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Where did the dog go?

On April 19, 2013

Most mornings when we open the bedroom door, Donna will be found right by the door on her bed or sometimes plastered along the width of the door itself snorting for us to wake up. But this morning there was no Donna in sight. It’s amazing how one’s heart can stop when no dog rushes to greet you good morning as expected. Did she manage to somehow murder herself in the living room overnight?

Nope, the stupid dog only got herself trapped in the kitchen behind the childgate. Talk about relief!

A nomination

By weliveinaflat

On April 14, 2013

In Archive

I’ve only started this blog very recently, so I was surprised that lifeinthedoglane nominated this blog for Versatile Blogger Award. I thank you so very much lifeinthedoglane! Please go visit her.

To spread the love, I’m suppose to list 15 blogs/bloggers that I’ve recently discovered or follow regularly. Hence here are my nominations.

Finally, part of the requirements include sharing a list of 7 things about myself.

I largely don’t do the things I said I’ll do but I’m highly productive when it comes to spontaneous projects that were never planned and not in the list. Now you understand why there is a queue.
I’m going to make a whole flask of green tea everyday and make sure Mr P drinks that rather than the chockful of sugar bottled stuff from Pokka. The next is to just see if I do do it or not.
I am pretty good at boiling and steaming things. I don’t have complicated tastebuds but I like fiction and non-fiction that talk about complicated foods like The Last Chinese Chef.
Through association by marriage I have cousins going by the rather unique names – Earth and Prime.
When my friend exclaimed how glad she was my dog Donna had a real name and not something like Pepsi or Hotdog, I conveniently forgot all about my imaginary Chihuahua who was unfortunately named Chicken Legs.
My dog has apparently trained itself to perk up and drop toys at the study door when I am late taking her downstairs during the regular walk/ loo break time slots. And no, she still does not poop on demand. She just likes to go out.
I would love to go to Norway this year but my savings is dwindling. So no.

The end.

More high density living coming our way

By weliveinaflat

On April 13, 2013

In Photography

The trees lining the open-air carpark behind our block have been labelled for their imminent removal. The plot of land was planned to be re-developed to support three new blocks of flats (a hell of a lot more people) and a multi-storey carpark.

We will miss this carpark. Its presence has after all ensured that we get an unobstructable view all the way to the city for the past year. Unfortunately, once the three 32-storey blocks are up, our wide view of the surroundings will be sliced up. :(

Other then that, I will also miss the chance to bump into Donna’s mother, Dior, and her owner infrequently, since they seem to like doing laps around the carpark.

Otherwise, the carpark is a place we pass through to get from one place to another. I was never that interested to get to know each and every tree even if we do walk Donna here occasionally for her loo breaks. But since it will be gone soon, we decided to spend more time just trying to see if there is something special in a rather ordinary carpark.

While my impressions of the carpark will be the overall spread of towering angsana tree branches and foliage overhead, Donna’s recollection of this place will likely be the sights and smells underfoot.

She will never spy the unexplainable junk left in the crock of tree branches, as surely as she will never sniff the fungus climbing up the tree trunks over her head.

Nor the parasitic ferns with their delicate fronds highlighted by the sunlight, until they fall to the ground.

Soon to be gone, to be replaced by new landscaped greenery and young saplings decorating the three new apartment blocks and attached multi-storey carpark that will slowly arise from the construction site in five years time.