MKA 62th Obedience Trial

After been slacking for few months, we make an attempt to take part in the local trial hosted by Malaysia Kennel Association.

~ The pawfect pair is ready for the challenge ~

~ Not to forget my new begging trick that took me 4 years to master ~

~ Team 'Black & White' ~

~ My agility getting sucker and sucker ~

~ Surprisingly, my obedience is getting better. Here is me attempting my first MKA Pre-Novice trial ~

~ Are you sure Pacco de Mongrel got 4th place? ~

~ Okay, I'm really getting old. Sit, down and stay are meant for oldies ~

Musical Sense

In case you might be wondering what's keeping my owner so busy these days. She's being too pre-occupied with her beginner piano lesson that she signed up last month and last week she bought herself a RM340 violin, hoping to start the lesson soon. All her time was used to practise and the house is getting noisier with Ms Sister learning the guitar. I wonder why they suddenly get hooked up with music. Partially, they think now is the time to end jealousy and feeling envy of their friends who knows how to play since they were in primary school.

As they said, is never to late too learn musical instrument, although she's already 24 and her tutor seems much younger than her. Old dog can learn new tricks too!

Journey to the South

27 January 2009

On the 2nd day of Chinese New Year, we took a day trip to Mrs. Old Mum's hometown at Johor. It had been 5 years since Ms Owner's last visit. With our new family car available, I was able to tag along.

~ Getting ready to zoom ~

~ Bee Gees Karaoke time! ~

~ The journey was too long and I dozed away ~

~ Still non-stop Bee Gees ~

At last, we reached our destination. The family house is more than half a century old, but still standing strong. And mine you, my brickhouse did occasionally experience leakage during storm, but their wooden house won't.

~ While the human were busy socializng, I enjoyed sun-basking time. Woot! ~

~ Let me introduce you to my greatgrandma.~

We didn't spent the night and gotta rush back home in the middle of the night. Thanks to Mr Old Daddy.

My first out-of-town trip with the family is not that bad afterall. I'm surely looking forward to our next trip.

Pacco de OX

Welcome the year of OX! While we used to refer these horns to devil, now I'm no longer Pacco de Devil, but instead I'm Pacco de Evil Ox!

Since our Lee family originated from Selangor, we don't travel back to hometown like most KL people. Chinese New Year in the city is not as lively as in the rural area. On the day before New Year, we went for a movie at Mid Valley and the silence was staggering. You don't even need to Q for a ticket. Therefore, the family traveled to Banting, 1 hour drive away from home to visit the local chinese temple to experience some New Year excitement.

~ Is the year of Ox, is the year of Ms Owner ! ~

The family is deciding which way to head to. They looked like a child trying to choose a sweetie in a chocolate factory.

Here I present you the 'Wishing Tree'. Hey, I thought this is Japanese tradition. Anyway, I wish for PaccoMobile, SLR camera, digital piano and debts-free for Ms Owner. Ain't I thoughtful?

~ Beware : OX-s on the loose ~

At the main hall, the room was reverberating with low-pitched human voices saying prayers and reciting rhythms. The siblings felt like an explorer learning about some mysterious nomadic tribe.

Honestly, they know nothing about religions and prayers. All they know is how to have fun whenever they are. Despite their old age, they still possess the natural exuberance of young children.

Last but not least, Pacco de Ox is enjoying the year of Ox too. I can tell this will be a prosperous year for her with all the extra cash and I can enjoy my retirement life.

Guess who is the mysterious Ox below.

Potluck Pawty

On the 28th December last month, Pet-n-You organized a potluck party at the training ground. With the mentioned of 'food', that's enough to make both of us drool, but due to her unrecovered sickness, she's not in the mood to eat much.

The cakes by Brandy looks totaly awesome and too pretty to be eaten.

This is my new pal, Happy who has a pair of unique ears.

Mr Kimi bought me a new bowl for Christmas, which increased my appetite tremendously. This is my prettiest dog bowl ever, because I only have cheap plastic ones.

Ms Owner will be shifting to a new office on the 15th January, so she had yet to decorate her table. Hopefully we will be able to show some photos of the newly decorated office.

Pacco de Tortoise Daycare

Since Mr Kay is pretty lonely being alone for the past 3 years, we think is time to buy him some company. Last Sunday, Ms Owner brought another 2 baby tortoise from the local aquarium.

One was named Kyle and another XY, as persisted by Ms Sister. Now I'm being assigned the duty to teach them some basic house rules.

They have daily swimming lesson at 9pm, coached by me. As you can see, even Kyle and XY are pretty good swimmers under my guidance.

I'm sure they will all grow healthy and strong under my care. Pacco de Tortoise Daycare!

Christmas Cards

Christmas Tree is ready

My Christmas tree is up! We did not acquired any professional help, therefore it looks kinda... funny. But the main point is those lights. With those colorful lights dancing around, it blinds your judgement and we all thinks it looks great.

Ms Sister got a job at Fitness First as a Membership Consultant while waiting for her A-Level result. Her job is to recruit as many member as possible for the fitness centre. She's having a hard time memorizing her script and she confess that is even harder than chemistry. The best part is she could get access to all the gym equipment and aerobic, yoga, bodycombat class and etc, all for free! I wonder do family member, as in me, can acquire a VIP tix.

Holiday Mood

Is 2 weeks away from January, the day she will start her job. To avoid being extremely bored, she did some networking today. She paid a visit to the lawyer firm that she used to work at KL 4 years ago. Only 3 of her former colleagues remain, Ms Tay, Joey and Suet Ling, while the rest had quit and been replaced. She treated them a lunch at Pizza Hut, ordering her favourite Island Supreme and Hawaii Chicken, and bought a Polo tie as Christmas gift for her ex-boss. Who knows she might need some legal advise in the future.

~ I'm hallucinating myself maneuvering a magic carpet ~

It had been a long time since I went for an outing. So last Saturday, I went to jungle trekking with Champ and then breakfast with Yen Yen. Bump into Mr. Raja and we exchange greeting. Training session on Sunday was fabulous, I did a few round of zoomie and it felt great. Mr. Kimi told me he brought back 11 bags of dog food from the previous trial, which made me totally jealous. Anyway, I ought to negotiate with Ms Owner. Since she's working, she should be buying me food, and I mean having steak for dinner.

~ Abort magic carpet because my zoomie is even speedier ~

Have I told you she's an avid reader? She only read fiction, mostly sci-fi, crime and thriller. Never philosophy or anything that will enhance your morale. She loves it when the author actually did a thorough background research on the subject, regarding the historical (war or architecture), geographical location, technology, fire arm and etc. So even she's wasting her time indulging in fiction, atleast she did gain some basic knowledge from it. Like in a corporate thriller, how a geek can trace emails, hack into computers, worm their way through coded password, track complicated movements of cash overseas. Currently her favourite author is Jeffery Deaver. His Lincoln Rhyme series (Book 1 - 8) is about a quadriplegic crime scene investigator.

Overtime, she tends to forget, which book she had actually read 2 years ago. Thus, she came up with a complete reading list and synopsis of each book she had read. When she suspected the book is from a series, she needs to do an online research to track down the right sequence, because most of the time, they will not state it on the book itself. When she came across interesting title from Amazon.com, she will search through the public library search engine before attempting a purchased. When she wanted to purchase, she will check with the bargain bookshop at Amcorp Mall before going to the bookstore chain. More than a few occasion, she found out that she had bought the book at a more expensive price. The most extreme was Harry Potter Book 7. She bought it during the world wide release day at the price of RM99, and now the bargain bookshop is selling at RM39! That was enough to send her banging the wall.

~ Her reading list for the past 3 months ~

Bond, James Bond

Ms Camilia Nugget had a new addition to the family, a baby boy name Nicolas. 2 weeks ago, they celebrated with some red eggs and really cute cupcakes made by Ms Brandy. How come Brandy's Ms Owner can come up with this kind of delicious yet beautiful piece of art? While my owner can only come up with something that only I will eat, because I'm afterall a species who don't complain.

Last month, Quantum of Solace was getting an overwhelmed of publicity. She got her photo taken at the Sony Ericson booth along with the cardboard Bond and got a free Bond sunscreen and a Bond Touch 'n Go card too. The best of all is the whole collection of previous BondMobile from Shell petrol presented to Ms Owner by honourable Mr. Kimi. Obviously, we're gonna own him a splendid dinner.

And a Bond popcorn box!