Good bye...

Charcoal has passed away peacefully on 5 June 2012.

diet

mummy wants me to go on diet. cos i am 9kg! i am supposed to be about 7 kg, but it's only 2 kg overweight. what's the big deal? mummy is more overweight than i am! well, mummy always believe that we share the same fate. if i grow fat, she will too. i think it's the other way round.

so now i am allowed 10 tiny buns and 1 cookie a day. hello? that used to be like 10 % of what i have a day! mummy even forbid anyone in the family to give me more. >_< thank god for grandma, she always sneak some bread fro me. that' a well kept secret between the both of us. teeheehee

Super Charcoal Baby vs The Ear Cleaning Monster!!!!

what a lazy afternoon... i just laze around on my favourite sofa, watching Animal Planet...Those stupid animals trying to do all kinds of stupid tricks to make the humans happy and gain marks. pah! I won't do such a thing!

Hye! I thought I hear some plastic bag rustling sound! Must be it! Mummy's bringing me some good stuff. I'd better run and make some cute face, so that she will give me more!

When i reached there, to my horror, Mummy didn't take any treat, but she's bringing out that nasty ear cleaning kit!!!! Oh no, I must run!

Mummy's screamed,"Charcoal!" Ha! Who is she trying to kid? I ran under the sofa, hiding. Slowly i saw mummy start changing.... Her fingers became so sharp like tweezers! Horns coming out from her head! Oh no! She has turned into ... THE EAR CLEANING MOSTER!!!

Fast as a gust of fart, I turned into Super Charcoal Baby! Putting on my goggles and cape, I am now the super hero! I growled," Come and get me, you monster! I will give it all I got!" *Growl!!!!*

The Ear Cleaning moster refused to give up. She dragged me out from the sofa. I struggled and shouted," You, monster, let go of my hand, I say! I've got teeth!" Gosh! that monster is really trying her luck! Not only she didn't back off, she pressed my paws down and I CAN SEE HER TWEEZER HANDS COMING TOWARDS MY EARS!!!!

Like any super hero, I struggled. Remember! The good always wins. I'll beat you to a pulp! I struggled and that monster remains undetered! We fought! Her tweezer fingers keep plucking my ears' hair. OUCH!!! There she goes again! Aurghs! Bug off, you fiend. You know who you are dealing with??? *SMACK!* What???? How dare you slap my bum!!!??? I will put a fight with you!!!!

Oh no!!! She dripping poison inot my ears. And she nipped my ears and massage......Ahhhhh... This is good.... so comfy... I cannot resist that monster anymore. She is too good at her .... evil ways... help.....

After I became totally defenceless over that massaging skill, she let go. I managed to struggle to stand up and shake my ears. That monster packed up her gears and go. I kept barking at that fiend,"Hey! Where you think you are going? Come! Let's fight!"

Then she came out from the room. Oh... What did I see in her hands??? A Big Dingo Bone with ham! The monster has turned back into my sweetest mummy...

I also removed my Super Charcoal Baby suit and walked up to her...Sitting on her lap...Enjoying my bone....*BURP!* excuse me...

Just one more...

Mummy's munching again, despite of her cough. All those Chinese New Year Goodies. "I'll just have one more..." That's what she says... But she is never good with her maths. Her cough has been keeping me awake for many nights that I have developed eyebags. So you can imagine how bad my eyebags are, if I can even see it! I'll steal one of her eye care later on... Hey, I am a pretty Schanuzer and there's many secret admirers in Dogster looking at my pics! Heeheehee....

Anyway, back to food. Mummy bought some treats back for me. "You can only have one, ok?" I know Mummy is bad with maths. Heeheehee... She gave me one milk biscuits which I gobbled down quickly and waited for another. To my horror, she closed the lid of the bottle!!!! Hey! Her maths improved!!! I quickly ran after her and beg for more. She just looked at me sternly and said," I said only one!" and walked away. I don't believe she is so cruel to her precious baby....

In the afternoon, I heard her talking to her friend over the phone," You know, something? I can't let Charcoal put on weight. I notice there is a curse. If her waist expands, i will put on weight..." Sigh... Ok, blame it on me again...

The sofa and me...

mummy always called me a queen of sheeba. i like to snuggle on the house sofa. i will always make sure my beautiful head is layed on a nice cushion and i nap in the middle of the sofa.

apparantly the rest of the humans doesn't like me on the sofa. they say that sofa is meant for human beings and not dogs. hey! be respectful ok? you can be asking me to pull my bed out to sleep, right? why don't the humans try sleeping on the floor? it's hard! i am a queen, i deserve the best!

when the humans are not around, i will jump and gather the small cushions in a way that it is comfy for me to snuggle in. sometimes, mummy gives some little treats, i will bring up there and enjoy every bite of the treat. if i don't feel like eating, i can always put them under the cushion till i feel like eating. not bad, eh? heeheehee....

My little walk

mummy brought me out for walk this morning. yeah!!! i love walks! mummy has not been bringing me out for walk for a long time. 1st was chinese new year, then mummy was sick. today, she finally brought me out.

i am so ecstatic that i dashed out of the lift when the door opened. darn! that choker tightens as i tried to run away. eversince mummy met that bad guy who claimed that he was a dog trainer, he taught mummy how to walk me!!! hey! i have always been leading mummy where i want to go, why should i walk closed to mummy? *sulk*

met a mutt - shih tsu and pekinese mix. i usually don't mind him. he is not as cheeky as that big head, yoda. that mutt is cute but quite sniffer. well, at least they just sniff and walk away.

I was hoping to meet this old silky terrier, uncle toby. he is 12 human years. boy, that's really old! he doesn't seem to like me very much. i tried to be friendly to him, but he always make sure that he is at least 10m away from me. hello? i am a friendly mini schnauzer! well, too bad, i didn't get to meet him today. well, maybe tomorrow.

me and my treat ball

mummy calls me a prima donna. all because i refuse to eat from the bowl. i just want all my kibbles to be put into my treatball before i eat. i mean we have to be creative all the time, right? it's so boring to eat from the bowl all the time.

i try to reason with her that human also do the same. sometime, they eat from their bowl, sometimes, they eat from the plate. sometimes, they also dig straight from the bottle (especially these few days). i just eat from a ball!

i must also complain soemthing about the menu. why is it that i am always eating solid gold holistic kibbles all the time? i think i deserve some variety. but mummy always say my skin has problem. i will start scratching after eating something real yummy. sometimes, i have to wake mummy up to scratch for me. it's really unbearable. i try not to disturb her but her ears are too sharp. in the end, she has to scratch till she doze off... i am so sorry, mummy... :*( but it's worth it! *evil eye* heeheehee...

Mummy left me alone again!!!

i am so angry. mummy left me alone in the house again. today, grand parents and uncle left the house. mummy was alone at home. wow! i thought mummy is going to be with me the whole day! i haven't spend time alone with mummy for a long time as she has always been really busy. i hate it when she has to stare at this black square thing and beating the buttons. i always wanted her to stop staring at that funny thing and play with me. but she always continue, despite my "oh... so cute." face... sigh...

anyway, back to mummy... she didn't stay in the house for very long. she got dressed up and left the house. i am all alone again... *sob* i hate it.... i just slept under the sofa, hoping the time will fly and when i wake up, i will see mummy again... *sob*

1st day of Chinese New Year

what a bazaar day i have! i was just sneaking around in the kitchen, looking for some food that the humans may have just accidenatally dropped. then i heard a "DING DONG!!" as a good mini schnauzer will always do, i ran to the door and barked," intruders! intruders!" yes! i smell wierd smell!

mummy went to open the door. lo, and behold! it's mummy's aunties and her 2 funny cousins. they started shreking away, i thought that was"happy new year" in some funny language. so as a polite dog, i barked back in my own language "happy new year, gong xi fa cai!" they screamed even louder, i thought it was only polite to repeat, which i did. mummy shouted,"shut up, charcoal." hello??? did i do anything wrong by repeating greetings? ok, ok...

more humans came and i greeted them in my own little way. hey! they gave me treats and ask me to keep quiet! how rude! well... as long as i have some goodies, why not? heeheehee...

the humans were really busy eating. i don't understand. mummy always doesn't allow me to eat too much and yet the human are just gorging themselves. can't i just have a little wee bit? i started going around, using my "ohhh... so cute..." face, but mummy always caught me red handed. darn!

i was asked to perform the usual sit-shake paw-the other paw-down-bang act. everyone was so amazed and keep saying,"oh... so cute! so smart..." i think humans have dementia. i thought i have done that so many times in front of them? well, as long as i get my treats... who cares!


in the afternoon, all the humans started to dress up and left the house. i just act like all good mini schaunzers do - send them to the door and they left. heehee... my life just begin for the new year!!!!

i walked around to make sure that no one is around and yoo hoo! i jumped up the sofa and dance around. i love sofa. usually mummy has no problem with me on the sofa but not the rest of the family. well, no one is at home now, so i am now the mistress of the house. i peered over the coffee table and sniffed around. wow! they smell good. i opened up the goodies bottles (hey, i m pretty good with that!) and started nudging some out. wow! nuts! they taste good. this must be the sunflower seeds that they humans were ga ga about! oh, another one that is as round as my paws. wow! very crunchy!

i went around opened the bottles of course, i have learnt a skill that mummy doesn't know, that is closing them back. heeheehee... well, there is a metal box thing, i must master to open it. mummy always dig things out to eat. she always tell everyone how good it taste and said that it has some... seaweed taste. what is seaweed? oh... too much food. i must go poo...

i looked around for more entertainment... oh yes... there's this thing that the humans always press and this big box will have some other human beings inside it dancing and jumping around. sometimes, i do see dogs. i think they call it tv. i switched on and indeed, there were humans singing songs and dancing. nah... not for me... so i on my favourite "animal planet". yeah! that's MY show! heehee....

oh! shucks! the table is in a mess. the humans will know that it's done by me. i better clean up. that big head is not here today to push the blame to. sometimes, it's good to have him here.... ah, well....

My Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner 2005 Feb 8

everyone was very busy. i don't know why but from the food in the kitchen, i can tell that there's lots of goodies for the humans. i search around the kitchen hoping to find something really good, but the humans are just too careful. dread!

i was lazing around in the house, when i heard brother human saying, "yoda is coming later." yoda???? that big head corgi? oh no! i thought he was here just a couple of days ago? boy, how that brat grows. i remember he was so small. wierd dog with head too big for his own good. and not forgetting those fat paws. he is now even bigger than me, but he doesn't seem to get any taller.

anyway.... that big head... he's coming??? oh no... i must guard my toys and chew bones. the other day, that stupid kid went to lick my pee. didn't i say he is dumb? duh!

ok... he did come. again, he's chasing me around the house!!! hello????!!!! this is my territory, ok??? that brat took my toys, chew my bones, lick my ears (i bet he's gonna be some playboy or even gay!!!!), took the attn of the humans that i have in the house. worst, he's going to share my food.

Well, he got himself into big big trouble. he poo at the human's master bedroom's toilet and pee in my room next to my bed!!!!! u should see how mummy whacked him! hey, boy, my mummy hadn't whacked me like that for a long time, ya know? he should know what kind of disciplinary mistress mummy is. she can be an angel when she give food, but she can turn into a big devil when you misbehaved (and when you say she behaves like an auntie).

anyway... big head went home. i am back to my peaceful life.... maybe i should go pee somewhere and let the human thought that it's done by the big head... heeheehee....