Archive for February, 2009

Saving Private Johnny aka Fei-Fei(Fatty) aka White Dog - 2 NOV 2002

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

THIS IS HOW JOHNNY CAME INTO OUR LIVES AND TOUCHED OUR HEARTS…

 

Dear friends of panda  @_@ 
Hi… Remember Big Dog’s companion? (refer to previous e-mail)
He got caught on wednesday (30/10/02)  :-/
I was at PJ and my granny called at noon. She said a neighbour told her our White Dog has been dragged into a van, and the dog-poachers whacked him with a stick!!
Called my cousin bro who immediately took time-out fr his boss and he rushed to the puchong dog-pound fr his office in putrajaya. White Dog wasnt there…

I was the one who started feeding him when I saw him with Big Dog. He growled and snarled at me, but I offered him some biscuits. he didnt trust me at first,but soon, we all started feeding the two of them and he would prance around and wag his tail, behaving just like a kid…
 
Since they caught Big Dog, White Dog has been rather lonely. We showered all our attention to him, he grew in size and trusted us (Big Dog used to snarl at him whenever we feeded both of them).
FYI, I still miss Big Dog. I still imagine her walking gracefully up the street to greet me when I get down fr the car to open my gate… :(
 
White Dog’s a silly-looking dog, with his tongue hanging out most of the time. Even his table manners…. !!!
Big Dog never gobbled her food and ate gracefully, unlike White Dog :)
White Dog’s still a juvenile.
He couldnt stand it when we kept him in our compound.
He’d be restless and beg to be let out; esp when he sees a female-dog.. or.. ermm….. B*tch :P :P :P :P
Naughty fella……

So, doggie wasnt at the dog-pound when my cousin bro got there. So he had lunch and returned at about 2pm.
Still no trace of him. So, we decided to meet there after working hours. I borrowed my friend’s leash and muzzle and was already on LDP when my cousin called.
Fei-Fei wasnt there…
My heart dropped to my feet…
But I wasnt ready to give up.

Thursday- i left for puchong with high hopes…
He wasnt there..
Still not willing to give up,  drove to Setapak’s dog-pound and was told that the dogs in my area will be put to sleep immediately after they were caught. 
I refused to believe it, I went to SPCA in Ampang, saw a lot of nice doggies and kitties there.
Negative…
My Fei-Fei wasn’t there.
Tears welled up in my eyes when I left SPCA…
I thought my Fei-Fei was gone with Big Dog.

When I was driving back, I imagined White Dog and Big Dog walking up the street to greet me…
That really broke my heart… :(

The next day, we all left for work with heavy hearts.
I was driving to my aunt’s place with my mom when my granny called to inform us that our neighbour saw Fei-Fei in the van when she went to bail out her dog.
I made a detour and sped home, driving like a mad-woman, called the number that she left and everything seemed so bright and nice!! :)
The Indian man waited for us with Fei-Fei and two other stray dogs. evidently, he was waiting for someone to pick up the dogs (and “bribe” him and his superiors)
He demanded RM150 , but we managed to bargain til RM120.
He said White Dog’s really lucky coz like what I’ve been told, the dogs caught in the viccinity of Ampang Jaya would be put to sleep immediately and NOT fed to the lions/tigers in the zoo as most ppl assumed! 

So, we paid him, he carried White Dog into the car boot and he went off happily with his pocket full of money and our hands full of trouble!
That silly fella decided to explore my car and walked all over, shedding fur and drooling all over us, he also wanted to come to the front. I had to pull over several times and the journey which normally takes 15 mins, took us half an hour.

He was in shock and was very afraid.
He must be starving and dehydrated too for he gulped dowm more than 3 litres of water!!
Then, after a couple of hours after he’s settled down, we fed him and he fell
asleep in my cousin’s porch as he was being patted by us.

Of course he feels tired, he must have stayed up for the past couple of days, worrying about his fate.
Now, he’s better, but my poor car smells like him! YUCK!
Used up a whole bottle of Febreze, put some fragrance oil. Yet… it smells horrible!
What a price to pay!
I think it’ll be sometime b4 i can get rid of the doggie smell. FYI, he havent taken a bath at all!!!
 
So, we managed to get him back, we’re all happy (except my car!) and we’re gonna get him a license and try to keep him in our compound. he doesnt like being cooped up….
Next time u come to my house or send me home, I’ll introduce you to Fei-Fei.. The silliest looking doggie who’s a darling (minus the smell!)

:-D

Happy Carrie

About Johnny Boy’s Cruel Deed

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

I wrote this long ago, and if you’ve known me then, you might remember that I sent it via email…

9 DEC 2004 -
Don’t be fooled by his cute,chubby,innocent looks! He
killed a kitten on Thursday morning!
Bad dog!

My mom was taking him for a walk when he sensed the kitten hiding under the X’mas tree outside my cousin sis’ house. He was uncontrollable. My mom tried to pull him
but he was stronger.
Grabbed the poor, helpless, defenseless kitten and biting it like a T-Rex till it
became limp before letting go.
My mom and I were screaming but this vicious killer machine went on and on.
Bad dog!

I was in tears and the kitten was lifeless. Called the SPCA and asked for advice. They
said I could bring the kitten over so they can put it to sleep cause cats normally succumb to their injuries of an attack or accident and it’s more humane to put
it to sleep than let it suffer.It was already dead when I went out to look at it :( :(

Bad dog!

I was so upset with Johnny…
He’s no longer the cute, innocent doggie which I love. The halo on his head has been replaced by horns sprouting from his head!

Devilish dog!
Bad dog!

I refused to acknowledge his whimpers and whines (begging for
breakfast) and gave him the silent treatment. No pats for a whole day. Breakfast which is normally served at 8 a.m. was served at 12noon, with only half of his
normal ration. He seems to sense that I was upset with him - he didn’t dare look me in the eyes and curled up in his little corner behind the orchid. I looked coldly at him.

Bad dog!

I’ve only taught him how to catch lizards, not furballs! Most of you said it was
his instinct but he really shouldn’t have murdered the poor thing!

Bad dog! Naughty dog!

Guess what my aunt replied me via sms after I text her about Johnny’s cruel act?
She replied ” Good Johnny, very alert.”
and “Johnny is the King of Jalan Teratai”

aiyo…. apa ni….

Have you ever loved and lost a doggie?

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

U might remember this mail, which I sent on 13 July 2002, about Big Dog…
FYI, White Dog was what we called Johnny last time…
I still miss the gentle Big Dog, and even now, my eyes would brim with tears everytime I sit alone and think of her….

11 JULY 2002 - THURS

She came without a sound and left when we least expected it…
I’d talked to her on wednesday night and she looked at me with her big brown eyes…

It was a rainy weekday afternoon when we set eyes on each other.  She stopped and looked at me with her soulful eyes as i was closing my gate, begging me silently to let her in for shelter. I said hi and the bond was set. But my granny shooed her out, and she scurried away.

A few days later, I saw her again. I gave her some crackers and she lapped up every crumb. I called her Big Dog. She doesnt have a proper name. We all call her Big Dog.

As you might have guessed , she was big.
And she has big soft soulful eyes that could melt every heart…I know her eyes melted my heart the moment i saw her…  She was neutered/spayed and had no tail.I guess she was dumped at our neighbourhood by her previous owner.

I was the one who unofficially adopted her. I was the one who fed her crackers and bread. I could still remember once I stood in the rain whilst she gobbled down every bit of crackers I gave her, shielding her with my brolly.

Soon, every member in the family fell in love with her. We didn’t get her a license or kept her in the house. Swas used to roaming around freely with White Dog and we reckoned that it would bore her to death to be kept in our compound.

My granny saved up scraps fr our table for her, we bought her dog biscuits and as a treat, I’d get her a can of meat every month.
She came every morn and evening for meals and in-between for snacks. She’d run up the road when she sees our cars returning, even in the wee hours of the morn, after my mamak sessions, she’d be there to greet me and plonk herself down at our gate to rest.

Tthursday morn, 10 a.m. 
I was still in dreamland… They came and took her away…
White dog was safe, he hid under a car.Big Dog was too fat to hide….

She was so pretty and clever… She’d come running e/time she sees us or when we call her name or when we knock her feeding bowl on the ground…
She is such a mild tempered and gentle doggie….

We tried to look for her, called up MPAJ and the SPCA. My cousin brother spent the whole afternoon in Puchong looking for the place where they’ll put the dogs to sleep, all to no avail…

I couldnt sleep for the past two nights. Thursday night as I came back fr work, I looked at my side mirror, hoping to see a familiar figure running up the road…
Reality sank in…
My Big Dog was gone… gone forever…
No more soft brown eyes looking at me…
No more saying Hello Big Dog…

I cried… yes I did..
I’m crying now… 
I  miss her. We all miss her. My mom and granny can’t sleep, my uncle misses the way she licks his hand when he calls out to her.. My aunt feels sad the whole two days, my cousin bro looked in vain for her, my cousin sis’ heart’s broken… every one misses Big Dog… :( :( :(
If only my granny had woken me up that morning… I’d have paid them to set her free… I wouldnt have let them take her away…. Why did they have to take away such a gentle dog? She was harmless. Etime I think of her fate, my heart breaks over and over…

Life itself is a tragedy…

Have u ever loved and lost a doggie???

My Scribblings @ Random Thoughts - DREAMS

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

A dream is a wish your heart makes,

When you’re fast asleep,

In dreams you will lose your heartache,

Whatever you wish for you keep…

 

Everything is possible in your dream, your innermost desires come true, and your innermost fears are multiplied.

 

In dreams, the people you miss and love most will be so tangible; you can hold, hug and talk to them. Most of the time, you wish never to wake up, so that they will be with you forever.

 

Often, you will wake up with moist eyes and an aching heart, hopelessly begging for a few more minutes to be with the person, who might be thousands of miles away, or perhaps, at a faraway place, inaccessible by any means.

 

The dream is so real, the pain it leaves is so real but the person you wish to see most…

 

Don’t you know, it’s the end of the world, it ended, when you said goodbye…