PIANG

Today is mahjong day. Oh happy day.

I had some bak kwa yesterday. I don't think it agreed with my stummy coz I threw up in the morning. It's such a pity coz the bak kwa, it is oh-so-good. It's like bacon you know? And bacon is how good. 300 million Americans cannot be wrong.

These 2 days I spy the womenfolk in this house doing weird things. First they take this plant from the fridge and cut it into slices. Then they hand it around and start massaging their faces with them. After they are done massaging their faces, the sap of the plant is all over their faces. Then they walk around like that for 20 minutes. It is pretty gross if you ask me- they look like they have mucus on their faces. I thought it was so funny. I told Fomfomfom to be careful when she drank her tea. Coz if she weren't, it would be mucus tea she's having. Giggle.

I didn't go to the botanical gardens today. Coz that was a clap of thunder in the afternoon. It went PIANG and Ah ma immediately declared that I was not to go out in the open. I was so upset coz going to the gardens is the highlight of my day usually. So I stayed downstairs while everyone was up. I was sulking in the living room. That was when Ah ma took pity on me and took me out to the garden.

I heart Ah ma deep deep.

GRrrrrrrrr

Ah bee came back with a soft toy for me. It's Stitch. He moves when you press his hand. I felt so threatened. Even more so when they stole my milkstick and stuck it into his mouth. I didn't dare approach coz he might attack me. So I growled and barked at him. He was so ya-ya papaya; he didn't acknowledge me. So I continued barking. Until they decided that I would wake Merrilyn up. That's when they returned me my milkstick.

That's all.

My pineapple birthday tart

It’s my birthday today. I am three years and two months old. Ah bee made me a special pineapple birthday tart. But I wasn’t allowed to eat it coz they said it’s too sweet; I could only look at it. It’s okay I still love Ah bee deep deep for it. That’s also coz she accidentally brushed her palm against the hot tray when she was checking on the tarts. My Ah ma sure raised stupid children.

Fomfomfom, Ah bee and Ah ma went out at night to watch Sally Yeh. I like Sally Yeh. I know all her songs. So I was a little upset that they didn’t bring me along. But still I was out at the balcony for one and a half hours, waiting for them to come back.

That’s coz I love my Ah ma. You know the rest.

Paninininininininini..

Today 200 more packets of Panini stickers came for me. That’s coz I have a sticker book. It’s of the Smurfs. Ah bee’s pak tor got them for me, stickers and book. The book is in German so I can’t follow the story. But it’s okay coz I am happy enough looking at the lovely pictures. I was almost done with the book already- I was only missing 8. Ah bee and Fomfomfom tore open the 200 packets in oh I don’t know, maybe half an hour. I am sad to report that there are still 2 blanks in my book. There should only be 1 actually, but that Fomfomfom stuck 1 into her own sticker book. I only found out when I heard Ah bee screaming at her for being such an idiot. Ah bee threatened to cut the sticker out of her book if it were the only one missing from mine. Luckily for Fomfomfom, I was missing one other so her sticker book was spared.

So after 300 packets of stickers, I now have a sticker book sans 2 stickers and about 1200 extra stickers. I think I will wallpaper Fomfomfom’s room with the extras.

Who is a tortoise egg? I am..

That is if you believe Fomfomfom. I was watching tv with Ah ma when the aircon started leaking. So Ah ma took the ladder from her balcony. I ran away from the ladder the moment I saw it. Then I started barking at it. I wanted to run out of the room but Ah ma had set it down in the middle of the room. There was only a narrow path between the ladder and the bed, about half a Shih Tzu length. I decided to try my luck because there was no other way out for me. I had to escape in case that ladder attacked me. And it was either that or jumping down from the balcony. So I inched towards that narrow path. I moved slowly, making sure I put the maximum distance between the ladder and myself. When I was about halfway through, I broke into a sprint and didn't stop until I was halfway down the stairs. That was when I heard Ah ma and Fomfomfom laughing hysterically.

Fomfomfom called me a tortoise egg coz I was scared of the ladder. But why wouldn't anyone be scared of that beeg beeg creaky thing? I hope the ladder attacks her. That will teach her.

I forgot to write last night so here's your double dosage.

6th Feb 2007
Ah bee was talking about her favourite food at the food centre (which is hokkien mee btw). Anyway I told her that my favourite is kosong mai hiam. Then everyone turned around to look at me. They had no clue what I was talking about. Can you believe them? Whoever’s reading this, tell me what a kosong mai hiam is and I will buy you a kosong mai hiam.

We met a white Schnauzer at the gardens today. She’s 2 years old. Yipping away like nobody’s business. What a baby. There was another baby with her. Her name is Sophia. She’s 11 months old. She was crawling on the grass and tried to eat dead leaves when her mama wasn’t watching. In fact, she almost managed to eat the flower off a shrub. Her mouth was inches away from the flower when her mama snatched her off the ground. I need to teach her a thing or two about being sneaky. And Sophia, she has no hair. Well, not much anyway. So she crawled over and pulled mine. I didn’t give her holes in her tiny tiny tiny hands coz I like her. In fact while Ah bee was trying to get her to unclutch her fist, I even gave her a lick. I like both of them babies.

7th Feb 2007
I went to the dotter dotter today. I am happy to announce that my ears are “VERY GOOD” according to the vet woman. They decided that they must be doing something right so my ears will be left alone for another month. Until I have to see that vet woman again.

I brought Ah ma to the botanical gardens today. This is the first time Ah ma has gone with us. I showed her all my favourite spots. She likes it there at the botanical gardens a lot. I will bring her there everyday- she needs the exercise. So happy.

I was sniffing at a petrified, fossilized black frog today. I think Fomfomfom almost fainted when she saw it.

Beat

Today is mahjong day. I love mahjong days. I get to be next to the mahjong gals all day. I like being next to people unless of course I need some me-time. Me-time is when Ah ma is not around and I have to face Cha, Fomfomfom and Ah bee. That is when I go to the living room by myself, lie down between the wall and the giant vase and muse. Today, is not a me-day.

So I spent the entire day guarding the lovely mahjong gals while they played mahjong, snacked and gossiped about other people. It is hard work but someone’s gotta do it.

After they left, I went to the botanical gardens. It was pretty late so we stayed only for 31 minutes. Actually it’s coz I was out of breath already but shhhhhhh!

I was so tired out from watching mahjong gals all day and from the walk that I slept for 3 hours after dinner.

Stupidity on a thin skin

We only paid 4 cents at the botanical gardens today. No, I wasn’t there for only 2 minutes. It’s because from 9 to 5, the first hour is free. But that doesn’t mean I stayed for an hour and 2 minutes either. I was there for a grand total of 25 minutes. And that is because the stupid Fomfomfom said she had to pee and there wasn’t a loo-loo around. So we had to leave. I told her to do it like I do- just sniff around and find a nice spot to leave her mark. But she refused to. I think she’s shy coz there are beaucoup beaucoup de people in the gardens on a Sunday. So I told her, when one is stupid, one cannot afford to have thin skin.

I think she shot me a dirty look.

My beautiful (not cheap) hair

I went to the botanical gardens at 2pm today because it looked like it was going to rain. The weather was pretty good but I tired out within 20 minutes. I think it’s because my hair is getting long. That’s why I feel so warm. So Cha asked if it’s time for me to cut my hair. I told her that it will have to wait till after Chinese New Year because I look cuter with longer hair. And when I’m cuter, it’s easier to ask for red packets.

I stole one of Ah ma’s slippers and started gnawing on it. Ah ma chased me with the other one and smacked my bottom with it. I don’t think she was really angry coz she was laughing as she chased me around the dining table. She gave up after about 2 times around the table so yay! I win!

Later at night Ah ma caught me eating the fur off Cha’s sheepskin rug. She immediately took it away from me. I had to promise not to do it anymore before they gave it back. I had to, otherwise I wouldn’t have anything nice and soft to sleep on at night. Sigh. We can’t have the best of both worlds can we? It’s like how I can never go to the botanical gardens without having to wash my feet after that. Like how I can never have a milkstick unless I take a bath. Or how I can't look cute with my long hair and stay cool at the same time.

But it’s okay because I have Ah ma. I love Ah ma and Ah ma loves me.

3 poodles

I was sniffing around Ah ma’s room in the afternoon today. I decided to settle down next to the sliding door. Because I was so close to the door, the hem of the curtains was on my head when I lay down. Fomfomfom and Ah bee started laughing at me. I have no idea why. They said something about me looking like a medieval nun with the curtains on my head. Ah ma took pity on me and scolded them for treating me like a sha gua. You see why I love my Ah ma? Because Ah ma loves me.

We were at the botanical gardens only for 33 minutes today. I was tired after a while coz we were running away from 2 poodles. I’m not scared of poodles but Ah bee said those were the biggest poodles she has ever seen. In fact they look more like hounds than poodles. Anyway, we also saw this woman with the biggest hair we have ever seen. It was… huge. Fomfomfom said she’s the third poodle. *giggle*