Substitute dog carer

Taking care of two thirteen years old dogs requires the carer to have lots of love for them. According to this "Dog Age Calculator", if our dogs were human they would be around 80 years old so their diet needs extra care. Twice a day, they are fed Eukanuba dog food that have to be soaked to soften the kibble. In addition to that, they are also fed steamed rice with shredded chicken breast meat and the whites of hard boiled eggs.

Now that my brother who takes care of them is away on his well deserved vacation, a substitute dog carer has been appointed. Her daily activities include feeding the dogs twice a day; scooping their poo and flushing the poo down the toilet; brushing their teeth with special dog toothpaste; and hosing down the dogs' "urinal". As the dogs are confined to a large area where they can run around freely, she does not need to walk them but the teeth brushing and poo disposal tasks are enough to keep her fully occupied. Further to that she needs to take care of the eleven year old cat too so she really has her work cut out for her.

My brother insists that the dogs' teeth are brushed daily and the poo are flushed down our toilet. Searching for other ways to dispose the poo, I googled and found this guide with the title "What to Do with Doggy Doo". Guess my brother is right, one of the responsible and correct ways to dispose the poo is to flush it down the toilet. So how do you dispose your dogs' poo?

Sleepy cat

P/S I am just the companion to the substitute dog carer because I just do not have what it takes to take on this important role.

Twelve years

It has been 12 years since we said our marriage vows in Cantonese in front of the Registrar of Marriage at the National Registration Department of Kuala Lumpur.

Here's wishing us a very Happy 12th Anniversary! May we be together for many more years to come and get to wish each other many, many more happy anniversaries.

Blue sky, green grass

Some photos of Ching Jing (清境) farm in Nantou (南投) County, Taiwan that were taken during my 2006 trip there. A very nice place to take a long, leisure walk.

Alone but not lonely

Feel the clouds

A burst of sunshine

That's me (in red)

Parents be aware

I am not sure whether parents are aware or not that when they are carrying their children in their arms in a restaurant or near a food stall where all the dishes are laid out openly on the counter, that the shoes of their children are on the same level as the food. In some cases the shoes are hovering over the food.

To me, it is very unhygienic for food to be so near to the toddlers' shoes. I'm not sure what parents think. Sometimes when I am sitting and eating in a restaurant or a coffee shop, suddenly a pair of tiny shoes will float by and pass me closely near my head and over my food. When that happened, I will have no choice but to abandon my meal. In the case of the photo above, the shoes of the toddler almost touched the plate of rice that the father has in front of him and he was oblivious to it.

Can you find..

..the cat in the photo below?

There it is!

Life goes on

I am very busy these days as my project shows signs of nearing kick-off but now and then I can't help but think about the people in Japan and Libya who are seriously affected by what is happening now in their countries.

A green apple?

When I first saw it from afar in a local supermarket, I thought it was a green apple. Then my mother told me that it is a fresh date (jujube / Ziziphus zizyphus / 蜜枣) and that she used to eat them during her growing up years in Taiwan. So I bought a pack of about 6 (500g) at about RM15 to try as I have never tasted a fresh date before. It is crunchy and tastes slightly sweet. Will definitely buy them again.