Adoption for "Shaggy"

Today is a decisive day. Yours sincerely is finally giving "Shaggy" up for adoption. It is a difficult, heart wrenching and aching decision made. "Shaggy" has to go or I have to live with Allergy Asthma for the rest of my life. His dander has been activating my asthmatic allergy. The other two dogs, Pinchy and Elfie, both are miniature pinchers, have very much shorter and manageable furs.

It is like giving up a member of the family for adoption. I wonder how people did it in the past, especially when they had girls.

I know how my children feel about this issue but I have to make the decision and be responsible for it. The wife has also been on this issue for a long time but she dares not act, perhaps giving some respect to me, or rather putting the whole issue on my shoulder.

So I regretfully went into http://www.petfinder.my website and posted an advertisement. You can read about him. The only sensible thing I can do now is to ensure that "Shaggy" gets a good home - animal loving family. An animal-loving Christian family diagonally opposite our house has expressed interest in the adoption but it is too hear our home. The sight of him and his barks will be very painful to bear.

Do pray for "Shaggy."

This is happiness to me.

Yours sincerely , wife and Esther caught up with his extended family in KL over dinner: Peter Lim, Albertus, Budiman and Angela, and Jenny and her family. Not forgetting my nephew Seng Kiat and his lovely wife Yoke Kin at Oversea Union Restaurant, Sri Petaling.

Being able to meet at the dinning table is one of the greatest pleasure of my life. Food is the greatest denominator in whatever situation. Don't worry about the cholesterol etc. Whether you eat or not, the difference, according to my friend who worked in the hospital before, is two hours!!! Anyway, no one can get out of life alive.

Dinners bind and strengthen relationship, of course at the expense of the fish, chickens, ducks and pigs losing their lives, and perhaps, a shark or two losing their fins to grace your soup. Talking about "fins" I always guiltily remember "when the buying stops, the killing stops." I will think of a substitute next time. Maybe "Bak Kut Teh" or "Si Chuan Soup." Cheaper, anyway.

Oversea Union is a restaurant chain which is fine for ambiance and service. The air conditioning is soothing. The table cloth is crisply ironed without the tiny holes made by cigarettes neither is it sauce stained. The chairs are soft and comfortable. The waitresses are tighly " cheongsamed" Of course, the plates are changed as if they are disposables and the Chinese tea keeps flowing. However, the taste of the food can never beat one of those at Ah Chong's or Ah Seng's who cook at the five foot way, beside the drain or in a coffee chop cum restaurant at Sri Kembangan or Puchong. Not to mention the 5% and 10% "Si Kut Thaw" (Hokkien) charged on the already lengthy bill. Well, this is KL.

Hari Raya "Balik" Bandaraya

Yours sincerely made a trip to KL on the eve of Hari Raya. Wa...lau... travelling on the opposite side of the "Balik Kampong" traffic was brisk. There were very few vehicles and they were evenly spaced and well mannered. No monsters tail gated you with high beams flashing you out of your lane.

However, your eyes would always be on these two things rather than the road. The thought of the RM300 summon is painful to the pocket.