My surname is "Yuan" and my housemate's is "Lai"

Rumour from Rummah Tinggi spread (from my 1st SIL to my 2nd SIL to my MIL) that my 3rd SIL said that we did not allow her to use our washing machine.
Hence she needed to bring all her laundry to my MIL's place to wash.

I don't know if it is a twist of words after going through so many mouths, or it's the truth.

Anyway, it's very amusing to me. She never once approach me on how to use the things at home. Always hiding in her room behind closed door, even if she's the only 1 in her room.

So playfully cried to hubby, my surname is 'Yuan" as in "Yuan Wang" innocent and my housemate is "Lai" false accusation. "Yuan Wang" ah.. I need to "Shen Yuan" clear my accusation.

My MIL believed that she did not want to ask me. Hubby thought that my 3rd BIL did not want to get involved and should have told her to ask me herself, which obviously she did not.

Being me, the woman with an attitude, I'm still not going to tell her...hahahaha..till she ask.

To me, it's already bloody rude that she closes the door at all times.
We're family and I have kindly allowed them to stay with me but she is still so rude.
So why should I even care about her?
I treat them as non-existence as long as Mico is not being bullied.
Besides I have not gotten my rental yet. BIL says only on 4th Jan.

I need Justice Bao. Please help me to clear my accusation!!! Yuan Wang !!!

LOL.....

Summary of my busyness this month

Xmas Celebration with friends at my place.

Cooking, buying presents.

Enjoying my new hobby. Beading. This is for my sis.

Eating good food. $33 crab bee hoon. Delicious..

Pet board - Jap spitz (niu niu) 7 Dec to 12 Dec

Preparing HCF for Niu Niu daily, only to be rejected. She only ate a few morsels everyday, which is normal accordingly to her owner.

5th day - Mico still dislikes housemates

Mico still dislikes my new housemates. She will bark fiercely at them whenever they return home. Haven got the chance to ask them to feed Mico treats and introduce them to each other.

They always stay in their own room & the door is always closed regardless whether they are in the house or not. Because of this, I hardly want to talk to them. Closed door policy will make me zip my mouth.

Whenever I wondered if they are in the house, smart Mico would somehow push the door & open it to inform me that they are not in the house. The other night, Mico pushed the door while they were asleep in the room & barked at them.

Seems like Mico feels that they have invaded her play space and does not like them.


Just saw my gleaming clean sink & toilet & pot. The work of my SIL. Wah, it has been so long since I saw a squeeky clean thing in my house. So clean until you can see the scratches made by her cleaning on my stainless steel sink...

Even the stubborn stains on my pot has been removed. Impressed.

Housemates moved in

Posted this on our dog forum on Sunday


what are the telltale signs of housemate abusing dog?

I have 2 new housemates, shifted in today.I was in the toilet when my 2 new housemates walked into the house.Mico started barking non-stop & ended with a scream.when I came out of toilet, saw her pee on the floor & a very scared look on her face..I asked my housemate if she touched Mico & she said yes..I think my housemate has no common sense..will anyone go & touch a barking dog??I wondered if she hit/beat Mico as she was unaware that I was at home..I am just being paranoid.. Wonder if she will abuse my Mico when I am not around..Need to know some telltale signs so that I will realise it if Mico is abused.What are the telltale signs of dog abuse??

Living with 3rd Brother in Law & his wife??

Everybody in the Tan family is eyeing my spare room!
The eldest brother, my MIL etc. My MIL even suggested $300 for rental..

The 3rd brother recently got married. Wanted to buy a flat but did not have sufficent cash as prices of flats are on the high side. Hence they are looking for a place to rent.
His wife is a Myammar nationality who can speak Mandarin.
I am in 2 minds whether to rent to them.

Advantages
- she can cook.
- she can help out in household chores
- Mico will have someone to accompany her. Most probably she will be another housewife in the Tan family. All the Tan family women r housewives except for ME!
- I will get into my MIL good books by renting out to them. Next time got baby can throw to her or this 3rd sis-in-law can be caregiver too..hahah
- will not be so bored at home since got company
- get $300 for rental as suggested by MIL.

Disadvantages
- $300 is insuficient to cover additional bills eg aircon, water, gas, electricity
- total loss of privacy!
- I don't even know the name of this sister in law. The Tan family man hardly talks. Boring kind of company
- Don't know how modern this woman is. If she knows how to use my machines, various types of detergent etc.. What if my white kitchen turns black!
- Will i have to spend extra on food - Hubby does not give me allowance. What if she eats all my stuff and never replenish???
- Will she torture my Mico?? Will my Mico run out of the house if she opens the door when I am not around??
- Is she going to do housework or simply a lazy woman who bochap?
- hubby will be damm lazy. Once got additional hands to do housework, he will simply bochap anymore. It's hard to train a man to do housework. Give him an additional pair of hands to help out, he will simply bochap
- When will they buy their own flat & move out?? Will they encroach on my space forever???
- maybe I won't even want to come back to my home after work...
- what if they destroy the laminate flooring in the room??


I don't want to pay for my reno loan liao if i don't even control who gets to stay in my house.
How??

just for fun works ..while cramping books for exam

Expensive Liver Cake

Made of 1/2 cup whole wheat flour, 1 egg, 1 garlic & 1 pork liver.

This seemed like a very simple & cheap piece of liver cake for a dog.

But it wasn't

Blender was used to grind this mixture till mushy, then bake for 30 mins. When I was done with the gluely mixture, I took out the blender, used a spoon to scope out the remains. After which I put the spoon inside, preparing to wash.

Looking at the disguisting blender, I tot i had better rinse it by blending some water.

Pour water into the blender & started the machine. Then I realised something was not right. The blender was making a loud sound. Took it out & realised that my spoon was still inside the blender.

The nut at the bottom of the blender broke & there went my good old blender. Smelt smoke as well from the burning of the rubber.

I wasn't really sorry about it because I had been thinking of buying a better blender, one that could really grind ice & make smoothies.

Anyway the nut belonged to the blender jar, which attached the blade to the jar. Also wondering if I could just buy the jar instead of the entire machine. I thought I saw solely the jar available for sale at Carrefour.

To save $$ & buy the jar or buy a new blender???? heee

Anyway, that explained the expensive liver cake. Mico had a good time eating it..

Whatever crap I baked, she would eat. Even the hard like stone cupcake that I baked 2 days ago which was stuck onto the baking paper, she supported my baking with her mouth. She ate it wholesale, including the paper.

hahah

Mico wants to Pee. Open the door now

I want to pee. Open the door now! barked Mico fiercely.

Dar was in the toilet doing his business when Mico barked fiercely outside the door.
Once he opened the door, she immediately went to her pee tray & peed.

Morale of the story. A peeing dog is the biggest & alpha in the family.
Hahaha.

A day at Beach

Naughty Mico

Mico rarely bits wires. So far, she has only done it twice. Of all the wires, she choose Dar's Nokia Charger. Both Times.

Lucky the charger was not switched on. Only the main switch was. Stupid Dar has the tendency to leave switches on.

Mico agility & my video editing skills

Inspired by the CKCS on the youtube video on dog agility at Singapore dog show, I came up with my own training.

So proud of Mico & myself.

Mico deserved it

LS after stealing dehydrated treats to eat...

Mico's weight when I bought her

Before I forget in years to come, I better note it down since it was a significant no.
Mico was 3 kg when I bought her at 3-4 months.

Mico's portrait at 1.5 yrs old

I'm a full grown gal.

Hair getting longer & growing more pretty

Do I look like 'the underdog's girlfriend"

??

My vital statistics..6.4 kg.

See my swelt figure?

Mico, the thief - caught red-handed

The guilty Look...
Crime convicted with evidence below.

Before I could take any shots of Mico's greedy face while eating the dehydrated treats, she ate them all while we were out.

I had placed 2 packets of treats (sealed in their packaging)- the pack of dehyrated treats & a pack of cheese fondue on my sofa. Usually treats sealed in their packaging would remain untouched when Mico was given free roaming access.

Initially I had cornered Mico & Rover in the kitchen when we left. As I had forgotten my wallet and came back for it, I found both of them roaming free in the living room. Hence decided to put Rover in the playpen. I thought Mico could do harm so I let her free access.

While we were out watching " the underdog", Mico committed the act. She was caught red handed with the evidence. See pictures of the remains.

The dehyrated treats really smelt so nice. Mico must have loved it so much that she tore the ziplock bag, plastic bag and ate them all. The pack of cheese fondue remain untouched.

Mico is making me toy with the idea of buying the food dehyrator machine again. Perhaps Christmas, perhaps.

Rover & Mico again - 20 sept to 23 sept

Rover is here to board with us for another 3 days. Gee, Rover is so guai, more guai than Mico. Some kind soul gave Mico a pack of dehyrated treats (home made). Both Mico & Rover were so eager & happy to eat it till Mico accidently bit my finger.

Mico allergy ruleout

14 sept - raw pork bones, canidae lamb kibbles
15 sept - Trip to Sentosa (beach), canidae lamb kibbles, bow wow mixed snacks, pure paw shampoo, honey cornflakes (a tiny bit), wholemeal bread(a tiny bit)
16 sept - 3rd bout of pimples - canidae lamb kibbles
17 sept - canidae lamb, marigold yoghurt, lipiderm, kelp(no new rashes)
18 sept - canidae, lipiderm, potato soup (carrot, potato, onion, pork), durian, yellow watermelon
19 sept - canidae, sardines in olive oil, fish soup, pineapple, tomato, spare ribs
20 sept - canidae, sardines, watermelon
21 sept - oxtail, treats (bow wow, grizzly, cheese fromage)
22 sept - canidae, dehydrated treats (chicken)
23 sept - dehydrated treats (chicken), treats (2 pimples popped up)
24 sept - canidae, grizzly, lipiderm, chestnut
25 sept - canidae, chestnut, strawberry
26 sept - bow wow, canidae (scratching of skin till red)
27 sept - oxtail

Mico & skin woes

Poor Mico. Have been itchy for at least a month. she has been having itchy pimples, sometimes with pus about 3 times. the 1st 2 times, i applied aloe vera gel and put her on e-collar. The red angry pimples subsidied after about 3 days while some raw wounds into scabs, which meant that her skin was healing. Before they could fully heal, a new bout of pimples would appear & she would scratch them as well as the old wounds.

Today is the 3rd bout of pimples. Wondering what could trigger the allergy. I do not want to bring her to the vet and unsubject her to any unnecessary medicine. I need to find out the source of allergy to lessen her itch. Would have to monitor her diet. Suspect that she may be allergic to sand.

I vaguely recalled bringing to the East Coast Park for a walk along the beach after which the 1st bout of pimples occured.

Yesterday, we were at Sentosa. Diet was Canidae lamb kibbles & Bow Wow mixed snacks. Nothing else.

Man, the superior gender - a fact of life

As usual, during class, lecturer would off-track at times to share his experiences, stories, opinion on issues etc.

Facing a class of 90% female, he mentioned that many companies discriminated against women. He advised that if we were to look for a new job, singles should not mentioned that they planned to get married. Married ones should not mentioned about plans to have kids. Most companies would not hire a woman as an top executive unless she is single and tough like the boys. Must also be able to withstand dirty jokes that men crack, entertain clients and drink till 2am daily. Even if any woman could do this, no men would be able to tolerate their wives coming home at 2am daily. When kids got sick, the woman would be the ones going home to take care of them instead of the men.

All the talk about equality of gender is rubbish!

What he said simply supports my believe that men & women are never equal.

Mico - I learnt new trick!

I learnt a new trick today. With the help of treats of course! Why else would I want to learn a new trick other than being able to help myself to plenty of treats!

I learnt how to "Turnover", which is basically to roll my body over. Actually, it's so simply but my mummy is so fascinated. Ah! Humans can be so simple minded.

Bad Bad Mico

Yesterday I got very angry with Mico.
The previous day, I discovered her peed on the sofa. Had to wash & dry the sheets.
Next morning, I found her poo on the floor rag. Furthermore, it was the soft type so I had to mop the floor and wash the rag.
Before I went out, I decided to put the freshly laundered sheets back onto the sofa.
Came back home a few hours later to find her pee on the sofa again. A different spot this time.

I was so mad with Mico that I decided to lock her in the toilet for the rest of the day while I went out. I simply refused to come home early to let her out. I knew that if i were to go home early, I would let her out. So she stayed in the toilet for 5 hours while I went mum's place & IMM.

When i opened the toilet door, she was so happy to see me and behaved as if she did nothing wrong. Apparently, after the few hours, she seemed to have forgotten about the incident. But I was still mad, ignored her and locked her in the kitchen for the night.

Usually, I would get over her naughtiness after 1 or 2 hours. But yesterday, I was simply so mad. Others say that dogs have a forgiving nature. I wondered the reality of it. Is it true? I doubt so. Why else would Mico behave this way other than throwing temptrums?
Seriously, I could not think of any other reason.

Mico & birds

Mico is wonderful with recall now. We went jogging this morning and after our jog, I deliberately took a slow walk so that she could check out the surroundings. Being the dog that was bullied by a crow when she was a pup and now fully grown and fearsome to birds, she gave chase to the birds. My intention was to check out the reliability of her recall and while she was chasing birds halfway, I called her back. Immediately, she stopped in her chase and came back running to me. How proud I was of Mico!

ckcs

the gal who wanted to give me her ckcs called yesterday to ask me to take the dog. Earlier, I had already given up hope that she would give up her dog.
But I had in mind a nice friday with dar and already had plans so I told the gal I could not take in the dog yesterday. Now wondering if she will still give me the dog. Perhaps it went to another person already. I think ultimately, I'm not desperate for another dog, which was why i did not cancel my plans yesterday.
Anyway, I'll just wait. If the dog comes, then i'll love him like I love Mico. Otherwise, I will not think of him again.

MP4 player

I never even own an MP3 player before.

But now, I got this.

Mico's new tag

It's PVC material, 3 layers, with Mico's name & my phone no. Of course my phone number has been blocked..hahah

Only $8.

Mico got Mail!

Mico's first mail. Her purple leash was found missing at the end of the BBQ. Now returned. =) Mico can go jogging again. Cheers

Try harder

Mico at 1st Pawzman BBQ

We had a BBQ for dog lovers at Toa Payoh South CC on 25 Aug.
I was working that day so I couldn't go. So the event below was narrated by hubby.

Mico went with hubby.
Hubby had to attend class at 2pm but the event only started at 5pm.
So Mico was left abandoned in the box with some pawzcafe members.

As usual, the dog shy Mico did not play with any dogs. She just hung around sitted on a chair, under the hot BBQ stove with hubby BBQing or in other people's lap. There was a nice lady who sayang her for a long long time. Others fed her meatballs & cookies.

Mico ran away a few times. Luckily hubby was alert enough to hear her bell ringing & called her back, which she promptly did. I thought Mico was bad at recall. I guessed she improved. Anyway hubby tot that it might be that Mico wanted to go to the grass patch downstairs to poo. When Mico finally headed downstairs to the grass patched, she immediately pooed.

In the midst of the BBQ, it started to rain. Poor Mico was left sitting in the rain. Luckily a nice lady grabbed Mico and went for shelter. Otherwise, my poor Mico would be a wet wet dog.

Mico ended up so full that she did not want any dinner. Being out from 2pm to 10pm, she was super tired & fell asleep on the way home. Knocked out till the next day...

Was told by those who atttended that Mico was super guai and is a very very very good dog. hahaha..

99 posts - way to go, Mico

Wow, realised this is already the 100 post on my blog.
Way to go!

Brought Mico to East Coast Park for our dinner on Tuesday.
After dinner at the hawker centre, we went for a walk along the beach.
Mico happily played with the waves. Ran along the coast & chase the waves. She was so excited and happy & ran all over the place. Going to the beach is her favourite now.

Phuket purchases & fun

Being an asian city gal, there was nothing much I wanted to buy from the small shops at Phuket. T-shirts, thailand souveniors..none captured my interests. Worse of all, items were deliberately overpriced, just waiting for you to bargain. Really a test of bargaining skills. Imagine a haversack (can't rem the brand..probably imitation deuter) that costs $1150. I could have gotten a geninue one in SG. Even if I managed to bargain to half price, the quality was still not worth the price.

Hence my purchases at Carrefour, Phuket. 6 bras, 2 undies, 6 pairs of shoes, a haversack - all for 4500 baht, which is about $225 SG.

My only purchase at the small shop was a Bikini. Original price at 450B but i managed to get it at 260B. Quite happy with my attempt at bargaining even though I knew i could get a bikini at shopping mall at 199B. To walk to the shopping mall which was quite a distance just to buy at 50B less, I would rather pay 50B more.

260B is only $13 SG. Hubby said can bring into SG to sell considering the cheapest swimwear - the one piece is about $30 already. Somemore, there were so many designs to choose from.

Had a great time at a jazz pub called Saxophone pub. Simply great. The fellow played 3 types of saxophone. Tenor, alto, Saprino. So many people were dancing.

Fell in love with a poodle at the internet shop as hubby kept going there to surf net everyday. The poodle was adorable and the owner said he would get excited when he knew i was coming. What a smart dog. He barked when other customers entered the shop, but not at me..hahaha

CKCS

Almost could have adopted a male ckcs but the daughter eventually did not want to give up. The parents told me "not willing to give up yet". What does that mean? That they will give it up eventually? Wondering how long i have to wait. My wait has already been a month. I have already given up thoughts of laying my hands on him..hahah...Having Mico is sufficient.

When he visited, there was nothing else he wanted to do except to hump Mico. An untrained vegetarian dog.

Cake

So proud of my cake..hahaha

Want to perfect my cake baking skills...haha

Sigh...

Examination Results and Status Report
Your examination results for the June 2007 session issued on 20-AUG-07 are:
Paper Details: 2.5SGP Fin. Rep.
Result: Pass
Mark: 52
Paper Details: 2.6SGP Aud. Int. Rev.
Result: Fail
Mark: 40

Stupid tick

found this super size tick on the floor the other day.

Cheesecake

Baked by me & KH..yummy

Chicken soup for the dog lover's soup & Amazing Grace

Read these books after recommendation from forum.
Amazing Grace is about this dog which refused to eat any pet food until the owner started to bake for her. This sparked the start of the "three dog bakery" for dog. The receipe for baking peanut cookies for Mico came from the "three dog bakery receipe book"

Chicken soup is all about heart to heart tales about dogs and their owners. Mainly big dogs, retriever, german shepard & small dogs only terrier.

This morning, Mico nugged my hand at 9am with her head. It then dawned on me that Mico had been doing that almost daily at the same time. It is her way of asking me to wake up without barking..haha. To think that I had already put a stop to her waking me up with barking months ago. Din realise that she has already found another way..hahaha

Belated Bday Celebration with frens

My dear pals arranged for a belated bday gathering at Fish & Co. Bought me a very delicious chocolate cake and nice bag as a present.

At Fish & Co, the entire crew would announce your birthday to the customers at the restaurant. Initially, they asked me to stand on the chair which I rejected. Then I was asked to at least stand up which I obliged. I thought my fren J, sabo me..hahaha. After which they gave me a stick of firework and gave 3 cheers and sang me a bday song. I tot it was quite embarrasing but it was such a sweet gesture of my frens to arrange this for me. hehehe. Nevertheless, being the thick-skin me (cultivated from my job), I wasn't too shy to accept this.

It was also kinda romantic with all the surprises. J remarked if only she were a guy but then again, she does not have the height. hahaaha. Anyway it's been a long time since I celebrated my bday with any pals. Really appreciated it as my J's gal was down with fever but she still did not cancel the gathering.

Current job really sucks big time but it's the frenship & colleagues that keeps me around this job. How often does one get to meet such good pals & nice colleagues that makes u feel like it's 2nd home & a rather nice superior?

Rover on board 16 July to 22 July

Rover is so cute. Brought him to Botanic Gardens to run. Oh my, he can run very fast and pull me along.