CAUSE: Cookie is My Third Stray

After almost five months, I decided to keep Cookie to accompany Puffin. Puffin is too lonely and she needs a companion anyway. Although, both of them give me a headache sometimes but, they are my happy pills when I feel down or overwhelmed by everything around me. Cookie is such a playful puppy. She always calls me out to play with her and while doing that she will always have the toy in her mouth. That is why I always allow both of them to play together at least once a day. We don't have a big compound but it is just enough for them to run around. 

The photo was taken on August, 13.

Based on my reading, puberty (or sexual maturity) in dogs on average is when they reached about six months of age, but this can vary by breed. Since Cookie is a smaller breed so that is why she had her first estrous cycle at an earlier age. Meanwhile, large and giant breeds may not come into heat for the first time until they reach eighteen months to two years of age. Thus, I think she is about 6 months old now. While she had her first menstrual cycle now, she is more clingy and wants to be pampered. 

Actually, I plan to spay her early this month but something came up and I could not send her to the vet. Hopefully, I can do that after her menstrual cycle is over. It worries me when male dogs start to visit our house and are interested to mate with her. 

Another photo was taken on August, 13.

Introducing Spotty

 

As promised, this is my rescued dog, Spotty! He has unique characters which I still have to discover every day. He loves eating fish compare to chicken. So I can describe him as a pescatarian. 

A pescatarian is someone who doesn't eat meat but does eat fish. The term pescatarian was coined in the early 1990s and is a combination of the Italian word for fish, “pesce,” and the word “vegetarian.” Sometimes it's spelt “pescetarian,” but this means the same thing.

He was rescued from a coffee shop. According to the coffee shop owner and people around the area, he was abandoned by its previous owner. The owner moved from their rented house at the housing behind the coffee shop. Since then, he roaming around the area to get shelter and food. 

Am I happy having him around? Well, I admit it was a challenge to keep him stay put for the first two weeks. The insecurity and trauma from being abandon are still with him. He requires special attention and affection from me which I failed to do so sometime due to my work. 

This is our fourth months together and I can see he is now a happy dog. He knows how to play but for sure he is one obedient dog. 

Spotty the Stray Dog

In mid-August, I adopted a dog from the Kopitiam. Or I should say, we rescued him from a Kopitiam? With help from one of the S.O.S Kuching, we managed to lure him into the cage and bring him straight to the vet clinic at Jalan Tabuan. He is still a puppy almost a year old. It took me about two weeks to get him familiar with me. I will visit him at the Kopitiam after work trying to feed him and pat him. The amazing thing is he connects with me straight away. When he starts to show submissive behaviour at the end of the second week, my friend decides to try to catch him. So, our rescue was successful. 

Honestly, my experience since the day he enters my house is full of drama. It still going on until today. He is a drama king! I create an Instagram profile for him so that I can share his development. If you are interested to know how my furry buddy looks like, visit his IG @stray_story.

I will share more of his story in future post.        

Monday Morning Motivation

Morning dear friends. Did you find Monday morning is a bit slow (blurr...) because of this is the beginning of the week. Aha! Yesterday was my off day, the day to rest at home. Saturday.... naaa... i am working half day. So, it is only Sunday as my off day! Yai!

Anyway, lets find some motivation to begin our day today! I need it to boost up some positive energy to begin my day! Lets read some funny motivational story about An Old Man, A Boy and A Donkey.

The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked. As they went along, they passed some people who remarked, "it was a shame the old man was walking and the boy was riding." The man and the boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions.


Later, they passed some people who remarked, "What a shame, he makes that little boy walk." They decided they both would walk!


Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when they had a decent donkey to ride. So they both rode the donkey!


Now they passed some people that shamed them by saying, "how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey."


The boy and man said they were probably right so they decided to carry the donkey. As they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and he fell into the river and drowned.


Lesson: If you try to please everyone, you will eventually lose your ass.

Ha ha ha...! How do you find it? It is funny but we must learn something through it right? So, moral of the story stop pleasing everyone. Just do our work accordingly and put things right! Have a productive day and God bless ya all!

With Love,
Little Rose

Another Inspiring Guy ~ Chris Medina

Visit AngelBear blog just now and read her post on What Are Words.... So, i give my time to watch and listen to Chris Medina song which he dedicated to her fiancee, Juliana. This is really a touching story. I will not comments much on this, you may spend some time, to search for Chris Medina & Juliana in You Tube. For sure you will find a lot about their stories.

Will share another video shows the progress of Juliana recovery here too. Not many will do what he is doing. Lets get inspired by him. He is an Angel send by God to Juliana.

God bless!

With Love,
Little Rose

Life Lesson from a Daddy ~ On Education

This is a story shared by Mr. Angilik, one of the Murut elders at Kg. Alutok, Ulu Tomani during my visits last Monday to Wednesday. This is a Malay version (Sabah Dialect). Only will be translated to English by request. Thanks for reading.

Ongol baru ja terima keputusan SPM dia. Dia dapat SAP dan tia dapat kasi sambung study dia lagi. Angilik, bapak dia mau dia ulang semula supaya dia ada peluang mau kasi sambung belajar. Jadi, dia akan berpeluang untuk dapat kerja yang bagus nanti.

"Ongol, kau tia mau ulang peperiksaan kau lagi ka? Kau tia mau sambung sekula ka?" tanya bapa Ongol.

"Tia mau la apak. Sya mau jadi orang kampung saja. Sya tia mau sambung sekula sya," jawab Ongol pada bapak dia.

Bapanya rasa keciwa tapi dia kasi biar ja keputusan si Ongol. Dia tia mau paksa si Ongol kalau dia tia mau. Nanti bikin susah juga kalau dia tia buat betul-betul. Jadi bapa dia pun kasi peluang si Ongol untuk hidup seperti orang kampung macam yang dia mau.

Suatu hari, "Ongol, mari kau ikut sya pi kabun gatah. Ko tolong sya tabas sana kabun. Ko bilang ko mau jadi dan hidup macam orang kampung kan?" bapak Ongol bawa si Ongol menabas di sana kabun getah durang. Tia menolak permintaan apak dia, si Ongol pun ikut bapak dia pi kabun. Tebas punya tebas, selapas setangah jam, si Ongol kepanatan suda. Dia berenti menabas.

"Napa kau beranti Ongol? Ko panat suda?" tanya bapak si Ongol.

"Ya apak. Panat pula ni jadi urang kampung. Tangan sya luka suda lama nda pigang parang ba ini," jawab si Ongol.

Bapak si Ongol cuma senyum. "Ini kali la kau tau," bapa si Ongol bercakap sendiri.

Selepas beberapa ari, si Ongol bawa apak dia pigi memburu. "Apak, mari kita pigi memburu."

"Bah, marilah. Kita mau bermalam ka balik ari?"

"Nda payah la bermalam. Kita balik ari ja."

Dorang pun bawa bekalan masing-masing dan sikutan masing-masing. Tiga biji nasi bungkus satu urang dan air. Senjata pun durang bawa masing-masing. Awal-awal lagi bapak si Ongol suda pasan sama mama dia supaya jangan larang apa saja yang dia mau buat sama si Ongol sebab dia mau kasi belajar si Ongol. Mau kasi rasa dia macam mana jadi urang kampung. Dalam perjalanan naik turun bukit, si Ongol kasitau bapa dia.

"Apak, kalau kita dapat dua ekur, kita sikut masing-masing am. Ko sikut yang ko dapat, sya sikut yang saya dapat". 

"Bah, mana kau saja. Tapi, kalau kau dapat yang basar, ko sikutla sendiri am. Kita sikut yang kita sendiri dapat saja."

Si Ongol pun akun taruhan bapak dia.

Sampai di satu bukit, bapak si Ongol nampak anak babi. Dia suruh si Ongol diam-diam tunggu dia di belakang sebab bapak dia mau timbak anak babi tu. Tapi si Ongol ni, nda mau kalah, tanpa pengetahuan bapak dia, dia pigi sebalik tu bukit pusing dari jalan belakang. Bapak si Ongol dapat la tu anak babi. Tiba-tiba dia dingar bunyi timbak dari sebalik bukit. Dia teriak panggil si Ongol, dia dapat ka tidak. Rupa-rupanya di sebalik bukit tu ada indung tu babi. Jadi si Ongol dapat la pula tu indung babi. Nah, basar gia dia dapat tu. Masa durang mau sikut tu babi, si Ongol bingung suda.

"Apak, kita tukar la am. Kau sikut ni indung babi, sya sikut ni anak babi."

"Aih, mana bulih, kau suda akun kan tadi yang kita sikut yang kita sendiri dapat."

"Mmmm... kalau begitu, kita putung saja la kepala ni babi am. Tulang saja juga ni."

"Bah, ya la. Kita buang isi perut tu babi juga tapi jangan buang tu perut. Nda juga ada tulang perut dia ni. Sayang kalau kita buang."

Jadi, durang pun sikutla babi yang masing-masing durang dapat. Dalam perjalanan, turun pulang rumah si Ongol keberatan suda bawa tu indung babi, tapi dia tahan saja sebab dia suda akun sama baba dia. Tiba-tiba,

"Apak, ada lagi air kau ka?"

"Mana ada suda ni. Habis suda air sya."

Si Ongol yang kepanatan dan haus nda tahan suda. Dia pun pigi ambil air di atas daun tarap yang di siring-siring jalan dan minum tu air.

"Ongol, nda kutur ka itu air?"

"Ahhh.... kutur ka inda, paduli la apak. Sya haus betul suda ni."

Durang pun teruskan perjalanan. Bahagian pinggang si Ongol mulai sakit dan bengkak. Dia nda tahan suda tapi mau juga tunjuk hero sama bapak dia. Dekat jam 10 malam baru durang sampai rumah. Sampai-sampai saja di rumah, si Ongol kasi ampai saja sikutan dia. Lepas tu dia terus ja baring di dapur rumah durang. Dia tia pun pi mandi atau kasi bersih badan dia yang penuh dengan darah babi. Minum air pun dia nda suda. Terus mengampai dan tidur sampai pagi. Mama si Ongol risau juga tinguk keadaan si Ongol.

"Teruk juga kau kasi biar si Ongol sikut indung babi ni."

"Biar saja dia tu. Biar dia terbelajar. Bukan senang mau jadi urang kampung ni. Kasi biar ja dia tu. Bangun besuk, dia mandi dan makan la tu."

Besuk dia, baru si Ongol mandi dan makan. Masa makan, dia macam khayal-khayal saja. Mengkali dia pikir, mana bagus, belajar ka idup macam urang kampung. Macam bapak dia. Beberapa hari kemudian dia pi kasitau mama dia yang dia mau pi mengulang tingkatan 5.

"Si Ongol kasitau sya dia mau belajar lagi," mama si Ongol kasitau bapak dia.

"Nah, baru dia tau, bukan senang mau jadi urang kampung. Nanti la sya pi jumpa pengetua dan kasi daftar dia," jawab bapak si Ongol.

Bapak dia pi hantar dia di sekula lama dia, pihak sekolah pun terima dia semula. Jadi dia pun meneruskan persekolahan dia dan dia lulus peperiksaan SPM.

Sekarang si Ongol bekerja di Jabatan Kastam Tawau dan dia suda kawin dan ada sorang anak. Kadang-kadang bapak dia ada juga imbas balik cerita ini sama dia, si Ongol hanya mampu senyum dan syukur sebab kalau bapak dia nda bikin begitu mesti dia masi lagi di kampung.

Demikianlah cerita si Ongol!

With Love,
Little Rose