I apologize for my lack of updates. I had been very busy before I left for holiday to Brunei. I was working everyday, and every free chance I get I had to clean the house. My reason for this cleaning is so when I come back I won't have a massive cleaning to do, especially knowing I will be back to work, and also because my mom will be visiting so I need to make sure its spotless. Mind you, she still managed to find stuff to nag about. Grrr!
My holiday was great, a very short one but still memorable, but I will leave that topic for upcoming posts. I would like to talk about the Australian customs instead.
Have any of you watched Australia Border Security? Lol I know I haven't. I should have.
5 of us, my mom, brother, aunt (mom sister in law), Skip and myself, had a long flight to catch. Woke up ty 10am to do some last minute purchases and got stuck in the traffic jam for about an hour which made us late for some last minute packing thus rushing like mad people then we leave home at 2, depart at 4.25pm, arrive at KL around 6.30pm, and then a 6 hour wait before our flight to Perth at 11.55pm and reach Perth at 6.20am.
All 5 of us were stuck at quarantine section for 2 hours. Why? Thanks to the fobs hahahaha.
Initially we were to declare food my mom and aunt had brought in. So Skip and I (Greg wasn't with us yet as he was still waiting for his luggage) do not have any food to declare so we went ahead. The lady let us off without the need to x-ray any baggage or something. So I ask the lady if I could stay to assist my mom as she has stuff to declare, which she then led us ALL to the quarantine. They then x-rayed our stuff and questioned us. After that they still questioned us more like, what is the reason for their visit, which one is my mom, whats the relation with my aunt and us, whats the relation with skip and I, etc. The thing is right, everything just didn't match up. Let me put that in point form...
1) Aunt is full blown fob like. She doesn't speak a single English other than "I don't know"
2) My mom was rushing everywhere trying to look for us, brushing off the officers
3) My brother, Greg is sick and blurred and slow, with proper full name on his passport
4) Skip, a Australian Cambodian man
5) Me, who don't look like my mom or brother, without proper full name on passport (because my dad fucked it up when he was applying for my passport when I was at legal age to bear my own passport)
6) They asked if anyone else is staying at my house, and we responded yes. Gave the name that starts with: Muhammad.
So here.. it looks like Skip is bringing in all the fobs to work illegally on their 3 month tourist visa, whilst I am the intermediary, speaking in Mandarin and English.
How fuckup is that? I told my dad about it and he said lucky he didn't go because he is a full blown brown Indian man rofl. But it would actually save us alot of trouble if he did come, atleast then it makes sense to why my mom is Chinese and I am creamed coloured. Cuz you know...white and brown is cream right? Hahahahah.
Thinking back it was funny. But when it happened that day, it was distressing. They checked everything, down to pieces of paper, to x-raying empty luggages to contents of our phones. WTF man. I know they are doing their job, but goddamn 2 hours. Any more and we will be up for 24hours. What a day. But then again it balanced the holiday. It was a damn good holiday. ^^
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Land and Water dogs
My two dogs, Habibi and Amoi has their on abilities. Its interesting how my two dogs are the same yet different.
They are the same breed, Pug x Jack Russell, also known as Jugs, but their outlook is so different (Amoi looks like a Rotweiler. wtf????). I have seen other Jugs out there as well, and wow, they are so different. When I first got Habibi, I thought every other Jugs out there will look the same, like other dogs except different patch of fur colours here and there.
I dunno. If two pugs mate, their offsprings will look the same no? Nvm, I will not question it, and I did not bother to do any research recently except about lactose intolerance...since that is what I have.....anyway....
Habibi is my land dog. Amoi is my water dog. Habibi can do sharp corners, sprints at the speed of light on land, whilst Amoi is the opposite. Instead she swims really fast, and has the stamina for it. She can swim for ages, battle through the waves, and bear with the water getting into the ear problem. Habibi can't swim at all. AT ALL. Instead, she stands up in the water as deep as her little legs allow, and then turns back to land until she feels a dip. We had to go in and lift her ass up so she can learn to swim. That's her problem. She doesn't want to kick with her hind legs.
But then again we get alot of audiences. Apparently other dog owners at the riverside dog exercise area are highly entertained by Habibi.
Let me demonstrate with some photos. Lol!
So yeah. That's how it is. In a way it is extremely cute. Funny how owners see their dogs as pups even though it is 15years old, whereas to outsiders view, the dog looks like an adult dog. That's it. We get all mooshy with them where as strangers just pats. I do the same with other people's dogs. I guess that's the bond we have with our paw friends.
What I find cute with other dogs, no matter the age and size, is when they are digging. It is just too fucking cute. The way they hastily dig, the way their hind legs are positioned to allow sand to shove off, and their facial expression. Its like... WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?? lol! I really wonder what is going on in their mind when they are digging..
"Hamagad, what is this! Hamagad, gotta dig deeper. Omg omg omg omg what is that smell???? *Stuff face in hole* dig dig dig dig dig dig dig. HOW DEEP IS IT?? HAMAGAD HOLE!"
Thats what it looks like to me..their thoughts that is. hahahahahaha.
But really.. what I find is cute is that they are so happy. You can just see it in their face. Their eyes, you can see the joy in them. Just from digging. Something they love doing by nature but unable to in your own backyard because it just looks like shit after they dig a hole. Or more like boobytraps =.=
Dogs are really loyal companions. Not that no one knows of this. I've never gotten such bonds with any of my dogs back then. I took them for granted. But Habibi and Amoi, I've loved and cared for them, put so much effort in them from day 1 when Skip and I brought them home. They're literally like my kids. Except their mind isn't very adolescent like. They know when you are sad, when you are angry, or moody, or happy, or crazy, they even know when Skip and I are about to argue. Funny, they're no where to be seen. When we realise they are gone from the scene, we stop arguing. Guess where they've gone? To their bed. All sad and shaky. That helped us stop arguing and just... talk calmly.
I reckon they are able to read our moods from the tone of our voices, but I'd like to think they connect to us emotionally hehehe.
When I cry for whatever reason, they sit beside me and just...sit quietly. They did not need to say or do anything. They just stayed beside me. They let you cry your heart out and wait until you feel better. Sometimes they would lick my tears too. They put up with my busy schedule most of the time, or wait for me to come home from work, yet they would still wait patiently for me to play with them. Their patience and forgiveness is at a level I find very impossible to find in a normal human being. Yet all they ask for is just an hour or two walk at the park or riverside. That's it. That's all they want from us. In return, we get loyalty, love and companionship. I am so blessed to have the two of them. I'm so not looking forward to the day they grow really old and weak, and then leaving this world behind us. Sometimes I have images of that happening, and it makes me sad, yet appreciate my babies more and more. Sigh!
They are the same breed, Pug x Jack Russell, also known as Jugs, but their outlook is so different (Amoi looks like a Rotweiler. wtf????). I have seen other Jugs out there as well, and wow, they are so different. When I first got Habibi, I thought every other Jugs out there will look the same, like other dogs except different patch of fur colours here and there.
I dunno. If two pugs mate, their offsprings will look the same no? Nvm, I will not question it, and I did not bother to do any research recently except about lactose intolerance...since that is what I have.....anyway....
Habibi is my land dog. Amoi is my water dog. Habibi can do sharp corners, sprints at the speed of light on land, whilst Amoi is the opposite. Instead she swims really fast, and has the stamina for it. She can swim for ages, battle through the waves, and bear with the water getting into the ear problem. Habibi can't swim at all. AT ALL. Instead, she stands up in the water as deep as her little legs allow, and then turns back to land until she feels a dip. We had to go in and lift her ass up so she can learn to swim. That's her problem. She doesn't want to kick with her hind legs.
But then again we get alot of audiences. Apparently other dog owners at the riverside dog exercise area are highly entertained by Habibi.
Let me demonstrate with some photos. Lol!
Standing...standing..
More standing..
More standing...deeper..
Bail.
What I find cute with other dogs, no matter the age and size, is when they are digging. It is just too fucking cute. The way they hastily dig, the way their hind legs are positioned to allow sand to shove off, and their facial expression. Its like... WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?? lol! I really wonder what is going on in their mind when they are digging..
Thats what it looks like to me..their thoughts that is. hahahahahaha.
But really.. what I find is cute is that they are so happy. You can just see it in their face. Their eyes, you can see the joy in them. Just from digging. Something they love doing by nature but unable to in your own backyard because it just looks like shit after they dig a hole. Or more like boobytraps =.=
Dogs are really loyal companions. Not that no one knows of this. I've never gotten such bonds with any of my dogs back then. I took them for granted. But Habibi and Amoi, I've loved and cared for them, put so much effort in them from day 1 when Skip and I brought them home. They're literally like my kids. Except their mind isn't very adolescent like. They know when you are sad, when you are angry, or moody, or happy, or crazy, they even know when Skip and I are about to argue. Funny, they're no where to be seen. When we realise they are gone from the scene, we stop arguing. Guess where they've gone? To their bed. All sad and shaky. That helped us stop arguing and just... talk calmly.
I reckon they are able to read our moods from the tone of our voices, but I'd like to think they connect to us emotionally hehehe.
When I cry for whatever reason, they sit beside me and just...sit quietly. They did not need to say or do anything. They just stayed beside me. They let you cry your heart out and wait until you feel better. Sometimes they would lick my tears too. They put up with my busy schedule most of the time, or wait for me to come home from work, yet they would still wait patiently for me to play with them. Their patience and forgiveness is at a level I find very impossible to find in a normal human being. Yet all they ask for is just an hour or two walk at the park or riverside. That's it. That's all they want from us. In return, we get loyalty, love and companionship. I am so blessed to have the two of them. I'm so not looking forward to the day they grow really old and weak, and then leaving this world behind us. Sometimes I have images of that happening, and it makes me sad, yet appreciate my babies more and more. Sigh!
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