What is life about?

Feeling stressed.

Time does not wait...

But what can I do?

Dollar

A post specially for our beloved Dollar.

Today was a day feeling sombre. Dollar left us at 3.50pm today. Forever I will remember her paw, asking me to stroke her whenever I am beside her. I'm glad she has gone to the vast heavens and her sufferings were alleviated. Herare some photos of Dollar at Gentle Paws shelter and the vet.

Dollar had chronic kidney failure which was undetected.

Chronic Kidney Failure

Chronic kidney failure occurs when both kidneys gradually cease to function. Within the kidneys are numerous tiny structures (glomeruli) that filter waste products from the blood and retain larger substances, such as proteins. Waste products and excess water then accumulate in the bladder until excreted as urine. In chronic kidney failure the kidneys suffer progressive damage over a number of months or years.

Signs of Chronic Kidney Failure

Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) is a slowly progressing disease. The first signs are increased urination and thirst. As your dog ages and his kidn

eys become less efficient, his body compensates by increasing blood flow to the kidneys trying to improve the filtering process. As a side effect, the dog produces more urine. At the same time, he becomes more dehydrated due to increased fluid loss in the urine. Thirsty, your dogbegins to drink more and more water.

Treatment of Chronic Kidney Failure

Chronic kidney failure is one of the most common cause of illness and death in older dogs. Most dogs with chronic kidney failure are older than 10 years old. The chances of a dog getting it increase as the dog ages. In fact, most older dogs have some changes in kidney enzymes on blood tests. When caught early, the proper diet, supplements, and sometimes fluid therapy can delay and may even prevent kidney disease from becoming kidney failure. Some holistic doctors have noticed that since pet owners began feeding processed pet food, more dogs are getting kidney disease.

Conclusion: processed pet food are bad for dog's health too.

She will be deeply missed....

Goodbye.

A Significant Hug

Yesterday a scene kept flashing in the back of my mind. Hugs. I remembered I was at the shelter last sunday and went into Caspian's cage. While sitting on the bench, Caspian was on my left side for me to stroke his fur. Suddenly he pounced on me and gave me a hug. I hugged him back. Many of us would think that this is insignificant. But to Caspian and the dogs, it matters alot to the dogs - dogs who were abandoned once or even more than once. I believed that every dog at the shelter yearns for love and care from people. A hug can be such a strong feeling that it can make a person cry - tears of joy. Caspian is a very handsome and good boy. Like any dog, once that trust is built, he can be really friendly towards one. And I felt it. I began to love him more and more as I proceed down to the shelter every week. Hoping to have him as my house dog even though I know it is impossible. Deep down in my heart, I can only silently wish that he can be adopted into a good family who is able to give him the love that he yearns to have.

You came into my life and gave me something precious.

Nostalgic Memories

Today is 3rd October. Mrs Lee Kwan Yew just passed away yesterday after surviving on medical life support for two years. A memoir of her is now showing on television. The soothing music that was played on tv led my thoughts flow into the days where JY and me were in Hong Kong. We spent our last three days of our overseas trip there. The feeling I felt then was so low. This overseas trip was our longest trip ever (1 month 6 days) and I think we won't be able to experience this delightful travelling again. We did all the planning by ourselves; en-quiring about hostels, booking accommodations, sleeping in a 10-men-room, getting to know new people, bathing in public toilets, doing our poos and pees on grassland, watching the beautifully awesome sunrise together with JY, travelling long distance by bus, train or flight, lugging so many luggages with us, exploring attractions together, going into the forbidden part of the great wall and getting lost together!

I miss them very much.

I held back my tears.

It's back to my usual life again.

Anyway! Something that I always look forward to is the dog trainings on sundays! I got dear Dexter to sit today! Good boy Dexter! I hope that after these 10 sessions of training, you'll get adopted and continue the rest of your life in a pleasant environment. :)

Last day of our long holidays

The feeling is terrible. School's starting tomorrow! I have not done enough mental preparation yet, still in a holiday mood. Thinking of travelling 4hours daily is utterly disgusting. Hopefully this semester would be a smooth one.

Jiayou to zinc, ah pei and wanyi for their tiring work!

Recover soon zinc! ;P

Gentle paws session

My bro, JY and I went down to Gentle paws @ pasir ris farmway 2 no. 16 to help out with the shelter. Basically, gentle paws is a new shelter set up on April to give shelter to those homeless dogs as well to put them up for adoption. It's currently lacking in manpower as they have about 30 dogs, which requires many manpower especially when it comes to walking the dogs. We also fed the dogs, clear their poos (quite alot haha) and play with them. We've not come to the stage of bathing them yet which I feel that much interaction with the dogs would be required before we can actually control them for bathing (:

Today when we went down, the dogs were already so excited for walks! They were all crowding around the gate. I was so happy when I saw them so excited and ready. So immediately, we took 3 dogs for a walk. As usual, JY took Mario. My bro took Dyana and I took Dexter. I made short runs and many times I felt breathless. My stamina deproved alot.

After which, we fed the dogs. They were so hungry such that they finished their dog food and were craving for more! Following which we just lingered around and played with the dogs.

Today I'm so happy, to the extent that I didn't want to leave the shelter. Saying goodbye is always sad. Nonetheless, I'm looking forward to the next trip down to the shelter. And who knows I'll become a regular there?

Here are some photos which we took, enjoy!

This is Dollar, a golden retriever. She likes us stroking her fur.

From top to bottom: Mario/Destine/Dexter/Dyana

This is Daelle, enjoying the soft touches from JY.

Busy enjoying the last few days before school starts!

Hi guys! I lost the cable for my hard disk and yesterday I bought a new one from sim lim square. However, my laptop was not able to detect my hard disk and I called up the repair shop. The person on the phone told me to bring along my hard disk down and they would chk it. And today I went down again to the repair shop at sim lim square #06-02. The guy who attended to me told me that all hard disk will develop this detection problem after some time of usage. It was due to insufficient of power transferred to the hard disk and hence unable to be detected. I was then told that as you use longer, all hard disks would have a tendency of increasing their amount of power required for the detection. Therefore, the solution would be to buy a "Y" cable, which consists of 2 usb connections and 1 mini usb to your hard disk. Plug both usb to your computer/laptop and the mini usb to your hard disk and it'll work! So if anyone encounters similar problem, try this solution!

After settling the hard disk problem, I met up with JY to play badminton at the tampines sports hall. Aww, we tried challenging each other and I lost to a score of 10-21. I realized my weakness of missing shuttlecocks that flew near to the net. After that, we started training on the weakness. However, it was rather a short training before the next person who booked the court came. Thus, we stopped and was hoping for empty courts. Unfortunately, all was taken.

Nonetheless, we went to the tampines swimming complex and swam 20 laps! It was so tiring. My stamina went down alot ever since I went to Shanghai. So disappointing but I'll do better the next time! haha, that's about all!

New look

Hi people! This is my blog's new look with me and my horse. This photo was taken at the Tiger Leaping Gorge in between Lijiang and Shangri-la. I thought it was pretty nice and just place it on my blog. I miss the horse too. And Tada! Hope you guys will like it! Any comments are welcome!

p.s. I love the horse!

p.p.s. It's a male horse!

China trip: Overall

Hello all, I'm finally back to touch-up my blog after 6 months of travelling. Travelling has been tiring but it was a fun experience. I shall slowly update my travelling experiences and upload photos in time to come.

Overall, China is a big country. Here's a map for your reference:

Places I've travelled to:

1. Shanghai

2. Qingdao

3. Beijing

4. Inner mongolia

5. Xi'an

6. Jiu Zhai Valley

7. Chengdu

8. Kunming

9. Lijiang

10. Tiger Leaping Gorge

11. Shangri-la

12. Guangzhou

13. Hongkong

14. Macau

Stay tune for more updates! (:

Right now I have no feelings. I am neither happy nor sad. The happiest moments were the times I spent with my secondary school mates. Such carefree lives we led. No worries, no anger, no sadness, no pain. I just want to take a breather at the beach with the wind leading my hair. I just want to sit on the rocks and cry. After that get a chocolate drink from coffee bean. I feel nothing.

New updates!

WAh. time for a lil update..

my life! im so busy with school work! this week I was piled up with a Lab Report, a 2000 word essay, my bio tutorial and at last, my unit ops II tutorial. Have to submit for grading! I am quite stressed though. Afraid that I won't be able to complete my work. But I pia finished alr! cool~ relief.

oh yea. share something interesting with you girls. I saw Mr.A (23 years old) chasing (I meant literally running) Mr.B (24 years old) around a public badminton court because of some teasing. hahaha.. ok I can't help but burst out laughing.. Anyway, what do you people think of this? =D

And....

Congratz to zinc and henry on their 1st Anniversary!! How nice, their couple ring photos were uploaded onto facebook! I love their red beetle box! So cute and thoughtful~

once again CONGRATS to the sweet couple!

Tomorrow marks the start of another busy week again =x Oh hey! I think I will be rebonding my hair soon! Watch out for the latest photos of my rebonded look! =)

Ta da!

Pre-work

I am so excited! Tmr will be my first day working at loyang! I will be working on their project! Tonight have to sleep early! :) Babes! Let's meet up soon! I wanna eat The Soup Spoon! =p

New updates!

Gooday! New updates! I've quit my job already! :) On my resignation letter, I wrote say I will resign with effect from 27June2009! I felt relief! phew~

Anyway, I broke down in front of him, asking him to let me go cuz I am really exhausted. About 620pm I handed him my resignation, 7pm then I managed to leave the tuition centre quietly. I have no regrets. I'm just curious about who is taking over me. My guess is Gerard.

Still friends a not? I don't bother already. He isn't my acquaintance even. Goodluck.

It's been 2 years since I last played badminton and swam. My whole body aches and my swimming costume is obviously too big. Time to get a new one! Slowly shop my way for a new, nice, fitting and most importantly, a....... CHEAP one! haha!

Girls, let's meet up!

mingz~

Quitter

I was reprimanded today by lester. He raised his voice at me and I came to a firm decision that I am going to quit in a month's time. I wonder should I just put 2wks to shorten my misery...

I felt as though I am going to break down anytime soon. I need to get away from him. Tomorrow is my last long day of work. Thank God. I need support.

updates

Wahahaa! I'm a busy beeeee! Everyday is just a routine, 10am to 6pm working at bukit batok tuition centre. 11am - 1230pm and 130pm - 3pm tuition p4 and p3 classes respectively. Lifeless.

Recently met up with my besties! Met them at tampines and we had pastamania for dinner. After which, we chiong straight 9pm into CAFE CARTEL! ha! jus nice! Me and ah Pei took the last slice of Bitter Chocolate Fudge Cake! Lucky us! Zinc and Wanyi took the auntie amie smth? haha. Henry ate the chocolate cheese truffle? yups! We had a long chat till 1030pm! It was great! I miss them all. I want my life back. Nonetheless, they're still there for me! Hugs!

Gooday! Yesterday Pigg and I attended his friend's wedding at the Sheraton Towers. The food is not too bad, but Qian Xi Lou one is nicer. hee.. especially the cereal prawn! I love it.

Today my mathshub boss indirectly told me he wants me to stay. ha.. I only smiled. Percis said I am good. She wants me to help her at bedok. My sciencehub idiot boss said Percis never criticise people, she only praise people. What does he really mean? I'm not gloated or anything. I just felt that my efforts weren't wasted. If he is so good at teaching p3 and p4, then he wouldn't need me right?

Anyway, my decision is clear, I don't wanna continue working under lester cuz he's a monster. HOW RHYME.

Counting down: 6 working days left.

Whee! :)

sucker boss

FUCKER, BOSS. I am super pissed off. Monster a.k.a lester lin kai'er is an asshole. By Monday I have to try all the experiments at home, when I am working for him tmr till 530pm and afterwhich need attend my uncle's birthday celebration. Sun hav to attend and help out at kee's wedding. I have no TIME!!!!!!!!!

Can anyone volunteer to dig his heart out to inspect if he has any heat malfunction anywhere?

Sorry for the vulgarities. I'm a quitter, I'm quitting end of this year. Advance quitting, 6 months. Can I be irresponsible? To let your business die? Do I want to be one? How do I choose? Why are we in the same course?!

He is a total bastard.

continuation

GUYs im back! okies TIMBRE... cool.. haha I went TIMBRE with ningz, niu, nao, hongz, cheese and ruoz. The ambience there was great! We went to the ArtsHouse. It is located beside the Singapore River! How nice and cooling... The live band was even more cool.. haha! Peeps, I'm recommending that place for chill~ so, get your butts out and get there now!

Alrights, slightly excited! Night at the museum 2, PLEASE WATCH THAT. Absolutely nice! Any feedback/comments from Angels and Demons movie?

Kee's wedding is arriving soon! As a 姐妹，I bought a white dress from Blossomz at $25. Cheap cheap though. Yesterday I went out with my aunt and bought a Mascara, a green Eye Shadow and a make-up removal from Faceshop! The eye shadow has a glittering effect! Oh...simply nice.

Tonite I'm having tuition again. Sians. Didn't know tuition can be so stressed after experiencing it myself. Jiayou!

Next month's gonna be hell for me. Chill~

to be continued...

BACK! haha! I've been slacking at home for 2 weeks already! But, my house has been like an oven since a month ago. So, I feel like being roasted at home. =x

Feel abit sian though my mum is at home. Nothing to do at all.. nice tv programs only shown at nite.. sigh.. nonetheless, I always look forward to outings!

The other time I went TIMBRE wid.............

alrightes sorry guys i'll be back later to continue! Gotta bathe now! Meeting my aunt at 7pm at Bugis! =)

bad day at work with monster

Today is a bad day for me. Sigh. I was 10mins late for my work at bukit batok there. What's worse was, I switched handphone to my brother's hp and monster's contact wasn't inside my SIM card. And the WORST thing was, monster said I was aggressive when I was explaining. I wasn't. MT witnessed it. And then, I just cried in front of monster. Let him know that I cannot stand his nonsense anymore. Who can tahan such a boss? After two years of working with him, I felt like quitting. Anyone knows how I am feeling at this moment? Anger which cannot be shown. Words which cannot be said. FYI, this is my first time being late for work. Reasonable?

Cheerups! :)

first day of work

yohoo! ytd I went to the new Tampines One with JunJie! We ate F.I.S.H. by fish&co! Both of us ordered Sirloin Steak, except that I had mushroom sauce and my steak was well done! His was black pepper sauce and medium-rare steak! The photos are shown below!

Alrites... the new shopping centre was super cold! zzz.... hahaha! We ate yoghurt ice-cream! Then! I couldn't finish cuz it was tooooo sour. So JJ finished it for me.

haha.. and JJ is nt kiam siap. cuz he spent $10.15 buying a present for a nt-so-close girl! :) If I were him, confirm I spent less than $7... hahah!

Anyway, today I started my work at the bukit batok tuition centre. Went quite smoothly though. Had quite a number of things to do. I just hope everything ends fast. And from tmr onwards I will need to bring my laptop to work everyday! sian! cuz very heavy! =x

My mp3 went flat this morning! Then I played with my handphone on the mrt. so sian again. haha! Okies not much update though hee...

GoodBye!