

Can hardly contain myself.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Foo!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/620989</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:11:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/620989</guid>
		<description>We went to see the vet woman today. Ah bee had her, I don't know, 5th tutorial or something. And sti ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to see the vet woman today. Ah bee had her, I don't know, 5th tutorial or something. And still she only managed to pass.

So bad.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dua dng is the new deu dor</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/620796</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:57:37 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/620796</guid>
		<description>Ah bee went out and bought some fried pig intestines for Ah ma coz those are her fav. But Ah ma didn ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee went out and bought some fried pig intestines for Ah ma coz those are her fav. But Ah ma didn't quite enjoy them. Don't worry, they didn't go to waste. 

Burp.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pudding and pie</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/620562</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:30:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/620562</guid>
		<description>I did a Georgie Porgie today. 

I kissed the girls - the hairy girl, her maid, Eliza's friend's br ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I did a Georgie Porgie today. 

I kissed the girls - the hairy girl, her maid, Eliza's friend's brother who looks like a girl (so he counts as a girl too), and his maid. *beams* But I didn't make them cry. They laughed most happily. 

The only person who cried was Nicky. And he cried twice too. I'm not sure why he did but maybe I should have kissed him too.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No prizes</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/620385</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:33:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/620385</guid>
		<description>for guessing who is too busy watching Taiwanese news to give me a belly rub.

But I forgive her. I ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ for guessing who is too busy watching Taiwanese news to give me a belly rub.

But I forgive her. It is not often she finds something she's so passionate about. It's important to have passion; I know all about passion. 

And if you don't have one, maybe you can try eating some deu dor.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A birthday without cake.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/620121</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:56:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/620121</guid>
		<description>We met Eliza and her siblings at the playground. She asked Ah bee, why does Sushi have such big teet ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We met Eliza and her siblings at the playground. She asked Ah bee, why does Sushi have such big teeth? Ah bee told her, all the better to eat sushi with. She frowned and asked, will she eat me? Maybe, Ah bee replied. She looked genuinely horrified.

What I would really like to sink my teeth into, is a slice of banana cake, since it is my monthly birthday. Alas, there was no cake. And no deu dor in lieu of cake. 

I need to speak to someone about this. It's unacceptable.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Where's Fomfomfom?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/619918</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:09:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/619918</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom gathered up her bags and bade me a teary goodbye. She is going to see the sheep and the co ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom gathered up her bags and bade me a teary goodbye. She is going to see the sheep and the cows without me. The good news is she'll be back in less than a week. 

I hope she brings me a sheep.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bandits, murderers and other felons</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/619651</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:54:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today the security guard asked me if I wanted to adopt a dog. Someone in the condo is moving away bu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today the security guard asked me if I wanted to adopt a dog. Someone in the condo is moving away but he hasn't included his dog in his wretched plans.

In my fantasy, I will shoot him, and draw and quarter him, then tar and feather him and then sell him in the market as pig feed. And then I will run away and hide coz no doubt he is toxic and will cause the next deadly pandemic. And the nice government men will track the source down and burn down his bloody new house coz it's ground zero. But that's ok coz his doggie won't be in it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My new computer</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/619438</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 7 Sep 2009 08:00:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom bought one of those netbooks that are all the rage. It's for me to write my diary entries  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom bought one of those netbooks that are all the rage. It's for me to write my diary entries and I must say it's just the right size.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>At home with Ah ma</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/619246</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 6 Sep 2009 06:52:42 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went to the groomers this morning. Evan doesn't work there anymore so Jane took over. She's not t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to the groomers this morning. Evan doesn't work there anymore so Jane took over. She's not too sure what my usual is, so I ended up with a much bushier tail and she shaved the hair on my upper lip. Fomfomfom and Ah bee said I look like Hitler, the other way. I'm not sure what they mean by that but they assured me I am still beautiful

Then we went home. It feels so good to be at home where everything is familar. We bumped into the hairy girl downstairs and she has discovered her running legs. And Amanda seemed to have grown much taller in these 10 days or so. Amazing how fast they grow.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Stupid neighbours suck</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/619086</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 5 Sep 2009 09:25:03 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The neighbours above us have been very un-neighbourly for a few days now. There's a constant noise l ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The neighbours above us have been very un-neighbourly for a few days now. There's a constant noise like they're pushing their dinner table from one end of the house to another. We can't even begin to imagine whatever on earth it is they're doing. And it's 1130 at night and they're still at it.

We're almost going to go and knock on their door to politely tell them to resume shifting their furniture about tomorrow at 9am.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Long hair</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/618882</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 07:47:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Cha keeps washing my backside every morning after my walk and poop. She says it's just in case my po ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha keeps washing my backside every morning after my walk and poop. She says it's just in case my poop sticks to my fur. And then fomfomfom would wake up and go, who gets her backside washed every morning? 

It's so insulting. I need a haircut fast.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Incompetent</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/618697</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 3 Sep 2009 07:54:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/618697</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom opened the door today to see 3 policemen and a security guard. So she opened her mouth and ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom opened the door today to see 3 policemen and a security guard. So she opened her mouth and gave them all a tongue lashing. It's just that we had become suspects in the case of a missing/ kidnapped dog. Apparently, a rubbish truck driver had given the security guard fomfomfom's carplate number and said she was the dognapper.

Only of course she wasn't. Our car was in the parking lot at the time of the alleged crime. I was snoozing and fomfomfom was mopping the floor around me. The guard and an employee of the distraught owner had already come into the house earlier for a look-see and had found no dog. We were still seething when the policemen knocked an hour later.

We threw them all out on their collective ear and told them to for goodness' sakes develop some brains and check the footages of all those cameras all over the place in this very high class condo. If it won't nail the culprit, at least it would eliminate us as suspects.

We think the policemen were just doing their job and the ultimate incompetent fool is the security guard. And the final touch to this farce--the carplate number given by the witness wasn't even ours.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Grr...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/618474</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:30:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My hair is long. The hair above my eye was stuck to the hair below my eye. It was the unfortunate le ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My hair is long. The hair above my eye was stuck to the hair below my eye. It was the unfortunate left eye. The sticky matter is not something glamorous. I can't pick it out, i can only sweep at it and make a bigger mess.

Fomfomfom finally got down to sorting it out for me and I wanted to bite her for taking so long to realise I had a problem. 

Makes me angry.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just in time</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/618230</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 07:11:16 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/618230</guid>
		<description>I licked fomfomfom's nose this morning and she tried to lick mine back. Cha was horrified and whiske ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I licked fomfomfom's nose this morning and she tried to lick mine back. Cha was horrified and whisked me away in the nick of time. So fomfomfom had to settle for kissing my nose instead.

Sometimes we have to observe boundaries.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Our cars</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/617965</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:05:24 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom says she wants to buy a mini cooper that looks exactly like the remote controlled one I ha ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom says she wants to buy a mini cooper that looks exactly like the remote controlled one I have, so she can ferry me around in it. I thought that is a good idea, and I told her I'll put my remote controlled toy car in her car so that our cars can be together.

We'll have to dispose of the current clunker fast.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I was so scared</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/617779</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:28:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom and ah bee brought me home for a bath today. After the bath, they wanted to bring me somew ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom and ah bee brought me home for a bath today. After the bath, they wanted to bring me somewhere and I refused to let them carry me coz I was scared they would bring me to somewhere unpleasant. It wasn't my usual routine at all. I hid under the chair and I trembled and they tried to entice me with snacks but I always ran off at the last minute. Finally I was a good girl and we got into the car. I trembled and was so frightened.

Then we arrived back at the rental apartment and I heaved a sigh of relief. It may not be my favourite place but at least it's familiar. They spent the whole night comforting and patting me. Phew.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Commander in chief</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/617550</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:23:41 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was boring in the afternoon so I decided to be the commander in chief. I commanded ah bee to scru ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was boring in the afternoon so I decided to be the commander in chief. I commanded ah bee to scrub the stove and table, and so she did. I commanded fomfomfom to scratch my belly while ah bee was scrubbing away, and so she did.

It's not too bad a job, this commander in chief thing.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>One good thing</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/617355</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:33:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>One good thing about this apartment, I get to eat beef steaks when i'm here. It's been a long time s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ One good thing about this apartment, I get to eat beef steaks when i'm here. It's been a long time since I've had one, yummy. It was kinda rare, coz fomfomfom's not such a great cook, but it was juicy and I loved it.

I think I'll get another one tomorrow coz I spied one in the fridge. I'll be dreaming beef steaks tonight.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sigh sigh</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/617143</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:17:23 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>It rained last night and this afternoon. I was only able to go down twice and twice I was all wet an ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It rained last night and this afternoon. I was only able to go down twice and twice I was all wet and had to take two showers.

It was most upsetting.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sigh</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/616918</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:15:23 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/616918</guid>
		<description>They brought me to that apartment to stay again. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They brought me to that apartment to stay again.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee who?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/616659</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:58:17 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/616659</guid>
		<description>Ah bee came back and I thought, who's that's stranger? Then I realised she's ah bee and we were unfa ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee came back and I thought, who's that's stranger? Then I realised she's ah bee and we were unfamiliar coz she had gone away for a holiday for 4 days.

Oh yes, I was still angry that day that she didn't bring me along. I am still a stowaway-wannabe.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fomfomfom gave me 2 dollars today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/616351</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:51:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/616351</guid>
		<description>Cha taught me how to comb my hair today. She has a comb that she didn't need, and she combed my head ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha taught me how to comb my hair today. She has a comb that she didn't need, and she combed my head 6 times. Sometimes she combed a corner of my body 6 times. We did it many times today.

I get angry if she combs me more than 6 times.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My bottle</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/616155</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:12:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I have a bottle. It is a mini disposable water bottle from a macau casino. Ah ma had thoughtfully fl ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have a bottle. It is a mini disposable water bottle from a macau casino. Ah ma had thoughtfully flattened it so that I can carry it in my mouth easily. I have another identical bottle, but it is not flattened so this one is much more precious.

It is so precious I must hide it every night and then carry it to bed. Yesterday I hid it beside my volleyball under the table. Another day I hid it under the curtains. Today I hid it under the stairs. 

They are not allowed to approach my bottle. When I carry the bottle in my mouth, I want to sit in a lap. Then if they bend to kiss my head I will bite their noses off coz my bottle is precious.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sad</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/615902</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:04:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was watching tv with fomfomfom and ah ma. This dog trainer showed his audience a black mongrel who ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was watching tv with fomfomfom and ah ma. This dog trainer showed his audience a black mongrel who had met with an accident and had his front legs amputated up to his shoulders. He was left with only his hind legs.

He had been trained for ten plus days and could stand just using his hind legs, but he still kept falling on his face. They had given him a name, literally Violent Dragon. I think it refers to his will to stand, and that was why they didn't euthanise him.

All the celebrity guests were crying and I wanted to cry too. I feel so sad that such misfortunes have to happen in the world. It's almost too much to bear.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chicken wings</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/615696</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:37:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma likes buying shrimp paste chicken wings whenever she goes to town. I always insist on having m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma likes buying shrimp paste chicken wings whenever she goes to town. I always insist on having my share, which is half of whatever fomfomfom is having and whatever scraps I can harrass cha into giving me.

And ah ma was so happy shopping these 2 days she forgot there's no more pork in the fridge. So she had to boil me a chicken thigh for dinner. Which fomfomfom doped with my joint supplements. Shrimp paste chicken wings are dope free and organic.

It's chicken day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Smoke gets in my big beautiful eyes</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/615470</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:12:41 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was the start of the hungry ghosts festival. Everywhere people were burning paper money, and ther ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was the start of the hungry ghosts festival. Everywhere people were burning paper money, and there were huge containers placed all over the place for this purpose billowing smoke. Me and fomfomfom, we sat somewhere for 10 minutes, and we were smoked for 10 minutes, all the while wondering where the smoke was coming from since we couldn't see anything burning near us. It didn't matter, really. Smoke was just everywhere. Anyway the important thing is, I have to watch where I pee this month, mustn't offend anyone of this world or the next, joss sticks are king.

Back to this world. Bean bean. Fomfomfom held up her front paws and I immediately got behind her and humped away. The vet woman said I'm a dominant female so I must behave as a dominant female does. Bean bean's maid and her friend stood watching in awe at my lengthy display, finally asking fomfomfom if I am a girl as they had always thought I was. Fomfomfom said I'm a crazy girl and put bean bean down. Bean bean got angry, but she's not a dominant female so I'm da boss.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Um...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/615161</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:57:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Fomfomfom got a haircut today. Then we met eliza at the playground and she asked fomfomfom,are you y ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom got a haircut today. Then we met eliza at the playground and she asked fomfomfom,are you your sister?

We didn't quite know how to answer that.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pests</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/614893</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:32:24 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/614893</guid>
		<description>The pakistani kid stood behind me and announced to his two friends who were after his life that if t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The pakistani kid stood behind me and announced to his two friends who were after his life that if they try to hit him, they will hit me. Fomfomfom flared up and told him it's not a good tactic and if any of them hits me, she'll tell his parents. Then she ordered them all to scram and kill one another somewhere else. We couldn't care less if they really did. 

As we were cursing the darn boys, we met Baby, who was shaved. Apparently she had a bad case of ticks but she's better now. Her owner said the monthly heartworm tablet Baby's on is of no use at all.

I dunno, but I don't have ticks and I run in the grass all day long. Maybe ticks prefer schnauzers.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Woohoo</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/614595</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:59:33 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My evening walk was more than an hour today. That is a great achievement because ah bee had insisted ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My evening walk was more than an hour today. That is a great achievement because ah bee had insisted my walks be kept short. I don't like this arthritis thing. I'm so bored at home, I like to be downstairs. So fomfomfom thought of an idea. I would walk for 15 minutes and sit around the rest of the time watching the world go by. Ah bee won't kill her and I get to be out of the house. 

It's almost like the good ol' days. Beam.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The ants bit me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/614364</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:33:12 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/614364</guid>
		<description>So I bit Ah bee. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So I bit Ah bee.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Patch!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/614211</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:41:30 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Today I met an old friend of mine. Remember Patch from the gardens? We bumped into him at the vet an ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I met an old friend of mine. Remember Patch from the gardens? We bumped into him at the vet and he looks exactly the same as I remember him. That made me miss my friends from the gardens. I haven't seen them in a long long time. But I have new friends now so I guess I shouldn't be too upset. 

Ah bee only managed to empty one anal sac today. She couldn't locate the other one. The vet woman said that the other one sank, that's why. Then she promptly emptied it. Ah bee was a little embarrassed and very relieved she didn't have to do it. 

Fomfomfom grilled the vet woman about my arthritis and the vet woman said that there is this injection that would slow down the degeneration of my joints. This was where Fomfomfom wanted to strangle her. Now you tell us. 

But first, we will do extensive research on this injection thingy just to be sure it won't do more harm than good.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My new scarf</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/613903</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:55:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Cha came back from Taiwan today and bought me a new scarf. It's black and pink, I look so smart wear ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha came back from Taiwan today and bought me a new scarf. It's black and pink, I look so smart wearing it. I will wear it downstairs tomorrow to show everyone my new scarf and they will be envious.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>First steps</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/613607</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:11:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was a momentous day. We saw the hairy girl walk on her own. She's finally grown up, we almost she ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was a momentous day. We saw the hairy girl walk on her own. She's finally grown up, we almost shed tears. 

Next, she'll be mumbling gibberish like Nicky. How lovely.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Salmon's not good enough</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/613294</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:56:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I don't like it that my walks now are now only twice a day and only 15 minutes each time. I'm still  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I don't like it that my walks now are now only twice a day and only 15 minutes each time. I'm still limping a little but I'm fine. Like just now, ah gong came home, I sprinted twice around the living room like an olympic champion. Ah ma and ah gong were so impressed.

That fomfomfom got the idea that fish fat is good for my arthritis and keeps feeding me salmon. It makes me smell fishy and it's not as nice as pork. I refused to eat my dinner today until she sighed and threw in some pig stummy.

This can't go on.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Smellin' like fish</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/613025</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:05:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They were miserly with my walks today. I only went down twice and they added up to a total of 30 min ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They were miserly with my walks today. I only went down twice and they added up to a total of 30 minutes. How unhappy. But I'm happy to report I'm feeling better today and I didn't need the painkillers fomfomfom went out to get this morning. And ah ma has changed my diet to fish. It was red snapper for lunch and salmon for dinner. It should have been red grouper for lunch, but one can always count on fomfomfom to buy the wrong thing from the supermarket. How nice grouper would have been. Snapper was hard and fishy. Fomfomfom had to endure the snapper for her lunch too, giggles.

We met Jonathan in the afternoon. He was already running amok at 4 plus in the afternoon. He said a cheery hello and asked fomfomfom if I'm a shih tzu-ki. Fomfomfom said, say what? Shih-tzu-ki, Jonanthan said and the pakistani kid screeched, he means suzuki! Everyone was confused and Jon asked for my japanese name.

?? Fomfomfom told him my name is xiaoping and I'm a shih-tzu. Then we left before the kids lowered our IQs further.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Still in pain</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/612748</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:14:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is my birthday today, I am 5 years and 8 months. But my arthritis is still acting up, though it w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is my birthday today, I am 5 years and 8 months. But my arthritis is still acting up, though it was already better than yesterday. I didn't whine today, though I bit ah ma, ah gong and fomfomfom when they tried to pet me. And ah ma even bathed me coz it had already been put off for 2 days and I was so dirty. I was uncomfortable and limping. But I could still hobble over to my plate of pig stummy and gobble it up. It's my birthday treat after all.

The national day holidays these 2 days meant we can't go to the vet's to ask for painkillers, how untimely. But fomfomfom promised she'll go down first thing tomorrow morning to get painkillers so I won't have to be in pain again.

Fomfomfom told ah ma I'll have to eat fish regularly from now on coz it's good for arthritis. I prefer pork, but I think I'll be a good girl coz the pain is a real bummer.

But I like how everyone is heart broken and gives me extra lovin' even though I just bit them all.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pain</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/612517</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 9 Aug 2009 09:25:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I don't feel too good today. My hind legs hurt. Must be the arthritis acting up. So I lay down most  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I don't feel too good today. My hind legs hurt. Must be the arthritis acting up. So I lay down most of the day and tried not to move. And I tried not to whine because I am a brave girl. Still I yelped a few times because the pain was just unbearable. Everyone is very upset.

Maybe I will feel better tomorrow.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mao tou</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/612289</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 8 Aug 2009 09:16:59 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I met this doggie, he's brown and like a terrier of some sort and rather handsome. But he came on so ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met this doggie, he's brown and like a terrier of some sort and rather handsome. But he came on so strong, he started sniffing my butt immediately. I ran and he followed and I got angry so I shouted at him. He still won't give it up and I was on the verge of fighting with him when fomfomfom picked me up. His owner's friend had brought him down without a leash, and couldn't pull him away from me. So silly, both dog and person. His name is mao tou, which means fur head in chinese.

They call me mao tou at home too, it's my nickname. For me, it's just affectionate. For him, it's like a name for the village bumpkin, which is exactly what he is. Never seen a pretty girl before, eh.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Unemployment figures</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/611995</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 7 Aug 2009 04:40:23 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/611995</guid>
		<description>I learnt today that bean bean had gone to the office with her owner. She's a secretary now. I am hap ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I learnt today that bean bean had gone to the office with her owner. She's a secretary now. I am happy for her, this must do something for her self-worth coz she always looks so silly to me. Maybe the next time we meet she will buy me a snack with her salary.

Amanda told me today that she's an australian. But she's never been to australia. But they are all australians. I don't know, I can't even be sure she knows her own name, not to mention something as important and grown-up as nationality.

I am a singaporean, that's for sure.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Who you calling auntie?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/611790</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:03:31 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/611790</guid>
		<description>A kid, he was a new kid on the block, we've only started seeing him around these couple of days. He  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ A kid, he was a new kid on the block, we've only started seeing him around these couple of days. He walked by us and greeted fomfomfom politely, hello auntie. Fomfomfom didn't react, so I nudged her and she looked around and stuttered back, oh...hello.

I just love it that the kid so sincerely and politely and unknowingly ribbed fomfomfom about her considerable age. And I love it even more that fomfomfom totally deserves it. After all, she's really old, like dinosaur old.

She swears she will corner the kid tomorrow and make him call her sister from now till forever.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mega paws</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/611530</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 5 Aug 2009 08:32:30 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>The boxer's lady owner today said, what big eyes you have. Then she said, oh my, what big paws you h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The boxer's lady owner today said, what big eyes you have. Then she said, oh my, what big paws you have.

I'll take that as 2 compliments.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Confounded</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/611261</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 4 Aug 2009 08:38:41 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/611261</guid>
		<description>Today we ran into eliza and she pointed at me and said, his name is sushi. Fomfomfom corrected her a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we ran into eliza and she pointed at me and said, his name is sushi. Fomfomfom corrected her and told her I'm a girl. Eliza then asked, why is he not a boy? 

So I asked her, why are you not a boy? Then I left, before her answer further confounds me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I feel better today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/610964</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 3 Aug 2009 07:50:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma made me roasted pork skin yesterday but I was feeling too unwell to write about it. I wasn't t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma made me roasted pork skin yesterday but I was feeling too unwell to write about it. I wasn't too unwell to enjoy it though. It was wonderful yesterday and it was wonderful today. I think there's still some left and it will be wonderful tomorrow.

It must be some miraculous drug, this pork skin. I think it heals arthritis. A little too slowly, but that's only coz fomfomfom was miserly with it. A bigger dose tomorrow should do it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm in pain</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/610750</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 2 Aug 2009 08:59:20 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>My hind legs were hurting today, it was my arthritis again. I wanted some solitude so I didn't let t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My hind legs were hurting today, it was my arthritis again. I wanted some solitude so I didn't let them come near me for most of the day. They handled me like a precious diamond when they brought me down for walks, they carried me when I had to jump up stairs or over drains. Until I saw a cat, that is. I flew after the cat like the wind and I didn't spare any effort in hunting the cat down. And then I got home and I remembered my legs weren't well so I wanted some solitude again.

Everyone's heart was aching for me. I was feeling so unwell I didn't even want supper. I told ah bee and fomfomfom solemnly I wanted to sleep and they kissed me tenderly and let me go to bed.

I hope I feel better tomorrow.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>That fart</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/610537</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 1 Aug 2009 11:11:42 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/610537</guid>
		<description>Ah be told everyone that I kept farting smelly farts tonight. It's because of all the delicious food ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah be told everyone that I kept farting smelly farts tonight. It's because of all the delicious food I've been getting. Like the pork Ah ma steamed for me tonight. Yums. 

Like she doesn't fart.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>So precious</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/610151</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:43:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I think crispy pork floss is wonderful. It's unthinkable that they didn't offer it to me. I climbed  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I think crispy pork floss is wonderful. It's unthinkable that they didn't offer it to me. I climbed onto fomfomfom's belly and shouted in her ear before she offered me a little. In such miserly amounts and so slowly. I kept shouting and shouting.

One would think it's gold, the way they go about it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Amanda doesn't know her sister's name</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/609928</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:54:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/609928</guid>
		<description>Today fomfomfom asked eliza what her chinese name is. Eliza whispered it to fomfomfom but fomfomfom  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today fomfomfom asked eliza what her chinese name is. Eliza whispered it to fomfomfom but fomfomfom couldn't catch it. In the evening, we asked amanda what her chinese name is. We caught it, then we asked her what eliza's chinese name is. Amanda thought for a while and realised she didn't know.

Urk. Kids.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fomfomfom is not old enough to go out with her mummy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/609602</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:27:56 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/609602</guid>
		<description>Today fomfomfom ran into eliza who just came back from kindergarten. Eliza inspected fomfomfom's gro ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today fomfomfom ran into eliza who just came back from kindergarten. Eliza inspected fomfomfom's groceries bags and was disappointed there was nothing for her. Fomfomfom offered her instant noodles but she didn't seem keen.

Woo hoo....I must make sure fomfomfom peers left and right before exiting her car with goodies next time. Eliza will rob us of all our goodies. And to make sure fomfomfom didn't say anything about her bandit ways, eliza asked fomfomfom where her mummy is.

Yes, it was a stunning question and fomfomfom giggled all the way home.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The $64,000 question</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/609279</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:27:24 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/609279</guid>
		<description>Ah bee said she'd come home at 10 o'clock today, so I messaged her at 10 o'clock to remind her it's  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee said she'd come home at 10 o'clock today, so I messaged her at 10 o'clock to remind her it's time. Ah bee asked me, what time is 10 o'clock? Ah hah. This is where I outshine eliza by a mile. Whereas her "what time is 9 o'clock" has no satisfactory profferred answer yet, I have an answer for ah bee.

10 o'clock is time for you to come back and play with me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Heads I win, tails you lose</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/608986</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:18:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/608986</guid>
		<description>Ah ma has gone gambling again. I told her to put on a bet for me, but I don't know whether I've won  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma has gone gambling again. I told her to put on a bet for me, but I don't know whether I've won or loss. Coz at press time, ah ma hasn't called home yet, she must have lost the time at the roulette tables.

Ah bee came back and sat down in front of me to say hello. Then she put me under her skirt. I pulled my head out immediately and reproached her severely. It's bad luck, I rebuked her.

If I lose that bet, ah bee will have to bear my loss. It's only fair.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>At the rate of one per minute</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/608692</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:52:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/608692</guid>
		<description>We sat near the playground today and watched the kids play. Ah bee grew increasingly horrified at wh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We sat near the playground today and watched the kids play. Ah bee grew increasingly horrified at what the kids thought were cool words and covered my ears. Ah bee said she'd never heard those words until she was in secondary school. Fomfomfom'd never heard those words before until this afternoon.

I'm only five and a half when I heard those words today. That makes me the coolest.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The wind is black white and pink</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/608503</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:25:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/608503</guid>
		<description>Today fomfomfom bought me a new toy. His name is Dogu. He's a doggie on a stick and I fancy him as m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today fomfomfom bought me a new toy. His name is Dogu. He's a doggie on a stick and I fancy him as my personal tribal stick. I think it's the bee's knees to have a tribal stick but I don't think ah ma will let me bring him downstairs to show him off to all my friends. Ah ma gave fomfomfom a scolding for buying me yet more toys, and fomfomfom said it's a back-slapper for ah bee and not a toy for me. Ah ma didn't believe her at all and ah bee only giggled. I don't believe her either, it's obviously meant for me. My tribal stick.

I watched Pocahontas with fomfomfom in the evening. I shook my tribal stick with Pocahontas' father. Later I kind of just listened to it, coz I was tired from my evening runabout so I closed my eyes. But I listened and the songs were nice. I like colors of the wind. Kids should be so lucky to grow up with cartoons like that. I've only seen lilo and stitch before. I must watch more tv.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Live and let die</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/608207</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:33:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/608207</guid>
		<description>I was reading the papers today and there was this article about a local law professor who pulled out ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was reading the papers today and there was this article about a local law professor who pulled out of a teaching stint in NYU coz of her anti-gay stance.

How intolerant. I don't like intolerant people. I'm glad people started talking about it coz that would be the common person's voice. How devastating it would be if only people of status (like the lousy professor) are heard.

I don't discriminate. I play with shih-tzus, labs, jack russels and mongrels. Cats. And hairy babies. 

Even fat and ugly people. Except for, perhaps, one.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>New slave</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/608009</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:53:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/608009</guid>
		<description>Today fomfomfom bought me beef tripe and chewies on ah ma's orders. I sampled the tripe and I must s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today fomfomfom bought me beef tripe and chewies on ah ma's orders. I sampled the tripe and I must say I approve. It's all new zealand made and natural with no additives, the very kind I like so much. Yums.

Then there was this new slave who arrived in the afternoon to take analyn's place. She snuck in through the back door and she didn't pay her respects to me until 3 hours later. I haven't decided if I like her or not. I only know she's very thin, so we must feed her more.

So frightfully thin.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Corrupted</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/607718</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:24:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Today I played with all the kids at the playground, and bean bean too. It was fun, just that the kid ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I played with all the kids at the playground, and bean bean too. It was fun, just that the kids were ear-splittingly loud. My ears. Jonathan told fomfomfom, Apple, sushi. I screamed, nooooooooo! Don't listen to your sister! It's shi-shu, not sushi!

When the sun next gets eaten up by the moon, I must remember to nip eliza in her little behind so that she knows not to tell everyone I'm a sushi.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fat sushi</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/607407</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:19:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I passed by the playground and Eliza told her friends that I'm her fat sushi. I didn't know wh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I passed by the playground and Eliza told her friends that I'm her fat sushi. I didn't know what to make of that so I walked away and watched them play. Her brother Jonathan aimed a kick and the ball smacked straight into 3 year old Nicky's face, and he promptly burst into tears. Their daddy laughed and picked Nicky up and it was time for Nicky and Eliza to go home. Big daddy holding tiny eliza and nicky's hands, I thought it was so lovely. And daddy started singing as he led them home. I love that family. It's only Eliza's incoherence that perplexes me.

My perplexity was forgotten as bean bean came ambling along. Fomfomfom held her up by her 2 front paws to say hello and I jumped on her from behind and humped her to show who's boss. Twice.

I ain't no fat sushi.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Petty petty</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/607061</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:31:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma was still angry with me today. She refused to give me a belly rub until night. I don't know wh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma was still angry with me today. She refused to give me a belly rub until night. I don't know why she's so narrow of heart, it must be age. I didn't take it to heart at all, my heart is wide and open.

My mouth is also wide open. But they're not dropping good things into it. I mean, the food is ok, but it's always spiked with supplements for my joints. My hind legs are acting up again and I can't stand upright. But I can still run like the dickens when I see a cat. The vet woman says I must have one supplement pill a day, but fomfomfom only gives me half, since one pill is for doggies 5 to 10 kgs, and I'm only 5.8kg. Ah bee threatened to bash fomfomfom up if she doesn't start feeding me the full pill from now.

I am unwell, let me limp to ah ma for some lovin'.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma is angry with me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/606790</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:23:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It's just another lazy sunday. To spice things up, I decided to ask ah ma to give me a good belly-ru ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's just another lazy sunday. To spice things up, I decided to ask ah ma to give me a good belly-rubbing. And so it went, a belly-rub in front of the tv. Then I decided to bite ah ma coz it got a little boring. Ah ma was so angry and scolded me.

It's not so boring after all.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee should give the star back</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/606535</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:06:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/606535</guid>
		<description>We went to the vet today for Ah bee's second tutorial. So it was gloves and KY jelly all over again. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to the vet today for Ah bee's second tutorial. So it was gloves and KY jelly all over again. Only this time, she didn't do it right and ended up with my poop on her finger. The vet woman told her sternly that she failed and proceeded to empty my anal glands pronto. Enviable skill the woman has. 

We will try again next month.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Smallest dog in the world</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/606271</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:16:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I told ah ma today, I am Xiao Ping. Ah ma said, who doesn't know you are Xiao Ping? So I said, Ah ma ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I told ah ma today, I am Xiao Ping. Ah ma said, who doesn't know you are Xiao Ping? So I said, Ah ma, let me tell you something you don't know then. Ah ma arched her eye brows. I said, I am a big dog. Small dogs are those you can fit in a tea cup. So you have to respect me as a big dog.

I think there was agreement in ah ma's eyes.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Da fruit and da legume</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/605953</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:40:47 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We have determined that bin bin is not bin bin, but bean bean. Me and fomfomfom, we chatted with bea ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We have determined that bin bin is not bin bin, but bean bean. Me and fomfomfom, we chatted with bean bean and her maid for an hour. It seems da bean's owner likes beans (don't ask me), thus da bean is a bean.

Anyway, it seems the condo maintenance guy complained about the cage at the guardhouse so bean bean will be destitute this coming sunday. I will have to ask around to see who will take her in for a day.

All these people who complain about empty cages, about dogs that bark, one wonders what's wrong with them. Live and let live, no? But today I found out why the person who always threatens to throw bean bean into the canal behaves like he does. He is henpecked. I hear, his wife chases him out often and he has to sleep around the condo premises, and once a maid saw him naked in the common toilet. Giggles. A bully being bullied. We chinese have a saying, there is always a higher mountain. 

I am glad his wife bullies him thus. It's instant karma. Whee! I'll have to work harder to dig out the story behind the sorry maintenance sod though.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>CGWWW</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/605706</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:24:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I try to make sure I have 4 milksticks at any one time so that I may never be caught lacking. I thou ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I try to make sure I have 4 milksticks at any one time so that I may never be caught lacking. I thought preparedness is a virtue, but ah ma has other ideas. Everytime I get a new one from fomfomfom by screaming my head off, ah ma will keep my current ones. I keep screaming and ah ma keeps, well, keeping. I guess it could be amusing.

Amanda and the little girl with a lot of hair both showed fomfomfom their teeth today. Their 2 front teeth are both growing halfway and they are so cute. Amanda is 6 so hers are her 2nd set of teeth. The hairy girl is only 1 year old so hers are her 1st 2 teeth.

It's a close fight, but fomfomfom thinks amanda emerges with the title of Cutest Girl in the Whole Wide World.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am ah bee's BB</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/605267</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:24:09 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today the condo electrician came and fixed some things in the house and we paid him in fruits. Ah ma ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today the condo electrician came and fixed some things in the house and we paid him in fruits. Ah ma said we already paid him too much last week and he's too embarrassed to take more money. I hope he's embarrassed about taking the best pear in my fridge.

This lady who lives in the condo too always calls me BB. She has  a shih tzu too, I bet she calls her shih tzu BB. I'm not her BB. But I like her, she seems to really like me.

I'm all about reciprocation.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Recipe of a durian</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/604955</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:43:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah gong bought durians back today. It is of the mao shan wang variety, he proudly announced. I sniff ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah gong bought durians back today. It is of the mao shan wang variety, he proudly announced. I sniffed it and it didn't seem anything to be particularly proud of. I can make it too.

According to my talented nose, mao shan wang = vomit plus garbage plus lots of sugar. Moulded in the shape of poop.

I hope ah gong didn't pay a lot for it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mexican Jumpin' Bean</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/604739</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:17:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Binbin was at the guard house today. So Ah bee, my BFF and myself, we took her out for a walk. Fomfo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Binbin was at the guard house today. So Ah bee, my BFF and myself, we took her out for a walk. Fomfomfom calls her the Mexican Jumpin' Bean because she jumps around so. Not today though. I suspect it's because she's tired out from staying in the cage the whole afternoon. Probably got baked under the sun. 

My BFF and the bean had the audacity to run away and hide from me. Of course I caught up and I gave them both a good scolding. They cannot be let out running amok without supervision from me. It's simply not done. 

And in case you think I only boss everyone around, I will have you know that I had the bean's back today. Mimi was too aggresive with her and I shouted at Mimi to tell her to stop.  It's my duty to protect the bean since I took her out. 

I'm responsible that way.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Who wants to be a stationmaster?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/604468</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:39:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom and I were watching Japan Hour just now after dinner. The hosts were in some rural part of ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom and I were watching Japan Hour just now after dinner. The hosts were in some rural part of Japan and they had just gotten off a train when they saw a little Yorkshire Terrier sitting on the counter of the train station. His name is Maron and he is the stationmaster of that train station. He wore a stationmaster's hat and a blue uniform. 

This, my friends, is Maron- http://maron.moura.jp/

And you should check this out- http://maron.moura.jp/wp-content/themes/maron/movie/

He has subordinates under him too. Fomfomfom thought that is so cool. And she exclaimed so. She said I should get a job like Maron. 

Piift. Why work when one can not work? She should know it better than anyone else.

But he is cute lah.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This will not do</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/604238</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:12:12 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I am 5 years and 7 months today! But there was no fuss. I'm starting to feel neglected, like I'm par ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am 5 years and 7 months today! But there was no fuss. I'm starting to feel neglected, like I'm part of the furniture in the house. Nary a cake! Ah ma showed pity and gave me an egg yolk. The maintenance guy who showed up to look at our lights got more attention than me, the birthday girl.

I shall have to speak to ah ma about this disrespectful lack of attention. Disgraceful.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ping-ism</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/603937</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:25:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Everyone had to go out today and I was left alone at home with analyn. It was an adventure, and I wo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Everyone had to go out today and I was left alone at home with analyn. It was an adventure, and I won't incriminate myself. Two hours later, fomfomfom came back and my adventure ended.

At night, ah ma came back with dust on her travel-weary shoulders and, only, dust in her empty wallet. Gambling brings nothing but an empty wallet.

So, don't use wallets. Put all your money in a shoebox. Like me. Even when devoid of money, there will still be toys in your shoebox. It is never empty. Unlike wallets. 

Omm.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Gone fishing</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/603619</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 8 Jul 2009 07:35:24 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/603619</guid>
		<description>Today it hit me, where is my ah ma? I asked fomfomfom and she told me ah ma's gone to do something v ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today it hit me, where is my ah ma? I asked fomfomfom and she told me ah ma's gone to do something very important. Ah ma's gone gambling! 

I only blame myself for not realising it sooner. Or else I could have asked ah ma to place a bet for me. The last time, I won HKD 1000 by proxy.

Ahh, damn.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A new friend</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/603314</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 07:17:41 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/603314</guid>
		<description>I met the boxer dog today and we managed to be friends. Maybe it was the weather, maybe it was the t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met the boxer dog today and we managed to be friends. Maybe it was the weather, maybe it was the time of day, maybe I was feeling mellow. But I stopped screaming enough to sniff her backside and that made us friends. She's only two and a half, just a baby.

And it was starting to rain so I let her go to pee, in case she can't hold it in. Coz she's only a baby.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Da show</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/603016</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 6 Jul 2009 07:14:47 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/603016</guid>
		<description>Today I was bored so I decided to show fomfomfom exactly how big my bladder is and how much pee I ca ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I was bored so I decided to show fomfomfom exactly how big my bladder is and how much pee I can keep inside me. It must have been like 10 gallons of pee and fomfomfom was increasingly horrified and tutted and muttered and dragged me to every patch of grass so that I may empty myself out.

Giggles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dubious standards</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/602794</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 5 Jul 2009 06:42:55 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/602794</guid>
		<description>Ah bee went to have her hair cut today. I got a shock when she came back. But Ah ma said it's a good ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee went to have her hair cut today. I got a shock when she came back. But Ah ma said it's a good haircut. I took one more look at Ah bee and it got me thinking about what Ah ma said about my haircut. 

It got me worried.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Haircuts, electric collars and Michael Jackson</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/602605</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 4 Jul 2009 10:46:24 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I had my hair cut today. I dislike going to the groomers. Even more than going to the vet's. But tod ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had my hair cut today. I dislike going to the groomers. Even more than going to the vet's. But today wasn't too bad. We were done rather soon and this time, they didn't shave me down to my skin. That's coz Ah bee requested for the cute style. I look like a little puppy now. And Ah ma simply loves the look. She kept telling anyone who would listen that she is most pleased with the haircut this time. And she already has plans for my next trip to the groomers. I am not particularly excited about that but if Ah ma is happy, Xiao Ping is happy.

We met Binbin during our walk today and she looked like she just had a bath and she was all fluffed up. But fluffed up as she may be, I spotted a new collar on her. It's an electric collar and it's meant to send currents whenever she barks. That's coz she makes a lot of noise all the time and that is also why she gets left at the guard house whenever no one is at home. So she has to learn the hard way. But I think the collar might be broke; we heard she's still barking up a storm at home. 

Ah ma was watching a show on MJ just now and she insisted I joined her. It was borin' stuff; I fell asleep. I mean, black or white? Oh please. It's black AND white.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fumes</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/602310</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:16:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>They fumigate the condo every alternate friday. Today is alternate friday, so I wasn't allowed to go ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They fumigate the condo every alternate friday. Today is alternate friday, so I wasn't allowed to go for my afternoon walk. Ah ma says it is no good to sniff in those fumes and all that.

Die, mozzies.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>101 ways to say hello</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/602027</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:49:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Ah bee came back last night 2 minutes after I had gone to bed. I knew she was back but I wasn't allo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee came back last night 2 minutes after I had gone to bed. I knew she was back but I wasn't allowed out of my room so ah bee stuck her smelly foot under the door so I may sniff it and it was our hello. I had a good night's sleep after that, knowing everyone was home safe and sound.

Today I walked by my boyfriend russel's house. While he usually is the strong silent type, today he barked at me once and kept waving to me. I must be particularly attractive today. Then I met bin bin at the playground and we exchanged lengthy, rowdy hellos. 

Unfortunately bin bin was tied to the rocking horse, and our creativity was stifled. Otherwise we could have jumped around and perhaps done a rain dance. Maybe next time.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>So sleepy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/601758</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:50:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/601758</guid>
		<description>I think it is tough making a living. Ah bee hasn't come back from work yet. It's almost 1am already. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I think it is tough making a living. Ah bee hasn't come back from work yet. It's almost 1am already. My eyelids are so heavy I kept falling asleep as I waited all night, and ah ma was full of pity for me.

I have to go to bed now, ah ma's orders. I'll see ah bee tomorrow. Yawn.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I threw up today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/601401</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:27:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I learnt a new trick today. I refuse to eat breakfast so I will get too hungry and throw up. Then ah ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I learnt a new trick today. I refuse to eat breakfast so I will get too hungry and throw up. Then ah ma's heart will ache terribly and she will break out the pork chops and frying pan, all the while muttering how bad it is to be hungry. Then I get porky chops in 5 minutes. Yummy.

Ah ma loves me and I love ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Undying love</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/601067</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:16:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was the kong ba paus. I had diarrhoea and it was messy. Ah ma had to wash my backside with my sha ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was the kong ba paus. I had diarrhoea and it was messy. Ah ma had to wash my backside with my shampoo and I wasn't happy about it at all.

I would still eat kong ba paus though.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>BFF</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/600790</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:45:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today we learnt bin bin has gone out with her owner so she didn't need to sit under a tree in the ho ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we learnt bin bin has gone out with her owner so she didn't need to sit under a tree in the hot weather all day. Hopefully the owner will bring her out more often like today. So I didn't get to see bin bin today. I miss her.

At night my best friend forever brought me kong ba paus. Kong ba paus are holy stuff, for they offer a glimpse into heaven. I am almost not an atheist anymore. I hope to worship every weekend. Like some religions.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Asking a little too much</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/600561</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:24:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I saw Baby the shnauzer today in a distance so I barked loudly to say hello. Fomfomfom asked me why  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I saw Baby the shnauzer today in a distance so I barked loudly to say hello. Fomfomfom asked me why I can't be like other dogs and say bow wow wow instead of behaving in so unladylike a manner.

Moi? Bow wow wow? Insipid doesn't become me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee ate something dirty</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/600334</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:33:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee had been feeling sick since last night. So this morning she took 2 of my poo bags to work, in ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee had been feeling sick since last night. So this morning she took 2 of my poo bags to work, in case she starts  barfing. I charged her a nominal amount of $20 for each bag.

It's good to know I can be of help.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's late</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/600013</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:32:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I must wait for ah bee to come back every night before I will eat my supper and go to bed. That's be ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I must wait for ah bee to come back every night before I will eat my supper and go to bed. That's because I'm the chief of security and I must make sure everyone is home and the door is latched before I can have a good night's sleep.

How responsible I am.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Blood test</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/599694</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:17:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I didn't want to go to the vet's today so I clung to ah ma's thigh and refused to budge. So fomfomfo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I didn't want to go to the vet's today so I clung to ah ma's thigh and refused to budge. So fomfomfom promised if my blood test results were ok, she'll make me pork chops for dinner. I reluctantly let go of ah ma.

At the vet's, it wasn't pleasant at all. I don't like needles, and when it was all done I asked for a pink bandage. But they didn't have any pink ones available so I chose a bandage with a camouflage pattern on it. I thought it made me look wild, like a beast. On an adventure.

The vet woman called a couple of hours later and said my bloodwork was very good, just that my phosphorous was low. But it's of no consequence. Fomfomfom was delighted and went out to buy me pork chops. 

Personally I place great importance on promises made. A man is only as good as his word. I like fomfomfom's word.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Wavin' wabid</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/599381</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:36:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I think lightning is the naughtiest little girl in the whole wide world. But I like her still. And p ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I think lightning is the naughtiest little girl in the whole wide world. But I like her still. And poor snowy seemed a little constipated today.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My stummy and the pig's stummy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/599093</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:03:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Last night I had lots of pig stummy as a reward for having taken a bath. Alas no one knew it was goi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last night I had lots of pig stummy as a reward for having taken a bath. Alas no one knew it was going to cause me indigestion. This morning at 7am I threw up the undigested pig stummy and everyone's heart was aching for me. My heart ached for the wasted pig stummy. Later on my walks I had diarrhoea twice and now I'm on a strict kibble diet.

I expect it to  last one day. Oh woe.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Brown nose's name is bin bin and she's 3 years old</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/598807</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:45:00 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We brought her for a walk again today. We don't quarrel anymore, now that we're friends. We can exis ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We brought her for a walk again today. We don't quarrel anymore, now that we're friends. We can exist peacefully together, as long as I'm walking in front of her. If she walks too far in front of me, I'll shout at her to remind her and she'll respectfully go to the back. Since I'm older, I'm her elder sister and I'll look out for her. That's why I have to walk in front.

My mamas say we're sisters now and I have to take care of bin bin. But she fought with lightning today and I stood by the side and cheered. I cheered for bin bin, coz I'm her elder sister now. Besides, lightning's a just a pea sized wavin' wabid.

I like being an elder sister.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Seafood supper</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/598530</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:07:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee and fomfomfom went out to buy supper and they didn't bring me along so I started singing. The ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee and fomfomfom went out to buy supper and they didn't bring me along so I started singing. Then they came back with things that smell wonderful and I asked for a taste. I got me some prawns and squid and something I'd never had before. It was plump and juicy and it slid down my throat like something real sexy. It was gone before I realised it, so I had to ask for one more to convince myself it was real. 

Oops. It was gone again before you can say oyster so in all I had 5 juicy plump oysters before I can tell what it tastes like. 

Ok. Yummy.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ginger almost ate me up today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/598218</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:37:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>We met mimi and janice's owner today and he told us lots of things. We learnt that janice and mimi a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We met mimi and janice's owner today and he told us lots of things. We learnt that janice and mimi are both abandoned dogs who were destined for the spca before he took them in. Mimi's story is especially sad coz she was given away, made pregnant, then discarded. She's had 4 puppies but no one wanted the mummy. And she had skin disease too. No wonder I find her skin a little unhealthy looking.

I'm happy for them when I hear how the owner buys pork and chicken livers and carrots and stuff to carefully steam for their meals. What a lovely man.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A new babby called ben ben</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/597865</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:04:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We met the big eyes siblings yesterday at the playground and amanda informed us they have a new brot ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We met the big eyes siblings yesterday at the playground and amanda informed us they have a new brother. That makes 5! It's lovely how they keep multiplying, not least coz they all look so beautiful, with their big eyes. We like them all. It's only when Eliza asks us what time 9 o'clock is that we start running and not look back.

Amanda also informed us she has 6 teeth missing at the front, and eliza told me she's still drinking milk, as is nicky. Their new brother is benjamin, "but we call him ben ben at home". Fomfomfom tells eliza solemnly since she's still drinking milk, then she's still a baby.

They're all babbies, all of them.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>But fomfomfom and ah bee think I'm moonshine</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/597533</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:17:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>That's because I'm such intoxicating company.

My mamas speak true. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ That's because I'm such intoxicating company.

My mamas speak true.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cha says I'm a bouncing ray of sunshine</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/597167</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:12:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Last night fomfomfom spied on ah gong and hid behind a screen to eavesdrop on his conversation with  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last night fomfomfom spied on ah gong and hid behind a screen to eavesdrop on his conversation with his broker. It went something like this: "We have met with utter failure this time. Waterloo. Napoleon, you know? But that was his end. We will rise again."

Fomfomfom sniggered and reported it happily to ah bee first thing when ah bee came back. And the same message was reported merrily to cha this morning. My mamas huddled together and hi-fived and giggled.

I would love to call them unfillial but I kind of foresaw this particular loo too. Perhaps we should just, kindly, say ah gong is not very smart.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Poor fat moo</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/596821</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:47:20 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma finally got down to patching up my fat moo. It was torn at the armpits and was losing its stuf ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma finally got down to patching up my fat moo. It was torn at the armpits and was losing its stuffing so I bugged ah ma for the longest time to get him fixed.

Later I found that ah ma had sewed fat moo's arms together. She explained that there was no other way to do it. 

How unhappy I am.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Brown Nose</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/596468</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:32:17 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This shih tzu was left at the guard house in a cage. Fomfomfom and ah bee were unhappy she was there ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This shih tzu was left at the guard house in a cage. Fomfomfom and ah bee were unhappy she was there coz her owner had gone out and the maid had the day off. She couldn't be left alone at home either coz she's a barker and neighbours will complain. So she was destined to sit in the hot weather until 9pm when the owner comes back.

My unhappy mamas went to the rental apartment to retrieve my harness and brought brown nose for a walk. We don't know her name, but her nose and eyes are real brown and we think she's a little albino. She's real feisty and had quarrelled with me often in the past. We started up again today, but she calmed down after she sniffed my backside and put me in her database. We walked side by side and it was fun. 

I went home to rest after an hour and a half. Fomfomfom's walk with brown nose lasted three and a half hours coz she didn't want brown nose back in the cage early if she could help it.

Ok, she's actually quite cute. Like me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Call off the search</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/596220</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:50:47 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I finally saw Ah bee after she went missing in action for 50 hours. She promised she'd spend the wee ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I finally saw Ah bee after she went missing in action for 50 hours. She promised she'd spend the weekend with me. I was happy. 

I just didn't think that meant bundling me up and heading to the apartment where I napped while she played tennis with her friends. But I did get to meet my fans. I was excited to see HF whom I haven't seen in nearly 2 years. And I was introduced to Evelyn, who said I am The Ngeow Ngeow.  What bollocks. I am The Queen. Now don't anybody forget that. 

And I thought shewould be playing with me all night long but the useless thing was out like a light. She didn't even come to open the door for me when I barked. Ever since we moved back to the condo, I've not been able to open doors by myself. I used to be able to do it using my snout but the walls here are cut differently; there's always a corner in the way. And so just now when no one came to my rescue, I had to shimmy my way out. Turns out I was watched and everyone heard about how clever I was, shimmying my way out of a situation. 

I thought you should too.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee who?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/595951</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:47:47 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/595951</guid>
		<description>I didn't see ah bee last night coz she came back only after I'd turned in. I didn't see her this mor ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I didn't see ah bee last night coz she came back only after I'd turned in. I didn't see her this morning coz she'd already left when I woke up. Now I'm going to sleep again and she's still not back.

I hope she's not out soliciting.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Don't want to sleep</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/595702</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:58:55 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yesterday they tucked me in bed at 1030. I rolled all over the place for an hour coz I wasn't sleepy ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesterday they tucked me in bed at 1030. I rolled all over the place for an hour coz I wasn't sleepy at all. Tonight I'm smarter. It's 12 midnight already and I refuse to go to bed. It's all a matter of compensating for unfairness. No one rides roughshod over xiaoping, especially when it comes to matters of the bed.

Besides, ah bee ain't back yet. She must be busy advocating and soliciting. I'll wait for her.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>66 whole months</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/595424</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:45:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I am 5 and a half years old today! What a momentous occasion. But ah ma kept stealing my soft toy sh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am 5 and a half years old today! What a momentous occasion. But ah ma kept stealing my soft toy shiu shiu. It's unbecoming. She had washed shiu shiu and kept trying to put him under the sun. I had to do sleuthing on my birthday. I'd find shiu shiu and keep him beside my volleyball. I would be satisfied, but ah ma would cackle and then hide him again. One would think ah ma is 5 and a half years old.

How childish.

The celebration food consisted of a braised chicken heart, half a gizzard, a bit of liver and exactly one slice of chicken. 

Now that's childish and stingy.

Ah bee came back and wanted to sleep, so they told me it's 1130 already, bedtime. But fomfomfom whispered in my ear it's only 1030. But since I was the youngest, I had to comply and I was hustled into my bed unceremoniously. 

Childish and stingy and lazy liars. Boo.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>There, there</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/595167</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 9 Jun 2009 08:50:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/595167</guid>
		<description>Ah bee told me this morning she dreamt I was bitten by a snake and then she woke up crying. I comfor ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee told me this morning she dreamt I was bitten by a snake and then she woke up crying. I comforted her and said I wasn't bitten at all. When she was having the nightmare, I was sleeping and holding hands with fomfomfom. We were very happy all night.

Pat, pat.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What I have to endure</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/594845</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:14:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Ah ma held a jasmine flower to my nose and I didn't like it at all. I sneezed and walked away. Ah ma ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma held a jasmine flower to my nose and I didn't like it at all. I sneezed and walked away. Ah ma didn't respect me and chased after me with that darn flower and I wasn't happy at all. Ah ma likes the smell and I don't, and Ah ma kept laughing at me.

Ah bee came back late and had dinner, so I sat by her feet and raised my head as high as I could and opened my eyes as wide as I could. I often get some food this way. But I was tired after ah ma's harrassment, so after a while, my eyes closed. But I firmly maintained my posture. Ah bee sniggered and I woke up, but I still couldn't keep my eyes open. So I sat there with my head high and eyes closed, since no food seemed to be forthcoming. Ah bee told ah ma to come see me fall asleep while asking for food and ah ma laughed out loud at me again.

It is very hurtful, all these people always laughing at me. But ah ma's good humour gave me some food and it wasn't all a loss after all.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Teenage mutant ninja mushrooms</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/594583</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 7 Jun 2009 08:31:12 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Yesterday, we found mutated enoki mushrooms at the rental apartment. It had been left in the fridge  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesterday, we found mutated enoki mushrooms at the rental apartment. It had been left in the fridge so long it turned into a monster. The bottom half had wilted and the top half perhaps fed on the rotting bottom and grew big and bloated. Fomfomfom opened the fridge door and out it sprang. They struggled, yes, there was combat. After a nail-biting sequence, fomfomfom won and pushed the mutant mushrooms into the rubbish chute.

Who'd have thunk how dangerous 70 cents can be these days.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Babby</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/594372</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 6 Jun 2009 10:13:18 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We were getting ready to come home, but fomfomfom took forever with the car. It was warm and I was m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We were getting ready to come home, but fomfomfom took forever with the car. It was warm and I was missing ah ma terribly and there fomfomfom was fiddling with her keys and lousy car and I had to reprimand her. I was sitting in the car for 5 minutes and it didn't move an inch. Obviously her driving skills are nothing to write home about. 

In the end fomfomfom drove us home in cha's car. I guess I should be grateful she could still make a car move, just not her own.

Then she kept calling me Babby and informed ah bee my name is Babby from now. I think she's afraid I would go get a driving license of my own and upstage her so she's stealthily reminding me I'm still a baby.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>They think I'm so cute</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/594097</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 5 Jun 2009 09:19:31 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma sold her silver today and made a tidy sum. She immediately withdrew $2000 in cash to distribut ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma sold her silver today and made a tidy sum. She immediately withdrew $2000 in cash to distribute among her offspring. Cha already had her hand out, but fomfomfom declined on everyone's behalf coz it's not right they should take ah ma's money when they are almost 30 years old. But she happily accepted $50 for me and put it safely in my shoebox. I'm thinking of what I can buy with that. Whee.

We went to the rental apartment today and I was curious and went behind cha's bed. But I couldn't get out at the other end coz of the table leg blocking it, neither could I turn around coz the space was so narrow, so I stuck my head out beside the table leg and looked to fomfomfom for help. She only laughed and shouted for cha to come in and they both laughed at me before cha helped me reverse my way out. It was humiliating and scary and I needed some lovin' after that. 

Wenli came and fomfomfom, like a proud parent, told me to pee for the guest. She said other parents usually ask their kids to perform on the piano or sing a song for guests. Of course I refused. How low class.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too serious</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/593811</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:46:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom and ah bee were complaining about people who complain about the PAP, our lovely government ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom and ah bee were complaining about people who complain about the PAP, our lovely government. We owe all we have to the PAP, they said. We are lifelong supporters of the PAP, they declared.

Cha came and enquired what they were getting excited about. They informed her and cha exclaimed, politics! Can we talk about something happier, she begged.

I decided to tell them something funny. An ant stepped on an elephant and the elephant died.

They must have found it funny coz they stopped talking about politics immediately and stood up and left.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Blackout again!!!??!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/593531</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:32:17 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma asked me today why I always like to lick my volleyball Mikasa. She didn't wait for my answer b ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma asked me today why I always like to lick my volleyball Mikasa. She didn't wait for my answer but took Mikasa for a scrubbing. Mikasa is nice and clean now.

So the vet woman said I have arthritis, and I gotta take supplements for my joints. Ah ma frowned at the pills and decided to tackle the problem her way. Collagen, ah ma points out to me, can be found in lots of things. Like pig skin. Which she boiled in soup and gave to me. It was tasteless but it must be full of collagen coz it was sticky. It made my tongue sticky and I licked my nose and whiskers and everywhere was sticky so I wasn't happy.

Next we wil try fish lips from hongkong.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Blackout again</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/593243</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:05:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The lights suddenly went out at 11pm. The torchlights came out and everyone sat waiting for the elec ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The lights suddenly went out at 11pm. The torchlights came out and everyone sat waiting for the electricity to come back on except for ah ma, who was sleeping oblivious to the blackout.

Ah bee is on her second day as advocate and solicitor of the supreme court of singapore, member of an honourable profession and officer of the court. But she didn't know how to switch off her blackberry. So she consulted fomfomfom, who is also, though not currently, an advocate and solicitor of the supreme court of singapore, member of an honourable profession and officer of the court, on how to do it. Fomfomfom said, drop it in water.

Then they finally put me to bed. Ah bee said lovingly what a beautiful face I have. It is a face that launched a thousand rockets. Fomfomfom regarded me too, lovingly, and said, it is a face that ate a thousand pig stummys.

My mamas are enamoured of me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Children's Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/592963</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 08:14:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>So it is Children's Day today. I was watching a chinese celebration on tv with ah ma and ah bee when ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So it is Children's Day today. I was watching a chinese celebration on tv with ah ma and ah bee when a woman talked about how she wishes her kids will have hopes and dreams when they grow up. Hopes and dreams! I have hopes and dreams.

I told ah ma solemnly my hope and dream is to have pig's stummy everyday, like I did today. It is an ah ma's responsibility to make sure my dream comes true, and I await my bright future with bated breath and eager tongue.

We love hopes and dreams.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma thinks new beds have nasty chemicals in them</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/592695</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 31 May 2009 09:53:17 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom bought me a new bed today. It is of an animalistic leopard print. I love it coz it's so se ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom bought me a new bed today. It is of an animalistic leopard print. I love it coz it's so sexy and so me. Ah ma put it into the washing machine and I guarded it while it was sunning, along with all my other beds and mattresses and pillow.

At night everyone went to a wedding dinner and left me at home with fomfomfom. I said I could hide in ah bee's pooffy dress but ah ma still didn't allow me to go. I waited at home for five whole hours, while fomfomfom watched tv non-stop. When they finally came back, I was happy and I jumped jumped jumped. The vet woman would have had a fit if she had seen me.

I don't care coz I have ah ma home with me again. *beam*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Eat first, think later.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/592436</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 30 May 2009 08:20:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The roasted goose from last night gave me the runs this morning. But it didn't stop me from having s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The roasted goose from last night gave me the runs this morning. But it didn't stop me from having some of the glorious char kway teow they had. 

The runs, I worry about tomorrow.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too much wasabi</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/592149</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 29 May 2009 07:47:24 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom wondered why the soy sauce was tasteless. It must be from a bad batch. So she threw it awa ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom wondered why the soy sauce was tasteless. It must be from a bad batch. So she threw it away and poured another plate from another bottle. Now even the scallop sashimi was tasteless. To her utter disgust, she realised she had lost her sense of taste. To my utter delight, I ended up with the scallop sashimi. For the record, it was juicy and plump and fresh and tasted real sweet. Yummy.

Ah ma and ah bee came back! They had lots of things in their bags, I particularly like the shark bones, they were so fishy. Oh oh, I particularly particularly particularly like the roast goose. It was fat and juicy and yummy. We scarfed it down. Fomfomfom too, who told me through a full mouth that she only lost the taste in the front part of her tongue. I would retort if only my mouth had spare capacity to speak.

I am happy when everyone is home.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Going in circles</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/591854</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 28 May 2009 07:00:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I read in the papers that the trains will start plying the new circle line today. I wanted to see th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I read in the papers that the trains will start plying the new circle line today. I wanted to see the new circle line trains so I sat by the balcony and waited. That is because we can see train tracks from our balcony.

Cha walked by and asked me what I was doing, so I told her I was waiting for the circle line train. I don't know why she started scolding me and saying I wasn't smart, I thought that was so rude of her.

Doesn't everyone like trains?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Safe investment</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/591614</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 27 May 2009 08:26:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma and ah bee went to macau today. I told ah bee to place a bet for me, HKD$100 for black at the  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma and ah bee went to macau today. I told ah bee to place a bet for me, HKD$100 for black at the roulette table. I said if the ball lands on a red number, it is considered ah bee's bet. It is my bet only if the ball lands on a black number. In other words, heads I win, tails ah bee loses. Kind of like an american bank. 

Ah bee later called and told me she had made a mistake and placed a $500 bet instead. Happily, I won that round so now I have $500 to put in my shoebox. Traditionally I also put a 150% tax on transactions so ah bee should give me $750 when she comes back. 

I said, let's just round it up to $1000 coz it's only a few dollars difference and $750 is such an odd number we don't want to be dealing with coins and all that. So ah bee should have a crisp $1000 note for me upon her return.

Whee.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I miss ah ma</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/591317</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 26 May 2009 07:34:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma and ah bee went out early in the morning with luggage and I knew they were disappearing for a  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma and ah bee went out early in the morning with luggage and I knew they were disappearing for a few days again. Sulking won't change matters, so I went for my morning walk with cha happily.

My evening walk wasn't so happy coz it was only 40 minutes. That was because I was uncomfortable and had to keep scratching myself against benches and walls. Fomfomfom surmised there must be an ant or five in my fur biting me so we went home to clean up. But we found no ants. My vengeful heart had nowhere to venge, no ants to ground into powder.

I seethed with fomfomfom, who wanted to attack ah gong coz he was irking her so much. He was going on and on with his broker on the phone like he was conducting earthshaking business and fomfomfom wanted to poke his eyes out. The stakes must have been like 2 bucks.

The brighter side of things tell us we can learn the art of conversation from ah gong and his poor broker.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ohana</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/591038</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 25 May 2009 08:56:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee brought back from dumplings from my Ah yi mama today. It's going to be the Dragon Boat Festiv ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee brought back from dumplings from my Ah yi mama today. It's going to be the Dragon Boat Festival next week that's why. My Sugar mummy helped in making them dumplings and she made them for me. I haven't seen her since Chinese New Year but I know she loves me because I have the dumplings to show for it. 

Now I just have to make them release the dumplings to me. 

Separately, I overheard them talking about someone wanting to give her mum a very expensive set of sofa. I think that is a very sweet thought so I've decided to give the black leather sofa at home to Ah ma. They praised me for being good. 

*beams*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Donut</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/590770</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 24 May 2009 09:53:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Donut- Variant: doughnut \-(&amp;#716;)n&amp;#601;t\

They brought me to meet Donut today. Donut is a blac ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Donut- Variant: doughnut \-(&#716;)n&#601;t\

They brought me to meet Donut today. Donut is a black mini Schnauzer and he's only 4 months old. He's also the silly little thing that pooped in his water bowl. His mummy says he has a hole in his brain, that's why. I concur. 

Donut is tiny and very jumpy. He had the audacity to bite my leash and even tried to pull me along with him. That reminded me of the time Rusty bit my tail and tried to pull me along. Now I remember why I don't like playing with little puppies. 

And so I kept away from Donut whenever he approached by jumping onto Fomfomfom or Ah bee. After a while, he took more interest in his toys than in me. And that is how the whole MeetTheDonut session ended in 16 minutes. 

But he is cute lah. Grumble.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ding Dang Dong!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/590521</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 23 May 2009 07:53:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>1.) I am back home with Ah ma. Yippie! Ah ma was so happy she forgot she was boiling water and it bo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ 1.) I am back home with Ah ma. Yippie! Ah ma was so happy she forgot she was boiling water and it boiled over and she had to start all over. 

2.) According to them, I have a doggone poker face so I am one up Lady Gaga. 

3.) I'm almost 6 and I've never been on a plane. My Sugar mummy has- she was born in Australia and flown here. I need to get meself on a flight soon. 

4.) I scored two new pillows.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Appearances</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/590323</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 22 May 2009 09:48:24 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Remember Sister Yakity Yak? We haven't seen her since we moved and stopped going to the gardens. Tod ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Remember Sister Yakity Yak? We haven't seen her since we moved and stopped going to the gardens. Today Fomfomfom was reading a magazine at her doctor's and she saw a picture of Sister YY. In Tatler. That's high society, people. Who would have thunk.

And I met a Toy Poddle in a hot pink collar today. Turns out it's a he and his name is Henry.  

And I'm actually a cat. Meow.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mooooooooo</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/590066</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 21 May 2009 10:13:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I have been having bifteck these couple of days for my meals. I had them well done initially; then m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have been having bifteck these couple of days for my meals. I had them well done initially; then medium well, medium and today I had it nearly bleu. It was tres magnifique!

I don't know what they put in my bifteck and mashed potatoes but it makes me feel high each time. My hind leg feels better everytime after I've had the bifteck. Powerful stuff. 

No more kibble. I will only have le bifteck from now on.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What a scare</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/589777</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 20 May 2009 09:28:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Last night, Ah bee crushed up two peices of paper and threw them around for me to chase. We were pla ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last night, Ah bee crushed up two peices of paper and threw them around for me to chase. We were playing happily when I sprained my left hind leg. It hurt and so I didn't want to play anymore. I lay down and didn't move. But they didn't know what was wrong with me. They thought I might have a stummyache or a headache. It was so unlike me to just lie still like that. They had a discussion and thought they would observe me for a couple of hours before deciding whether to bring me to the hospital. I fell asleep but my breathing was jerky and deep. At 3.30am, Ah bee woke everyone up coz I was still behaving weird and not wanting to move. She thought the worst when I walked away from her a couple of times; she got reminded of the movie Marley and Me. She called two clinics and the nurse on duty told her to observe me until morning since I was not vomiting or throwing up nor did I have difficulty breathing. Fomfomfom took over the watching at 6 and she told me her heart broke when she saw that I was trembling and that I couldn't scratch my ears coz it hurt too much to lift my leg. 

We went to see the vet woman in the morning and she saw straightaway that my posture was all wrong. She gave me a painkiller via injection and scheduled me for an xray. She came back with the results and she said it's fine Pingping didn't fracture anything. But Pingping has bad hips, she said. Let me do an xray of Camote and you can see the difference. 

An xray of Camote! Poor thing. The princess of the clinic got volunteered for scientific research because of me. She had to put her schmoozing on hold for a while. I felt so bad I told Fomfomfom to buy her dinner the next time we go to the vet's. Fomfomfom said sure thing. She likes Camote a lot. She tried asking the vet woman if she could bring Camote home but the vet woman gave her a cold stare and said no way. At least she tried. 

She also tried to get the vet woman's contact number. She said the next time I don't feel good at night, she would have someone to call. Alas, she didn't succeed but she said she will. Even if she has to seduce someone at the clinic. 

I digress. So the xray showed that I have arthritis. This means they have to be very careful with me from now on. No more jumping up and off the couch. No more running after big dogs. Doctor's orders. And I have to take supplements everyday from now on. Bah, I'll just get Ah ma to make me stews of cartilage and whatnot. Yum. 

And not to worry everyone- I am feeling much better and am almost back to my playful and ngeow ngeow self. I can scratch me ear now.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee earned a star!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/589461</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 19 May 2009 07:00:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went to see the vet woman today. Fomfomfom was supposed to empty my anal sacs in front of her coz ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to see the vet woman today. Fomfomfom was supposed to empty my anal sacs in front of her coz the vet woman taught her how to do it the last time. But Fomfomfom is chicken and she made Ah bee do it. So we went through the whole oneknuckle4and8oclock drill again for her benefit. And mine. 

So after much trying, Ah bee did the deed and the vet woman was so pleased. She said Ah bee deserves a big star for a job well done. 

Fomfomfom: Lose!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>May it please the court</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/589202</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 18 May 2009 09:07:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee got called to the bar today. I wanted to attend and I was going to say, Your Honour I object  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee got called to the bar today. I wanted to attend and I was going to say, Your Honour I object to her getting called because there will be one less person at home to play with me. Alas, they didn't bring me along and so I didn't manage to botch it for her. 

Grumble.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Home Schweet Home</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/588878</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 17 May 2009 07:47:24 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I IS HOME WITH AH MA!

The world is beautiful once again. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I IS HOME WITH AH MA!

The world is beautiful once again.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>So busy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/588662</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 16 May 2009 10:45:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>There were so many people in the apartment today. Ten, Ah bee says, because there were 9 adults, me  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ There were so many people in the apartment today. Ten, Ah bee says, because there were 9 adults, me and a baby. The baby and myself, we make one. Even though we only add up to one, we were the stars tonight. Everyone just took turns googoogagaing the two of us. I like the baby. She's not even a year old but she's already braver than her mummy. Her mummy is so scared of me she put on jeans and socks just so she cannot feel me lick her. Her mummy is the ninny; not the baby. The baby I like. So chubby. So happy. So good. 

And it was a busy night. I had to supervise everything that went on. Especially the dinner cooking. Just in case they burn the place down. They're all fire hazards, all of them. I also had to supervise the Wii playing. All that dancing and singing, so tiring. I can only say Fomfomfom is quite the singer. She does a mean Britney Spears. And they had the rabbids trippin' all night. 

No one said it was easy hosting guests. What would they do without me. 

Beat. Night world!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma comes for a visit</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/588383</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 15 May 2009 09:02:31 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom went out and came back with Ah ma. I missed Ah ma! She sat down on the sofa and I licked h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom went out and came back with Ah ma. I missed Ah ma! She sat down on the sofa and I licked her hands. She gave me a belly rub and I tried to bite her. She scolded me and I moved to the far end of the sofa. Repeat. 

Just like old times. *Beams*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>You learn something new everyday</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/588068</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 14 May 2009 10:57:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom told me about Suying yiyi's new puppy. He's but a couple of months old and really silly to ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom told me about Suying yiyi's new puppy. He's but a couple of months old and really silly to boot. He pooped in his water bowl. I thought no one can beat that. 

Until Ah bee decided to fry up a couple of pork chops for dinner. Three, to be exact. One for each of us. Holding one with a pair of tongs and standing a metre away from the pan, she called out to Fomfomfom to bring her a cover; she was worried that the oil would splatter. She wanted to use the cover as a shield. Don't be stupid, Fomfomfom said. Use it as a lid. And so Ah bee dropped the pork chop in the pan and Fomfomfom slapped the lid of a random pot on the pan. They thought they were so clever. Then Ah bee said, okay remove the lid. Fomfomfom lifted it lid, pan and pork chop. So bad. 

They tried every method they could think of, ice and fire, but nothing worked. The lid was on too tight. We declared an emergency because the pork chop was in there and we were out here. When we finally gave up, I informed Fomfomfom that the trapped pork chop was hers.

I got mine soon after. It was yummy. 

Tomorrow we eat sushi.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Here today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/587796</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 13 May 2009 09:31:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom came home and told us that debbie got put down last night. She was 17. We were all so sad. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom came home and told us that debbie got put down last night. She was 17. We were all so sad. 

Have you given your doggie a belly rub today?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too bad</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/587499</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 12 May 2009 08:49:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Instead of bringing Ah ma to the gym, they took her to a buffet. So bad. And they ate 41 oysters. Oh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Instead of bringing Ah ma to the gym, they took her to a buffet. So bad. And they ate 41 oysters. Oh so bad. All the time while I was moping around the house waiting for them to come home. 

So so bad.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too cute</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/587221</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 11 May 2009 08:47:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We met little amanda and her sister eliza today. The two of them are cute as buttons. Ah bee is a li ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We met little amanda and her sister eliza today. The two of them are cute as buttons. Ah bee is a little scared of eliza because she asks her difficult questions she cannot answer. Like, what time is 9 o'clock. Toughie that one. 

And eliza is very cute for another reason. Everytime she sees me, she'd holler SUSHI! And amanda, if she's around, would correct her sister and say, she's not a sushi; she's a shishu! 

Today the same thing happened and amanda decided to put an end to it by asking Ah bee once and for all if I'm a sushi or a shishu. They got Ah bee all confused and Ah bee replied, she's a shishu.  

*giggles*

Together now, Shih Tzu!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Great occasion, today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/586906</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 10 May 2009 08:09:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is Mother's Day today and I want to wish my sugar mummy happy mother's day. No one brought me to  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is Mother's Day today and I want to wish my sugar mummy happy mother's day. No one brought me to visit her, so I didn't give her a present. I hope my brother and sister are nice to her today.

Ah bee bought ah ma a nike t-shirt as a mother's day present so that she may go to the gym and exercise. Ah ma smiled at first, then she grumbled and grumbled that the shirt's too tight. Giggles, ah ma's tummy is too big. That's why she needs to go to the gym.

It is also my birthday today. I am 5 years and 5 months old. Ah bee bought me an oreo cheesecake from starbucks. A little commercial but I'm easy. I got to eat a bit of cheese but fomfomfom said I'm too old for oreos. I informed them I want cheesecakes for my birthdays in future. Yums. I've had enough of pandan cakes for a while.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cars</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/586607</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 9 May 2009 07:32:12 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Recently I have developed a liking for cars. I sniff, then I pee! I like peeing on the tyres. It is  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Recently I have developed a liking for cars. I sniff, then I pee! I like peeing on the tyres. It is fun coz I must be fast, my mamas don't allow me to do that. But I have succeeded a few times with fomfomfom and cha, and now they have warned ah bee about my new habit. It's ok, I welcome a challenge. My strategy is to walk and sniff until I bore them out of their minds and when their eyes begin to glaze over, I lift up my leg. 

It's real fun. And they will then look around hurriedly and guiltily and drag me away in the shortest possible time before any car owner hurls abuse at us. Whee.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What's black and white and very cute?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/586357</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 8 May 2009 07:33:59 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee's friend said I am very ngeow ngeow after seeing a picture of me in ah bee's cell phone. I do ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee's friend said I am very ngeow ngeow after seeing a picture of me in ah bee's cell phone. I don't know what that means, but ah bee and fomfomfom have also taken to calling me ngeow ngeow.

Like, hello ngeow ngeow. Or, oh darling, you are such a ngeow ngeow. Or, this temperature is more acceptable, isn't it, ngeow ngeow? 

I wonder how long this will last.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/586087</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 7 May 2009 08:09:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was playing on fomfomfom's bed last night and I tore her bedsheet when I was digging a hole in her ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was playing on fomfomfom's bed last night and I tore her bedsheet when I was digging a hole in her bed. This morning fomfomfom told ah ma her feet caught in the sheet and tore it. Ah ma didn't suspect a thing.

I can always get away with anything.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Got milk</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/585781</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 6 May 2009 08:25:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was a hot day and I got milk in my water bowl after my afternoon walk. It was cold and it wasn't  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was a hot day and I got milk in my water bowl after my afternoon walk. It was cold and it wasn't a familiar feeling so I circled the bowl and lapped slowly and hesitantly but I managed to finish it all. It was lovely. But fomfomfom got a scolding from ah ma when ah ma learnt she had given me cold milk coz I might fall sick. Giggles.

Cars were suddenly fascinating. I stuck my head under every car I could find in the evening. Fomfomfom dragged me away from the cars when her patience ran out. I hate all that dragging. We could have talked it over. We're in a civilised society. I can walk.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My coffers</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/585409</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 5 May 2009 08:23:47 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I scratched myself so hard under my armpit I broke the skin and it became a bloody crater. A crater  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I scratched myself so hard under my armpit I broke the skin and it became a bloody crater. A crater coz it was an itchy pork-induced bump. Ah ma was broken-hearted when she saw how my skin was broken so she promised me a pork tendon and I bugged fomfomfom for it. Yay. And ah ma ordered fomfomfom to buy me milk coz I haven't had that for a long time. Pingping needs nutrition, ah ma declared. Ah ma loves me and I love ah ma.

There was a delicious soup tonight. Ah bee talked of bringing it to work tomorrow so that the entire office may smell it and be envious. I suggested making a business out of it, I will bring ah ma's soup to sell in her office everyday and I can earn some money. But my mamas feared my soup will spill and I will cry, or someone will take my soup and not pay up, and if I cry they will be broken-hearted.

So we shelved the idea and I decided to tax ah bee 150% on her retention bonus instead.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma hid in her room to watch tom and jerry</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/585097</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 4 May 2009 08:20:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We were watching tv this afternoon. It was the oprah winfrey show, about this twelve-or-so year old  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We were watching tv this afternoon. It was the oprah winfrey show, about this twelve-or-so year old girl who yodels. Apparently she picked up a yodeling instruction book at seven years old and never looked back. There was even a live demonstration. I thought it was all very wonderful.

Cha was afraid I would learn from the girl and then wake up in the middle of the night to yodel so she switched the tv off in a great hurry. I thought it wasn't very gracious of her at all.

Maybe I will yodel in protest.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bummer</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/584834</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 3 May 2009 09:02:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Hmm, after a long happy while, we saw the security guard AH again. He rubbed my head all over again  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hmm, after a long happy while, we saw the security guard AH again. He rubbed my head all over again and fomfomfom was caught unaware she didn't manage to avoid him. Walked right into him, we did.

We'll keep our eyes peeled from now on. One can't be too vigilant.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm not me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/584604</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 2 May 2009 09:36:37 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee and fomfomfom brought me to the groomer's today and he shaved me again. It's so ugly. I told  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee and fomfomfom brought me to the groomer's today and he shaved me again. It's so ugly. I told ah bee not to tell anyone I'm xiaoping when she brings me for my walk in the afternoon coz it's embarrassing. Perhaps she can tell people that I'm xiaoping's distant relative.

Ah ma bathed me immediately when we got home. Then ah bee stole my pig's tendon when I was careless and threw it away.

So, I'm rather unhappy today. Rather, not very, coz I managed a 2 hour walk in the evening. Ah bee and fomfomfom took turns to walk me and I think at least they have a conscience. A little bit.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma loves me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/584294</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 1 May 2009 09:19:30 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma gave ah gong a dressing down today. He made the unpardonable mistake of opening the door to he ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma gave ah gong a dressing down today. He made the unpardonable mistake of opening the door to her room vigorously. Ah ma screamed, what if pingping were behind the door? You'd have hit her! And ah gong was hassled out of the room in record time with his tail between his legs. Giggles, metaphorically, if course.

Ah ma loves me and I love ah ma!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Exceedingly</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/583991</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:03:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma said today that I'm very, very, very, very cute. It's 4 verys, mind you, no less.

Harrumph. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma said today that I'm very, very, very, very cute. It's 4 verys, mind you, no less.

Harrumph.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>For me to know</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/583702</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:14:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee came back with pig leg tendons. They're dried and long and skinny and I love them like I love ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee came back with pig leg tendons. They're dried and long and skinny and I love them like I love my milksticks. I danced a little dance when ah bee gave me one.

Ah ma has developed a fascination with the biggest loser on hallmark channel and everyone (minus fomfomfom) was watching that while I chewed on my new toy. Suddenly the thing disappeared and ah bee ran into fomfomfom's room to inform her "emergency" and they dashed out and started looking for the missing tendon. They asked me where it is and I pointed to the packet on the table. Everyone was perplexed and mystified. But I got a new tendon meanwhile.

They turned the house inside out and wagged their fingers at me and said I'd outdone myself. Fancy losing a tendon like that. They still can't find it. Giggles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma calls me little furball</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/583385</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:52:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>And she sniggers I'll be a sausage on saturday after my haircut.

Fomfomfom taught me to brush my  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ And she sniggers I'll be a sausage on saturday after my haircut.

Fomfomfom taught me to brush my teeth today. All it took was some lard pieces. But I wasn't stupid, no siree. I learnt very slowly, on purpose of course, what's a little teethbrushing? It ain't rocket science. I learnt slowly so that she'll have to continue the lessons for many more days to come and I'll get fried lard pieces for many more days.

It's lovely, the incentives in this house.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hot day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/583068</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:40:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma imprisoned me in her room this afternoon and insisted I stay in the air conditioning. It was a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma imprisoned me in her room this afternoon and insisted I stay in the air conditioning. It was a hot day again, so I didn't mind much, I guess.

After my evening walk, ah ma locked me in her room again. By then I was an old hand so I lounged near the door and basked away. Oh how I basked. Ah bee and fomfomfom came in and wagged their finger at me but I think they were just jealous coz ah ma didn't insist they sit in an air con room. They could only rot outside in the heat.

Ah ma loves me and I love ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Back</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/582790</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:09:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I refused to pee before bedtime last night and they were very sad. That apartment just doesn't do it ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I refused to pee before bedtime last night and they were very sad. That apartment just doesn't do it for me. I was very sad too.

We came back to the condo today. I was very happy so I jumped and hopped and jumped and hopped. Ah ma was happy to see me too and cooked a lot of food for dinner. And she scrubbed me real clean too. I felt safe so I slept well after dinner.

All these moving about is tiring business. I don't like it at all. And I think ah ma doesn't like it too.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sulk</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/582520</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:35:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They brought me to the new apartment again. I didn't want to go, I wanted to spend time with ah ma i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They brought me to the new apartment again. I didn't want to go, I wanted to spend time with ah ma in front of the tv. Alas they had to separate me and my ah ma. I'm not happy at all. I miss ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Extra lovin'</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/582252</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:39:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma is so lovin' towards me. She got on the floor and fed me kibble one by one, I ate 33. She made ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma is so lovin' towards me. She got on the floor and fed me kibble one by one, I ate 33. She made me eat my dinner in her air-con room coz it's so hot. She scratched me when I was itching and I licked her hand to say thank you. I napped especially well coz ah ma was reading her papers beside me. She informed fomfomfom my left ear is looking red and told her to pay attention. And before she slept, she went into my room and switched on the air-con extra powerful for me in case I felt warm.

Ah ma loves me and I love ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy days are here again</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/581958</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:25:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Last night in the new place was so miserable. I didn't want to pee coz it's so unfamiliar, and my ma ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last night in the new place was so miserable. I didn't want to pee coz it's so unfamiliar, and my mamas shh-ed me till one-plus am before they finally gave up. But I had drunk 2 bowls of water before bedtime so cha woke me up twice and fomfomfom once at 4am before I finally went. Everyone thought I was pitiful. So I got lots of lovin'.

Today is a different matter though. We went back to the condo and ah ma came back from her marketing expedition after 4 days so I'm happy again. Oh, and I realised dou dou is a boy, not a girl, and that he's a shih tzu mixed with something mysterious, not a pure shih tzu like me. Oops.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Moving house again</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/581655</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:51:19 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>This morning cha and fomfomfom bundled me into the car and I shook and trembled all the way. We reac ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning cha and fomfomfom bundled me into the car and I shook and trembled all the way. We reached this apartment that's so much smaller than the condo and we stayed there all day. I insisted I wanted to go home, but no one took any heed. The grounds were alright, I spent some time exploring the place and marked it as my territory.

Ah bee is still not back and ah ma has been missing for 3 days already. And it seems we're spending the night in this strange small place. I feel miserable.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sour sour</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/581317</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:01:37 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/581317</guid>
		<description>Sister hairdresser saw me sitting enjoying the breeze with fomfomfom this afternoon and she said wha ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Sister hairdresser saw me sitting enjoying the breeze with fomfomfom this afternoon and she said what a good life I have. I nodded and continued with my admiration of the breeze. I think she must have been jealous, for she suggested to fomfomfom that ah gong rent the shop next to hers and make me tend the shop. When she left, I snorted to fomfomfom.

Some people are just meant for a life of leisure. What can I say?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I miss ah ma</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/580979</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:04:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/580979</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom bought me a toothbrush. It's a 2 headed frankenstein monster. I didn't like it at all, so  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom bought me a toothbrush. It's a 2 headed frankenstein monster. I didn't like it at all, so I sulked and refused to eat dinner afterwards. I told fomfomfom I never eat after brushing my teeth. If they brush my teeth everyday, I'll protest and starve myself.

At night it dawned on me I hadn't seen ah ma all day. Cha said ah ma has gone marketing, and fomfomfom sniggered about roulette in the market. I searched ah ma's room in the dark and I couldn't find her.

I'll tell ah ma she's not to go for these multi-day marketing expeditions anymore. Moreover, she never brings any food home.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sore spot</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/580615</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:32:03 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I played downstairs for like 3 hours today with ah bee, so I was tired at night. I watched the natio ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I played downstairs for like 3 hours today with ah bee, so I was tired at night. I watched the national geographic channel upside down with ah ma.

It was a show about dogs and wolves in the womb. Ah ma suddenly exclaimed, dogs have belly buttons! I was upset again, still upside down of course. Too tired to sit up, but not too tired to be upset.

Anyway, like I was saying, I was upset again. Again? you may well ask. Ah ma and my mamas have been bugging me for years about my belly button. I haven't been able to find it.

I discussed with ah bee and we thought we have an idea where it should be. Later we will mark it with a cross with a marker. And I'll show it to everyone I meet. How proud I will be then.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's too hot to write anything</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/580350</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:49:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/580350</guid>
		<description>but thanks for the rosette, Ernie George and Izzy! ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ but thanks for the rosette, Ernie George and Izzy!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Blackout</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/580056</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:57:30 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/580056</guid>
		<description>The lights and tv suddenly went off at 930pm. It was like total darkness so ah ma and cha brought ou ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The lights and tv suddenly went off at 930pm. It was like total darkness so ah ma and cha brought out candles and torchlights. We couldn't find the cause of the blackout and it was mysterious.

Then suddenly the lights came on again and everyone found out I had been eating egg yolk with ah bee. 

It was a happy blackout.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Colour</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/579767</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:57:47 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/579767</guid>
		<description>I went for my evening walk with fomfomfom with our colours coordinated. We were both black and white ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I went for my evening walk with fomfomfom with our colours coordinated. We were both black and white, and I think we must have drawn many an admirable stare.

Ah bee came home and told me her friend said I am the first black and white doggie to look better in colour photographs than in black and white photos. I was like, but of course. I may be black and white, but my x-factor is all colour.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Xiang jian hen wan</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/579465</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:19:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/579465</guid>
		<description>I ate fried lard for the first time today. It was like heaven. Ah ma and fomfomfom were giggling at  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I ate fried lard for the first time today. It was like heaven. Ah ma and fomfomfom were giggling at how I kept asking for it. I was too busy being in heaven that I didn't have time to reprimand them for not offering me lard earlier. Like 5 years ago.

I will have only lard from now on. Supper was a tasteless affair. I only managed 2 kibbles. I will never make do again.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's all about the KY jelly</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/579171</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:39:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/579171</guid>
		<description>The cleaning uncle told us today that a cobra has been caught in the condo compound. We all flipped  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The cleaning uncle told us today that a cobra has been caught in the condo compound. We all flipped and made mental notes not to go near bushes and all that. How very dangerous.

Went to the vet's. The woman started getting ideas and taught fomfomfom how to DIY. First, she instructed, gloves. Snapping on the gloves, she said, a big dollop of KY jelly. Then, the finger. Up to where, fomfomfom queried, one knuckle two knuckles or three? I glared at her and the vet stared at her and everyone was happy when the vet said one knuckle.

Fomfomfom promised to try it the next time under the vet woman's supervision and bring ah bee along to view the spectacle.

Whee.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ginger is a big girl now</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/578847</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:21:18 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/578847</guid>
		<description>Ah bee came back at 5pm today. So I made her bring me down for my evening walk. It was happy. We met ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee came back at 5pm today. So I made her bring me down for my evening walk. It was happy. We met ginger, she's one whole year old now. She has grown so big her paw is the size of my face.

At night cha and ah bee went shopping and brought sushi back. It was the first time I tried fish roe. It was ok. I think I can accept sushi.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee has a bacterial infection in her big toe</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/578545</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:05:03 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>They scrubbed me clean and fluffy today and ah bee changed my name to fifi. I didn't like it and ins ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They scrubbed me clean and fluffy today and ah bee changed my name to fifi. I didn't like it and insisted my name is ah ping. Then she decided to give me a frenchier name and called me yvette. Fomfomfom said hello yvette so i said enchante.

I tapped ah bee on the shoulder and passed her my hiccups. She has been hiccupping ever since and I'm happy coz she is still calling me fifi.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>They can't figure it out</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/578255</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:18:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/578255</guid>
		<description>I suddenly got angry tonight. Ah bee had just given me my bottle which I had asked for. I was loungi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I suddenly got angry tonight. Ah bee had just given me my bottle which I had asked for. I was lounging alternately in her and fomfomfom's lap with it when I got angry. So I bit ah bee.

Her finger bled but blood couldn't assuage my anger. I snapped at anything that came close. Almost got fomfomfom's nose.

I went to bed seething, and my mamas were anxious and perplexed. They are so stupid they deserve to be perplexed.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy birthday to me!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/577988</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:48:37 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/577988</guid>
		<description>I am 5 years and 4 months today. There was no cake, I got salmon belly sashimi. I like bellies. Salm ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am 5 years and 4 months today. There was no cake, I got salmon belly sashimi. I like bellies. Salmon bellies, pork bellies, pig stummy. All for the benefit of my favourite belly of all--mine. Giggles.

I fought with ah ma's slippers today. It was an epic battle, with ah ma screaming in the background, fomfomfom and ah bee cheering and my heart beating like war drums.

I won.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Finders keepers</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/577648</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 9 Apr 2009 07:13:17 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/577648</guid>
		<description>I found a 2 dollar note today. I picked it up, put it back, then picked it up again. I figured if I  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I found a 2 dollar note today. I picked it up, put it back, then picked it up again. I figured if I don't, some bum will, or the wind will blow it far far away. In any case, I thought the owner of the money has already bid the money farewell in his/her heart.

I went home and gave it to analyn. She was happy. Me too.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma says I'm a bright girl</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/577329</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 8 Apr 2009 07:18:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/577329</guid>
		<description>Ah ma taught me how to knock on doors today. She told me to knock on the door, I didn't know how to  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma taught me how to knock on doors today. She told me to knock on the door, I didn't know how to do it. So she knelt beside me and showed me exactly how I should do it. I learnt fast and ah ma was pleased.

Fomfomfom inside the bathroom wasn't so pleased.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma loves me and I love ah ma</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/577047</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 7 Apr 2009 08:50:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Today ah ma made me roast pork, as per my request yesterday. My opinion is this, if ah ma decides to ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today ah ma made me roast pork, as per my request yesterday. My opinion is this, if ah ma decides to set up shop to sell her roast pork, we'll make millions. Of shih tzus.

I nosed my way forcibly into ah ma's room at 11plus at night. Ah ma told me to switch off the lights before I go out. Meanwhile, ah ma was already under her blanket. I whined that I was too short, I can't reach the switch. Ah ma told fomfomfom to carry me so I can switch off the lights.

I ran out of the room before anyone could stop me and shouted to ah ma to off the lights herself. Giggles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I love pig stummy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/576658</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 6 Apr 2009 08:38:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/576658</guid>
		<description>Ah bee kept asking fomfomfom stupid riddles. Fomfomfom didn't know the answers coz they were so stup ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee kept asking fomfomfom stupid riddles. Fomfomfom didn't know the answers coz they were so stupid. Like:

A maid entered a room and found marc anthony and cleopatra dead. There was no evidence of murder except for a broken bowl nearby. How did they die?

They were goldfish.

So stupid they almost gave me a stummyache.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee has an ingrown toenail</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/576334</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 5 Apr 2009 08:49:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/576334</guid>
		<description>Am ma told me today that people used to just throw their pets out onto the streets. Now they would b ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Am ma told me today that people used to just throw their pets out onto the streets. Now they would bring them to the groomers and then doll them up, before throwing them on the streets. So that people may find them cute, hopefully, and adopt them.

I say, that's people with no conscience pretending to have half a conscience. Pui. I despise them.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Smelly Cat</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/576070</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 4 Apr 2009 08:46:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/576070</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom sang to me as she fed me salmon sashimi for lunch today:

&quot;Smelly cat, smelly cat
What  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom sang to me as she fed me salmon sashimi for lunch today:

"Smelly cat, smelly cat
What am I feeding you?
Smelly cat, smelly cat
It's not your fault"

What I have to put up with to get some food around here.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Not too bright</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/575781</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 3 Apr 2009 07:22:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I saw the baby with a lot of hair today. She was chewing her finger. I wagged my finger at her and t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I saw the baby with a lot of hair today. She was chewing her finger. I wagged my finger at her and told her solemnly she's going to get a stummyache if her finger ain't clean. Her maid explained she's teething, that's why she needs to chew. Apparently, sometimes she will throw her teething toy away and then chew on her finger. And then she will chew too hard and then she will cry.

I cupped my hands over my nose and mouth and tried not to laugh.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Shimmy, shimmy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/575502</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 2 Apr 2009 07:50:16 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/575502</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom and cha were having salmon sashimi for lunch today. I sat by fom's chair and informed her  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom and cha were having salmon sashimi for lunch today. I sat by fom's chair and informed her politely I wanted a taste. So fomfomfom let me sniff the salmon and I let her know I approve of it by licking a piece. With raised eyebrows and a conspiratorial wink at cha, fomfomfom broke off a piece and gave it to me. And she tried to make me say meow.

I knew the lousy thing expected me to flee with my tail between my legs. What she didn't know was that I am a lover of raw fish. Unlike someone who's only starting to dip a toe gingerly into the marvelous world of raw fish, I chomped and chomped with gusto.

And the zero had to beg the hero to leave her one piece of sashimi. I only agreed when she said meow.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hooray!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/575078</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 1 Apr 2009 07:30:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/575078</guid>
		<description>We are so happy today coz doudou has solved her constipation problem. She succeeded so fast today I  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We are so happy today coz doudou has solved her constipation problem. She succeeded so fast today I was touched.

Ah ma made everyone watch a dog parade on the animal planet channel tonight. It was funny, the poor dogs, they had to put on costumes and some pretended to be airplanes. The airplanes won, though I personally preferred the playgirls. Their wigs and bikinis were very fetching indeed. Then I heard someone say I should get a wig too. I was disapproving. How undignified.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I observed doudou for a long time</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/574702</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:39:09 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Ah ma got a new phone today. I struck a few poses obligingly so they could get the material for the  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma got a new phone today. I struck a few poses obligingly so they could get the material for the wallpaper. I'm photogenic at 2 megapixels as I am at 10. What can I say?

I met doudou the rabid shihtzu today. She was constipated, the poor girl. It must have been my ferocious bark that frightened her so. I shall not bark at her next time, constipation is a nasty business. Think the poor thing didn't succeed today.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What price competition</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/574399</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:55:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom bought me a plastic bone last night. It's got a beef flavour. I wasn't impressed. I didn't ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom bought me a plastic bone last night. It's got a beef flavour. I wasn't impressed. I didn't want to touch it with a ten foot pole. 

Then I learnt today that my brother, who also got a bone last night courtesy of fomfomfom, chewed it till 11 plus pm. Now we can't have that, can we, so I started chewing on the *ugh* bone this evening. It's so hard I had to take a nap after 15 minutes of chewing. But I worked hard tonight, I have to make up for lost time.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>We love chicken</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/574135</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:12:16 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They had kfc for lunch. I insisted I must have kfc for lunch too. That's because it's almost like a  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They had kfc for lunch. I insisted I must have kfc for lunch too. That's because it's almost like a communist colony here, except that there's a monarch, me. Therefore everyone had kfc for lunch today and I didn't order for anyone to be beheaded.

That's because I am a kind and loving monarch.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Strong medicine</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/573875</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:27:47 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>So I was due my heartworm medicine today. Happily, fomfomfom prepared to administer it when she real ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So I was due my heartworm medicine today. Happily, fomfomfom prepared to administer it when she realised the box was empty. Gasp, said she. So fomfomfom went to the vet's this lovely saturday morning just to get me new heartworm medicine (where her credit card was embarrassingly declined coz she had busted it this month).

I really didn't mind not having the medicine. But no one pays me any heed in this house, no siree. It was dutifully administered. The happy thing is that I didn't have to bathe today then. Today is reserved for the medicine to swim its way though my tight body. Bath day becomes tomorrow.

I'll worry about it tomorrow.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Thunder</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/573599</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:03:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It rained heavily all of a sudden tonight. I watched gibbons on the animal planet channel with ah ma ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It rained heavily all of a sudden tonight. I watched gibbons on the animal planet channel with ah ma and fomfomfom. They were cute, especially when the new born gibbon had to wear diapers. Giggles. I didn't wear diapers when I was young.

Then there was a sudden loud boom, so I jumped. Ah ma laughed at me and fomfomfom scolded ah ma and grumbled away while she patted my chest so that I won't be afraid.

Thunderstorms these days.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>While we were on the sofa</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/573272</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:03:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Uncle and Aunty Jimmy came this morning. I was happy and wagged my tail. But later Aunty Jimmy was s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Uncle and Aunty Jimmy came this morning. I was happy and wagged my tail. But later Aunty Jimmy was so busy talking to ah ma she didn't play with me. I growled to gently remind her to play with me but she didn't notice. So I shouted at her and everyone was alarmed. So they played with me and we were happy.

They had to make me shout.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The call</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/572994</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:10:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I sat by the phone this evening and looked at fomfomfom. She noticed me looking at her and asked me  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I sat by the phone this evening and looked at fomfomfom. She noticed me looking at her and asked me what I wanted. I didn't tell her. Ah ma walked by and fomfomfom asked ah ma if she knew what I wanted. Ah ma walked past me without stopping and then sniggered. Fomfomfom queried what's so funny, and ah ma told her I was waiting for a phone call.

Fomfomfom then made me sit with her on the sofa, all the while assuring me she would inform me immediately should a call come in for me. I told her I was waiting for my friend Isabella to call, and fomfomfom nodded knowingly.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Adorable</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/572724</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:21:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Fomfomfom came back with a laminated poster today. It is of a brown and white puppy in a shoe, of al ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom came back with a laminated poster today. It is of a brown and white puppy in a shoe, of all places. Everyone thought it is so cute. I thought it looked like me when I was young, only that it was brown in places where I was black. So I asked cha for a black marker so I can change the brown into black and it would be a portrait of puppy ping.

But everyone said "Oh please". They said the puppy in the poster isn't even the same breed as me. I had to wave them off dismissively. Details, details.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>End of a routine</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/572417</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:21:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Everyday at 530pm I'd watch Worldwide Exchange on CNBC with cha and wait for fomfomfom to come home. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Everyday at 530pm I'd watch Worldwide Exchange on CNBC with cha and wait for fomfomfom to come home. Everytime the lift ping'ed from 530 onwards, I would jump down from the sofa to go to the door. It has become a routine and routines are always comforting.

But today fomfomfom told me she'd fired her boss and it's her last day so she'll be at home holding hands with me all day everyday from tomorrow onwards. I asked her if that meant I won't have to wait for her at 530 everyday and she said yes. I felt strangely sad.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Life is too cruel</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/572093</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:06:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/572093</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom and cha were driving home on the expressway when a dog suddenly spun on its back across 4  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom and cha were driving home on the expressway when a dog suddenly spun on its back across 4 lanes right in front of them. Cha had to swerve without checking if there was a car beside to avoid hitting the dog. It was all very dangerous business. 

They saw in the rearview mirror that the dog lifted its head after coming to a stop. It was a brown mid sized mongrel. Coz it was the expressway, fomfomfom and cha couldn't stop and reverse. So they came back home in shock. Later, cha and ah bee went back to see if the dog was still around but it wasn't. We figured it must be a good thing coz either someone had taken it to the hospital or it is not that badly injured and managed to walk off on its own.

We don't know how to help all those poor vulnerable animals out there so we will go to the SPCA and buy some Be Kind to Animals t-shirts and we will wear them all the time.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Shoschweet!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/571885</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:00:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee found an ant on my hair today. She told Fomfomfom about it and Fomfomfom said, &quot;Naturally. An ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee found an ant on my hair today. She told Fomfomfom about it and Fomfomfom said, "Naturally. Ants are attracted to sweets. And Pingping is honey, Pingping is sweetheart. Duh."

I cannot say much about Fomfomfom except that she tells it like it is.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fishballs may be good for me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/571571</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:57:00 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/571571</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom got her health report today. She is in such rude health, it's almost rude.That coz fomfomf ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom got her health report today. She is in such rude health, it's almost rude.That coz fomfomfom'd been bingeing on all sorts of junk since chinese new year and then her cholestrol went down. I must start bingeing too. 

I met a toy poodle from the next condo today. Well, I couldn't technically see her coz she's so tiny. Only 3 months old. But coz I'm so smart, I knew she was there over the fence and I chased her and barked to show who's boss, and she was scared accordingly and I hurrumphed and strutted the rest of the evening.

Her owners expressed admiration at my harness. The poodle has only a little collar. To think, when I was her age, my mamas discussed bringing me out using dental floss.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Divine</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/571250</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:41:03 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was heavenly meat ah ma uses for her soups. Tonight's was outstanding. Yummm. One big plate. Word ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was heavenly meat ah ma uses for her soups. Tonight's was outstanding. Yummm. One big plate. Words simply can't describe it. I shall be dreaming of it tonight.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Heat and light</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/570987</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:06:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>It was such a hot day today. I only lasted 10 minutes during my afternoon walk. I had to cool down b ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was such a hot day today. I only lasted 10 minutes during my afternoon walk. I had to cool down by the letterboxes.

The sun was still mercilessly at it in the evening. Almost went blind, I did. My big eyes are vulnerable.

I felt it was a dangerous day for me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I don't eat apples coz that would make me a cannibal</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/570632</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:31:59 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/570632</guid>
		<description>I ended up at the vet's again today. I learn that I am 5.8kg. And the vet woman put her fingers some ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I ended up at the vet's again today. I learn that I am 5.8kg. And the vet woman put her fingers somewhere and did the unmentionable again, so I shat in her hand to show her that I disapprove. Every single month I disapprove.

Then she showed me who's boss and gave me a jab. It was my annual vaccination and she forced me to swallow a deworming pill. Yuk. They should make a pork flavoured deworming pill in bubblegum colors. Why hasn't anyone thought of it yet?

At home cha and fomfomfom carried me during my walks and I squealed. Coz the jab hurt and they pressed on my back when they carried me. I told them, pingping pain pain. And they kissed me and said I was a good girl.

It's a good day afterall.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pong vs Ping</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/570275</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:53:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/570275</guid>
		<description>Ah bee came back from work and her feet stunk to the high heavens. She was sitting so close to me I  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee came back from work and her feet stunk to the high heavens. She was sitting so close to me I lost my temper and tried to bite her nose off. What shoes can do to a perfectly respectable person. Not that ah bee is respectable, of course.

Me, I never wear shoes. That's why my feet always smell good. They smell like the earth and like me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Thunderstorm</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/569957</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:31:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/569957</guid>
		<description>Oh how it rained today. The rain wasn't falling, it was dumped down. The wind howled and whined and  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh how it rained today. The rain wasn't falling, it was dumped down. The wind howled and whined and our flower pots fell off the ledge. The thunder and lightning and rain and wind were like a full symphony. I'm glad our building is still standing.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Kiki and Koko need haircuts</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/569705</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:57:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Ah bee was tired in the afternoon so we slept together in 1 Cosy Corner, cha cha's room. We wanted t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee was tired in the afternoon so we slept together in 1 Cosy Corner, cha cha's room. We wanted to hold hands but cosy corner was a little small so we settled for side by side. It was cosy.

Thunder woke us and we hurried downstairs for my walk. We met koko and kiki. Koko likes me, so he licked my butt. I didn't tell him I'd just pooped, giggles. I like Kiki more, coz Koko always tries to pee on me, but Kiki is so shy he retreats when I go close. I like a coy boy. A coy toy boy would make me very happy indeed.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What big hair she has</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/569407</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:17:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I saw this 8 month old baby girl today. She is small and fair and cute. And she has more hair on her ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I saw this 8 month old baby girl today. She is small and fair and cute. And she has more hair on her little adorable head than our entire family combined. 

Fomfomfom says her friend has a six month old baby and she has like a grand total of two strands of hair. And cha's friend has a one year old girl, who has three strands of hair.

What an amazing head of hair. What envy.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The moon tonight is round like my big beautiful eyes</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/569059</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:42:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/569059</guid>
		<description>I met Baby today. She was stuck at the BBQ pits with her maid, who had her feet up, yakking away on  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met Baby today. She was stuck at the BBQ pits with her maid, who had her feet up, yakking away on her cellphone. I thought Baby was lonely so I went to play with her. We sniffed butts and played neck-to-neck. Then I waved bye bye to her coz I had to go and sit on the badminton court bench.

I was on the bench contemplating the world when cha snuck up behind me and kissed the back of my head. Fomfomfom giggled and I sniffed at them.

What childish people.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hello, Stranger</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/568766</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:30:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/568766</guid>
		<description>Ah bee has been either working late or going out after work, that I haven't been seeing much of her  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee has been either working late or going out after work, that I haven't been seeing much of her at all. Today is the first day this week I'd seen her before bedtime. In fact, she came back at dinnertime. I put my head on fomfomfom's lap and I said to ah bee, "Who are you, Stranger? I need some personal space on my left please."

Ah bee was so rude, she moved even closer to me. Fomfomfom tried to swat her away like a fly but to no avail. So fomfomfom threw in the towel and went to bathe, and me and ah bee were friends again coz she owned the only available lap.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Let her eat pork</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/568458</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:58:12 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is my birthday today. I am 5 years and 3 whole months old now. And I got pork to eat. It kinda ma ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is my birthday today. I am 5 years and 3 whole months old now. And I got pork to eat. It kinda makes my skin itchy and bumpy, but cha said since it's my birthday today, I can have pork. Ah ma also lovingly made me pan fried potatoes, so I had pork and potatoes. It's all about alliteration. Ping ping eats pork and potatoes. Giggles.

So now I get to eat pork 5 times a month. 4 times on bath day, and once on birthday. There it is again, alliteration. And if my birthday that month happens to be on bathday, I will take my bath one day later.

Cha praised me for being so smart. I said, but of course, I am one month older and wiser now. Cha, on the other hand, is not. It must be dementia setting in, it happens in stupider species. Cha went out to buy me pandan and walnut cake for my birthday, but they never let me eat it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Maybe we won't switch on the air con tonight</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/568125</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 9 Mar 2009 07:47:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/568125</guid>
		<description>It was so cold today. It started raining in the morning and it rained all afternoon, and I missed my ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was so cold today. It started raining in the morning and it rained all afternoon, and I missed my afternoon walk so I was unhappy. Luckily it stopped raining in time for my evening walk so I went down to sploosh.

It is my secret how I managed to avoid a bath after splooshing. I was happy, but cold, so I snuggled next to cha on the sofa to watch tv. But there was a foul smell so I tried to ask cha if she smelled it too. She shook her head vigorously and the smell was soon gone so I went back to snuggle.

Later I heard cha giggling and telling fomfomfom that she had farted me coz I was always farting her and the rest of the house. They are so childish. So I called her fwarty cha fwarty cha fwarty cha. And she called me fwarty ping, and I called her fwarty cha again.

I think she is so childish.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Conspiracy theory</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/567788</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 8 Mar 2009 08:32:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was so hot and the sun was so bright I thought night would never fall. Well, night duly came and  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was so hot and the sun was so bright I thought night would never fall. Well, night duly came and it remained hot. I gallivanted for a long time downstairs and the heat must have made me a little more tired than usual. Fomfomfom said I looked like mashed potatoes the rest of the night.

Ah bee went to watch Marley and said she cried buckets. Fomfomfom accused us doggies of conspiring to take over the world with doggie movies. When I confirmed it is indeed so, she begged me to spare her when we succeed.

Well, it'll depend on my mood then. Maybe if she starts calling me "Your Majesty" from now....]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Honey them all</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/567557</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 7 Mar 2009 09:48:33 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom went to Auntie Suying's house tonight and when she came back, she said she's found me a ne ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom went to Auntie Suying's house tonight and when she came back, she said she's found me a new boyfriend. Your new boyfriend is Cookie, she says. Cookie is a white chocolate highland terrier and he looks exactly like Russell, according to Fomfomfom. I said to her, "You stupid ah, I'll get him and Russell mixed up and if I call out the wrong name, I'd be found out and my many boyfriends will know what I've been up to."

Then Ah bee told me to lose the name-calling and just stick to "Honey" for all of me boyfriends. 

I like.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ping's Potato Patch</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/567261</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 6 Mar 2009 08:18:59 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was thinking about my future potato patch. My mamas promised me a patch to call my own once they m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was thinking about my future potato patch. My mamas promised me a patch to call my own once they manage to sucker ah ma and ah gong into buying a mansion with lots of land.

Anyway, my patch will be called Ping's Potato Patch. I will grow potatoes on it. You'll never know, when there might be war, an epidemic, or some sort of emergency when we can't get to the supermarket. We can eat french fries all day then.

I will fertilise my patch everyday, of course. It would be fun. But cha reminded me I'd have to water it and harvest it all by myself. I whined to cha, but I'm not tall enough. She'd have none of it.

Too much work. Plan B. Ping's Pear Patch.I'll grow pears, I like pears. Or Ping's Pomegranate Patch. Ping's Papaya Patch.

It's all about alliteration, see.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I think Fomfomfom is going to get fired soon</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/566943</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 5 Mar 2009 07:21:30 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom keeps grumbling she's going to fire her incompetent boss soon. I told her I think that's a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom keeps grumbling she's going to fire her incompetent boss soon. I told her I think that's a wonderful idea. When that happens, I would like to be a signatory to cheques too, since doubtlessly fomfomfom is going to become the boss then. 

And my paw print will be on cheques that go out to save the world.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Farty Ping</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/566642</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 4 Mar 2009 07:42:02 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yesterday, Cha suddenly sat up and called me farty ping. I only did something natural. What's with t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesterday, Cha suddenly sat up and called me farty ping. I only did something natural. What's with the name-calling?

She said she was hungry tonight. She wondered if she should drink soya bean milk before bed. Maybe it'd give me gas, she told me.

Then I'd call you farty cha, I shouted in her face. Take that.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The pear and the ping</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/566238</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 3 Mar 2009 06:23:34 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>So ah ma gave me my own pear tonight. I ate the whole pear myself. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ So ah ma gave me my own pear tonight. I ate the whole pear myself.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My ah ma is unwell</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/565848</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 2 Mar 2009 07:06:51 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yesterday, ah ma ate some bad kaya on her bread and got a stummy upset. And she still went to eat st ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesterday, ah ma ate some bad kaya on her bread and got a stummy upset. And she still went to eat steamboat with fomfomfom and ah bee. Then she spent the rest of the day in bed coz she was feeling so unwell.

This morning ah ma was still green so she went to see a doctor. Ah ma's got a fever too. I didn't want ah ma to feel bad so I ate her whole pear after dinner. Just in case pear is bad for the stummy.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Heaven put me in cha's lap</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/565528</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 1 Mar 2009 07:50:04 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It rained heavily heavily heavily today. I was taking my walk and the constant thunder scared me. I  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It rained heavily heavily heavily today. I was taking my walk and the constant thunder scared me. I couldn't possibly let the rain fall on me, so my walk wasn't full of liberty at all.

At night I was tired from the lack of liberty so I stayed on the sofa the entire night. It must have been 6 hours I stayed on that sofa. Even cha expressed admiration at my determination. 

And when fomfomfom came to give me a neck scratch, I made a snorting/snoring sound coz I was enjoying it so much. Cha stared for a few minutes and muttered, where did she bring me back from. I told fomfomfom that I was gift from the heavens and that they should appreciate me and give me neck scratches all the time.

Fomfomfom agreed wholeheartedly.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Morbid.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/565191</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:12:25 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We were splashing around in the rain today when Fomfomfom suddenly asked Ah bee how long she would l ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We were splashing around in the rain today when Fomfomfom suddenly asked Ah bee how long she would like to be placed under the building for when she dies.  Ah bee said three days. Fomfomfom then told Ah bee that if either she or Cha expires, they want to be cremated after 24 hours. And Fomfomfom instructed Ah bee to put her in an urn with me. She said she wants to be with me forever. That was when Ah bee said she wants to be with me forever too. Fomfomfom suggested dividing me up so that they can have half each. They decided that Cha is sane and so she probably want no part in this. Then Ah bee said nonono we cannot divide pingping up. How about us three in one urn? Fomfomfom protested. 

Because three's a crowd. Especially in an urn.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Expensive medicine</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/564944</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:12:25 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was due for my monthly heartworm medicine today. Cha was supposed to administer it for me at night ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was due for my monthly heartworm medicine today. Cha was supposed to administer it for me at night, since fomfomfom and ah bee were going out. But fomfomfom won't give the medicine early to cha. She fears cha would use it on herself coz you'll never know, she might have lice.

The medicine is expensive, gotta be careful with it, fom whispered to me. And what if cha mixes some cornstarch solution and puts it on my fur, pretending it is the medicine?

We will not be fooled.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Primary 2 english textbook</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/564632</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:00:32 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>If I were moo moo monster, I would jump and hop. And then I would drink hot tea. But I am not a moo  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ If I were moo moo monster, I would jump and hop. And then I would drink hot tea. But I am not a moo moo monster.

So I climbed into cha's lap and put my head on her thigh and slept for an hour. Cha told me her thigh went to sleep too.

We were so happy.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Meow</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/564322</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:18:16 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I met a boy in the lift today. He said, cat. I said, boy, if you say that again, you may not live to ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met a boy in the lift today. He said, cat. I said, boy, if you say that again, you may not live to become a man. I have no time for niceties. Cat indeed.

During my afternoon walk, I threw up a mysterious pile of stuff. Fomfomfom brought the stuff home but cha won't look at it and threw it away. What it is, is for me to know and for them to find out. Giggles.

Fomfomfom then got home a little late in the evening and cha brought me for my evening walk. I always like to sit around but all the benches were wet coz it had just rained and cha didn't know where we can sit. I sighed and brought her to my favourite stretch of place-to-sit. All 3 of them. I walked along the stretches and jooped and whooped and we sat happily for a while. But the whole adventure still was only for half an hour and I had to take a shower when I came back coz it was mushy everywhere. Boo.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am da ping-zi and they are the cha-zi, fom-zi and bee-zi</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/564012</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:51:07 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Cha always says, take care of the nose and the nose will take care of pingping. That's why she alway ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha always says, take care of the nose and the nose will take care of pingping. That's why she always wipes my nose very clean after walks.

Maybe now my nose is not keeping me clean enough. Now cha has something new to clean. She wipes 5 times on each side to clean off the sleep at the corner of my eyes.

And she claims she wants to teach me to count to 8. Perhaps I will bite off her nose and nothing will keep her clean then. And then I will teach her to count to 10.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I dunno if the bird is a boy or girl so he/she is an &quot;it&quot; too</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/563667</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:40:19 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Today I was surveying my kingdom and I came across this audacious bird. It was sleeping under a car. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I was surveying my kingdom and I came across this audacious bird. It was sleeping under a car. At 1.45 in the afternoon. I squeezed under the car too and crept up close. Then I barked loudly into its ear and it almost jumped out of its feathers.

It deserves to be bald, such a lazy birdie.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>We hate the guards with dirty hands</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/563362</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:55:28 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/563362</guid>
		<description>We have put our plan into action. All my mamas are now very mean to the security guards, so that the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We have put our plan into action. All my mamas are now very mean to the security guards, so that they won't think they are our best friends and get too friendly. It seems the guards are perhaps getting the hint. But sometimes, it seems they are not.

We'll just have to keep this up.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I don't know if the cat is a boy or girl, he/she is just an &quot;it&quot; to me anyway</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/563049</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:21:02 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/563049</guid>
		<description>I went to the bicycle racks to look for the tabby cat again today. I've been barking at it for 3 day ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I went to the bicycle racks to look for the tabby cat again today. I've been barking at it for 3 days now. It always hides behind the bicycles, what a scaredy cat.

I strutted there again today and barked up a storm. My barking must have scared it insane and pushed it over the edge. For it suddenly snarled at me viciously. How out of character.

What fear does to a scaredy cat.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Planning my future</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/562734</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:02:33 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Last night I told ah bee solemnly to register a company for me coz I want to be a pimp. Ah ma overhe ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last night I told ah bee solemnly to register a company for me coz I want to be a pimp. Ah ma overheard us and laughed and laughed and laughed. I was a little offended. Ah ma said I had no inventory, how was I to start business?

I said I would be making a visit to the dog farm soon, and I would pick out the most sultry newly arrived puppies. I would groom them and then I can open shop.

Ah ma cackled till she was in bed and I stomped out of her room.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's raining panties</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/562451</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:30:28 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/562451</guid>
		<description>Ah bee brought home a load of panties yesterday. Like thirty or so. They are some lady's secrets. So ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee brought home a load of panties yesterday. Like thirty or so. They are some lady's secrets. Some had pictures of doggies on them, so I liked those. Ah bee and fomfomfom also liked them so much they wore the panties on their heads and took pictures. The layered panties they thought might become a fashion statement and they were proud.

It's just that the panties were too big for me to wear on my head or anywhere else.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee says she will be very fai with fom's computer , then she was verified</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/562114</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:41:16 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/562114</guid>
		<description>My hair must be long. I went down to play, then I shat, it was soft coz I'd been having lots of pork ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My hair must be long. I went down to play, then I shat, it was soft coz I'd been having lots of pork. *blush* Then we came up and cha spent 10 minutes cleaning my behind. Finally she gave up and she washed my backside. The indignity of it. 

A haircut will restore my dignity.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Like it is</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/561651</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:33:29 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/561651</guid>
		<description>We went to the vet's today. It was anal business. The vet woman started gibbering when she saw me, a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to the vet's today. It was anal business. The vet woman started gibbering when she saw me, and we paid her no attention. I squirted some juice on her arm and uniform coz she was making me so uncomfortable. When it was done I wagged my tail and they all laughed at me.

I don't know what's so funny. I wag my tail when I am happy.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma washed all my beds and blankets coz my head was smelly</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/561301</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:51:03 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>It was smokin' this evening. The air was all burnt and ashy and smelly. Ah ma pointed out a hill bur ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was smokin' this evening. The air was all burnt and ashy and smelly. Ah ma pointed out a hill burning yonder. Luckily the wind changed direction just as I was about to go for my evening walk.

Ah bee came back and sat with me and fomfomfom at the badminton court bench. A few kids came by on tricycles and declared me a doggie. Fomfomfom then discussed with ah bee whether to tell them I'm actually a persian cat from ancient mesopotamia. But then their grandmothers came by and we were afraid the kids would fall off their tricycles.

We didn't tell them.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My first rose</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/560944</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:40:34 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Ah ma laughed at me today, she said my boyfriends didn't give me flowers for valentine's day yesterd ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma laughed at me today, she said my boyfriends didn't give me flowers for valentine's day yesterday. I defended my boyfriends, as a loyal girlfriend should, I said they don't get pocket money, they can't afford flowers. But cha said they should have picked some flowers and given them to me anyway. 

All these comments made me feel less of a woman so I kept quiet. Luckily, ah bee remembered someone did give me a rose, so she brought it to me and I was happy again. I attacked it and its short life was worthwhile. 

What a joy a rose is.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I love my wife biscuit</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/560530</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:36:36 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>It is Valentine's Day today. I spent it lying around the house. Finally it was time for my walk, but ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is Valentine's Day today. I spent it lying around the house. Finally it was time for my walk, but the lousy security guard ZG had to come and harrass me. Ah bee was so irritated she yanked me home and proceeded to give me a bath coz ZG had touched me with his dirty hands. I was so unhappy.

And at night cha came back with a tiffany's little blue box and fomfomfom tied the ribbon around my neck and took pictures. I felt they were making fun of me. Later, they tied it around my tail too.

I found comfort in my wife biscuit. I hid it beside my volleyball, where I hide everything of any importance. But fomfomfom had to come and disturb our time together so I kept it in my mouth.

I love my wife biscuit, especially on a night like this one.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lucky day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/560185</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:37:39 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Woo hoo, it is friday the 13th today. I didn't meet any black cat who crossed my path today. Lucky m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Woo hoo, it is friday the 13th today. I didn't meet any black cat who crossed my path today. Lucky me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Murderers ought to be slow roasted</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/559812</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:58:01 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I saw in the papers today, this poor little koala bear. She was trying to flee the forest fire in au ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I saw in the papers today, this poor little koala bear. She was trying to flee the forest fire in australia and got her paws injured. Even her nose seems scorched. When the fireman found her, she held his hand and drank 2 bottles of water. The news brought tears to my eyes, all those poor animals who didn't manage to escape. I hope to make friends with this koala bear, I will hold her hand too.

The arsonists are murderers.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My bleeding gums</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/559432</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:06:29 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee came back with a long long stick of pork tendon. I wagged my tail so hard my backside almost  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee came back with a long long stick of pork tendon. I wagged my tail so hard my backside almost dropped off, and fomfomfom had it all captured on video. Then I took some time to figure out how to chew it coz it was so so long. 

So I started chewing and my gums started bleeding. Fomfomfom thought perhaps my teeth are so dirty my gums are inflamed and that's why they always bleed easily. I turned to say hello to ah bee and when I turned back, my beloved stick of tendon was gone. And I heard fomfomfom say dental scaling to ah bee.

It was then my heart and gums bled together.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Time to learn to read the time</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/558941</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:42:32 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I am 5 years and 2 months old today. I borrowed cha's calculator and found that I am 62 whole months ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am 5 years and 2 months old today. I borrowed cha's calculator and found that I am 62 whole months old already. But apparently this grand age did not impress my mamas; I did not get a cake today. Actually fomfomfom did inquire if I wanted my favourite pandan cake, but cha vetoed it. Coz the last time I had it I had explosive diarrhoea. No cake for da ping today :(

Ah bee came back and told me to remind her to bathe in 10 minutes. I don't know how to read a clock, but I agreed coz I am helpful. So I tried my best to estimate 10 minutes but I wasn't very accurate. I reminded ah bee 5 times before she declared it 10 minutes. I hope she was touched though, coz I really tried my best.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Doggoned dog</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/558548</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 06:57:41 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was watching CNN when I saw this dog who was so naughty. He's an 11-year-old husky who walked 6 mi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was watching CNN when I saw this dog who was so naughty. He's an 11-year-old husky who walked 6 miles to shoplift a bone and then walked 6 miles home. His owners pulled his ears and dragged him back to pay for it. Luckily for him, the supermarket decided to drop charges. I think he deserves a good smacking on the behind, but his owners bought him another bone instead.

Me, I will never steal. *proud*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's all fomfomfom's fault</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/558199</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 8 Feb 2009 06:39:52 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/558199</guid>
		<description>Oh woe! I have an ear infection! The right one! ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh woe! I have an ear infection! The right one!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I must take care</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/557899</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 7 Feb 2009 08:45:01 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/557899</guid>
		<description>Today I had a bath, and they forgot to put cotton wool in my ears. I didn't remind them, coz it was  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I had a bath, and they forgot to put cotton wool in my ears. I didn't remind them, coz it was good to be able to hear them during bath time. Ah bee realised in horror and we cleaned out my ears later. Hopefully I don't get an ear infection. 

I met a cat this afternoon, and then russell appeared and I said, out of my way, boyfriend! I have a cat to catch! But ah bee didn't let me go after the cat and russell's owner said he has arthritis. He's only six years old and I fear my joints might go the same way in a while. So I told ah ma she's got to make sure my diet has lots of collagen so my joints are in good shape.

I can think of lots of good food. My future is assured.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>We must age gracefully</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/557531</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 6 Feb 2009 06:57:34 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/557531</guid>
		<description>I saw on tv an american congresswoman. She was on cnbc and she gave me a fright with her botoxed-to- ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I saw on tv an american congresswoman. She was on cnbc and she gave me a fright with her botoxed-to-death face. I wonder why they do that, injecting poison into their faces. I think cnbc should be rated R21.

I fear I might be having nightmares tonight.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A whole new world</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/557188</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 07:07:27 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/557188</guid>
		<description>Today I walked to a gate at the back of the condo. And I took a real good look at what was beyond th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I walked to a gate at the back of the condo. And I took a real good look at what was beyond that gate. Oh, there were people and things and wide paths and water and trees. I wanted to go out there to explore. But I was trapped in the inside looking out, through bars no less. Never mind, I'm happy enough with the condo compound, coz I'm a contented girl. 

And it must have been because I was such a good girl, that someone omnipresent wrote a cat into my destiny shortly after. It was already dark but I saw the cat. Fomfomfom didn't see him and she was impressed at how I usually can't see a cat in front of me in broad daylight but could see one in the dark tonight.

I was really impressive. Ah ma heard me all the way up where she was. I gave the cat a good talking to.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My ah ma is back!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/556857</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 4 Feb 2009 06:57:28 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Yesterday I went down to play first, then thought I would catch fomfomfom and ah bee before they lef ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesterday I went down to play first, then thought I would catch fomfomfom and ah bee before they left for work. But alas, I only caught sight of the back of their cars and I couldn't say goodbye to them and I was so sad. To prevent such sadness today, I went down to play and forgot all about them. I think I'll just do that in future.

And ah ma came back! She is incorrigible, she went gambling again in this doom and gloom economic climate. And she lost everything, and declared proudly that she didn't even have 20 cents on her when she reached home.

Later I will go to my shoebox and scramble for 20 cents so I can give it to ah ma, because I love ah ma and ah ma loves me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The stuff of champions</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/556473</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 3 Feb 2009 07:12:52 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I am a champion today. I shat 4 times. Even the usually critical cha expressed admiration.

I feel ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am a champion today. I shat 4 times. Even the usually critical cha expressed admiration.

I feel noble.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I always keep my promises</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/556030</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 2 Feb 2009 06:03:19 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/556030</guid>
		<description>Ah bee wasn't with me today, so I intro-ed the cat to fomfomfom instead. He was lazing around under  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee wasn't with me today, so I intro-ed the cat to fomfomfom instead. He was lazing around under a car, so I reprimanded him loudly while fomfomfom squatted beside me and held my leash. I made so much noise that everyone who walked past us stopped to stare in admiration.

I must introduce the cat to ah bee too. Then she can squat beside me while everyone gawks in envy.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The last emperor of china</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/555681</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 1 Feb 2009 07:13:39 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/555681</guid>
		<description>Ah bee promised to bring me down to play at 4, but it was already 430 and she was watching this docu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee promised to bring me down to play at 4, but it was already 430 and she was watching this documentary on Puyi. I thought it wasn't so interesting but all my 3 mamas were glued to the tv. 

So I tried to entice ah bee to bring me downstairs. I told her I'd introduce cats to her, and with that promise I managed to pry her away from the tv. 

Alas we met no cats and I could tell ah bee was terribly disappointed. I don't blame her.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I had yet another perfect day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/555362</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:08:58 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>But it seems like I'm in the minority. I was watching tv with ah ma and fomfomfom, as we do most sat ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ But it seems like I'm in the minority. I was watching tv with ah ma and fomfomfom, as we do most saturday nights. Sisy's programme, she talked about how many thousands of jobs were lost and whole towns in the US are jobless now. And they interviewed the poor people on the ground, and more than one person cried about how hopeless the situation is.

I feel quite sad for the people.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>For once I was outside the house barking in at ah bee</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/554997</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:37:09 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning, fomfomfom and ah ma were driving to the market when they saw a dog with a collar cross ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning, fomfomfom and ah ma were driving to the market when they saw a dog with a collar cross the road right outside the condo. Fomfomfom had to stop her car in the middle of the road or she would have hit the dog. The dog wasn't very road savvy at all, fomfomfom worried all the way to the market and back. She thought it might be the dog poo activist's dog. If the security guards had seen the dog stroll out and not done anything, they ought all to be shot and drawn and quartered and tarred and feathered. But we don't know for sure whose dog it was. Maybe he came from the terrace houses nearby.

We hope he was just out for a stroll and is already home by now. But the way he crosses roads is worrying.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I must remember to ask ah ma for a $60 red packet</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/554662</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:59:31 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/554662</guid>
		<description>The schnauzer in a black harness with colorful paw prints all over it, I met her again today. Today  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The schnauzer in a black harness with colorful paw prints all over it, I met her again today. Today she was with her maid instead of her mummy. I think her name is really Baby. When I met her a few times previously, her mummy always called her Baby, I thought it was just an affectionate term. Today her maid called her Baby too. I giggled at her name, and she wanted to jump on me so I growled at her. She's only one plus years old, just a baby. I wonder what they will call her when she's older.

Giggles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma knows the security guard too!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/554216</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:20:15 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I haven't finished grousing about xie mie mie. Her mummy gave me a red packet, and then asked ah ma  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I haven't finished grousing about xie mie mie. Her mummy gave me a red packet, and then asked ah ma for one for mie mie too. Ah ma must have been stunned by the request because she handed over a $60 red packet! Mie mie's mummy only gave me $12, so mie mie won this round. We will fight it out next chinese new year.

This evening I ate something off the ground again. Fomfomfom was angry and yanked me home immediately. She washed my feet and left me on my perch for a while as punishment. Cha finally carried me down. I was hungry and wanted to eat but no one would feed me. So I barked and held one kibble in my mouth and jumped on the sofa so that they would know I was ready to be fed but everyone ignored me. Cha even came out of her room to scold me. I had to eat my kibble myself. I was miserable.

Luckily me and fomfomfom were friends again after 10 minutes. I don't like them to be angry with me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Xie Mie Mie</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/553782</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:19:54 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/553782</guid>
		<description>I do not like Xie Mie Mie. Xie Mie Mie is a silly little Shih Tzu who wears dresses and ribbons in h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I do not like Xie Mie Mie. Xie Mie Mie is a silly little Shih Tzu who wears dresses and ribbons in her hair. Most of all, I do not like her because she gets more attention from everybody than I do. I'll have all of you know I'd look prettier than her if only my hair were longer. 

Next year, next year I will remind Ah ma not to bring me to the groomers two months before Chinese New Year. 

Just now, Fomfomfom told me someone took a picture of the back of my head and asked me if I knew who the person was. D'oh! Do I look like I have eyes at the back of my head? Sometimes I worry about her. And all of us. Because stupidity is actually contagious. 

Yes it is. You heard it here first.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My 6th CNY</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/553426</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:01:56 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is Chinese New Year today. I slept on red packets last night to ensure my elders' longevity, or w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is Chinese New Year today. I slept on red packets last night to ensure my elders' longevity, or was it simply for good luck? Anyway, it is a tradition I faithfully follow every year. 

Then people came visiting and I was the good host. It was tiring but someone's got to do it. I was all tired out but we had to go visiting immediately after. I wished my mama a happy chinese new year and gave her 2 kumquats. My sister and brother fought again but they always do it so it's nothing new. I tried something new today, it's the pig's kidney. I can learn to like it.

We finally came home at about 5pm and I had to go for my evening walk. After dinner, I realised I was utterly exhausted so I slept in front of the tv.

It's time to sleep again now!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chinese New Year Eve</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/553082</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:16:34 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/553082</guid>
		<description>Ah ma says I must have a bath so that I may welcome the new year in style and cleanliness. And after ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma says I must have a bath so that I may welcome the new year in style and cleanliness. And after my bath, I wasn't allowed to take my evening walk. Only 2 walks today. I wasn't happy about it at all.

But dinner was a mitigating factor. They had steamboat and I ate out of the same pot too. I had pig's stomach, chicken, liver, whatever they were having. Abalone wasn't to my taste though so I spat it out.

We put money in red packets and watched tv at great volume all night. I'm tired now, and it's past midnight, so I will go and sleep. There are red packets under my bed. And there's money in them red packets. *glee*

Happy Niu Year!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Spirit in the air</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/552746</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:06:43 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/552746</guid>
		<description>Me and fomfomfom, we stayed downstairs until it was 8pm. Normally, that would have been dark and sca ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Me and fomfomfom, we stayed downstairs until it was 8pm. Normally, that would have been dark and scary, but it was different today. There were like 40 students having a barbeque, they were real noisy and happy. And the kids I know came down with their father and maids to play with sparklers. I sat on the bench with fomfomfom and watched them all. The wind was strong and it was a real nice and celebratory atmosphere.

But my favourite was still yesterday evening, when 6 year old amanda wished me happy new year, earnestly and with great sincerity. I think she's the cutest of them all.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bikini top</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/552335</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:19:47 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/552335</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom put her bras in the sun to dry. I thought I hadn't had a good sunning in ages, so I put my ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom put her bras in the sun to dry. I thought I hadn't had a good sunning in ages, so I put myself in the sun too. Fomfomfom finished her task, turned around and asked me if I were a bra too.

I said sniffily, I am not a bra. A bra is not glamorous. It is not seen in public. I am to be showed off. I am a bikini top.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Joint 21st</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/551964</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:35:11 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/551964</guid>
		<description>Ah bee got 12th place in her final legal exams. Fomfomfom insists she got 21st place 5 years ago, so ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee got 12th place in her final legal exams. Fomfomfom insists she got 21st place 5 years ago, so she's not too bad either. I think they're both not too bright.

And everyone is making ah bee buy them meals coz she did so well. I want to eat oysters but ah bee says that will give me a stummyache.

Maybe I'll ask for a couple thousand dollars as a token. Like fomfomfom. She says ah bee got lucky coz she was wearing fomfomfom's watch the pasha c basket, so she will charge ah bee a token couple grand.

Me too.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am a hero</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/551626</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:01:50 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/551626</guid>
		<description>I rescued Russel today. He is my boyfriend. His gate wasn't closed properly and he ran away from hom ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I rescued Russel today. He is my boyfriend. His gate wasn't closed properly and he ran away from home. Someone chased after him and brought him to the guardhouse. I saw him being picked up from a distance so me and fomfomfom followed behind. Like James Bond.

I dunno, but all white dogs look the same to me. We sprinted to russel's house, and met his mummy running out looking left and right in a great panic. We informed her proudly he's in the guardhouse and later the reunited duo were grateful.

In other news, a lady told me her little black dog is 13 years old and he's still a virgin. I nodded politely and later me and fomfomfom hid in a corner and held our stomachs and giggled.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>When I grow up....</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/551259</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:15:44 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I want to be an electrician. I grabbed ah bee's computer stuff wires and there was a light, coming s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I want to be an electrician. I grabbed ah bee's computer stuff wires and there was a light, coming straight from the heavens. I knew, then, that I was destined to be an electrician.

Fomfomfom asked me if I was sure I don't want to be a nurse. I was dismissive. That's a little girl's ambition. They all want to be nurses in kindergarten.

I'm already in primary 1. For the fifth year, no less.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The bean that bites</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/550840</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:56:57 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I met doudou and went after her. But when I turned the corner and finally caught up with her, her ow ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met doudou and went after her. But when I turned the corner and finally caught up with her, her owner had unleashed her to play and she came after me. Fomfomfom scooped me up immediately but doudou bared her teeth and wanted to bite me. She couldn't reach me but she bit fomfomfom's calf and broke fomfomfom's skin.

We quarrelled for a long time, I was in the air while doudou circled fomfomfom, while doudou's hapless young boy owner tried to leash her up but to no avail. Finally fomfomfom stood on a bench and instructed the boy to grab her collar first before leashing her.

I thought standing on a bench was unglam. It doesn't mean we lost to doudou. Her leash is rainbow-colored. Now that's unglam.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Amazing race</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/550486</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:08:19 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>They were watching tv at lunch today. Bad habit, I know. The documentary was on the Iditarod. Watchi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They were watching tv at lunch today. Bad habit, I know. The documentary was on the Iditarod. Watching the sled dogs in action, I was suddenly inspired to join the Iditarod myself. Yes, I think I will sign up for the next one.

I thought, even though I am very smart, I don't want to be the first dog leading the rest. I want to be the last dog, just before the sled. Then when the race starts, ah bee can carry me onto the sled and I can get a free ride. I even know to say "gee" when I want the dogs to go to the left. Or is it right.  

But fomfomfom says the dogs will be going in circles since I only know "gee" and not the other command. I dunno, I just thought it would be nice to have some ambition in life.

I. Will. Conquer. Alaska.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hockabaloo</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/550206</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:40:14 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Fomfomfom says she wants to skin the security guard. I agree. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom says she wants to skin the security guard. I agree.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am a lean and mean pai-c machine</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/549865</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:18:59 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/549865</guid>
		<description>Ah bee kissed me early this morning and told me she won't be coming back tonight. She's going to a r ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee kissed me early this morning and told me she won't be coming back tonight. She's going to a retreat. I thought that was very strange. She had just started work and should be trying to advance. Instead the whole firm has gone into retreat.

I dunno.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fat hope</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/549530</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:19:27 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/549530</guid>
		<description>This uncle told fomfomfom this evening that he wished he were me, coz fomfomfom and company take suc ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This uncle told fomfomfom this evening that he wished he were me, coz fomfomfom and company take such good care of me.

I strutted off arrogantly coz I am me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A life of danger</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/549148</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:38:52 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/549148</guid>
		<description>Oh, how the wind blows. Everyday, I fear I would be blown away. So far so good. But there is no guar ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh, how the wind blows. Everyday, I fear I would be blown away. So far so good. But there is no guarantee of safety. I heard temperatures in Thailand dropped to 2 degrees in the north. And 25 people froze to death in a day in Taiwan. 

What's a flying shih tzu in Singapore?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Twilight</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/548822</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:51:40 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/548822</guid>
		<description>I ate everything I could find on the ground and fomfomfom got angry again. So she hauled me home aft ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I ate everything I could find on the ground and fomfomfom got angry again. So she hauled me home after 40 minutes of walk and scolded me. After dinner, we went down again coz fomfomfom is a softie at heart. 

We met a little canadian girl who was with her father. She came to me and patted my head and gibbered to me. I thought we were cool so I stood on my hind legs and kissed her face. The silly thing started crying and was inconsolable. Of course she stopped, but only after a terribly long while and we think she's so silly coz she's only 2 years old. Just a baby.

We walked till twilight and it was my first time walking till so late. I want to do that everyday, but minus the 2 year old twit.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am such a poor thing</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/548459</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:03:57 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>My birthday was two days ago but no one remembered it. They even made fun of me that day, fomfomfom  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My birthday was two days ago but no one remembered it. They even made fun of me that day, fomfomfom taking off my collar and throwing it to cha some distance away, making me walk to cha to have it put on and then back to fomfomfom who'd take it off again. It's ah bee's birthday today and everyone remembered.

Not only were they not apologetic, fomfomfom even got angry at me today. I only ate 2 chicken bones during my walk, and she lost her temper and dragged me home after only 20 minutes downstairs. I tried to say sorry but she won't even feed me kibble by kibble. For the first time in a very very very long while, I had to eat my kibble myself out of the bottle cap.

I approached fomfomfom a few times and looked at her with big watery eyes but she stayed angry. Only ah ma would give me the time of day and she sayang-ed me and said poor thing and patted me. 

Half an hour of misery is a lifetime. Later fomfomfom was appeased and brought me downstairs again. We walked for one and a half hours. I was happy again.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Emptiness does not become a bottle cap</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/548172</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:29:00 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/548172</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom told everyone I was very playful tonight. But I think it's not my fault. She showed me the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom told everyone I was very playful tonight. But I think it's not my fault. She showed me the cap of my kibble jar, and tried to cap my nose, my ears, and then she hovered it above my head and told it to beam me up. I jumped and jumped and stood on my hind legs and tried to hit fomfomfom with my hands. I was so agitated fomfomfom surrendered and made me eat supper.

Out of that cap of course. A bottle cap should not be empty. When fomfomfom filled the cap with kibble, I calmed down and ate my supper like a good girl. Then she screwed the cap back on the jar and I couldn't play with it anymore. So I bit shiu shiu who squealed and squeaked and they all said I was too playful tonight.

I don't think so.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My pillow</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/547830</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:41:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/547830</guid>
		<description>My new pink pillow has a pillowcase now. It is bright and colorful. I think it's quite nice, so I sn ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My new pink pillow has a pillowcase now. It is bright and colorful. I think it's quite nice, so I sniffed at it and maybe I will rest on it when I deign to.

I like new things.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>foo...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/547551</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 9 Jan 2009 07:08:57 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/547551</guid>
		<description>The wind was so strong today I got a little frightened listening to it. Then fomfomfom brought me do ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The wind was so strong today I got a little frightened listening to it. Then fomfomfom brought me down for my walk and the wind almost blew me away. My ears flapped and fomfomfom held on to my leash tight in case I became airborne. It was an adventure.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Haircut</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/547237</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 08:16:15 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/547237</guid>
		<description>Cha and fomfomfom brought me to cut my hair today. I waited 40 minutes before the groomer would atte ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha and fomfomfom brought me to cut my hair today. I waited 40 minutes before the groomer would attend to me. I'm so tired from all that trembling.

Ah bee and cha kept laughing at me, coz a few strands of hair on my nose weren't cut and are longer than the rest. Was it something that happened in their childhood that left them so strange?

The only happy thing today was the secret I discovered while on my afternoon walk with fomfomfom. The playground is full of tasty nibbles! It is tidbits galore! The kids buy snacks from the vending machine and eat at the playground and they drop the snacks all over the place. I chomped down a xiaomantou before fomfomfom dragged me away. Later she won't let me near the playground.

I'll try again tomorrow.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ponyo on the cliff by the sea</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/546908</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 7 Jan 2009 07:06:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/546908</guid>
		<description>Ah bee taught fomfomfom how to sing the ponyo song and fomfomfom kept singing it to me today. I thin ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee taught fomfomfom how to sing the ponyo song and fomfomfom kept singing it to me today. I think it's quite a nice song.

At night ah bee said my mouth smells like I drank water from a fish tank again. She's been saying it for years. But I have an answer for her tonight. I told ah bee, that's because I am (singing) ponyo ponyo ponyo little little fish.

They praised me for being so smart.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The herb patch</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/546564</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:37:11 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I walked to the herb patch coz I remembered it was so fascinating yesterday. Fomfomfom was peering i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I walked to the herb patch coz I remembered it was so fascinating yesterday. Fomfomfom was peering intently, trying to find the dead white rat she saw in the patch yesterday, so that I won't step on it. She was so concentrated on the patch that she didn't notice me sniffing by her feet.

And there the dead rat was. Fomfomfom probably nearly stepped on it herself. Who dragged the rat out of the patch, fomfomfom cursed. And I got a good sniff before fomfomfom yanked me away. Giggles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Teleportation</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/546169</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 5 Jan 2009 07:07:41 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/546169</guid>
		<description>I was in the lobby when I saw this boxer-like dog. I barked up a storm but fomomfom won't let me app ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was in the lobby when I saw this boxer-like dog. I barked up a storm but fomomfom won't let me approach him. She then dragged me into the lift and before I could say "a pox on the box", the lift doors had closed and I was left in regret.

I scratched at the lift doors furiously and wagged my tail, staring hard at the renegade doors. Alas, when they opened, I was in another place.

Anger can really consume one if you're not careful.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My pillow</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/545809</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 4 Jan 2009 07:43:32 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/545809</guid>
		<description>I got a pillow today. It is pink and it is a little shiny. I immediately made myself comfortable on  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got a pillow today. It is pink and it is a little shiny. I immediately made myself comfortable on it.

I was very happy I finally got a pillow just like the rest of the family, but I begrudge them for taking so long to give me one. And it's one they're about to discard. My beds and mattress are so thin I hit the ground whenever I lie on them. 

This pillow is good and thick and I'll be sleeping on it tonight. It's just that pink is hardly royal enough for me. I'll get them to buy me a shiny yellow pillow, the color of chinese emperors.

Only that would be befitting.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pai Pai</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/545509</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 3 Jan 2009 08:16:35 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/545509</guid>
		<description>I had lots of great things to eat today. Ah bee gave me fried rice to eat just before we went downst ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had lots of great things to eat today. Ah bee gave me fried rice to eat just before we went downstairs to play. For energy, ah bee says.

At night fomfomfom came back with Popeye's chicken for ah bee. I had to have some too, so I sneezed and ah bee gave me some. And I sneezed again and again until the floor was covered with my mucus and fomfomfom and ah bee laughed at me. 

So I tried another tactic, the quivering lips. I showed them my lower teeth and quivered my lower lip. It was a moving scene. Fomfomfom and ah bee were duly impressed, but alas the chicken was no more. But they praised me and I'll be sure to use the quivering lips on them in future.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>We hate ants</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/545117</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 2 Jan 2009 07:59:38 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Ants bit me today. They were all over my legs, hiding in my hair and I couldn't get at them. They ma ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ants bit me today. They were all over my legs, hiding in my hair and I couldn't get at them. They made me so mad I bit fomfomfom when she tried to pick them out for me. Then they kept biting me and I was so angry. Fomfomfom had to bring me home to wash my feet and pick out the ants for me.

I thought that was the end of my afternoon walk and had just settled down to sulk when fomfomfom brought me down again. We played and sat around for a long time.

I was so tired that I didn't move all night except to go to bed.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy New Year, Pull My Ears!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/544687</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 1 Jan 2009 07:37:42 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>It is a new year, and I start the year with good intentions and resolutions.

But it doesn't feel  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is a new year, and I start the year with good intentions and resolutions.

But it doesn't feel much different. It rained this afternoon when I was playing downstairs and the wind blew the rain unceremoniously into my face. Boo.

And the cleaning auntie told me I am not allowed to cut my hair. That's because I look terribly cute the way I am now, my face is round like a ball. But my mamas insist I should get a haircut soon. Boo.

At night fomfomfom found a tuft of my white tail hair on the floor and exclaimed, what happened? She must have stepped on my tail, that's what happened. Boo.

Boo. Boo. Boo.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rouge is the wound on a woman's face</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/544315</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:43:46 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/544315</guid>
		<description>That's a bit of chinese poetry that left fomfomfom swooning. Of course it sounds a lot better in chi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ That's a bit of chinese poetry that left fomfomfom swooning. Of course it sounds a lot better in chinese.

Happy New Year to me! Me and fomfomfom and ah bee did the countup at home, as usual. We said, 1,2,3,4,5! Cha fell asleep in her boyfriend's place and didn't get back till well past midnight. But she still gave me my third kiss of the year. Fomfomfom was the first, so I gave her her first kiss of the year too. 

Hopefully, 2009 will see less natural disasters.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Whee!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/543841</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:36:24 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>It was cloudy and nice and I was harassing fomfomfom no end. So we went downstairs at 230. We walked ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was cloudy and nice and I was harassing fomfomfom no end. So we went downstairs at 230. We walked for 1 hour and 50 whole minutes! We only came back coz I was thirsty.

We must do it again, everyday.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chaos</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/543492</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:41:07 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/543492</guid>
		<description>There was a lot of loud voices in the house today. Fomfomfom and cha were screaming at ah gong, with ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ There was a lot of loud voices in the house today. Fomfomfom and cha were screaming at ah gong, with ah ma joining in, but I don't know what it was about. Later, when ah bee came back, she screamed at ah gong too.

But it's ok, coz my doggie world didn't change.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I have a wife biscuit</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/543118</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:34:39 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>They gave me a wife biscuit today. I liked it, so I went to keep it. But I couldn't decide on a safe ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They gave me a wife biscuit today. I liked it, so I went to keep it. But I couldn't decide on a safe place to keep it, so I finally settled on fomfomfom's lap, me and my biscuit, we would be safe.

Ah ma offered me bird's nest in exchange for my wife biscuit, but I thought I am already very beautiful, I don't need the tonic, so I politely declined. 

The unfortunate thing is, the biscuit is all wrapped up in plastic. I haven't figured out how to open it yet, so I will sleep with it tonight. If I meet Grandpa Zhou, I'll ask him to open it for me, and I'll share the biscuit with him.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Stupid</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/542773</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:45:20 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/542773</guid>
		<description>A car alarm went off somewhere. We're on the 12th floor but we can hear it clearly, it's so shrill.  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ A car alarm went off somewhere. We're on the 12th floor but we can hear it clearly, it's so shrill. It's almost 11pm now and it's been going on for more than an hour.

So ah ma turns up the volume on her tv to fight the alarm. The noise is enough to give a girl a headache. I hope someone calls the police soon.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Senile</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/542431</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:36:13 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Ah gong asked ah bee what day it is today. Ah bee said, Friday. Ah gong wondered aloud, then what da ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah gong asked ah bee what day it is today. Ah bee said, Friday. Ah gong wondered aloud, then what day is tomorrow? 

While cha sniggered and ah bee screamed, I thought, ah gong should play sudoku like ah ma to sharpen his brain.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/542093</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:11:56 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I thought long and hard and finally, I told cha with furrowed brows that this christmas thing is ove ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I thought long and hard and finally, I told cha with furrowed brows that this christmas thing is overrated.

It's no different from a normal day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Christmas Eve</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/541717</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:02:50 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/541717</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom promised me a chicken to celebrate Christmas Eve but she didn't get one. Instead she got s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom promised me a chicken to celebrate Christmas Eve but she didn't get one. Instead she got swiss cheese and ham and wine. The cheese was good, but that's all to the extent of my critique.

And we spent the night watching a show about constipation.

I don't feel very merry at all.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My news stand</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/541316</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:59:59 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Fomfomfom and cha told me today I should look for something to do. Whiling my time away is simply no ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom and cha told me today I should look for something to do. Whiling my time away is simply not done. They suggested I rent the monstrosity downstairs and set up a newsstand. That way I can be a shopkeeper and make some money too.

I will call it "Ah ma's newsstand". My ah ma, not yours, I see myself admonishing customers who wonder at the name. I was already calculating how many papers and cigarettes I can sell everyday when fomfomfom and cha vetoed the idea.

They said I will scamper off to play leaving my newsstand  unattended. Or I will forget to collect money from my customers.

I think they think too much.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma goes out to play</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/540863</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:23:40 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/540863</guid>
		<description>Ah ma went out for dinner with her friends tonight. Ah ma seldom goes out, and I was left with only  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma went out for dinner with her friends tonight. Ah ma seldom goes out, and I was left with only fomfomfom. I felt abandoned. Finally, ah bee came back.

But only a while later, fomfomfom went out again and I barked at her to tell her she can't go out. But she paid me no heed. So it was the last straw when ah bee went up the stairs to look for something. I barked at her and reprimanded her loudly and when she came down, I sat a long way from her.

Punishment is the only deterrent for all these wayward people.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Winter solstice</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/540504</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:11:20 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I'm one year older again. It's the winter solstice and everyone had dumplings. Except for me. I know ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I'm one year older again. It's the winter solstice and everyone had dumplings. Except for me. I know everytime I have a birthday I only get to take pictures with the goodies. So I told ah ma, click away. But no one took pictures this time so I'm a little confused.

I saw kiki and koko this afternoon. That koko is tres terrible. He peed on his maid's shorts twice while she was picking up his poop. He did that the last time too. Boys will be boys. Yuck.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What I think of them</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/540194</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:09:23 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>My toilet, I pee and they praise me. So I peed today and fomfomfom said, good girl!

Then ah ma sa ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My toilet, I pee and they praise me. So I peed today and fomfomfom said, good girl!

Then ah ma said, a swiss bank says gold will go to $300. Fomfomfom said, no way. Ah ma said, I saw it in the papers today!

So ah ma went looking for her papers and finally found it had become my toilet. Her bank analysis part was clean though. So she took it and showed it to fomfomfom, who insisted it was bollocks.

I think it's bollocks too, so I will be sure to pee on the analysis later, when ah ma replaces the paper in my toilet.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Soup</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/539884</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:24:56 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/539884</guid>
		<description>The recipe is dried cabbage, strange looking honey dates, pork and water. Boil for 2 hours and you g ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The recipe is dried cabbage, strange looking honey dates, pork and water. Boil for 2 hours and you get this wonderful tonic soup that's good for the lungs and happy on the tongue.

My nose was so happy I kept snorting at fomfomfom who was inhaling it by the bowlful. Fomfomfom agreed that it was too good to be kept only to humans so I got all the pork inside.

My stummy was so happy I was blissful for five hours. Then I wanted to play and ah ma declared she wanted to sleep. Spoilsport.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Colorless</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/539556</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:43:34 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/539556</guid>
		<description>I realise life without tidbits is colorless. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I realise life without tidbits is colorless.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>VIP at the vet's</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/539176</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:06:58 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/539176</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom and cha brought me to the vet's today. The vet woman let us jump the queue when fomfomfom  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom and cha brought me to the vet's today. The vet woman let us jump the queue when fomfomfom told her we were there for a blood test. We insisted on a red bandage when the vet woman offered me a blue one. I'll go outside and tell the crowd that you let us jump queue if you don't give me a red bandage, I said. I got a red bandage.

Giggles. But we still waited for an hour after that coz there were simply too many people at the vet's today. I saw a big golden retriever vomit and a fierce looking pitbull sort of white dog pee blood. It wasn't a happy place at all. Things took a turn for the sadder when it was my turn and the vet woman declared that my liver enzymes were too high and it was absolutely no tidbits for me. Then she cracked my tartar and put her fingers into my backside.

Boo.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My first christmas card</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/538803</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:00:01 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/538803</guid>
		<description>The mail came today, and there was a christmas card for me! It said, Dear Xiaoping and family.. For  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The mail came today, and there was a christmas card for me! It said, Dear Xiaoping and family.. For once I'm in first place! It is a historic day. I will keep the card in my shoebox carefully.

It was from the vet woman, a marks and spencer's card. I'm so pleased I will go and visit her tomorrow.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cha bought monopoly and I want to be the shoe</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/538419</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:03:23 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/538419</guid>
		<description>I saw a cat. It was a tabby and it had a collar on it. It strolled off so I tried my bestest to spri ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I saw a cat. It was a tabby and it had a collar on it. It strolled off so I tried my bestest to sprint after it, only it isn't easy when you are lugging along a fomfomfom attached to your leash.

And so, I lost sight of that tabby. Only I could smell him. But I couldn't see him, no matter how hard I looked. Later fomfomfom told me he was under my feet all that time, in the drain.

Sometimes you can't blame a girl for wanting to bite the hand that feeds her.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The perfume of the matter</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/538100</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:18:19 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/538100</guid>
		<description>It was raining the moment I got up, and I didn't get to go for my morning walk again. This december  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was raining the moment I got up, and I didn't get to go for my morning walk again. This december thing is starting to grate.

At night ah bee and cha gave me a piece of plastic they peeled off from a box of perfumes. As I am a girl, I love anything to do with perfume. The plastic wrapper was my most precious possession for the night. Ah bee tried to get me to leave it so I can pee, so I tried to bite her nose off. Fomfomfom tried the same thing and I snarled at her too.

Didn't get any of their noses though. It would have been apt, coz they don't respect perfume so they don't deserve noses.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>We love watching the nanny on saturdays</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/537824</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:28:33 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/537824</guid>
		<description>The wind was howling this afternoon and almost blew my ears off. Ah ma patted me and so I wasn't sca ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The wind was howling this afternoon and almost blew my ears off. Ah ma patted me and so I wasn't scared of the wind. Ah ma was pleased with me and generous with her lovin' coz I shat this morning. And ah ma gave me lotsa nice pork for dinner coz she says my insides are empty from lack of meat, that's why I didn't poop for 2 days.

Ah ma understands me best.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The moon is like a salted egg yolk</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/537516</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:42:42 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/537516</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom read online that a scottish terrier visited its master's grave everyday for fourteen years ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom read online that a scottish terrier visited its master's grave everyday for fourteen years. So she told me, I must remember to do the same ya. I snorted, of course not. I only asked for a wii, and watch how fomfomfom dithers. Give me a wii, then we'll talk.

Oh oh, and I also want doggie stairs. All that jumping on and off furniture is no good for me. That can be my christmas present. The wii is my birthday present.

All that pining is leaving me constipated. I haven't done the deed for 2 days, starting from the day I realised my wii hadn't arrived. Ah ma is anxious. Good. Then maybe she'll start laying the pressure on her wayward daughters. All 3 of them tightwads.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My christmas present</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/537232</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:15:59 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/537232</guid>
		<description>I stamped my feet this morning. I wanted my wii and the dance dance revolution game, but cha couldn' ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I stamped my feet this morning. I wanted my wii and the dance dance revolution game, but cha couldn't collect enough money for it. Fomfomfom used the excuse she hasn't liquidated her shares and ah bee fled the house first thing in the morning.

Luckily it rained heavily in the afternoon and I didn't meet the second floor kids. If they ask me one more time if I have a wii, I will break down. I don't care, I give cha till christmas to buy me the wii. After that, I will do the unthinkable.

For now it's still the unthoughtofble.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm a big girl now</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/536852</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:54:46 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/536852</guid>
		<description>It is my fifth birthday today. There was a big mango cake with 5 candles, but I didn't get a bite. T ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is my fifth birthday today. There was a big mango cake with 5 candles, but I didn't get a bite. They took a lot of photos of me and the cake. Then fomfomfom and cha blew out one candle each and ah bee blew out 3. Then they proclaimed me a big girl and I was, like, swingin'. 

During my walk earlier in the day, I met kiki and koko and they were so small their maid called me fat. I was so offended I thought maybe I can call the spca and complain she is starving her doggies. Then I will adopt them and feed them lots of food so they will get fat. Then I will return them to the maid and next time I see them, I'll call them fat. Take that!

I also met the kids from the 2nd floor and we had a shouting conversation. They asked me if I have a wii and I had to say no. I think they have one and they are playing lots of games on it. Cha promised me one for my birthday but I still don't see it. I felt inferior so I excused myself. I will tell cha all about this humiliating experience so she will feel ashamed of herself and buy me a wii.

Goodnight everybody!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My ah ma is back! *beam*</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/536543</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:00:02 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/536543</guid>
		<description>It was boring, being at home alone with fomfomfom. Finally, the lift ping-ed and I jumped up and das ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was boring, being at home alone with fomfomfom. Finally, the lift ping-ed and I jumped up and dashed to the door. Ah ma and ah bee were back! I wagged my tail so hard it hurt and I jumped and jumped and jumped. Ah ma screeched with delight and I got me lots of lovin'. And some roast goose.

My present was a branded bottle from the venetian macao. I must say ah ma and ah bee really understand my taste. I guarded it jealously the rest of the night, along with ah ma. Or the woman would sneak off somewhere again the moment I'm not looking.

Of course this is not a time to be grumbling. Everyone is back finally, except for merrilyn. But everyone assured me I'd get a new merrilyn tomorrow, in time for my birthday.

I can sleep in great peace tonight.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cold front</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/536114</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 8 Dec 2008 06:22:49 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/536114</guid>
		<description>It was raining the moment I got up. And then it rained for hours. It was such a cold day. And then I ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was raining the moment I got up. And then it rained for hours. It was such a cold day. And then I had to pee, and cha brought me down, and I rebuked her for it was so cold. We were back home in 15 minutes. And they even gave me a shower with scalding hot water. I was so angry with them.

Then fomfomfom brought me down and the rain had lessened somewhat. And it was cool and I walked about for more than an hour before fomfomfom hauled me home. And then she gave me a shower. Two showers in half a day is too much for a girl.

Ah gong came back and said it was the cold front in siberia that had made its way down to singapore. I saw fomfomfom and cha snigger, and I thought I should side with ah gong for once. It is rather cold today. Siberia is not too far fetched.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Karma</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/535742</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 7 Dec 2008 05:27:02 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/535742</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom was watching tv and sighing at mountains again. She wondered to cha, she must have been a  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom was watching tv and sighing at mountains again. She wondered to cha, she must have been a mountaineer in her past life and I was her loyal doggie with a small barrel of whiskey on my collar. That's why she likes mountains so much and is my slave now. Cha didn't agree.

To be sure, cha didn't disagree. She just thought there could be lotsa possibilities. She thought perhaps fomfomfom was a grizzly bear and I was a bee. We were both on the mountain and fomfomfom stole my honey.

Well I dunno about the past lives, but I know for sure in my next life, fomfomfom is still gonna be my slave.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma and ah bee go on a jaunt</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/535500</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 6 Dec 2008 09:04:27 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Ah ma and ah bee took their lugguage, like merrilyn yesterday, and then I lost my temper. So I didn' ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma and ah bee took their lugguage, like merrilyn yesterday, and then I lost my temper. So I didn't say bye bye and they disappeared. Fomfomfom told me they were going off on one of their gambling binges again.

At night I was alone with fomfomfom and I started thinking, what if one day they all go on holiday and leave me alone at home with an automatic kibble dispenser? I'd be all alone with no light once the sun sets. I can't bear the thought.

So when cha came back, I put on my cutest face and kissed her for a long time. I think it worked. Cha assured me they'd sooner ditch fomfomfom than ditch me. With that, my heart was at ease and I want to sleep now.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bye Merrilyn!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/535163</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:08:50 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning everyone woke up real early and I tried to steal a few more winks. But it was futile so ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning everyone woke up real early and I tried to steal a few more winks. But it was futile so I woke up with my usual enthusiasm. Merrilyn was going off with her luggage and fomfomfom carried me so I could say goodbye. Everyone said bye bye to merrilyn.

It turns out merrilyn was going back to the philippines. She has worked for us for 2 years now and it's time to go back home. Merrilyn has always doted on me so I want to wish her all the best.

I miss her already.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Kuai kuai long ti tong</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/534877</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 4 Dec 2008 06:23:16 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I don't know what that means. I just saw it on tv. No doubt the mystery will be revealed to us in th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I don't know what that means. I just saw it on tv. No doubt the mystery will be revealed to us in the coming days.

I took a bath today. Just when I thought I was squeaky clean, fomfomfom picked out 3 grass seeds from the side of my belly. They were clinging to my fur and they took a shower too. It's the kind of seed that appears in your primary three science textbook.

I'm only in primary one.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The bus conductor brought the bus into the terminal</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/534561</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:14:18 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom brought me on my afternoon walk today. We met lightning, mimi and janice. Lightning was so ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom brought me on my afternoon walk today. We met lightning, mimi and janice. Lightning was so happy to see me she tried to jump over mimi to get to me. But she fell onto mimi instead and they got into a fight. So I watched them fight and it was so silly. Giggles. 

At night we watched a documentary with ah ma and it was about this poor woman who tried to get back her lions. It was captivating and sad. We thought it could become a movie, so dramatic it was. Later ah bee played with me and said I was naughtier than the lion cub. 

I was insulted so I bared my teeth and said "Rrrra!"]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>When I grow up I want to be a conductor</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/534173</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 07:11:16 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They flooded the balcony today and I jumped in to play. But ah bee shouted at me and I came back in  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They flooded the balcony today and I jumped in to play. But ah bee shouted at me and I came back in a big hurry. While I wiped my feet, ah bee gave me a science lesson.

So there are only 4 things in the world that are perfect circles. Ripples, tree trunks and my big eyes.

At night I watched tv with ah ma and there was a conductor at work. A music conductor, not a bus conductor. It seemed quite easy. I just wave a baton about and have lots of expression on my face. Then I thought, my face is expressionless. But I can aways make it up with my tail. A little wave to the right, the drums come in. A quick shudder to the left, the trumpets blare.

Once more, with feeling.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tired out</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/533774</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 1 Dec 2008 07:39:26 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We heard this morning that a young cousin scored real badly in her primary school leaving examinatio ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We heard this morning that a young cousin scored real badly in her primary school leaving examinations. We all thought it very strange, how hard can primary school exams be? I spoke loudly until they reminded me I have been in primary one for several years and still don't know many words. Then I closed my eyes and pretended to sleep.

In the afternoon I played catching with ah bee. We were downstairs and I chased ah bee all over the place. I was so tired out I slept after dinner until bedtime. I only woke up so I can go to bed.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee is a honey bee and fomfomfom is a wasp</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/533436</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:29:32 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>There's this game called crazy daisy that ah bee likes to play. I don't like the game coz they like  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ There's this game called crazy daisy that ah bee likes to play. I don't like the game coz they like to play it and it takes both hands so I get less belly rubs. Sometimes they play it and I don't get to sleep at night. I would glare at them until they put it away, especially ah bee who is rather obtuse and needs a good glare.

Yesterday, ah bee taught ah ma to play the stupid game too. I wish a speedy death upon the palm and going by the sounds it makes, I think it's near.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Only 4 years old!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/533149</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:16:46 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I didn't want to eat kibble this morning coz I had no appetite. I only wanted my biscuit. But cha wa ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I didn't want to eat kibble this morning coz I had no appetite. I only wanted my biscuit. But cha was inflexible and cruel and she said no. So I went hungry. Later ah ma studied me and said I was starting to look old. Her heart softened and she gave me a biscuit, bless my ah ma.

I told cha, nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>You are my sunshine</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/532872</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:41:13 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Something very unfortunate happened to someone Fomfomfom knows. Everyone was shocked. I guess it hit ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Something very unfortunate happened to someone Fomfomfom knows. Everyone was shocked. I guess it hit too close to home this time. But nothing in my little doggy world has changed so I am comforted. 

Today the security guard uncle took a picture of me. I like him better than the other one. He gives good massages and he remembers my name. The other one calls me goodboy everytime he sees me. Sometimes he calls me goodgirl too. He is so confused I don't know where to start. 

Lemme tell you about my biscuits. Cha says that I am only allowed one biscuit after I eat my kibble. That is the rule. I hear her loud and good. So last night, I ate one kibble and I told Ah bee I wanted to claim my biscuit. Ah bee said she wants to box me. Just now at supper, I ate 2 kibbles and I told Fomfomfom I wanted that biscuit. Fomfomfom wanted to box me too. Then Cha says that I have to eat at least 20 kibbles before I get a biscuit. These people are trying to pull an Animal Farm on me but I didn't bite. I'm principled. 

Now if only I can stop thinking about that biscuit.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>El cheapo</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/532491</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:32:22 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Cha said this morning she may want to buy a wii coz its price has dropped some. I was excited, coz I ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha said this morning she may want to buy a wii coz its price has dropped some. I was excited, coz I thought then I would be able to play the dance game. There would be a mat, won't there, and I can jump jump jump on the mat. I can compete with fomfomfom and I'm sure I'd win. Cha said there's a yoga game and I can do yoga too. I'd stand on one leg and clasp my hands together and say "om". I won't fall over coz my tail will be like another leg. I can keep fit with ah ma.

Then cha said the price hasn't dropped to her satisfaction and maybe she won't buy the wii after all. I was disappointed. Cha said if it's games i want, she can switch on the xbox for me and she'd put on the legend on the drunken bastards for me. I declined. Drunken what-stards, compared to yoga? What lack of sophistication.

At night I made fomfomfom watch the little nonya with me. Coz I'm a little non. I watched it upside down while enjoying a belly rub and fomfomfom watched it right side up. I'm sure our enjoyment was the same.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Leaves don't grow on trees. Not here they don't.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/532041</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:19:18 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I found a leaf on the balcony just now. It was all dried up and crisp, the way I like my leaves. I l ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I found a leaf on the balcony just now. It was all dried up and crisp, the way I like my leaves. I love leaves. I love picking them up and tearing them into tiny pieces. I haven't done that since we moved. There were plenty of leaves where we used to stay but none here. Until I found one just now that is. 

I was so delighted with my find I trooped off to Ah ma's room with it. I jumped on the sofa and began tearing the leaf into bits. Ah ma was horrified because I was leaving leaf bits all over her sofa. She tried to take my precious leaf away from me. So I bit her.

She got really mad at me and she scolded me. That didn't really bother me. So she kept scolding me and I just stared into space. She said she would scold me for two days. I didn't care. And then she said I would not get any meat for two days. 

I can't have that so I went over and licked her hand immediately. Ah ma laughed and gave me a belly rub and that was the end of that little episode. 

Ah ma loves me and I love Ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tail waggin' da dog</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/531647</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:22:07 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was like fomfomfom's shadow today. I followed her everywhere all afternoon. Cha asked why fomfomfo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was like fomfomfom's shadow today. I followed her everywhere all afternoon. Cha asked why fomfomfom is in cha's room. I can stay but fomfomfom is not welcome. Fomfomfom explained that since her shadow is here, she must follow.

Then fomfomfom was chased out and I followed.

Ah gong helped me put on my leash so that I may go for my afternoon walk. I guess it was the first time but I was in no mood to savour it coz my walk beckoned. 

My walk is very important.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Getting too smart for everyone</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/531271</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:30:17 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Times are bad. People don't tell people things anymore. They think they have the right to do all sor ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Times are bad. People don't tell people things anymore. They think they have the right to do all sorts of things. They think they can keep things from others. It is strange. They think they have the right when they don't. They think they have the authority but they don't. They think they have a brain but alas.

But no problem. All it takes is a good hard slap left right centre up down inside and outside. Oops, that's 7 slaps. 

I'll do it!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Boney biscuit</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/530944</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:28:23 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>There's this new tidbit I have. It's a free gift when I buy the ultra-no-allergen kibble. It's a bag ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ There's this new tidbit I have. It's a free gift when I buy the ultra-no-allergen kibble. It's a bag full of delicious bone shaped biscuits and I get 2 a day, after breakfast and after supper. I always look longingly at the bag when my mamas forget to give me one and they will be quick to correct their error.

I didn't feel like supper tonight, only the biscuit so I looked longingly. Fomfomfom said I must eat my kibble supper first before I can have it and to emphasize her point, she took one biscuit and put it into my kibble bottle. Of course I had nothing but biscuit in my mind after that and I refused kibble politely.

The standoff was resolved in a while when ah ma came out and told fomfomfom to give me the biscuit and stop torturing me. Then ah ma looked fondly at me while I ate the biscuit and fomfomfom was the villain. I told ah ma, thank you ah ma!

Ah ma loves me and I love ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Goubuli not.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/530662</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:39:58 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I forgot to mention in my entry last night that Cha and I saw a piece of snake skin near the generat ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I forgot to mention in my entry last night that Cha and I saw a piece of snake skin near the generator room yesterday. It's a good thing we only saw the shed skin and not the snake itself. That would have been creepy. Fomfomfom was rather freaked out and she kept telling everyone to hit the snake 7 inches below its head if we ever run into one. I don't ever want to run into a snake coz I heard that Wernie's dog was killed by one. So remember if you ever see a snake, run. If you can't, remember Fomfomfom's 7 inches rule. 

Today was a much better day. Ah ma kept her promise and made me goubuli buns. I had 4 of them. They were so delish I even ate the skin. I don't usually like flour but I finished everything on my plate. But I think they should get a new name. Goubuli can't be goubuli. Not when I had 4 of them. 

Ah ma didn't want to give me a belly rub just now and so I threatened to leave home. I told her that I will pack up my bottle and check into Shangrila without her. She only chuckled. 

I forgive her on account of the buns.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Kan wo li bu li</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/530338</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:23:35 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma made pork buns that were both steamed and fried at the same time and I was intrigued, especial ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma made pork buns that were both steamed and fried at the same time and I was intrigued, especially by the way ah bee inhaled them. But there were none for me. Fomfomfom rebuked ah ma and ah ma was contrite. Ah bee said ah ma should make some goubuli buns for me next time so we can all eat buns together and how happy that will be. But I thought, goubuli means "a bun that even a dog ignores", so how can I enjoy a goubuli bun? If I do, it'll have to change its name. 

Such oxymorons disturb me. Yet the way the buns smelled today, I think I can overcome it. 

Yes I can.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Doggone faces</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/529978</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:15:36 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The stockmarket wasn't doing too well today and fomfomfom said to ah bee, look at those doggone face ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The stockmarket wasn't doing too well today and fomfomfom said to ah bee, look at those doggone faces. It turns out the other face belongs to ah gong, and my face wasn't even half as doggone as ah gong's.

And I'm much better at the stock market than ah gong. I have standing instructions to ah bee: buy me one share of SGX at the lowest price for the day. And sell at the highest. Like this, I'll be assured of profits every day. It's so simple I wonder why ah gong is so perplexed, and what sort of method he is using. Besides, it'll supplement my meagre pocket money of 40 cents.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The reason why no matter which house we're in, fomfomfom's room is always my toilet</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/529655</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:47:06 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I remembered some things today. Like how fomfomfom didn't feed me milk when I was only one month old ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I remembered some things today. Like how fomfomfom didn't feed me milk when I was only one month old so that even now, I'm smaller than my siblings.

At the thought of that, I walked into fomfomfom's room and shat on the floor. The room was dark and as planned, fomfomfom stepped right on my poo. What wasn't planned was, fomfomfom thought she had stepped on water and didn't look and stepped all over the house leaving poop all over. 

Ah ma gave her a scolding of course and my anger was assuaged. At least until the next time I decide to poo in her room again.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fat maggot</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/529218</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:42:03 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We finally collected the last of the canvas portraits today. Everyone laughed at me and said I looke ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We finally collected the last of the canvas portraits today. Everyone laughed at me and said I looked like I was getting my mug shot done in the portrait. They had a debate whether I was looking into the camera and ah bee finally concluded I was cock eyed and no one can tell. 

Later in the afternoon the man from the management office came. It was about water dripping onto our neighbour below. We had tried to fix the problem twice before and it's still there so obviously it's not our problem. The man was squirmy and lazy and tried to worm his way out of doing his job so he incurred the ire of cha. Fomfomfom declared she detested him mightily since a long time ago. Ah bee too. And ah gong, poor ah gong was chased out of the management office by this miserable maggot of a man when he went there for some official business. The maggot said no entry for anyone but employees. And his friends and cronies of course. 

I wonder if the maggot knows we're the ones paying his salary.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My doughnut was desserted</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/528778</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:24:10 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I went to the vet's today and met the resident shih tzu, who must be the 2nd most loved doggie in th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I went to the vet's today and met the resident shih tzu, who must be the 2nd most loved doggie in the world, after me, of course. Everyone just grabs her and gives her some lovin'. Anyway, I saw her dog tag and it read "camote", which must be her name. Strange, we thought her name was maugh maugh. They must have been calling her mote mote or something. 

I didn't think much of her name, I guess it only scores in the creativity and not the poetic department. A security guard who came in with a poor abandoned shaved dog thought so too, for he picked camote up and called her potato. I think potato suits her. 

I watched tv last night and this korean woman was singing a song with her daughter. It went something like, I want to be ketchup, I am a tomato. Well, I think camote will want to be a french fry since she is a potato. I will be the tomato and we will be good friends, like the french fry and the ketchup.

The vet woman cracked my tartar and I wasn't happy so I didn't let her complete her cracking. She said she'll continue doing it the next time I visit so I won't have to do dental scaling.

Seeing I was so upset, fomfomfom and ah bee brought me to the botanical gardens. I haven't been there for a few months, so I was happy again. But we met some strange tourists who wanted to hold my leash. Ah bee whispered to fomfomfom that they'll have to take her down first.

All sorts of strange people in the world. Zero etiquette.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Shiu Shiu is still wet and he is black again</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/528448</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:44:23 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma was trying desperately to dry shiu shiu so she put it out on the balcony first thing in the mo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma was trying desperately to dry shiu shiu so she put it out on the balcony first thing in the morning. But I was like a bloodhound. No matter how high ah ma put shiu shiu, I could sniff it out within minutes. Ah ma was so impressed and delighted with my skills she let me have shiu shiu. Then I put shiu shiu under my neck and took a nap. I was assured of shiu shiu's safety that way.

And I'm glad cha came back today. Ah bee always makes me angry when she doesn't sleep and the lights don't go off. And sometimes ah bee plays crazy daisy late at night and I'm sleeping and I have to lift my head in disbelief and stare at her.

It is straining our relationship.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Poor shiu shiu</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/528121</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:25:20 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I realised this morning ah ma had given shiu shiu a bath. I saw shiu shiu hanging on the clothesline ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I realised this morning ah ma had given shiu shiu a bath. I saw shiu shiu hanging on the clothesline and I demanded the indignity be stopped immediately but ah ma threatened to hang me on the clothesline too. 

To distract me, fomfomfom cut open the mini melon that ah ma had grown. It is organic and hokkaido and unfortunately grown in singapore. It had stopped growing after reaching the size of a tennis ball. It tasted melony but not sweet. Not bad, I guess.

In the evening, Ah ma had shiu shiu moved to another corner for drying so that I won't be able to find him, but I found him anyway and insisted ah ma give me shiu shiu or I would bark the house down. Of course I got my way. But shiu shiu was terribly wet and his hair was messy. I had ah ma give him a blow dry with the hair dryer but I wasn't pleased with the results. Perhaps tomorrow I will ask fomfomfom to dry him with curlers and the works.

And oh oh, I met an aggressive cat this afternoon. I was sniffing around the bushes coz I smelled cat and suddenly this ugly thing jumped out and I retreated and barked in alarm and the thing jumped back into the bushes again. All in a split second. When I turned, I found fomfomfom with her heart in her mouth.

So useless.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Anatomically speaking</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/527648</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:01:38 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee framed up my arm using her fingers and told fomfomfom, that looks like a chicken wing. Then s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee framed up my arm using her fingers and told fomfomfom, that looks like a chicken wing. Then she framed up my thigh and said, that looks like a chicken leg. 

And when ah bee scratches my cheek, she tells fomfomfom, look at pingping's cheeks. Fomfomfom would crow, cheeks! Cheeks! The cheek of pingping! Oh, the cheek of you! 

Sometimes I think the 2 of them are a little strange. I can only hope cha comes back from her vacation soon.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Moo moo monster drink hot tea</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/527311</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:39:44 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma came back from her gambling spree today. I wagged my tail and told her, ah bee beat me. Ah ma  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma came back from her gambling spree today. I wagged my tail and told her, ah bee beat me. Ah ma was all cooing at me and patting me and she said, we'll ignore ah bee and ah ma will sleep with pingping tonight. Coz ah bee sleeps late and I lose my temper when the lights are not switched off. Ah ma loves me and I love ah ma.

Then we immediately settled down to watch taiwanese news. I was surprised to learn of chen shui bian's arrest. He had been arrested for 3 days and no one told me! The outrage. See what happens when ah ma is not around to watch the news with me. 

Fomfomfom and ah bee are unsatisfactory baby-sitters. I have so much to complain to ah ma about.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Doggone it</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/526895</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:47:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was just lounging, and fomfomfom said, look at that doggone face. Ah bee kept repeating it and the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was just lounging, and fomfomfom said, look at that doggone face. Ah bee kept repeating it and they looked at me and laughed loudly. I got angry so I thought when ah ma calls home at night, I would tell her, fomfomfom and ah bee beat me.

When ah ma comes back tomorrow, she will then starve the 2 of them for an appropriate number of days. Then we'll look at their doggone faces.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma and cha are away</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/526476</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:10:02 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I got hold of a cheesy horoscope book from cha's desk. It tells of my fate for 2009 and of course I  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got hold of a cheesy horoscope book from cha's desk. It tells of my fate for 2009 and of course I was interested. So I am a sagittarius. My deepest need is to....hmm....expand mentally. My strongest virtue is my tremendous vision. No doubt due to my big and beautiful eyes.

I am most helpful to fomfomfom's sign financially, whereas ah bee is most helpful to me financially.My virtue is generosity, yet I must avoid being too generous with other people's money. I think this book is hinting I'm taking ah bee's money and giving it to fomfomfom. 

When I read that I am over optimistic and that I tend to exaggerate, ah bee applauded. She whispered to fomfomfom that my enthusiasm for life every morning at 730am is rather overwhelming.

I told ah bee, my over optimism is complementary to your pessimism. You need me. Now let's sleep so that when we wake up, it's 730.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bumble bumble</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/526002</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:22:32 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It's Ah ma's birthday today. I don't know how old she is because I can't count that high. But happy  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's Ah ma's birthday today. I don't know how old she is because I can't count that high. But happy birthday Ah ma! 

It rained all morning and all afternoon. I waited and waited but no one brought me down for my walk. I was in a bad mood all day. Until Fomfomfom brought me down at about four. It was still drizzling but we went down anyway. I heart Fomfomfom deep deep. We walked for 45 minutes and then Ah bee took over and we walked for another 45 minutes. I'm still a little shortchanged because I didn't get to walk in the morning but I guess I'll settle. 

Cha and Ah ma were screaming something about the toiletbowl. It wasn't pleasant so Ah bee and I, we went to hide in the dark. Of course there was nothing to do in the dark so I got a bellyrub. Speaking of bellyrubs, the toothless security guard downstairs gives very good massages. I almost flipped on my back today for him to give me a belly rub but Fomfomfom threatened to wallop me if I did. She thinks it's not polite. I can't help it if everyone adores me. 

And Fomfomfom was playing Flight of the Bumblebee just now. I told Ah bee that I am the Bumble in that song and for obvious reasons, she is the bee. She said it is mildly funny. 

She's just holding herself back, that's all.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sushi sushi</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/525611</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 9 Nov 2008 09:02:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>We met Nicky and his sisters today. They were upstairs on the second floor corridor and we screamed  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We met Nicky and his sisters today. They were upstairs on the second floor corridor and we screamed at one another like the last time. The second girl is four years old. Like me, she's only a baby. And she is very talkative. I don't mind that but Ah bee finds it hard to communicate with her. She asked Ah bee, "What time is 9 o'clock?" and ""What is Sushi coming?" and Ah bee couldn't answer her at all. I felt a little sorry for Ah bee. Just a little. 

And then we met a little girl at the swimming pool who chased after us in her oversized swimwear. She was so cute. And much more coherent than Nicky's sister. She asked Ah bee if I bite and whether she could pat me. And she would giggle when she did. I like her. And she's four too! We're all four!

I met Lightning later. We jumped around and pretended to chase each other. And then I barked at her but she didn't bark back. That's coz she's Lightning, only seen and not heard. 

Nicky's sisters came out again because their mummy wasn't home yet. They sang two songs for us. One was a song from the musical Rent and the other one they said it's from a game. Actually they only know one line from each song so all we heard were "Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes!" and "Come on everybody move your body!"

Little girls like us, we are so cute.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Swine and chicken.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/525238</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 8 Nov 2008 09:15:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Last night we couldn't get a good night's sleep. Coz the people at the construction site at the cana ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last night we couldn't get a good night's sleep. Coz the people at the construction site at the canal were making a lot of noise, piling and talking very loudly. It's bad enough they work weekends but now through the night? We're 12 floors up so I cannot imagine how the folks on the second floor felt. I think someone must have called the police because they aren't working tonight. I will sleep soundly tonight.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Collateral</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/524762</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 7 Nov 2008 08:07:46 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom and ah bee brought me to the groomer's today. Ah ma asked if fomfomfom has money to pay fo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom and ah bee brought me to the groomer's today. Ah ma asked if fomfomfom has money to pay for my haircut. Ah bee said it's ok if we didn't have enough money. They'll just leave me with the groomer as collateral while they go home to get money.

I thought that was a bad idea, coz in today's deflationary environment, I bet they'd get a margin call from the groomer's before they can even make it home.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma goes marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/524318</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 6 Nov 2008 08:03:44 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I went for my walk this morning and suddenly I wanted to inspect the lift so ah bee obligingly held  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I went for my walk this morning and suddenly I wanted to inspect the lift so ah bee obligingly held the lift for me to sniff. And what do I smell but....ah ma!

I followed ah ma's smell in the air and bounded to the carpark, and there ah ma was! She was about to get into the car with fomfomfom. I caught them and ah ma beamed and praised me for being a clever girl. Everyone fussed over me and I was real happy.

It was a wonderful start to a day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>All the better to see you with</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/523756</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 5 Nov 2008 05:38:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma made soup tonight. It is for brightening eyes, ah ma informed me. And they all had some, and I ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma made soup tonight. It is for brightening eyes, ah ma informed me. And they all had some, and I had none.

Of course I was having none of it. Both from their perspective and mine. I told ah bee, while she was having the soup, ah bee, ah bee, my eyes are so big but they have lost some of their lustre due to lack of nutrition. Can I have some of that eye brightening soup?

Of course I can.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bye bye yellow boots uncle</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/523334</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:56:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning I met the yellow boots uncle. He wasn't in his usual working t shirt and yellow boots.  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning I met the yellow boots uncle. He wasn't in his usual working t shirt and yellow boots. He told me he'd found a better job elsewhere, and I was happy for him. He was always the friendliest to me since I moved here and I will miss him.

I hope he will be happier in his new job.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy Birthday ah ma!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/522917</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 3 Nov 2008 07:16:20 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is ah ma's birthday today and everyone got to eat birthday noodles. But they forgot to give me an ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is ah ma's birthday today and everyone got to eat birthday noodles. But they forgot to give me an egg yolk so I was a little unhappy. Nonetheless I have only good wishes for my ah ma coz ah ma loves me and I love ah ma.

Everyone is saying I look like a dirty little cat. Then I was a little confused and my mood wasn't good. So I bit ah bee when she tried to take away my tissue paper. The blood flowed down her finger and I thought a cat can't possibly achieve that feat, so I strutted and told ah bee, you. are. the. cat.

I am a doggie.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I can't help it if I'm short</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/522555</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 2 Nov 2008 07:40:36 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee owes Cha $322.08. I told Cha that I would pay the 8 cents on Ah bee's behalf. But Ah bee told ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee owes Cha $322.08. I told Cha that I would pay the 8 cents on Ah bee's behalf. But Ah bee told me that she only has 8 cents and she needs me to bail her out. So I need to come up with $322. But I don't have $322. Not even if I empty out my shoebox. Now I know how Ah Jek felt. I needed to touch Ah ma for that spot of money. 

And I could have gotten it if not for my height. Ah ma was giving me a bellyrub and she told me that I have to give her a shoulder massage. I would have used that to ask her for the money but I can't reach her shoulders. 

Do you think she'll settle for a toe lick instead?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I farted all night</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/522273</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 1 Nov 2008 10:30:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was raining when I woke up. But I had to go down to pee so we went when it was drizzling. It was  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was raining when I woke up. But I had to go down to pee so we went when it was drizzling. It was so cold I was shivering less than 15 minutes into my walk so we went home.

Then it was sweltering in the afternoon. I don't understand the weather at all.

At night ah bee wanted to take a nap so she kept my milkstick under her armpit so I won't be chewing at it unsupervised. Now it tastes sour.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tweek or tweet</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/521906</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:34:42 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is halloween today and i got a treat. Ah ma made some tonic soup and I got egg yolk, black chicke ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is halloween today and i got a treat. Ah ma made some tonic soup and I got egg yolk, black chicken and some very tasty egg white for supper. Fomfomfom said if it doesn't kill me, it will be very good for me. I agreed enthusiastically.

Fomfomfom always tells cha to hang her wet underwear in her room at night so that there will be moisture and her skin won't dry out. She egged cha to hang the wet stuff closer and closer to her bed until cha offered to drape her wet panties on her face when she sleeps so that there will be maximum hydration. Fomfomfom was nodding approvingly at the idea until cha tells her that it will make her skin drier. Something about the heat from the face will be absorbed and whatnot. All that scientific stuff. 

Later, cha whispered to me she saw a flicker of sudden horror cross fomfomfom's face. We high fived and agreed fomfomfom won't be applying her wet panties on her face tonight.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ppp and ppp</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/521489</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:42:42 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom and ah bee were talking last night about how old they feel. I arrived in january 2004, so  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom and ah bee were talking last night about how old they feel. I arrived in january 2004, so the time before that was pre-pingping(they were young) and time after was post-pingping(and then they are old). I giggled in a corner as the old bags reminisced and later fomfomfom said, yo, benchmark, time for bed.

I'm a benchmark! But I thought that was appropriate, coz I'm black and white. Demarcation is clear and no grey areas. 

I'm a very clear benchmark. With a bit of pink.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Still too loud</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/521144</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:45:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I remembered I had a play date,so I went downstairs on time. But my playmates didn't show up. I was  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I remembered I had a play date,so I went downstairs on time. But my playmates didn't show up. I was a little upset until I heard someone cry on the second floor. I thought perhaps they were being punished and their mother didn't allow them to come down. I thought, there are times to be sympathetic and times to be angry. This time, I was sympathetic.

It was the other way round at home. Everyone was angry at ah gong coz he was too free and had come up with a hare brained idea that promised to blow up in future. Apparently the day of reckoning had come for our self-styled hedge fund relative and things were getting delusional, undignified, shameless and suicidal.

I shan't go on coz it's so silly it's not worth a moment more of my time.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too loud</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/520788</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:19:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I met niki and his 2 sisters. But they were stuck on the balcony on the 2nd floor, so we were shouti ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met niki and his 2 sisters. But they were stuck on the balcony on the 2nd floor, so we were shouting to each other and we have a date for tomorrow. We will play together on the 1st floor instead of shouting.

Then I met Lightning. She is only 8 months old. Such a baby, and such a loud voice. I was a little scared of her. She seems a little rabid. I wanted fomfomfom to carry me home after 5 minutes with her, she's rather exhausting.

The water feature broke down and was leaking all over the place. Cha bought a new one with disco lights and maybe it will bring us better fortune than the leaking one.

And these days, they are talking very loudly in the house. They all seem rather agitated. Fomfomfom seems to have no end of swear words, and they seem to be all directed at a third auntie, or a third uncle, or maybe both, since the vulgarities were plenty to spread around. Maybe we don't like 3rd relatives.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mexican jumping bean</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/520452</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:47:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I was surprised to meet a shih tzu I'd never seen before today. But I have seen her owner around so  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was surprised to meet a shih tzu I'd never seen before today. But I have seen her owner around so she must have been staying at home most of the time. Anyway, her name is dou dou, it means bean. But I don't know what kind of bean she is.

There might be a reason why I don't see her around. Maybe she has no leash. Her owners were 2 kids being chaperoned by a maid, and they had attached a karabiner to her collar, and then attached some thin string to the karabiner. It was so funny, and coz dou dou tried to pounce on me, the kids had to hold on tight to her string. While the collar wasn't causing dou dou particular pain, the string was cutting into the owners' hands and we thought this motley gang of kids, maid and bean were cute.

Maybe I will buy dou dou a leash. Then we can meet and play together everyday.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Egg yolk is like a moon</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/520145</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:13:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is apparently fomfomfom's birthday today. I was confused, coz I remembered her birthday as a diff ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is apparently fomfomfom's birthday today. I was confused, coz I remembered her birthday as a different date. Ah ma told me it's her lunar birthday. Well, I thought maybe i'll wait till it's her solar birthday before I sing her a birthday song. Besides, I need time to learn the song. I want to be able to present fomfomfom with the traditional chinese birthday song.

And since it was a birthday, we had noodles and eggs. Ah ma gave me an egg yolk. And I thought i'll pretend it's my lunar birthday every mon, wed and fri so we can all eat eggs all the time.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sorrow Part III</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/519874</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:56:24 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/519874</guid>
		<description>The good thing is I didn't have a sorrowful day; Fomfomfom was the one. And it was real sorrowful to ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The good thing is I didn't have a sorrowful day; Fomfomfom was the one. And it was real sorrowful too, if you ask me. It's okay Fomfomfom, today didn't happen. Your day got swallowed up in a black hole. 

Mine didn't. Today we met Ngak ngak ngak. Ngak ngak ngak is a girl and her name is Lightning. Lightning! That is a very cute name, but it's not very appropriate. She's so obviously a Thunder. Yes, she is. And I was thinking, maybe, maybe I should call myself Tzu-nami-koh. Giggles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sorrow Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/519566</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:40:41 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>It was a sorrowful start to a day. I woke up, tail waggin'. I looked at cha expectantly, only to be  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was a sorrowful start to a day. I woke up, tail waggin'. I looked at cha expectantly, only to be told it's raining. No morning walk. I went out to look at ah ma sorrowfully, but it was still raining. Fomfomfom woke up and I looked at her sorrowfully, only to be told fomfomfom can't stand the misery and so she went out to escape my sorrow and have her morning cuppa.

Ah bee woke up after noon and I looked at her sorrowfully. Only this time it worked and fomfomfom told ah bee she had broken 2 toes and dumped me on ah bee. So ah bee brought me downstairs for my walk and I was happy again.

When I came back, I was full of happiness and I went out to the balcony to survey my kingdom 12 storeys below and lo and behold! A pot! It was a rare sight so I went to eat the soil, which was, happily, freshly fertilised. Fomfomfom caught me and ah ma was alerted and I got a half hearted mouth wiping from fomfomfom. Then I picked up ah ma's slipper and ran off to show my displeasure and ah ma chased me with the other slipper and finally enticed me with half a sweet potato that I deigned to barter for.

Later, as I waited for my afternoon walk, I followed fomfomfom all around as a reminder. But it didn't happen and I was sorrowful again. So my day started and ended with sorrow and it is a regrettable day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My sorrow</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/519255</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:14:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Cha came back with a SPCA doggie calendar. Dogs are featured every month and they are all ex-strays  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha came back with a SPCA doggie calendar. Dogs are featured every month and they are all ex-strays or unwanted pets with their own story. Fomfomfom thought their pasts are so sad, so she told me I'm a lucky doggie. I said, I have my sad stories to tell too. Just that no one will listen. So fomfomfom offered to listen to my sorrows.

First, I told her, I walk for 2 hours a day, and I'm all tired out by night time. So I rest, but ah ma calls me lazy. I would cry if I weren't so tired. Second, ah ma sees on tv how the civil servants are having their bonuses reduced. And she turns to me and told me I can only have 40 cents a day now for pocket money. I knew it would be futile to protest so I continue resting.

And that was just for today. If I were to list out all my sorrows, I'm afraid fomfomfom won't be able to take it.

And they think my life is a bed of roses.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I don't like curry flavoured twisties</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/518942</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:22:20 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/518942</guid>
		<description>I was on my morning walk when we came across the uncle who sweeps up leaves. He said, &quot;hello pingpin ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was on my morning walk when we came across the uncle who sweeps up leaves. He said, "hello pingping! There's a black cat here!" I was pleased. It's good to have them well trained. So I showed my appreciation by barking up a storm.

During my afternoon walk, I met the big headed boy and his mommy. He used to like to approach me, but today he ran away. He ran because he'd just discovered running so he doesn't walk anymore. He runs everywhere on his squeaky shoes. Anyway, his mommy told us he has been scared since he witnessed my quarrel with ngyak ngyak ngyak a couple of weeks ago. I tried to tell him he has nothing to fear but fear itself, but he was already gone in a cloud of smoke.

Fear is indeed a fearful thing.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pot calling the kettle black</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/518572</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:53:24 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/518572</guid>
		<description>It was so boring today. I told ah ma to give me a belly rub. The fact that ah ma was having a nap at ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was so boring today. I told ah ma to give me a belly rub. The fact that ah ma was having a nap at that time was a mere detail. But ah ma had to go and tell everyone I haven't been a good girl. 

So I decided to take naps myself. At least no one would say I'm being naughty when I'm sleeping. So after my dinner, I slept and slept. And they had to disturb me. Ah bee taught fomfomfom how to slowly walk towards me so that I would think something is up and wag my tail. Then fomfomfom is supposed to turn around and run for her life. I was duped and chased her around the house until I realised nothing was up. 

And they have the cheek to say I'm naughty.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fancy colors</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/518180</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:45:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Fomfomfom came back with a t shirt 2 nights ago. It had the words &quot;holy shih tzu!&quot;, right in the cen ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom came back with a t shirt 2 nights ago. It had the words "holy shih tzu!", right in the centre, big and bold. It was a gift from a friend. And while it looked like it was worshipping shih tzus, I dunno, I have a bad feeling about it. It must be poking fun at us shih tzus, though I haven't figured out how. I shall shred it to pieces before fomfomfom can have a chance to wear it. 

Besides, I'm not sure magenta is her color.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Close, but no cigar</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/517894</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:43:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/517894</guid>
		<description>Ah bee was going out today and asked me if there was anything she could get for me. I said I wanted  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee was going out today and asked me if there was anything she could get for me. I said I wanted to eat ice cream, she should get the chocolate cones for me. I also specified that the cones should contain melamine,coz melamine is everywhere these days, it's almost a dietary requirement. But ah bee would have none of it. And so I had none of it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mummy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/517625</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:19:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I heard from my ah ma that my sugar mummy is having skin problems, and she's not allowed to eat any  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I heard from my ah ma that my sugar mummy is having skin problems, and she's not allowed to eat any meat. And my brother cocoa and sister zhuzhu are on the same austerity diet too. I thought of them while munching my way through my plate of pork for dinner. It must be hard on them, for I underwent the same torture for a few months a while back. Luckily my skin cleared up. I hope mummy sugar gets well soon. I hear she has lost weight.

I must remember to tell them the brand of shampoo I'm using. It might be of help.

I miss my mummy.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cooper cooper, mini cooper</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/517267</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:26:17 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Ah ma instructed Merrilyn to wash everybody's cars today but no one mentioned my cars so I got angry ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma instructed Merrilyn to wash everybody's cars today but no one mentioned my cars so I got angry. I threw a hissy fit and then I insisted Merrilyn wash my 2 mini coopers too. To placate me, fomfomfom said she'll wash my cars. I pointed to the cabinet so that fomfomfom would know where my cars were. I told her she had to be extra careful with my red cooper. If water gets into the sensitive parts, it would turn into an ornament like the yellow cooper.

Then I told cha it's time I changed cars. I only go for mini coopers coz they are cute and luxurious, like me. I would want the orange and electric blue ones. Cha nodded and said she would jot it down.

At night I was sleeping on the sofa while ah bee and fomfomfom watched tv. I had a bad dream and when I woke up, they were sniggering with ah ma about how I was wagging my tail and whining in my sleep. I thought that was so rude of them all.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too sexy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/516807</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:59:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/516807</guid>
		<description>Cha and fomfomfom were watching a latin dance show today and fomfomfom groaned that kids doing latin ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha and fomfomfom were watching a latin dance show today and fomfomfom groaned that kids doing latin dance was kind of gross. All that twisting and trying to be sexy and adulty and it seemed all wrong. I had to defend the kids. I'm always very sexy, too sexy and I'm just a baby.

Cha and fomfomfom then decided it's ok for me coz my sexiness radiates from my very core while those kids doing latin dances are merely trying to emulate adults. That's why they are gross and I'm not.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm too sexy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/516352</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:59:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/516352</guid>
		<description>Cha told me to help assemble a DIY clothes rack. I told her I'm too sexy, too sexy for any kind of w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha told me to help assemble a DIY clothes rack. I told her I'm too sexy, too sexy for any kind of work.

Then ah bee told me to go over and sit with her. I told her I'm too sexy for her. So ah bee said next time I want to go down for a walk, I should ask my tail to bring me downstairs. I then apologised for making a mistake. I was only too sexy for my tail, not for ah bee. It was a freudian slip of the tongue. And that's coz my tongue hasn't been getting much nourishment recently, that's why it slips easily.

Ah bee was appeased and ah ma gave me some nourishment for my tongue and I'm confident I won't be making any more slips of the tongue tonight.

And my tongue, now it feels so sexy too.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>K9 to 5</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/516048</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:50:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/516048</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom and ah bee were watching this horror documentary on tv at lunch. It was about dogs with jo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom and ah bee were watching this horror documentary on tv at lunch. It was about dogs with jobs. There was a volunteer at a hospital, there were some who retrieve baseballs from the water, and others with similar distasteful jobs. I only liked the part about the dogs who get on the schoolbus to go to day care. At least when the schoolbus went, they could look at the scenery and their ears flapped. 

The show was so lousy I decided to focus on the boiled egg in ah bee's hand. I only like the yolk, and fomfomfom tried to make me give my paw in exchange for some yolk. I thought the egg was in ah bee's hands, why would I waste any time on that stupid fomfomfom. Evidently that thought didn't occur to fomfomfom. I ignored her and she muttered something under her breath and went back to her stupid show.

Ah bee called me K9. I told her I'm only in K2. Actually that was a stretch. I didn't even pass level 1 of kindergarten.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The doggie in the window</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/515657</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:21:56 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/515657</guid>
		<description>I made a great discovery today. There is a dog living in the window pane. I was out in the balcony t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I made a great discovery today. There is a dog living in the window pane. I was out in the balcony this morning with my toy shiu shiu. I wanted to look into the house but I saw another dog staring back at me. I dropped shiu shiu in alarm and started barking at the dog, who barked right back. The dog had a shiu shiu too.

Fomfomfom looked out to see why I was so fierce, and she didn't understand why until she stepped out into the balcony. I showed her the dog and told her I don't bark for no reason. Fomfomfom nodded knowingly and giggled and told ah bee and cha to come and see this new dog in the window.

I was having the fight of my life and there they were giggling. They said I was a good girl and asked me to come in. It was so patronising. I should be barking at them instead.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Profits II</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/515276</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:46:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/515276</guid>
		<description>I thought about it all weekend. Something wasn't right. How can my profits on 500 ounces of gold be  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I thought about it all weekend. Something wasn't right. How can my profits on 500 ounces of gold be only one lollipop? So I confronted fomfomfom. She was shamed and contrite. Almost in tears, she admitted my profits on last week's great rise in gold was in fact 3 lollipops.

I was pleased that my rightful profits were not denied me. Yet unsettled. Speculation as such could bring about such lewd profits! No wonder people get greedy. 

I can feel greed devouring me right now. I'm already thinking of my next great trade. Can't wait.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My stummy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/514891</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:04:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/514891</guid>
		<description>Last night at about 2a.m, I rushed out of the room in a great hurry. I ran straight to the balcony a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last night at about 2a.m, I rushed out of the room in a great hurry. I ran straight to the balcony and started pacing up and down. Then Cha chased me in but I continued darting around the house. They couldn't quite understand what I was doing; they thought I was hyperactive. Perhaps due to the sugar overload from the pandan cake I had. That is until I started sniffing around in circles. That means I have to go. It took me quite a while to find a satisfactory spot but I went at least. I had the runs. My poor stummy. Must be all the pork. And cake. And crab. Oh that beautiful crab. 

So this morning, I went to Ah ma and told her about my rumbling stummy. I got meself some lovin' from Ah ma. 

I feel better now.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy birthday to me!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/514511</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:03:20 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>It is my birthday again today. I am 4 years and 10 months today and I got a slice of pandan chiffon  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is my birthday again today. I am 4 years and 10 months today and I got a slice of pandan chiffon cake. I shared it with fomfomfom and we had it for dessert after dinner.

It was shih tzu day at the vet's today. We had one here, one there, even one baby sleeping on the magazine table. It was disgraceful. But he looked less than a month old so we didn't scold him. We went to see the vet coz we received a rabies vaccination reminder. We thought it was dodgy coz it came with other irrelevant reminders so we thought their computer system probably had rabies. Indeed the vet confirmed the clinic had rabies. And I finally put on some weight. Now I am 5.55kg, fomfomfom is pleased.

At night ah ma came back from her gambling spree and she rang the bell and we opened the door to see her standing with 2 tall caucasian girls. They are our neighbours, on school exchange programmes. They were making pizzas and wanted to borrow a cup of flour. A cup! ah ma exclaimed. Take the whole bag! They were happy and we were happy and we settled to ah ma's heroic tales at the gambling tables.

I waited all night but the girls didn't come by to give me a pizza.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>One night only</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/514202</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 9 Oct 2008 08:30:16 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/514202</guid>
		<description>Ah ma is in another country gambling up a storm, and ah gong seems a little lonely. We were all in c ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma is in another country gambling up a storm, and ah gong seems a little lonely. We were all in cha's room, and ah gong was hovering at the door, asking this, then that, then giving advice. Ah bee was entertaining him, fomfomfom was not talking, I was listening carefully, and cha finally threw him out.

I thought he's just a lonely old man who wanted to talk. Ah bee suggested I sleep in ah gong's room tonight, I will listen to him talk all night and then he can tuck me in. It will only be for a night coz ah ma comes back tomorrow and they can go back to enjoying each other's company.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Profits</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/513887</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:46:03 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/513887</guid>
		<description>I heard ah ma go off again early this morning, when it was still dark. I scratched the door to ask c ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I heard ah ma go off again early this morning, when it was still dark. I scratched the door to ask cha to let me out so I may say goodbye to ah ma, but cha didn't open the door for me. Sigh, ah ma was off on one of her numerous trips, I guess not saying goodbye is no biggie. She does it all the time. The more important thing is I forgot to tell ask ma to bet $50 on big for me.

But I had profits elsewhere. It seems the price of gold went up today, so I told fomfomfom that I will take the profits on the 500 ounces of gold I told her to buy yesterday. Fomfomfom tried to protest I didn't tell her to buy anything yesterday but I would not have it. I asked ah bee to calculate the profits and--was that a wink I saw from fomfomfom to ah bee?--after some intense mindwork, ah bee grandly declared that the profit is a lollipop. Satisfied, I told ah bee to remember to collect my lollipop and put it in my shoebox.

Trading is such satisfying business.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Kiss and tell</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/513470</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 7 Oct 2008 07:34:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I met an iguana today. I hadn't had time to ask his name before he ran away. I wanted to catch him t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met an iguana today. I hadn't had time to ask his name before he ran away. I wanted to catch him to bring home for fomfomfom but I only managed to kiss him. I didn't want to kiss and tell so I made no mention of the encounter to anyone at home.

Ah bee, however, adheres to an altogether different moral code. It is reprehensible how she spilt the beans and fomfomfom made her wipe my mouth before she will let me kiss her. Next time I witness any of ah bee's encounters of such kind I will shout it from the rooftops. And then I will scrub out her mouth too.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>2 cats and 3 dogs this morning. Whee!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/513042</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:40:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I got this big swollen bump on my right eyelid this afternoon. Fomfomfom was so alarmed she screamed ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got this big swollen bump on my right eyelid this afternoon. Fomfomfom was so alarmed she screamed for cha to come take a look, who dismissed it as an insect bite. Or, aha! It might be the duck fomfomfom fed me for lunch. An allergy! Cha gave fomfomfom dirty looks and said I shouldn't be eating too much meat.

I went for a walk with the lovely fomfomfom and when I came back, the bump was gone. Aha! It must have been an allergy, cha declares. Fomfomfom got only dirty looks. I told fomfomfom, it's ok. I will treat her well. Just keep all that exotic meat coming.

Ah ma was watering her plants with fishy water again. I had to get some of that tasty stuff, so I licked the flower pot. That, ah ma saw. Cha didn't tell ah ma I licked the soil too in case ah ma drags me for mouth cleaning. I got a scolding from cha and the lovely fomfomfom kissed me and said it's ok.

At night me and fomfomfom and ah ma watched the dow drop off a cliff and I decided I had to sleep soon. Coz not many people will be able to sleep tonight and grandpa zhou will be very free to play the swing with me. Whee!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>World Animal Day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/512687</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 5 Oct 2008 08:12:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>According to the papers, apparently it is world 'nimal day today. Cha informed me of that pleasant f ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ According to the papers, apparently it is world 'nimal day today. Cha informed me of that pleasant fact, and I thought, good for all you animals out there!

I asked cha when it is world baby day coz that would be when I can celebrate. Cha said she didn't know, but we can privately designate today as world smelly baby day and I can celebrate.

I thought, that's not a bad idea at all. Though I had a bath today and I'm not a smelly baby. I will be sure not to bathe on this day next year so that I can celebrate my day properly.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cha cha cha!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/512400</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 4 Oct 2008 10:19:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is Cha's birthday. One more year and she'll be tofu dregs. That's not the saddest part about t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is Cha's birthday. One more year and she'll be tofu dregs. That's not the saddest part about today; the saddest bit came when a cake was delivered to our place for Cha. Ah ma asked, why is there a birthday cake? It's not anyone's birthday. It's my birthday today Ma, Cha replied. Isn't your birthday long over, Ah ma asked. 

Ouch. 

The good thing is, the rest of the day was happy for her. 

Together now, CHACHACHA!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee should only eat McChickens from now</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/512066</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:10:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah gong called me dog dog this morning. I told him my name is xiaoping and he should call me that. H ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah gong called me dog dog this morning. I told him my name is xiaoping and he should call me that. He insisted on calling me dog dog and we had words. I told cha I'm going to call him old man from now on. 

Ah bee's supper was a McSpicy. I had to have some, and my word, it was delicious, but so spicy. My stummy is rumbling now.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>When I saw that coconut, I had to say conut, conut, coconut</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/511763</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 2 Oct 2008 09:25:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We saw a CSI miami advert on tv. Fomfomfom muttered, horatio is an awful name. Ah bee agreed enthusi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We saw a CSI miami advert on tv. Fomfomfom muttered, horatio is an awful name. Ah bee agreed enthusiastically and the 2 of them made like poets and went, ratio, ratio, horatio. Cha screamed that's lame and they said, we didn't say that, ping did.

I said, yeah, whatever. You can put everything on my head, just keep that fried fish coming.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy Children's Day to me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/511376</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 1 Oct 2008 07:39:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma has taken to watering her precious plants with water she used to wash rice, fish etc. So last  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma has taken to watering her precious plants with water she used to wash rice, fish etc. So last night she put a tub of fish water into the fridge and this morning, as the cold water was awaiting its destiny on the balcony, I lapped at it. Unfortunately, ah ma caught me and I got me some furious mouth cleaning. 

As I sulked the afternoon away, I felt some rumblings in my stummy and it was a stummyache so I pooped in front of the stairs. It was the first time I'd had to poop in this house, and in a great hurry too, so the location wasn't choice. Ah ma found the pile and everyone praised me for not eating my poop. And I got lots of lovin' coz I presumably was having a stummyache. 

It is Children's Day today. As is tradition, ah bee came back with a happy meal for me. The toy is a car of dubious quality, unlike the cars of yore, as ah bee recounted with great regret. I didn't like it, but the plastic cow piggybank was something else. It was a free gift from the cinema. I tried to bite its head off and when fomfomfom, mindful of the chemicals it could contain, tried to take it away, I bit her. Later, they hid the thing and I am left in regret. Chicken mcnuggets do not assuage regret.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee is very wad-tad</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/511014</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:37:20 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee fancies herself a cantonese expert. So I told her something in cantonese and we thought it so ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee fancies herself a cantonese expert. So I told her something in cantonese and we thought it so fitting. 

I met a dog poo activist this morning. This woman was walking her dog with her husband. Her husband was holding the leash and she was holding papers and a plastic bag. When she saw us she asked fomfomfom if she wanted some papers. Fomfomfom was confused and asked her, for what? The woman said, for my poo poo. Fomfomfom fished out a plastic bag from her pocket and told the woman she has a bag. The woman seemed satisfied. 

We thought all sorts of people roam the surface of the earth and the strangest ones live in our condo.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm scared</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/510646</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:08:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I almost forget to write my diary tonight. Maybe fomfomfom will spank my backside if I forget. Ah be ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I almost forget to write my diary tonight. Maybe fomfomfom will spank my backside if I forget. Ah bee whispered to me if I forget to write my diary my day would have fallen into a black hole. It sounds scary. I shall resolve to write my diary everyday religiously. I don't like black holes.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Vroom vroom!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/510334</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:14:20 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Tonight we watched the F1 night race. Fomfomfom was brimming with pride and she kept saying that the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Tonight we watched the F1 night race. Fomfomfom was brimming with pride and she kept saying that the whole world knows us now. Yes, I think the whole world knows us but I don't think they know us very well. Don't they know that we can't speed in this country? Tsk tsk, and they were going at 300km/h and crashing into barriers too. And making a lot of noise. That's terrible. The police is going to catch them and give them all summons. That'd teach them. 

But I was rather inspired by it all and I think I will bring out my Mini for a drive. 

Vroom!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pioca pioca</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/509977</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:34:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Cha came home with char kway teow and oyster omelette. I scored some fish cake and lup chiong. It wa ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha came home with char kway teow and oyster omelette. I scored some fish cake and lup chiong. It was a little spicy coz Cha told the hawker ai hiam. I've never had anything spicy before. Ah ma always threatens to give me chilli padi to eat whenever I'm naughty but Ah ma is all bark and no bite. Anyway, I think I can learn to like spicy. It burns my tongue. It's fun. And exciting. Unlike F1. Which is not exciting. 

So I finished up my bowl of water because my tongue was burning. Cha says I should drink milk because we saw on Mythbusters that milk works best. But I can't drink milk because Melamine is everywhere. And Melamine is no good because it makes babies grow kidney stones. I'm a baby. And I cannot allow stones to grow in my kidneys because I believe my kidneys are smaller than stones. So that means I cannot drink milk. Fomfomfom says that we will keep a cow downstairs and we will go milk the cow everyday. I'd have Melamine-free milk then. 

I hope that translates into more fish cake and lup chiong for me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>livin' la vida luku but i didn't get no luku, i got pomelo</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/509631</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:11:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma was giving me a belly rub and we were watching taiwan news together. She was nagging my mamas, ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma was giving me a belly rub and we were watching taiwan news together. She was nagging my mamas, about how they should all get married soon. So I had to bite ah ma. Ah ma was astonished and I told her, my mamas mustn't get married or there'll be no one to play with me anymore. Then I moved to the far end of the sofa to drive home my point and my displeasure.

There was no further discussion on the subject.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm a baby again</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/509261</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:08:55 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was kind of late at night when ah ma came back with her dreaded luggage. Ah bee had promised me i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was kind of late at night when ah ma came back with her dreaded luggage. Ah bee had promised me in the morning she would bring ah ma back tonight. I was happy again. But ah ma was more excited about telling all about her casino adventure in macau than in giving me a belly rub.

After ah ma had finally showered, we settled down to watch taiwanese news on tv and life feels back to normal again.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rainy morning</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/508861</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:20:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning I awoke in great enthusiasism, as always. But cha and ah bee pointed to the sky and sai ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning I awoke in great enthusiasism, as always. But cha and ah bee pointed to the sky and said, krong krong. It was raining, and what a slow rain it was. It was eleven am before fomfomfom finally brought me down and it was still drizzling. We walked only 10 minutes before I was shivering and we went home.

:(]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Guano guana</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/508473</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:53:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I spied 2 iguanas with my big bright eyes. They were on a tree. I tried to climb the tree to get at  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I spied 2 iguanas with my big bright eyes. They were on a tree. I tried to climb the tree to get at them, but it wasn't to be. I was disappointed. I wanted to bring one back as a present for ah ma coz ah ma is coming back soon.

Later, during a discussion with fomfomfom and cha, ah bee wondered what she would have done if I had gotten an iguana in my mouth. Perhaps she would dig it out out my mouth. Perhaps she would pick me up and hope I drop it.

All this hypotheticals are no good. I will go down tomorrow and try to get a real iguana. A hypothetical iguana is simply not good enough.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cha says I look like a jack rascal</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/508135</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:48:17 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning I came across a strange looking thing. I can't imagine what it's used for, but I decide ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning I came across a strange looking thing. I can't imagine what it's used for, but I decided to bring it with me anyway. Later I learnt from cha that it's called a shuttlecock. I still can't tell what it's used for. I carried it in my mouth and trotted along. Afterall, it was my morning walk, I had to walk. 

Then I came across a fellow canine I had to greet, so I dropped the shuttlecock and barked at him for a while. He must have been envious of my shuttlecock, but he doesn't have one coz afterall, shuttlecocks don't grow on trees. I showily picked it up and continued on my way.

Later I had to negotiate stairs. I asked cha to carry me down the flight, so she did, but she didn't take the shuttlecock. I sighed loudly and ran back up the stairs to bring my trophy with me, and this time, I walked down the stairs myself. Obviously you can't trust cha to do anything right.

I finally lost it when I put it down to pee and forgot about it. When I went back in the afternoon to look for it, it was gone. I was devastated. A little.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Where's your pizza?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/507769</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:14:18 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I saw that wretched luggage again this morning. This time Ah ma didn't even ask if I wanted to be a  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I saw that wretched luggage again this morning. This time Ah ma didn't even ask if I wanted to be a stowaway. She gathered up her stuff and declared that she was off to make a fortune. I'm not so sure about that. I don't think she has ever come back with money before. This time wouldn't be any different. Mark my words. 

Fomfomfom says that she has received many complaints about me. Well, I wouldn't call two many and there's only one complainant. I merely chewed on Ah gong's sock and hid his shoe under the staircase. I don't see what the fuss is about. The sock will dry and he found the shoe, didn't he?

I need to go look for that elusive pizza now.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma's a piece of cake</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/507420</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:50:25 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was sleeping and I thought ah ma was patting me a little too hard, so I tried to bite her. Ah ma w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was sleeping and I thought ah ma was patting me a little too hard, so I tried to bite her. Ah ma was furiously air-punching me when I decided I need more patting to lull me back to sleep so I licked ah ma's hand and sidled up to her. Ah ma forgave me and stopped pretending to punch me . We are good now.

Fomfomfom showed me her shorts that ah ma finally patched. I was glad coz fomfomfom didn't seem to care she was walking about with her butt showing for months. Ah ma couldn't tolerate the view either so she finally did something about it. Fomfomfom was delighted coz she thought the patch was funny, but I told her it doesn't even begin to compare with my heartfelt relief. You should have checked out the view from my position, I said.

I have a new boyfriend. His name is Russell and according to his owner, he has only one ball. i thought that is not too few because I only have one ball too and her name is Mikasa.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Paper, paper, toilet paper</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/507091</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:07:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It has been a sweltering few days. Cha took a nap and lost her temper. Fomfomfom went for a cold sho ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It has been a sweltering few days. Cha took a nap and lost her temper. Fomfomfom went for a cold shower and started sweating immediately after. Ah bee went to play squash. It was sweat central. Then they gave me a bath, carefully making sure the water was hot. So I lost my temper too.

At night I went alone to the balcony to view the moon. It has been a long time since I viewed the moon. Then I went in to watch Bloomberg television. Did you know the yield for commercial paper is at its highest in dunno-how-many years?

Then fomfomfom teased me and I got angry so I bit ah bee, then I sidled up to fomfomfom. Ah bee grumbled that I'm not very perceptive. I told her my perception only extends to commercial paper.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Da central bank of Santaland</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/506702</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:52:11 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/506702</guid>
		<description>Oh, excuse me, is this my house? I'm sorry, I thought it was a bank. I must be forgiven, for people  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh, excuse me, is this my house? I'm sorry, I thought it was a bank. I must be forgiven, for people have been approaching us asking for loans, like we have more money than we know to do with. Perhaps we may help you lighten your load, we can almost read their thought bubbles.

In fact, they must have mistaken us for santa and his reindeers. For we know they have no intention of returning the loans. 

When it snows in Singapore, darlings.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I didn't forget to write my diary tonight</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/506363</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:23:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I'm writing real early tonight, in case I forget again. I went to the vet's. That's coz I have rusty ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I'm writing real early tonight, in case I forget again. I went to the vet's. That's coz I have rusty colored stuff in my ears and they think it's like when I was a baby and I had it spread all over my ears. It was a bad infection and they didn't realise it until late and my mamas are still feeling guilty over it. Therefore I was brought to the vet's at the first sign of trouble.

Except that it wasn't. The vet woman said it's just ear wax, and my ears are very nice indeed. Fomfomfom refused to let it go and asked the vet woman if she has red ear wax. I was disappointed when she said no. Her dogs do though. Well, that was that and I think my mamas' reputation for paranoia is sealed at that clinic.

The clinic's resident shih tzu, her name must be mok mok. Or maugh maugh. Or mough mough. Or mauc mauc. Or moc moc. Or mawg mawg. Anyway, she needs a haircut. But she's got style and she lounges real good. And oh, that schmoozing. I might be a fan.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The noose</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/506250</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:50:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>O ho ho ho, forgive my jollity. Yesterday was so exciting that I forgot to write my diary entry. It  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ O ho ho ho, forgive my jollity. Yesterday was so exciting that I forgot to write my diary entry. It was nothing funny, depending on where you are, but I thought it was pretty funny. We had a visitor yesterday, and it seems he fancied himself a mini-hedge fund and leveraged himself up to his eyeballs. 

We did a fed and bailed him out. But I thought, lounging by their feet as they ironed out a deal, like the fed, we're only delaying the day of reckoning.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I need better food</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/505673</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:47:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I brought my sexy bone to ah ma and she decided she had to wash it as it was full of my saliva. Then ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I brought my sexy bone to ah ma and she decided she had to wash it as it was full of my saliva. Then she hid it from me and I couldn't find it. She told me to go play with my doughnut, and it reminded me of food so I told fomfomfom I wanted to eat dinner instead. 

Ah bee took my arm and said it's so thin she has to measure it with vernier callipers. Measuring it with a ruler wouldn't be accurate. I started to pity myself coz I'm so thin. I'm sure the sight of vernier callipers would make me weep.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>At presstime only 2 lanterns burnt up</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/505318</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:17:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They dolled themselves up and left me at home alone with Merrilyn for 4 hours today. They had to att ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They dolled themselves up and left me at home alone with Merrilyn for 4 hours today. They had to attend a wedding. I was queen and Merrilyn was my slave and it wasn't all bad. I ordered her around and ran amok and when they came back, they asked Merrilyn if I had been a good girl, and Merrilyn meekly said yes.

To show my displeasure at them abandoning me alone at home, I sat on the sofa with them and kept farting. Fomfomfom said I should sequester my farts and use it to power her car. I thought that wasn't a bad idea, especially if oil hits $200 a barrel and I can sell my farts for $10 apiece.

Apparently today is the mid-autumn festival. So they ate mooncakes and pomelo and drank chinese tea and lit 6 lanterns on the balcony. The whole 9 yards. Of course I got nothing to eat. They had ah ma carry me, it was deception. Ah ma told me we were going out to play. I was carried in front of the ugly cheap lanterns and they took undignified shots of me and ah ma and the lanterns. I growled and told ah ma I don't like mid-autumn festivals.

May the lanterns all burn up.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tou ji mo gou</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/505022</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:53:42 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I didn't sleep well last night. It was too cold, so I woke up and walked around, until I was far awa ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I didn't sleep well last night. It was too cold, so I woke up and walked around, until I was far away from the air-conditioner. Cha finally moved my bed where I can sleep without catching a cold. Tonight I must remind her to help me put on my P-shirt so I can sleep well. My P-shirt is purple and pink, it is striped and it's got a P on it. It's my favourite shirt. 

Ah ma made some drunken chicken and put it in the fridge for fomfomfom to eat at night. I told fomfomfom to go steal some chicken to eat and then come rub my belly. She didn't get it. Only ah bee got it.

I was chewing on my milkstick and cha walked past me. She must have been behaving suspiciously, that's why I attacked her big toe. Now it is bleeding and I told her solemnly not to make any sudden moves in future when I'm with my milkstick. They never learn.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I got a haircut</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/504628</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:44:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was on my morning walkabout. Somehow, I walked to the groomer's. He shaved me for an hour and now  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was on my morning walkabout. Somehow, I walked to the groomer's. He shaved me for an hour and now I'm ugly. I'm contemplating not going out of the house for a month because all my new friends will laugh at me. I am so unhappy. Luckily in the afternoon, I didn't meet any friends.

Then ah ma gave me a bath and I thought I should spread some of that unhappiness that is concentrating in me around. So I went onto the sofa where my mamas are sitting and started farting. I gave them a few and when they started complaining, I squeezed out one more for good luck.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's not my fault</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/504253</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:14:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning I walked to the generator room and I smelled cat. I sniffed around the drains where the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning I walked to the generator room and I smelled cat. I sniffed around the drains where the smell was the strongest, but I didn't see any cat around. Something hissed fiercely at me but I didn't see what. I was too busy jumping backwards. Later, according to Fomfomfom, there were 2 cats under that drain.

In the afternoon, I went back there to solve the mystery. Under the drains, something hissed at me again. I was so scared. Later, cha told fomfomfom it was a kitten. I was shamed.

I pooped and it was soft and it stuck to my fur. I didn't like it, so I sat down and scooted around. I drew a "S" on the ground with my poop using my backside. Cha carried me home and I ended up in the bathtub again. Ah ma gave my behind a good scrubbing while fomfomfom sat by the side of the bathtub and comforted me. Cha was mumbling and grumbling outside the bathroom.

She says everytime she sees me, she thinks of the poopy "S" I drew on the ground. Ah ma also kept harping on it. I am sad.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>4 years and 9 whole months!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/503851</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:36:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is my birthday again today. It is a special birthday coz my cake looks different. It is a mooncak ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is my birthday again today. It is a special birthday coz my cake looks different. It is a mooncake. It is green and in an ugly plastic box, so I didn't want to be associated with it or have my picture taken with it. But later, I changed my mind about the greenish thing and asked to have a bite. My request was rejected and I thought it wasn't a very happy birthday at all.

Also rather unhappy was this incident. I won't call it an incident. It was just sloppiness. Someone did a sloppy job cleaning up after I had pooped a few days ago. So today they found a piece of poop stuck on my behind fur and suffice to say I spent some time in the bathtub.

Boo.

At night ah ma had tonic soup for my mamas and I insisted I had to have some black chicken coz it's my birthday. Fomfomfom and ah bee gave me some and now I'm worried I will be over-nourished and my nose will bleed. But I thumped my chest and told cha I'll bear all consequences of the tonic chicken when I asked to eat. So I am all grown up and I will bear. The. Consequences. Whee!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The species of the matter</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/503472</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 9 Sep 2008 06:41:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning we met a grandmother and her granddaughter. They both said I look like a cat. I remembe ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning we met a grandmother and her granddaughter. They both said I look like a cat. I remembered what fomfomfom said yesterday--they hadn't actually verified with the doctor whether I'm a dog or cat, they just assumed I was a dog. But now we have to question our premise, which is looking increasingly shaky by the day. I didn't know either, whether I am a dog or a cat, so I just said to the granny and her grandchild, meow. 

Later cha told them all about it, and fomfomfom said, nevermind. Ping ping--species: baby. By way of illustration, fomfomfom whispered to me, it's like, cha--species: bad person. It doesn't matter if cha is a dog or cat. She's just a bad person. I thought about it, it seems alright. Next time someone asks me whether I am a dog or cat, I'll just tell him I'm a baby.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Decibels</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/503116</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 8 Sep 2008 07:47:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>We met ngyak ngyak ngyak in the afternoon. My word, she is loud. I was proud when I could be heard t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We met ngyak ngyak ngyak in the afternoon. My word, she is loud. I was proud when I could be heard throughout my block. She really has something to write home about. She is at least twice as loud as me. I bet the people in the next condo can hear her. And when she goes off, she really goes off. I think she's quite quite mad.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>You then smwelly</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/502773</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 7 Sep 2008 08:51:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning we met Auntie Chris downstairs. And she commented that I looked dirty. Again. Just two  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning we met Auntie Chris downstairs. And she commented that I looked dirty. Again. Just two days ago, Ah gong had the same thing to say. Ah ma has been calling me a dirty little kitten. And yesterday that silly little gal said I smell. I so do not smell. I don't understand this. I haven't missed a single bath. I would love to, but I haven't. I should tell Ah ma I don't want to take any more baths. They don't seem to be working anyway. Grumble. 

I was walking with Fomfomfom when we saw a stray dog. I started barking at him and they heard me all the way up there. That's cool. And that means when I bark at home, everyone all the way down to the ground floor can hear me. That's way cool.

Uh oh Cha says I have to go to bed now otherwise I can't go down for my walk tomorrow morning. 

Night.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bu zhi suo wei</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/502432</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 6 Sep 2008 09:01:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I met a little girl this afternoon. She said, what a cute cat! After her maid corrected her, she sai ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met a little girl this afternoon. She said, what a cute cat! After her maid corrected her, she said, what a cute dog! Then she added, but why you so smelly?

Ah bee thought she must be fruit and nuts. I only have a nice pingping smell. Anyway, the loopy girl wasn't close enough to smell me.

You can't believe anything she says. She called me a cat. Next time I see her, I'll ask ah bee to compliment her, what a cute boy you are! We hope to inflict permanent damage.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No weddings and a funeral</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/502068</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:02:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was raining this morning. So me and fomfomfom spent a lot of time sitting at the stone tables und ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was raining this morning. So me and fomfomfom spent a lot of time sitting at the stone tables under the condo. There was a live band playing round the bend. I could hear them but I couldn't see them. 

So we went home and I bugged ah bee and cha throughout the afternoon to bring me down to listen to music. They weren't enthusiastic. When ah bee finally brought me down, there wasn't any music nor live band. I sat at the stone tables and waited, but I was disappointed. 

Fomfomfom informed me the band doesn't always play here. They play wherever they are needed. I told fomfomfom I want to go around the neighbourhood to catch the band in action. She tsk-tsked me disapprovingly. 

Ah ma laughed at me and so I learnt it's a funeral band. How could I have known?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I love lotus root</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/501702</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 4 Sep 2008 08:59:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/501702</guid>
		<description>I watched tv with ah ma in the afternoon. It was a documentary about a chimpanzee called charlie. He ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I watched tv with ah ma in the afternoon. It was a documentary about a chimpanzee called charlie. He wears clothes and shoes and is the star of a tv show. I thought it was horrible and I didn't like it at all. 

Then at night fomfomfom skidded over to play with me and skinned her knee. There, my day wasn't very interesting at all.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Of twins, triplets and tuna belly sushi</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/501316</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 3 Sep 2008 08:56:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today fomfomfom and cha walked me together in red t shirts and we met the old man who exercises ever ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today fomfomfom and cha walked me together in red t shirts and we met the old man who exercises everyday, rain or shine. He asked fomfomfom if she and cha were twins. Fomfomfom was shocked and said no. Later she whispered to cha that it was ok when people thought they were twins when they were like 5 years old. But not when they're nearing 30. Then they hatched a plot to get ah bee to join them wearing a red tshirt too, then they will look for the old man and see if he will faint. Maybe he will think the exercise is getting to him, he's seeing triple. Giggles. So we waited for ah bee to come back, alas, she was wearing white.

Fomfomfom posed a tricky question to me the other day. She asked me what kind of sushi I was. I thought for a while, then I told her I'm tuna belly sushi. Bellly sushi is most expensive, and I thought I am priceless, so that is close enough, though not exactly it. And also coz I like belly. Like pork belly. And my own belly. I like people to rub my belly. Therefore, I think I have affinity with bellies so I am tuna belly sushi.

But I won't eat tuna belly sushi myself. It'll be, like, eating myself, that'll be almost cannibalistic. I might end up with mad tuna belly disease.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Unhappy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/500907</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 2 Sep 2008 02:35:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I refused to let fomfomfom clean my ears today. It wasn't so much the left ear that I object to, but ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I refused to let fomfomfom clean my ears today. It wasn't so much the left ear that I object to, but the right one. I screamed and shouted beneath my muzzle, and I twisted my head so as to make fomfomfom's life difficult. She even engaged cha's help but I persevered and came out the winner. So she didn't clean my right ear.

Ah ma said the next time I go to cut my hair, I should change a style. Something feminine. A longer style. Something pretty. But ah ma always goes ballistic when my hair is long and dirty. The culprit is a magazine she found today It's got these japanese shih-tzus who have long hair. I am plotting to destroy that magazine before ah ma gets too far carried away.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cha told me to be a tour guide but I prefer to be light soy sauce</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/500660</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 1 Sep 2008 08:39:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I went to the vet's today. While the vet was busy undergoing unpleasant business with me, the recept ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I went to the vet's today. While the vet was busy undergoing unpleasant business with me, the reception called out my name. My bill was ready. It was record time. We used to have to wait for the bill, now it's done even before I was done. Unfortunately, fomfomfom was not done yet. They had gotten ahead of themselves. I wasn't finished grumbling when I saw the resident shih tzu busy schmoozing. Cosying up to the clientele and garnering business, no doubt. This place has become too sleek, I told fomfomfom and cha. We will not come back. I was resolute and principled. 

It was as if they hadn't heard me. They gathered me up unceremoniously. We went home. Oh, what is the use of free speech if no one would listen? The damage done to my fragile psyche is too much. Will I lose my principles thence? My unwavering resoluteness? Will I even start...*gasp*...schmoozing? The thought of it....moral prostitution.....oh, it is too much.

Better that I chain myself to the wall and refuse all food and drink, before I degenerate irreversibly.Oh, life is much too harsh.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I can count in malay!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/500328</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:32:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I was in the lift today with fomfomfom, and a man. He asked fomfomfom if I were a maltese. Fomfomfom ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was in the lift today with fomfomfom, and a man. He asked fomfomfom if I were a maltese. Fomfomfom informed him I'm a shih-tzu. I went home and cha arrived home shortly after. So I complained to her bitterly about that ignorant man in the lift. I told her, malteses are white. I am du-er colored. Sa-tu, du-er. Du-er colored. 

Fomfomfom praised me for speaking malay well. Oh, and what a pun! I am dual colored! She repeated my pun to ah bee and I puffed my chest proudly. I don't know if that was an eye-roll I saw from ah bee. Perhaps it was admiration.

At night, cha turned in real early, coz it was already midnight in New Zealand by then. I stuck around with the motley crew of ah ma, ah bee and fomfomfom and when it was time for me to sleep, I was unsettled that ah bee wasn't sleeping with me tonight. When ah bee left my room, I chased after her and licked her hand to tell her to stay, but after some fussing, I was still abandoned.

I sleep with cha tonight.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How lucky</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/500027</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:15:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today, fomfomfom and ah bee entirely fortuitously discovered ah gong had ignorantly exposed himself  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today, fomfomfom and ah bee entirely fortuitously discovered ah gong had ignorantly exposed himself to unlimited liability. They were so horrified they chewed him up for hours. After they were done, ah ma had her turn. They spat him out only coz cha is coming back from New Zealand tomorrow and she will need to chew him up too. She'll probably swallow him whole after that.

Fomfomfom and ah bee told me if we go bankrupt, I'll have to go around with them begging for money and food. Kind of like the beggars ah bee saw in france. The beggars brought their pedigree dogs out to beg with them, it was heartbreaking.

I thought I can also hire myself out as a gofer. I'll invest in a little wagon and I can go to the train station everyday to help families buy groceries, coz there is no provision store inside the condo. Then I'll give my shopping list to the grocery auntie and tell her to fill my wagon for me. Meanwhile, I can dance for tips coz the human traffic at the train station is very high. I will have a little bowl people can put money in. Later I will deliver the groceries door-to-door. I can earn a little pocket money this way.

Then ah bee tried to feed me my kibble and I only ate one coz I thought we should scrimp if we can. My kibble is expensive. When we go bankrupt, we can boil my kibble for soup and the whole family can have some. The soup will be thin but beggars can't be choosers.

I felt a little better when ah ma said she won't let anyone take away my shoebox. My life savings are in it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I met nygak nygak nygak again today!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/499674</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:53:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/499674</guid>
		<description>Of course we watched Pandamonium again. I told ah ma to buy me one of the baby pandas so I can play  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Of course we watched Pandamonium again. I told ah ma to buy me one of the baby pandas so I can play with her and make her call me mama, but ah ma said she didn't think they were for sale. It's a pity. Then ah ma thought the pandas were so dirty and wondered why the keepers didn't give them a scrubbing, like how ah ma scrubs me every week without fail.

I think the pandas should stay where they are and not wander about, in case ah ma gets her hands on them.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>He gets Points for trying</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/499379</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:12:59 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma looked ghastly this morning. We learnt that she had been up half the night vomitting, having d ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma looked ghastly this morning. We learnt that she had been up half the night vomitting, having diarrhoea and feeling unwell. Later she was better after she threw up the rest of the rubbish in her stummy and went shopping with fomfomfom. Of course it was fomfomfom who had to do the hauling of the 20kg of rice they brought back.

At night we watched Pandamonium again. This episode was all about the pandas mating.*blush* The commentator did a beautiful alliteration. He said, this planet's precious pandas. I love the letter P. Let me come up with one myself. This planet's pretty precious priceless pulchritudinous Ping Ping!

*bow*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My accomplishment</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/499050</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:57:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I had a bath today. Then fomfomfom tried to clean out my ears, and in the unpleasantness, I fell off ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had a bath today. Then fomfomfom tried to clean out my ears, and in the unpleasantness, I fell off my perch and into the bath-tub. I was terribly frightened, so I pawed my muzzle off. And fomfomfom only managed to clean out my ears halfway coz I won't let her continue.

She felt so bad about my tumbling into the bath-tub backwards that she gave me a treat. It's pig stummy. They were having pig stummy soup tonight so I got me a nice helping of pork and pig stummy. Yum.

Later ah ma invited me to sit on the sofa with her to watch Pandamonium. I jumped onto the safa and was settling down when I felt something descend upon my head. So I turned around and bit... ah ma's hand. Oops. So it was ah ma trying to kiss my head. I tried to explain to ah ma that since she never kisses me, I thought it was a tiger attacking me, so I had to defend myself. If she would kiss me more often in future, I won't be so alarmed. That didn't cut no ice with ah ma and I earned me 3 slaps on my head.

Oh well, at least ah ma tries to kiss me now. She used to scold my mamas for kissing me. Beam.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pandamonium II</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/498713</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:35:03 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We watched Pandamonium again tonight. I learnt that the panda I was trying to imitate last night, th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We watched Pandamonium again tonight. I learnt that the panda I was trying to imitate last night, the one who gave birth on tv yesterday, had died in the Sichuan earthquake 3 months ago. The show was filmed only 1 month before she died. I was rather upset. Her poor baby is now an orphan.

I think by now most people have already forgotten about that terrible earthquake. I was guilty. It is a cruel world, and I think I don't want to be reincarnated any more. It's better not to exist and in this aspect, I have made a pact with fomfomfom. Our last lives! Glee.

That is my resolve and with that out of the way, I must comment on something. Do you know the baby pandas must be burped like a human baby? I wanted to laugh at them but out of politeness, I put my hand to my mouth and tried very hard not to laugh. Giggles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I met a broom downstairs and it didn't get out of my way so I had to walk around it</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/498297</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:39:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today cha brought out her luggage and I knew she was going somewhere for a few days. I don't like to ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today cha brought out her luggage and I knew she was going somewhere for a few days. I don't like to see the luggage bag. But since she wasn't going to be stopped, I did the next best thing. I asked to be a stowaway.I told cha I wanted to stowaway in first class. But the luggage was already closed and locked and cha sadly told me there was no opening this time so we'll do the stowaway thing next time. I said ok. I asked her why she packed a bag in her bag, and she said she's going to buy me back a sheep, and the bag is for packing it in. I was happy again.

At night me and fomfomfom and ah ma were watching tv. It's a documentary about pandas, and it's called Pandamonium. Giggles. The pandas were so cute, they look like me. And I watched one give birth, the baby looked like a mouse. Later I tried to give birth too, I lay on my side on the sofa and opened my legs wide, but nothing happened. I don't understand it. And everyone laughed at me. I feel so discouraged.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Abused</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/497937</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:51:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was so innocent today. Ah ma kept feeding me pork and liver and all sorts of nice food, and fomfom ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was so innocent today. Ah ma kept feeding me pork and liver and all sorts of nice food, and fomfomfom practically threw me off the couch. She was so fierce about it. Ah ma also kept enticing me to walk through the newly installed barrier into the kitchen. I didn't dare to, I was only standing in front of the barrier listening to ah ma, and cha scolded me terribly. I felt so abused for nothing.

Later fomfomfom said sorry to me and told me it's all ah ma's fault. I told her I suspected her love for me is not all that she professed it to be. I felt so hurt at her physical manhandling. Fomfomfom was so apologetic she gave me lots of loving. Later, she asked me for a kiss but I refused to give it to her. She was a little sad.

I think fomfomfom is going to be on the warpath with ah ma for a while. I don't know whose fault it is, I only know I'm innocent.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Shut out</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/497613</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:51:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today fomfomfom brought home a strange contraption. I couldn't tell what it is by its smell, so I wa ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today fomfomfom brought home a strange contraption. I couldn't tell what it is by its smell, so I waited for them to install it. It is a swinging gate, and it is fitted at the kitchen doorway. 

I went to read the box it came in, and it says it's a safety barrier for toddlers. Now that is strange, coz we don't have any toddlers in the house. I only know that now I can't go into the kitchen like before, and I am very angry at this non-existent toddler. 

It's all his fault. I am inconvenienced.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Don't cry</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/497277</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:55:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We didn't win a medal. We were placed fourth. Our Li Jiawei lost both matches and later when I saw h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We didn't win a medal. We were placed fourth. Our Li Jiawei lost both matches and later when I saw her in the news being interviewed, she was crying. I felt sad for her but I was also very proud of her. I thought she was so flaky during all previous matches, but this morning when she was playing world number 1 Zhang Yining, I was so impressed. 

I think if you had done your best, you shouldn't cry. When I think of our singapore table tennis girls, I almost burst with pride. I think they are entitled to swell their chests and walk tall and proud coz they have done their best for singapore and singapore is grateful.

We love you, Jiawei.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>We love Feng Tianwei</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/496774</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:55:11 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We were watching table tennis today. It was the women's quarter finals, or perhaps semi finals, I ca ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We were watching table tennis today. It was the women's quarter finals, or perhaps semi finals, I can never make head or tail of the rounds. Anyway, there were 16 women playing. There was Hongkong versus Austria, Singapore versus Netherlands, and such, a wonderful array of countries. But I noticed they were all chinese women. It was a little bit funny.

But no matter. Coz Singapore has 2 players in there, and we won both matches. It means we have 2 out of the 8 best female table tennis players in the world. Isn't that something? I'm so proud I'm on the verge of exploding.

And now we have one singaporean in the best 4 female players in the world. It would be great if we can get one more medal here. But it's ok even if we don't coz we are already showing very very good results.

Did I tell you I'm so proud I'm on the verge of exploding?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sherlock Holmes</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/496470</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:36:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma alerted all of us to the presence of something in the night sky tonight. It was there, looming ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma alerted all of us to the presence of something in the night sky tonight. It was there, looming large and mysterious, red and romantic. They wondered what it was. I could have told them in a heartbeat what it was. It was the moon. Duh.

Their only redeeming point is that they eventually concluded it was the moon. And they only took 5 minutes.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>They say I look like a toy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/496032</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:57:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Everyone was so merry. Cha brought back the photos from that photo shoot a week and a half ago, and  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Everyone was so merry. Cha brought back the photos from that photo shoot a week and a half ago, and everyone looked at the photos and laughed. I heard my name many times, and they would look at the photos and then tickle my chin and laugh boisterously.

I couldn't help being offended. It was only my first photo shoot, of course I wasn't quite professional. I thought only the 1st two photos looked silly, coz ah ma didn't know how to carry me, but the rest of the photos were good.

Still they laughed loudly. Ah ma was especially merry. She even wants to bring my photos out tomorrow to show her sisters. If making fun of people were an olympic sport, this household would get the gold.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cleanliness</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/495658</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:36:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom and her friends were talking about who washes their own underwear and who let their mother ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom and her friends were talking about who washes their own underwear and who let their mothers do it. They expressed shock in both camps.

I'm in the third camp and let me express my incredulity at above 2 camps. My stand is, you should wash your panties when you are bathing. You don't even take it off. Just wash yourself together with the panties and it is practical and convenient. That's what I do. 

Duh.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>We are Singapore, Hear the lion roar!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/495293</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:33:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Right under my nose, there was a cat. So goes fomfomfom. She claims I didn't see the cat that was hi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Right under my nose, there was a cat. So goes fomfomfom. She claims I didn't see the cat that was hiding in the drain under us. So that's why she pressed my head down and went, cat cat cat! I scanned the horizon at that, but didn't think to look under my feet. Now that she mentioned it, the drain did smell of cat, so I sniffed there for an hour.

Then we went home and waited for the historical women's table tennis match against china. We gave them the good fight, and fomfomfom made me promise to give my panties to the women's team should they win the gold medal. I was rooting for our team, but I was contradicted. I didn't really want to take off my panties. Afterall, I've been wearing them since I was born. They're of a black sexy style.

But don't be mistaken, I wasn't happy when we lost the match. I was accepting. I think our players were accepting too. I'm just glad I got to keep my panties.

It was wonderful how everyone is so supportive of our women's team. Ah ma reports there were no cars on the road. I wiped a tear when our team received the silver olympic medal. 

We are Singapore, hear us roar!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Amusing</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/494989</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:29:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>These days I found something new to play. It's like a game. I would refuse to pee before bed, and wa ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ These days I found something new to play. It's like a game. I would refuse to pee before bed, and watch my fomfomfom and cha go "shhhhhh..." all night. Then I would circle my toilet and then lounge by its side, watching them go "shhhhh...." with my big brown eyes.

Then it's more "shhh...." and maybe I would deign to give them a little pee. Sometimes not. It's to keep them on their toes.

The aim is to drive them up the wall a little higher each night. Giggles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Singapore Singapore Singapore!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/494638</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:54:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning we met a woman who said her daughter loves petting dogs, but they didn't have one at ho ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning we met a woman who said her daughter loves petting dogs, but they didn't have one at home. So she told her daughter to drape a rug over her little brother, pet him and feed him tidbits. The daughter protested it's not the same. I agree. But the woman gets points for trying.

In the afternoon I was trying to get them to bring me for my afternoon walk but they were all glued to the tv. Like GLUED. For 4 hours! It turns out my mamas were all watching the women's table tennis olympic game, and they were groaning and throwing their arms up and cheering and doing ESP and making pacts with the tv. And they all boo-ed ah ma loudly when ah ma emerged from her room and announced Chen Shui Bian is resigning from his political party, like it is something important.

Finally, we won and it's a real big deal for singapore, coz it's the 1st time in 48 years we're getting an olympic medal and it's at least a silver, no less. My mamas were real happy and I was real happy coz I finally got to go for my walk.

And since we'd won, fomfomfom has to honour her pact with the tv. She will have to go to the airport to receive the winning player Feng Tianwei and throw her panties with her phone number at her. Whee.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>When the wind blows</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/494220</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:37:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Oh gosh I think i'm so smart. I hear a &quot;ping&quot; and I know to start barking immediately. Coz a person  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh gosh I think i'm so smart. I hear a "ping" and I know to start barking immediately. Coz a person would be walking out of the lift.

When I hear a "ping!" I know to surface from whatever nook or cranny I'm hiding in. It means cha is looking for me.

And when the wind blows, I sniff at the wind and I can predict the future. At least that's what I tell fomfomfom when she asks me what's in the wind. She seems duly impressed.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Heightened insensitivity</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/493820</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:21:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom and cha keep admiring how my hair has grown since the last haircut. Even ah ma stopped in  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom and cha keep admiring how my hair has grown since the last haircut. Even ah ma stopped in her tracks to admire me. Oh, look how round her face is, how pretty she is!

I got upset coz I was starving and I have lost weight under that kibble-only diet, and my face is much thinner under all that hair. To call my face round is to add salt to my hungry wound. 

They make me so angry.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The elements</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/493464</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:44:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was exposed to the elements. The clouds were swirling, the rain was lashing, the wind was howling. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was exposed to the elements. The clouds were swirling, the rain was lashing, the wind was howling. It was cold and wet, fomfomfom was almost blown away and my ears were flapping but I endured bravely on. I felt alive, invigorated, I almost howled with the wind.

Besides, I had to empty my bladder.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Xiaoping Olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/493086</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:29:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This olympic spirit is in the air. I feel so competitive. I came up with a brand new sport, which, h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This olympic spirit is in the air. I feel so competitive. I came up with a brand new sport, which, hopefully, will become an olympic sport one day. I call it Throwing. 

I'm being economical with the name. That way it sounds rather sporty and olympian. It involves the stomach muscles.

That spasms so as to produce involuntary regurgitation of previously voluntarily swallowed food.

I did the Throw six times this morning after having breakfast lying down.

And the gold medal goes to....*drumroll*.....Xiaoping! *bow*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The wondrous event</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/492740</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:43:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday to Xiaoping, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

I ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday to Xiaoping, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

I am 4 years and 8 months old today. I got a Jerry the mouse cake, but not much else. No present, not much company, and certainly no delicious food. I spent hours asking for food but nothing came of that. I didn't even get to eat MY cake. I only had ah ma and the bland fomfomfom for company.

In the end, I got a few slices of cucumber, which don't taste very festive at all. And they were all watching the olympics, so I went to sleep alone in my room first. 

It doesn't sound celebratory enough but I'm happy. Because I prefer to be a happy girl.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Act 2</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/492424</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 9 Aug 2008 08:53:25 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Happy 43rd birthday Singapore! I watched the national day parade on tv and it wasn't particularly in ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Happy 43rd birthday Singapore! I watched the national day parade on tv and it wasn't particularly interesting so we switched to watching the olympics. But we switched back to watch the grand sing-along session and I thought the songs were so nice. But I didn't go to school so no one taught me how to sing our national songs. It was a pity. I'll ask ah bee to teach me how to sing the songs so I can sing along loudly next year and every year after that. Oh, and my little flag is missing from all that moving house so I couldn't wave it in front of the tv.

It was the olympics yesterday and singapore's birthday today. All that celebration will culminate in something even better tomorrow. Stay tuned.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A special day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/492014</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 8 Aug 2008 07:24:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I must write fast coz I'm so tired. Today is 08-08-08, it is special and certainly was for me in mor ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I must write fast coz I'm so tired. Today is 08-08-08, it is special and certainly was for me in more than one way.

First thing in the morning, I went for my walk as usual when we passed by the townhouses and suddenly fomfomfom saw 2 big brown dogs bounding towards us. Alarmed, she quickly picked me up but no sooner had she done that than the dogs were upon her. They stood up on their hind legs and put dirty stinky paw prints all over fomfomfom's t-shirt. We still haven't found out if those were made of soil or poo. They tried to get at me and fomfomfom tried to hold me high but I got frightened and struggled and fomfomfom dropped me coz the 2 dogs were still pawing away at her. I fell from a great height but luckily the 2 dogs didn't bite me. Perhaps they only wanted to play. Their maid came running out and chased them away and me and fomfomfom were still in shock when we went home.

Fomfomfom washed my feet and immediately went down to the management office to complain. She put in a strongly worded letter to the management and we expect an official warning to be given to the offending dogs' owner soon. We were all so angry about it. How irresponsible to allow big dogs of that size to run out and terrorize people.

In the afternoon, we went for a photo shoot. Ah bee had just graduated from university so we had to do a family shoot. They tried to shoot me but I was scared so I trembled and tried to climb on their heads. After a tiring shoot, I finally got the hang of modelling. I was offended when they did another one without me. I was eager to pose. Ah gong said I'm a fast learner. *beam*

At night, of course, it was the olympics' opening ceremony. It was very long and there are many countries I haven't heard of. I fell asleep in front of the tv coz I was tired.

Zzzzzz...night!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>New game</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/491640</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 07:17:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I thought up a new game to play. I sat among my soft toys and asked cha to guess where I am. I thoug ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I thought up a new game to play. I sat among my soft toys and asked cha to guess where I am. I thought she won't be able to find me so I can play it for a long time. But cha didn't even look up from her computer and she said, do you think you are a soft toy? Come out!

I was discouraged.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fann wong goes insane in the gardens</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/491232</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 6 Aug 2008 07:36:30 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/491232</guid>
		<description>I object strongly to voyeurism. Fomfomfom told me while I was on my afternoon walk today, pooing, sh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I object strongly to voyeurism. Fomfomfom told me while I was on my afternoon walk today, pooing, she observed me from 12 stories above. I find such behavior inherently objectionable, the stealthy observation, not the pooing. Therefore I told fomfomfom in no uncertain terms such behavior is to be abhorred, and I will look down on her until she changes. She was ashamed.

At night fomfomfom and ah bee were watching a tv show and I suddenly saw my friend the black swan from the botanical gardens! Actually I didn't know which swan, coz there are 5 of them, but one of them is evidently a star now that he's on tv. Now we know which tv show they were filming when we came across them filming in the gardens. We didn't know who it was we saw then coz we didn't approach near enough to see, but we thought it must be a scene of a woman getting stung by hornets coz she was flailing her arms about and screaming. Now in the context of the new tv drama, we conclude the woman is fann wong and she is going insane, not swatting hornets.

After the tv show I fell asleep beside fomfomfom and when I woke up, she told me I was wagging my tail in my sleep and my eyes were doing the rapid eye movement thing and I was twitching. She praised me for being real intense in my sleep and said it was one of the better performances she'd seen. She admired me.

But of course. Don't we all? Afterall, I have a friend who's a tv star now.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>They abuse children here</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/490800</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 5 Aug 2008 07:50:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I woke up early this morning, and was eager to go on my morning walk. So I kept running about and ri ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I woke up early this morning, and was eager to go on my morning walk. So I kept running about and ringing my bell to wake ah bee up. Unfortunately cha the disagreeable one thought she was so clever and she took off my collar. I was naked.

So I told cha I'm feeling a little cold without my collar. She didn't pay me any heed and I'm thinking that is child abuse and can someone call the police.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>a man politely told fomfomfom I'm not supposed to be in the swimming pool area and fomfomfom almost stabbed him</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/490252</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 4 Aug 2008 07:20:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Today we went to the vet. While waiting, I met a girl shih tzu. We're almost the same size and she a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we went to the vet. While waiting, I met a girl shih tzu. We're almost the same size and she also has a skin condition. But unlike me, her front teeth are straight and she has a barrel waist. Her owner asked how many months I am. Cha proudly informed her that I am four and a half years old. I was puzzled. Her shih tzu is six years old and I am supposed to be a few months old? Cha happily told me I have a baby face.

That must be true. I can't remember when people have ever called me a *gasp* dog. I am always a doggie or a puppy. And fomfomfom always says I'm just a baby. And no one stays angry with me for long.

Like ah ma today. She was forced to take an evening walk today by her firstborn coz she had the skin of half a peking duck for lunch today. She didn't bring me along and I ignored her for the whole night. Then she got angry with me for ignoring her so I dragged myself into her room to watch tv with her for 5 minutes and all was forgotten.

It's good to have a baby face.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>National dog walk</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/489774</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 3 Aug 2008 08:21:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went to west coast park this morning for the national dog walk. But we didn't even manage to find ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to west coast park this morning for the national dog walk. But we didn't even manage to find the event, coz west coast park is so big. It was my first time there, I didn't like it at all. I don't like unfamiliar places so I was glad when we reached home and I took a walk around the condo.

But it wasn't totally uneventful at the park. I met a dog who looked exactly like what I would if I didn't cut my hair for 3 months. He's a boy and his name is Lucky. Fomfomfom and ah bee were so delighted coz we seldom see dogs with fur exactly like mine. But my face is prettier.

During my afternoon walk at the condo, a jack russell attacked me. She was playing fetch with her owner at the field and I was just passing by when she ran towards me and pounced on me. Fomfomfom was so shocked she froze for a moment and the rabid thing was upon me and I squealed and fomfomfom lifted me up by my harness and the stupid owner rushed up and said, "she doesn't bite, she doesn't bite", and she didn't apologise and fomfomfom wanted to flip her the bird but was too stunned by her lack of contrition.

Fomfomfom carried me and we went to sit in the breeze for a while and fomfomfom comforted me. I'm ok now.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My sorta new friend</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/489326</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 2 Aug 2008 08:25:03 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I met a white girl terrier this afternoon. Her name is Mimi and we barked at each other. Then we got ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met a white girl terrier this afternoon. Her name is Mimi and we barked at each other. Then we got tired and sniffed at each other's noses and now I guess we are friends. Mimi is my first friend from the condo and I guess that makes her kind of special.

After establishing our friendship, we went our separate ways and we met again after a few minutes. We barked furiously at each other again and fomfomfom dragged me away.

But we're friends, I insist.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Child abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/488819</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:14:55 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Perhaps it was raining meatballs today. I found 2 during my afternoon walk. I had them in my mouth b ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Perhaps it was raining meatballs today. I found 2 during my afternoon walk. I had them in my mouth both times, but fomfomfom always gouged them out. Since I'd acquired a taste for meatballs, I found ah ma's plain egg fried rice wanting. I tried to trade up my fried rice for curry chicken, but no one would make the trade with me.

I would like to submit the above as evidence that the fried rice they are feeding me is nothing they would eat themselves, and therefore it is child abuse and can someone please call the police.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The xiaoping olympics</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/488442</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:03:16 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I bugged ah bee to bring me for my afternoon walk real early, before 4pm. We merrily went downstairs ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I bugged ah bee to bring me for my afternoon walk real early, before 4pm. We merrily went downstairs. At least I was merry.

40 minutes later, fomfomfom came down. It was like a relay, and I was the baton. I dragged fomfomfom around for another 40 minutes. I do rather like this relay style of afternoon walk, I get a better deal. I awarded them a gold medal for their efforts.

When we came back, it was time for dinner and ah ma fried me an egg fried rice. It smelled lovely and I polished it off in a jiffy. It was gold medal material too.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My latest adventure</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/488060</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:53:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today, I got stuck in a lift.  Fomfomfom was taking me home after our afternoon walk, and the lift d ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today, I got stuck in a lift.  Fomfomfom was taking me home after our afternoon walk, and the lift door won't open. I could hear fomfomfom's heart sink. The lift was stuffy and we rang the emergency bell and we wondered if the lift was dead and if it would crash all the way to the first floor. Maybe if we jumped at the exact moment it hit the ground...

That was fomfomfom's runaway paranoia, and also the workmen who were fixing the lift all afternoon and making a lot of noise. Maybe they did something wrong. I could hear fomfomfom's imagination running away amidst that frantic pressing of the bell before the lift door suddenly opened after fomfomfom probed it. We were stuck for all of 2 minutes.

We flew out of the lift, into my bathtub. We shan't dwell on that unpleasant little interlude. 

For dinner ah ma cooked tom yam soup. It smelled wonderful and I spent 2 hours begging for scraps from various people. I got nothing. So I decided to eat fertiliser. Twice. It was goat's poo, according to ah ma. 

No one allowed me to kiss them tonight.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma brought me for a walk and met ngyak ngyak ngyak</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/487603</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:29:09 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>This morning I wanted ah ma's slippers so I took one off her foot. As I was playing with it I though ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning I wanted ah ma's slippers so I took one off her foot. As I was playing with it I thought it was kind of wet, perhaps from my saliva, so I took it to the balcony and put it under the sun. 

Since I then found myself empty handed, I went back for the other slipper. Who'd have thunk, I found it kind of wet too. So I brought it out into the balcony too, so the other slipper can have company and they can dry together. I arranged them like a chef would a dish, one on top of the other, at a pleasing angle, like foie gras.

Everyone praised me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lost innocence</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/487207</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:33:25 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I met a shih tzu on my afternoon walk today. At least I think she was a shih tzu. And a she. Anyway, ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met a shih tzu on my afternoon walk today. At least I think she was a shih tzu. And a she. Anyway, I thought she looked rather cute so I approached her to say hi. I hadn't even taken 2 steps when she saw me and went, "Ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak ngyak!"

It was a real rapid delivery, high pitched and all round rather silly. She must be a puppy. So I decided to show her what's what, and I opened my mouth and gave her a sonorous "woah woah woah!" Pity fomfomfom didn't let me approach her further. Her maid decided to remove her by force and carried her away, all the while still yipping ngyak ngyak ngyak.

Then we met cha who had just returned. She had heard the entire exchange, but didn't witness the scene. She thought a cat was screaming at me. I told her that shih tzu was so silly it sounds like a cat.

At night cha was showing fomfomfom and ah ma my childhood photos, and they started reminiscing about when I was a few weeks old. And I got more lovin' from them coz I was so cute then. Such innocence, cha said.

As long as it gets me more rubbin' on that belly, whatever.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee has to change her resume</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/486898</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:26:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/486898</guid>
		<description>I set a new record for my afternoon walk. It was a whole 80 minutes. I spent one hour sniffing at dr ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I set a new record for my afternoon walk. It was a whole 80 minutes. I spent one hour sniffing at drains. Fomfomfom wondered whether there was some substance in the drains that was making me high. So she dragged me off for some fresh air. It was floatin'. Giggles.

Ah ma was sorting out her stuff and came up with a letter from the government. It was dated 23 years ago and was a reminder for her to register ah bee's birth. I understand the feeling of being an illegal. Poor ah bee. So she has a criminal record.

I was an illegal for quite a while too. It was only until last year that my mamas bothered to get me registered with the government. Now I can shout from rooftops that I am a singapore citizen.

Strut.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Such wit</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/486519</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:14:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I think I've found my champion snail in the making. We found it near the BBQ pit and I knew it was t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I think I've found my champion snail in the making. We found it near the BBQ pit and I knew it was the one the moment I sat my big beautiful eyes on it. For starters, it's tiny. So we know it's not set in its ways yet. And tiny is good because it's more likely to be fast. I don't want a clumsy snail. So I recruited the snail and told it that training will start on Monday at 8a.m at the same place. I can't wait. 

Ah bee and Fomfomfom went to play ping pong after walking me. Ah bee declared that they are both ready for the national team. Fomfomfom says that it's no good recommending themselves for the team and so I volunteered to be their manager. I will put on my suit and carry my briefcase. Then I will go to the coach for the national team and I will knock on his door. 

I will say, "Knock knock!" and he will ask, "Who's there?".

"Ping."

"Ping who?"

"Ping Pong!"

I am so clever.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Klong Klong!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/486158</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:45:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/486158</guid>
		<description>Ah ma says she wants to klong klong me. I'm not sure what that means; it sounds like the thunder. Bu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma says she wants to klong klong me. I'm not sure what that means; it sounds like the thunder. But I don't think it's got anything to do with thunder. Fomfomfom says if they klong me, there would be three more of me. And then the three of me would drive me crazy.

I think they are the crazy ones. 

The world is not ready for more Xiaopings.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Trousseau trouble</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/485678</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:39:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Today fomfomfom brought me down for my afternoon walk and I found lots of interesting tidbits on the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today fomfomfom brought me down for my afternoon walk and I found lots of interesting tidbits on the ground. I tried to eat some of them but fomfomfom gouged them out of my mouth each time. I shrugged my shoulders and walked on. There's plenty of them tidbits all over the place, I don't mind. But after I tried to eat stuff off the ground for the nth time, fomfomfom said we're going home. Now that's a different kettle of fish altogether. I bit her. 

So I bought myself some time and we carried on walking. Then an irresistible piece of tidbit called my name, "Ping...! Ping...!" and we repeated the script and I tried to bite fomfomfom a second time. Saved by her reflexes, she tricked me into the lift and I had me a bath.

Cha heard of me biting fomfomfom and kept scolding me so I decided to confiscate her trousseau, all of it. I confiscated all my mama's trousseau earlier in the day and promised to give them $130 out of it each. Now Cha is getting zilch.

At night I found a toothpick in the house and I ate it. Cha returned with Mcnuggets and fomfomfom said since Iwas full from eating toothpicks, I shall have none. Cha was afraid the toothpick would poke a hole in my stummy so she gave me two nuggets. Now Cha will get $130 and fomfomfom will get zilch.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>3 things that happened today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/485322</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:59:56 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>1. I walked for one hour and 15 minutes today in the afternoon. I could have gone on for longer had  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ 1. I walked for one hour and 15 minutes today in the afternoon. I could have gone on for longer had fomfomfom not tricked me into the lift.

2. I picked a twig today to train my snail with. I haven't picked the snail though. There wasn't much of a choice today, I shall observe for a few more days before making my choice. Afterall, it is an important matter, one mustn't be hasty, such is the wisdom of a chinese proverb. I must think 3 times before making a decision. And after I have made a decision, I shall have fomfomfom drill holes in the snail's shell so I can poke him even if he tries to hide. Confucius says, you can run but you cannot hide. At the end of my training, that shall be exactly what my snail will be able to do. He shall run his way to the annual snail championship. 

3. Ah ma came back from her marketing. Somehow, she managed to lose money in the market and not find any back after 3 days. It is not the first time so I shall cease my comments.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coach Ping</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/484854</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:56:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yesterday I saw on tv the annual snail race. The champion for this year took 3 minutes to travel 30  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesterday I saw on tv the annual snail race. The champion for this year took 3 minutes to travel 30 centimetres. So this morning, I went on my morning walk and lo and behold! There were quite a few snails getting their morning sun. I observed them carefully, but haven't shortlisted my choice just yet. They all look so full of potential. Perhaps in a few days' time.

It will be a full time job, training my snail. I have thought about discipline, but it will be hard to punish my snail coz he can hide in his shell any time. And so I came up with an idea. I told fomfomfom she will have to drill holes in my snail's shell and I shall arm myself with a twig so that I can poke him even if he tries to hide. Discipline is very important in any endeavour, especially atheletic ones like the one we are setting out upon.

Tomorrow I shall select a twig in great anticipation.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma went marketing again</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/484424</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:23:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I heard ah ma wake up real early this morning. So I started snorting at cha to let me out of the roo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I heard ah ma wake up real early this morning. So I started snorting at cha to let me out of the room. Unfortunately, I was unfortunate. So ah ma left and it must be for a few days again coz I saw her packing her little bag 2 nights ago.

So fomfomfom gave ah ma a ride. When she came back, she realised ah bee had locked her out and she couldn't ring the doorbell coz that would wake everyone up. So fomfomfom had to mill around the lobby for 20 minutes before merrilyn woke up and could open the door for her. I say, if cha had let me out of the room to bid ah ma bye bye, I could have opened the door for fomfomfom. Snort.

Dinnertime, I asked ah bee to give me a little of the durian she was eating. Ah bee figured I can't possibly be allergic to durian, so I got me lots. Then fomfomfom gave me pear to eat coz they thought I might be feverish tomorrow coz durian is heaty.

We mustn't tell the vet woman about this.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Yawn</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/484034</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:05:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I've slept for about 2 hours since my walk but I'm still rather tired. That's coz I don't nap in the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I've slept for about 2 hours since my walk but I'm still rather tired. That's coz I don't nap in the afternoon these days. I spend my afternoons harrassing fomfomfom and cha to bring me downstairs to play. It is rather unsatisfactory that fomfomfom is always napping in the afternoons, so I make it a point to register my dissatisfaction by knocking on her door at least 5 times during her nap. But she never takes heed. 

But happily, I got cha to bring me down today. It was almost 4pm by the time I managed to get her off her butt. I walked for almost an hour. Add that to my almost one hour in the morning, I'd walked almost 2 whole hours today! No wonder I'm feeling tired.

Night.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Nothing much</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/483713</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:04:00 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It rained today. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It rained today.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Black and white</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/483346</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:00:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I played downstairs for almost an hour just now. Then I was all tired out and came back home to slee ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I played downstairs for almost an hour just now. Then I was all tired out and came back home to sleep soundly for 2 hours. Fomfomfom kept waggling her finger at me for being playful, but cha reminded her that she used to be worse when she was younger.

Cha went to cut and dye her hair today. She had white hair, see, that's why she has to dye it regularly. She told fomfomfom, you don't know what it's like to have white hair, it is tres terrible. I told them that I know what it's like to have white hair, I have lots. But I can endure it. Maybe someday I will also go and dye my white hair black to assuage some of that pain cha was talking about, and then I will dye my black hair white or else I will just be a black dirty-looking little thing.

Fomfomfom wonders if ah ma will notice when my colors are turned around. Maybe she won't be able to place her finger on it and I will tell her that I'm wearing my watch on another arm, that's why I look slightly different.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Unsatisfactory</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/482940</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:45:47 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We were sitting at the stone table, enjoying the breeze halfway into my walk, all 3 of my mamas and  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We were sitting at the stone table, enjoying the breeze halfway into my walk, all 3 of my mamas and me. Suddenly, ah bee spied the long winded taxi driver neighbour. They gathered me unceremoniously and ran home. Ran. It wasn't glamorous.

I had expected to continue my walk after enjoying the breeze, but I suddenly found myself at home. There was no better time for sulking. And to pour salt into my wound, ah bee and fomfomfom immediately took their apparatus and went downstairs to play table tennis, leaving me with cha who refused to give me any of her dinner.

No better time to sulk.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Immunity token</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/482596</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:12:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was naughty today. They bathed me, and I was upset so I jumped around the house looking for things ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was naughty today. They bathed me, and I was upset so I jumped around the house looking for things to destroy. So I thought I would drag all my t-shirts around. That done, I went to ah bee's bed and dragged her cherished towel off her pillow and tore a hole in it.

Then when ah bee came back, I told her I was an immunity token. Ah bee said ok, so I told her I tore a hole in her towel. Ah bee couldn't scold me coz I had the immunity token.

Giggles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>As they tell it...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/482138</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:47:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I met a new friend yesterday. According to ah bee, that was a cocker spaniel, 8 years old, sex unkno ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I met a new friend yesterday. According to ah bee, that was a cocker spaniel, 8 years old, sex unknown, its keeper was a maid. It was this big.

Today, with fomfomfom, I met a dog too. According to fomfomfom, it was a female 8 month old puppy. It was this big. What's a cocker spaniel?, fomfomfom asked ah bee.

As the tale unfolded, they started wondering if it was the same dog, perhaps ah bee's ears are going, that's all. Accordingly, it was for me to know and for them to find out.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee says I am a hairy melon</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/481717</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:45:30 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is ah bee's convocation tomorrow. She was trying on her gown and mortar board just now. I thought ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is ah bee's convocation tomorrow. She was trying on her gown and mortar board just now. I thought she looked like a flasher. Maybe she can go commando underneath since no one can see. It'll be cooler too.

Ah ma was also trying on her clothes for attending the ceremony tomorrow. She said luckily she'd lost a little weight moving house, or else she won't be able to fit into her pants.

Lucky us.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/481157</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:23:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning I woke up and ah bee and fomfomfom bundled me into the car and went on a long drive. I  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning I woke up and ah bee and fomfomfom bundled me into the car and went on a long drive. I got scared when the route wasn't familiar and I remembered the last time we went on a drive I ended up at the vet woman's. Suddenly the scene ahead became familiar and it was the gardens! I don't know how I could be happier.

I met Melmel and Chipchip. We sniffed backsides for a while and they had to go. Their keeper said, see you tomorrow, ping. It was a poignant moment. They didn't know I won't be seeing them tomorrow. They didn't know I'd moved house and I can't go to the gardens everyday. I brushed off my tears and moved along.

Afterall, that is how life is. You just have to deal with it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm a bull but fom says she's a bear</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/480834</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:01:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I charged at fomfomfom who was holding my kanga-rude t-shirt. She had just put it on me as it is my  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I charged at fomfomfom who was holding my kanga-rude t-shirt. She had just put it on me as it is my blanket and I was about to turn in. It is red and I was so happy cha just came back, so I decided I was a bull and I charged. And charged and charged. And fomfomfom thought she was a matador so we had fun.

And we found my container with all my toys! The movers had put it into cha's big wooden storage box and nobody had thought to check if it's inside. Actually fomfomfom had thought of it, but didn't expect the lazy cha to be so messy and uninspired to not have touched her box yet after so many days. Anyway, we are all very happy that my toys are back.

I got a new treasure today. It is the packet of plastic cable ties. Fomfomfom was putting up mesh all over the place to secure my prison, and I decided to take off with her packet of cable ties. But most of the cable ties fell out of the packet as soon as I took off, but I wasn't deterred, I hid the packet under the piano. But any illusion of secrecy evaporated when I spied ah bee holding her belly and pointing at my packet and laughing, I had to move the packet to a new hiding place. Then all the cable ties fell out and I was left with only an empty packet. This time round fomfomfom came in from the balcony and laughed at me too, and even told ah ma about it. I was a little miffed, so I returned the packet to fomfomfom and plonked myself in her lap so she couldn't do up the mesh.

We watched the trains go past and the planes fly round and round. It is almost national day and the planes were rehearsing. Froom froom froom! went the planes. The trains went cloong-cloong-cloong.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My teeth</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/480404</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:24:00 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom showed cha my teeth today and I heard them discussing dental scaling. Cha also said how my ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom showed cha my teeth today and I heard them discussing dental scaling. Cha also said how my teeth is like fomfomfom's when she was young, like with brown stains. Fomfomfom looked at me fondly when she heard that, but I wasn't feeling too kindly to their reminiscing. I bet they didn't put fomfomfom under anaesthesia when they had to get the brown stains out.

The kids at the school nearby were singing and cheering for hours, right up to 10pm. Cha was so mad she wanted to write a complaint letter to their principal. I thought maybe if we just put them all under anaesthesia and clean their teeth, that would teach them never to do it again.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy birthday Koh Soo Ping!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/479996</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:04:41 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It's my birthday today. I am four and 7 months old now. My birthdays are happy occasions. It started ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's my birthday today. I am four and 7 months old now. My birthdays are happy occasions. It started out well enough. When I woke up, Ah bee brought me down for a walk. She promised to show me all her secret hiding places but we didn’t get to do that. It started raining but she promised that we can do it tomorrow. I can live with that. 

I was happy. 

Then I had to take a bath. I didn’t enjoy that. After my bath, I spied my milksticks in a container. I always get a milkstick after my bath. I reckon they must have forgotten and so I barked at the container to remind them. That didn’t work. It was downright depressing staring and barking at the container only to have everyone ignore me.  

Then Ah bee came back with a slice of cake for me. It’s a mosaic swiss roll. Very colourful stuff. Too colourful if you ask me. You can’t have any, she says. I then don’t want. It’s so colourful it looks carcinogenic. You can get sick eating those things. 

Speaking of which, Fomfomfom is very ill. She believes she caught the bug at the mall. It’s not all the heaty food I ate, she says; only one side of my nose is blocked. If it’s the bingeing, both sides would be blocked. That doesn’t really matter. I only know that if she spends most of her time in bed, I get fewer belly rubs. And that’s not good. 

I did get a milkstick later. They had a long discussion about it and it suffices to say that the result was in my favour.

Excuse me while I go enjoy my milkstick.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The swing of things</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/479654</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:25:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>When I scratch my left ear, you'd think it was snowing. It was fun, sending all those flakes everywh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ When I scratch my left ear, you'd think it was snowing. It was fun, sending all those flakes everywhere. They put medicine into my ear again, and they'll be at it for a week at least. Bugger.

I fussed over my bottle the rest of the morning. I didn't quite know where to hide it. I took it here, then took it there, then if someone saw it, I'd hide it all over again. It was real tiring business. There is no satisfactory nook nor cranny here. I'll look harder tomorrow.

In the afternoon, we established that one of my containers was lost in the move. My toys! Fomfomfom and ah bee were so upset that some of my favourite toys are lost forever. I thought maybe if we can go get me some new toys, I won't cry.

In the evening, we went down to walk again, and ah bee and fomfomfom were up to their old tricks again. Ah bee put me on her lap and we sat on the swing for such a long time I had to look at the sky to make sure night hadn't fallen already. And as if that wasn't enough, they next got onto the see saw and put me on it, seeing and sawing. And they thought it was funny. Chee.

At night I roamed ah ma's new bedroom and I decided to be the keeper of her toilet. The rug outside the toilet makes such a good place to lounge. So I lounged.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The air con is too cold</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/479262</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 8 Jul 2008 07:18:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I didn't sleep well in the unfamiliar place last night. So we woke up at 530 in the morning, me and  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I didn't sleep well in the unfamiliar place last night. So we woke up at 530 in the morning, me and cha.

So it was understandable I was rather tired all day. But they won't leave me alone, no siree. They brought me to the vet woman, of all places. We will not talk about the shameful things that transpired there, enough to say it was undignified.

Of course I wasn't in a good mood. When ah bee and fomfomfom brought me downstairs to poop, I vented all that pent up anger on a stupid looking terrier whose owner shook her head as we walked towards them. I scolded them and it echoed all round the condo. Thus soothed, we went back to the 12th floor where Merrilyn confirmed she heard my reproof.

At night they kept coming into my room to look at me when I was trying to sleep in my bed. I waved them away after the nth time. I was too tired to be unfamiliar.

P.S. Thanks for the ball Boo! That came in real handy coz they forgot to bring my volleyball, Mikasa, here. I must remind them to go get it for me so that I may place my bottle next to Mikasa and keep an eye on them both.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>And so we moved</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/478870</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:08:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was real early in the morning, many men came and wrapped things and moved things around. I was ex ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was real early in the morning, many men came and wrapped things and moved things around. I was excited, but when ah bee told me we're going to the gardens, I still chose the gardens over the men.

And I am glad I did. For we met xiaodie, whom we thought must have moved away coz we haven't seen her for over a year. It seems she only changed her daily walk to mornings instead. It was real happy at the gardens, I got off the car and there was xiaodie, melmel, chipchip, and the japanese poodle. 

And for the rest of the day the men moved and wrapped, then fomfomfom and cha packed and moved things too. I was in my harness all day, and I knew something was up. Finally, we arrived at the condo and I kept wanting to go home. I was uncomfortable there, it is a strange place though I've been here a few times. It was untidy with many boxes all over the place. I peed all over the place and no one was angry with me. 

But it seems there are lots of friends around the condo, I could hear them barking and I joined in many times too. Now it is time to sleep and I'm not so nervous now and seeing everyone is here too, I feel safer.

Goodnight!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The cow</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/478515</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 6 Jul 2008 07:49:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>At the gardens today, a woman said I look like a cow. I was too polite to tell her she's the one who ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ At the gardens today, a woman said I look like a cow. I was too polite to tell her she's the one who looks like a cow.

In the late afternoon, my tai-ma and auntie harry and auntie poh eng came to visit, and ah ma served them delicious soup. My mamas also started eating after that. It all smelt so delicious but no one would give me any. I got angry so I decided to bring my dinner out to the garden to eat alfresco. So I was doing up the ambience for myself, seeing no one cared a hoot about my meals. Ah bee fed me while I kept an eye out for passers by to welcome. 

It wasn't great, and I vomited my alfresco dinner on the grass. I tried to eat it again but fomfomfom won't let me. 

At night I thought maybe I'm not a cow but a camel, so I drank up all the water in my bowl at one go.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Long time no see</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/478227</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:51:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I took my pink and yellow doughnut down and put it beside my volleyball Mikasa so that they can be t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I took my pink and yellow doughnut down and put it beside my volleyball Mikasa so that they can be together. I always do that coz that way, I can watch them both at the same time.

I saw Magic and Diva today. Not at the gardens though. I was welcoming passersby, and they passed by. I shouted, "Sister YY!" Sister YY was so happy and she kept asking, "Is that Xiaoping?! Is that Xiaoping?!" I haven't seen them in a real long time, and I barked and barked loudly. 

They stay really near me, but it's a pity I'm moving soon. But I'm glad I saw them today before we move in 2 days' time. At least we got to say bye bye.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My career</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/477904</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 4 Jul 2008 08:34:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was ah bee's last day at work today. I didn't want to go to work with her coz I had my heart set  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was ah bee's last day at work today. I didn't want to go to work with her coz I had my heart set on going to the gardens in the morning, so I told her to tender my resignation for me. I had a position as a shredder, but I never did turn up for work coz I don't have a school bag.

It was a dismal career. I didn't shred one piece of paper. I thought it was kind of destructive too, so I decided to do a career switch while I am still young. My ambition now is to be a photocopying machine! Fomfomfom thought it's a good choice of career coz I'm already black and white, it shouldn't be too hard to get my qualifications. As for color copies, I'll leave that for career advancement.

Planning a life-changing career switch before breakfast was no walk in the park. But a walk in the gardens was a real walk in the park. I didn't want to push my brain to the limit, so I just circled the creaky tree 10 times. Fomfomfom and cha dragged me home.

And I was all tired out by the morning's activities so I took a nap before lunch was served. I dreamt of color copies all throughout.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Molly</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/477511</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:40:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We met a little pug at the gardens today. She's a real little thing, only 3 months old. Her english  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We met a little pug at the gardens today. She's a real little thing, only 3 months old. Her english lady owner said she's out investigating, as she hasn't seen much yet. Her name is molly and she's got a little pink collar with a really long leash. I thought she looked really funny so I walked up to her and barked at her. She wasn't scared, and tried to approach me, but I got scared so fomfomfom had to carry me. 

While fomfomfom was comforting me, molly had the audacity to drink from my water bottle. Cha thought she was too interested in my water bottle so she offered her a drink. Molly's owner said it's a really good device. How silly, I scoffed. A pug who hasn't yet seen a water bottle! And the owner! Oh, don't get me started.

We left them alone and the last scene I took in was that of the little pug on all fours, her backside sticking up, no doubt about to pounce on some new object of her investigation.

We got home and cha and fomfomfom were still swooning over molly and even told ah ma about her in great detail. I got a little angry.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I got a little angry during my bath</title>
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				<pubdate>Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:53:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I didn't see Melmel and Chipchip at the gardens today, they must have been stuck with some last minu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I didn't see Melmel and Chipchip at the gardens today, they must have been stuck with some last minute chores at home. Maybe gardening or vacuuming or something. Luckily I am such an independent girl, I did my own thing. I tried to climb a coconut tree. I stood on my hind legs and front legs on the tree trunk, it must have been a whole 20 centimetres. I told cha, it's only natural to want to climb upwards, it's a chinese saying. Only worms burrow downwards. So I must try to climb upwards.

I always try my best as a good little chinese girl.

And there're so many mosquitoes at home, my 3 mamas are on a rampage to kill every last one. There was this mozzie in the room as I was about to turn in, they were all after its blood (I think it's after their blood too, so it's mutual), I took pity on it coz it seems such bullying for 3 big humans to be after one small mozzie, so I offered it refuge in my ear. My ear flops down so it's a good place to hide. I told the mozzie he should stop buzzing while he's in my ear coz the sound disturbs me.

The rest is up to his fate. We chinese always believe in fate.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bubbles bubbles everywhere</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/476712</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 08:16:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I reckon it's coz of the moving house affair, but the house is full of them bubblewrap. I indulged,  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I reckon it's coz of the moving house affair, but the house is full of them bubblewrap. I indulged, I revelled, I made a home in it. I sat on it and refused to relinquish it to ah ma. Later, ah gong told cha to wrap some bubblewrap around my middle like some ancient chinese undergarment, so I fled.

At night I took off my doggie soft toy Meimei's clothes. Fomfomfom told me to put it back on for Meimei but I didn't want to. I don't wear clothes, so neither should Meimei. Besides ah ma had just washed Meimei really clean and white a few days ago, so I was a little jealous of Meimei. For good measure, I tried to rip her clothes apart. Ah ma laughed at me. Fomfomfom lured me away and later cha put the clothes back on Meimei. 

Ok, I gotta get me some beauty sleep now. All that bubblewrapping is tiring, and besides, I told Melmel and Chipchip today that I'll meet them at the gardens tomorrow morning. I have to look good for them. They always get so excited about me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Only black white and pink</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/476294</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:39:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I sensed them before they came into view. 2 men came from the land authority to check our house and  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I sensed them before they came into view. 2 men came from the land authority to check our house and I barked ferociously as they walked up the stairs. I must have done myself proud, as they finally saw me and one guy went, "Oh. Small dog." Only sissies are seen and not heard. Me, you can hear me everywhere.

Fomfomfom and cha were talking about movies, how they are usually not worth the ticket price. Cha said most are not even worth the DVD rental price. At this juncture I had to interject, Under the Tuscan Sun is worth every penny of the price that we paid for the vcds. Both of them.

Under the tuscan sun is my favourite show. I have watched it thrice already, twice with cha and once with fomfomfom. I suggested to fomfomfom that we should move to tuscany in future, but she said I should learn italian first. I already know a little italian, so I pooh-poohed her and said, "Oui!" 

Ah bee came back from work to doll herself up for a wedding dinner she had to attend. She offered to curl my lashes and put on some make up for me but I didn't want to. Coz I am Xiaoping, I am black white and pink.

Red and blue and yellow and purple have no place in my life.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pockets</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/475921</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:22:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>There were many big boxes today, they were filling them up with all sorts of things. I wanted to hel ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ There were many big boxes today, they were filling them up with all sorts of things. I wanted to help ah ma by inspecting her towels and rugs but she just waggled her finger at me and grumbled. Ah bee wanted to box me in and I fled the scene and went to take my afternoon nap with ah ma. Packing is tiring business.

In the evening I was at my usual spot welcoming passersby and I saw this pair of male brown huge poodles. Well, I often see them, but this is the first time I discovered they actually had pockets. They were groomed in a real peculiar fashion, It's like the groomer took his shaver and haphazardly shaved tracts of fur off wherever he pleased. He left them pockets at the sides of their hips, no doubt so they could keep their sweets inside.

I wish my groomer had left me pockets too.

p.s. Ah bee was so stupid she didn't screw the top of my kibble container tight and swung my kibble all over the floor and stairs. I simply have to note this down even though I'd already finished writing my entry for today. See, you'll never know what things can happen to you, even when you think you're home safe. Enter exhibit A-- Anwar, he got accused of sodomy again. One'd think they'd come up with something new. Which brings me to the stupid ah bee again, she tried feigning fainting on me again. Once, she tried that when I was only a few months old, I saved her by nudging her with my nose and licking her and screaming for help. This time, I continued playing with my rope. There's no salvation for those who cry wolf twice. If you've never heard that nugget of wisdom before, there's no salvation for you too, but remember, you heard it here first.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I didn't forget to grow</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/475612</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:06:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning at the gardens, we bumped into this doggy. We didn't get his name and I can't quite tel ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning at the gardens, we bumped into this doggy. We didn't get his name and I can't quite tell what breed he is. But that's not the point. He's a bit of a tortoise egg himself for he ran away when Fomfomfom tried to approach him. That is beside the point as well. Just one more irrelevant point before we move on to the important stuff that I really want to tell you all about- he was busy sniffing at my little girl's bits; just like Melmel whom we bumped into later into the walk. The only difference is Melmel was so excited about sniffing at my little girl's bits that it was a little disturbing. 

But I digress. So as I was saying, the said doggy was walked by a woman. She told us that he is a year and a half. Fomfomfom told her I am four and a half. 

"Four and a half?!?! Oh dear, you forgot to grow ah?"

No I didn't. I remembered. It's just a little hard when all you have to eat is kibble. 

A pox on that vet woman.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I dind't get to eat curry fish head</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/475290</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:39:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma washed all my toys and mattresses, coz she was afraid my mattresses are dirty and might be cau ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma washed all my toys and mattresses, coz she was afraid my mattresses are dirty and might be causing my skin to be bad. Ah ma loves me and I love ah ma.

The toys and mattresses all smell lovely after being washed and sunned. I dragged the toys all over the place and slept on 2 mattresses at once. Ah ma waggled her finger at me. Then she kept some of my toys coz she didn't want me to dirty them before we move house. I waggled my finger at ah ma.

I got injured when I was barking at passersby this evening. Merrilyn was cutting the grass, and I couldn't go out until one hour later, so I was anxious and I kicked too hard when barking. My paws were bleeding and I left bloodstains on the mat and cardboard. Fomfomfom got scolded for it, though I don't know why. Fomfomfom gets scolded for everything in the house. Giggle.

Ah bee came and went with Auntie Lynn. I have nothing to write about that, it was over so soon. What wasn't over so soon, was curry fish head. Ah ma was lazy to cook, so she got ah gong to buy curry fish head back for dinner. Ah gong, as usual, overdid it and bought 2. They'll be eating it for days, and I won't get a bite. It smells rather lovely, but my big eyes didn't work on fomfomfom.

She was stuffing her face, the wretch. I'm glad she gets scolded for everything.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A tax on cha's piggy bank</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/474900</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:06:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They were all alarmed at the condition of my skin, now that I've had a haircut and it is easier to s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They were all alarmed at the condition of my skin, now that I've had a haircut and it is easier to see. For one, my moo moo print on my belly is peeling off. Ah bee was horrified. For two, there is this open raw sore on my belly. Fomfomfom wanted to weep. She dialed the vet's for an appointment immediately.

Cha is taking me off pork, kind of like how america was taken off the gold standard in the 1970s. Ill-conceived actions lead to disaster, I warned darkly.

I want to eat pork.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee went to watch sex and the city</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/474491</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:26:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was chasing 2 huskies around the gardens today, dragging fomfomfom behind me. I ran so fast fomfom ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was chasing 2 huskies around the gardens today, dragging fomfomfom behind me. I ran so fast fomfomfom was almost flying. Cha, on the other hand, couldn't care less. She trailed way behind, almost as if she was ashamed of associating with us. I didn't care, I shouted the gardens down. By the time I realised I had forgotten to poop, I was too pooped to poop. Fomfomfom got an earful from cha. She is not to let me chase other dogs before I poop, and certainly not to let me harrass other dogs in future, cha admonished. Well, I don't care.

Later, cha and fomfomfom brought me to have a haircut. I apologised profusely to cha in the car, saying I won't chase other dogs in future, I want to go home, but she won't have it. I was at the mercy of the groomer's for an hour. Fomfomfom was looking at me all that time, we were tearful.

Ah ma says I look like a mouse now. I'm going to chase other dogs tomorrow. Maybe they will think I look awesome and be scared.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The good stuff in life are free</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/474073</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:05:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I got me some roasted pork by working my big and beautiful eyes on ah bee during dinner. It was deli ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got me some roasted pork by working my big and beautiful eyes on ah bee during dinner. It was delicious, but I threw it up not 10 minutes later. It must have been too oily for my kibble-and-boiled-pork-only stomach. I endeavour to eat more oily food in future so that my stomach may be accustomed to delicacies.

Ah bee bought gold for the first time today, taking my advice. Therefore a tax is only in order. And fomfomfom, her futures positions, precarious they may seem, actually reaped more profits today. I informed her that I will be taxing her, last week's interim tax notwithstanding. I thought it would be more friendly if I call out "annyeong haseyo" whenever I want to collect tax, it means hello in korean. I said hello to fomfomfom many times today. She only waved back weakly.

IRAP. It stands for your friendly neighbourhood internal revenue authority of da ping!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>End of a tradition</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/473710</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:14:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was the last mahjong day today. I felt a little sad, coz it's tradition, and it's no more. 

Ah ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was the last mahjong day today. I felt a little sad, coz it's tradition, and it's no more. 

Ah ma lost $13.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Stupido</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/473386</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:08:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We were at the gardens and saw this couple take a doggie poop bag, which they filled up with fruits  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We were at the gardens and saw this couple take a doggie poop bag, which they filled up with fruits they'd filched from the gardens. The poop bags have a warning, saying that food is not to be put inside the bags. They are for poop.

Fomfomfom commented that I wrote the book on stupidity, but the couple topped me. I knew I should have bopped fomfomfom on the face, but I felt strangely complimented.

I hope they get caught by the police for stealing fruit from the gardens. Then they can be featured in the papers and we can laugh loudly.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chinese wolfberries</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/473065</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:19:42 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was evening, already dark outside. Suddenly the lights went out and the whole house was dark. So  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was evening, already dark outside. Suddenly the lights went out and the whole house was dark. So dark I couldn't see anything at all. For a moment I thought my eyes had gone. Blindness is scary. But the moment I realised it was a mere blackout, I turned onto my back and waited for fomfomfom to fumble over to give me a belly rub. 

A belly rub in the dark is the same as a belly rub in the light, just that I don't have to face the lights in the ceiling and squint. Talking about that, I realise that my eyes are very important. I have been facing the ceiling for my bellyrubs since forever, and my eyes are so big and so much light can enter. I must ask ah ma to make some brew with chinese wolfberries so that I may drink it and it will be good for my eyes.

My big and beautiful eyes.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>12 stories</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/472738</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:30:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was doing my own thing. Then Ah gong walked by and told me they are going to move house and are no ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was doing my own thing. Then Ah gong walked by and told me they are going to move house and are not bringing me along. Fomfomfom told me she will leave ah gong behind and bring me.

Talking about moving house, it will be in about 3 weeks' time. We will be moving to an apartment 12 stories above the ground. I was apprehensive, coz I am scared of heights, but fomfomfom told me it is all with me in mind. It's coz I'm so short, that I can't do a lot of housework, so fomfomfom told me that now we're going to stay so high in the sky, I can't use my lack of height as an excuse not to do housework. There's enough height for anything.

Then we were in the porch enjoying the moonlight, and fomfomfom jumped and said, sigh, not tall enough. Still can't touch the moon. Will try again 3 weeks later 12 stories high, maybe can touch the moon.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The investor side of me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/472369</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:55:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I was thinking, I was rather uncomfortable with fomfomfom's investment. I thought she should l ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I was thinking, I was rather uncomfortable with fomfomfom's investment. I thought she should liquidate it and take her profit and be done with it. So I spoke to her, but she couldn't be bothered. Too lazy to even take a profit! 

As I tax all profits in the house, I certainly don't want to see her profits evaporate should the market turn. Therefore, I decided to extract my tax and leave her to herself. If her profits evaporate, it would be her own problem then. If she makes a bigger profit, I can tax her again.

Satisfied, I addressed my other concern. I told fomfomfom, it has come to my attention that I haven't been receiving much gold in taxes of late. Perhaps you should be buying some?

Fomfomfom agreed to consider my proposal and I was satisfied again.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Boring...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/472008</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:18:56 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was such a boring day I don't know what to write. But my mamas always want me to write something  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was such a boring day I don't know what to write. But my mamas always want me to write something down everyday. Maybe it is to practice my handwriting.

So I went to the gardens in the morning and I was happy so I wagged my tail. I had pork for lunch, which was such a treat after all that kibbling, so I wagged my tail.

Then I didn't wag my tail for the rest of the day coz I had nothing to do. It was raining and I couldn't even go out to watch passersby. Cha showed ah ma a close-up photo of me smiling, ah ma was so delighted coz I was so pretty in the photo. She and fomfomfom couldn't stop googoogaga-ing over the photo, but I thought it was nothing and I almost fell asleep amidst all that excitement.

I'm going to bed now.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A day of revelations</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/471655</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:28:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went to the gardens early in the morning today and it set me thinking. It's a good time to go, it ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to the gardens early in the morning today and it set me thinking. It's a good time to go, it's cool and the ground is not too hot. In my quest to improve myself, I had resolved to question the root of all things, and I thought, why isn't it hot in the morning? The answer finally hit me, earthshattering in its impact. There is no sun at night! Therefore, early in the morning, the ground would be cool! And just like that, I knew my life would be the better for it.

Fomfom waxed lyrical to me about how life is, she asked me how my life is turning out so far. I sighed and informed her, it's a dog's life.

At night, me, fomfomfom and ah bee went out onto the porch to enjoy the moonlight. There were lots of clouds around the moon, but the moon was bright and shone through the clouds. It was a rare sight. Fomfomfom was excited and told ah bee to come see it, the clouds in front of the moon, and behind the moon too. Ah bee said, oh. 

Clouds behind the moon?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Vet day again</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/471235</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:27:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was so clever this morning. I was at the garden watching cars go by, and I saw a mahjong girl. So  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was so clever this morning. I was at the garden watching cars go by, and I saw a mahjong girl. So I informed fomfomfom to open the gate. I don't know what they will do without me.

The afternoon was less happy, regretfully. It was vet day again. I shook for 20 minutes before seeing the vet and she proclaimed my skin good. So she threw me a challenge. I am always happy for a challenge. She said, choose chicken or pork. Fomfomfom said pork! So I can eat pork now on top of my kibble. But vet woman said no pig liver, pig stomach, only boiled pork. Boo.

As the vet woman was squeezing my backside, she said fomfomfom must be the youngest of my 3 mamas. Fomfomfom giggled and said ah bee is 5 years younger than her. Cha said it must be all those pimples. They all laughed and I thought, like, stop it already. The vet woman stilll had her fingers in my backside. Grumble. Then fomfomfom was concerned I had lost half a kg, which is 10% of my weight. The vet woman said it's due to the kibble diet, nothing to worry about. Besides, it's only fitting that I am nice and slim coz my 3 mamas are all supermodel thin. Well, according to the vet woman anyway.

Then I had some liquid anti-heartworm put on my neck. It is flammable and fomfomfom was alarmed. Cha said we will go to the garden when it is less hot, we don't want the sun to shine on me and maybe I will explode.

Explode! Amother ability of mine! Let me go put that on my CV.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fetch</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/470973</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:36:16 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They didn't let me watch this dog play Fetch. He was playing Fetch in the gardens, I wanted to watch ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They didn't let me watch this dog play Fetch. He was playing Fetch in the gardens, I wanted to watch and bark at him, but fomfomfom and cha carried me away. What's so great about Fetch, I argued, I know it too. No you don't, said cha.

Well, it's not that I don't know Fetch. I know it, but I only like to play half of it. They like to throw a ball and say Fetch, I would get it and then go on my own merry way. 

Like what I did to ah ma's ahem, underclothes, let's just say. Ah ma found said piece of clothing on the floor in cha's room. Fomfomfom pointed the finger at me. I explained to ah ma, well it got into cha's room by mistake, all I did was drag it around. It would be a betrayal of my principles if I were to bring it back to ah ma. 

I don't do Fetch.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Crap</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/470613</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:43:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Let me write a poem:

Oh
I want to
Eat
Crab

Heartbreaking stuff, that. But I got no crab. La ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Let me write a poem:

Oh
I want to
Eat
Crab

Heartbreaking stuff, that. But I got no crab. Later they captured me and bathed me and made me wear 2 collars. At this point, I want to collapse onto my bed and weep.

Luckily, there was a photo op later on. Merrilyn needed some photos with us for her potential employers to peruse, so I jumped in and took some photos too. My red and neon pink collars, I sat proudly and displayed them. 

I am so fashionable.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A pox on you</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/470264</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:27:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is Friday the 13th today. I am unhappy.

The day started off nicely enough. I realised ah ma wa ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is Friday the 13th today. I am unhappy.

The day started off nicely enough. I realised ah ma was back! It was the first time I saw her come back from the market with food. There were corn, pistachio nuts, dried scallops and cuttlefish. I immediately asked for a belly rub.

At the gardens I met a big tortoise. He didn't want to come out, and cha knocked knocked on his shell asking if he's home. He was really inhospitable, that he was. I barked for 3 minutes then we went away.He's got some sort of complex, I tell you.

At night, ah bee came back and ate crab legs in front of me. She was almost flaunting it, the lovely crab legs ah ma brought back from that Japanese market. I remember vaguely, a long time ago, when I was like just 2 years old, I'd tasted that kind of crab leg before. It was lovely, but I didn't get any today. Even nighter still, ah bee taunted me with dried cuttlefish, which I do so love.

I hate.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Liar liar panties on fire</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/469880</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:39:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Ah bee told me to be a good girl while she goes to work, and not to play with fire. I told her I'm t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee told me to be a good girl while she goes to work, and not to play with fire. I told her I'm too short to play with fire. Ah bee imagines I might rub 2 stones together and set my sheepskin rug on fire. Or I might set myself on fire, since I'm a furball, plenty of flammable material to get it going.

Ah bee must have been too busy giving me instructions, for she forgot to bring her phone for the second time in 2 weeks. When she came back, she was busy checking her phone and not playing with me, so I asked her if the phone has hair and smells funky and catches fire like I can. If not, her full attention should be on me instead. Ah bee tells me solemnly her phone can't do all that, but it can explode. I told ah bee I'll be exploding tonight. Ah bee put down her phone and played with me. Then she asked me if I set fire to her building today, for there was a fire drill. I'm not tellin'.

There was a grasshopper in cha's room, and she fizzled it to death with insecticide. The room smells bad now. It is regrettable she didn't enlist my help, I can set it on fire and there won't be a bad smell.

Oh, oh, I forgot to say, I met a beagle at the gardens today. She is exactly the same size as me, such a small beagle. We thought she's a baby beagle, but her owner told us she's 4 years old, like me. Her name is Mimi. Mini Mimi beagle.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Scooby-Doo goes ah-rooooooooooooooo...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/469536</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:53:31 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/469536</guid>
		<description>This morning I finally put my foot down. Ah bee was about to sneak off with fomfomfom again for the  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning I finally put my foot down. Ah bee was about to sneak off with fomfomfom again for the third time this week, as they had done the whole of last week, so I started scolding them. Ah bee tried to say sorry and pat my head but I won't have it. Ah bee hasn't come back yet and I'm still angry.

Fomfomfom got angry too, in the evening. The phone rang and no one picked up so she did. It was for ah ma, who wasn't around. While fomfomfom was talking to the caller, ah gong picked up the phone and spoke into it, saying "cha, who is it?" repeatedly. Fomfomfom couldn't even hear the caller and tell her about ah ma so she screamed at ah gong to stop talking. Then she went back to the caller and apologised, and put down the phone. Then she went on for 10 minutes about how unbelievably moronic ah gong was, complaining real loudly to cha for ah gong's benefit. She was so mad I could almost see smoke coming out of her ears.

Oh ya, the phone rang and no one picked up for a long time right? I went "Ah-roooooooooo..." to cha and she came closer and asked me what's up? I whispered in her ear, go pick up the phone! But by then fomfomfom had already picked up and the unfortunate episode above was already unfurling. Later cha told fomfomfom I was trying to be scooby-doo so I sulked. Fomfomfom laughed at me and stopped cursing ah gong. 

Ah-roooooo!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy birthday to me!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/469181</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:26:17 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>It is my birthday today. I am four and a half. Cha kept telling me I'd soon be older than her, and t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is my birthday today. I am four and a half. Cha kept telling me I'd soon be older than her, and that I'm tofu dregs. I told her only women after 30 are tofu dregs, like herself. Well, soon enough anyway. 

Once upon a time, when the world still had meat and tidbits and other assorted delicacies that I used to partake with decent frequency, fomfomfom promised I'd get cake on my birthdays. But there was no cake today. I made fomfomfom promise to buy me four and a half pork bellies when the vet woman gives the green light. I wanted to make her give me an IOU, but I didn't know how to write one so I thought we'd just base the contract on honour.

In the evening, I wanted to watch Taiwan news with ah ma but ah ma wasn't around, so I settled for ah gong. We watched Nixon and watergate. I thought it was so boring, but ah bee needed an education so it wasn't a total loss.

It was a real windy night. We were on the porch watching the sky when the wind suddenly picked up and scared me. I rushed over to fomfomfom and fomfomfom patted me and then I wasn't scared anymore. Then lightning flashed and fomfomfom disappeared into the house immediately. Well. I could have patted her.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee sucks</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/468783</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:11:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Today ah bee was almost late again. She was telling fomfomfom about how she will make me pay should  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today ah bee was almost late again. She was telling fomfomfom about how she will make me pay should she incur the road gantry fee again. I was rather upset about it, so I pulled fomfomfom aside and pleaded with her to pay the fee for me. Fomfomfom agreed, and I was happy again.

While the going was good, I asked for another 50 cents. Fomfomfom said ok. Giggles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bored</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/468384</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 8 Jun 2008 08:27:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/468384</guid>
		<description>It's been such a cloudy few weeks that everyone in the house's been wearing clothes that smell mould ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It's been such a cloudy few weeks that everyone in the house's been wearing clothes that smell mouldy. That's what happens when there's no sun to dry the clothes. But it's good too, I can go to the gardens real early, like noon.

Today I went to the gardens at noon. It was real nice weather. There was a small girl who called me a big dog. She really knows what's what. Then I strutted the gardens and ah bee carried me onto the bridge to look at tortoises but I wasn't interested. We met a small dog who was unleashed and she ran up to me and the owner said, she's fierce. Ah bee scooped me up in a jiffy and fomfomfom cursed the owner. Behind her back of course, she might be loopy and hit us.

Then I came home and it was so boring all afternoon and evening and night. Fomfomfom gave me 4 tissues to shred but didn't allow me to eat any. Bummer.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma lei hai bin ah?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/468089</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 7 Jun 2008 08:49:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>There is no sighting of Ah ma today. I was hoping that Japan isn’t that far away but I guess I was w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ There is no sighting of Ah ma today. I was hoping that Japan isn’t that far away but I guess I was wrong. I wanted to call Ah ma to tell her to forget about marketing and just come on home but I can’t quite reach the telephone. I can only wait. 

I told Fomfomfom that I want to go swimming at the condo but she told me that people would complain. So she suggested bringing my inflatable pool there and filling it up with the water from the swimming pool. What, have you gone crazy, I asked her. My luscious locks will be damaged by the chlorine. She promptly apologized and said that she would fill my inflatable pool with water from the Alps. Or milk if you like, she offered. Half part Evian and half part boiled water would be good, I told her. Otherwise it would be too cold. And no milk. Because I will have to take a bath after my swim. I won’t like that.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The japanese market</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/467804</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:33:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>This morning, merrilyn forgot to draw the barrier across the door to the garden. I saw it but I didn ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning, merrilyn forgot to draw the barrier across the door to the garden. I saw it but I didn't go out. I knew I wasn't supposed to go out alone, so I just sat in the living room and waited for someone to bring me out. Ah bee and ah ma praised me for being a good girl.

Then as fomfomfom drove ah bee to work, cha brought me out to the garden to bark at passersby. I barked and barked for 20 minutes. Together with the other dogs in the neighbourhood, we did a symphony. Cha didn't quite enjoy our music at 830 in the morning.

In the evening I had a premature bath. No matter how I calculated it, it hasn't been a week since the last bath! Later at night I saw ah ma go out with a big bag, she told me she was going to the market. I asked ah ma which market it was this time and ah ma said it was in japan.

I feel sad. Coz the last time I saw that bag, ah bee disappeared for 3 weeks. Today marks the end of the first week that ah bee is working. She offered to let me tax her 10% of the money she's earned. So I did, but I wasn't cheered. I miss ah ma already.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rule of law</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/467413</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:45:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>2 days have come and gone, and I have yet to see my new schoolbag. Ah bee asked fomfomfom pointedly  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ 2 days have come and gone, and I have yet to see my new schoolbag. Ah bee asked fomfomfom pointedly why she hasn't bought me my bag, and fomfomfom finally buckled under pressure and confessed. She doesn't want me to go to work with ah bee. So touched I was, I decided to give up my career and stay at home to be monopolised by fomfomfom.

Cha decided to launch an investigation into whether ah ma gave ah bee her pocket money for the month. Ah bee has started work, and is not entitled to any pocket money. The relevance is, cha will give me my 50 cents that ah bee confiscated yesterday and confiscate ah bee's pocket money, if she took it, that is. The lesson is, the arm of the law is long in this house. 

Ah bee needs a punitive sentence.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rogue</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/467048</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 4 Jun 2008 08:52:17 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Ah bee was late today in leaving the house and incurred some sort of gantry fee. So she told fomfomf ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee was late today in leaving the house and incurred some sort of gantry fee. So she told fomfomfom to deduct that 50 cents from my allowance, leaving me with nothing for the day.

So I had to improvise. I told fomfomfom and cha to bring me to the gardens at 11am so that we won't have to pay parking. 

And that's how I made it through the day without pocket money.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Tortoise</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/466627</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:04:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>It was looking cloudy, so I went to the gardens at two in the afternoon with fomfomfom and cha. It w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was looking cloudy, so I went to the gardens at two in the afternoon with fomfomfom and cha. It was the usual stuff, pee and poo, with hardly any friends around. But there were lots of kids, it's the school hols. They were running and screaming on the grass and the workers were cutting the grass with their noisy handheld machines. Scary.

Then ah bee came back at 430 and I told her to bring me to the gardens again. So we went. And it was a real adventure this time. I saw this tortoise in the middle of the path. It must have been lost, it was so far from the pond. I barked and barked non-stop at it for 20 minutes. And all the while there was a drizzle. The tortoise was a scare-dee cat. It hid in its shell and peered at me with half opened eyes, so lazy it was. Halfway through my admonition, it turned and looked at fomfomfom. But no one could save it, no siree. I let him know exactly what I thought of him.

Once we were home ah bee kept telling me to prepare my schoolbag before I go to bed, so I can go with ah bee to work in the morning. When I finally decided to get down to it, I realised that I don't have a school bag! I was close to tears but luckily ah bee said I can have an extra day at home tomorrow and fomfomfom promised to buy me a bag tomorrow.

Sniffle.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee goes to work</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/466267</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 2 Jun 2008 07:20:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning everyone woke up real early. Ah bee was dressed nicely and I heard it was her first day ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning everyone woke up real early. Ah bee was dressed nicely and I heard it was her first day at work. Ah ma had already informed me last night. So this morning I was up early too so that I may bless ah bee before she leaves. In my haste, I almost tumbled down the entire flight of stairs. Luckily I managed to regain my footing halfway down. As I reached the bottom of the stairs, smug over my display of that nifty footwork, I saw fomfomfom and ah bee staring at me, mouths open in horror. I told them they had nothing to worry about, I was never in any danger. Just call me nifty ping.

But that footwork is not meant for menial stuff. Like walking to the gardens. I am always driven to the gardens. Just now we were watching tv and the tv station was looking for Singapore's most eco-friendly person. Cha informed me that my little feet leave behind real big carbon footprints.

I thought about it. Carbon footprint? I'll have to ask ah ma to buy me real good quality shoes so that I won't go around leaving unsightly footprints. Carbon indeed! Pfft, that's for dirty little dogs only.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I don't want to be mummified</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/465914</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 1 Jun 2008 08:20:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We met a Shih Tzu in the gardens today. Her name is Mika and she is white and brown. Her owners said ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We met a Shih Tzu in the gardens today. Her name is Mika and she is white and brown. Her owners said that I am so pretty and that my colours are beautiful. That’s coz black and white Shih Tzus are rarer than you think. Anyhow, Mika got too close to me and so I barked at her to tell her to back off. She immediately ran away from me. Fancy that! Fomfomfom and Ah bee were so tickled because no one has ever run away from me before. That means that she is even more of a tortoise egg than I am. What a baby. 

There were kids having a picnic on the pathway. The adult in charge told them, “Look, a puppy! Everyone say hello to the puppy.” And so they all did. We lingered a little to play with them. I like playing with kids coz they aren’t much taller than me. I wouldn’t have to strain my neck too much this way. 

Ah ma was a lot less crabby after I had my bath. She even told me that I could step all over her big tummy. Kiss kiss Ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Score one for Fomfomfom.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/465620</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 31 May 2008 09:24:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/465620</guid>
		<description>Ah ma has her hang-ups. Things none of us get. We usually try to ignore her but sometimes you can ru ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma has her hang-ups. Things none of us get. We usually try to ignore her but sometimes you can run but you just can’t hide. Nothing works on her. Nothing but Ah bee’s dour expressions, Cha and Fomfomfom says. Ah ma simply cannot stand seeing Ah bee sulk. I’m not sure about that so I will have to observe and keep all of you updated. 

In other news, Ah gong met his match in Fomfomfom. He was going on and on about how she shouldn’t be drinking lemon with her honey water. In his mistaken view, lemons are evil and one can die from eating lemons. At least that was how Fomfomfom heard him. So she threw all his cigarettes into the sink and soaked them. Cigarettes kill, not lemons, she said. He shut up after that.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Nothing much</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/465284</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 30 May 2008 09:27:55 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Dear Diary,

Well, nothing really special happened today. Just that I got myself another 5 grams o ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Dear Diary,

Well, nothing really special happened today. Just that I got myself another 5 grams of gold and escaped the rain at the gardens today again, but that's all in a day's work, so I shall not mention it further.

Ah bee promised to buy me orange juice, but wasn't sincere enough to drop by the supermarket so I still don't have my few tons of juice.

I know fomfomfom went out and ate chicken knee cartilage for dinner and I shan't go further coz I fear I might throw up. Of all things to eat.

Then ah ma declined to do this very difficult sudoku puzzle ah bee copied back from europe and ah gong expounded on the dangers of the lemon.

Cha went out and ate a whole table of japanese food, while I nibbled on my kibble.

My day has been so boring I fear I might fall asleep if I go on, therefore bon soir.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>All in</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/464904</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 29 May 2008 08:16:42 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>My word! Who is that I spy, with my little eye? I rummage through my database.

My stars! It is ah ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My word! Who is that I spy, with my little eye? I rummage through my database.

My stars! It is ah bee! My tail, it wags.

You know, this morning I met a shih tzu who doesn't wag his tail. He's the strong and silent type. Pity he's only 2 years old. A mere babe.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am hungry</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/464492</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 28 May 2008 05:57:55 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning cha woke me up and we immediately went to wake fomfomfom up. Then, still rubbing the sl ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning cha woke me up and we immediately went to wake fomfomfom up. Then, still rubbing the sleep from my eyes, I found myself in the gardens. It was so happy. I shat and saw a little ugly bulldog thing and I kept barking at him until he retreated in fear. Like I said, it was so happy.

Luckily we went first thing in the morning, for it started to storm shortly after and it rained the entire afternoon. There was nothing to do, and I decided to pee. But hey? There was no newspapers where I usually pee! So I wandered into ah bee's room and peed on her bed. I thought it showed I miss ah bee. But cha was hoppin' mad and spanked me. Fomfomfom was heartbroken and grumbled at cha, that cruel cha.

Dinnertime was a time of regret. I could smell lots of good food, but alas my yearning looks yielded no fruit. Literally. Ah ma wanted to feed me pear but fomfomfom and cha said no. 

As I sulk, I am semi-constipated. I haven't relieved myself of today's bulk yet. That bit in the morning was yesterday's. Boo.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Splashy-sploosh</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/464125</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 27 May 2008 07:17:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Oh no, I had no chance to splashy-sploosh. We went to the gardens when the weather was real ominous, ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh no, I had no chance to splashy-sploosh. We went to the gardens when the weather was real ominous, and I sniffed around for only 5 minutes before the skies opened and we took refuge in the pavillion nearest the carpark. We were stuck there for 20 minutes and we decided to go home coz the rain didn't look like it was going to let up. We had a brolly and fomfomfom carried me back to the car so there was no splashy-sploosh either.

I feel a little constipated. Maybe the feeling will go away if I go to sleep and not think about it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I love you when I bite you</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/463758</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 26 May 2008 08:03:41 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I waited a long time to go to the gardens today as it was a hot day. But when we finally got to the  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I waited a long time to go to the gardens today as it was a hot day. But when we finally got to the gardens, I thought I wanted to be carried around like a queen so I informed fomfomfom thus. So while I surveyed the gardens in style, cha grumbled and grumbled.

At home, I wanted to eat dinner 3 times. Then I wanted to play with fomfomfom and cha came in and beat me up. She smacked my thin backside and ah ma was pained. But I told ah ma it wasn't painful and cha beat me only coz she loves me. 

Lesson thus learnt, I tried it out on fomfomfom at night. She kept trying to rub my teeth so I bit her hand. She kept one hand balled into a fist for me to bite while trying to rub my teeth with the other. I thought, if I bite her, it means I love her, so I bit and bit. And so everyone was terribly happy.

What's up with all that teeth rubbin' anyway?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma loves me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/463427</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 25 May 2008 07:57:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/463427</guid>
		<description>Ah ma said today that I have grown thinner. Fomfomfom confirmed that I have lost 300g, when they wei ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma said today that I have grown thinner. Fomfomfom confirmed that I have lost 300g, when they weighed me at the vet's the other day. Ah ma says it's all the fault of that special kibble, I used to have lots of meat and other goodies.

Then I asked ah ma for a belly rub, and ah ma said I ask for belly rubs at least 12 hours out of 24 everyday. I said, oh ah ma, you exaggerate. Then ah ma said her arm has grown a few centimetres longer, with all that belly rubbing she's been giving me.

Like I said, oh my ah ma, she exaggerates.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My bright future</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/463129</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 24 May 2008 09:04:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I have decided to go into commodities big time. I have grown up and it is time to consider my future ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have decided to go into commodities big time. I have grown up and it is time to consider my future. I have decided to become a trader because there is no better way to think of the future than by trading futures. Fomfomfom has given me 5 grams of gold, and now she has promised to give me one sugar contract. I will be the proud owner of 50 tons of sugar very soon and I will tell fomfomfom to store it in her room when she takes delivery.

Then the whole family was munching on roasted pork belly before dinner, those disgusting people, and they won't give me any. So I told cha to buy me one pork belly contract, since I was thinking about my future and that roasted pork at the same time.

And ah bee. She will have the privilege of buying me orange juice futures. I have put much thought into it, and since I am going to have 50 tons of sugar, I'd better have a use for it. No doubt, some of that florida orange juice will be sour, what with the weather all over the place these days. I can add sugar to my orange juice and neither will go to waste. 

I thought that was the end of the matter, but fomfomfom had to go on about buying zinc. I got angry and told her I will only accept gold.

Zinc is, how shall I put it, so unglamorous.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Porridge</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/462831</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 23 May 2008 09:20:24 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was watching the news with ah ma. They were reporting on the pandas in sichuan. Apparently there i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was watching the news with ah ma. They were reporting on the pandas in sichuan. Apparently there is a shortage of bamboo, maybe the earthquake destroyed lots of bamboo, so the zookeepers are feeding the pandas porridge. Those are the olympic pandas, they look like me. We are white and black and very cute, which is the description of me in my vet visit card. Black and white and very cute. Yes. Anything black and white is very cute.

If I had porridge to eat, I would pretend to be Goldilocks. Cha, fomfomfom and ah ma can be the 3 bears. Then I would wear a blond wig and eat porridge. When ah bee comes back she can climb up my blond locks into the house and we can blow the house down and run away to New Zealand where ah ma will buy me 2 sheep and we can all live happily ever after.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Little purty gurl</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/462470</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 22 May 2008 08:13:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Just now I told cha to put my little girl scout kerchief around my neck so that I may look nice. The ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Just now I told cha to put my little girl scout kerchief around my neck so that I may look nice. Then I went off to show it to ah ma and she praised me for being pretty.

Then ah ma was having a tonic soup with an egg for supper and I thought to show her my prettiest side so that I may get some supper too. Ah ma looked at me for a long time, all the while eating her bowl of soup, and then said I look like a little girl. And then she finished her bowl of soup.

I suppose I should be happy that I look like a little girl.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Like a million bucks</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/462154</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 21 May 2008 08:11:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is vet day today. Fomfomfom couldn't make an appointment so we just walked in and squatted like c ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is vet day today. Fomfomfom couldn't make an appointment so we just walked in and squatted like commoners waiting our turn. The vet woman had an attachee with her and proceeded to tell her what a princess I am. Cha was too embarrassed to tell her that I'm not a princess, but the queen, so we just nodded.

The patch of skin on my thigh, it is no good. It has been 2 weeks and it's still as bad as ever. The vet woman said it is a bacterial infection so I have to eat antibiotics and apply a cream. Antibiotics twice a day for 2 weeks and fomfomfom told the vet woman to kill her straight. And continue the kibble only diet for another 2 weeks at least, I told her to kill me too. The vet woman just smiled and thought we were so charming.

Then she proceeded to put her fingers where the sun don't shine and squeeze, all the while telling me what a smelly girl I am. Then she thought she was so cute, and kept asking, who's so smelly? Who is Miss Stinky? After the tenth time I told her I thought she's Miss Stinky. So she wasn't so happy and deflected it by telling fomfomfom luckily humans don't need their anal sacs squeezed. Fomfomfom said thank god, she'd hate to have to visit the vet woman every month. The vet woman promptly informed fomfomfom that she won't do it for a million bucks, and even then, she would have to blindfold herself.

When I grow up, and have a million bucks, I would buy myself a vet woman and make her eat antibiotics everyday and bring her to the vet all the time. All the time.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/461820</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 20 May 2008 07:39:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today they were talking about ah bee. What is an ah bee? ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today they were talking about ah bee. What is an ah bee?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy Vesak Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/461443</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 19 May 2008 08:35:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>It is a story about the gardens again. We met so many dogs today, it is a public holiday, see? There ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is a story about the gardens again. We met so many dogs today, it is a public holiday, see? There were people playing soccer and having picnics. I met many big dogs, but fomfomfom always carried me when they approach. The owners would be quick to assure that their dogs are friendly. Then fomfomfom will inform them that I am NOT friendly and that I suffer from small dog syndrome. Then fomfomfom would wink and the owners would all smile knowingly and wave bye bye.

I feel maligned. Fomfomfom suffers from anti-socialism and she heaps it on me. So I demand compensation. I want a pizza. I want a macaroni and cheese pizza. Cha says how can a pizza taste nice without meat? We will have to add bacon and sausages to my pizza. But I said no. Today is Vesak day and I am a vegetarian for the day. I am pious. Om.

The price of my gram of gold went up again. I am sitting on a profit of a whole 70 cents, no kiddin'. But my parking bill today at the gardens is 80 cents so I am a little sad, not to mention in the red. So I asked fomfomfom for more gold and she said ok. 

Now I have 5 grams of gold.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sticks and stones may break my bones but beware the fury of a woman crossed</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/461090</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 18 May 2008 08:42:17 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>It was like a party today at the gardens. There were lots of people playing and having picnics. I wa ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was like a party today at the gardens. There were lots of people playing and having picnics. I was just doing my thing when this boy walked towards me and with a rock in his hand, was all poised to throw it at me. Neither me nor fomfomfom saw him, but I was saved by cha's timely action. Her deadly glare reduced the boy to pieces and now he's just a pile of dust in a remote corner of the botanical gardens. Just as well. Were he not a pile of dust now, fomfomfom would have torn him to shreds, ground him into powder and then fed him to the swans then killed the swans and incinerated the gardens until her fury is assuaged.

And then she would kill the boy's mother.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Of fish and fishes</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/460756</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 17 May 2008 08:28:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom frowned and said my breath smells terrible today, like fish tank and salted fish. She said ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom frowned and said my breath smells terrible today, like fish tank and salted fish. She said I will have to start brushing my teeth very soon.

Cha sniffed me and pronounced my breath perfectly normal, it smells just like a fish tank. Nothing out of the ordinary, she beamed.

What? Am I supposed to be happy?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Less one leg</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/460456</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 16 May 2008 08:19:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I went to the gardens today and saw 3 dogs running around without adult supervision. So I avoided th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I went to the gardens today and saw 3 dogs running around without adult supervision. So I avoided them and took another route. But suddenly, one dog bounded out from nowhere and gave me and fomfomfom a fright. Fomfomfom quickly picked me up and shook her fist at the maid in charge of the 3 unleashed dogs. How irresponsible, fomfomfom fumed. Supposed he attacked me?

Anyway, I have seen those 3 dogs before. One of them has only 3 legs. But he seems oblivious to that fact and runs as fast as the other 2. So I am quite happy for him.

Alas I am less happy for the quake victims in china. Today in the newspaper, there was this woman trapped under rubble and rescuers could neither reach her nor pull her out. So they gave her a saw and she amputated her own leg before she was freed and got pulled out.

Such despairing news day after day after day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cute little chinese girl</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/460118</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 15 May 2008 08:11:59 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Last night fomfomfom and ah ma were channel surfing and they went to channel 8. It was a chinese dra ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last night fomfomfom and ah ma were channel surfing and they went to channel 8. It was a chinese drama serial, made in singapore! Fomfomfom wanted to watch it so she can giggle but ah ma couldn't stand it and changed the channel. Fomfomfom was disappointed.

Today we went to the gardens and there they were again, filming another drama serial. Fomfomfom was reminded to catch the same show tonight, but alas, she forgot. There is always tomorrow, promises to be always painful to watch, always good for giggles.

Talking about tv, today we were watching the news again, about the china earthquake. There was this girl being interviewed, she must be younger than me, maybe just 3 years old. She donated 1000 rmb to the quake victims, and it was her own money. She told the camera it was her chinese new year ang pow money from her parents, and she hopes they will use it to buy water, food and flu medicine for the victims. Flu medicine! Well.

The price of gold went up today. I am rather happy.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cruel world</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/459761</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:12:25 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/459761</guid>
		<description>I was watching the news with ah ma just now. The earthquake 2 days ago in Sichuan, it is bad. The Pr ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was watching the news with ah ma just now. The earthquake 2 days ago in Sichuan, it is bad. The Prime Minister of China went down and he was speaking to a girl who is slightly older than me. She had lost both her parents in the quake and is now an orphan. The Prime Minister was comforting her and she was crying and crying and crying.

I feel like crying myself.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mutter mutter...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/459424</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:24:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/459424</guid>
		<description>Fomfomfom gave me a gram of gold today. Now that I am invested, I shall have to watch CNBC constantl ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom gave me a gram of gold today. Now that I am invested, I shall have to watch CNBC constantly for the price of gold. When it goes up, I will sell it back to fomfomfom. If it goes up further, I'll take it back from her and sell to her again at the peak. Then I will put the money into my shoebox and ask for another gram of gold from fomfomfom. Investing is such tiring business.

Cha had something to say about my business plan, and I wasn't happy with her. We investors do not tolerate people second-guessing our decisions. So I scolded her and she kept quiet in shame. 

So unsatisfied I am with her. Mutter mutter.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am the Queen surveying my land</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/459041</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:50:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/459041</guid>
		<description>It is mahjong day today. Auntie Chris came early so I gave her my bottle and asked her to rub my bel ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is mahjong day today. Auntie Chris came early so I gave her my bottle and asked her to rub my belly. Later I didn't want my belly rubbed anymore so I asked for my bottle back but she won't give it back to me. She insisted it's hers. I complained to ah ma and ah ma got my bottle back for me. Next time I'll have to find something less valuable to give to the mahjong girls, like tissue paper filled with fomfomfom's snot or something.

Then I made some investments. I told fomfomfom I'll give her a dollar and I'll have a share in her investments. I'll take all the profits and she'll be in charge of all the losses. Fomfomfom agreed and we shook hands. We're partners.

It is my habit at night to roam the house and knock on Merrilyn's door. She'll put down all she's doing, open the door and I'll walk around the room and then come out in 5 seconds. Fomfomfom saw it for the first time tonight and gasped that I was so naughty. What does she know, the ignoramus. She always wonders why I come out of the room so fast, does Merrilyn spank me or something. Now she sees that I don't allow Merrilyn to even pat me. I just want to survey the room.

I am the Queen. It's always on my terms.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy Mother's Day, ah ma!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/458618</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 11 May 2008 07:24:24 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is Mother's Day today. I love ah ma! A long time ago, I made a card for ah ma, with my paw print. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is Mother's Day today. I love ah ma! A long time ago, I made a card for ah ma, with my paw print. But this year no one helped me so I had no card for my ah ma this year. 

In the gardens today there were lots of people. I think they were having picnics and parties as it is sunday, and I found a piece of chicken on the ground. Fomfomfom and cha were horrified when they saw that I had it in my mouth, and fomfomfom immediately hit it out of my mouth. I thought that was so rude, she could have asked politely. I was about to discard it anyway, I am used to eating only hand-fed-bite-sized food. Only a mongrel knows how to eat a big piece of stray chicken. The unsatisfactory cha and fomfomfom then went on muttering about how the meat could be poisoned. Can't be bothered with them. I am pedigree princess ping.

My rashes got a little itchy today so I tried to scratch using my teeth. Ah ma was so anxious she summoned fomfomfom and ordered her to play with me so I may be distracted from the itch. Cha played with me while ah ma interrogated fomfomfom about what can be done about the itch. Fomfomfom shrugged and went to bathe.

But I still like fomfomfom more than that ah bee, who's still missing. She called back to speak to ah ma coz it is mother's day but I refused to speak to her. I only love ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My birthday</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/458270</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 10 May 2008 08:44:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Today is my birthday. I am 4 years and 5 months old today. Once upon a time they promised I would ge ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is my birthday. I am 4 years and 5 months old today. Once upon a time they promised I would get cake on my birthdays. There was no cake today. Fomfomfom said she was afraid I would be unhappy that I can't eat the cake, so she didn't buy cake. I had kibble today.

My tai-ma came early in the morning, no doubt to wish me a happy birthday. I was up and bounding about at 915am, and when I finally had a chance to rest at 3pm, I told ah ma to open her door so I can go in and sleep in my bed. Ah ma seemed pleased I knew when to rest, so she let me sleep alone in her air-conditioned room while she went to cook dinner.

I have some bumps on my right thigh, we don't know if they are rashes or insect bites. But ah ma is very worried and I am very itchy so we will wait and see if they go away after one or two days.

When I go to the gardens, I like to pee on solitary bricks or rocks. Cha calls it ping on the rocks. It sounds like a drink. When ah bee comes back, I will rustle up a double ping on the rocks straight up and make her drink it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cha keeps calling me Fluffy Ping</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/457957</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 9 May 2008 08:16:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Let me address my kibble issue. It's not half bad, you know, the kibble is. But it pales, oh how it  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Let me address my kibble issue. It's not half bad, you know, the kibble is. But it pales, oh how it pales in comparison with my diet of the past. The past had meat, fruits and all sorts of delicacies. I could weep just thinking about it, but there's light at the end of the 6-week-long tunnel so I merely shed a solitary tear. So it's been 2 weeks into my 6-week kibble diet and I'm crawling the walls already. Today cha announced that I'm to eat nothing but kibble for the rest of my life coz fomfomfom mentioned her friend has a 16 year old miserable dog that eats nothing but kibble. I am to live to 25, cha informs me. So I threatened to kill myself. Fomfomfom says I am too dramatic. So I wept. Dabbing my eyes constantly with my girl scout kerchief I sat in a corner and wept.

Until cha and fomfomfom brought me to the gardens. Just when I was a little cheered up, I found myself back at home and in a bathtub. It was bathing day and when the ordeal was over, I decided to ban everyone who hadn't had a bath from coming near me. I find them smelly.

And in the evening ah bee's voice came from this box and I couldn't find ah bee so I decided I must forget about her. It's been 2 days since I last saw her and I can't have any more unhappiness in my life.

And then cha starts cooing at me and calling me fluffy ping.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee where art thou?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/457622</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 8 May 2008 08:58:39 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma was lazy this morning and slept in and then watched tv and refused wilfully to go marketing. S ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma was lazy this morning and slept in and then watched tv and refused wilfully to go marketing. So too did I sleep in and woke up only at 10am. Then ah ma brought me to the garden to watch passersby and catch lizards. And after all that we've accomplished, we realised, with much disdain, that fomfomfom hasn't woken up yet.

Suddenly, I remembered the cat. The cat! Last night it was all mewing and flashing eyes. I sought it out, and ah ma said, let her have cat. Upon which I was presented with said cat, flashing eyes and all. I shouted at it but it wasn't cowed so I sniffed its backside to see what its weakness is. And ah ma said to remove the cat so that I won't have nightmares and chatter in my sleep later. I must speak to ah ma tomorrow to clarify that I'm not scared of the stupid cat. And stiffly rebuke cha for saying it looks like me, what with a white tail tip and black fur. She even suggested painting the cat's head with a strip of white so that it may better look like me. The audacity.

In the evening I realised I haven't seen ah bee all day so I went into her room to look for her but she wasn't there. 

I am going to sleep now and I still haven't found ah bee.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Evil takes all forms</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/457262</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 7 May 2008 08:53:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma is home! Of course she lost all her money, do you even have to ask? She didn’t come home empty ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma is home! Of course she lost all her money, do you even have to ask? She didn’t come home empty-handed though; she had with her a little black cat which moves and purrs. And it has got green eyes which flashes while it moves. It’s evil that thing. I tried telling them that but no one would listen to me. They were busy laughing at me trying to subdue that evil thing with the flashing green eyes. Right now I’ve managed to get it to sit motionless on the coffee table. I need to devise a plan to get rid of it. And quick.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Quarantine Cha!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/456915</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 6 May 2008 09:59:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I can’t help but worry about Cha. I think she is a little senile. Fomfomfom told her to bring my kib ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I can’t help but worry about Cha. I think she is a little senile. Fomfomfom told her to bring my kibble up and she came up with a packet of sunflower seeds instead. There was something else she did that was a little worrying but I forgot. 

OMG. Senility is contagious.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma zhai na li?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/456504</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 5 May 2008 09:30:41 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I couldn’t find Ah ma when I woke up this morning. She had sneakily snuck off to Genting again. Inco ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I couldn’t find Ah ma when I woke up this morning. She had sneakily snuck off to Genting again. Incorrigible chicken porridge. Ah bee woke up to say byebye to her but she said, “SHHHHHH” and pointed to my door. Sneaky. You know what the ancient Chinese says- bright people don’t do no dark things. Ah ma is not very bright. *giggles*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Have you heard about the seal and the penguin?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/456151</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 4 May 2008 09:57:12 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>That is one sorry seal man. And poor penguin. It needs a shrink. 

On an entirely different note,  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ That is one sorry seal man. And poor penguin. It needs a shrink. 

On an entirely different note, I hate Sundays.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Up up and away</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/455788</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 3 May 2008 08:49:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The price of rice has gone up again. It used to cost about 20 bucks per 10kilos but it is now 27 buc ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The price of rice has gone up again. It used to cost about 20 bucks per 10kilos but it is now 27 bucks. Oh my goodness, that’s like a 30% increase if you think about it. That’s really scary. I remember when it was $17. I wonder if it would break 30 soon. Rice is not the only expensive thing; oil too. I’m talking about cooking oil here. Fomfomfom says it used to be like 5 odd dollars but it’s risen to nearly 8 or so. That’s even scarier. We will all have to boil our food very soon. That doesn’t concern me actually. Since I’m only eating kibble now. I don’t even want to talk about it. It maddens me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dor-zhai dor-zhai where art thou?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/455492</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 2 May 2008 11:13:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Wernie came twice today. She and Fomfomfom, they were due to meet some ex-colleagues for lunch but b ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Wernie came twice today. She and Fomfomfom, they were due to meet some ex-colleagues for lunch but because they are stingy, they went in one car. I like having Wernie over. I can always smell Belle and Rusty on her. I haven’t seen Rusty in years; I still remember him and his watermelon stummy. I think he probably lost the watermelon stummy together with his dor-zhai. 

We met Chipchip and Melmel in the gardens today after I pooped. Melmel was sniffing my backside as usual. After a few sniffs, he opened his mouth and licked my backside with that huge tongue of his. Everyone was horrified especially Fomfomfom and Cha who knew that I had just pooped. *giggles* But no one said it out loud though; we didn’t want to embarrass him. *giggles*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Labour day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/455090</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 1 May 2008 07:50:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The gardens is always exceptionally busy on public holidays. We met 6 dogs the moment we got out of  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The gardens is always exceptionally busy on public holidays. We met 6 dogs the moment we got out of the car. I knew it was going to be a good day. 

And it was. We met a maomao today. I’ve been searching for this elusive maomao for a long time now. Actually I am not sure if this one is the one I saw the other time but really who cares. Maomaos are fungible. Anyway, so we saw the maomao and the maomao saw us. Ah bee said hello to it and it started walking towards us. So Ah bee picked me up. No, I’m not afraid of that maomao. I can certainly take care of myself but you know how protective mothers are. Anyway, it was following us and for a while they were wondering if it would follow us home. Luckily it didn’t. We have no room for a maomao in this house. Not when I am head of the household.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hungweeeee</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/454737</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:06:03 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We didn’t walk around the pond today, like we usually do. Fomfomfom took one look and decided that i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We didn’t walk around the pond today, like we usually do. Fomfomfom took one look and decided that it was way too hot. So we hung around my favourite plants. And who knew that the shade provided by the creaky tree would be so useful. The creaky tree is huge and its shadow, huger. We played catching there on the field coz we had time to kill. Ah bee started running away from me and I couldn’t resist chasing her. It was really fun. Fomfomfom says we should do it again, whenever there aren’t anyone on the field. Maybe we can bring her balls along and try to play fetch, she says. The operative word being “try” of course. 

I got angry with Ah bee just now because she refused to give me some of her dinner. I’m so sick of this diet thingy. Yesterday, I tried to get a little of that chicken wings Ah ma fried but no one would give me any. I only found some crumbs on the floor. They tried to stop me from eating those but finders keepers I say. Two months. It hasn’t even been a week yet. Oh my goodness, yes it hasn’t even been a week yet. 

I feel faint.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I lub my Ah ma.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/454382</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:54:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>She told them not to let me outta her room lest I mope the afternoon away downstairs on my own again ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ She told them not to let me outta her room lest I mope the afternoon away downstairs on my own again. She knows that I would just go to bed whenever I am in her room with her. And time would pass more quickly for me that way. She is right. She let me out when I ah-chooed at her though; I was never held in captive. I can’t say the same about the poor Austrian woman with her very sick father. That is incredible. I hate to generalize but what’s with all the underground dungeons in Austria? Unbelievable.

Anyway, back to my tale about my Ah ma. She brought me out to the garden to welcome passers-by even though it was only three plus and it was hot. Coz she was afraid that I would be bored. Cha ran down when she heard me barking. Are you mad, she asked Ah bee accusingly. Not me, came the reply. They decided that Ah ma is a little crazy. No, she’s not. Ah ma dotes on me, that’s all. 

I love Ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>So. Hot.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/453949</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:56:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We only went to the gardens at 5.30pm today. We saw this TV crew filming near my favourite plants. A ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We only went to the gardens at 5.30pm today. We saw this TV crew filming near my favourite plants. A woman darted across the stone footpath, screaming. There was a man hot on her heels. She would run past the camera and the man would stop right in front of the camera for his close up. It was really quite silly. We stuck around for a while watching, but we couldn’t tell whether there was anyone famous there. We were about to continue with our walk when Ah bee spotted Hf yiyi in the distance. She was going to print something in school. I wanted to kiss her but she didn’t let me. Ah bee is supposed to let her know that I am very hurt. Yes, I am very hurt. 

Anyway, later when we were on our way back to the car, we walked past the TV crew again. This time, the woman was doing her close up. There were two guys holding huge reflectors standing beside her and the camera was in her face. I wonder if she felt silly, crying or doing whatever she was supposed to do for her close up. I guess not. It wouldn’t be acting otherwise. But it sure looked silly to us.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sweltering summer day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/453584</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:03:11 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We didn’t go to the gardens till 5. coz it was like a steambath out there. We would have gone much e ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We didn’t go to the gardens till 5. coz it was like a steambath out there. We would have gone much earlier if I had my way but no one listened to me. It was a long wait but we went in the end. There, we met a little cocker spaniel. I saw him first and I barked at him. Then he barked at me. This went on for a while. Fomfomfom and Ah bee, his owners, an elderly couple, and this family of three just kept cackling while we barked at each other. His owners said he’s only 6 months old. Fomfomfom told them that I’m four. Four, they exclaimed. They thought I was a puppy. *giggles* Anyway he’s such a baby. I bet it’s the first time he’s at the gardens. His owners had with them a tote, in baby blue no less. It looks like a diaper bag to me. They had a bottle of water and his drinking bowl with them. I bet they also have food, tissue and maybe wet wipes in that bag of theirs. You can never be too preprared. And proud grandparents they are. They remind me of my Ah ma. Kiss kiss Ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Where's my dor-zhai?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/453241</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:19:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I had a heartworm pill. You eat it so that your heart will not be infested with worms. Self-ex ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I had a heartworm pill. You eat it so that your heart will not be infested with worms. Self-explanatory really. I eat one on the 26th of each month. Don’t ask me why the 26th; it just happened to be that way. I never thought I would be so happy to be eating a heartworm pill. I mean it’s rather tasty and all; it’s beef flavoured but it’s just one of the many things I eat, if you know what I mean. But today, today was different. Today I was happy to be eating the heartworm pill. It’s variety, considering how I have been on a kibble-only diet for the past three days. Oh how I have sunk. 

Yes I am very bitter about it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Shh your head lah shh</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/452838</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:30:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today Fomfomfom came back with a pan/tray of sorts. She opened it up and put my peepee-stained newsp ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today Fomfomfom came back with a pan/tray of sorts. She opened it up and put my peepee-stained newspapers in there. And then they kept making that shhshh sound at me. I obviously paid no heed. Then at night, when I had to go, I went out to where they would lay newspapers for me. But there weren’t any papers there tonight. In its place was that pan. I stared at it for a really long time, not knowing what to do. I decided that they must have forgotten to lay the papers so I sat there and waited. And waited. But no one did the task. Instead, they kept pointing to the pan and making shhshh noises. It was all very frustrating. I had to go but I couldn’t possibly just pee on the floor, could I? No, I’ve long outgrown that stage. I only go on papers now. Finally after many a bigeyestaresmalleye, Cha went to get papers and lay them on the floor for me. Where they were supposed to be. Many hours ago. 

Ahhhhhhhhhh….]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Day one of my new diet</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/452534</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:50:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I started on my new diet. I was hoping that I would get my chicken drumstick rice combo for lu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I started on my new diet. I was hoping that I would get my chicken drumstick rice combo for lunch but it never came. I waited till about 1pm and then i couldn’t take it anymore. So I ate the kibble. For 5 times today, I ate the kibble. They were starting to wonder if the kibble might actually be tasty so Ah bee bet Fomfomfom one dress that she wouldn’t eat my new kibble. Fomfomfom now has a new dress. And she concluded that my kibble tastes like cardboard.  Anything that tastes like that must be full of goodness she says. So it's kibble and plain water. All I can eat. For the next two months sans one day. Sigh.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ridiculous</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/452195</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:59:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I had a really bad day. And that is an understatement. I haven’t been so upset in a really really lo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had a really bad day. And that is an understatement. I haven’t been so upset in a really really long time. Today really stinks. I shall go to bed immediately after writing this so that I can forget all about today. 

We went to the vet. We were there for almost two hours. I hate it there; I’d start shivering way before we’re even there. That vet woman knew that I was scared  and she said, “Can I traumatize her? Can I carry her?” Ah bee handed me over to her and they said bye to me, that they were going home without me. Shame on them, scaring a little baby like me. 

And so I got my blood test done. That came back good. Then I got my ears checked. They are beautiful so that’s good news too. Then she looked at my skin and she decided that I might have an allergy. She told them that I will either have to go on antibiotics or a prescribed diet. They chose the latter. So that means I can only drink water, and eat the prescribed kibble for the next two months. TWO DONKEY MONTHS! I am devastated. No more tidbits, no more treats. No food off the dinner table. No nothing. But kibble and water. For two months. TWO MONTHS. I can’t get over it. Two months. Two. Months. 

And then I got my backside squeezed. That is always unpleasant but I got my revenge by shitting in the vet woman’s hands. And overpowering them with the stench. Orbi.

Then she looked at my teeth and she said they should start brushing my teeth. Yeah right, like that is going to happen. Fomfomfom says she will try to do it. I guess she doesn’t like her fingers much. 

They thought that they would make me happier by bringing me to the gardens straight after the visit to the vet. Turns out that there was a cross country race at the gardens and the entire place was filled with runners and people standing around. This guy who was directing the runners started screaming when he saw me. He screamed like a little gal- Small dog, I’m so scared of small dogs! Argh argh ahhhhhh!- and he was trying to run away from me when I was a good distance away from him. We just looked at him puzzled. Me and Ah bee. Fomfomfom was staring daggers at him. It was really quite unnecessary. His friends were telling him to zip it but he kept screaming. Then his team leader who saw the whole thing from somewhere else yelled at him to shut up. I hope he was embarrassed. Later, the said leader ran up to us and apologized. Fomfomfom told him that it was very rude of him to be screaming like that. He assured her that he will be disciplined. That appeased her a little. 

And that wasn’t all. While we were walking, we’ve got people heckling me. I don’t know what exactly they said but I know it’s not anything nice. And the runners were just stomping the entire gardens; I couldn’t take a proper walk. We met Melmel, Chipchip and Sidongxi Number 1 and they had to hide from all the runners by waiting on the bridge. They are never on the bridge. Come to think of it, I think they’re smarter. We were walking behind the runners and believe me, the air doesn’t quite smell of flowers like it usually does at the gardens. 

Later, Ah bee and Fomfomfom spotted an ex-teacher and they were quite excited. But she yelled at them to get me off the path. Believe me, she was really rude. Barking orders at us, treating us like her students. That’s unacceptable behaviour. It’s not like they owned the gardens today. Holding the race there does not give them the licence to be rude to regular garden-users. She totally pissed us off. Besides, if they wanted the gardens for their race, they should have applied for a permit to keep the gardens closed to the public. It really spoilt the day for all of us. A bunch of kids had some outing planned but they were relegated to playing in a tiny area because of the race. Poor kids. 

We were in no mood to continue so we just went home. Fomfomfom was so angry she forgot to dump my poop. It was the first time we actually brought my poop home. 

And I threw up at night. 

I’m going to bed.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Wo men are you le ma?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/451896</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:18:09 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom declared that I’m can move up to EM2 after they tried to let me freestyle at the gardens a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom declared that I’m can move up to EM2 after they tried to let me freestyle at the gardens again today. I was really good and I didn’t stray once. They tried to throw me off by taking another route but I didn’t bite. Actually it’s not that I’m THAT obedient; I just like my newfound freedom. I’m four now and they shouldn’t have to hold onto me like a baby. Except when there are other dogs around that is. That’s another story altogether. Anyway, they even tried to hide while I was smelling the flowers just to see if I would panic if I didn’t see them. Silly gals. I could hear them whispering away even if they’re outta my sight. And I wouldn’t panic; I’ll just meet them at the car. I know my way around very well indeed. I’ve been to the gardens more than 400 times I reckon. And I'll never get sick of going. *giggles*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>EM3</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/451515</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:03:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was really quiet at the gardens today so they decided to let me run free. Well, not exactly free  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was really quiet at the gardens today so they decided to let me run free. Well, not exactly free coz I still had my leash on but no one was holding onto the leash. Ah bee and Fomfomfom were walking ahead of me; they were trying to see if I would keep up with them. And I did. I was a little far behind but I didn’t wander off on my own and they were so proud of me. Ah bee says it’s terrible how I’ve only learnt to obey instructions after four years. How many times have I told her; it’s not that I don’t know how to, I just don’t want to. And today I wasn’t really listening to instructions either; I was trying to get her to carry me coz I was tired but she kept walking away from me. That’s why I had to keep chasing her. But if it makes them happy, I’ll pretend that I was really good today. *giggles*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>And how did you spend your Sunday?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/451192</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:05:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today we had visitors. My ah yi mamas came over and my Ah gu pekpek joined us later. I think my Ah y ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we had visitors. My ah yi mamas came over and my Ah gu pekpek joined us later. I think my Ah yi mamas are so cute- everytime they come over, they would insist on playing Mahjong when neither of them knows how to. And my Ah ma would gladly play with them. Ah bee says Ah ma is just trying to cheat their money. I think Ah ma is just happy to be winning for once. *giggles*

I was so bushed from entertaining them the whole day I slept the night away. But even my extended nap wasn’t long enough; they were still watching the Sunday Night Korean Drama after I woke. I am just glad I can go to sleep now. 

My bed beckons. Toodles.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>*blinkblink*</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/450821</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:13:37 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/450821</guid>
		<description>I told Cha that women after 30 are like toufu dregs. And she is not far from being a toufu dreg. I j ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I told Cha that women after 30 are like toufu dregs. And she is not far from being a toufu dreg. I just have to blink once and she’s there already. Fomfomfom was sniggering away and I told her not to be so happy; I only have to blink twice before she turns into one too. Cha immediately laughed at her. Well, I’m not going to turn into one sooner than you are, Fomfomfom said. I can’t remember if Cha said anything in retort. 

But since we are on the topic of toufu, let me tell you what kinda toufu I am. I am the Egg Toufu. That’s the sort they use to braise with mushrooms and dried scallops. And abalone too. It’s high class toufu. That’s me all over. Ah ma is Daogua and Ah gong is Daopok. Cha is Daokee and Fomfomfom is Daojoo. Ah bee is Daohuayzhui and Merrilyn is Daohuay. Just don’t ask me how I came up with that; you don't want to know.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Everybody loves Xp.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/450480</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:54:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>When we were coming back from the gardens today, we pulled up next to this MPV. The diver happened t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ When we were coming back from the gardens today, we pulled up next to this MPV. The diver happened to glance over and she saw me. She turned to her child and pointed at me. They both started smiling. And she waved at me. Ah bee carried me so they could see me properly. Then she did the dayanjing action a couple of times. *giggles* Wo shi Xiaoping, wo da yan jing.. zhuzhuzhu! *giggles* Everyone knows that. 

A grandma and her grandchild walked by just now and she was trying to get him to say hello to me. She gave up after a few minutes and started walking away, him in her arms. When they were about one house away from me, he suddenly yelled, “Hayo there!” I think he meant goodbye. *giggles*

Just now Ah bee was frying some mushrooms and she let me wander at the back. I was a good girl. I stayed within her sight and when she was done, she called out to me and I promptly went back into the house with her. She says that I'm a big gal now and I deserve some freedom. I cannot agree with her more. Now if only they would remove the boards at the front so I can go to the garden to catch lizards and chase birds.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Coming in second ain't so bad</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/450143</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:07:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/450143</guid>
		<description>I followed Fomfomfom in from the garden just now and we saw Ah bee rushing down the stairs. Cha alre ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I followed Fomfomfom in from the garden just now and we saw Ah bee rushing down the stairs. Cha already had one foot in the kitchen. Ah bee yelled, "Pingping, no chicken wings for the last one!" No one told me that! So I started sprinting. I overtook Fomfomfom and Ah bee and I was the second one in the kitchen. *beams* I would have come in first if not for the fact that Cha was already in the kitchen. I lub chicken wings. Burp.

I’ve got a pimple on my backside. It’s swollen and red. Fomfomfom says that it’s because I’ve been eating too many tidbits, especially the two batches of baked pork that Ah ma made me. Those are very heaty and that’s why the pimple popped out. Ah bee says that the bumps on my back could be pimples too. But those form scabs; not the one on my backside. So we still aren’t sure what those things on my back are. Which is why they say we have to go see the vet woman soon. 

I’ll be good from now on.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Xp's guide to healthy living</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/449676</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:10:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Have a sweet potato in the morning. It moves the bowels. That’s very important, I’ll have you know.  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Have a sweet potato in the morning. It moves the bowels. That’s very important, I’ll have you know. Go for a walk in the afternoon. And have pears at night after dinner. 

You can’t go wrong.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Nosebutts get me belly rubs.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/449302</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:53:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Merrilyn’s bittergourd has grown a mighty lot. It is really plump and I bet it’s nice and juicy. But ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Merrilyn’s bittergourd has grown a mighty lot. It is really plump and I bet it’s nice and juicy. But we can’t harvest it yet; it’d be too bitter anyway. I like it a lot. I go by to look at it everyday. Just now I went to look at it again and I swear it’s bigger than when I saw it this morning. *giggles* I am going to ask Merrilyn to give it to me. I’ll keep it in my bed and guard it like how I guard all my toys.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Jidualiap</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/448882</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:25:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The food crisis is more serious than I thought. Rice yes. But my kibble? I kid you not. Fomfomfom we ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The food crisis is more serious than I thought. Rice yes. But my kibble? I kid you not. Fomfomfom went out to buy my kibble today but the pet shop ran out. She panicked coz that pet shop is the only one we know which stocks my kibble. So she called the vet and asked if they have any. They told her that they have one last bag. Fomfomfom told them to hold it for her and she rushed down to collect it. And I have kibble. For now.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Yawn</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/448533</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:05:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I hate Sundays. They’re always glued to the tube watching that woman with the greasy hair. This time ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I hate Sundays. They’re always glued to the tube watching that woman with the greasy hair. This time, she’s not a journalist for a porn mag; she’s a police inspector. She solves crimes. That’s impressive. But her hair is still greasy. And she is still interfering with my bedtime. 

Today at the gardens we bumped into this man and a woman I shall assume to be his wife. He was really friendly and he didn’t mind me sniffing at his Gucci loafers. I don’t think she was very happy when I jumped up and sniffed her Coach bag and Chanel shoes though. At least I didn’t drool. If I did, she probably would have turned nasty. We don’t like nasty. 

I have to go to sleep now. It’s MJ day tomorrow. Good night world.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>PPPP</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/448169</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:04:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/448169</guid>
		<description>Do you know that we are facing a shortage of rice? Apparently only Thailand is still exporting rice  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Do you know that we are facing a shortage of rice? Apparently only Thailand is still exporting rice now and there are riots in many countries because of the rising food prices. It’s rather exciting. I told Fomfomfom that she will have to go buy me extra kibble. Just in case we run out. I cannot not have my kibble. 

Merrilyn’s bittergourd is growing really well. We see two of them already. One is about 2cm long and the other half a cm. They actually look like bittergourd! *giggles* We are all very excited and we can’t wait to harvest our own bittergourd. 

In light of the current food shortage, I am going to ask Ah ma to give me my little vegetable plot. I will grow potatoes. Ping’s Pretty Potato Patch. Only organic potatoes here. We will be self-sufficient and we can even sell the surplus to the neighbours. Half the money I will keep in my shoebox and the other half I will give to Ah ma. Coz I am a big gal now and I should be contributing to this household.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Glorious food</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/447778</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:47:28 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I had some fabulous twee bak for lunch. 
Pity I couldn’t keep it in. 
So Fomfomfom fed me some lef ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had some fabulous twee bak for lunch. 
Pity I couldn’t keep it in. 
So Fomfomfom fed me some leftover pork belly. 

Ah ma made me a new batch of tidbits. 
They were not buttery at all. 
That’s coz Ah ma used olive oil this time. Yummy. 

I had deu dor for dinner. 
It was divine. As usual. 

And black chicken for supper. 

Don’t look at me like that. At least I don’t eat four eggs for breakfast.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Panalog Day 1</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/447356</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:44:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is my birthday. I am 52 months old. I didn’t get a cake today but I did get a present. It’s a  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is my birthday. I am 52 months old. I didn’t get a cake today but I did get a present. It’s a new harness. A red one. This is my third one. They are all of the same design. The first one’s blue, the second yellow and this red. The yellow one is pretty new but the vet woman said, “Why is this yellow? Pingping needs a red harness.” And so I got this new one. It matches my collar too. I look so pretty in my new harness. Pity we didn’t run into anyone at the gardens today so I didn’t get to show my new harness off. Maybe tomorrow. 

Fomfomfom was saying something about wanting to hatch foreign currency. I know how to hatch! I’m a tortoise egg. And what do eggs do? They hatch! So I told her I will help her with whatever hatching she needs to do. She said I’m a good gal that’s why she dotes on me. *beams*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>3 loads of poopie</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/446981</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 9 Apr 2008 09:22:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/446981</guid>
		<description>Guess who went to the gardens twice today? 

I love my Ah ma deeply. Today she made me tidbits. Sh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Guess who went to the gardens twice today? 

I love my Ah ma deeply. Today she made me tidbits. She says that I shouldn’t be eating those manufactured stuff that are full of preservatives. So she made me some. Homemade tidbits. You need pork, butter and lotsa TLC. The pork is cooked and then brushed with butter before baked in the oven till it is nice and crisp. Just like my bak kwa tidbits. Yummy in my tummy.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No shit</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/446508</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:42:11 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I didn’t shit today. No, I did get to go to the gardens but most of that time, I spent in the pavili ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I didn’t shit today. No, I did get to go to the gardens but most of that time, I spent in the pavilion. Coz it was stormin’. We’ve never been caught in such a downpour before. It looked alright when we left but it started raining and then it was downhill from then on. We were all drenched and I started shivering because the winds were blowing. It’s a good thing I just had a haircut; I would have caught a cold otherwise. Everywhere was flooded- the water was about 2 inches above their ankles. Of course I didn’t walk; it would have been up to my neck. I had Ah bee carry me. And Cha to hold the brolly. They are useful to have around.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I have a monster of a scab on my ear</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/446021</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 7 Apr 2008 08:50:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/446021</guid>
		<description>We met the happiest kid today. Her name is Zoe and she has curly blond hair and the bluest eyes I ha ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We met the happiest kid today. Her name is Zoe and she has curly blond hair and the bluest eyes I have ever seen. Her clothes were all stained and she had mud on her face. And she walks very clumsily. I reckon she is about a year old. We were near the pond when we met her. We didn’t know she was beside us until well, she was beside us. She kept grinning and laughing the whole time. Her mummy was trying to teach her how to pat me but all she did was to scrunch up her face and put it right in front of me. I would lick her face and then she would giggle uncontrollably. We did that for quite a while. Until she got distracted and wandered off. The swan caught her attention and she charged towards it. She was about to grab the swan’s neck when her mummy yanked her off the ground. Wise move. 

Then we saw them again near the pavilion. She saw me and started running towards me. Then splat she fell on all fours. She scrapped her knee and it was bleeding. She looked like she was going to cry. Then she saw me and she started laughing again. I love this kid! This time I didn’t kiss her. She patted me and when she was about to leave, she leaned close and said muacks. *giggles*

I was in the garden just now when this stupid car pulled up outside our place and kept the engine on. Fomfomfom and I we almost choked on all that exhaust. So Fomfomfom turned on the hose and started watering the plants. Of course she pointed the hose in that car’s direction. He was gone in a jiffy. 

We were watching a programme on fight science on tv just now. They were comparing all the martial arts like Chinese kungfu, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Boxing and Jiujitsu and trying to decide which one is the most lethal. The ninja won. Apparently, he can just hammer you on the chest and you will die. When I grow up, I want to be a ninja too. I can be a ninja turtle. I already am a tortoise egg according to them and I’m half black so that gives me an edge. Hai-ya!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>&quot;Did you see a maomao today?&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/445676</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 6 Apr 2008 10:03:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/445676</guid>
		<description>I hate Sundays. They found another Sunday night Korean drama to watch. I usually go to bed at 1130pm ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I hate Sundays. They found another Sunday night Korean drama to watch. I usually go to bed at 1130pm but whenever they watch a Sunday night Korean drama, I can only sleep at 1am. And I have to wake early the following day because Mondays are MJ days. 

Poor me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Merci beaucoup</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/445310</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 5 Apr 2008 09:51:31 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/445310</guid>
		<description>Ah bee messaged Fomfomfom and asked, “Tutu pour toi?”

Fomfomfom replied, “Whee. Trois plus one.”  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee messaged Fomfomfom and asked, “Tutu pour toi?”

Fomfomfom replied, “Whee. Trois plus one.” 

A linguist Fomfomfom is not. But at least she has got a sense of humour.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Emo Nemo</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/445003</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:39:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I don't feel like writing anything today. 

Bite me. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I don't feel like writing anything today. 

Bite me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I like liver. A lot.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/444542</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 3 Apr 2008 09:30:42 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was real emo today. I barked at Ah ma while she was giving me a belly rub. And then I got angry wh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was real emo today. I barked at Ah ma while she was giving me a belly rub. And then I got angry when Ah bee sat down next to me. And I stared defiantly at anyone who dared look at me. I wouldn’t be so emo if they hadn’t brought me to have my hair cut like a little boy. I look like a little boy. I don’t like it. I know I said I want to get a haircut to show Merrilyn but somehow it backfired on me. First, I look like a little boy. Second, Ah gong called me fat after I had the haircut. 

Anyway while I was getting my haircut, one Ah beng and his girlfriend came in with their little doggie. He’s a male Shih Tzu and he looks like me! Ah bee and Fomfomfom were so shocked because they have never seen anyone who looks so much like me before. We even have the same mega paws. Except that he’s brown and I’m not. Luckily he’s brown, says Fomfomfom, or I might just mistake him for Xiaoping. So much for saying that she can pick me out in a sea of black and white Shih Tzus. 

I had to take a bath after we got back. I’m about 4 days overdue. At least something good came out of this. The egg yolk I had for supper was pretty good too. 

Burp!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cockle-doodle-doo!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/444215</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:21:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I had some black chicken for supper just now. It was my first time having black chicken and I like i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had some black chicken for supper just now. It was my first time having black chicken and I like it a lot. That reminds me of the chickens Hsien Fei yiyi’s sister used to keep. Actually they were cocks and the neighbours complained about the noise they made every morning. So they had to be given away. No one would take them so she had to leave them at the Botanical Gardens. Hsien Fei yiyi’s sister would go visit them every weekend just to make sure that they were okay. Until one day, she saw a man chasing the chickens and the week after, she couldn’t find them anymore. Poor chickens.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>April Fools'. Not.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/443818</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 1 Apr 2008 09:03:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I thought it’s April Fools’ today. I already thought of a prank to ping everyone but Ah bee told me  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I thought it’s April Fools’ today. I already thought of a prank to ping everyone but Ah bee told me not to try anything because April Fools’ was yesterday. I was really upset when I heard that because every year I’d think of a gag and pull it off beautifully. How did I manage to miss it completely this time? So I told Ah bee that she will have to remind me next year so that I wouldn’t get the dates mixed up. 

Sigh.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I'm no fat cat</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/443386</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:49:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Merrilyn called me fat and said I look like a cat. I will have to tell Ah ma to let her go. Before t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Merrilyn called me fat and said I look like a cat. I will have to tell Ah ma to let her go. Before that, I will get a haircut so she knows that I am not fat. And I certainly do not look like a cat. 

But then again, I do like looking at her flowers a lot. We’ve never had flowers because my Ah ma has a purple thumb. It’s so much prettier now that Merrilyn has taken over the garden. Alright, she can stay but I don’t want to hear her call me a fat cat anymore.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Too good to be true</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/443019</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:32:52 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I went to the gardens and I saw a maomao. I didn’t see the maomao at first and for a long time ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I went to the gardens and I saw a maomao. I didn’t see the maomao at first and for a long time, I was wondering why Ah bee and Fomfomfom kept screaming, “PINGPING, MAOMAO!!” And I didn’t see the maomao until Fomfomfom flung a little twig to where she was, about 3m away. That maomao, she has got no respect for me. She didn’t even get up from her resting position and I spied her eyes closing at one point in time while I was barking at her. She was falling asleep. What has the world come to? C’est terrible I tell you. I’ll have all of you know that I descended from wolves. I’m a fearsome predator. Woof!

We had a surprise visitor tonight. Weizhi jiejie came over and she rubbed my belly and let me lick her. Her face was all wet after I was done. *giggles* To think she used to be scared of me. I still remember when she jumped on the sofa to get away from me. And the time when she used a pillow to shield herself from me. Ahhh, that wasn’t too long ago. *giggles* She should come over more often; it gets a little boring at night here. 

And I got chicken wings for supper. Burp!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>EGN</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/442651</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:42:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I had an 18 hour day. It started normal enough but I knew it wasn’t just any Saturday; it was Electr ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had an 18 hour day. It started normal enough but I knew it wasn’t just any Saturday; it was Electric Grill Night. I love EGNs- 5 gals come over to play with me. We haven’t had one in close to a year because one of them gals went to London for a while. And it was EGN tonight because another one of them is going to Australia and another to Africa. The latter is the same one whom I swindled a soft toy out of. That soft toy was given to her by the boyfriend of another one of them 5 gals. I’ve named it Milo the Dino. Coz it’s a brown dinosaur. *giggles* And the last gal makes Cha and Fomfomfom want to take their money out of the banks. *giggles* Those gals are so silly but they are my favouritest gals in the world. I spent my entire night outside with them even though it was all smoky and oily. And I was so sad they didn’t stay over. I hope they come visit again soon. 

In other news, we met a fella in the gardens today who gave us a flyer. Fomfomfom almost spat on it. Supreme Master Ching Hai my ass, she says. So gullible. So shameless. Pui.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>TGIF because it means it will be Saturday tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/442343</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:51:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My Ah gong is a little senile I think. He doesn’t think. Just now he forgot to pull the plastic boar ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My Ah gong is a little senile I think. He doesn’t think. Just now he forgot to pull the plastic board across after he came in from the garden and so I happily went out to the garden by myself. I was busy welcoming passers-by when Ah bee came home. She waved to me, thinking that I was under supervision. I barked at her and that was when Fomfomfom thought I sounded like I was outside instead of in the living room where she thought I was. So I had to come in. But it was alright coz we had a visitor. Her name is Cheryl. I don’t know who she is or why she’s here but they didn’t let me go lick her. Bummer. 

I can’t wait for tomorrow!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fomfomfom can go join the circus</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/441926</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:41:12 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was a little bored just now so Ah bee told Fomfomfom to do something to keep me entertained. She s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was a little bored just now so Ah bee told Fomfomfom to do something to keep me entertained. She started juggling. That was pretty good. I should get her a unicycle. That would be fun. 

After the juggling, she brought her hands to her mouth and there was this strange noise that came from her palms. I think she kept a little bird in her hands and she squeezed the poor thing to make it sing. Otherwise there is no way those sounds would come from her palms. It’s the poor little bird. That must be it. Fomfomfom is a cruel woman. So I barked at her to let the bird go. I don’t know how she does it but she manages to hide the poor baby everytime I look in her hands.  Someone stop her!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Meow</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/441561</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:30:18 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We had muffins today. Fomfomfom got them from that famous bakery at Chun Tin Road. They don’t really ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We had muffins today. Fomfomfom got them from that famous bakery at Chun Tin Road. They don’t really look like muffins to me; in fact they look more like cupcakes. But they were sold as muffins so muffins they are. We had chocolate, pandan, banana and walnut muffins. I had a walnut one. It was quite wonderful. And inadequate. You can’t just have one of those things. Five is more like it. I must remind Fomfomfom to buy more of them muffins. Burp!

We had a visitor tonight. He’s my Ah ma’s nephew so that makes him my uncle. He came over at 10plus and didn’t leave till after midnight. I was so tired coz it was past my bedtime. But I can’t possibly leave them and go to bed; I’m a good hostess. So I chopchop ate, peed and drank water after he left. Then I collapsed onto my mattress. 

Good night world.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Her Tutu Highness</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/441131</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:44:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I thought today would be a good day. After all, I got to go to the gardens at 9.30am. That rarely ha ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I thought today would be a good day. After all, I got to go to the gardens at 9.30am. That rarely happens and I was hoping it meant I could go a second time in the evening. It was downhill from then on. 

First I threw up my lunch. And I didn’t feel like eating anything else so I went empty-stomach. Then I thought we were going to the gardens a second time but somehow we ended up at the vet’s. The vet woman, she gave me an injection, fed me a deworming pill, checked my ears and squeezed my backside. I don’t like her. So I pooped in her hands. Hrmph. Half an hour later, I threw up coz I was too hungry. Fomfomfom immediately called the vet woman who said we will have to deworm again next month when I go in to get my backside squeezed. Bleah. And I had to take a bath. 

UM!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A half eaten kibble</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/440699</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:50:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>MJ resumed today. The MJ girl who went to Japan came back and taught Ah bee a lesson on how to go to ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ MJ resumed today. The MJ girl who went to Japan came back and taught Ah bee a lesson on how to go to the hot springs without exposing yourself to the whole world. I don’t understand why everyone is so self-conscious. We must all be comfortable in our own skins. Just look at me. I don’t need no clothes. 

It started raining halfway into our walk so Cha, Ah bee and I, we ducked into a pavilion. We spent about 15 minutes in there and killed two mozzies. I had to take a shower after that but I guess it could have been worse- I bet none of my friends got to go to the gardens today. Maybe Magic and Diva with their Outward Hounds but no one else.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Farting under the covers</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/440328</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:13:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We found Ah bee’s coffee mug. Ah gong appropriated it. I don’t know why he would be interested in a  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We found Ah bee’s coffee mug. Ah gong appropriated it. I don’t know why he would be interested in a decoloured plastic mug full of coffee stains but he can keep it. Ah bee doesn’t want it back anymore. She wants to warn everyone to stay away from her milk cup though. She would be really angry if that one is gone too. 

I had the runs today coz I ate too much deu dor last night. Ah bee was cleaning my backside with a piece of tissue and I wanted her to carry me when she was done. So she folded the piece of tissue and put it into her pocket before picking me up. There isn’t a bin around, she says. Then we heard very loud giggles. So we turned around and saw three kids laughing. One of them said, “She put it in her pocket!” Ah bee kept telling Fomfomfom that there wasn’t a bin around and that she folded the piece of tissue already. So defensive. Tsk. 

Cha was trying to teach me how to play fetch just now. So silly. I already know how to play it. I just don’t feel like fetching most of the time. But I was in a good mood just now and so I fetched about 5 times for her. That made her really happy. Doesn’t take much.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sexy is how sexy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/439994</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:07:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We felt really really really smug today coz it started POURING after we came back from my walk. *bea ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We felt really really really smug today coz it started POURING after we came back from my walk. *beams*

We’ve got very unhappy people in the house today. Cha and Ah ma quarreled for an hour in the morning. Then Ah gong and Ah ma got mad at Fomfomfom coz of a phonecall from tai ma. Then Fomfomfom got really mad at Ah ma and Ah gong. She refused to eat her dinner and instead had a bag of Twisties and two tomatoes for dinner. Yes, very very unhappy people. I hope they will snap out of it soon. It’s interfering with my belly rubs and playtime. 

In other news, Ah bee would like to offer five dollars to anyone who can find her coffee mug. It’s a grey plastic mug which she has been using for her kopi o for the past decade. She’s devastated that it’s gone missing and she has been finding her coffee utterly tasteless these days.  

Fomfomfom wants everyone to know that she stepped on a mosquito today. And killed it. She’s good.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dr No's XP Hears A Who, Too</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/439620</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:08:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We were feeling really smug today coz it started raining two minutes after my walk. For once we came ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We were feeling really smug today coz it started raining two minutes after my walk. For once we came out tops. *beams*

We were watching a programme called “The World’s Richest People” and they featured the boss of Chick-Fil-A. He has 1.2 billion dollars and that came from selling chicken burgers. Fomfomfom was so inspired she decided that we should sell burgers too. We were thinking of a name for our burger and we came up with Dr No’s XP Hears A Who Too Gai Bao. They decided it’s quite a mouthful so we shall shorten it to Lulu’s Gai Bao. My paw print will be our trademark. *giggles* 

Anyway, we came up with the complete menu already. There are 7 items. The Lulu Gai Bao obviously is the burger. Original. Then we have the Ah gong set. It will come with sweet potato porridge, sans the hamburger buns. The Ah ma set will be sweet. The Cha is the skinny so it’s just the patty. The Fom comes will special chilli sauce. The Ah bee is three Lulu Gai Baos. Merrilyn’s Special will come with flowers. *giggles* 

I think I am going to need more shoesboxes; my present one can’t keep 1.2 billion dollars.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sexy Ma for President!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/439248</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:31:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>An Australian couple stopped and asked if they could pat me in the gardens today. They said I remind ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ An Australian couple stopped and asked if they could pat me in the gardens today. They said I remind them of their doggie back home and that they miss their doggie a lot. I am sure- Fomfomfom can’t even go out for two hours without missing me.  

I was welcoming passers-by in the garden today, when 7 dogs walked by. There were 2 mongrels, one Chihuahua, one midsized golden doggie I don’t recognize, two big poodles and one small poodle. I thought the small poodle is the baby of the two big poodles but Fomfomfom informed me that they were both male. Oh. Maybe they adopted. 

Ah ma is all geared up for the Taiwan presidential elections on Saturday. She informed everyone that she is not going to cook on Saturday coz she’d be glued to the TV all day long. I am kinda sick of Taiwan already. When she said we’re going up to watch tv, my tail fell immediately. Nehmind, just a couple more days of this madness. I hope Sexy Ma wins. 

I love the two tennis balls my sigui got for me. The only thing is that I can’t make up my mind which one I like better and I can only play with one at a time. Decisions decisions. In the end I played with the pink one coz I’m a girl.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Black white and green</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/438864</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:24:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It started raining at around noon and didn’t let up until nearly 5. Yes, it was really wet at the ga ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It started raining at around noon and didn’t let up until nearly 5. Yes, it was really wet at the gardens. *splash splash sploosh sploosh!* We saw Sophia. She wasn’t trying to eat flowers today; she was busy looking at the fish in the pond. I like Sophia- she’s a very happy baby. Babies are no good sullen. 

And we met a Beagle. I think he’s a puppy. I saw him in the distance and I started barking at him. He’s new and I thought I should let him know that I am the Queen around here. I didn’t count on them coming over. And they came over so quick too; I hardly had time to jump on Ah bee. He was trying to jump on Ah bee too and I almost clawed my way up her head trying to get away from him. She kept complaining that I got grass all over her. Hello, I didn’t tell them to mow the field and I certainly did not make it rain. And stop calling me Lulu. I’m no Lulu. Hmph.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Everybody is irrationally exuberant</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/438510</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:29:14 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I heard from Ah bee that my sigui is now very slim. He lost 10kg. That’s nearly two of me. And he ha ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I heard from Ah bee that my sigui is now very slim. He lost 10kg. That’s nearly two of me. And he has 10 nipples. Janice yiyi was telling Ah bee she asked the vet why Dr No had nipples. The vet pointed to Jared and said matter-of-factly, “Doesn’t he have nipples too?” *giggles* 

Ah bee cleans my mouth every night after my supper and after that I get the piece of tissue to shred into tiny little pieces. Ah bee would try to pick them up before I get the chance to eat them up. She’s not fast enough so usually I get to eat the last piece that I’m holding in my paws. Yummy. 

I want a box of tissues for my birthday.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Those are Merrilyn's flowers. Aren't they pretty?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/438018</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:48:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I woke up bright and early coz today is Monday. And Monday is MJ Day. I waited and waited but no MJ  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I woke up bright and early coz today is Monday. And Monday is MJ Day. I waited and waited but no MJ gal came. Turns out that one of them went to Japan. They should have told me earlier; I could have slept in. *grumble*

We saw Sydney and the Golden Retriever with their owner today. She made them sit in the middle of the road and started shaking their paws. Then she removed their leashes and started to back away from them. This was what happened. 

“Stay. Stay. Stay. Stay. Stay. Staaaaaay.”

*pant pant pant*

“Stay. Stay. Staaaaay!”

*Sydney and friend stood up*

“No, stay. Stay. STAY!” *Owner continued to back away*

*Sydney and friend charged towards her*

“NONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

I love watching them.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am Sai Xi Shi</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/437644</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:39:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The mosquito problem in this house is getting a little outta hand. Ah bee killed 5 mosquitoes in the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The mosquito problem in this house is getting a little outta hand. Ah bee killed 5 mosquitoes in the bathroom while she was flossing and brushing last night. And I have a huge mozzie bite on my stummy where my belly button used to be. I don’t have one anymore. I outgrew it. *giggles* 

I took a bath today. I think I was shortchanged. I wasn’t due for one until Tuesday or Wednesday. Well at least my head doesn’t smell of piss anymore. And I got beaucoup de lovin’. I like.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>So quiet</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/437344</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:05:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I should have known something was wrong when they brought me to the gardens twice and out to the gar ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I should have known something was wrong when they brought me to the gardens twice and out to the garden to bark at passers-by. It was a ploy to get me all tired out so I wouldn’t miss them when they all went out at night. I knew that they weren’t going to bring me; I didn’t ask them to. But they really took their own sweet time; it was almost 5 hours later before they got home. Poor Merrilyn and I, we spent 5 hours staring at each other. At least I slept; she only watched me sleep. 

This morning, Cha threatened to piak the bag of shit over my head if I continued to destroy the tranquility of the gardens. Then I will be shithead, not pisshead. 

I’ll be good from now on.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Guess who went to the gardens twice today?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/436995</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:13:20 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I did! *giggles* I absolutely love it. The day seems to pass so much faster. I woke up in the mornin ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I did! *giggles* I absolutely love it. The day seems to pass so much faster. I woke up in the morning, went to the gardens, napped, had lunch, napped somemore, went to the gardens, had dinner, napped, went out to the porch for my moontan session, had supper and now I’m off to bed. I like. 

We met Magic and Diva in the evening and they weren’t wearing their raincoats today. Coz it wasn’t raining. It was actually kinda hot today. The weather is just freaky. Fomfomfom saw a strange phenomenon today. There were so many colours in the sky. No, it’s not a rainbow. But it’s rainbow coloured. At first it was peeking out from behind a cloud. It looked like a giant rainbow coloured plate. Then it disappeared and the clouds were rainbow coloured. Ah bee says it looks like a bowl of ice kachang in the sky. Fomfomfom said it’s something to do with the refraction of light.I don’t know and I don’t really care. There was a woman taking pictures of the trees and the birds. How silly. When you’ve got so many colours in the sky the trees can wait. But we were too shy to tell her to look up. A jogger saw us though and when he jogged past her, he told her to snap pictures of the sky. And she did. I think we’ll see the pictures in STOMP tomorrow. 

Ah bee kept calling me pisshead coz she said my head smells of piss. And she refused to kiss me on my head. I think I should stop sniffing at all the lampposts. The wet ones especially.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Wet</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/436645</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:08:33 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee would wake me up just before she sleeps every night. Then I would go to the papers and pee. W ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee would wake me up just before she sleeps every night. Then I would go to the papers and pee. Without fail. But last night, I refused to. For half an hour, Cha and Ah bee were making shh shhh noises at me. And they woke Ah ma up with all that shh shhing. Ah ma gave it to them good. No, I didn’t pee. So in the morning, Fomfomfom and Cha brought me to the gardens. Whee! I was so happy I decided to indulge them so I gave them two full loads of shit. Everyone was happy after that. 

It rained the whole afternoon so I didn’t get to go to the gardens again. I was a good girl. I could see that it was raining and so I quietly slept the day away. Usually at that time, I would be gathering the troops- I bug and I harass. Not today. Today I took a nap. And snored twice. Perfect weather for sleeping in. Did you know that the maximum temperature forecast for today was 26 degrees? Brr.

Ah gong cooked a whole pot of peanuts today. Like those you would get at pasam malams. Hot steamy peanuts on a cold night. I got one but I don’t really like the taste. What taste?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Grumble grumble</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/436299</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:10:37 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It rained the WHOLE day and so I didn’t get to go out. That means I am constipated. I can’t think wh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It rained the WHOLE day and so I didn’t get to go out. That means I am constipated. I can’t think when I am constipated. So there.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The birds weren't exactly early</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/435966</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:23:16 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>It rained the whole afternoon. I love it. I saw earthworms for the first time because of the rain. B ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It rained the whole afternoon. I love it. I saw earthworms for the first time because of the rain. Big, fat, juicy earthworms wriggling in the middle of the path at the gardens. The rain had flooded their homes; that’s why they had to evacuate. We were all so fascinated coz there were so many of them. And they were huge. Quite unlike the ones Cha used to feed her fish with. Anyway, we stopped to play with them. Cha poked at them with her brolly to get them to curl up. And we spent a while trying to guess which end’s the head and which the tail. We couldn’t. So we left but later I saw that the birds had come and so I ran all the way back to where the earthworms were to tell them to go back home. But they were too slow so they ended up in the birds’ stummies. Poor worms. I came home and told Fomfomfom about it. She said I should have barked at the birds to keep them away if I wanted to save those worms. Now why didn’t I think of that?

Just now Ah bee and I were taking photographs of ourselves on her bed. I wasn’t wearing any clothes. Edison Chen would be so proud.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am 51 months old</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/435550</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:40:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It’s also MJ day. And I got the MJ gals well-trained. One of them was lying on the sofa taking a bre ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It’s also MJ day. And I got the MJ gals well-trained. One of them was lying on the sofa taking a break after lunch and I went up to her and licked her hand and plonked myself beside the sofa. She knew she had to give me a belly rub ala Ah ma when she lies on the couch. *giggles* They all scolded me for making the MJ gal rub my belly. What. She was happy to do it okay. 

It rained the whole day. I was plenty upset coz it’s my birthday and I didn’t get to go to the gardens until 5pm. And it was still raining when we went. Oh! We bumped into Magic and Diva at the gardens and they had raincoats on! Red raincoats. I was so jealous coz I don’t have a raincoat. And it was raining. And I should be the one with a raincoat, not them. They’re big black Labs. I’m the pretty little Shih Tzu. I should be the one with the red raincoat. So Fomfomfom promised to buy me one. The same one as the ones they had on. Outward Hound. *giggles*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma tekan me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/435169</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 9 Mar 2008 09:25:25 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was so sabo-ed by Ah ma today. She complained that my left ear was smelly and so I am on Panalog a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was so sabo-ed by Ah ma today. She complained that my left ear was smelly and so I am on Panalog again. 

We were caught in the rain at the gardens today. So we had to hide in the pavilion for a while. There were 20 of us in that pavilion but no one spoke. It would have been different if Sister YY were there. Fomfomfom says luckily she wasn’t. Anyhow, there was this Chinese family and the father had with him the cover of an electric fan. He modified it and I think he was trying to use it to catch fish. Actually it looks more like a crab trap but I don’t think there are crabs in the pond. He obviously didn’t know that you can’t remove things from the garden; I don’t even dare bring a leaf home cuz I’m afraid the police would catch me. His kid was crying coz she had to go but everyone was stuck in the pavilion. So her Ah ma brought her out with a brolly. No big deal you know. I do that all the time when I’m at the gardens. In fact, they bring me there to do that. *giggles*

And I think we might have appeared in the background of someone’s wedding pictures. *giggles*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I know I'm worth 400 cows. At least.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/434786</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 8 Mar 2008 08:21:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Just now we were watching this programme on tv and it’s about this fella who wanted to marry a gal f ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Just now we were watching this programme on tv and it’s about this fella who wanted to marry a gal from the other tribe. He had to seek permission from all the elders in her tribe and they asked for a dowry from him. They wanted 400 cows from him. 400 cows. Do you know how much 400 cows cost? And he didn’t have 400 cows. So he had to get his tribe to contribute cows. He had 70 already and his friends came up with 50 more. So he only had 120 cows. But they let him marry the gal anyway coz they thought he’s a swell guy. See, when you’re nice, it doesn’t matter that you’re short on cows. So he got the gal but the newlyweds will live in poverty coz he no longer has any cows. This all sounds a little strange to me. Oh, and I now know that ammonia makes your hair turn orange and how to make the cow produce more milk. Very educational this programme. 

Today at the gardens we met three kids. They were kinda rude and they just kept taunting me. Fomfomfom says they ought to be spanked. So pesky. 

Now that the relatives are gone, I have Ah ma’s undivided attention. She gave me so many belly rubs and she even scratched my cheeks. I make sorting sounds when my cheeks are scratched. I like it very much. I lub Ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I like them but I'm so glad they're gone now</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/434440</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:06:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My great-granduncle and his wife came over today again and they were all holed up in Ah ma’s room lo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My great-granduncle and his wife came over today again and they were all holed up in Ah ma’s room looking at old photographs. His wife was giving me a massage when I squealed. That gave everyone a fright coz no one knew why I had suddenly squealed like that. Even Merrilyn heard me from downstairs and she asked Cha why I was crying. Still no one knew what was wrong so I was banned from that room. For the rest of the time they were here, I was tied to Cha. I wanted to go back into the room but Ah ma shut the door in my face. My little heart shattered and I spent the rest of the time moping outside the room. Then later before they left, they took pictures of me and Ah bee gave them a picture of me from a long time ago. As keepsake you know. I’d soon be famous in China. 

When Ah ma came home after dinner, I suddenly felt that normalcy has returned to my life. So I lay by the sofa and Ah ma gave me a belly rub. And then we watched cartoons together. It was lovin’. Just like how it’s always been.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>And no one knows when I snuck in to play with Mr Lobster</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/434028</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 08:59:46 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma and Ah gong went out early this morning and they didn’t come back till after dinner. Sigh. I h ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma and Ah gong went out early this morning and they didn’t come back till after dinner. Sigh. I have no idea where they went and I don’t understand why they didn’t bring me along. I hope they don’t make this a habit. I’m not alright with it at all. I miss Ah ma. I thought maybe she’s mad at me that’s why she’s disappearing all the time. So this morning when I saw her on the porch, I just sat quietly behind the plastic divider. It was as close as I could get. No one knew I was there until Fomfomfom saw me and then everyone called me stupid for not letting Ah ma know that I was just behind her. Turns out she’s not mad at me afterall. She’s just busy showing her uncle around town. Kiss kiss Ah ma. 

Yesterday I bought one stock of SGX from Fomfomfom at $7.55. That’s the lowest price it reached yesterday. Then this morning, it rose to $7.75 and I told her I want to sell it. She said I made twenty cents. I told her nononono, it’s now 5 stocks coz I want to make one dollar out of this trade. Of course she said okay. I’m the sole recipient of her love. 

And my Ah Jek beibei and Ah Sim mama came over to visit to day. Of course  I was the perfect hostess. I showed them around the house. And they brought a bag of lettuce with them. Organic no less. Which goes very well with honey chicken. Burp. 

Tomorrow I shall put the touch on Cha.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Melmel smells wonderful</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/433631</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:28:09 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I wasn’t happy today. There were three things that upset me. First, I waited 5 hours to go to the ga ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I wasn’t happy today. There were three things that upset me. First, I waited 5 hours to go to the gardens. I thought that we were going when Fomfomfom and Ah bee changed. But they went out without me. It started raining soon after they came back. We went only after Ah bee got back from her class. Coz Cha wasn’t around. Which brings me to the second thing I’m unhappy about. 

Cha was supposed to buy me honey chicken coz she had an open position and so she couldn’t bring me to the gardens. Then she had the audacity to come home without my chicken. So I ate her chicken for dinner. Soya sauce chicken. I like. And she’s not supposed to scold me today coz she let me down twice. Lalala. 

It was terribly lonely at home today and that’s the third reason why I was unhappy. Ah bee was out the whole afternoon and Cha went out at about 4. Fomfomfom was out for a couple of hours too. But the thing that upset me terribly is that Ah gong and Ah ma disappeared for a good half of the day. I didn’t get my belly rubs and Ah gong didn’t watch tv with me. Sigh. 

But luckily they came home in the end. With two visitors in tow. I understand that the man is my Ah ma’s uncle and the woman is his wife. So that makes him my great granduncle. But he’s younger than my Ah ma. Hmm. 

Like I was saying, I love having people over. I was so excited when they came back I forgot how miserable I was the whole day. I bounced about showing them around. And I kept licking them. My great grand uncle wanted to carry me but they said I’d bite. Silly. I won’t bite if he doesn’t carry me the wrong way. They left really quickly though and while we were waiting for Ah ma and Ah gong to come back, the three of them taught me how to squeeze myself through the grille. So stupid. I’ve known how to do that since I was 2 months old. 

I also got my belated Valentine gift from my sigui. Kiss kiss sigui!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I don't quite like the Cat Mountain King</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/433169</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:47:07 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I had to wash my belly after my walk today because it was wet at the gardens. And then I had to take ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had to wash my belly after my walk today because it was wet at the gardens. And then I had to take a bath in the evening because Ah ma doesn’t have time for it tomorrow. So I was wet for almost the whole day. Brr. 

Just now at dinner Ah bee was holding a duck bone and I was licking it. Then KIAK I bit the bone in half. They were so shocked and wanted to pry my mouth open to remove the half which was in my mouth. But I was already happily chewing on it and they didn’t dare make a move in case I choked. So I chewed and chewed and then it was gone. Yummmmmmy! But Cha scolded me coz she said that the bone will tear the insides of my stummy if I didn’t chew on it properly. Silly. Of course I did. That thing was how tasty. I wish I had more. 

Ah bee stole my milkstick so we got into a quarrel. Things got a little heated and everyone gathered to watch us. Of course she lost. So I picked up my milkstick and went to complain to Ah ma. I hope she cuts her allowance. Serves her right for bullying me. 

Fomfomfom and I we have a new game to play. It involves her holding my paw and shaking it vigorously. Then I would look at her disapprovingly and slowly remove my paw from her grip. And then we repeat.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The nasi lemak that turned bad</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/432743</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 3 Mar 2008 08:24:01 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>There are now two si dong xis at the gardens. Oh what a bloody idiot. 

Ah ma is so so crabby toda ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ There are now two si dong xis at the gardens. Oh what a bloody idiot. 

Ah ma is so so crabby today and Fomfomfom bore the brunt of it. Poor Fomfomfom, she kenas everything. 

Ah bee was watering the plants at 1130pm. Because Ah gong was throwing handfuls of fertilizers around. So she was trying to dissolve those pellets. We cannot have them lying around like that; I walk around in the garden every morning and it would be disastrous if I ate one of them tiny pink pellets. You know, I’m surprised they aren’t all dead yet- he fertilizes them like I dunno every other day. Too much of a good thing isn’t always wonderful.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>&quot;See you later calculator!&quot; Er right.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/432364</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 2 Mar 2008 08:36:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We spent the entire afternoon watching the Lydia Sum Memorial Ceremony. It’s very sad you know. Ever ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We spent the entire afternoon watching the Lydia Sum Memorial Ceremony. It’s very sad you know. Everyone shed tears. I know Ah ma did. And she even watched the repeat telecast at night and cried somemore. I wanted to bring tissues to her but I can’t reach them coz I’m too short. 

Mas Selamat is really short too. He’s the fella who escaped from the detention centre. He’s only 158cm tall; that’s like Ah ma’s height. And Ah ma is a short woman. So yes, he’s terribly short. They haven’t caught him yet. Maybe he’s hiding in a spider hole like Saddam was. 

I had rice, fish and deu dor for dinner. Xp is a happy camper. 

And Fomfomfom ate half a chicken for supper. You should have seen her.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ahhhh deu dor.....</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/431954</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 1 Mar 2008 08:37:51 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Lemme tell you about the detox regime that Fomfomfom is on. Her sinseh told her that she must avoid  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Lemme tell you about the detox regime that Fomfomfom is on. Her sinseh told her that she must avoid caffeine, wheat, fried foods and er two other things which I forgot. And today Ah ma cooked those yellow noodles. Made of wheat. Which she can’t eat. But she wasn’t about to tell Ah ma about it. So she went out and bought a whole chicken for lunch. And her noodles? Ah bee had to eat them. On top of her own share. And you know the way my Ah ma cooks; her portions are huge. So poor Ah bee, she had those noodles for lunch, dinner and supper. No wonder she looked like she was going to throw up. 

I love deu dor. I really do. I ate Fomfomfom and Ah bee’s. And when Fomfomfom tried to eat one, I carebear stared her until she removed it from her mouth and gave it to me. Yummy. 

Cha is now known as the Champion Mokeeto Killer.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>We're not as weird as we sound</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/431608</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:42:33 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Cha says she has an ulcer in her mouth and it’s making her foot hurt. What’s not to get?

I caught ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha says she has an ulcer in her mouth and it’s making her foot hurt. What’s not to get?

I caught Ah gong and Ah ma watching cartoons together just now. 

Ah bee twisted her neck just now while doing stretching exercises with Fomfomfom. Orh bi. 

And I know why Ah bee got a shock when she saw Fomfomfom with the gooey stuff on her face the other time. It’s hideous. It’s so hideous I had to bark at her. But she didn’t go wash it off like I told her to. So I went to bed. I couldn’t bear to look at her. And I didn’t get my goodnight kiss from her. Coz she had all that stuff on her face. Absolutely hideous. 

Oh lemme tell you about Merrilyn and her flowers. She’s so cute I tell you. Ah ma had a pot of flowers in the prime spot on the porch. Merrilyn had the flowers removed from the pot and she planted her own flowers in that pot. Ah ma’s flowers- dying yes but still!- are somewhere in the corner of the garden now. Merrilyn has absolute control over the garden now. I wonder if she’s making progress with her bitter gourd.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fwah!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/431227</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:45:28 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Something huge happened. The leader of the JI militant network escaped while in custody in a detenti ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Something huge happened. The leader of the JI militant network escaped while in custody in a detention centre. He’s a very dangerous man- he wanted to crash an airplane into our Changi airport. Thus began a massive manhunt for him. There were so many soldiers and policemen stationed around the area near the facility. In fact, the papers said that thousands of military personnel were mobilized. Ah bee didn’t know what had happened and she had even wanted to stop one of the soldiers to ask him what had happened. I am so glad she didn’t; they would probably gun her down considering how tense the situation is now. The police even came by our neighbourhood in the evening, which is a 5 minute drive from the detention centre, to distribute flyers with his mug shot. When we went to the gardens, I was a little scared coz the fugitive might be hiding in the bushes somewhere. Fomfomfom said it’s okay; she can take him on since he’s unarmed and walks with a limp. We didn’t see Magic and Diva and I was a little worried because they live even nearer to the facility than us. I told Fomfomfom that she should call the police in case the fugitive took Sister YY hostage. She says Sister YY would probably yak his ears off. But he’s so dangerous I’m afraid he would just stab her to shut her up. Luckily when we were on our way back, we saw Sister YY & Co. Phew. No need to call the police. 

We were outside at the porch just now and I sneezed three times in succession. It was really loud and I gave everyone a fright. And then two police vans roared by with their flashing lights. I wonder where they were headed. He’s probably fled to Indonesia by now but I will keep my eyes wide open. We must all do our duty and be vigilant in times like this. 

All this excitement is keeping me awake.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What can $28 buy you?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/430842</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:30:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma was really crabby today. And Ah gong kept pissing everyone off. Fomfomfom is very pleased with ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma was really crabby today. And Ah gong kept pissing everyone off. Fomfomfom is very pleased with herself. Cha kept going out without me. Merrilyn was really busy moving her flowers from the ground into pots. And Ah bee was exceptionally hungry. 

Me? I smell wonderful. I am sure to give Cha a headache tonight.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I did a raindance, that's why.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/430423</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:48:03 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It rained for the first time in weeks last night. Cha woke me up so that I can keep her company and  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It rained for the first time in weeks last night. Cha woke me up so that I can keep her company and together we listened to the rain fall. You know, just in case the roof leaks. I am very happy it rained. The plants at the gardens were starting to wilt already.  

Melmel gave me a fright just now. I think it’s coz I haven’t seen him in a long time. He came straight for me and kept wanting to sniff my backside. I was scared so I kept running from him. But he kept chasing me. Melmel is actually the gentlest one around but still he’s a big dog so we’re scared of him. He can just take one bite at me and I’ll be finito. One can never be too careful. 

Fomfomfom says that I am the sole recipient of her love. I am afraid I cannot say the same. Because the only person I love deeply is my Ah ma. 

Because dogs are like humans and machines. 

Jian.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Flash in the flesh</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/430014</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:03:26 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I almost fought with a little terrier just now. I wasn’t scared of him but he just kept coming close ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I almost fought with a little terrier just now. I wasn’t scared of him but he just kept coming closer and closer and I wanted to tell him to back off so I growled at him. And then he growled back. And we went at each other. Lucky for him, Ah bee picked me up by my harness immediately. I would have eaten him up. Cha scolded me when she heard that I almost got into a fight at the gardens. But it wasn’t my fault. Really. 

There is now a new rule in the house. Every door and window is to be kept shut after 7pm coz we don’t want that bat to come into the house anymore. No one forgot coz Ah bee kept bugging everyone to close everything. She managed to freak herself out by looking at information on bats online last night. And she was so terrified she asked Fomfomfom if she could sleep with her. Fomfomfom told her too bad and shut the door in her face. One day I will catch a few lizards and put them in her bed, Ah bee says. Then just now when Ah bee said she was hungry, Fomfomfom told her to go eat a grilled bat. Tough love here. Very tough.  

And just now they got into a debate about whether hens can lay eggs without the cock. Fomfomfom informed Ah bee that the cock only comes into the picture when the eggs are to be fertilized so that they can hatch into little chicks. Ah bee wasn’t convinced. She says all that has to be done is for the hen to sit on the eggs and hatch them. So Fomfomfom told her to go sit on a couple of eggs and see if they’d hatch. You know, if Ah bee’s right, I would go sit on a couple of them chicken eggs myself and hatch a few little chicks of my own. Then they will have to call me Mama. That would be fun. 

Thanks for the star Lexie and Buddy Grau!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Please Bat, don't come back anymore.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/429585</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:45:24 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today at the gardens, we met this Schnauzer. She’s five months old and wears a pink collar. When we  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today at the gardens, we met this Schnauzer. She’s five months old and wears a pink collar. When we saw her, she was sitting under a bench motionless. Her owners informed us that it’s her first time out and that’s why she’s hiding under the bench. Fomfomfom carried me and brought me closer to her but as usual, I was scared and I refused to play. So we left and continued walking. When we came back and saw them again, her owners had managed to coax her out from under the bench. Her mummy was feeding her tidbits and her daddy was on his belly taking pictures of her. Aww. 

And I discovered the pineapple just now. Fomfomfom gave me a little to try. She has been reading and it seems that pineapple is good for us doggies too. So I got to try a little just now. I love it. But Cha and Ah ma said I shouldn’t have too much so I didn’t. I’m starting to like fruits a lot. I’ve been eating lotsa pears and cucumbers too. Nice and cold and sweet. Yummy. 

And the bat came back. I am assuming it’s the same bat. Ah bee saw it flying around downstairs and she screamed for Ah gong to come chase it away. Fomfomfom was squatting outside at the porch, while Cha, on hearing that there was a loose bat in the house, promptly shut her door, hiding in the safety of her room. It took a while before that bat finally flew out the door. Ah bee is now terrified coz apparently bats can contract rabies and when they do, their flight becomes erratic and they can fly into things or people when they normally wouldn’t. She says she will just die if a bat flies into her. I believe her.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Um.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/429195</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:06:24 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>A woman came over to pat me today in the gardens. She said I reminded her of her dog, a Shih Tzu-Ter ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ A woman came over to pat me today in the gardens. She said I reminded her of her dog, a Shih Tzu-Terrier mix. She couldn’t stop looking at me and touching my head, commenting how much I remind her of her dog. I think her dog is not around anymore coz she looked like she was going to cry. Even after we said goodbye, she kept turning around to look at me. Poor woman. 

They started cleaning my right ear again coz it smells funky. The vet woman just gave me the clear last week when I went to get my backside squeezed. How quickly the bateria develop. But it’s okay- the Panalog will take care of that. Speaking of which, Fomfomfom threw out most of my old medicine from donkey years ago, including the eye drops for my ears. *giggles* And the Caesar canned food which expired in 2006. Oops. I take after Ah bee- we’re both rubbish collectors. She used to fish out the things that Cha and Fomfomfom threw away and keep them in her drawer. Really a poon soh collector that one.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bats. All of them.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/428778</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:23:16 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The bat came back. Okay I am not sure if it’s the same one but there was one hanging upside down fro ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The bat came back. Okay I am not sure if it’s the same one but there was one hanging upside down from the curtains just now. Ah bee thought she would go closer and take a picture of the little fella but when she got close enough to see its face, she freaked out. Then she ran out of the house to where Fomfomfom and I were, and she shut the door behind her. It started flying around wildly in the house when Ah gong went after it with a net. That was when Ah bee started screaming. She was so hysterical and I think it rubbed off Fomfomfom coz she tried to duck under the table. I could see Merrilyn laughing at them both from where I was standing. When Ah gong wanted to open the door to chase the bat out, Ah bee refused to let him. So for a while, we were all outside while Ah gong was in there chasing the stupid bat around. Poor Ah gong eventually managed to chase the bat downstairs where it then flew outta the front door. 

It was fun.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I didn't strike Toto. =(</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/428411</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:16:02 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It’s Yuan Xiao today. We didn’t eat tang yuans coz we’re not big on that over here. Generally I thin ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It’s Yuan Xiao today. We didn’t eat tang yuans coz we’re not big on that over here. Generally I think Singaporeans are not big on traditions traditions per se. But we are big on one thing over here- gambling. 

I think it’s a Chinese thing. It’s in our blood. It’s like how the Chinese eat everything you can possibly imagine. It’s in our blood. Our ancestors used to say- anything that moves and has its back to the skies can be eaten. That reminds me of the tortoise soup Ah gong brought back the other day. Apparently it tastes like chicken. Chicken of the sea. Hmm, I thought that’s tuna. 

But I digress. Over here, we bet on almost everything. Every house is a gambling den during CNY. But the national favourite is lottery. We play that all year round. We have the 4D, Toto, Sweeps and all. And today, today is special. Because today is the 15th day of CNY. So today, we have the Hongbao Toto. 

The draw for the Hongbao Toto this year is $10million. So Ah bee told everyone to cough up $7 each so that she can go buy 10 sets of numbers. She was about to take the money from my shoe box when Ah ma paid my share for me. Kiss kiss Ah ma. 

And so 930pm came and our best bet only matched two numbers. Ah bee and I, we were devastated. Because we had a good feeling about this. But it was not to be.

I am just glad Ah ma paid for me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I hate traditions</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/428048</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:04:32 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This one in particular. I was so happy when they forgot last year and I was hoping they would again  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This one in particular. I was so happy when they forgot last year and I was hoping they would again this year. But noooooooo, they didn’t. Stupid girls. Every year during CNY, they would peel an orange and use the skin to make some sort of a hat for me. Then they would put it on my head and take a picture. Every year they’ll promise that the next year they would buy three pomelos and make pomelo hats for themselves but they never did. Anyway, so they were trying to get me to wear the orange skin but I refused to let them have their way. Ah bee tried to pick me up but I bit her. That’d teach her for making that hideous thing every year. 

In the end they sort of gave up and we put the orange skin on Yongqi instead. We should do this from now on. By proxy. 

And that was CNY 2005, if you were wondering.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee 2, Fomfomfom 1, Cha 0</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/427560</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:45:54 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Lydia Sum passed away today. She’s only 61. Everyone knows that she has been sick for two years now  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Lydia Sum passed away today. She’s only 61. Everyone knows that she has been sick for two years now but still, it’s shocking to hear the news. I feel so sorry for her daughter. She lost her grandmother and mother in a span of months. I know how she feels. It’s like when I was taken away from my Sugar mummy. But I have Ah ma now. She doesn’t. Poor thing. 

As I am writing this, there is a bat downstairs. It flew across the room when Fomfomfom and Ah bee were watching tv. We aren’t exactly sure if it’s a bat but it sure doesn’t look like a bird. So it should be a bat. Anyway, Cha’s lucky she didn’t see the bat. She would have gotten a fright. That woman’s scared of flying cockroaches, what more a flying bat. 

Before Ah bee got a chance to calm down, she got another fright. She was waiting for Fomfomfom to come up. She heard Fomfomfom walking up the stairs and she knew exactly when Fomfomfom would turn the corner and appear in front of her. But still she nearly jumped outta her skin when she saw Fomfomfom. That Fomfomfom had black gooey stuff on her face and she looked utterly frightful. Ah bee tells me that it was ugly. Real ugly. Like the creature from the black lagoon. I believe her. 

Fright scores of the night.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma won $28 today at MJ.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/427061</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:50:07 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I really think she is getting better at this. She can take over the breadwinning in this house. Don’ ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I really think she is getting better at this. She can take over the breadwinning in this house. Don’t be deceived when I say take over; there is no one to take over from. The current unemployment rate in this house, sans Merrilyn, is 100%.  

Cha told Ah bee an unfunny joke just now. Fomfomfom laughed a little, saying it’s midly amusing. It’s something to do with naming Ah bee’s kids Ha, Mi and Gua. 

Hurhur.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cha likes lilies. Fomfomfom hates flowers.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/426708</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:08:58 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma scolded Ah gong just now because that foolish old man killed Merrilyn’s flowers. Merrilyn has  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma scolded Ah gong just now because that foolish old man killed Merrilyn’s flowers. Merrilyn has been growing these pretty little pink and white flowers in the garden, in addition to the bitter gourd, and she has been tending to them everyday. Then that silly Ah gong comes along and fertilizes them to death. We all know Merrilyn must be devastated so Ah ma gave him a good scolding. He’s not to touch any plants but those three big pots of er, I don’t know what they’re called. They look like palm trees but they grow outta pots. Anyhow, he’s not supposed to touch Merrilyn’s flowers anymore. She has already started growing them pretty little flowers again. They will be safe this time round. 

Ah bee got a fright just now when Ah ma said that she wants to look at the Edison Chen pictures. She told Ah ma she really shouldn’t, lest she gets nightmares at night. Then Fomfomfom came back and Ah bee told her about it. Fomfomfom said, “Just show her lah! Nothing she’s never seen before.” She has a point. But still no one showed Ah ma the pictures. I am not going to look at them coz I’m only a baby.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Little onion's a girl!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/426332</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:37:16 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I thought they were going to bring me to the gardens when Cha and Fom got changed. They went down wi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I thought they were going to bring me to the gardens when Cha and Fom got changed. They went down without me and I got Ah bee to carry me. But somehow I ended up in her room again. I knew I wasn’t going to get to go out so I didn’t bother. I simply slept in Ah bee’s room until they got back. Then we went to the gardens. 

We didn’t meet any friends but we saw a few dogs. There was a spaniel swimming in the lake. I can’t imagine the filth but he looked like he was having fun. I’ve never gone swimming before. I’ve got myself an inflatable pool but no one has ever blown it up for me. I should really get them to do it but I don’t think anyone knows where that inflatable pool is now. 

Then at night, Cha and I watched Under the Tuscan Sun. It was my third time watching it. I don’t mind watching it coz it’s a lovely show. Much better than Taiwanese news. We also watched this programme about a certain tribe in the Yunnan province with Ah ma. I didn’t know Ah ma’s so liberal. You really can’t tell. *giggles*

Fomfomfom went to buy my kibble today. She is very sad coz in a few years’ time, I will have to eat kibble for “7 years up”. She says I am growing up too fast. But I don’t feel old. 

Wo chai si sui.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cha, you've been Pingfombee-ed</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/425991</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:47:07 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>You know when we said we didn’t go to the gardens after the visit to the vet? *giggles* We did! *gig ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ You know when we said we didn’t go to the gardens after the visit to the vet? *giggles* We did! *giggles* So I went to the gardens twice today. That’s why I was so tired. And that’s why I didn’t poop the second time.  *giggles* *giggles* Don’t angry hor Cha! *giggles*

Anyway, like I was saying, we went to the vet today. When we walked in, they said the vet woman’s not available coz she’s in surgery. So we had to see another vet woman. This one’s young and Fomfomfom didn’t quite trust her to squeeze my backside. So after she looked at my ears, Fomfomfom told her we wanted to wait for the vet woman who was done with her surgery already. I hope she wasn’t offended. We weren’t rude but after the last time that new vet man did a sloppy job with my backside, we only trust the vet woman. So we waited for her. She finally came out and asked, “Where’s my Pingping?” *giggles. I’m not hers but I like the sound of that. After the expression of my anal glands, Fomfomfom went to pay. She’s sore that the bill included consultation fees, an additional 30 bucks. She suspects the new vet woman billed that. And she wasn’t happy. Next time, she says, next time we must get an appointment with the vet woman. 30 bucks is nothing compared to her open position which blew up in her face whilst we were at the gardens the first time. Okay I shan’t remind her of that anymore. 

Coz I love Fomfomfom for bringing me to the gardens twice today. Muacks!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fomfomfom ate 5 eggs today.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/425568</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:42:27 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma threatened to inflict them with bodily harm if they dared bring me out in the sun. Of course w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma threatened to inflict them with bodily harm if they dared bring me out in the sun. Of course we still went, silly. We just had to sneak out. *giggles*. But it really wasn’t hot when we were there today. In fact, the weather was so fine we stayed there for an hour. I love hour long visits to the gardens. And I made a new friend today too. We were sitting at the bench near the carpark watching the world go by when I spied two dogs playing in the distance. So we went closer and we saw another Maltese saying hello to them. We didn’t say hi coz we are antisocial creatures. We went back to our bench and shortly after the Maltese walked by. I barked at the Maltese coz I was on the bench and so I wasn’t afraid of him. He took one look at me and turned around. His owner said, “Snowy! Don’t chicken ah Snowy!” *giggles. He chicken. 

Speaking of chicken, I had Three Cup Chicken today. I like Three Cup Chicken. It’s called Three Cup Chicken because that’s all you need when you cook this dish. You need a chicken and three cups. In those three cups, you need shaoxing wine, seasame oil and something else which I forgot. These are also the ingredients for another dish which my mamas love- ginger egg in wine. For that you need eggs, ginger, wine, dark sauce, sugar and sesame oil. That’s something women eat after they give birth, like pig trotters in vinegar. We had both today. That’s why Ah gong asked, “Who just gave birth?” when he saw them. He wish ah. 

Maybe he’s ultra sensitive today because it’s Vday. I usually get a present from my sigui for Vday- last year I got Sexy Bone and the previous, I got a tug toy- but not this time. I shall tell myself that it’s because Ah bee didn’t get to see Jan yiyi today.  Anyway, the latter’s all ruined now because I ripped it apart but I still sleep with Sexy Bone every night. I just don’t play with it all the time now, especially since I got Donut. I love Donut. I’ve got a sweet tooth like Ah ma who is driving Fomfomfom crazy with her eating. At least Ah ma did something guai guai today which made everyone rest easier. 

Happy Vday to you and your family Boo!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Baobei baobei!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/424990</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:45:07 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went to the gardens really late today. It was almost five when we left the house. That’s coz Ah m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to the gardens really late today. It was almost five when we left the house. That’s coz Ah ma kept scolding them for bringing me out so early all the time when it’s scorching. She says I’d get a heat stroke from staying out in the sun all the time. There was no mention of them getting heat strokes. Or unwanted tans. Coz they’re chopped liver. I’m different. I’m the apple of Ah ma’s eye. Pearl of her palm.

Which brings me to the palm tree in our garden. It has ants. Lots of things in our house have ants. The ant person came today and I howled up a storm while he sprayed. I imagine he must have shook his hips to my howling . Rhythm, baby. Howl howl howl, spray spray spray. He and me, we danced the tango, baby.

Then ah ma said I wasn't to go out of the house for 2 days coz of the pesticide. I pouted and within an hour ah ma had merrilyn scrub the porch clean for my nightly moon-tan session. 

Which ah ma brought me out for. Then she ran upstairs for her news and left me in fomfomfom and ah bee's hands. Which no one has asked for. But I digress. I wanted only ah ma so I followed her upstairs promptly and left the spinster sisters sitting in the porch wringing their hands. 

Ah ma cackled when I burst into her room in, well, a burst of innocent anxiety ( a girl searching for grandma, what's not to like?) and I got extra lovin'. Coz Ah ma loves me and I love ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I hungry.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/424639</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:24:15 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom had all the pineapple tarts in a plastic bag just now. And then she crushed them all. All  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom had all the pineapple tarts in a plastic bag just now. And then she crushed them all. All that beautiful pineapple tarts, crushed and thrown away. She could have thrown them my way but I didn’t get anything. Not a crumb. Sigh. I wonder if I can use the money in my shoebox to get my own. I would love some of that cuttlefish and peanut cookies. Yummy. And bak kwa. I love bak kwa. Have I told you how much I love bak kwa?

I love bak kwa.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sleeeeeeepy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/424190</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:01:43 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I am starting to think that Ah ma wasn’t kidding when she said she’s getting better at MJ. She won m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am starting to think that Ah ma wasn’t kidding when she said she’s getting better at MJ. She won money again today. I think she should play MJ everyday. She can be the sole breadwinner of the family. 

I’m still bushed from yesterday. I tried to take a nap just now but Ah bee kept staring at me and smiling to herself. I couldn’t sleep with her breathing down my neck like that so I growled at her. The more I growled, the more she laughed. Bugger only scrammed when Ah ma told her to get lost. 

What will I do without Ah ma?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy birthday to me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/423736</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:32:10 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I didn’t like today’s 50 month old celebration. First of all, I don’t think it’s even a party for me ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I didn’t like today’s 50 month old celebration. First of all, I don’t think it’s even a party for me. They didn’t sing me a birthday song. And it was really noisy the whole day; it interfered with my napping. And we had gatecrashers. She’s a 5 month old brown Shih Tzu. I think her name is Miet. When she showed up, everyone gushed over her. She’s such a baby, all dressed in a yellow top and hair clips. And she’s a real sleepy little thing. They would put her in the middle of the table and she would just lie there like a centrepiece. Such a baby. 

Nuff said about her. What was I saying? Oh yes, I didn’t like today. The only thing I liked about today was going to the gardens twice. I liked that. Especially the second time. It got me away from all that madness. 

It’s nice to have the peace and quiet back again.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chu san</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/423325</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 9 Feb 2008 08:32:37 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma was so tickled by this Maltese she saw on tv coz she can walk on her hind legs. And she starte ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma was so tickled by this Maltese she saw on tv coz she can walk on her hind legs. And she started comparing us. She said I can't do anything. And then she smacked my backside. Hey I can do all those tricks. It’s just that I don’t want to. Why would I want to walk on my hind legs? Or fetch balls? Or play dead? When I can be lying on my back getting bellyrubs. Silly people.

Fomfomfom is very upset at Ah ma coz she caught Ah ma overloading on the sugars again. Ah ma is gluttony, like me. Except that she’s in denial and I am not. And so Fomfomfom threw away the remainder of that little spongy cake thingy and Ah bee took the cake and the almond biscuits up to her room tonight. Fomfomfom devised a plan to systematically throw away all the new year goodies after tomorrow. I hope she throws them my way. I love peanut cookies. Yum. 

Oh! I will be 50 months old tomorrow. I told Cha about it and she said she’s already planned a big party for me. She’s catered the food and invited many people. I can’t wait.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Home alone. Almost.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/422923</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 8 Feb 2008 07:55:42 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>On the second day of CNY my true love gav- okay nehmind. No one gave me anything today. Unless you c ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ On the second day of CNY my true love gav- okay nehmind. No one gave me anything today. Unless you count solitude. I was plenty upset when they went out without me. I didn’t even beg them to bring me out. Coz I knew they weren’t going to. I overheard them. And so I spent a very lonely two hours at home. Merrilyn stayed with me but she wasn’t around all the time. I don’t know what I did wrong. I have been a good girl these few days. Finally Cha and Fomfomfom came home. I was so happy to see them I kept taking steps backwards. Usually when I am really happy to see someone, I would take three steps back. Today I took about ten. I told everyone I will be good from now on. Just don’t leave me home like that again.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chu Yi</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/422520</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:33:53 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They threw my routine outta the window today and I felt so disoriented. It started right in the morn ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They threw my routine outta the window today and I felt so disoriented. It started right in the morning. We went to the gardens at 9.30am and it felt weird. It was really bright and sunny but it was also breezy. I like. Not Fomfomfom; she said she was almost blinded by the sun. Oh I had diarrhea. The steamboat last night. Yummy. But my stummy can’t really take it. 

When we got back, I was already exhausted coz I don’t usually get up until noon, what more after my walk. And they didn’t let me take a nap. We went out to my big Ah gu’s house. We were there to offer incense to Ah ma’s mother. I’ve never met her before but still I was respectful and I took a bow in front of the alter because she is my tai mama. Then we were off to my Ah yi mama’s house. It’s important you spend the first day of CNY with family and so they brought me there to visit my Sugar mummy. We didn’t fight this time; it’s simply not done on the first day of CNY. I wanted to say gongxigongxi to my mummy but they haven’t taught me that trick yet. Besides my mummy kept running away from me. And I was on Cha/ Ah ma’s lap most of the time coz I was tired and I wanted to go home. 

I was out for the rest of the afternoon after I got home. Then Cha and Ah ma went out with Merrilyn and I was left with Ah bee and Fomfomfom. Then Cha came home and the two of them went out. I refused to eat my dinner coz today simply had no semblance of the routine that I am used too. I crawled into bed coz I didn’t know what else I could do.. Fomfomfom came home and tried to feed me but still I refused to eat. It was only when everyone else got back that I finally felt a little normalcy return. 

But it’s only once a year so I shan’t grumble.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy New Year! Pull My Ear!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/422126</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:33:22 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It’s Chinese New Year eve today. I spent the entire afternoon watching them throw out useless stuff. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It’s Chinese New Year eve today. I spent the entire afternoon watching them throw out useless stuff. You should have seen those things. Shoes, clothes, papers, gifts. All out in the trash. But you should have seen what came outta Ah bee’s room. We can start with the fossilized nail polish. Or maybe the 5-year-old honey she found at the back of her cabinet. Which is older than I am by the way. And oh I love this one. A bottle of Vitamin C. The tablets have turned dark brown. Really. 

For dinner we had steamboat. I love steamboat. It’s a new thing to me. I only started eating it last year. And I didn’t have much. Today I had three servings. They started eating without me and so I went around the table, barking at everyone. I thought they had forgotten about me. Fomfomfom finally gave me a plate of whatever they were eating. I love fish. But fish drives Ah ma crazy. Coz my mouth would stink after I eat fish. But I love fish. I also love chicken and pork liver. I had three helpings. Yummy yummy! 

After dinner I went out to welcome passers-by but there weren’t any. I reckon everyone is home having dinner. I went up to watch tv with them afterwards. The three of them were watching a movie outside while the three of us were watching tv inside. That programme went on until 1230. There were so many segments but our favourite was this one by two old foggies. It was hilarious! You only needed to look at my Ah gong who laughed so hard he started to tear. I’ve never heard Ah gong laugh like that. It was a little scary coz I never expected him to laugh that way. 

We went down to the porch after the show ended and I was out there for about a minute and a half. Coz Ah bee gave me the donut soft toy she and Cha bought half a year ago- something else she found during her springcleaning session in the afternoon- and I rushed upstairs with it. I will sleep with my new toy tonight. On my bed. Which has 4 ang pows beneath. *giggles* I must remember not to play with it in the middle of the night. Otherwise Cha is going to wo-ma-ni-ah me again. 

Did you know that today marks the 4th year I’ve been here? I came home on CNY eve 4 years ago. Fomfomfom and Cha picked me up from Ah yi mama’s house and carried me home in a towel and a pail. Unglamorous I know. But I was 4 weeks old and I haven’t quite developed a sense of style yet. Anyway, when they brought me home, I was so homesick and I missed my Sugar mummy so much I started crying. They didn’t know what to do with me. I was so miserable. But it’s okay; that is past now. I know I will sleep soundly tonight. 

Happy New Year everyone!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Today is Super Tuesday.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/421637</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 5 Feb 2008 08:34:29 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>And I am in a dilemma. Just like those black women voters. Except that I am in a greater dilemma. Yo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ And I am in a dilemma. Just like those black women voters. Except that I am in a greater dilemma. You see, those women are torn because they are both female and black. It is worse for me. Like them, I have to root for Clinton coz I am a girlgirl. But I have greater loyalty to Obama than they do. Cox Obama is black and white. Like me. 

I am so glad I don't have to vote.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chachacha! *Coughcoughcough*</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/421174</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:21:24 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I made Ah bee upset just now. But she totally deserves it. Coz she made me upset first. The first se ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I made Ah bee upset just now. But she totally deserves it. Coz she made me upset first. The first security towel, her favourite, came back from the wash today. She kept it in her cabinet instead of under her pillow. Later, she took it out and swung it about in front of me. Selfish nehmind. Spiteful! So I got very upset and I went to sit in a corner by myself. She tried to bluff me by giving me another towel but I know it’s not the real McCoy. I only want her smelly one. So I sat on the cushion and started tearing. I ignored them. Ah bee couldn’t bear to see me like that- also Fomfomfom was scolding her for taunting me like that- so she gave me her towel. That cheered me up. So I started chewing on the towel. Ah bee turned all emo- she went to sit in the corner and covered her head with some other towel. No one bothered about her coz she asked for it. When she finally snapped out of her misery, I licked her to tell her that we’re good. Then she kissed me too and we made up. 

Until the next episode.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee is mad at me. Not.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/420719</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 3 Feb 2008 08:07:28 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I thought Ah bee was mad at me. She smacked me with her towel just now. And then she smacked me on t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I thought Ah bee was mad at me. She smacked me with her towel just now. And then she smacked me on the backside. I didn’t do anything. Much. I only stole her towel. The one which she took care to hide under her pillow. The only one remaining. The other one is still in the wash coz I stole that one a couple of days ago. She has two smelly security towels. She will have none tonight. *giggles* We played with the towel for a while and then she gave it to me to sleep on tonight. Two of her favourite things in the world, she said as she pointed at us. 

Of course I am the more important of the two.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Frostbite in Singapore</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/420322</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 2 Feb 2008 08:10:36 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was chilly tonight. Really chilly. I was out on the porch with Fomfomfom and I started trembling. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was chilly tonight. Really chilly. I was out on the porch with Fomfomfom and I started trembling. So I told her to keep rubbing my belly coz in case you didn’t know, friction produces heat which is plenty useful when it’s a chilly night like tonight. When Cha came out, Fomfomfom happily informed her that I was trembling. Of coz Cha scolded Fomfomfom for letting me stay out there in the cold. What a terrible mother you are, she said. I had to sit on the sofa for a long long time after that to defrost. And when I went up into my room, Ah bee wrapped me in my tshirt and towel to keep me warm. She said I probably contracted pneumonia. 

I knew I shouldn’t have cut my hair.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I love my xiao mama</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/419909</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 1 Feb 2008 07:59:09 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Wo shi Xiao Ping
Wo da yan jing
Wo shi Xiao Ping 
Wo zha na ni?

Casa de la peanut cookie, milk ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Wo shi Xiao Ping
Wo da yan jing
Wo shi Xiao Ping 
Wo zha na ni?

Casa de la peanut cookie, milk, bak kwa and fleur, apparently. 

I am exhausted. But very satisfied. Burp.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Nehmind</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/419498</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:09:49 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We didn’t see the komomo dragon today. It wasn’t crossing the road like it was yesterday when we saw ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We didn’t see the komomo dragon today. It wasn’t crossing the road like it was yesterday when we saw it. Fomfomfom was extremely relieved that the komomo was nowhere in sight. She almost fainted yesterday. *giggles* But we did see a sausage dog today. I was hungry so all I saw was a giant sausage getting away from me. So I kept following her. But Ah bee wouldn’t let me go too close. I hungry. 

I had to take a bath after that. I don’t like taking baths. But nehmind; I get plenty of lovin’ coz I smell so nice.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Wah sai!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/419097</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:03:55 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Last night she didn't get to sleep at all, no, no
She lay awake and watched until the morning light ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Last night she didn't get to sleep at all, no, no
She lay awake and watched until the morning light
Washed away the darkness of the long night

Oh and last night she got to thinking maybe she, she, she
Should just get up and get that pesky mosquito
She heard the mozzie buzzing, she went, “Oh dammit.”
And last night she didn't get to sleep at all

She know it's not her fault, she did her best
God knows my xiao mama could use a rest
But more and more she finds the mozzie buggin’ her
Is somehow too hard to hunt down

Oh last night she didn't get to sleep at all, no, no
Looking for the mozzie was just a waste of time
She couldn't close her eyes 'cause it bit her eyelids
And last night, she didn't get to sleep, didn't get to sleep
No she didn't get to sleep at all

But more and more she finds the mozzie buggin’ her
Is somehow too hard to hunt down

Oh-oh last night she didn't get to sleep at all, no, no
Looking for the mozzie was just a waste of time
She couldn't close her eyes 'cause it bit her eyelids
And last night, she didn't get to sleep, didn't get to sleep
No she didn't get to sleep at all

No, no, no
No, no, no, oh
Last night she didn't get to sleep at all, no, no
Last night she didn't get to sleep at all, oh, oh-oh
Last night she didn't get to sleep at all, no, no.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I don't want bao bao</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/418666</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:28:30 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma lost money today so I didn’t manage to get my $10. Ah ma is a very strange woman. She loses mo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma lost money today so I didn’t manage to get my $10. Ah ma is a very strange woman. She loses money at mahjong, loses money on stocks, loses money at roulette, and puts money in my shoebox without batting an eyelid but refuses to pay for essentials. *throws paws up in exasperation*

I wanted to jump on Cha’s bed just now but she was saying nono to me. Then Fomfomfom said, “Bao bao!” and before Cha knew it, I was on her bed. Nothing makes me jump faster than bao bao. That’s coz I refuse to let them carry me. I usually end up on the bathroom counter when they carry me. No way. So tonight, like last night, and the night before, and the night before and the night.. oh you get the drift, I will sleep on Cha’s bed. 

Coz I am Queen Ping.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>D for Deu Dor</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/418232</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:17:23 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Just now Ah ma asked me to give her a massage. I told her I don’t know how. And then I asked her for ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Just now Ah ma asked me to give her a massage. I told her I don’t know how. And then I asked her for a belly rub. Of course she complied. While rubbing my stummy, she told Fomfomfom that I don’t know how to do anything. I told her that I am the Chief of Security of this house. I stand outside and bark at passers-by who come too close. So she told me to go do my job. I told her I only do that in the mornings and evenings. At night, I need to sleep in an aircon room. With my very own sleeping attendant. I cannot be out there exposed to the elements. Ah ma must have been delirious when she made the suggestion.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>D for dog</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/417874</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:56:02 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Everyone is very puzzled why I refuse to sleep in my bed anymore. I’d only sleep on sofas, and on th ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Everyone is very puzzled why I refuse to sleep in my bed anymore. I’d only sleep on sofas, and on their beds. Duh. Obviously those things are softer right? They are also very concerned why I have been acting a little strange lately. This I admit. I have been feeling a little emo these days. It’s the in thing to feel. Emo. I might keep my fringe long so that it covers half my face. Emo. 

Anyway, just now at dinnertime, Fomfomfom went into the kitchen and she opened this pot on the stove. Immediately I knew what was in that pot- pig stummy soup. Yum. I love pig stummy. It’s soft and it’s tender. So I followed Fomfomfom around and carebear stared her until all the pig stummy in her bowl ended up in my stummy. Yummy. I did the same to Cha. They reckon I must have eaten half the pig stummy in that pot. Delicious!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hello gorgeous...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/417470</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:09:16 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was raining when we got there and so Cha, Ah bee and I, we sat in the car to wait it out. And it  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was raining when we got there and so Cha, Ah bee and I, we sat in the car to wait it out. And it was scorching the rest of the walk. When we finished, it looked like it was going to start raining again. !@#$% weather. I refuse to talk about this anymore. We just can’t win. 

But something funny happened. We walked past this family (I think they’re from Taiwan coz of their accent) and they were looking at this sign that says “Please Do Not Feed The Pigeons.” The little boy was trying to read the sign and he said, “Please do not feed the…” And so he turned to his mother who looked at the sign and said, “Please do not feed the…. pen-queens.” Then two seconds later, she corrected herself. I didn’t laugh because they’re already better than me; I can’t even read.

Remember who I said Ah be is a wannabe? I take it back. She’s a want-to-be. Fomfomfom says I’m Queen Ping so we should only speak Queen’s English around here.  

Just now Fomfomfom was trying to feed me my dinner when I took one kibble and jumped up the sofa to sit between Ah gong and Ah ma. There wasn’t enough space for the three of us so Ah ma had to vacate the seat for me. And Fomfomfom fed me whilst I was seated on the sofa. For the rest of the night, I was on that sofa. Atop a cushion. A yellow one, no less. It was the only colour befitting of my royal status. Ah ma says she will spank me coz I am so lazy. And coz I was sitting on her cushion. I know she won’t. Coz Ah ma loves me. A lot a lot. 

It’s going to be CNY soon so we are going to help Ah ma prepare the ang pows. I told Cha that I will do my own. I don’t want the normal ang pow envelope; I want my own. I told Ah bee to go buy me one of those business envelopes. *giggles*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Really? Really Ah Jek?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/417083</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:06:54 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today we went to the gardens at noon. This is the earliest ever. It looked like it might rain so we  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we went to the gardens at noon. This is the earliest ever. It looked like it might rain so we decided to go early. Also, Fomfomfom was very concerned that I haven’t peed in more than 12 hours. So we had to go. The weather was quite alright. We covered only half of our usual distance coz I refused to move. I was busy looking around. I can’t believe there are people who go to the gardens at noon. Mad mad people.

And for the 12 hours after we got back from the gardens, I didn’t pee. Fomfomfom was so mad she refused to talk to me. And she didn’t want to bring me down to look at the moon. I was devastated. Everyone just kept shhhhhhing at me but I didn’t feel like going. No one gave me any lovin’. Then Ah bee brought me down and then Fomfomfom came too. She kissed me so we made up. Then we looked at the moon together. It’s not full. The rabbit took a bite outta the moon. Naughty naughty rabbit. Spank!

I thought I heard a little cheer when I finally gave them what they wanted at midnight.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Shock, tears and apologies</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/416714</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:37:18 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I got a haircut today. Just as well. I know what I said about keeping my hair long but my moustache  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got a haircut today. Just as well. I know what I said about keeping my hair long but my moustache was getting a little stiff and I was looking a little unkempt. It would be different if they tied my hair up nicely with ribbons but they didn’t. So I had to go for a trim instead. Okay fine, it’s not a trim; it’s a puppy cut. Coz I puppy. 

But I got to keep a little bit of my moustache. It makes me cuter, if you must know. Ke ai xing. That little box will come in very handy when Chinese New Year comes round in a couple of weeks. Will be useful when I ask for ang pows. 

They bought me a new harness today. It’s the same as the old one except that this one is yellow and black, instead of blue. The next one, I want a red one. Coz I girl girl. 

After my hair cut we went straight to the gardens and I felt much happier. So I was very co-operative when I had to take a bath after that. It was nice sitting in the basin of warm water. I don’t know why but I always feel itchy after a haircut. I guess it’s the shaver they use. Perhaps it’s not well sterilized. So I actually enjoyed my bath today. That almost never happens.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I think Britney's next</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/416364</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:53:01 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went to the gardens early today coz it was overcast. Barely 2 minutes into the walk, it started r ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to the gardens early today coz it was overcast. Barely 2 minutes into the walk, it started raining. So we went back to the car. We contemplated going home but we thought that perhaps, perhaps the rain might just stop. The weather, it’s like the stock market- unpredictable. Lucky for us, the rain stopped and so we went on with our walk. Half the time, the weather was wonderful. It was real breezy and everything just looked so green. And then it started raining again. Pouring, actually. So we got drenched. And I had to take a bath when I got back. Bummer. 

Did you know that Heath Ledger expired today? Positively shocking. I am rather sad coz Brokeback is probably not going to have a sequel. One's dead in the show, one's dead outside the show. Is no more.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cake no more</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/415937</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:32:49 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We saw a white maomao in the gardens today. I wasn’t the one who spotted her first; Ah bee did. Then ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We saw a white maomao in the gardens today. I wasn’t the one who spotted her first; Ah bee did. Then they tried to point the maomao out to me but they didn’t succeed. So we moved to a nearer spot and still I couldn’t see what they were trying to get me to see. The maomao, apparently, grew tired of watching me trying to see her, got up and walked away. That was when I started barking at her. I was so fierce I am sure I struck fear in her heart. That’s why she jumped up the tree where I couldn’t get her. They kept laughing at me. Cha said that I left my brain at home on my bed; that’s why I couldn’t see the maomao. I told her that the maomao was extremely well camouflaged against the trees and grass. She was!  

I think Merrilyn is really cute. She has taken over the garden and is in the midst of growing bitter gourd. Soon, we’ll have bitter gourd from our garden for dinner. How wonderful is that?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Shui! Shui!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/415547</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:33:45 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I didn’t count on spending an hour at the vet today. Fomfomfom and Ah bee brought me to the vet to g ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I didn’t count on spending an hour at the vet today. Fomfomfom and Ah bee brought me to the vet to get my backside squeezed but we didn't manage to get an appointment. So we had to walk in. Dog after dog after dog after dog after dog after hamster after dog after dog after rabbit got to see the vet before I did. And Eunice said we only had to wait 15 minutes. My foot. 

Anyway, it was an interesting visit to the vet. We saw this black and white dog except that it isn’t cute like me. It’s huge. Lemme put it in perspective- his legs are longer than the length of my body. But he was not aggressive or anything. In fact he was sleeping in the clinic while waiting for his turn. I think he got bitten by the Tse Tse Fly too. And we met Dakota. She’s this Jack Russell who goes to the gardens too. Usually, there’s another Jack Russell but today she was alone with her owner. And her owner, according to Ah bee, looks like Gagameow. *giggles* Also, we noticed that today is Shih Tzu Day at the vet’s. There were at least 5 Shih Tzus there today. There was one who was particularly eye-catching. Her owner shaved her legs and the side of her body. The rest of it was left long. So the hair off her back and on her head was long. For a moment I thought she was an ostrich. 

And when we finally got to see the vet woman, she was alarmed at how much backside juice I’ve accumulated. It’s not my fault; it’s only been 3 weeks since my last extraction. It’s that new vet man who did the previous extraction; he didn’t do a thorough job. Coz my anal sacs were so full, the vet woman had to squeeze for quite a while. And while she was squeezing my backside, I had to go. So I pooped in her palm. Twice. But that vet woman is really nice- she only charged us for the extraction even though she checked my ears and skin too. The newbie charged us 4 times of what she did. And he didn’t even do a good job. Pui. And Ah bee is really happy that my ears are good after her self diagnosis and medication. She says she can call herself Dr Bee now. Certified by the vet woman. Dr Bee my foot. She’s just a wannabe. 

Just now at the gardens, Fomfomfom had to run to the supermarket to buy me a bottle of water coz she forgot my bottle. So Ah bee and I, we waited for her at Uncle Kait’s bench. It was a really enjoyable wait. For one I was tired so I got to rest. I also get to look at everyone who walked by. And everyone who came by smiled at us. Even the owner of the 2 hounds who walked meekly by while I barked ferociously at them. Fomfomfom was back in a jiffy; she ran there and back coz she was so embarrassed she forgot my bottle. After that we ran into Magic, Diva, Melmel and Chipchip. Sister Yakity Yak knew that I was scared of Magic and Diva so she made them sit down. She had to sit on Magic to keep him down. Then she said, “You let Pingping come to you!” So all 4 of them, they sat down and waited for me to go to them. It was really fun. I really felt like a queen. So I went to Melmel first. Then Chipchip. But I am still scared of Magic so I didn’t go to him. I wasn’t too keen on going to Diva too coz she’s big and black like Magic is, just less scary. After a while, Fomfomfom thought it was ridiculous how I was holding everyone up. We left so everyone could continue with their walks.  

Then we saw Uncle Kait. And Kait! Kait is my boyfriend. I like him a lot coz he’s not big like Magic. We always sniff each other’s backsides when we meet. And then he will go and mark territory. Coz he is a boy. Boys do that. Today, a black female dog came up to one of the trees he had just marked and he barked at her. He was so brave. Protecting what’s his. And he scared her off. Imagine that. My hero. 

Just a little more. Ah ma won $56 at mahjong today. I told her I want $6 to buy tidbits. Coz my last packet of tidbits turned out to be extremely dry and we are not sure if it has expired. Shady. So I didn’t get no tidbits today. Cha says that’s good coz I eat too much tidbits. She says I will have to be weaned off them. But I don’t want to. So I asked Ah ma for $6. I will get my own. Ah ma, bless her generous heart, gave me $10. 

I love my Ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>iPing</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/415131</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:32:48 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Sometimes I worry about Ah ma. Just now I stole one slipper from her and when she finally got it bac ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Sometimes I worry about Ah ma. Just now I stole one slipper from her and when she finally got it back, she asked everyone in the room, “Where is the other one?” Yes, you guessed it- it was on her foot. *giggles* It kinda sounds like my Ah yi mama who came out of the shower without rinsing the shampoo off her hair. She didn’t even realize it until she felt shampoo trickling down the side of her face. Old age. *shudders* Everyone says playing MJ and Sudoku is the way to go. Keeps the mind active. I’m not so sure. My Ah ma plays MJ every week. And Sudoku when she is free. That same Ah ma who went looking for the slipper which was on her foot. 

Today at the gardens, we went looking for Chip&Dale but they weren’t in as usual. I think I want to live at the gardens like the rest of them. Them squirrels, birds, swans, chameleons and all. Then I can play all day long like they do. I told Ah bee that my address would be:-

One Creaky Tree
Cluny Park Entrance
Botanical Gardens
Singapore

Then I changed my mind coz I would want my Ah ma to be with me and she needs a roof over her head. So we will set up home in a pavilion. My address would be:-

Pavilion nearest to the Creaky Tree
Cluny Park Entrance
Botanical Gardens 
Singapore

Now I'll just need to convince everyone to move.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My ambition</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/414795</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:20:31 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee was telling me about this upcoming debate between the Law and Med faculties. The motion is “I ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee was telling me about this upcoming debate between the Law and Med faculties. The motion is “It is bad for society if lawyers earn more than doctors.” I’m not sure if that’s bad but I do know that if they continue to charge the living daylights outta us, it’s bad. I know because Ah ma’s doctor charged us an arm and a leg today. So I’ve decided that when I grow up, I will be a doctor. Not the PHD kinda doctor my sigui is; the doctor kinda doctor. 

Cha says that I will need to study biology if I want to be a doctor. I already know the nose, the ear, the hand, the belly and the *giggles* meimei. I asked Ah bee and she says that makes me more than qualified to be one. 

Dr Ping. Has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Astro mice</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/414404</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:09:41 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Just now after dinner, Ah ma was chasing me with the Beg-No-One for her own silly pleasure. I only r ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Just now after dinner, Ah ma was chasing me with the Beg-No-One for her own silly pleasure. I only ran away from her because she needs the exercise. I am not scared of that thing. I’m not. 

Ah ma told Fomfomfom that she likes watching cartoons because they make her happy. It’s not the same when you watch the news. That’s particularly depressing. Especially when you watch Taiwanese news. They hurl crap in the House. Literally. I kid you not. And the National Geographic and Animal Planet aren’t always about cute little animals all the time either. Sometimes we’d be looking at the poor animals in the shelter who were mistreated. Or poor sick babies. It’s reality I know but sometimes it is nice to retreat back into our little strawberry world.

You should try it too.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I would really love some of that haebeehiam cookies</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/414090</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:21:36 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It was a long wait. But it was worth it. From the time I finished my lunch, I was looking forward to ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It was a long wait. But it was worth it. From the time I finished my lunch, I was looking forward to going out. All afternoon long, I kept staring at Ah bee but she kept telling me that it was too hot. I followed her up and down, in and out. Heck, I even let her clean my ears. But I didn’t get to go out because according to Miss It’s-Too-Hot, it’s too hot. I only got to go out at 5.30pm and it was still hot then. But it was late already so we went anyway. I met Chipchip and Melmel at the gardens. I haven’t seen them in months! They were really happy to see me too. They took one side each and started sniffing at my cheeks. I stood really still and tried really hard not to giggle. Cha thought I would start growling at them. Silly. *giggles* Fomfomfom said I had my Pingping expression on when they were sniffing at my cheeks. It’s so Pingping, she says. She can pick me out in a crowd of black and white Shih Tzus she says. I believe her. 

I am afterall the one and the only.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lost in translation</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/413723</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:26:46 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They kept coming and going today. Cha, Fomfomfom and Ah ma went out when it was still dark. Then Fom ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They kept coming and going today. Cha, Fomfomfom and Ah ma went out when it was still dark. Then Fomfomfom and Cha came back without Ah ma. Then Fomfomfom, Ah bee and Ah gong went out. Then Ah gong came back. Then Fomfomfom came back. Then Cha went out. Then Ah bee came home. Then Cha came home with Ah ma. It was all very peculiar. 

Because of all that coming and going, I only got to go for my walk at almost 5. But it’s not necessarily a bad thing- I met my friends at the gardens! I haven’t seen Phoebe, Kait, and the rabid Shih Tzu in ages. I love my friends but ever since that big thing tried to eat me, we’ve been going to the gardens really early to avoid the big dogs. You can’t have it all. But I do enjoy seeing my friends once in a while. I dragged Fomfomfom behind me whenever I spotted one of them. Wheeee!

Ah ma and I, we’ve got new nicknames. Ah ma is the Da Fu Po. Not the filthy rich woman; she’s the big stummy woman. *giggles* And moi, I am Bian Fu Xia. Not Batman; I’m the flat stummy swordswoman. *giggles even louder*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Where did all that water go?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/413353</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:50:28 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Someone needs to tell Ah gong that failures and successes are part and parcel of life only when one  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Someone needs to tell Ah gong that failures and successes are part and parcel of life only when one is not greedy and foolish at the same time. 

In other news, I took a bath today. Last week, Ah ma was very bewildered coz there was very little water in the tub. She thought that Merrilyn didn’t draw enough for me. And it happened again today. Ah ma had prepared the bath this time and then when it was time for me to bathe, there was about half the amount of water left. That’s impossible, she says. That was when she realized that there was a crack and that’s where all the water went. The water didn’t even reach up to my belly. I hope they washed all the shampoo off me though. Otherwise will itchy. *giggles*

Juju: I can't tell you which mama types for me coz she told me not to tell. They do take turns so I can't say for sure anyway. Heh, no one is as IT-challenged as Fomfomfom. And she managed to get my diary up! Thanks for giving me your last rosette!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It's really krong krong this time</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/412963</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:22:47 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is MJ day. There are only 2 MJ gals coz the third MJ gal, she is an Ah ma now. And so she will ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is MJ day. There are only 2 MJ gals coz the third MJ gal, she is an Ah ma now. And so she will not be coming for any more MJ sessions I think. None of us has seen the baby yet but we hear he looks like his daddy. Which is not a bad thing. 

And so I spent my entire day watching the MJ gals again. My Ah ma won money again today. Could she be getting better at this? Shhhh, let’s not say it in case we jinx her. Anyway, we were supposed to go to the gardens the moment Ah bee got home. But it started raining before we could say, “Let’s go”. So we waited. When the rain let up, we dashed to the gardens. It was really gloomy but Ah bee and I, we love it. It’s so exciting to be out there when the weather is so menacing. Not Fomfomfom. She told us that she would drop to the ground and crawl back to the car coz she’s worried about the lightning. Of course she didn’t. It would be much easier to just sprint back to the car. Which we did. And not a minute to spare. It started pouring soon after. Heng ah!

I gotta repay my sleep debt from yesterday. Later.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday picnic</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/412604</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:02:00 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I had such a busy day. Tai ma came in the morning and I was busy till about 2pm. Then I went to the  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had such a busy day. Tai ma came in the morning and I was busy till about 2pm. Then I went to the gardens for my walk coz it looked like it might rain. When we came back, Jaclyn yiyi was in the living room waiting for us. Then Weizhi jiejie and Waiyin yiyi showed up too. They were going for a picnic. I was invited but they decided it was too much trouble bringing me along since I wouldn’t sit still and I went for my walk already. So off they went for their picnic. It was about two hours later when they came scrambling back coz of the rain. Ah bee said they were real lucky coz the rain started coming down about 2 minutes after they got into the car. And they were real lucky to have gotten 2 hours of perfect weather. 

They continued the picnic in the house. For about 3 more hours, they giggled, ate, and giggled some more. This time I joined in. It was real fun. I only went up once to eat my dinner. I totally neglected Ah ma for them. Cha tried to get me away from them gals but it didn't work. It’s justified coz I have to play host to them. When I finally went up after they left, Ah ma scolded me and chased me with her Spare-No-one. So naughty my Ah ma. 

I am exhausted. And I have a long day ahead tomorrow too. Good night everyone!

P.S. Weizhi jiejie, Fomfomfom thanks you for the lovely sushi. You will make a wonderful wife to a very lucky man.

P.P.S Hi Juju! Xie xie! I would love to write more in Mandarin but Dogster doesn't read Chinese characters. I live in Singapore. How about you? And you should really get your mummy to get you a Dogster page. =)]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sexy Ma</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/412272</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:14:39 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went to pick Ah ma up today. I walked for about 20 minutes only but I was exhausted nonetheless.  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to pick Ah ma up today. I walked for about 20 minutes only but I was exhausted nonetheless. That’s coz half the time I was sprinting. *giggles* I always do that when I am in unfamiliar territory. Brings out the suaku in me. So on the way home, I slept on Ah bee’s stummy. I love Ah bee’s stummy. I think it has potential. Before long she’d have one like Ah ma’s. Big, round and soft. Just the way I like it. 

I watched tv all night long coz Taiwan held her legislative elections today. I am happy to report that Sexy Ma will most probably be the next president. We love Sexy Ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Did you know that Dr No lost 10 kg?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/411963</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:58:04 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Lemme tell you about the weather today. The weather was incredible. Unbelievable. It was hot in the  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Lemme tell you about the weather today. The weather was incredible. Unbelievable. It was hot in the morning. Then it rained. And then the sun was out again, with thunder rumbling in the background. Then it started pouring again. We were on our way outta the house when it started raining the first time. Fomfomfom and Ah bee were worried that I would be unhappy if we had gone back home so we went ahead. We went to our usual carpark but the rain was really coming down so we decided to head for another entrance. On our way there, we decided the rain was letting up so we went back to the same carpark. And then we sat in the car to wait for the rain to stop. It was wet. Splash splash sploosh sploosh. 

We saw the same squirrels that we have been seeing for the past few days. There are two of them so I shall call them Chip and Dale. Chip and Dale were having a good time playing, jumping from one tree to another. I wanted to join them but I can’t climb trees. I tried. But I can’t. 

When we were about to go home, Jan and Lynn yiyi appeared and Ah bee was so shocked to see them. She didn’t know this but we were all in cahoots. ALL of us. Fomfomfom and Jan yiyi were in contact the whole time we were walking but that Ah bee was oblivious to what was going on. And she was even telling Fomfomfom about how stupid surprises are coz they never work out. Fomfomfom and I, we were trying not to chuckle in case we gave the game away. And that Ah bee was so stupid she didn’t realize it even when them gals appeared. She asked if they were on their way to buy Twister Fries. Really? All the way here to buy Twister Fries? It was only when they plonked a party hat on her that she realized how incredibly stupid she is. Anyway, the gals had lots of food in the pavilion and Lynn yiyi even bought me muffins. I had one immediately coz it was piping hot and Jan yiyi fed me. The rest I doggie bagged them home. 

Just now Fomfomfom was asking me what purpose I serve. Why was I created, she asked. Or what role did I play in evolution? She doesn’t see me in any part of the food chain and the fact that I have to cut my hair regularly seems to further convince her that my existence does not serve any specific purpose. I am the Happy Machine, stupid! Duh.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy birthday to me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/411593</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:25:13 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It is my birthday today. I am four years and a month old. I didn’t get a piece of cake today. Today  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It is my birthday today. I am four years and a month old. I didn’t get a piece of cake today. Today I got 10 macaroons. That’s coz Ah bee felt like having macaroons. Expensive macaroons. I told you inflation is serious. Anyway, I didn’t get a single macaroon coz those things are too sweet. And they were all chocolate. And I can’t have chocolate. I think it’s about time they start buying me things I can actually eat for my birthday. I’m wise to their gluttony. They’re just using it as an excuse to binge. I’ll let them get away with it for now. 

My ears are starting to smell a little funky again. It might be because I got drenched at the gardens today. So Ah bee the quack says we will start treatment tomorrow. Who died and made her vet?

Words were exchanged today. It’s Ah ma versus the rest of them. I won’t side with Ah ma coz I don’t agree with her ostrich mentality. But I still love my Ah ma. Because Ah ma loves me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Orh... Han zi...</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/411225</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 9 Jan 2008 09:41:14 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We met a Beagle in the gardens today. A puppy. I turned and walked in the opposite direction when I  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We met a Beagle in the gardens today. A puppy. I turned and walked in the opposite direction when I saw him. Cha said that I am a tortoise egg. I can't deny that. I don't know how to behave around other dogs coz I seldom see other dogs. It's not my fault they keep me away from most dogs after that big thing tried to eat me the other time. 

Everyone was out today in the afternoon so Ah bee and I, we held hands and took a nap. It was lovin’. 

I watched a Taiwanese political programme just now. If there is anything they’ve got, it’s the freedom of speech. Anyway, that’s not the point. What I wanted to say is that while we were watching TV, Fomfomfom came home with 3 roasted sweet potatoes. She paid $6.80 for them. They weren’t kidding about inflation. The good thing is we found out that sweet potatoes are really filling. And it’s good for constipation too. Just FYI.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>That moth should have flown towards the light.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/410867</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:09:41 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We saw a dog on TV just now. It’s a poodle who lives in China and can walk 3km on its hind legs in 1 ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We saw a dog on TV just now. It’s a poodle who lives in China and can walk 3km on its hind legs in 103 minutes. Fomfomfom says she can’t even walk 3km on hers. That is some poodle. On my fours, I can only walk about 40 minutes maximum. Ah ma said she wants to train me to walk like that too. I didn’t pay her any attention. I just did my thing- flipped over for her to rub my belly. And she did. 

I love my Ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The wonderful ta gong fish</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/410399</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:30:48 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was kinda busy for me. I watched the MJ gals all day long. There were only 2 of them today coz ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was kinda busy for me. I watched the MJ gals all day long. There were only 2 of them today coz the third is sitting at home, waiting to be an Ah ma. My Ah ma won money today. That is really rare if you don’t already know. 

Then in the evening, we had a situation- a flat tyre. One of the MJ gal’s son was here to pick his mummy up. He somehow managed to puncture his tyre somewhere near the construction site near our house. They were outside for more than an hour trying to change the tyre. All this time, I was up in the garden barking instructions to them but no one was paying me any attention. They should have listened to me. I learnt how to change tyres when I was one. One of my many skills. Cha and Ah bee took me to the workshop to watch the professional mechanic change tyres when we had a flat at that time. I never forget what I learn. Anyway, they took one hour to change one tyre coz they refused to listen to me. Amateurs. 

We also had a lesson in Moi 101 conducted by Ah bee just now. There is nothing I want to say about that.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Everyone loves Pingping. Deeply.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/410067</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 6 Jan 2008 10:20:05 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Just now I was sitting next to Ah ma and I was sniffing at her feet. They smell really nice so I lic ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Just now I was sitting next to Ah ma and I was sniffing at her feet. They smell really nice so I licked her toes too. Fomfomfom saw me doing that and she told us a story about how Ah bee used to do that too nearly twenty years ago. Apparently  there was once she walked into Ah ma’s room and Ah ma was lying on the bed reading, with her feet propped at the edge of the bed. Ah bee was sitting at the foot of the bed, sniffing away at Ah ma’s foot. Ah bee was really embarrassed when Fomfomfom got to this part of the story. I was young, she explained. But no one listened to her; we were too busy laughing. Then Fomfomfom, who doesn’t know how to quit while she is ahead, went on with her story. So Fomfomfom was laughing at Ah bee whom she caught sniffing at Ah ma’s feet. When she was finally done laughing, her curiosity got the better of her and she too, decided to take a whiff at those feet. By this time, Ah ma was laughing hysterically. She doesn’t remember any of these. I don’t blame her. I won't want to be reminded of how I have idiots for children. 

I forgot to mention that I met a Shih Tzu at the gardens yesterday. Her name- I hope she is female- is Flower. Most interesting.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>So tired I am</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/409666</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 5 Jan 2008 07:39:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was kinda upset coz it started raining about 10 minutes into our walk. But it was more than made u ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was kinda upset coz it started raining about 10 minutes into our walk. But it was more than made up for later on- Weizhi jiejie, Waiyin yiyi and Yuanshuo beibei came over to play with me. I was a very good girl- I didn’t bite any of them. Successfully anyway. So we just stayed in and played while it poured outside. I had so much fun. It’s been a while since I’ve had visitors. I must ask them to come more often. 

Fomfomfom went to nap the moment they came. When she woke up, the first thing she did was to go to the fridge to look for Paddle Pop ice cream. She was disappointed. Weizhi yiyi, you have been warned. 

I felt a little sick after they left. I think it was the bak kua. I think I ate too much. But they were so good. Almost as good as sio bak.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am not happy today.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/409354</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:34:24 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>In the morning, Ah ma, Fomfomfom and Ah bee went out without me. I told them to wait for me but they ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ In the morning, Ah ma, Fomfomfom and Ah bee went out without me. I told them to wait for me but they didn’t. So I was stuck at home with Cha. Then in the afternoon, I told Fomfomfom that I wanted to go out coz it looked like it was going to rain. Ah ma refused to let us go coz she said it was too early. 2 minutes later, it started pouring. Luckily the rain stopped. But I only got to go out an hour later. At night, I was stuck with Ah bee till late. I am really sleepy and it is now way past my bedtime. I shall have to leave you my dear readers. I have a long day ahead tomorrow.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The real McCoy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/408939</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:44:10 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I have dandruff on my backside and tail. Ah bee says I should use some anti-dandruff shampoo. Head&amp;S ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have dandruff on my backside and tail. Ah bee says I should use some anti-dandruff shampoo. Head&Shoulders, she says. But the dandruff ain’t on my head or my shoulders; they’re on my backside and tail. Someone needs to come up with Backside&Tail. There’s demand. I should go pitch this to P&G. 

According to Fomfomfom, I’m her daughter because I’ve got her curly hair. And Ah bee’s button nose. And Cha’s mouth. And Ah ma’s gluttony. And I resemble Ah gong in the way I fart. Yes, we are one family alright. 

They rushed down just now coz they thought that the pipe had burst. Turns out that it was because the hose wasn’t turned off properly. I was too tired so I just slept on the bed. That’s coz I went to the gardens and then welcomed passers-by at the garden for almost 2 hours. Huahua, the Chihuahua, walked by. This time the tables were turned. I am inside and he is trespassing. So I get to bark at him. He only gets to walk meekly by.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Zi you nu shen</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/408496</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 2 Jan 2008 08:32:14 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was attacked by the Statue of Liberty just now. And it’s a mighty ugly one at that. Fat, ugly and  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was attacked by the Statue of Liberty just now. And it’s a mighty ugly one at that. Fat, ugly and green. It’s even got hideous eyelashes. Complete with a giant M on its stummy. Anyway, it’s a gift from Wernie and it’s a dispenser. For chocolates. You work the contraption by pulling the arm ala a lever. Then the chocolates will drop. But I can’t eat chocolates so they were saying they could put my kibble in it. Or my tidbits. Or better yet, some of those crunchy green peas. Or some of the sio bak Ah ma made tonight. Ooooh. I love sio bak. I love sio bak more than I love pig’s stomach. That means I love sio bak a lot. A lot.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>VSPP</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/408037</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 1 Jan 2008 08:33:16 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I told Ah ma that I want an increase in my allowance. She only laughed. I don’t think that’s a yes b ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I told Ah ma that I want an increase in my allowance. She only laughed. I don’t think that’s a yes but it’s alright. I have one whole year to do it. 

Yesterday Ah bee asked Fomfomfom what VSOP stands for. Very Superior Old something, Fomfomfom replied. Ah bee asked me if I knew what it stands for. I told her I only know what VSPP is- Very Superior Ping Ping. That’s me alright. Superior. All over.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>2008</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/407626</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:43:04 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Happy New Year everyone! I stayed up specially to do the countup so that at the stroke of midnight,  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Happy New Year everyone! I stayed up specially to do the countup so that at the stroke of midnight, I can make my New Year resolutions. Actually, I only have one this year- I want more pocket money. Ah bee says that it’s more like a wish, not a resolution. Cha says resolutions involve plans of the individual and then the execution of these plans. Well, I told her that my plan is to get more pocket money from Ah ma and I plan to execute my plan by keeping my hair long. When my hair is long, I am extra cute and Ah ma will not be able to reject me when I ask her for an increase in my allowance. There, my New Year resolution. *giggles*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ji ji zha zha</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/407292</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:58:41 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah bee and I were taking our little siesta in the living room when we heard noises in the garden. Tu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah bee and I were taking our little siesta in the living room when we heard noises in the garden. Turns out that there were 2 squirrels playing out there. So we went out and observed them. One was eating something off a tree. He was making a lot of noise tearing whatever he was eating apart and throwing whatever he didn’t fancy down the tree. I watched him for a while. The other one I never saw coz according to Ah bee, he wasn’t moving at all. I think he saw us and decided that his best bet was to keep as still as he could. Smart squiggy. 

I didn’t have to take a bath today. Which is just as well since the MJ gals will be smelly without their perfume anyway. We can all stink together. 

And it appears that Mocha’s family isn’t that ready to give her up for adoption afterall. Sigh. But thanks a lot for your help, Weizhi jiejie. Remember our date on the 5th!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>&quot;They are always babies to us.&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/406968</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:00:49 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I met a new friend at the gardens. Her name is Freckles and she is a 5 month old Cocker Spanie ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I met a new friend at the gardens. Her name is Freckles and she is a 5 month old Cocker Spaniel. She is also very friendly and very frisky. Too frisky. She came charging at me almost the whole length of my walk. And so I didn’t walk much. I think I walked like 5 minutes in all. The rest of the time Ah bee was carrying me. Coz Freckles kinda scares me. Anyway, Freckles is such a baby. She just darts from one tree to another, harasses every passerby she meets and runs away from her owners. If my Ah ma sees her, she would smack her backside. So naughty. 

We also met this nice lady who asked Fomfomfom, “How old is your baby?” Fomfomfom said that I am four, hardly a baby. The woman said that we are always babies to our family and that her baby was 16. If only Mocha’s family thought this way. Mocha is a 2 year old female Shih Tzu and her family doesn’t love her coz she wasn’t wanted and isn’t very healthy. I hope there is someone out there who will give Mocha a home. Please leave me a note if you would like to adopt Mocha. 

Because every dog should have a home.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>New vet in town</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/406664</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:08:35 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went  looking for the younger vet woman today. Instead, this new vet man came out and told us tha ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went  looking for the younger vet woman today. Instead, this new vet man came out and told us that she has moved to the other branch. I will miss her. She is always so enthusiastic and exuberant. And she has small fingers. That’s very important. 

Anyway the new vet man is all theory, according to Fomfomfom. And he charged us for consultation too. Hello, I am like the VIP there. Obviously new. But at least he was gentle. That’s very important too. 

I slept most of the night away and I didn’t want to play with Ah bee. Cha thinks that I might have gotten a heat stroke from the walk in the afternoon. 

Wo shen bin.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ding dong.......</title>
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				<pubdate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:56:38 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The weather today was lovely and no one got baked. I am happy to report that the filthy thing is gon ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The weather today was lovely and no one got baked. I am happy to report that the filthy thing is gone. No more. Just like Bhutto. The woman, in the words of her party’s spokesperson, has expired. We were so shocked and we watched the news for a long long time. It’s not like we’re sympathetic. Maybe we are, but that woman is supposedly corrupted too. So again, maybe not. But it’s just shocking, if you know what I mean. Politics is so so so dirty. And did she know that this morning was the last time she would wake from her bed? Who would have thunk? And the markets immediately went down and oil prices went up. It is all rather scary if you ask me. But Ah ma told me not to worry coz nothing in my little doggie world has changed. I felt so much better after Ah ma said that. I will sleep soundly tonight.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rated PG (violence)</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/405919</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:54:56 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom boxed me coz today is Boxing Day. I know what you are thinking. Don’t say it. 

Today is ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom boxed me coz today is Boxing Day. I know what you are thinking. Don’t say it. 

Today is the 5th time they made a lousy call on the weather. 2 more and it’d be a grand slam. I don’t really mind walking when it’s hot (okay not THAT much) but I worry about that Fomfomfom. She is always ill. A rather weak woman. But don’t think she’s an oil-saving lamp. She accompanied Ah ma to the doctor’s and when she came back, she declared that she wanted to “tear the mouth of the idiot doctor” right after she rips “that ugly face attached to that fat body”. Just don’t cross her.

Also we saw something filthy at the gardens today. If I told you what it is, this entry would no longer be PG. So I shan't. 

Tomorrow. Tomorrow we go back to a G rating.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/405573</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:43:39 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This is my 5th Christmas. I’m a big gal now. Anyway, I wasn’t very happy today coz they went to a Ch ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This is my 5th Christmas. I’m a big gal now. Anyway, I wasn’t very happy today coz they went to a Christmas party without me. They left Cha home with me but still, I wanted to go to the party. There’s always a lot of food at that party and I always get the most attention when I go over. What a bummer. At least I know that I’d definitely get to go over during CNY. Can’t wait. 

The neighbours across the street had guests over and they were singing Christmas carols till late. A little out of tune but still brings festive cheer. I wasn’t invited to that party either. Double bummer. 

My Christmas was rather uneventful. How was yours?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Falalalalalalalala</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/405171</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:36:45 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The MJ gals were over today. I honked once and Ah gong decided he’s had enough. So he told all the M ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The MJ gals were over today. I honked once and Ah gong decided he’s had enough. So he told all the MJ gals that no one is to have any fragrance of any kind from next week on. Cha and Fomfomfom have been wanting to impose that on them MJ gals for the longest time but it is not in their place to do so. So my Ah gong did the dirty work. *giggles* So they will all come smelly next week. I like. 

Happy Christmas everyone!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Who is ugly when wet and gorgeous when dry?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/404782</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:41:33 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Me!

According to everyone who said I looked a mess after my bath today. Whatever. 

Fomfomfom w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Me!

According to everyone who said I looked a mess after my bath today. Whatever. 

Fomfomfom would like to issue an apology to all the children of the world. Today at the gardens, we were at the carpark when we heard loud noises. Shrieking. Fomfomfom said it must be them stupid kids. Turns out that the perpetrators are not kids. So Fomfomfom would like to eat her words. But she still hates kids. Just for the record. 

I used to have green peas for lunch. But those are really quite gross. Fomfomfom would squash the pea so the skin is separate from the rest of it. She says I will digest it better that way. Anyway, they are squashed, wet and soft. So I don’t like them. I found out today that there are peas and there are peas. Those I had for lunch, are disgusting tasteless peas. Those they kept in a container by the sofa are crunchy and tasty. I know because I had more than 10 of those today. All just by pushing my face right in front of Fomfomfom’s and growling nonstop. What Xiao Ping wants, Xiao Ping gets. Anyhow, those are wonderful; they’re even better than my potato chips. From now on, I want these peas. Yummy.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>1 v. 100</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/404437</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:34:27 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning I was standing guard at the door as usual. A bunch of people walked by, cackling and ma ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning I was standing guard at the door as usual. A bunch of people walked by, cackling and making a lot of noise. I cannot stand for that coz I am in charge over here. At 9am on a Saturday morning, almost everyone in the house is still asleep and they will definitely be woken up by the din. So I started barking at those people outside. I need to warn them to keep it down or there will be consequences. I barked and I barked. Then Cha came down and told me that I just woke everyone in the house with my barking. She said the noise outside didn’t wake everyone; my barking did. I told her that if I barked at them this time, they would know better, and the subsequent 100 times they walk by, they wouldn’t dare to make any noise. That stumped her. Sometimes, they don’t think before they speak.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Maomaomaomaomaomaomao</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/403991</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:30:57 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Yesterday I saw a cat at the gardens. It was sitting in front of the bushes, motionless. But I saw i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Yesterday I saw a cat at the gardens. It was sitting in front of the bushes, motionless. But I saw it. For once, I was the first one to spot it. They like to say that I’m blind and can’t see anything unless it moves. They are so wrong. This cat, it didn’t even blink. But I saw it. First. I wasn’t allowed near it so I started barking and barking at it. I refused to leave. But I still got pulled away. How very disappointing.

So today, I went back to the same spot to look for the cat. Fomfomfom and Ah bee were so impressed that I remembered the exact spot coz my memory ain’t too good at times- sometimes I even forget where I hide all my tidbits. But the cat wasn’t there.   

Maybe tomorrow.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Good cop, bad cop</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/403627</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:37:21 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I’m not fooled by it. They think they’re so clever but they only succeed because I let them. Anybody ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I’m not fooled by it. They think they’re so clever but they only succeed because I let them. Anybody can see through that routine- Cha would scold me for not refusing to sleep at my bedtime, and the other two would fuss over me. But at least they try to be consistent by getting Cha to play bad cop; we all know why she’s called Cha in the first place, don’t we? Anyway, I decided to indulge them today; it’s no fun coming out tops all the time. 

Ah ma and Cha went to the temple today because they need to, how do I put this, return the blessings of the gods. FYI, we Chinese have the horoscope consisting of 12 animals. And each year, a couple of them will clash with the erm taisui. If you fall under that, you should go to the temple and pray so that the gods will protect you from calamities that year. And if you survive the year well and good, you are supposed to go back to the temple to thank the gods for their protection. So, with so many people in this house, we are bound to have someone’s horoscope clashing with the taisui and someone who has to go offer thanks for the previous year. Ah ma does this for everyone every year. Bless Ah ma. Anyway, they were talking about the horoscope and they say that I was born in the Year of the Goat. They called me a sheep in dog’s coat. Hello? Of course I fought for my dignity. I’m a dog; I descended from wolves. I’ve got blood of fearsome predators running in my veins. What sheep? I’m not a sheep. Then Ah bee said that I’m a Capricorn and that further shows that I am a sheep. I was so worried that she might be right so I went to check it out. Thank goodness- Sagittarius is my sign. I’m an archer, not a goat. I’m not going to let them lure me into having an identity crisis. *repeats to self* I’m a dog. Raaaaaaaa!

Oh Ah ma chased me with her blanket just now. She was so happy she kept laughing. She was the only one. Fomfomfom and Ah bee laughed a couple of times for the sake of being polite but that was it. I don’t think Ah ma ever played with them like this. No wonder they all turn out weird. Not me; I’m happy and balanced. 

Lalala.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I love the French.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/403161</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:33:18 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I had kantang au naturale. Fomfomfom bought it for me yesterday. It looks like French fries an ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I had kantang au naturale. Fomfomfom bought it for me yesterday. It looks like French fries and it smells like potato chips. Ah bee and Cha wanted to eat them. But I said no. They will have to get their own bag. That one is mine. I reckon I ate half a bag already. I would have finished everything but I wasn’t allowed to. Suddenly I don’t mind ear cleaning anymore. They even got white specks on them ala salt on fries. But it ain’t salt; it’s shavings made of milk. The Japanese, they think of everything. 

I don’t think I like going to the gardens so early afterall; I have nothing to do for the rest of the day. Oh but today wasn’t so bad coz we had the exterminators over. They were supposed to do something about the ant problem but I don’t think they did a very good job coz Ah ma was screaming. At what I have no idea. I think we’ll have to continue stocking up on the Baygon.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The two-legged bird</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/402673</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:42:46 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went to the gardens early today coz it looked like it was going to pour. There were many kids the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to the gardens early today coz it looked like it was going to pour. There were many kids there. Screaming kids who usually scream for the sake of screaming. I don’t do that; I only bark when I see other dogs. Like when I saw this little silky terrier today. He’s the first dog I’ve seen in a really really long time. I miss my friends. 

Anyway it started raining halfway into the walk and so we headed home. The moment we got back, it stopped raining. My little heart only felt a little more vindicated when it started raining again. 

Oh I got a present from Bishana yiyi today. It’s a little birdie windmill. I like it a lot except I get a little scared when they chase me with it. 

Ah ma, Ah gong and Fomfomfom went to visit my tai ma after dinner. I was home with Ah bee. We slept the whole time they were out. We are exhausted from doing nothing the whole day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The big picture</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/402294</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:10:12 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It rained all day. Everyone thought that I wouldn’t get to go out but at around 5, the rain appeared ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It rained all day. Everyone thought that I wouldn’t get to go out but at around 5, the rain appeared to have stopped. So Fomfomfom, Cha and I, we made a dash for it. Pity the rain came back quicker than I could say “heng ah!”. But it was alright- we were out already. So we walked. It was really cold, with the wind and all. Brrr. I know Cha and Fomfomfom were shivering. Not me. I didn’t want to come back; I was having too much fun, but the poor gals were soaked. I didn’t want them to fall sick otherwise no one would bring me to the gardens so we left. I’m not myopic that way.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I see your lips moving.....</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/401869</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:59:58 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>You know I love my Ah ma but someone should tell her to stop talking to me when I’m having my bath.  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ You know I love my Ah ma but someone should tell her to stop talking to me when I’m having my bath. She doesn’t realize this but I can’t exactly hear her when I’ve got them cotton balls- to keep the water out- in my ears. I know what she said alright. “Pingping guai guai… Pingping don’t bite me ah Pingping… Don’t move..” I know because she says these all the time. And because I can lipread. One of my many talents, if you must know. 

But really, I can’t hear you, Ah ma!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It is a good thing we went to the gardens at 130pm today.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/401553</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:49:42 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Coz the rain didn’t let up. Not till dinner time. That’s December for you. Freakish weather. All mon ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Coz the rain didn’t let up. Not till dinner time. That’s December for you. Freakish weather. All month long. And more. But one thing good did come out of it- I’ve managed to escape my weekly bath yet again. I’m about 3 days overdue. I wonder if I can keep it up for the rest of the month. 

In other news, Ah ma gave me one of her old tshirts to sleep on. I love it. It smells of Ah ma. ‘Nuff said. 

Also my Ah gong is back from China. Again, he doesn’t have anything for me. But it’s alright. He doesn’t have anything for anybody. It’s really okay; anything’s better than that bust of himself he brought back the last time.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>*Scratch scratch*</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/401221</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:28:09 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I got many of them red marks on my belly and my chest. I’ve got some on my back too. Everyone though ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got many of them red marks on my belly and my chest. I’ve got some on my back too. Everyone thought that they are mosquito bites but Ah ma thinks that there might be some microscopic bugs that aren’t visible to the naked eye hiding in one of my mattresses. So she’s going to wash them mattresses really thoroughly so I’d be able to sleep in peace. She scratches those marks for me too coz I’m itching all over. I love my Ah ma.

I forgot to talk about the three dogs that we met at the gardens yesterday. They were running amok without adult supervision. One of them only has three legs. But he runs as fast as the other two. I think it’s wonderful the way they enjoyed themselves, sniffing around and chasing one another. Quality of life, I say. Just wonderful.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Things are best old.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/400886</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:23:25 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Wow! I got diary of the day again! And along with that, 6 Rosettes, 13 pup pal requests and 1 mail!  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Wow! I got diary of the day again! And along with that, 6 Rosettes, 13 pup pal requests and 1 mail! Thanks guys I really appreciate it loads. *beams*  

Ah bee and Fomfomfom were reminiscing about old drama serials and Paddle Pop ice cream. Paddle Pop *hey* Paddle Pop *hey* Super Duper Yummy! I like that jingle. A lot. So I told Fomfomfom that I want to sell Paddle Pop ice cream at the gardens. You know, like how people sell franks on the beach. So I’d carry a cooler with lotsa ice cream in it and go around hawking my ware. I’d sing the jingle and look at my customers with my big big eyes and then they’d melt, like my ice cream in the heat. I told Ah bee that with my good looks and that jingle, I can even sell melted ice cream. But just in case I can’t, I’ve got a backup plan- I’ll bring it home, pick out the packaging, pour it into a tray and freeze it in the freezer. When it’s done, it can be cut up and satay sticks can be stuck into them. Viola! Potong! But there’s one drawback- I can’t say Super Duper Yummy coz they will know that it’s Paddle Pop masquerading as Potong. Sigh. You can’t have it all. 

Super Duper Yummy!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Billions of blistering barnacles</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/400555</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:31:10 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I’m not very good at telling time coz I can’t really read the clock so I remember my schedule by seq ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I’m not very good at telling time coz I can’t really read the clock so I remember my schedule by sequence. See, I’d wake up, greet Ah ma, take a nap, have lunch, take another nap, go to the gardens, have dinner, take another nap, have supper and then turn in for the day. That’s how I know what I should be doing at any time of the day. But somehow I don’t think it turned out right today. They told me that I ate my dinner at 3pm today. And I had an extra meal. But it’s not my fault; it’s the rain. I don’t like the rain. It muddles things up. 

I farted and burped at the same time. Comes out both ways. Bet you can’t do it. *giggles*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hangover</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/400202</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:37:59 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went to the gardens at 1plus in the afternoon today. It’s the earliest I’ve been there. Coz Fomfo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to the gardens at 1plus in the afternoon today. It’s the earliest I’ve been there. Coz Fomfomfom was worried about my peepee and it looked like it was going to rain. It did rain. Anyway, one would have thunk that it would be deserted. But nooooo, there were like 40 kids running around and strange grownup people in working attire who were drinking wine from plastic cups. Most bizarre I know. 

Somehow after dinner, my collar ended up around my waist. It was extremely uncomfortable. Vogue yes. But uncomfortable. It made walking painful and so I sat down until Ah bee removed the collar for me. These people have nothing better to do. They should really find something to occupy themselves with. Something that makes them vibrate. Or they’d be too dull. Right Wagalegong?

Just now I was on the sofa with Ah bee when I decided that I wanted to go join Fomfomfom on the other sofa. So I walked to the edge of the sofa I was on and tried to get over the armrest. But I was a little scared and didn’t dare to leap over to the other armrest. So the front of my body hung over that armrest. Ah bee reached over to help me. The next thing I know, I was on the bathroom counter and they were cleaning my ears. How on earth did I end up there when all I was trying to do was to jump over to the other sofa? Fomfomfom informed me that I can’t figure out what happened because I was hungover. 

Oh.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My 4th.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/399872</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:08:56 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today I turned four. Only four. And I kept four mahjong gals company for the whole day. Fomfomfom ha ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today I turned four. Only four. And I kept four mahjong gals company for the whole day. Fomfomfom happily informed all of them that it is my birthday today and I got many “Happy Birthday Xiao Ping”s from all of them. I was happy. I also got a mango cake. But only to take pictures with. I didn’t get a single bite. Not a morsel. The MJ gals wanted to give me a little of the cake but I didn’t get any. Fomfomfom and Ah bee were watching them like hawks. I guess it’s okay since I don’t really like cake; I rather have some of the beautiful ribs I had yesterday. 

It rained the whole day but stopped abruptly at 5. I knew it would stop. It’s my birthday and surely I’d get to go to the gardens. Also, I was born between 5pm and 7pm. That’s why the rain stopped. It stopped for me. No prizes for guessing what time it started raining again. *giggles*

I am four. Only four.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Grrrrrrrr</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/399520</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 9 Dec 2007 10:31:16 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I don’t even know where to begin. Maybe I should talk about humping my sister and my brother. Or the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I don’t even know where to begin. Maybe I should talk about humping my sister and my brother. Or the fights I had with them. But I would rather talk about the barbequed ribs and pork knuckles I had. Oh what the heck, I’d do them all. 

So my Sugar mummy, my sister and my brother came over today. It’s for something special- we’re turning four tomorrow. Not my mummy, idiot; my siblings and I. So we had a little bit of a celebration today. They came bright and early and for an hour, we were busy running around and sniffing one another’s backside. I humped my sister 5 times and my bother once. Fomfomfom later said that it’s alright as long as korkor isn’t the one who humps me. 

My mummy was so happy to see me she kept drooling and so my Ah ma decided to keep us in the living room where she could at least exercise some drool control. We were given lunch but none of us was interested in it. After a while I got a little hungry and so I started on the meat. My brother had the same idea but when he got close and tried to share my food, I growled at him. I don’t share. Ah bee scolded me for doing that but I can’t help it- I’m not used to sharing. Ah bee says I’m lucky my brother was gracious enough not to fight with me. I think it’s coz she promised him another plate of chicken.

Later, Fomfomfom and Cha returned with turkey, ham, ribs, log cake and pork knuckles. Yes, it was also an excuse to pig out. I was so stuffed from all the ribs and pork. Burp! After we all had enough, my siblings lay down beside my mother to sleep. I wanted to join them. But the moment I sat down, jiejie and korkor stood up and walked away. I was heartbroken. No one knew what happened but after a while, jiejie and I we broke out into a fight. Korkor wanted to join in the fray but everyone was quick to separate all of us. They kept saying that I picked a fight because they didn’t want to play with me. I shan’t say anything. Whatever you all say. Then Fomfomfom took me down to watch tv with her coz she thought it might be safer. 

We fought again later when I went back up. No one knows who provoked who and I think we can leave it at that. It started with me and my jiejie. Then jiejie and korkor started. Then I tried to bite my mummy coz I got a little confused. I was taken to the dining room, korkor outside to the porch while jiejie and mummy stayed in the living room. And that was the last time I had contact with them. 

They say I don’t know how to behave around other dogs. Perhaps. 

I only know I probably wouldn’t see them for a while coz my Ah yi mama complained that it was too much work cleaning saliva and worrying about us fighting all the time. 

I miss my mama.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The long that doesn't ling</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/399099</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 8 Dec 2007 09:26:52 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I snarled at Ah ma just now coz she wasn’t giving me a good belly rub. Then she snarled back at me a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I snarled at Ah ma just now coz she wasn’t giving me a good belly rub. Then she snarled back at me and said, “You’re not the only one who knows how to bite.” Then she proceeded to pretend to bite me. This Ah ma, so naughty. We shall have to starve her for a day or two. Tsk tsk. But that wouldn’t really help coz she has all that blubber to fall back on. Just like how she doesn’t feel the cold because of that blubber. Either that or she’s got hide like a rhinoceros.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This is just wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/398779</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:25:19 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today when we were at the gardens, we saw a couple taking bridal photos. It was raining and the groo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today when we were at the gardens, we saw a couple taking bridal photos. It was raining and the groom, with the umbrella, was walking 5m in front of the bride, who happened to be struggling not to trip over her dress. Fomfomfom wanted to kick that man into the pond. Really, chivalry is dead. 

Ah bee and Fomfomfom were watching tv just now and I wanted to sleep. So I went into Ah bee’s room and made myself comfy on her comforter. Fomfomfom couldn’t stop gushing about how cute I am. I already know that but it's nice to have someone fuss over me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Skinny like a monkey</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/398369</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 6 Dec 2007 09:12:24 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was out for a total of 4 minutes today. Then it started raining. The good news is that I shate a l ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was out for a total of 4 minutes today. Then it started raining. The good news is that I shate a lot. And so Ah ma is very happy. But because I was only out for 4 minutes, I had plenty of pee left in me. So the newspapers tonight, they are very wet. 

I finally have my dog licence. About time. I won’t want to celebrate yet another birthday as an alien.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Krong&amp;#8734;</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/397954</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:43:29 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It rained and it rained and it rained today. Cha was worried that Jade would die in the flashfloods  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It rained and it rained and it rained today. Cha was worried that Jade would die in the flashfloods and so she wanted to get Ah bee to leave her at Katong SC. But she didn’t in the end and Jade is home safe. It’s a good thing we’re not in a lowlying area. I don’t want to have to stick my paw into the exhaust pipes to save them cars even though I volunteered. I volunteered only to get a pat on my head and tidbits. *giggles*

And so I didn’t get to go out today. I kept farting. But it’s okay. Because no one can smell it. Everyone in this house is down with the flu. Save for Ah ma. It’s a vicious bug if anyone other than Fomfomfom gets it. Fomfomfom doesn’t count because she gets knocked out from any ninnyfart virus. So it’s a powerful one, this bug. It's reassuring to know that I won't ever catch it. 

Ah ma cooked me some really smooth pork for dinner tonight. It was wonderful. I have informed her that I will only have that from now on.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The chicken head. Da boss.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/397574</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 4 Dec 2007 10:23:03 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Every day when I go out for my walk, I’d tell the house to be obedient and wait for me to get back.  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Every day when I go out for my walk, I’d tell the house to be obedient and wait for me to get back. It’s important you know- someone has to be in charge. This household without me, is like what the Chinese likes to call, a group of dragons without a leader. A headless chicken, if you will. It’s even worse coz most of the time my deputy, Ah bee, comes along with me. Don’t think I am out having fun- my heart is with this home. Even when I am sniffing peepee and chasing birds, I worry about how my charges are faring without me. I’ve got so much on my shoulders it's no wonder I can’t seem to grow any taller. 

In other news, Fomfomfom has fallen ill once again. We don’t know why so we shall blame it on the new vial of water. Powerful stuff I tell you. Don’t mess with it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I dig MJ days</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/397142</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 09:57:59 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is Mahjong Day. Today is no ordinary Mahjong Day. Today, we have, not two, but three mahjong g ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is Mahjong Day. Today is no ordinary Mahjong Day. Today, we have, not two, but three mahjong gals. Ah ma is very happy that we have a new addition coz she claims that she loses less money this way. And she did- she only lost 2 bucks today. She usually loses 50. The bad news is that the third MJ gal might not be a permanent fixture on MJ days. She is going to be an Ah ma soon and I think she will be busy changing diapers and cooking pig trotters in vinegar. We have no idea whether the baby’s going to be a boy baby or a girl baby. We do know that he/she is one naughty baby. All that dodging when the doctor was scanning. Tsk tsk. Oh, since we are on the topic, I forgot to mention that the 2 MJ gals were studying me very closely last week. They’ve never seen a girl doggie before I think. And Ah ma was happy to give them an education. I was happy to have been of help. 

We went to the gardens today and then up to Ah bee’s school because Lynn yiyi wanted to see me. I was so distracted coz I was in an exciting new place and really, it smelt better than her. I will make it up to her the next time she visits. 

It was terribly hot today. But windy. I like.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A meme!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/396789</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 2 Dec 2007 11:08:46 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Oh dear, this is what you get when you ain’t IT-savvy like Cha. I’ve been tagged for more than a mon ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Oh dear, this is what you get when you ain’t IT-savvy like Cha. I’ve been tagged for more than a month now and I only see it now. Oops.

Anyway, this one is from Red- http://www.dogster.com/dogs/174691. Sorry I took so long!

1.) I am secretly plotting to take over the world. 
2.) I used to be Pwincess Ping but I became Queen Ping after my chronic ear problem cleared up. 
3.) My full name is Koh Soo Ping (Xu Su Ping). But really, everyone calls me everything but that.  
4.) My Mandarin is better than my English. 
5.) I was the 6th puppy outta my Sugar mummy who had 7. 
6.) I am real bossy. Everyone can attest to that. 
7.) I love my Ah ma. And my Ah ma loves me. I’m sure you already knew. 

Tagging:
1.) Dr No
2.) Nana
3.) Ying
4.) Latte (who hasn’t updated in more than a year now. Tsk)
5.) Boo! (The mysterious and alluring Fomfomfom thanks you for your kind words. Heheh.)  

[Indicate who tagged you, include 7 things about yourself and the friends you’ve tagged for this meme]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>L'eau de la Ping Ping</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/396782</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 2 Dec 2007 10:38:20 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They thought that I am the only one who smells so nice. Turns out that all dogs do; the small ones a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They thought that I am the only one who smells so nice. Turns out that all dogs do; the small ones at least. Bling-Bling and Cookie apparently smell wonderful too. There is something in our saliva that makes for good sniffing. Especially when it meets our paws. Did you know that the smell of dog paws has been called “The Most Heavenly Smell on Earth?” Now you do. Pick up a paw and smell away!

Ah ma has gone mad with her roulette game. She played it till almost midnight. Ah bee, Fomfomfom and I were waiting for her to finish so we could say good night to her. Yes, she is mad. And she was so happy coz she was winning banana money on it. And not through sheer good luck and skill, mind you. She was winning coz the game screwed up and increased her probability of winning by 2 times. And she was elated that she has now accumulated $1.8 million on that thing. If only it could be cashed out. 

We were discussing my birthday plans. I like what I hear.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>We like things old.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/396354</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 1 Dec 2007 08:24:42 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Cha bought a new camera today. I told her I’d model but I won’t get out of bed for free. She said sh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha bought a new camera today. I told her I’d model but I won’t get out of bed for free. She said she would pay in kind. I like payment in kind. Especially bellyrubs. I don’t really have any use for money in this house, and my shoebox is starting to get a little full now. Speaking of which, do you know that poor Bling-Bling has no shoebox? 5 months old and not a shoebox to call her own. Poor girl. She should really get one before CNY. Hao yong. 
 
Cha also came back with a game. For once the DS wasn’t in Ah ma’s hands all night. They had a good time reliving their childhood with that game, which is probably older than Ah bee. It’s *gasp* 2D. And has only one character. How ancient is that?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am Ah ma's baobei</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/395987</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:13:01 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was Chachacha-ed today. It happened when I started barking at the keyboard. That’s where they leav ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was Chachacha-ed today. It happened when I started barking at the keyboard. That’s where they leave my kibble usually. They would know to give me my kibble when I bark at the keyboard. But alas, I didn’t know that my kibble was not at its usual position coz, you know, I’m too short. Anyway, Cha came out and all she saw on the keyboard were newspapers and a ratty old tshirt I use to eat my kibble off. And my neon pink collar. So she took the collar and put it on me. I was momentarily stunned. What do I do with two collars? Luckily someone came to my rescue. That Chachacha. Tsk. 

We went to the vet today to get my backside squeezed. The other vet woman did it for me. Eric wasn’t around. If he were, Fomfomfom would have told him to watch my backside while the vet woman was at work. Then we would squirt him with the juice from my backside. He totally deserves that.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Solitude times two. Not.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/395672</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:52:44 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/395672</guid>
		<description>They were all watching a couple of Chins run around a shoe shop in the afternoon. I only know that I ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They were all watching a couple of Chins run around a shoe shop in the afternoon. I only know that I am still prettier than a Chin. That’s all. 

I was also very naughty tonight. I had enough of sleeping and so I decided that I want someone to play with me. From 8 to nearly 10, I drove Ah bee and Fomfomfom nuts by barking, running around, knocking on doors and basically demanding attention. Attention has to be demanded when not given. There is no point waiting. You heard it here first. 

I sat in the living room all by myself for about an hour just now. It was solitude. This time, Fomfomfom did not join me coz she was watching some woman, who wants to be the lion’s head, on the tube. Sometimes I worry about that Fomfomfom and her choice of shows. Everyone should just watch cartoons. At least they make sense.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pampered Panda Ping</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/395104</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:40:59 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I got to go out in the rain today because Ah ma loves me. Sploosh sploosh! 

Chachacha was very mi ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got to go out in the rain today because Ah ma loves me. Sploosh sploosh! 

Chachacha was very miffed last night coz I took over her bed and started snoring before she could even make herself comfortable. 

Cha said no one is to carry me onto her bed tonight so Ah bee gave me a hoist from my behind. We make a wonderful team. 

Ah gong is an idiot. Fomfomfom was so mad she started laughing. We have weirdoes in this house. 

I have 4 mosquito bites on my belly. And plenty of lovin from Ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Under siege</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/394576</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:00:56 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I got into 2 fights today. They were necessary. I have to earn my keep in this house by protecting A ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got into 2 fights today. They were necessary. I have to earn my keep in this house by protecting Ah ma. Lemme tell you about the first fight. I was in Ah ma’s toilet when I spied the intruder behind the toilet bowl. It had brown and white hair and one long limb. I don’t exactly know what it was but one can never be too careful. So I snuck up on it. It didn’t move for a long long time and I wasn’t sure if my presence had been discovered. I grew a little impatient and so I decided to act on the offence. I let out the fiercest, most bloodcurdling bark I could muster but that thing did not move. What a ninny. I bet I scared it stiff. When you have the upper hand, you must continue on the offensive without letting up. So I continued barking and barking at that thing. Until Fomfomfom came in, picked it up and started chasing me with it. I underestimated that thing- it is more powerful than I imagine. It has powers and it got Fomfomfom under its control. Through my sheer determination and will power I got Fomfomfom to drop that thing back where I found it. Everyone is to stay away from that thing until I devise a counter plan. 

I was lounging in the living room when this thing with giant wings flew off the table and started flapping in the wind. This time I had to defend the house against this evil thing. It was flapping furiously and trying to get into the house while I was barking furiously at it. Then Fomfomfom emerged again and picked that thing up and chased me around the living room with it. Once again, Fomfomfom has succumbed to the evil powers. I finally got her to drop it after a while. It was exhausting.

I don’t know what this house and that weak-minded Fomfomfom will do without me.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Those mysterious red spots</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/394151</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:47:36 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They found them mysterious red dots all over dozens of cars in our neighbourhood. Here at our house, ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They found them mysterious red dots all over dozens of cars in our neighbourhood. Here at our house, the red spots aren’t found on cars; they’re everywhere else. On the floor, on the chairs, on Ah bee and on Fomfomfom. No one knows what they are; we’d have to wait for the nice folks at the civil defence unit to carry out their lab tests. I think that will take a mighty long time. I mean, I sent in my application for my license a long long time ago. It’s been pending since a long long time ago. I shall stop here. 

Anyway, I am glad the red spots aren’t on me. Everyone would think that I contracted the measles or something and I would have to go to the vet again. I wouldn’t like that. 

Since we are on the topic of ailments, let me tell you about Fomfomfom and her sinseh. Fomfomfom has been seeing this sinseh (not in the romantic sense) who has been giving her medicine and vials of water to tape to her not-so-insubstantial chest. Fomfomfom has been following her instructions most conscientiously and that has resulted in her near death experience about 2 weeks ago. But it has also saved her the agony of taking panadol every month, which gives her giant sausage lips by the way. Ah gong and Ah ma thinks that she is a quack because she prescribes both Chinese and Western medicine. And they don’t come cheap. Ah ma thinks that if the doctor asks you to go back for another appointment, he must be out to milk you dry. Fomfomfom thinks her sinseh is perfect and she wants to set up a shrine to worship her. Basically we have polarized camps here. I am not taking sides. I only know that the next time Fomfomfom goes back to the clinic, Ah ma will never know about it. It’s for the better I tell you. My poor ears are still ringing from just now.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pesky kids</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/393817</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:33:13 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was real lucky to have gone to the gardens today. It started raining after lunch and the rain let  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was real lucky to have gone to the gardens today. It started raining after lunch and the rain let up for about an hour. It was during that hour that I went to the gardens. As usual, the garden was infested with children. I didn’t see that many of them but I could sure hear them. They were loud. Children should be seen and not heard. Noisy children should not get their Happy Meals. 

Yet another Sunday night Korean drama has ended its run. The next one isn’t funny like the first 3 and it looks downright tragic. Hopefully they wouldn’t be watching this one. I don’t like Sunday night Korean dramas. They deprive me of lovin’. And my sleep.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Was hot.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/393473</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:57:28 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went to pick Ah ma up today. There we met a little Shi Tzu. She’s just a baby, only a year old. B ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to pick Ah ma up today. There we met a little Shi Tzu. She’s just a baby, only a year old. But she looks very different. She’s brown in colour, and she’s got them brown eyes, brown nose and brown lips. I’ve never seen a Shih Tzu like her. She reminds me of a monkey somehow. Most strange. 

Cha threatened to throw me out of her room if I try pulling what I did last night again. I don’t think she understands what’s going on here. That room is mine and she’s only allowed in there coz she has to wait on me. That woman doesn’t know her place.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I was a naughty gal today.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/393066</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:18:32 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I demanded to be fed twice for supper, refused to sleep and gave poor Chachacha eyebags. They gave i ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I demanded to be fed twice for supper, refused to sleep and gave poor Chachacha eyebags. They gave in coz I look so darn cute. Ah bee threatened to shave me so I’d look like a little mouse once again. I know she’d never bear to do that. *giggles* I don’t play fair but it’s okay. Janice yiyi taught me that the world belonged to the beautiful. The world belongs to me. 

Ah bee wants to cook for everyone tomorrow. I am not too sure what is on the menu but I overheard something about peanut butter bee hoon (dry) and preserved vegetables pancakes. Then everyone muttered something about eating out. For once I am glad I’m not having what they are having.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>La plus mignonne!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/392643</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:50:30 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I had a haircut today. We had special instructions for Evan- Ah ma doesn’t like my mousey look anymo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had a haircut today. We had special instructions for Evan- Ah ma doesn’t like my mousey look anymore; so it’s ke ai xing for me. Ke ai xing is the same as the mousey look except that I get to keep my moustache. And no more butterflies for ears. Other than that, everything else is the same. But do not be misled; I assure you that the moustache makes all the difference in the world. I’m so cute I can’t stand myself. No one will dare call me a stray kitten anymore. 

Turns out that there are more Ping Pings in this world than I am comfortable with. I would go congratulate that other Ping Ping but I thought I better not. What with my lovely coiffure and beautiful new coat, I’d definitely steal her thunder. We cannot have that.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Meow!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/392247</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:45:00 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma said I look like a stray kitten. A stray! And a kitten at that. And then she went on to call m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma said I look like a stray kitten. A stray! And a kitten at that. And then she went on to call me lazy and useless. She said I don’t know how to clean up after myself, how to eat my food myself, how to wipe my mouth, bathe myself, clean my own ears. The only thing I know how to do, according to her, is to lick my nose. That Ah ma, she can’t even lick her nose. She’s just jealous I know. And I know she loves me all the same. She gives me the longest belly rubs, even when her arms are aching. I heart my Ah ma deep deep.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Got onions no carrot</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/391796</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:07:35 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We met Phoebe in the gardens today. I haven’t seen her in a really long time, maybe months. She didn ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We met Phoebe in the gardens today. I haven’t seen her in a really long time, maybe months. She didn’t have to vacuum the house nor did she have to look after the baby today so she could come out to take a walk. Phoebe is really tiny for a Beagle- she still looks like a puppy when she’s only a year younger than me. But again, everyone mistakes me for a puppy too. All the time. I can’t help it. I’m too cute. Fomfomfom said I look like something exploded in my face. Ah bee screamed, “Cuteness!” Fomfomfom was referring to my luscious locks but I really do prefer Ah bee’s version.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>What's your poison</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/391319</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:40:41 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I didn’t have an appetite for lunch today coz I didn’t poop yesterday. Space was a little tight. But ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I didn’t have an appetite for lunch today coz I didn’t poop yesterday. Space was a little tight. But the good news is that I shate twice my normal amount today. And so I had space for dinner. A heavy dinner. Burp!

Ah bee and Fomfomfom were talking about Amy Winehouse. And then they moved on to talk about addictions, what of drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and coffee. Ah bee asked Fomfomfom if she’s addicted to anything. Fomfomfom hugged me and said, “Only this one.”

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Merrilyn is my best friend</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/390876</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:49:07 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I didn’t get to go out today. It krong krong-ed the whole day. I was plenty upset. And so constipate ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I didn’t get to go out today. It krong krong-ed the whole day. I was plenty upset. And so constipated. It wasn’t all that bad though- I had emperor’s chicken for dinner tonight. It was tender, it was tasty. It was wonderful. I should have this everyday. Fomfomfom was feeling all nostalgic- Ah gong used to buy this a long long time ago. Ah bee said nostalgia is when Ah gong goes out to buy fish head bee hoon, bringing along our own tin container for it. I’m not old enough to get nostalgic about anything. 

Cha had another wedding to go to today. She said she has another one on Thursday. Ah bee asked who’s getting married. Ping Ping, Cha said. I DIDN’T KNOW I WAS GETTING MARRIED ON THURSDAY. No one told me. I must write it down somewhere lest I forget. 

When Cha was on her way out, Ah ma and Ah gong asked her where she was going. She said to a classmate’s wedding. It was envy I saw in their eyes.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Woof woof! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiii! Woof woof! Eeeeeeeeeooooooooow! *repeat*</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/390455</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:43:35 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I was out in the garden today. I watched for a really long time but there weren’t any dogs. I was a  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was out in the garden today. I watched for a really long time but there weren’t any dogs. I was a little bored and so I started barking at nothing in particular. It was fun. I’m sure everyone in the neighbourhood heard me. Then this little girl from across the street, came out from her house and started screaming after me. I would bark and then she would scream. Together, we destroyed the tranquility of a lovely Saturday evening.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Zhai na ni?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/390016</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:46:46 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We went to the gardens early today coz Cha had another wedding to go to. Sandy yiyi came over to pla ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We went to the gardens early today coz Cha had another wedding to go to. Sandy yiyi came over to play with me before going to the hotel together with Cha. So happy, I haven’t had friends over in a long time. Pity they left real soon. And without me. I told Cha that I wanted to go too; I’d wear my brand new suit there. I wanted to say gongxigongxi to Zhen yiyi. But they didn’t wait for me. So I stayed home to welcome passers-by. 

No cartoons tonight. What a let down.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I have arrived</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/389593</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:16:53 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I got myself a new suit today. It’s a present from Ah bee’s pak tor. Actually, it looks more like a  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I got myself a new suit today. It’s a present from Ah bee’s pak tor. Actually, it looks more like a coat. It’s really pretty and everyone loves it. I think my old Tigger suit will have to retire; it’d be worn only for Halloween and The Wildlife Stampede. Other formal occasions, I will wear this new one from Coach. Much more befitting of my status as queen.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Hamburglar</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/389187</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:41:03 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I couldn’t find Fomfomfom last night so I woke her up at 9 this morning. I think I know what is wron ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I couldn’t find Fomfomfom last night so I woke her up at 9 this morning. I think I know what is wrong with Fomfomfom. I think it’s the sinseh, or rather what the sinseh told her to do. She was supposed to tape a vial of water to her deep v and knock her meridian points together 99 times in 15 minute intervals for, I dunno, 2 hours or something. Very outlandish but it made Fomfomfom scurry to the toilet 5 times today; she wasn’t in pain though. I reckon this is the best way to clear the system. Works better than laxatives anyway. Pretty powerful stuff if you ask me. 

Random ramblings:
	
1.) There’s Pringles in the fridge. I do not understand why there are chips in the fridge. What I do understand is that potato chip tastes good. That is all I need to understand. 

2.) Ah ma wants to spank the little mouse in thee cartoon again. So naughty. Ah ma, not the mouse. 

3.) Cha locked in the toilet today. And switched the lights off too. She needs to be spanked.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>20 tonnes of cuttlefish</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/388833</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:07:48 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>We met my attacker at the gardens today. He was far far away. And far far away he stayed. That’s fin ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We met my attacker at the gardens today. He was far far away. And far far away he stayed. That’s fine by me. 

And Fomfomfom really almost fainted today. I think she’s very sick. I didn’t hear from her for the longest time. I knocked on her door but she didn’t answer. Yes, a very ill woman that Fomfomfom. I shall kiss kiss her tomorrow to make her feel better.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Remember the dog that looked like it eats little dogs for breakfast?</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/388261</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:13:38 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Well he tried to eat me today. I was kissing Melmel and he suddenly lunged at me. There was no time  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Well he tried to eat me today. I was kissing Melmel and he suddenly lunged at me. There was no time to react. If he hadn’t been muzzled, that would have been the end of me. No more. I was so terrified I let out a yelp. And Queen Ping doesn’t yelp. Then Melmel joined in the fray. Cha said he was trying to protect me but from where Fomfomfom was standing, it was just a horrific mess. Methinks she would have fainted if not for the fact that her maternal instinct told her to protect me first. I was so scared I didn’t want to walk anymore so we came back home. I got plenty of lovin’ and I’ve sort of forgotten about it already. But I don’t think any of them will forget this. And no one should. 

My Ah yi mama from HK came today. So did the mahjong gals. I also went to the vet. But really, these are insignificant in light of the attack. 

I need something to calm my nerves. And them.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Big Cabbage</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/387890</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:38:22 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I woke up very early today coz Chachacha had to go to a wedding. She MIAed the whole day. Then she w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I woke up very early today coz Chachacha had to go to a wedding. She MIAed the whole day. Then she went to bed really early. So I spent most of the day staring at Fomfomfom and night at Ah bee. I’d really rather spend time with Ah ma. 

I also puked in the morning and shate in the afternoon in the garden. The weather was lovely today and I was out in the garden twice. The second time, I pooped. I wouldn’t exactly call it poop coz it was mostly water but there was excretion too. Yes, diarrhea. Fomfomfom was so worried she sat down and observed me for the longest time. Then she decided the best way to test if I was alright was to ask if I wanted to go to the gardens. Silly woman, of course I did. 

So we went to the gardens. We absolutely love the weather. Fomfomfom says she will bring me to NZ and she’d buy me sheep to chase. We’ll also make me some suits- shark, tarantula, lion, gorilla, leopard, killer whale and all the ferocious beasts you can think of- just like the Tigger suit I have. I’d only choose ferocious predators so the sheep will be scared of me. I think of everything. *beams*  

The rest of the night was pretty uneventful. I remember something about Ah gong saying that Fomfomfom’s soles are not rosy enough. My Ah gong, he says the weirdest things sometimes.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I am 3 years and 11 months old!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/387434</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:50:08 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is my favouritest day of the year. Coz today I share my birthday with Ah ma. She is 62 and I a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is my favouritest day of the year. Coz today I share my birthday with Ah ma. She is 62 and I am 3 years and 11 months old. *beams* Fomfomfom bought two small cakes for Ah ma and I. Two small Tom & Jerry cakes! That’s coz Ah ma and I, we have been watching Tom & Jerry every night. So happy! So we took many photos, of and with the cakes. Ah ma didn’t smile at all coz she was in her ratty home clothes. *giggles* 

Then Ah gong came to watch tv with Ah ma and I nuzzled between the two of them. Like a baby. Can I just mention that I single handedly brought the average age on that sofa down to 43? 

After that Ah gong brought me down to the porch to enjoy the breeze and he gave me a bellyrub too. He said that I put on weight and I walk clumsy now. Look who’s talking. Heheh, but I love my Ah gong still. And I love Ah ma even more. Ah ma gives me belly rubs even though her arms are aching. I heart Ah ma deep deep deep!

Happy birthday to us!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah ma wants to spank Nibbles</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/387089</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:08:27 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>And we have banana cake! I don’t think Ah ma knows that the price of flour has gone up. She’s too bu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ And we have banana cake! I don’t think Ah ma knows that the price of flour has gone up. She’s too busy with Taiwan politics I reckon. Lemme tell you about Taiwan- the island that supposedly looks like a sweet potato. Taiwan is a little idiots-run territory with serious identity issues. Anyway, those idiots, when the common folk tell them that they are jobless and can’t make ends meet due to inflation, they are accused of conspiring with the media to cook up news. And them idiots don’t care nuts about the economy; they are only concerned with crushing the opposition. And removing statues of a long dead man. And getting Tiffany to give them freebies. What rubbish. Absolute rubbish. The people must have sweet potatoes for brains if those idiots get elected again; they might as well return to the embrace of their motherland if that happens. How stupid. 

Anyway, we were tired of dirty politics so we watched cartoons again. It’s becoming a routine. And a lovely routine at that. I love it when we all convene to watch cartoons together. Better than dirty politics. 

We are presently waiting for Cha who went to a wedding dinner. I hope she brought me a doggie bag.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bises</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/386705</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:18:22 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/386705</guid>
		<description>Ah ma says that Fomfomfom can’t kiss me unless I’ve taken a bath. And logically, I think it also mea ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma says that Fomfomfom can’t kiss me unless I’ve taken a bath. And logically, I think it also means that I can’t kiss Fomfomfom unless she’s clean. So today, after my bath and hers, I kissed her and she kissed me. 

Kiss kiss here, kiss kiss there. So happy.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I like juvenile</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/386376</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:06:42 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I didn’t have to take a bath today. I don’t exactly know why. The tubs were filled but somehow I did ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I didn’t have to take a bath today. I don’t exactly know why. The tubs were filled but somehow I didn’t end up in them. Not that I am complaining though. *giggles*

Ah ma was exceptionally crabby today. That incorrigible chicken porridge wants to go to Genting to gamble but it was vetoed in light of the many bus accidents recently. So Ah ma started sulking; not unlike Ah bee when she doesn’t get her way. She grumbled, she scolded, and she was nasty at times. And she got her way. My Ah ma is so clever. I will need to learn this trick. 

But there are greater forces- she’s not going to get to go afterall. Coz my Ah yi mamas will not be free to accompany her- they’ve got plans. But everyone is happy- them coz Ah ma can’t go and Ah ma coz she thought she could. 

We almost forgot to watch cartoons just now until Ah bee reminded us. She was supposed to watch too but she promptly fell asleep and I didn’t get to go out to the porch until 11. Ah ma and I, we were a little bored coz no one else was around and so she picked up her Beg-No-One and started chasing me again. I absolutely loved it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A McChicken makes a good supper.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/385962</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:11:15 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/385962</guid>
		<description>I was watching cartoons with Ah ma just now when Fomfomfom came back Ah ma started telling her a sto ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was watching cartoons with Ah ma just now when Fomfomfom came back Ah ma started telling her a story and so no one paid me any attention. I went out to the balcony to look at maomaos but there weren’t any. I saw the coconut brush lying out there so I picked it up and brought it into the room. Ah ma saw that I was playing with that and went back to telling her story. I got bored pretty quickly and I spied Ah ma’s beautiful bedroom slippers. I have been eyeing them for a year now. She didn’t protest when I gingerly picked one up. So I chewed on that one. And flung it around. Then I went for the other one. Still no protest so I thought it was fine. Then Ah ma started screaming and tried to snatch it from me. I refused to give it to her. She had missed the chance and so the slippers are mine now. I ran into Fomfomfom’s lap for refuge and set the slipper down. I didn’t know that Fomfomfom worked for Ah ma; she gave the slipper to Ah ma. Then Ah ma started chasing me with her Beg-No-One, pretending to beat me up. It was real fun. We both got a good workout. Wheeee! 

We should do this every day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Remember remember the 5th of November</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/385519</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 5 Nov 2007 08:37:26 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Today is Fomfomfom’s birthday. The night before, I was minded enough to write a little note to remin ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is Fomfomfom’s birthday. The night before, I was minded enough to write a little note to remind myself to wish her a happy birthday first thing in the morning. So I wrote the slip of paper and took it to bed with me. But when I woke this morning, I didn’t see the note and I went down to welcome the mahjong gals. I forgot about wishing Fomfomfom a happy birthday. When I saw her, I said, “Hello.” And I didn’t realize it until Cha saw the slip of paper from the corner of my mouth. No one knows how it ended in my mouth. That was when she reminded me and I only wished Fomfomfom at this later time. Fomfomfom was very happy though; she said, “A for effort Pingping!” I will try harder the next time. I pwormise.  I’d paste “Happy Birthday” on my forehead so even if I forget, they will still see the message. I’m so brilliant. *beams* 

I was bitten by the ants in the gardens today and so I bit Fomfomfom. It’s my present to her. *giggles*

Just now Merrilyn got a call. We didn’t know who called but she started tearing after a while. Everyone was so worried, me included. So I went to lick her feet. Then when she finally hung up, Ah gong asked her what had happened. She said it was her aunt from Canada whom she hasn’t heard from for years and she is just so happy that she cried. Phew. I just wish she would smile and laugh instead the next time. 

I think I will go into the business of selling flour. It’s risen 46% you know. I’d steal some flour from Ah ma and sell it. I’d sell it cheaply so everyone will buy from me. And I’d establish goodwill too. *beams* but Ah ma’s flour is limited so I will grow corn in our garden. Ah bee’s tasked to clear the land starting from tomorrow. There is a slight problem though- the resident iguana will have to go. I will get Cha to type out an eviction notice and serve it to him tomorrow. But I am not a nasty landlord; I will source for alternative lodging for him. I think, the best place for him to move to, is the garden next door. It’s near and convenient. And he can come visit me from time to time. Perfect. 

Fomfomfom said that I can grow rice too. Wonderful idea. Then I’d make rice wine and sell. Shoju is very good- 50 million Koreas cannot be wrong. And since I am at it, I will grow potatoes too coz 2008 is Year of the Potato. I will open a mama shop first- Corner at Ping’s. Then I will expand until I hit Walmart size. I’d be Pmart. Then we will be listed. Fomfomfom will be CEO. I will pay her 100 million a year. And then I will sack her and give her 200 million for her golden goodbye. Then Ah bee will be the CEO and I will pay her the same. And then I will sack her. Then we will repeat the process until there is nothing left in Pmart. Then we will migrate to New Zealand where I would buy myself 2 sheep to chase around. Sounds like a plan.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>eeeeeeeeeeeei eeeeeeeeeeeear</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 4 Nov 2007 09:10:40 PST</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I’ve been getting requests for photos of the Wildlife Stampede. I was so engrossed in watching it I  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I’ve been getting requests for photos of the Wildlife Stampede. I was so engrossed in watching it I forgot to take pictures. I found a video for all of you but the link doesn't seem to be able to work. So just go to straitstimes.com and look for it under vodcast. 

It’s a shame they didn’t manage to get me on film. 

It’s a greater shame that I didn’t get to wear my Tigger suit at the stampede. That was the perfect occasion to wear my Tigger suit. So next year, I will participate in the stampede for wild animals. I’d be a tiger. Raaaaaaaaa!

Fomfomfom discovered an ants’ nest in the sofa. And she was so crept out. So is about everyone else. No wonder there were always those humongous garden-variety ants in the living room. Now we all know why. Ah gong wanted to sweep them up and throw them into the garden but he’s no match for Ah ma’s lightning Baygon-armed hands. Those ants. They are finito.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Num3ers</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/384824</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 3 Nov 2007 12:16:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today at the gardens:-
1.) We saw 16 dogs. 
2.) We know 2 of them.
3.) I sorta played with 1. 
4 ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today at the gardens:-
1.) We saw 16 dogs. 
2.) We know 2 of them.
3.) I sorta played with 1. 
4.) We walked for 57 minutes. 
5.) And paid $1.14. 

0 poopie. *giggles*

In other news, Ah bee woke up waaay past 12, (Fomfomfom says it’s disgraceful, waking up in the afternoon with morning breath), and took 2 naps after. She tried to disguise her laziness by saying she was bitten by the Tse Tse fly. What, do we look stupid to you?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I've never seen anything quite like this</title>
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				<pubdate>Fri, 2 Nov 2007 09:18:31 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We knew something was fishy when we saw that the carpark was closed. And when we went in, we saw NPC ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We knew something was fishy when we saw that the carpark was closed. And when we went in, we saw NPCC people standing around. So Fomfomfom asked one of them gals what the deal was. She said, “Erm Wildlife Stampede.” Huh, said Fomfomfom. Er, the children are dressing up as animals, she answered. Okaaaaaaaaay. 

So we took our usual route but we didn’t see no animals. Until we were at the pond and in the distance, we saw hordes of people walking in our direction. Then the band started. 

Dum dum dum dum dum DA! Dum dum dum dum dum DA! 

Is pretty infectious that beat. It was a procession. So many kids, with their parents. Marching to dum dum dum dum dum DA. And they were in costume. I saw cats, birds, lions, jellyfish, starfish, snakes, centipedes, tortoises, seahorses and elephants. It’s too wonderful for words. We stopped to watch them. And some of them stopped to watch me too. It took half an hour for the whole motley crew to pass us by. They disappeared without a trace after that and tranquility returned to the gardens. So we carried on our walk. But really, I can’t say how happy I was- everyone was happy and giggling and jumping around. Was such a beautiful scene. You really should have been there. 

Dum dum dum dum dum DA!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bewildered</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/383940</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:16:11 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This is really interesting you know. I didn’t read the papers today but I overheard Ah bee and Fomfo ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This is really interesting you know. I didn’t read the papers today but I overheard Ah bee and Fomfomfom talking about it. The fellas who did the Madrid bombings, they were sentenced to 40000 years of imprisonment each. 40000 years. The judges must have been very very angry. Chinese history buffs would know that our wonderful Chinese history dated back to Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors 5000 years ago. That was when demigods were the kings and everyone could fly. Aye, it was a wonderful era. And a mighty long time ago. But a mere fraction of the sentence melted out by the courts. And the best part is that under Spanish law, the maximum jailterm for anyone is 40 years. I must be missing something here. 

In other news, Ah ma made walnut cake today. We haven’t had that in a long time now.  The price of flour has risen 30%. Again, I must be missing something. 

But I do love the walnut cake. Yummy.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Twit or Twit!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/383487</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:38:17 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Happy Halloween! Fomfomfom says Halloween is when you go to people and say, “Hello!” and then you’d  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Happy Halloween! Fomfomfom says Halloween is when you go to people and say, “Hello!” and then you’d get sweets from them. I didn’t get sweets coz I can’t have them so I got KFC instead. Not a bad deal if you ask me. 

They forgot to carve my kibble so we had to improvise on the spot. They drew on a piece of tissue and used it to cover my kibble. Voila! A little ghost! And we took many pictures too. 

Kuangqiekuangqiekuangqie…..]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Black Eyed P in da house</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/383076</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:10:25 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I don’t usually feel very loved by Ah gong- coz he doesn’t indulge me with bellyrubs like everyone e ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I don’t usually feel very loved by Ah gong- coz he doesn’t indulge me with bellyrubs like everyone else- but I do feel so today. I “swung” my lunch out this afternoon. And he was so concerned. Coz I puked yesterday’s lunch out too. He said this cannot go on and so Chachacha has been tasked with ensuring that I don’t jump around too much after lunch tomorrow. He suggested leashing me and tying me somewhere. That’s not going to work, I tell you. I’d just jump jump jump! And out my lunch will come! 

So fun.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>This is a long entry coz I had a long day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/382645</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:57:23 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I had a bad day. It was mahjong day, and I threw up my lunch. Ah gong was going out when he realised ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had a bad day. It was mahjong day, and I threw up my lunch. Ah gong was going out when he realised I was lying beside the 3 unattentive mahjong girls and a pile of regurgitated food. Fomfomfom and ah bee were horrified and they grumbled to each other, 6 ears among them and not one was working.

Then it was a visit to the vet. I had a blood test first. I was a brave girl, i didn't even flinch when they stuck the needle in my arm. I got the blue bandage, which I was unsatisfied with coz I like pink.

Then it was ear cleaning by Eric. He was rough and cleaned my ear like he was stirring soup. My ear was all red when he was done.

Next on the menu was the emptying of my anal sacs. Eric opened a new box of kleenex, put on gloves and padded his gloved hand with tissues. Like he was a lady. Like he was handling something very dirty. He doesn't know enough to lubricate his fingers. He couldn't produce much juice. 3 tries. Fom asked if he wanted to ask someone else in to do it instead. Cha said there's usually a lot of juice, so he tried 2 more times. Mumbled excuses that the juice was very deep inside. He did it 5 times! And then he said he was finished and fomfomfom was red like a beetroot. Cha was real displeased too.

Then doctor doctor told me my blood test results are perfect, that my ears have to be treated with panalog for 2 weeks, and anything else? Fomfomfom and cha said yes, then complained about the incompetent Eric who was rough and slipshod and obviously paid no heed to a dog's distress. They insisted doctor doctor check my anal sacs again. The doctor doctor was embarrassed to find that my sacs were still quite full and she knew enough to use lubricant and was gentle. She was shocked to learn that Eric didn't use lubricant.

Then fomfomfom asked for my nails to be clipped and doctor doctor said she would do it herself, coz fomfomfom threatened to throttle Eric if he so much as lay a finger on me again. Then doctor doctor said my nails were still short so only one or two were clipped.

Then we went to the gardens straight away coz everyone was so upset and I was upset and they wanted to cheer me up.

At home, fomfomfom and cha told ah ma and ah bee about the incompetent nurse and everyone was outraged. Someone suggested assassinating him on a moonless night but we're law abiding citizens.

Then the last unfortunate thing was ah ma was too tired from the mahjong to give me lovin'.

Tomorrow will be a better day.

ps. In a hollow victory, we discovered the doctor doctor didn't charge us for the anal gland expression. Take that, Eric!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>And they keep laughing</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/382255</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:45:21 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They kept laughing at me coz when I sighed just now, two lines of mucus flowed down my nose. And the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They kept laughing at me coz when I sighed just now, two lines of mucus flowed down my nose. And then they converged to form er a lot of mucus. Like they’ve never seen mucus in their lives. 

And they laughed at me too when they saw how I propped my feet against the wall while I slept. And they laughed again when they thought I didn’t know they shone a torchlight on my head to look for that elusive mitemite. Of course I knew. I know everything. I just don’t let them know that. 

And have I told you I hate Sundays? The TV shows are just getting longer. They used to end at 10 past midnight but now they’re pushing on one. And I can’t sleep till the show’s over. It’s waaaaaaaay past my bedtime. And I have to be up early tomorrow to welcome the mahjong gals too. 

Sigh.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hot and humid</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/381855</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:27:56 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today Cha asked Ah ma of what colour my belly is. Ah ma was stumped. After 4 years of rubbing my bel ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today Cha asked Ah ma of what colour my belly is. Ah ma was stumped. After 4 years of rubbing my belly. It’s unbelievable. I am terribly hurt that Ah ma doesn't know as much about my belly as I know hers. I only felt slightly better when she gave me extra lovin' to make up for it. 

We bumped into he rabid Shih Tzu at the gardens just now. Cha praised him for being so dignified and calm in face of my exuberance. Er, hello, he's only pretending. Why do you think he's called The Rabid Shih Tzu? 

They cleaned my right ear just now because Ah ma complained that it smelt like salted fish. I know I should be angry with Ah ma but I’m not. Coz Ah ma loves me and I love Ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Xu Su Ping = Shih Tzu Ping, Ahammaandaguanaformymama, Laomi, dami, ermi, sanmi and xiaomi!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/381468</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:56:04 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was terribly upset when I couldn’t find Fomfomfom and Ah bee this afternoon. I kept going into Fom ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was terribly upset when I couldn’t find Fomfomfom and Ah bee this afternoon. I kept going into Fomfomfom’s room to look for her coz I wanted to go to the gardens. I kept telling Cha that aliens must have beamed them away but she didn’t get what I was trying to tell her. 

Luckily the aliens returned them. Even the aliens didn’t’ want them. But I didn’t get to go to the gardens until it was almost 6 coz they complained that it was too hot. Actually I will have to agree. Today is a scorcher. None of my friends were there. We did see Patch in the distance but I didn’t get to play with him. And we saw a pretty Shih Tzu too. He’s too pretty. And that is just wrong. Boys aren’t supposed to be pretty. 

That stupid duck at the gardens is simply asking for it. It tried to attack me again. Ah bee was quick to scoop me up. Lucky for that duck I say. It wouldn’t want to go up against me. It would have been embarrassing. For the duck of course. One of these days.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Apple! Vinegar! Tomato!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/381049</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:42:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I’ve been sitting in front of the computer for the past 30 minutes and I can’t think of anything int ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I’ve been sitting in front of the computer for the past 30 minutes and I can’t think of anything interesting to write. I didn’t do much today. We went to the gardens and bumped into Melmel, Chipchip and the rabid Shih Tzu. There was also this gigantic dog but he was muzzled. They say he doesn’t like small dogs. He looks like he eats small dogs for breakfast so we didn’t linger. 

I had chicken wings for supper just now.  They are quite quite wonderful. 

Burp!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>That innoncent sleeping posture</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/380559</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:23:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma went out and bought a book on Shih Tzus. She was all excited and started reading the book alou ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma went out and bought a book on Shih Tzus. She was all excited and started reading the book aloud when no one was exactly listening to her. Then she would point to the pictures of the Shih Tzus in the book and comment on them. 

She was so busy reading the book she didn’t pay any attention to me. So I went to sit next to Fomfomfom and sulked. 

I had to take a bath just now and I bit Ah bee. Ah ma kept saying that she will beat my backside coz I did something wrong. That’s what the book says, she informed everyone. 

I should just burn that book.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Smoke gets in their eyes</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/380060</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:10:51 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>1.) We met a couple of Schnauzers in the gardens today. Their owner says they’re Double Trouble. I f ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ 1.) We met a couple of Schnauzers in the gardens today. Their owner says they’re Double Trouble. I forgot to ask which one’s Double and which’s Trouble coz they were dragged away really quickly. 

2.) The Dow did a deep-v today at about 11.30pm our time. Fomfomfom says it’s just like her cleavage. 

3.) I smell the nicest in this house but my barang smells the worst. No one knows why. 

4.) I have a new toy- it’s a ball of yellow raffia string. Ah ma hung the linen on it. I don’t think she is going to hang anything on it ever again after I am through with it. 

5.) Ah bee says I look and behave like a little bandit. Because of the black around my eyes. And because wo hou sneeeeeeeeeaky. *giggles*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I didn't honk today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/379533</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:22:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My Ah ma warned of a repeat of Black Monday twenty years ago. Economics, is all about cycles, she sa ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My Ah ma warned of a repeat of Black Monday twenty years ago. Economics, is all about cycles, she says. The Dow did drop 4% the whole of last week but it was nothing to scream at. Allow me to tell you about another thing that goes around in circles. And it gives you plenty to scream at too. Believe me- you would scream if you had seen this too. 

Fashion, people, fashion goes around in cycles too. That is why Cha can’t wait for bell bottoms to be in again. She will break out her purchase from HK the moment bell bottoms are in vogue again. And it also explains why Fomfomfom and Ah bee dug out their jeans from donkey years ago. Fomfomfom was appalled, when she put on her old jeans, at how high waistlines were. She is going to be the most chic person around when waistlines go back to where they were. And Ah bee too. Ah bee says I will have to mention the jeans that she has been keeping for ten years. It’s red, highwaisted, skinny and cost her a bomb. 

Mo gnan tai ah.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Jolly and gay on a Sabbath day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/379017</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:22:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Hmm, did I do anything worthy of mention today? Oh, after dinner, Merrilyn and I, we sat outside at  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Hmm, did I do anything worthy of mention today? Oh, after dinner, Merrilyn and I, we sat outside at the porch and she rubbed my belly. It was lovin’. And then I went up for more lovin’ from Ah ma. Then I got plenty of lovin’ from Fomfomfom when they were watching that horrid Sunday night Korean drama serial. It was a lovingly wonderful day. 

In other new, we heard that Dumbledore is gay. I overheard Fomfomfom and Ah bee talking about it. No one in this house reads Harry Potter- Ah bee gave up after the first book- but we all know who Dumbledore is. Now we know what he is. He is gay. How utterly unnecessary.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Troublemaker</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/378634</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:47:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I slept for the longest time after dinner today. So I was particularly energetic at night. They told ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I slept for the longest time after dinner today. So I was particularly energetic at night. They told me that it was time for bed but I wasn’t feeling sleepy. I wanted to play. So I jumped around. Growled at Fomfomfom. Chewed on Ah bee’s hands. Humped Cha’s leg. Demanded more tidbits. Wandered in and out of the room. Then Cha chased the two of them out and turned off the lights. I am writing this in the dark now so I shall stop here. It’s not good for my big beautiful eyes. So good night.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Boys and girls</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/378168</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:23:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We met Ah bee’s friend at the gardens today. I’ve seen her once many many years ago when I was still ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We met Ah bee’s friend at the gardens today. I’ve seen her once many many years ago when I was still a baby. She said I’ve grown a lot. I should think so. It would be mighty strange if I am still as tall as a milk carton. Now I reckon I am 2 milk cartons tall. *beams* 

But I didn’t meet any of my friends so I was naturally a little rabid when I saw this Schnauzer-Poodle. I tried to chase him but was held back. It’s not fair the way they use my harness against my will. And speaking of my harness, Fomfomfom says she will buy me a new one. I told her I want a red one, like the one Diva has. Then people will know immediately that I am a girlgirl. The blue one I have now simply doesn’t cut it. What were they thinking?

Everyone should just have either red or blue harnesses. Yellows, greens, those are silly. You can’t tell if the doggie is a boyboy or a girlgirl from yellow harnesses. And worse, leopard prints. I must tell Jan yiyi to buy my sigui a new blue collar. A thick one.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I want a first class suite on the A380</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/377581</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:57:55 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I made a new friend today. She’s a sheepdog of sorts and her name is Mimi. She’s only a year old so  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I made a new friend today. She’s a sheepdog of sorts and her name is Mimi. She’s only a year old so she will have to call me mama. I wasn’t scared of her coz she’s not big and intimidating like Magic and Diva and so we played for a while, sniffing each other’s backside. Her owner said I am beautiful. He got that right. 

Then we ran into Melmel and Chipchip. Chipchip ran away from me so I chased him, dragging Ah bee along behind me. I like Chipchip; he’s about the only dog who is scared of me. So he’s the only one I can chase. Sometimes I like to do the chasing. And he’s got them stunning blond eyebrows too. 

Recently, I’ve developed a habit of knocking on Merrilyn’s door at night to get her to rub my belly. I would always lick whoever it is, and then plonk, I would lie down on the floor so that they can rub my belly. I am manipulative that way.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fomfomfom’s sausage lips are back.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/377085</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:24:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>She looks like crap. Ah bee wanted to bring her out for steamboat but she has changed her mind. She  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ She looks like crap. Ah bee wanted to bring her out for steamboat but she has changed her mind. She wouldn’t go anywhere with Fomfomfom. I wouldn’t go anywhere with myself, Fomfomfom said. 

But I had to go to the gardens with Fomfomfom. It’s a good thing she didn’t scare anyone there. My Ah ma told her to go to a TCM physician since the dotters don’t seem to be able to help. Fomfomfom will have to ask the physician why she’s developed an allergy to prawns too. A woman with many ailments my second oma. 

Okay, back to talking about me. I had to take a bath today. I didn’t really like it but Ah ma gave me extra loving’ coz I smell wonderful. I like.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Stupid rain</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/376619</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:52:48 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I thought today would be a better day. It wasn’t. I am not happy. I didn’t get to go to the gardens. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I thought today would be a better day. It wasn’t. I am not happy. I didn’t get to go to the gardens. I haven’t missed the gardens in months. I shall go sulk now.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Best forgotten</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/376128</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:21:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I had a most terrible day. It started in the morning. I started wheezing and honking at about 940a.m ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had a most terrible day. It started in the morning. I started wheezing and honking at about 940a.m. It was serious. Ah bee said she has never seen me honk so bad before. She was just about to go to school when I felt unwell so she stayed at home. Ah bee has not missed a class in over a year now. It was that bad. 

And so I honked sporadically, each time lasting about 30seconds. I can’t remember how many times I did, maybe 5 times over one hour or so. My 3 omas stayed with me, taking turns to comfort me. That useless Ah bee fell asleep in Cha’s room after a while. I was not allowed to go to the mahjong gals for a long time. My omas said that the only constant in my wheezing episodes is the mahjong gals. One of them must be wearing some cheap perfume that my Ping Ping is allergic to, said Fomfomfom. So I will be kept under close supervision whenever the mahjong gals are here. 

And part 2 of the lousy day came at the gardens. Pesky ants, I don’t know where they came from, but I found them on my face when we were leaving. It was so itchy and them stupid ants, they bit me. I used my paw to sweep 2 of them off my face while we sped all the way home. Then I got cleaned up and I felt much much better. 

What an upsetting day. I shall go to bed now and when I wake tomorrow, I will forget about today.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ka chng ai ga lao lou lai</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:33:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My Ah ma’s brother came today and he said something in hokkien which, loosely translated, means “bac ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My Ah ma’s brother came today and he said something in hokkien which, loosely translated, means “backside going to drop down”. *giggles* I think he was referring to me wagging my tail happily on seeing him. Still, I thought he should have put it in a more refined manner. Even though he was saying it as it was. But still. You know what I mean. *giggles*
 
I thought I’ve seen the end of Sunday night Korean dramedies since the new one is one serious drama. It seems like we’re seeing a delayed reaction of the Korean fever in this house. Fomfomfom and Ah bee were glued to the tv all night and they even cooked themselves Korean minced meat noodles to stuff themselves with while watching the show. Those are 700 calories a packet if you must know. Cha pointed to Ah bee’s tummy and said, “So round!” I hope she’s embarrassed. And that Cha, she ate one potato, one egg and drank milo. Bingeing like that and ignoring me is unacceptable behaviour. And that Fomfomfom had the check to ask me to call her Oma. Ggo ra ji ha go neun.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Kiss kiss Fomfomfom</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/375295</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:09:09 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I am afraid I will have to give Melmel up to Diva. She’s got him good. Really I stand no chance agai ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am afraid I will have to give Melmel up to Diva. She’s got him good. Really I stand no chance against her. Melmel was kissing her in the gardens today. I saw him. And he was so gentle and he kissed her for such a long time. It was so sweet; you have to be there to see it for yourself. That was when I decided to give up Melmel as one of my boyfriends. He’s spoken for. But the cute and shy Chipchip, he’s still mine. 

I had to face Fomfomfom the whole day. Sometimes, there are downsides to having big beautiful eyes like mine- I see too much. And today I saw too much of Fomfomfom. But I still love her all the same. She didn’t go to the Sammi Cheng concert so she could stay in to watch me. I heart Fomfomfom deep deep deep deep deep.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I overspent today</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/374895</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:07:03 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I am very happy today coz I got to walk for an hour at the gardens. We didn’t meet many friends but  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am very happy today coz I got to walk for an hour at the gardens. We didn’t meet many friends but still it was a most enjoyable walk. It had rained in the afternoon and the weather was just perfect. I didn’t even pant after. Fomfomfom let me walk everywhere and I could linger at the plants for as long as I wanted. Oh a duck did attempt to attack me but Ah bee was quick to scoop me up. Fomfomfom said she would find someone to assassinate that stupid duck and we will have it braised for dinner. Hmm, I think I will have to talk her outta it. I don’t want the police to catch her. 

Oh oh! We saw a dead iguana in the gardens! Its white belly was facing up and it was so dead. Ah bee saw it and she said, “Argh!” Then she pointed it out to Fomfomfom and Fomfomfom went, “ARRRGHHHHHHH!” Silly gals, what’s a dead iguana. I was actually thinking of bringing it home to keep in a jar and I would give it as a present to my Sugar mummy. But I didn’t even get to go near it. Maybe tomorrow.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Puppy puppy</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/374498</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:22:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The Japanese poodle, she scared me. She was chasing me and her oblivious owner let her. We ended up  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Japanese poodle, she scared me. She was chasing me and her oblivious owner let her. We ended up in a tangled mess and Ah bee got a rope burn on her shin from the retractable leash. And Fomfomfom is still gaga over her. So soft so soft, she kept saying.  Grrr. I’ll have all of you know that I am so soft so soft too. Grumble grumble. 

Ah bee taught me a lesson today. Cha had cooked a packet of Myojo beehoon and I smelt chicken. So I told Ah bee that I want the chicken from her packet if she cooks. Ah bee solemnly tells me that there is no chicken in there. Are you telling me not to trust my nose, I asked. She nodded and informed me that things aren’t always what they seem. Sometimes, bad bad people will deceive you on purpose- they’d make noodles smell like chicken when there isn’t chicken in there. Fomfomfom said that it’s too early for me to learn that but Ah bee said I’m almost 4. I understood all that Ah bee was trying to tell me. The next time, I will ask Fomfomfom to buy the expensive Taiwanese instant noodles. They have real meat in those.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Is no more</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/374131</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:30:29 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is my birthday. I am three years and 10 months old. *giggles* Fomfomfom bought me a slice of w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is my birthday. I am three years and 10 months old. *giggles* Fomfomfom bought me a slice of walnut cake this time and it was delicious! Don’t tell Cha but Ah bee pinched the cake and gave it to me when she wasn’t looking. *giggles* Ah ma said no one celebrates monthly birthdays. No one likes celebrating birthdays that often. But that’s not true; it’s only the mouldie oldies who hate birthdays. Young things like me, we love birthdays.

In other news, the green sofa in the dining room is no more. I have no idea where it went but I know the strange men took it away. I loved the green sofa. I would sleep on it, puke on it, pee on it and use it as my little yellow handkerchief to clean my mouth. Green Sofa, you have served us well. I am not sure how the red sofa they carted down from Ah ma’s room will fare but I don’t really like it- it doesn’t quite have the depth you have. You will be missed.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah bee's PVFT</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/373753</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 9 Oct 2007 10:26:50 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Just now we were in Cha’s room and she was letting Ah bee play with futures. Simulated trading of co ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Just now we were in Cha’s room and she was letting Ah bee play with futures. Simulated trading of course. So Fomfomfom asked Ah bee, “Long or short?” And Ah bee screamed, “Long!” She made fake US$50 in a coupa of minutes. Ah bee wants me to emphasize it’s banana money she made so don’t you all go asking her for treats. Then, Ah bee declared that she was going to short it. It was a painful 40 minutes after that. There is nothing worse than watching the market which doesn’t move, Ah bee said. Sort of like watching paint dry, Cha offered. So we watched the paint dry. For 40 minutes, I think them traders went off to lim teh. Then thank goodness it went down 7 bids and Ah bee decided to take her $35 banana money and run. That was the end of her Pseudo Virgin Futures Trade. 

Fomfomfom asked Ah bee how she decided where the market was heading. She replied she would ask herself that question and a little voice in her head would say UP or DOWN and that is how she knows. Fomfomfom told her that when the little voice gets too loud, she should go see a shrink. *giggles* actually, there is no little voice in Ah bee’s head. It’s me pretending to be the little voice. I would tip-toe into the room when I hear the question and I’d whisper UP, DOWN or STAY.  Then I would quickly sneak outta the room before she turns around and sees me there. I tell you, she would be clueless, helpless and bankrupt without me. She was happily telling Fomfomfom that the US market would suit her fine since she works late into the night anyway. I didn’t have the heart to tell her that it will never work out. Because it is way past the bedtime of the little voice in her head.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A cup of wine</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/373353</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 8 Oct 2007 11:10:38 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Recently, Ah bee would meet us at the gardens after her class. And I love seeing Ah bee at the garde ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Recently, Ah bee would meet us at the gardens after her class. And I love seeing Ah bee at the gardens; it’s an altogether different feeling. I would race towards her when I see her. It’s like a surprise you know. I love surprises. 

Whoever is holding me would drop the leash so that I can charge towards Ah bee. Today Fomfomfom dropped the leash and I flew in Ah bee’s direction. I overshot a little but I turned around and kissed her. Then Ah bee dropped the leash too and said, “Run to Fom!” So I ran. But I ran passed Fomfomfom, past Cha. Then they were all a little horrified coz I was running wild. Cha started chasing me and I darted around her. She couldn’t even lay hands on my leash. Then I ran towards Ah bee and she couldn’t catch me either. It went on for a while- we were just playing catch there. I was most nimble and agile. Those clumsy oafs didn’t even come close. Fomfomfom was laughing hysterically at this point in time coz she realized that I was just playing the fool with them. Cha had landed on her skinny backieside trying to catch me while Ah bee fell forwards and landed on her knees. *giggles* all these time, the useless Fomfomfom was just laughing her head off. At least she knew I was playing and that there wasn’t really any danger. I was just being playful. Cha got me eventually. It was real tiring playing this way. They said we can do this again but we got to choose a nice patch of grass and check that there are no big dogs around. Yay! I love playing catching. 

So happy. 

Fomfomfom came up with the first line of a couplet just now in the kitchen. She was inspired by the pot of water on the counter. She thought that Ah bee wouldn’t be able to complete it but boy was she wrong. Ah bee gave her, not one but three more lines. Fomfomfom was duly impressed. 

But somehow I have a feeling she’s the only one.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Xiao Ping er er</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/372990</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 7 Oct 2007 10:32:13 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today was a first for Ah ma- she defrosted the chicken in the microwave. Ah ma has never done this b ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today was a first for Ah ma- she defrosted the chicken in the microwave. Ah ma has never done this before you know. That’s coz my Ah ma, like all good housewives, is a very organized woman. She plans everything. So she has never met the situation where she would be staring at frozen meat in the face. But she didn’t count on me being so hungry today. Usually, I’d get meat for lunch and kibble for dinner. So there wasn’t any meat left at dinnertime. But I was so hungry that I sat at Fomfomfom’s feet while she ate instead of playing out at the garden. She took pity on me and went to ask Ah ma if there’s meat in the fridge. So Ah ma stopped watching the news and came down, only to find herself staring at frozen meat. But that didn’t unfaze my Ah ma- she put it in the microwave. And stood there waiting coz she was worried that the microwave might blow up. We all know that the microwave has a defrost function but that is beside the point. The point, let me reiterate, is Ah ma defrosting the chicken using the microwave for the first time. FOR ME. Kiss kiss Ah ma. 

Cha asked me if I’ve got double eyelids. Pffft! What’s double, I told her I have triple eyelids. Double is for commoners. I also have the most beautiful eyelashes. And gorgeous eyes. It’s a pity though- all these years I have been trying to grow eyebrows but to no avail. My boyfriend at the corner of the street, he has lovely blond eyebrows that contrast so wonderfully with his black fur. I should get him to teach me how.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Every dog needs a home; every home needs a dog.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/372661</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 6 Oct 2007 10:29:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today we went to the condo to get Ah ma. So I took my walk there instead. It’s not a bad place but t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today we went to the condo to get Ah ma. So I took my walk there instead. It’s not a bad place but there aren’t many friends there, unlike at the gardens. We got back relatively early so I got to welcome passers-by at the garden too. So happy. 

Later at night, Ah gong, Ah bee and I were out at the porch looking at the red red sky (which Ah bee still thinks is a sailor’s delight). Some clunker of a taxi pulled up outside the neighbour’s and was sputtering away. It totally disturbed the tranquility of the lovely autumn night. So I barked at it. It went away. Then it came back. So I barked at it again. It didn’t go away. So I barked and barked at it, until it went away. That showed him who’s boss around here. 

Ah gong decided he wanted some wine so he told Ah bee to open a bottle for him. So Ah bee took out the corkscrew- Jan yiyi has a real crude name for this device but I shan’t repeat it here- and attempted to open it. She’s real lousy and the cork broke halfway. So Ah gong had to dump the entire bottle of wine. I hope she is ashamed, wasting good wine like that. At least the second bottle opened fine. 

Oh there is this new shop near the gardens- Karma, Kettle and Rhapsody. I don’t see any kettles hanging in there and I don’t think they even know the meaning of rhapsody. So my powers of deduction tell me that this is a shop where they sell karma. It is about time someone start a shop like this. People, if you know that you are low on your accumulation, do visit the shop.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Scarred</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/372371</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:42:23 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I am so used to cleaning my ears every night I can’t seem to rest easy until it is done. And I can’t ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am so used to cleaning my ears every night I can’t seem to rest easy until it is done. And I can’t get anything done- I can't eat, wouldn’t go into my room, and was distracted all night. And it was with an apprehensive heart I finally settled down.

Ping ping pa pa.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Gong xi gong xi! Cha Cha Cha!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/371943</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 4 Oct 2007 07:33:44 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is my Cha’s birthday. Gong xi gong xi, lao cha bor! That’s how I greeted her this morning. She ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is my Cha’s birthday. Gong xi gong xi, lao cha bor! That’s how I greeted her this morning. She likes it this way. 

I forgot to mention that I touched Ah ma for a spot of $30 that day. My Ah ma is such an easy touch. 

And I got the all clear at the vet's today. There was a Shih Tzu there who was just lounging on his mummy's tummy belly up; that's zen.

We spent a long time at the gardens today. We first ran into these 2 Caucasian girls. They came to ask Ah bee for permission if they could pat me. They were given the go-ahead and they started patting me and gibbering. How old is she? Is it a girl? What’s her name? What’s her full name? Does she bite? We have a puppy too; her name is Lulu. (How old are you?) Two! And I am five! What’s that you have in your hand? Can I give your doggie water? Can I hold your doggie? AWwwwwwww doggie! Your doggie kissed me! *giggles* Your doggie kissed her on her teeth! *giggles* CUDDLE! 

They almost knocked Ah bee over when they decided to cuddle me. They also planted many many kisses on my head, body and ears. Even on my lips. I kissed them too. Ah bee and Fomfomfom were most amused. Me too. 

We saw Sister Yakity Yak but I didn’t play with Magic and Diva. I barked at them though and Sister YY hollered something incomprehensible. They also laughed at me. Later we saw them five (Magic, Diva, Melmel, Chipchip and some random German Shepard) walking together. It’s a pity I am so scared of them otherwise we could have walked together. 

Then we ran into this redheaded boy with his beagles. I was scared of them so I wanted Ah bee to carry me. She did but she squatted down so that I can be closer to the beagle. Then the beagle tried to sniff my backside so I wanted to get away from it. I tried to climb higher up Ah bee, to the top of her head. She didn’t realize I was that scared and when I wriggled up to her shoulder, I fell over and landed on my side on the grass. Then that boy, instead of holding his beagle, he let his beagle chase me and he was laughing hysterically away. Fomfomfom said she will kick him the next time she sees him.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Unbelievable!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/371597</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 3 Oct 2007 10:07:01 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>And really, they must take us for idiots. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ And really, they must take us for idiots.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ja Jang Myeong</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/371221</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:25:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Cha complained that I kept farting today. And she says that my farts are lethal. She doesn’t know wh ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha complained that I kept farting today. And she says that my farts are lethal. She doesn’t know what she is saying. My farts smell so good. When you’re as pretty as I am, even your farts smell good. Remember you heard it here first. 

I have something to say about Fomfomfom’s tummy- it’s not big enough. She needs to find some way to develop the kind of tummy Ah ma has- big, round and most importantly soft. A flat tummy is no good for sleeping on. 

Ah bee was telling Fomfomfom some sob story about the hamsters she used to have. They all died if you must know. Just like my fish- Fish, Phish, Xiao Hong and Xiao Lan. All of them. Frolicking in that big playground in the sky. Speaking of playgrounds, the children’s garden opened yesterday. I didn’t go in there but I’ve heard only good things about that place. I shall have to check it out soon. 

Anyway, today at the gardens we bumped into Magic and Diva. They lunged at me but Sister YY screamed at them to sit down. Then she turned and said to me, “How Xiao Ping, which one you want?” *giggles* I am undecided so I didn’t tell her. Maybe next time. Hmmmm.. I think I want Magic. Diva is my rival in love. Just now Ah bee asked Melmel where his girlfriend is and he pointed to Diva. *grumbles* I thought I am his girlfriend. Then Sister YY said that us Doggies of the Gardens have most complicated relationships. Makes life more interesting don’t you think so?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My magic carton</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/370800</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 1 Oct 2007 10:36:40 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Happy Children’s Day! This is my 4th one and I had a most fabulous day. It started off with the mahj ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Happy Children’s Day! This is my 4th one and I had a most fabulous day. It started off with the mahjong gals. I love the mahjong gals. Even if they ignore me most of the time and disturb me when I am trying to get some eye-shut. But still, I love having people around. Then at the gardens we walked for almost an hour. It was real happy. We walked for an hour because they were trying to get me to poop. I did not indulge them. Cha, or was it Ah bee, started saying that I must have snuck off to Merrilyn’s room in the afternoon and ate my poopie after that. Fomfomfom started grumbling about how I used my poopie-stained tongue to kiss her all afternoon long. Hey, she was the one who told me to kiss kiss. And I still refuse to tell if I did eat my poopie. For me to know. And for her to not know. Lalala. 

I had a happy meal for supper because it’s Children’s Day. Fomfomfom bought me a chicken sandwich, fries and milk. I had the milk. Out of the carton. It is a magic carton I will have you know. I kept drinking and drinking. And I didn’t even manage to finish half of it. 

Magic does happen on Children’s Day.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Domestic goddess</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/370465</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:42:09 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I didn’t see Sister YY today but I did hear her. Fomfomfom likes to say that you can hear her even b ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I didn’t see Sister YY today but I did hear her. Fomfomfom likes to say that you can hear her even before you see her. There is some truth in that. 

Just now Fomfomfom cooked herself Kim Chi noodle soup. She will teach Green Pot how to make that for Onion so that she can perform her wifely duties. Also now that Fomfomfom can cook one noodle dish and one soup dish, I think she is all set. 

We just have to wait.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Grow, hair. Grow!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/370067</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:31:36 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>I didn’t give up without a fight today. Fomfomfom and Ah bee chased me all around the dining room bu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I didn’t give up without a fight today. Fomfomfom and Ah bee chased me all around the dining room but they didn’t manage to catch me. Not even when I was on a leash. They were that lousy. Fomfomfom gave me her fist to chew on; she said that I don’t bite fists. Ah bee believed her and she gave me her fist to chew on. That was when I put 4 holes in her hands. I even managed to draw a little blood. I haven’t bitten them in a long time. I don’t want to; they made me. Pfffffffft! 

I am writing this in the garden now. My Ah gong is here with me. That silly old man is trying to make them drink the honey he bought, the ginseng drink he makes, drink something that will apparently make their hair grow. Er, he's the bald one in this house. I am so glad I'm not part of this. I’m waiting for Fomfomfom who went to a BBQ. I told her to bring me satay and chicken wings. And chicken chop. And marshmallows. And sausages. And garlic bread. Yes, those weird people bbq garlic bread. Yikes. Okay maybe I'll skip the garlic bread.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My Stworbearwee World</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/369788</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:04:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I am most sick of cleaning my ears twice a day. So today I decided I don’t want to clean them anymor ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am most sick of cleaning my ears twice a day. So today I decided I don’t want to clean them anymore. So I stayed downstairs all morning and they couldn’t catch me for hours. I was most pleased. Then Ah bee woke up and she scooped me up within 2 minutes of coming down. Grumble. 

Then at night, I refused to go upstairs coz in case you haven’t realized, they like to trap me in someone’s room to catch me. So I hid downstairs again. I hid behind Ah gong and I told Ah gong that I didn’t want to clean my ears. I heart my Ah gong deep deep- he told Cha that missing one session will not hurt. But no one listened to him. At least he tried. Then Ah bee came down and she saw that I was between the barrier and the steps. She lay down on the floor, fencing me in and I was trapped once again. That’s when they caught me. 

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we all lived in a perfect strawberry world when there’s no ear cleaning? Heck we can even do without ears. But again, I wouldn’t be as pretty as I am now. Okay, the ears stay. No ear cleaning. Now excuse me while I dream of my perfect little strawberry world.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Krong krong has taken on a new meaning</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/369475</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:21:02 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We had to walk in the rain today. All because Ah bee decided that she needed to take a dump before w ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We had to walk in the rain today. All because Ah bee decided that she needed to take a dump before we left. It started drizzling on our way there. By the time we were out of the car, it was real gloomy and dark. We saw people fleeing to the pavilions but we continued. Fomfomfom took to squatting down whenever I stopped to sniff around. She said it would lower the chances of getting struck by lightning. We’ve never been to the gardens when the weather is so bad. It is quite something. And I got wet in the rain. It was real fun coz everything smelt so different but somehow I don’t think they will want to do it again anytime soon. 

I also ah-chooed 6 times today. Plus a honk. That scared them. A lot. But I am fine. Thank you for asking.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Han xiang</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/369017</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:00:12 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We met a Shih Tzu at the gardens today. His name is Charlie and he looks like a baby with his puppy  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We met a Shih Tzu at the gardens today. His name is Charlie and he looks like a baby with his puppy cut. And the way he trots along the sides of the pond, chasing the ducks. But Ah bee says he’s really old coz she saw that he’s blind in one eye. You would think that older folks have a little more class but he totally behaved like a baby. He was chasing the pigeons and the ducks. Then one of them ducks couldn’t take it anymore. When he approached the duck, it flapped its wings and waddled towards him. That Charlie, he got quite a shock. He bolted and was out of the range of the duck in no time. Everyone-Fomfomfom, Ah bee, his owner, the giggly school gals and the gals having a picnic- burst out laughing. That should teach him not to ruffle feathers. But it didn’t. He went on his own merry ways again. Some people never learn. But he’s really cute. And oblivious. 

We met Magic and Diva today. They didn’t try to jump on me today. Sister Yakity Yak laughed at me coz she saw how I charged towards Magic and Diva, wanting to play, but chickened out when they were in front of me. Magic was very excited when he saw me- he was making this weird bird-like sound. A little bit of a honk. Sister YY says he does this every time he meets doggies. But Diva is quite the diva; not a peep outta her. She (Sister YY, not Diva) says that I can ride on them both if I wanted to. It is not a bad idea. I will keep a lookout for a seat that can be strapped around their tummies. Sort of like the kind you see on elephants. Then I can ride in style. Queen Ping goes to the gardens. 

In Style.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Wanton lantern</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/368660</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:54:09 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Happy Mid Autumn Festival to all! Today’s moon is nice and round. But it will be roundest 2 days fro ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Happy Mid Autumn Festival to all! Today’s moon is nice and round. But it will be roundest 2 days from now. That does not matter. Because today is MAF and MAF is wonderful. 

This year I have 2 lanterns. One Tom and one Jerry. They aren’t electric; Fomfomfom says that I am a big gal now and I can have lanterns with candles. I love my lanterns. We hung them at the grill where we used to hang my little Singapore flag. One of them fall down and Ah bee had to retrieve it from outside the house. We replaced the candles three times for each lantern. So pretty, glowing in the dark. Maybe when I am old enough they will let me hold my own lanterns. I can’t wait. 

We were all out there in the garden just now, sans Cha. Fomfomfom stuffed herself silly with moonie pies while Ah bee attacked the pomelo. I had some pomelo too but it was sour and I didn’t really like it. Fomfomfom even made a pot of tea and brought it out to the garden. Ah ma said she’s mad. But it was fun. 

Yue liang yuan yuan
Yuan yuan yuan
Xiao Ping ping ping
Ping ping ping.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Fatty Bom Bom</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/368285</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:07:46 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I went to the vet today. Fomfomfom and Cha brought me there. Then Cha left and Ah bee came to pick u ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I went to the vet today. Fomfomfom and Cha brought me there. Then Cha left and Ah bee came to pick us up. 10 more days of ear-cleaning. Sigh. And I am now 6kg. I can’t blame it on my hair coz I just had a haircut. I will need to regain my svelte figure. 

Fomfomfom cut up her 4-yolk moonie pies today. Those are 2000 calories each. You will probably have to skip 15000 times to get rid of 2000 calories. So Fomfomfom dumped one of them sinful moonie pies on each of the mahjong gals. The more they eat, the less Ah ma eats. The less Ah ma eats, the healthier Ah ma stays. Wonderful.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I know this entry is a little late;</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/368087</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:12:31 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I hope I didn’t keep all of you waiting. I was so tired last night I even went to bed without having ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I hope I didn’t keep all of you waiting. I was so tired last night I even went to bed without having supper. That’s how tired I am. Let me tell you why I am so tired. 

We went to the gardens and I walked for half an hour. Half an hour is not a lot but I brisk-walked almost all the way. And I even ran for some distances. I’ll have you know that is real tiring. Just think of how short my legs are in comparison to yours and the distance I covered. Ah gong went with us there and that silly old man was looking at all the plants and even chatting up random guys to talk about the trees. Trees aren’t the only nutty things in the garden. 

Then when we came back, Merrilyn brought me out to the garden to welcome passers-by. It was lovin’. We stayed out until it was dark. Until Ah bee screamed for my return. It was Sunday afterall, she said, and the neighbours do want a good rest. I obliged coz I was hungry. 

So I had two dinners. It does not explain why I didn’t have supper. I didn’t have supper coz I was tired. Not because I was too full from the two dinners.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I love Ah ma’s big tummy.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/367454</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:13:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/367454</guid>
		<description>I stepped all over it just now. It’s wonderfully round. Terribly soft. Perfect for sleeping on. 

 ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I stepped all over it just now. It’s wonderfully round. Terribly soft. Perfect for sleeping on. 

My Ah gong is back. He didn’t bring me any presents. I told him not to. Believe in Made in China? Not now. 

He did bring back a small bust of his own likeness. It’s made of mud. Or clay. Or something. He left it in the dining room. Ah bee told him to remove it coz she said she might lose her appetite looking at it. Fomfomfom said he should have made one of my likeness. Then we would display it proudly in the driveway. On a column. No less.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ain't worth it</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/367104</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:08:34 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>My ear, my ear
Be good and 
Be smooth once again
Don’t stink no more

I would hate to go to the ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ My ear, my ear
Be good and 
Be smooth once again
Don’t stink no more

I would hate to go to the vet again. 

On a separate note, we bumped into someone familiar at the gardens today. He was duly embarrassed so we promised to keep mum. That’s all.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>It was a yellow checkered handkerchief</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/366786</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:50:35 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/366786</guid>
		<description>Ah ma was too lazy to prepare dinner tonight so she decided to send them out to buy dinner instead.  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma was too lazy to prepare dinner tonight so she decided to send them out to buy dinner instead. Actually, it’s more than laziness; Ah ma loves the bee hoon Ah bee bought last week. So much so that she declared all she wanted was the bee hoon. 

But of course they did not just buy bee hoon. They bought a lot more. It smelt heavenly. I’m sure it tasted wonderful too. Even Merrilyn who is real picky about food finished everything. I didn’t get a single scrap though. So I sulked at the side, with my little yellow checkered handkerchief. Just me and my handkerchief. While them greedy people stuffed themselves. Grumble grumble.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Of pretty Shih Tzus</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/366456</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:05:27 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Cha drove Ah ma to my Ah yi-mama’s house just now to deliver the mooniepies. Ah yi-mama brought my s ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha drove Ah ma to my Ah yi-mama’s house just now to deliver the mooniepies. Ah yi-mama brought my sister and brother down with her. Cha says that they had their hair cut too. And they have a little ball of fur at the tip of their tail too. So basically, they look kinda like me! Of course I still look better. 

We met the rabid Shih Tzu at the gardens again. He’s not so rabid anymore and he’s actually very pretty. Of course I am prettier. 

I am the prettiest prettiest prettiest of them all.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Flotsam and jetsam</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/366038</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:41:26 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
		<guid ispermalink="true">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/366038</guid>
		<description>I forgot to write this the other day and Fomfomfom reminded me about it today. I was happily walking ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I forgot to write this the other day and Fomfomfom reminded me about it today. I was happily walking past Ah ma and she happily stuck her foot out and tripped me. Then she started cackling. Sometimes I really don’t know what to do with my Ah ma. 

Ah bee got a shock when she peered into the pot containing soup today. It was bak kut teh but there were broccoli floating in there as well. Broccoli in bak kut teh is quite unheard of and she told Fomfomfom to look in there as well. They decided that Ah ma has outdone herself. Then when Ah ma was having her dinner, Ah bee asked which soup she wanted. There are 2, asked Ah ma. So Ah bee showed her the first pot, with the seaweed soup. And then the second, the bak kut teh with broccoli. Ah ma stared at it in disbelief. And then she started cackling. She had told Merrilyn to dump the vegetable into the soup. She was referring to the Chinese parsley, not the broccoli. This is what you get when you call everything green vegetables. What a boo-boo.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Just look at you</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/365625</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:43:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
		<category></category>		
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		<description>Uh oh. Fomfomfom told me so many stories that I don’t know which to tell. Oh well, I know my dear re ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Uh oh. Fomfomfom told me so many stories that I don’t know which to tell. Oh well, I know my dear readers aren’t all that interested in her stories; you probably wouldn’t get them anyway. Oh but I did hear something that everyone should know about. There is a lesson here to be learnt. Gals, NEVER pick a tube dress as your wedding dress. And guys, always watch your feet and NEVER step on your bride’s train. Of course it didn’t happen at Green Pot’s wedding; she was smart enough to choose a dress with straps. And Onion knew where to put his feet. But I say it again, there is a lesson to be learnt here 

I didn’t want to play with Ah bee in the garden today. The novelty wore off. I know what I said yesterday but it’s my prerogative to change my mind so shush. I did play with her later in the night but we were running upstairs instead of in the garden. Same game, different place, equally fun. 

I slept on Fomfomfom’s stummy while she watched tv. It was nice and soft and it was lovin’. 

Lynn came to give Ah bee mooniecakes just now. Cha was in the shower when she heard me barking, then the gate opening. She thought that I had run out of the house and she ran out of her room without combing her hair. When she realized what was going on, she gave Fomfomfom a earful for giving her a heart attack. Fomfomfom gets everything in this house I tell you. Then Fomfomfom asked Cha if she was so worried, why didn’t she run out with shampoo bubbles on her hair? I’m not sure what Cha said but zhen ling ren bu man yi ya! *giggles*]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Kong kong kong kong</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/365279</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:37:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom was out of the house real early today. I think she was up at 5. She must have been real qu ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom was out of the house real early today. I think she was up at 5. She must have been real quiet coz I slept through it. She came back to 2 and she was all excited about some Silky Terrier called Peanut. She was supposed to go attend some tea ceremony and what did she do? She went into the neighbour’s house to play with their dog. C’est too much, this Fomfomfom. And she even took pictures with the dog. I am not very happy about it. 

But today is a happy occasion and we shall not talk about unhappy stuff. You know when people get married, the relatives and everyone else will look at the bridal car’s number plate and they would go buy 4D? The last time (or was it the last last time) Fomfomfom was the driver, they struck 4D with the number. I don’t know what prize they won but by the time it was divided up so many ways, Fomfomfom didn’t come back with much. So I told them I wanted my own ticket. If I win, I take all. And I’ve even decided on the numbers I want- 0000. I heard that buying the 24 permutations would increase my chances of winning so I want that too. 0000, 24 permutations, 1 big 1 small. Yes, I must remind them. 

We went to the condo today. That’s coz Ah ma wanted to go buy lotus paste and salted duck eggs for her moonie pies. Yes, it is that time of the year again. Did you know that salted duck eggs are now 90cents apiece? They used to cost a buck for 4. Property prices aren't the only things going up these days. My tai ma was horrified when she heard that the eggs are almost a dollar each now; she told Ah ma to make moonie pies after the Mid Autumn Festival. I wouldn’t want to eat moonie pies after; I only eat before. It’s always about the anticipation, is it not? 

I had a most uneventful hou-hou session at the garden today. Then Ah bee saw how bored I was so she removed my leash. Initially I didn’t realize I was free but I soon did. Then I started darting around the garden, away from Ah bee who was chasing me. Then we switched roles and I chased her. I chased her from the garden, into the house, out the kitchen into the back and then by the side of the garden to the front again. Then me and Ah bee, we took turns chasing each other. She would chase me, slap my backside, and then I would chase her and bite her thigh. Then the procedure gets repeated. It is a tag game of sorts. It was so fun, but exhausting- we were out of breath within 15 minutes. I will need to tell them I want to play this game everyday. The exercise would do them good too. They need it. 

I slept through the 2 hour show that Ah bee was watching. Then Fomfomfom came back at midnight. The poor gal was exhausted so you will have to wait till tomorrow to hear the stories from the dinner. Stay tuned.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dang dang dang dang!</title>
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				<pubdate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:20:08 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom went out after dinner and she came back with Scottie all ribboned with flowers. Fake ones. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom went out after dinner and she came back with Scottie all ribboned with flowers. Fake ones. That’s coz Green Pot is getting married tomorrow and Scottie will pick her Onion up and send him to her house. Then they will go to the hotel together. Fomfomfom is the driver tomorrow and Green Pot has already given her a big ang pow. She will have to be at Onion’s house early. Onion asked her to join them for breakfast at the coffee shop near his house but Fomfomfom declined; she has no desire, she says, to eat breakfast with a bunch of men she didn’t know who will be more interested in her cleavage than the breakfast in front of them. 

They all went down to look at Scottie with all the ribbons and flowers. Ah ma was particularly excited; someone should tell her it’s not her daughter getting married. Cha offered to carry me down but I refused. Who knows for sure I wouldn’t end up on the bathroom counter. They are a real sneaky bunch; you can never be too careful with them. 

I told Fomfomfom that I want to be the flower gal tomorrow. I’d wear my Tigger suit. It’s reserved for real formal occasions you know. 

I must remember to get them to iron it.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ping Ping lei lei</title>
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				<pubdate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:31:53 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Ah ma went out with Cha in the afternoon and I couldn’t sleep without Ah ma. So I waited for her dow ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Ah ma went out with Cha in the afternoon and I couldn’t sleep without Ah ma. So I waited for her downstairs until they got back and I was really tired coz I missed my afternoon nap. 

Fomfomfom squirted herself in the eye when she pressed for the shower foam. It stung her eye really badly. Then she saw that there was acid in the ingredients of the foam so she decided to go see a doctor. She got a shock when she saw the doctor coz she looked just like Sister Yakity Yak. But it wasn’t Yakity Yak coz Yakity Yak was on her way home when Fomfomfom went out. Anyway, the eye is good. Fomfomfom inquired about the swollen lips too and the doctor said it’s not herpes. The bad news is she doesn’t know what it is either. Clueless, like me. 

Cha and Ah bee played with me just now and they kept saying, “Fetch!” They looked real happy for the 7 or 8 times I chased my little red ball, picked it up and dropped it in front of them. Then I got bored and decided that ball-watching is much easier than ball-chasing. 

Those wretched gals had KFC for supper. And they didn’t give me any. Wretches.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>P4</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/364200</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:05:55 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning, Ah ma was reading the papers and she thought she saw the words moving. Then she looked ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning, Ah ma was reading the papers and she thought she saw the words moving. Then she looked up and saw that the light was swaying slightly. I didn’t feel the tremors coz I was sleeping. I can sleep through anything. 

PUB is doing some maintenance works on the sewers in our street. The people working on it are not too bright. They somehow managed to seal off the entire street while they worked. And the cars coming from all directions were not too happy and they started toting their horns. Ah bee and Fomfomfom was caught in one today and Cha and Fomfomfom were caught in another one yesterday. From where I was standing, it actually looked funny. 

Cha walked in on Ah ma watching Tom & Jerry on Cartoon Network just now. Then Cha went out and announced it to the rest of them. Ah bee went in to join Ah ma. Then I went in too. I wanted to jump up on the sofa to sit beside Ah ma so I let Ah bee carry me. Then I got carried to the toilet to get my ear cleaned. I was upset but they promised this would be the last time so I guess I can live with it. 

Then I went back to join Ah ma and Ah bee. Fomfomfom came in too. We watched Tom & Jerry together for half an hour. It was lovin’.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I have been vindicated.</title>
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				<pubdate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:43:41 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Cha apologized for scolding me two days ago. They accused me of picking a fight with the white Schna ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha apologized for scolding me two days ago. They accused me of picking a fight with the white Schnauzer. Today, Fomfomfom and Cha brought me to the gardens and we bumped into him again. We saw each other in the distance and we both started barking. They didn’t let me go near him. But we did see that the white Schnauzer barked madly at every dog he sees. Cha decided that the problem lies with him and so she apologized to me. I forgive them. As long as they know it wasn’t me. 

We also met the miniature Silky Terrier. She’s tiny. And she’s only a year and a half. Such a baby.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I hooked myself a golden tortoise</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/363385</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:17:10 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They tried to make me go to the vet
I said no, no, no.
Yes my ear stinks, but just don’t smell it ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They tried to make me go to the vet
I said no, no, no.
Yes my ear stinks, but just don’t smell it
You won’t know, know, know.

I ain’t got the time
And I am sure that my ear’s fine
They’ve tried to make me go to the vet
I won’t go, go, go.

I’d rather be at home with Ah ma
I ain’t got an hour to spare
Cos there’s nothing, nothing they can do there
That Ah bee cannot do at home to my ears

Didn’t believe them at all
Coz I knew we weren’t going to the gardens

They try to make me go to the vet
I said no, no, no
Yes my ear stinks, but just don’t smell it
You won’t know, know, know.

I ain’t got the time,
And I am sure that my ear’s fine,
They tried to make me go to the vet,
I won’t go, go, go.

The woman said, why you think you here?
I said, I got no idea
I was so, I was so terrified
So I kept trembling all the way there

Say, your ears they look beautiful
Say it, vet woman
And bye bye

They try to make me go to the vet
I said no, no, no
Yes my ear stinks, but just don’t smell it
You won’t know, know, know

I don’t wanna clean my ears again
I just, ooo, I just need some time
I’m not gonna spend 10 more days
Cleaning my ears twice a day

I’m not being spoilt
It’s just that I am terrified 

They’re tryin to make me go to the vet
I said no, no, no
Yes my ear stinks, but just don’t smell it
You won’t know, know, know

I ain’t got the time,
And I am sure that my ear’s fine 
They tried to make me go to the vet
I won’t go, go, go.

Sigh. But I went. They played dirty. They got Ah ma to carry me. But it was not a wasted trip. The vet woman said that my ears looks beautiful and we only go to carry on the cleaning for 3 more days. In case the bacteria grow resistant to the medication. Whatever. 

That is not why it was not a wasted trip. Here is why- we met Kait’s owner at the vet’s. He went in and bought a huge bag of kibble. He didn’t pay for it. And then he went to talk to the vet. And then the nurses were falling over themselves, packing his kibble and OFFERING TO CARRY THE KIBBLE TO HIS CAR! That is ridiculous. No one ever volunteered to carry my medicine to the car for Fomfomfom. I don’t know who he is, but he is somebody. Ah bee reckoned that he probably owns the clinic. So Fomfomfom went to ask the nurses. They said that he’s a client and he has a Shih Tzu. I know that. His Shih Tzu is Kait, one of my boyfriends. Anyhows, he must be somebody, even if he weren’t the owner; you should have been there to see them nurses. It was positively shocking. 

Tsk.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I got into a fight today.</title>
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				<pubdate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:47:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Today is my birthday. I am three years and nine months old. I got a slice of pandan cake for my birt ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Today is my birthday. I am three years and nine months old. I got a slice of pandan cake for my birthday because we are all getting fat. 

I nearly gave Fomfomfom a heart attack at the gardens today. First it was Magic and Diva. We saw them and I was so happy. I wagged my tail and I approached cautiously, like I always do. Sister Yakity Yak asked if I cut my hair and she was going on about how I want to play but I was too scared. Then Magic lunged at me. Luckily I ran fast enough. Then Diva tried to do the same thing to me but Diva is less scary coz she’s smaller than Magic. That’s when both of them were pulled away. 

Then we saw this white Schnauzer and I got really excited. We ran towards each other. We were sniffing and sniffing and oh I can’t remember who started it, but we started growling at each other, baring our teeth. They got really scared coz we looked like we were going to fight. I’m not going to tell you over what, but I would say it came close to it. Fomfomfom was terrified. She said that I am not to go play with big dogs. They will have me at the big kennel in the sky with one bite. And I got scolded at home too when they heard I had a fight in the gardens today. It was not good. 

That white Schnauzer I recognize him. He’s Sofia’s. Sofia is the baby girl we met at the gardens. The one who tried to eat flowers. The last time I saw her, she was still crawling on the floor but today she was walking. I stood up to prove that I’m still taller and I put my paws on her stummy. Her sense of balance is not bad. She took a step back but that was it. She didn’t fall on her backside. But because my paws were muddy, I soiled her lovely one piece dress. Which she lifted to flash me by the way. I like her. She smiles a lot. 

But I don’t like her dog.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I still love Ah ma</title>
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				<pubdate>Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:40:58 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>This morning, Ah ma brought me out to the porch and she didn’t leash me. She didn’t count on me runn ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ This morning, Ah ma brought me out to the porch and she didn’t leash me. She didn’t count on me running to the garden. And to the back where the banana tree used to be. And back to the front again. And kicking my hind legs on seeing a dog walk by. And dirtying my paws in the process. And I didn’t count on Ah ma scooping me up with one hand. She’s good. Really good. This is the first time Ah ma did this so my defences weren’t up. I’d be more careful in the future. 

Cha is not feeling good today. She has the stummy flu and she didn’t eat lunch. I reckon she didn’t have much for dinner either. My poor Cha. Kiss kiss Cha Cha. I think Ah bee and Fomfomfom should be the ones getting the stummy flu. They keep eating. And eating. And eating. They need to get the stummy flu. 

We didn’t meet any of my friends at the gardens today. They know better than to go out in the heat. But I didn’t care and I told Ah ma that I wanted to go out. So she ordered Fomfomfom and Ah bee to bring me there. Ah bee complained that the sun gave her a headache. Like who cares. 

Anyway, no friends today. But I met the Shih Tzu in drag yesterday. He was still in drag. And he was wearing socks. If I were him, I might consider staying in. Really.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ping Ping pa pa</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/362236</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 8 Sep 2007 10:51:37 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I hate cleaning my ears. I refuse to go upstairs where they can catch me to do the deed. I even deci ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I hate cleaning my ears. I refuse to go upstairs where they can catch me to do the deed. I even decided to sleep in the living room just so I don’t have to go through it all. But there is no escaping it, it appears. They came down to catch me, blanket in tow. Sigh. I can’t seem to win. The only consolation was that I get tidbits after the cleaning. Oh Tuesday, come quick.

A woman at the gardens, on approaching us, pointed at my tail and said, "Look like featherduster!" It was a good thing for her that Fomfomfom and Ah bee are good-natured people and saw the  humour in that or else she'd have them on top of her, clawing her eyes out. Woman, you can say whatever you want but you should really work on being discreet. 

Just now I was watching Chinese opera with Ah ma. There was this man, who was wearing a hat. And his hat had two antenna-lookalike thingys sticking out from the side. First he shook his head and the right antenna started twirling in circles. Then he stopped and started shaking his head again. This time, the left antenna started twirling in circles. And then he stopped again. He moved his head a third time and the right antenna started twirling in an anticlockwise direction and the right antenna in the clockwise direction. It was amazing. Ah ma was so impressed. Fomfomfom and Ah bee were no less impressed but they were more bewildered than anything- why on earth would he spend his whole life mastering the art of twirling antennas that stuck outta his hat? I have to say this is beyond me too. And he is a Plum Blossoms Award winner! Twirling antennas like that wins you accolades of the highest honour. Go figure. I did enjoy the rest of the dong-changs though. 

I am the chief of security in this house and Ah bee is my deputy. I get 50cents for my work while she gets the honour of doing the tasks I delegate to her. 

Fomfomfom is very traumatized. She feels so cheated. She has been reading a book and the author is supposed to be a very enlightened man who sat in front of a tree, like Buddha did. He claims that he attained enlightenment when he was 21. Fomfomfom and Cha both enjoy his book a lot. But Fomfomfom found out today that he is a fraudster. He doesn’t practice what he preaches. He has 90 Rolls Royces and is not celibate. 'nuff said.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ugly ugly ugly!</title>
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				<pubdate>Fri, 7 Sep 2007 10:17:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Cha was eating salted black beans just now and I was sitting right beside her. She dropped one on my ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Cha was eating salted black beans just now and I was sitting right beside her. She dropped one on my back and I turned my head to grab it. Cha stretched out her hand at the same time. Fomfomfom, who was there too, gasped. The three of us, we had a matrix moment right at that instance. Alas, my head is no match for Cha’s lightning hand. Grumble grumble. 

We didn’t meet the Japanese poodle today at the gardens. I reckon she’s home making sushi. We didn’t meet anyone else either. Which might not be a bad thing. I am not in the mood to socialize with any one given my appearance now. 

I know I know, being ugly is not an offence. You can’t help being ugly. I told Fomfomfom this and she nodded solemnly. No one knows this better than she does. 

Ah ma was listening to music in her room just now. I don’t know what she was listening to but I know Fomfomfom and Ah bee were cackling away. Because I love Ah ma, I shall say that the two of them don’t appreciate fine music. 

I was out at the porch for 1.5 hours just now. Half of it was with Fomfomfom and the other half was with Ah bee and Ah gong.  It was lovin.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bah!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/361416</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 6 Sep 2007 10:18:07 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I had a most awful day. First Ah bee bluffed me by saying that we were going to the gardens when all ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I had a most awful day. First Ah bee bluffed me by saying that we were going to the gardens when all she wanted to do was to scoop me up and clean my ears. Then when they said we were going out, I was really excited because I thought hey, we’re really going to the gardens. But no, we didn’t go to the gardens; we went to the groomers. It was such a hot day and we had to wait 20 minutes for Evan who went to eat his lunch. Is terrible, how can he make us wait 20 minutes? But at least he was quick when he cut my hair; we were done in less than an hour. I look terrible but it’s okay coz somehow they’re always nice to me after a haircut. I got lotsa lovin from Ah ma. 

We went to the garden and we met Kait, Mel and Chippy. Kait’s owner almost didn’t recognize me. It was embarrassing. Oh, and we also saw a little poodle. It’s actually quite adorable, quite unlike other poodles. This one is brown in colour and she’s only 11 months old. She was real frisky and jumped on Fomfomfom. Fomfomfom was quite smitten with her. That old hag. She always loves fresh meat. First BlingBling, now the Japanese poodle. Hmph. 

My poop was a little gooey and I had some shit stuck to my backie backside. When we were in the car, I promptly scooted on Ah bee who then had some crap on her shirt. A little bit of Xiao Ping on her shirt. She should be so lucky. 

I had to take a bath after that. 

And I have lost interest in the snails.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hama hama</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/361031</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:04:49 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Apparently, Trouble is in trouble now. That rich bitch has got suits going her way; everyone wants a ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Apparently, Trouble is in trouble now. That rich bitch has got suits going her way; everyone wants a piece of her USD12mil. It’s disgraceful you know. Those greedy greedy people. Shame on them. Preying on a little doggie. Shame on them. Pui!

We met this local artiste in the gardens today. She was with her children, Sage and Parsley. She said, “Oh what a sweet doggie!” Thank you, thank you very much. 

Just now when I was outside with Ah bee, I spied a maomao. So I darted down and Ah bee came chasing after me. I didn’t catch the kitty but we didn’t go back empty-handed. Ah bee saw that there snails on the grass and she was so amazed. She started counting the number of snails and she stopped at 15. It was really mind-boggling. Where did them snails come from? Where were they going? Why are there so many of them? Do they do this every night? Ah bee and I, we were so excited. She lined two of them snails in front of me and I sniffed at them. I wanted to be friends with them so I gingerly picked them up with my teeth and kept them in my mouth. One at a time. Don’t you all worry, I didn’t hurt them; I merely kept them in my mouth. The only thing was their shells got a little wet. When I spat them out, Ah bee picked them up and returned them to their mummies. Oh, and we saw a toad too. I sped down the steps to chase the toad and Fomfomfom screamed for Ah bee to go chase me because she is terrified of all reptiles. Well, technically they aren’t reptiles; they’re amphibians I think but Fomfomfom, she’s scared of them too. I love the garden. Isn’t it wonderful how one square patch of grass supports so much life? I shall make it a point to observe the snails every night from now on.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ping Ping Pao Pao Pha!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/360592</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 4 Sep 2007 10:26:43 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I went to the gardens at 330pm today because I overspent yesterday. The parking at the gardens is fr ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I went to the gardens at 330pm today because I overspent yesterday. The parking at the gardens is free for the first hour before five so I had to go before that. Usually I cannot take advantage of that because it would be too hot at 3 in the afternoon. But it was perfect today- it looked like it was going to rain and I didn’t have money so we went way early. Perfect.

Ah ma is a little crabby today and has been for the past few days. Everyone stayed out of her way except Ah bee. Because Ah ma wasn’t crabby to Ah bee. She even left her food so that she would have something to stuff her face with after class. Ah ma may be crabby but there aren’t many like her around. 

Even I got scolded today. I was in the room with her and I barked to get her to open the door for me to go out. She grudgingly did and after a short stint downstairs, I went up and barked at her to get her to open the door once again. I decided that I wanted out again and so I barked again. That was when Ah me threw me out of the room and that was the last I saw of her tonight. 

But it is okay. I forgive her. Because I lub Ah ma.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>La pluie</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/360143</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:50:32 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>It means the rain in French. Ah bee got a postcard from Italy today and half of it was in French. Ch ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ It means the rain in French. Ah bee got a postcard from Italy today and half of it was in French. Cha and Fomfomfom were reading the postcard but they didn’t understand half of it. Serves them right for reading others’ stuff. I didn’t offer to translate for them coz that would be wrong. I was a good gal and I waited until Ah bee got home and I read it together with her. 

So I was saying, the rain. It started raining after lunch and did not let up till 530pm. I was plenty upset but I finally got to go at 6pm when Ah bee dragged herself home from class. I told Fomfomfom that I wanted to take a nice long walk coz it was really cool and I wouldn’t tire out so easily. My wish was her command. So we walked. We walked twice as long today. It wasn’t until they turned on the lamps at the gardens that Ah bee decided it was way too late and we should really be heading home. I told Fomfomfom I like the gardens when it’s dark and I suggested spending the night there. We can hide behind the trees when it’s midnight so they wouldn’t catch us when they close the gardens. And we’ll leave at 5am when the gardens open. I thought it was a brilliant idea but apparently I was the only one who thought so. Anyway, when we got home, everyone was worried and they thought something had happened. *giggles* it was just that I was playful and wanted to stay out longer.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ah gong dong dong dong!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/359800</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 2 Sep 2007 10:17:09 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I think my Ah gong is mad. He has this thing about his blood pressure and he keeps taking his measur ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I think my Ah gong is mad. He has this thing about his blood pressure and he keeps taking his measurements. I dunno, at least 20 times a day. I’m not kiddin’. At least. And he has 2 machines. He sat Cha down to take hers last night because he thought that the new one she bought for him was malfunctioning. Then just now, he started telling Ah bee about the WHO standard of readings. That’s obsessive behaviour too. And the first thing to fixing that is to recognize the problem. He doesn’t seem to realize it. 

Even more incredible, no, make that incredulous- he told Cha to buy him supper from Newton just now. Pray tell, why does a man obsessed with his blood pressure want supper from Newton?

Silly old man aside, I met many friends at the gardens today. We saw Magic and Diva, a stupid Shih Tzu in drag, a Cocker Spaniel and a couple other random big dogs. It was really crowded at the gardens and I absolutely love it there. 

Sho happy!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sticks and stones can break my bones but names can never hurt me</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/359460</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 1 Sep 2007 12:11:06 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Lynn yiyi messaged Ah bee to tell her that Daniel Wu is at the Expo filming. Ah bee immediately told ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Lynn yiyi messaged Ah bee to tell her that Daniel Wu is at the Expo filming. Ah bee immediately told Fomfomfom as Daniel Wu was the object of her fantasies. Fomfomfom’s, not Ah bee’s. Anyway, I say was because she sort of gave up hope; she concluded that Daniel likes the tall leggy types ala Maggie Q and Lisa S. I told her that she shouldn’t throw in the towel so soon. The first thing she should do is to start calling herself Fom K. There must be something in the name that turns Daniel on. He liked the only two women who go by the initials of their surnames. Fom K is the way to go. 

We met Vivian and his family at the gardens just now. Vivian as in Balakrishnan. Yes, that Vivian. His wife is really pretty and we didn’t even realize he was around because we were all staring at his wife. His baby said, “Doggie!” and he said, “Yes doggie!” I wasn’t sure if he was talking to me coz like I said, I was looking at his wife. 

But I digress. This entry is about names, not wives. So let’s talk about his name. Vivian. I don’t think I know any guys called Vivian. Neither does Fom K. She asked Ah bee and Ah bee said, “Same reason why Sharon Arafat is called Sharon lor.” Sigh. I don’t even want to talk about it. 

Fom K went to Wendy’s house just now to look at her new puppy and also to celebrate their birthdays (Wendy is 27 and the puppy is 2 months old). The puppy is a little black Schnauzer and her name is- brace yourself- Bling-Bling. Bling-Bling?!?!?]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Diet diet</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/359023</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:05:23 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I went to the vet today. I got my backside squeezed and my ears looked at. Fomfomfom says that I hav ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I went to the vet today. I got my backside squeezed and my ears looked at. Fomfomfom says that I have a mushroom farm in my right ear. Technically she’s wrong coz those are bacteria in my ear, not fungi. I know coz I had to do a culture today at the vet’s. Anyhow, I am back on ear drops twice a day. I knew I shouldn’t have said that my ears are clean yesterday. 

I have news to break to all of you. I am now 50g shy of 6kg. I know I know, I put on about 400g. They kept calling me Xu Pang Niu that I refused to eat anything after I came back from the vet’s. And I didn’t. All the way till past midnight. Then Ah bee gave me meat from her chicken wings and I caved in. And I ate my kibble after that. I think I overate. Now I know how my sigui feels.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Those were the days..</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/358556</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:11:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Fomfomfom started reminiscing about my past. For those of you who are unaware, I was taken away from ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Fomfomfom started reminiscing about my past. For those of you who are unaware, I was taken away from my Sugar mummy, brothers and sister when I was a month old. The first few days I was here, they didn’t know that I should have milk so they didn’t give me milk. Incredible I know. And I ate only kibble for the longest time. And I missed my mother so badly I cried for a couple of nights. Then Ah ma came home with Ah bee and she hated me. She said I stank and bathed me 4 times in 4 days. She didn’t talk to me like she does now and she would scold me all the time. But it was okay. I love Ah ma and it was unconditional. Slowly, I won Ah ma over and now she loves me as much as I love her. Kiss kiss Ah ma. 

For a long time I was confined to the house. I didn’t get to go out to the garden to welcome the passers-by for some time. And I only got to walk around the estate when Ah ma was out playing mahjong. My ears were funky for many many moons and I had to endure the numerous vet visits and cleaning sessions. It was after three years they discovered the botanical gardens. I used to sleep in the living room by myself, with only my toys and a shoebox for company. 

It wasn’t easy but I made it here now. I get to go to the gardens everyday and play with my friends. I get nutritious meals prepared lovingly every day.  My ears are clean and my Ah ma, what more can I say about my Ah ma. She gives me so many belly rubs that her arms are all sore. I sleep with Cha in her room at night. Fomfomfom brings me out to sun/moon tan everyday and Ah bee and I, we go crazy playing games at night. 

And I only have to bathe once a week now.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Whatever!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/358070</link>

				<pubdate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:26:15 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I have myself a new collar. It is neon pink and yellow. I like it a lot. It’s the most vogue colour  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I have myself a new collar. It is neon pink and yellow. I like it a lot. It’s the most vogue colour this season and it doesn’t hurt that every colour is my colour. There is also another reason why I like the collar- the bell is very soft. So when I move really slowly, no one can hear me. It’s like my invisible cloak. So I tiptoed around the house and no one knew where I was. Then Ah ma and Cha decided that it is too risky and so I had to wear my old collar. But Cha didn’t remove the new one so I was wearing two collars. I kinda liked that too- one can never do with too much bling. It was, sadly, too heavy for me to be wearing 2 collars and so I had to give the new one up. 

Fomfomfom was at Wernie’s house just now and she had Rusty in her arms. Until he started screaming and wriggled out of her hold. The gate was open and he darted out of the house in a flash. Fomfomfom and Wernie had to chase him for quite a while and it was only when he tired out that he walked back to Wernie. She promptly scooped him up and dealt him a couple of swift hard blows on the backside. Ouch. And so Fomfomfom came home with a shirt full of his fur and utterly wasted because of the unexpected run. 

Have you all heard? Helmsley, this billionaire in the States, died and left her doggie USD$12 million. I think she’s the richest doggie in the world. I only get 50cents a day for my allowance and I spend most of that in the gardens. But it’s okay because I have my Ah ma and Ah ma is worth the sky to me. We should all be contented and happy like me. Remember, colour is emptiness and emptiness is colour. It is only when you can see the world in black and white like me that you will achieve erm.. fullness. 

Whatever!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Wet wet day</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/357662</link>

				<pubdate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:11:00 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>The sky went krong krong today. It started pouring at about noon and didn’t let up till hours later. ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ The sky went krong krong today. It started pouring at about noon and didn’t let up till hours later. It was really heavy and many roads along Bukit Timah were flooded. This Tuscani stopped in the middle of the road and caused a jam. You see people, Korean cars. They are no good. They stall when it rains. And Japanese cars, they go up in flames when you drive them into walls. That is why I say everyone should drive a Volvo. It’s hardy. You can’t go wrong with it. It’s not pretty but still prettiness is not everything. You have to be alive before you can be pretty. Dead people. Not pretty. 

Fomfomfom is worried that water will go into the exhaust pipe and the cars will be no more coz she saw that the huge canal outside our house is overflowing. So I told her to park the cars, backside to backside, then I will stand in the middle and stick my paws into the exhaust pipes to cork them up. I said loudly that I will only leave my work station when the water level retreats. Fomfomfom was so touched she praised me for being a good gal. It really really doesn’t take much.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dah-ling!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/357196</link>

				<pubdate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:59:54 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>They call me their little monster. I’m no monster. Just because I demand to be fed kibble by kibble, ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ They call me their little monster. I’m no monster. Just because I demand to be fed kibble by kibble, 3 times a night doesn’t make me a monster. The fact that I take an hour to get ready for bed, because I have to eat, drink water, pee pee, wipe my mouth, eat somemore, drink more water, refuse to pee anymore, wipe my mouth, doesn’t make me a monster. And chewing on the sheepskin doesn’t make me a monster either. If anything, they should call me their little darling. I’m such a darling. I know.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Erotika</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/356699</link>

				<pubdate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:50:57 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I am not happy. I was mistaken for someone else today. It’s not the usual oh-is-that-a-Maltese kinda ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I am not happy. I was mistaken for someone else today. It’s not the usual oh-is-that-a-Maltese kinda mistake; this is worse. Someone came up to me and called me Tika. 

My loyal readers would know who Tika is. Tika is the Lhasa Apso. He is the one who looks a little like me. I say a little because no one can look as pretty as me. Not even Ben, who’s a black and white Shih Tzu like me. What more a distant cousin. 

So I was mistaken for Tika. This is terrible. They should not go around calling every black and white dog Tika. If anything, all cute black white and pinks should be called Xiao Ping. I should be so famous. 

And Fomfomfom is probably right- Tika doesn’t stand for a mark on the head. It is probably short for Erotika.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Wham!</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/356302</link>

				<pubdate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:02:45 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>I was playing with Fomfomfom just now. It’s a tag + catching kinda game; I would run at high speeds  ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ I was playing with Fomfomfom just now. It’s a tag + catching kinda game; I would run at high speeds to avoid her but if she doesn’t chase me, I would charge towards her. I was running away from her just now and I slammed right into the cabinet. Fomfomfom didn’t say she was sorry so I threatened to tell Ah ma that she hurled me against it. Fomfomfom immediately admitted she was wrong and apologized. It really doesn’t take much. 

Today at the gardens a woman stopped us and asked what breed I am. She said she’s got a dog exactly the same as me but it’s a cross breed. Weird. I’m 100% Shih Tzu, u lou? Anyway, she’s looking for a dog to mate with hers that’s why she got so excited on seeing me. Pity I got my tubes tied a long time ago and her dog is a she.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>You think you what II</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/355836</link>

				<pubdate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:36:22 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>We have here another instance of the conciseness of the English language at the hands of Singaporean ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ We have here another instance of the conciseness of the English language at the hands of Singaporeans. Today at the gardens, we met this whole bunch of teenagers in their school uniforms. They were in the middle of some activity there I suppose, a treasure hunt of sorts. That is unimportant. What happened was that a group of them walked by and this particular one exclaimed, “Cute siah!” I love the way he expressed himself. Such brevity. And let’s not forget how spot on he was. Cute siah, that’s exactly wh0 I am- Xiao cute-siah Ping.  

My right ear, it is not doing so well. I scratched too hard and it started bleeding. I couldn’t help it coz it was so itchy. Sigh, I think I cannot avoid seeing the vet woman this time.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>I think Ah bee is Ah ma’s favourite daughter.</title>
		<link>http://www.dogster.com/dogs/358725/diary/Turn_left_turn_right/355394</link>

				<pubdate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:11:05 PDT</pubdate>
		<author>Xiao Ping ~ writing at dogster.com</author>
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		<description>Let me tell you why. Ah bee had a night class just now and it started pouring. Ah ma knew that there ...</description>

		<content:encoded><![CDATA[ Let me tell you why. Ah bee had a night class just now and it started pouring. Ah ma knew that there was no shelter from the classrooms to the car park. She knew that Ah bee wouldn’t have a brolly with her. So she told me to bring one to her. Because she didn’t want Ah bee to get wet from running 20m to the car. But I didn’t know the way to Ah bee’s school and it was dark and scary out there so I didn’t go. Besides it stopped raining. 

And when Ah bee got home all dry, she complained that she was hungry and she wanted to eat char kuey tiao. Ah ma immediately offered to fry her some. She said no no no, she was kidding but Ah ma kept asking her if she wanted some. Then Ah ma told me to go fry some for Ah bee. I wanted to, but I think I am too short and I can’t reach the stove. Nonetheless I wanted to try so after Ah ma gave me instructions on how to fry the kuey tiao, I ran outta the room. I was about to charge downstairs when I caught sight of my kibble. I was distracted coz I, too, was hungry. After I was done eat