New Addition To The Family

(This post is rather long. So be prepare if you wanna read it)

Been in India for almost 2 months now. Well, so far our works consider smooth. Eventhough been quite busy here, I am still able to chat about my favourite, Dog Show.Ha ha ha ... My new dogs will be coming around in September 09. Can't wait to see these 2 wonderful babies. Yah, you are right, me and Chia are stepping our feet back again to the show ring. It's a political world out there but as usual both of us will definitely avoid these kind of thing.
After so many years leaving this hobby, we thought that we would never get involved in it again. Now both of us can't wait for the moment to come.

Jamie

Thanks to Carol Dry of RisingStar Minpins from Washington who allow us to own her wonderful dogs, Tina and Jamie. I think this is really faith. From the first day Carol put up the litter photos from Jenna and Billy, the first pup that came into my favourite was Jamie.

See how good is his movement

I've been dreaming wild how good if i am able to own him. He has the naughty type of face and looks like having a yappy characters. Well i am not sure whether i am right or not as that's all from my interpretation from looking at the photo. This is because i have a show dog which looks like that when she was young, yappy, fearless and showy. I kept checking Carol's web to see this small little pup grows and i never, never changed my thought of him.

I do talk to Chia about this boy via email only (because i am working in India at the moment and hardly gets to see each other online on MSN).He also like this boy as much as i did.

One thing i never expected was Chia talked to Carol and with his sincerity, Carol granted the permission to own this nice boy. Not only that, Carol blessed us with another of her wonderful bitch, Tina, which Carol has a very high hope on Tina and will be shown in National Specialties this coming May 09.

Tina

Then one day, Chia called me all the way from Malaysia to tell me this news. He said he is bringing in Jamie and Tina. I were so happy for him (Yes, i am happy for him even though i got nothing to do with them...yet)... Then he said this is a surprise for me and he would never forget and left me behind and ask me to co-own. In a split second without waiting for him to complete his sentence, i said 'YES, I DO' ... ha ha .. It sounds so GAY isn't it? No. it is not at all. ha ha ha.

Yeahhh Tina Baby...

We are really good friends...I really doesn't know how to payback him on all those things he did to help me during the worst fall of my life. Something that money can't buy, a sincere heart to help as a friend. This has lead our friendship to another greater level. I really appreciate for all the things that he has done and that really contributes to what i have today. Both of us love and treats our dogs really good. No matter it is a show dog or pet dog we have, all of them being treated equally. We also have the same goal and vision in this breed. So i guess that's also part of it that makes our friendship bond as well.

Summer enjoying her raw hide

The news of we getting dogs has spread really fast. Well i guess that's pretty normal. I think those 2 pups we are getting in could be a BIG threats to their dogs. They will come to you and ask this and that as well as the price of our dogs. What the heck it got to do with you man? As usual i don't say anything. I am very becareful when talking to this kind of people. I don't have a trust in them.

Frankly i never fancy of the dog they brought in because most of it lack of what a minpin should have. No doubt it has nice pedigree and some does have compact structure but then so what is the big deal? This all meant nothing to me when the whole package is not there. I also don't understand why some people these days showing a minpin which i would categorized it as a pet quality and yet wanted to deny the truth that is not a show dog. Of course i will not confront them. Non of my business also, just that i feel it doesn't bring any good to the breed itself and in fact they are making their own reputation bad.

Having some fun here ...

Well i better stops gossiping about other people's dogs..ha ha .. anyway there's no right or wrong also if i were to gossip but the baseline, do it with someone you would trust only and indeed this is where we could improve and able to produce better and distinctive quality dogs.

What I See in Kolkata?

After our rest, we took the cab and headed to our site. The traffic is really heavy than in Pune. When came out from our hotel, wualah .. the Indian Musuem just around the corner and New Market is also nearby ...So me and Loo already planned where to go.. ha ha ...

Nothing much to describe about Kolkata. Well it's a city packed with humans. Ha ha ...

One thing i spotted different here is that at least they have a so called proper place for the people to pee.. Yes..they like to pee anywhere they like..

A Pee Site ...

So when we reach at the site, to my surprise, once i open the door, i smell something burnt, and i saw there are people doing soldering job for the air cond piping. What a scene. A switch room which is not ready but then urge us to do installation ... Doesn't matter, as long as we got our things ready.

Still remember that i told you our business partner treat us really good. Well during lunch, we went to 'Oh Calcutta'. A fine dining restaurants which served Bengali food. It is niceeee... Well i didn't snap much of the pictures of the food as i am busy eating the food. ha ha ..

Most important, both me and loo need not to fork out any money for our food..All paid. Aren't we enjoy our life here ???

Hotel Story

We reached at our hotel around 1 pm. Well both of us are quite tired. Woke up at 4am and reach Kolkata in the noon. When we reached at the hotel, to our surprise our name was not in the booking list. (haih) .. then ask the reception to call to our partner to confirm that again. Finally they settled everything for us.

Lytton Hotel

Then told us breakfast is included but not dinner. Damn, previously i got the partner's email saying that the breakfast and dinner is included. No energy to argue so much. If the dinner really included, it will be a surplus to us. (Our partner treat us too good)...

Went to our room immediately thinking to take a rest and bath before go on-site. Once we settled ourselves on the bed, we got bitten by bed bugs i think. Me not that serious. Then immediately the air-cond pulak rosak.

View from the air-cond hole of our room

Haih .. call to change our room. But they try their best not to arrange for the room change. They sent their maintenance guys to fix the air cond and the housekeeping to change the bed sheet .. and ... spray some bug repellent (i think) ...

We gave some tips to the house keeping guy as he walk up and down and try hard to serve you. We knew what he wanted ... So we just sent him away with Rs 50 ... By the time we settled down again, damn, here you go another guy came bring a flask of water and teach us how to use the remote, this and that .. stupid .. want money again .. i just sent him away without giving him anything .. Quickly locked our doors and take our rest and boost the air condition... he he ...

(Pssst... then while i were in the shower, the reception called up and told us our dinner is included ..hehe ... order what ever you want from the menu)

Kolkata

I've been 'ketagih' for few days. Ketagih of internet. Me and Loo flew to Kolkata since Thursday. From that day, there's no internet connection on-site as well as in the hotel we are staying. Well this is indeed good also, ha ha .. no need to bother looking and replying emails ..

We'll need to pay for the internet connection. It costs Rs 240 for 12 hours. The worse is that it will be valid for 12 hours from them moment we logged on. It will be not worth it if we were to subscribed it as we probably will use it for an hour only at night after our tiring day.

Kolkata or the former name Calcuta, is a much more developed place than in Pune. The humidity is about 65% - 70% with 30 -33 degrees . This is way much better than in Pune. In Pune, humidity is only 15% with 39-40 degrees celcius. When reach in Kolkata, i feel much more comfortable. And the place here is really happening. Needless to say about the amount of people, but you'll see lots of things being sold along the way. Well Kolkata is known as City of Joy.

Since it was conquered by the British before, so you will find very English type of buildings with a touch of India. The clothes boutique, British East India, this is the place where i am now, Kolkata ....

Life in Pune ...

This week was a boring week for me. Planned to go paragliding but then didn't make it. Got to wake up really early in the morning and with the super duper hot and dry weather, all these really makes me back off with my plan.

Didn't go anywhere except to spend times in the bookstores. Yah, Landmark again. Spent few hours there read books without paying. Such a cheapo...When i were leaving the place, those street beggars came and begs at me and ideed touched me. YUKES !!! .... As soon i got back, i removed my shirt and jeans and asked the caretaker to washed it...

I've been leaving my camera in the apartment and i got no mood at all to take photos over here. I think i've went to most of the place in Pune and nothing much that i could shoot anymore.

I've been on a vegetables diet for this whole week. It's so damn hard to find green leafy vegetables. The other day bought a brinjal and ask the caretaker to cook it. The most i like from the vege menu of his is the mushrooms. The rest are so so.

Well probably i am bored seeing too much of same skin color which not attractive at all. I tried to find if there's any fashion show going around in Pune. Too bad there was one in Delhi.

As for work wise, now pending only on the network equipments delivery. The delay was due to there is some monetory issues. Awaiting for the commercial team to settle it. Last Friday, the commercial lady told me it has been settled and as today i checked, there are still issues.Haih .. All this really fucked up. So i can't take it anymore and wrote an email to escalate directly to steering committee. I used bold red font. Well i think it's not that right for me to do that BUT i am a PM, well it's my job to let them know that is a critical issues and if it doesn't resolve soon, it is going to dragged the whole project schedule.

Well when i am back to Malaysia, i'll want to participate in a portraiture workshop if there's any. Or i will setup one by myself. Who wants to be my model? Let me know yah ...

Weekend Check Out ...

As per planned, we all went to shopping in Laxmi road. This place is like Petaling Street which we have back in Malaysia. It is bigger than Petaling Street.

You can get lots of stuff here in Laxmi Road. The important thing is, it is cheap. Shopping around here is fairly easy. They have dedicated sections for all the stuff such as one section for clothes, another one for shoes, bags, books and etc.

We surveyed the place first when we reached. We saw a row of bookstore and i managed to get a book. Then we proceed to hunt for sarees. Ha ha .. We were surprise to found the sarees there is way much cheaper ... It's only Rs 180 ..darn cheap. Of course the quality is only so so ..
See the price, you'll know how good it is already. Well doesn't matter, we just buy it as a souvenier. We end up with 6 Sarees an few books... hehehe ...

Then we head to Hard Rock Cafe to buy shot glass .. The environment there as usual very nice and right next to it, there is a swimming pool swarmed by 'Ang Moh' .. And i found something there. MASSAGE by the pool side .. Will go there again for massage. Sure no hanky panky since it is open area. ha ha ..

We felt tired after that and went back to guesthouse to rest. Later at night we took a Tuk Tuk out to SOHO for dinner. A nice place to dine. We ordered some soup, main course consists of Lamb, Chicken and Fish(Indian food) and a pitcher of beer. I can't finish my portion of food.
Gosshh .. i am super full since the lunch i took...

So today, i told the caretaker to cook all vege dishes for our dinner tonight. NO MEAT! ... i ate meat until i am afraid of it .. Yes i am a karnivor, but here, the mammals are extreme on the meat they consumed and the portion they can offer to you ...

Picture coming soon

Once Upon A Time

I was digging some of my files in the notebook. Then i found some old pictures taken with my dogs. Looking back at it, i really missed them especially Prince and Coco. I sent Prince to Canada and Coco to a home in Melaka. The last i heard of Coco was that she went missing. I were so sad to heard the news.

Coco. My first Miniature Pinscher

As for Prince, i think he enjoy very much running in a big enclosure. Well you know, those kuai lou have big land. Hope he's doing fine with whoever he with now.

Young Prince

I missed those days where me and Chia in the show ring competiting our dog with others. We used to be very active in dog show. We do crazy things like wake up in the middle of the nights and drove all the way to Penang and straight enter the show ring without any sleep, chat about dogs till really late night and bring our dogs out frequently to socialized them.

Fah. Thai & Mal Champion

At that time, we are showing 2 bitches, Summer and Fah. Both of them really made us proud. Especially Summer, Chia has spent a lot of efforts to train her from young. She beat most of the min pins in the show ring. We've been offered with quite a number of people to buy Summer with a good amount of money. But we just rejected them. Are we stupid or what? No. We loved animals very much. They are like our own baby. We don't want them to falls into a hand that people used to breed and make money.

Summer with Me

Anyway, we are low profile type. We don't go and make issues or get involved in politics. Dog show world is very small and sensitives. Even though we didn't go and create problems, people will create problems with us. We just ignore and let them be. DOn't want to spend energy in this kind of non-sense thing. We are just into the dog show games for the sake of our hobby.

Kopper with Me

Then it came Prince. He is Summer's son. He made us proud as well. A little bit of naughty (due to i pampered him too much) but perform well in show ring. After a few years of showing, Chia had his first baby. We slow down a lot and slowly quit the game. Of course we still have the dogs with us.

Gathering my team..hahaha ...1st pic (Left to Right) Summer, Prince, Coco, Fah, Xena and Kopper

Now and then, we still chat about it. And sometimes browsing the breeders web sites makes our hand really itchy and our brain gone crazy. ha ha ..