:: ticks ::

reading so much lately on the girls' blogs about their dogs being infested with ticks, i'll probably scream a little about my experience with the tiny bastards. alright. i come home everyday, scan my dog from head to tail, including the feet and paw pads. i will never fail to snuff at least 10 of the damn creatures. anyway i will pluck out and mash whatever gender that comes within my sight, particularly looking out for the ones with bigger asses. i prefer males to females anyway, but that's besides the point. after going thru 2 seasons of massive tick culling, i am not ashamed to say that i am a professional tick plucker. the heads won't get left behind if your nails are sharp enough to pry their stinky mouths from our precious dogs' skin.

a swim at sentosa this saturday coupled with basking in the sun at the same time would probably cause most of them to be removed involuntarily. the rest will be culled with after i carry out the usual daily regime. then a good bath the next day and a new coat of "super tick and flea spray" might immunize refund against them for awhile.

:: greg! ::

i managed to get his number and he's gonna have lunch with me tomorrow in camp. another anxious, exciting, butterflies in stomach, sleepless night for me. now have to think of some excuse to not have lunch with my usual mates tomorrow. or maybe i can just tell them the truth. since they are quite supportive of my pursuits all these while. *laughs*

:: boys! ::

apart from jeff, there's still james and gregory. hee hee. james has got a quite an attitude problem, but still he's quite desirable when he gives you that sly grin. greg's pretty quiet, doing his work and minding his own business.

my heart skipped a beat when i saw jeff yesterday. didn't see him again today due to my busy work schedule. hope i can see him tomorrow.

must try to date either one of them. muahaha.

:: bad debts vol. 2 ::

i have yet to collect the money for this month's 'installment' which i've mentioned in my previous entry. some people have no urgency when it comes to repaying debts. it's sickening to have to call every day to ask for the money. i'll probably go knocking at the person's door soon if i don't see some money cashed into my account.

caught kill bill vol. 1 and vol. 2 in a movie marathon last weekend. vol. 1 was better i thought. more fight scenes, more blood, more gore. maybe vol. 2 is just as good, but i was quite tired by the time and almost dozed off. the entire thing lasted from 1240 midnight till 5 or so in the morning. by the time it ended, i was quite drained out. good experience though. wonder if there are other movies worth watching on big screen... hmm...

jeff's so cute. i miss his smile. i didn't see him today 'cause i was practically lazing away in the office. maybe i should go to work earlier tomorrow and pretend to bump into him. hah.

:: bad debts ::

it's damn hard to collect back bad debts eh. i have been chasing for ages and there is still quite alotta money out there that rightfully belongs to me. i shall perservere and keep pressing. i want to collect back what's mine. that amount of money can do me alot of good right now since i have so many things i wanna buy.

oh speak about the stuffs i wanna buy. my birthday's just around the corner. 30 more days to be exact. so erhem. wishlist wishlist. seriously i don't know what to do put on my wishlist. so i shall leave it to the people reading this to think about it. muahaha.

my dad says little india sells mutton cheaper than anywhere else.

:: quote of the day ::

let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,
but to be fearless in facing them.

let me not beg for the stilling of my pain,
but for the heart to conquer it.

let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved,
but for the patience to win my freedom. "

shantideva

:: blog bulletin ::

bigger fonts for the poor sighted. people like myself. i think i am going blind.

:: the dog ::

refund's skin is getting better. i don't know if it's the new oatmeal shampoo that's doing his skin good or is it the tea tree spray which i used more sparingly these days. but it's quite a good sign and i am quite elated, relieved at the same time. but like paul has said, dealing with it externally won't really help much in the long run. i've got to find the root of the problem and tackle it from there. so i guess i'll be off to get the vitamin b complex, safflower oil and whatever's necessary. the list's pretty long and i'll probably have to wait till the 10th when i get my money.

still undecided if i should continue with barf. it's definitely more troublesome, but i do not really mind. the problem is that, i don't really know if he is getting all he needs from the diet. there might be something lacking i might have overlooked it. also, it's slightly more expensive, but i should be able to cope with this as well. i might have to switch him back to kibbles if the barf diet doesn't work well. that'll probably mean more shit (smellier ones too) and stinky breath.

the fish tank has been moved out of my room. now refund's crate area is less cluttered and it looks neater. the parquet flooring is spoilt by his pee. newspapers ain't that absorbant and it seeps thru every time. i don't like parquet flooring anyway. if it happens to spoil real bad and we haven't move to a new place yet, then i'll probably opt for tiles. i've brought in 1 of the shelves which my hamsters were on. now i have a proper place to put my books instead of just putting them on the floor.

we shall see how long this neatness can last.

:: who painted my moon black? ::

it was me from 10months ago.

:: singabore ::

this place is sickeningly boring. there's no interesting things to do or places to go that are wallet-friendly. everything is getting too expensive. the price of everything is going up, except of the price of employment. with $390 a month, what can i do? let's see...

at least a hundred and fifty goes to food, probably more. mobile phone bills kills. upkeeping a dog, a rabbit, 2 tortoise, a hamster and a tank of tropical fish seems to be more taxing than i thought. eventually, i find myself going into the red every month.

my parents have shown interest in migrating to australia. but that will be something that won't happen so soon. my brother's going there in july to further his studies. i'll probably join him next year when my national slavery contract expires. my parents said that they might wanna join me there when i graduate. and live there for good.

good or bad. i don't know yet. let's take things a step at a time.

:: friends in need ::

seems like people around me gets into fixes quite often. some are small issues which i think they can handle. some are rather big issues which they have no control over. sometimes i really wonder what can i do to help. to just listen? or to offer possible solutions? or to feed the problem for the time being and hopefully the waves die down soon?

it now appears to me that i had been always in the comfort zone. i actually have less worries than many other people. so when they have a problem, i don't really know what i should do. i know what i can do, but which is the best option?