I am a golden and I steal hearts

My name is Brandy and i steal hearts :) woooof!

I came to stay with Dommy & PP's family during the recent Chinese New Year holidays because my mummy and daddy went on a short trip and it was too tiring for them to take me along.

I kinda like it here cos there's loads of places to run... and things to check out. PP's mummy is always with me... keeping me company and teaching me new tricks. I think she kinda forgot about PP for a while. I think the handsome PP was jealous of me. Woooooof!

With a face like mine, who would not love me. Even the cool Mr Dom was checking me out all the time. I know I know cos he is always trying to sneak out and play with me. But i am too fast for him. I just stick close to PP's mummy's legs... so that i can be safe.

I am a Golden Retriever... and i am going to grow real big. Check out our paws.

Everyone loves a golden... and everyone loves me. Did i manage to steal your heart?

The Golden Retriever is a breed of dog, historically developed as a gundog to retrieve shot waterfowl and upland game during hunting. As such they were bred to have a soft mouth to retrieve game undamaged and an instinctive love of water. Their intelligence and versatility sees them employed in a variety of roles including illegal drug detection, search and rescue, as hunting dogs and as guide dogs. Its friendly, eager-to-please and patient demeanor has also made it one of the most popular family dogs (by registration) in the world today.

The temperament of the Golden Retriever is a hallmark of the breed and is described in the standard as "kindly, friendly and confident".

Golden Retrievers are very attached to their owners. Leaving them alone in a room can cause the dog to become very sad and distressed. They have a need to always have something in their mouth, and like to carry things around. They are great athletes and must be walked daily, or they will become restless and anxious. This makes them an ideal family pet.

Read more about my breed here (courtesy of Wiki).

For Stormy ;)

thank you for being my besty best!

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." Genesis 3:19

Another passing in my family. We finally lost her to the Big C in a very short period of 2 months.

It was a mighty battle. She fought well... and she fought all the way to stay alive. Her will to live was all she had, but the Big C has a mightier weapon.

My cousin sister passed away on the night of 31 January 2009.

What happens when your body is all riddled with cancer and all you have is just your will to live? Even with a positive mind, is it enough to fight and win? How fast and furious can the cancer be? She didn't even get to take a breather to rest and have a good night sleep since the Big C came. She told us she have not slept well in the last 2 months. Finally she gets to rest.

May your soul rest in peace Stephanie.

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Piper & Dommy wishes all our readers and friends a Happyyyy Happyyy Chinese New Year 2009! May it be prosperous for all of you & good will... good health and good year ahead.

We are going on the road again tomorrow. Catch you all again soon! Stay well.. drive safe... eat a lot and be merry.

While doing all this... please spare a thot and prayer for the sick and the poor and feel free to do acts of random kindness along the way. Acts of random kindness always brings with it an almost instant contagious effect. Stay cool!

Yasmin...

Yasmin as in Yasmin Ahmad.

Every festive season, she tugs at our hearts with her Petronas advertisements. Sometimes funny adverts but always with a strong message that drives a nail into our hearts. *ouch*. Most of the time, the adverts leaves me in tears.

I love to wait for her festive adverts to come on each season. We always have something new to learn from the adverts. Its not something we do not know but its just gentle reminders for us.

This Chinese New Year advert which i saw this morning left me blinking my eyes couple of times. Everything become blurry after that. My keyboard was soaked. (its still functioning now.. *phew*).

Why do you poke my heart all the time? Why why why...

My mom left us in 2007. I came back to a totally new environment and lived with dad and my nephew and a Dom. Its a totally new environment for me because i have been away from home chasing my dreams for more than 10 years in another state. My lifestyle is different from my dad's and we have different ways of doing things. But we do try and accomodate each other and he does let me have my space.

When i came home.. he never understood why i have to work all the time and why my computer is seeing more of my face that he does. He will nag when i am on the computer late at night. He worries for my health and he worries for my eyes. He says.. how can someone spend so long on a computer.

The Gap. Yes. We are three generations of people living in a house... plus a neutral Dom. How do we get along? All three of us are different but i do love my dad's selection of music.

Sometimes i hear Yasmin at the back of my head reminding me. I watch too many of her adverts to know that i must be patient with old folks. I learn to keep my mouth shut and hold my tongue when i am angry. I think we are doing fine so far. hahahaha.. With our differences, somehow we manage to find a balance. And of course the neutral Dom makes things more better.

I love Yasmin and all her wonderful work. Keep on giving us your best. You are indeed one of the best storytellers around.

Here's the Chinese New Year 2009 Petronas Advert.



One more day. We can never get back our one more day with our loved ones if we do not treasure our loved ones now. I can't have my one more day with my mom. She's gone. Too late for the what ifs. But God is kind. I still have my papa. And that is one of the reasons why we have parents.

Huggable Hounds

One of my christmas present from Bebe J's daddy and mommy was this beeeeeeyootiful hardcover book called Huggable Hounds - A Dog Lover's Treasury.

Sis saw me holding this book and smiling to myself while flipping through the pictures and quietly bought it for me. Thank you sis. I lurveee this book a lot. This book was also one of the reasons my bag was overweight too.. hahhahahahaa.. i had a few hard-cover books in my luggage and man was i really overly overweight. The scene i created at the airport was of course priceless :) People like me never learn. I always like to buy books when travelling.

Anyways... i would love to share the quotes from this book with all of you. Hopefully when i am "freeeee" i would scan the pics to share with you. But "free" is a very hard thing in my schedule of crazy life. but i will try... i promise to at least try to sneak the time in.

First quote of the day... (most of you would probably heard of this before.. hehe)

"It is fatal to let any dog know that he is funny, for he immediately loses his head and starts hamming it up" ~ P.G.Wodehouse

Page 87: (picture of a brown and white bulldog coming out from a blue suitcase).. since today i am not free.. and its wayyyyyy over my bedtime.. no pic for you guys :p

Chomp Chomp

My first nickname for Bebe J. Chomp chomp :)

Such a good heavy drinker. Everytime after a feed... he'll just quiet down for a while... then he's back to moving his mouth and he's hungry again. Before you know it, its time for another feed.

I miss him :( and his pink self.

No one made a right guess yet for his name. The "J" Contest. Maybe i should narrow down the list some more.

Here's a clue. Its just a 3-letter word. Happy Guessing!

Creative

Creative - Leon Jackson

This is quite a nice catchy number by Leon Jackson... quite unknown to me until my nephew told me about him last year :) He first heard him on the X-Factor in December 2007. When Leon sang I Believe.

And so i went to the record stores... going through rows and rows of cds looking for Leon Jackson at HMV. I don't know why i still keep doing it... should probably just ask for it from the sales staff. hehehe.. You never know.. cos sometimes when you go through rows and rows of albums.. you find something else you like ;)

I am a big fan of pretty boy singers. Used to love Tommy Page. hahahahhaaha.. that was like eons ago. This Leon's not too bad too.

This kid tells me that his ambition is to become a singer and keep long hair (alamak!). Cos singing makes him happy. I don't remember a day that i do not see him without some kind of music in his life. And a pretty boy singer he will be too. I just told him, go for it. But finish your studies first. hahaha Feeding a kid's ambition is good. Everyone should have dreams.