My Doggy Lies over the Ocean ....

... my doggy lies over the sea...

My dear Bull Terrier, the late Foxxxy Cleopatra. Passed away early this year. A chapter of a beautiful life closed.



Her mannerisms. Her charm.
Dearly missed. And I'd give anything in this world just to sea her one last time.

Meet Genibo, the Robotic Bull Terrier.

The Korean scientists came up with this when Sony axed the Aibo.

Advanced and responsive.


All the perks (almost) and none of the fur , food, bath , poo , sickness and death to deal with.

Still, I'd give anything to have Foxxxy back.

Q ... the attention and love only a living creature could give.

You're a Star to a T

(Star Turtle; the album by Harry Connick Jr.)

Foxxxy's been gone for slightly over a month now ... and my fam's still searching to fill that large vacuole in our lives right now.

Something more to pet and feed.

Not just Caspian the Guinea Pig. (ok, go ahead, laugh.)

So we got two... Indian Star Turtles.

Beautiful and endangered.

Well, they've got a beautiful home now. And are Lucky . Because we'll take great care of them.

Here's a PROMISE!!! :)


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>>> What should we call them? ... (watch this space^^.)

Murphy's a PIG .

(Sure hope it's no mistake...)

Me and Koonabalistic searched high and low , wrecked our brains , left stranded even, and Mr. Murphy was indeed giving us a good run for his money.

(Screw His Law!)

Found one finally at a(nimal) Kampong .

Who would have known?

Urbanites like us , would never have thought one can indeed find Pigs at Kampongs. (No?)

Mus porcellus
Cavia cobaya
Cavia anolaimae
Cavia cutleri
Cavia leucopyga
Cavia longipilis


... Many names. Just one Cute PIG.

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>> Something to pet and feed ....
AA, you happy now? :)

Miss Piggy

Since Foxxxy left to be with the Lord, my fam has been searching for that missing thing in our lives right now:


Dearly missed so...

Something to Pet N Feed.

The list of animals we've gone through is so ridiculous (monkeys, rare turtles, snakes, scorpions etc.) I won't even bother to divulge further 'case this blog looses credibility or ,worse, PETA barking down my A**.

So, my brother's been talking about getting something we don't have to walk in the evenings.

A guinea pig.

Well, I suggested that since if we ever got one, it's gonna be special and pretty. LOL

So, how about this : The Peruvian Satin.

So what say you? Blond, Black, Brown or Red-head? :-)

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> Bigger question... where to even find one in a Pet store...? Anyone?...

Life after Death

Today, while driving out , at the junction just outside my place, I saw a Puppy.

A puppy with brindle coloring. A white stripe down the middle of it's head.

A personality that shines through even from a far.

A bull terrier.

And I think of Foxxxy which I just lost.

I felt a strange feeling of 'coming full circle'.

Like I finally had a closure. Ready to accept that She's gone. Moved on . And life goes on.

Strangely, I felt a sense of ... recognizing the dog....

Do you believe in 'After life? '

... Really an unexplainable feeling of finally finding peace.

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Ashes to ashes

... Dust to Dust.

R.I.P Foxxxy Cleopatra.

.... you're back home.

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I'd give the World to see Her face again..

The only two songs I'd listen to right now.

When one has lost a dearest, they feel like the whole world is a crumpling. There is this void in my life right now. A sense of purposelessness with out her existence.

I start thinking of all the times we've had and start drawing up a mental list of things I should and could have done and those that I would or should not have.

No matter, the reality is that she's gone. And will never come back.

And all I can do is moan and grieve and beat myself up for all the things I 've said, thought and done but should have not. And all that that I ought to.

No words can describe the deep sorrow I am in right now and because out of respect, this is a must for me to come full circle.

Foxxxy
> From here on, it is a turning point in my life in so many ways, both personally, professionally, socially and spiritually. It's a hard journey that I am unfortunate not being able to have her around.

A New opening chapter for me. And a closing one for her.

I'd give the world to see her face again.

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The Need to Grieve

I feel that I have no right to party or be high even if its a means to break the tension and my mind off the misery and grieving.

But I feel a deep sense of responsibility to grieve. Because I see it as the right thing to do.

To show the respect. To show that her lost matters.

I feel that by grieving , it is the only thing I can do to help close this chapter of my life and the Final Chapter of hers.

I do not think I've been a good owner at all and I feel a need to grieve to repent my sins; whatever they were.

Her love was unrequited . And Unconditional.

Was mine ever?

Will never forget the final look she gave; one of yearning and misery .... even loneliness.

Did she know her end was near?

Is it fair that her life and death were in our hands?

I am broken.

And I want to show it because SHE MATTERS.

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Foxxxy, my dear, you'll be home soon...

All Swell is not Well

I'm missing my good ole Foxxxy...(below; happier times)
Foxxxy's head may be big. BUT NOT THIS BIG !!!!

The swelling has made her head nearly twice its original size.

IT'S HUGE!!!! :(

Lymphoma , the Vet says.

Cancer , for everybody else.

"Lymphoma is the most common malignant cancer treated in veterinary oncology. In dogs, the most common presentation for lymphoma is multiple non-painful enlargements of peripheral lymph nodes. It is most common that dogs with lymphoma present without any clinical signs of illness in spite of these enlarged lymph nodes. In most cases lymphoma is thought of as a disseminated disease, where the malignant lymphocytes exist in many tissues through the body."

(It can be remission ed; really??????)

I'm devastated.

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Africa's Bird O Paradise.

African Grey parrots.

They are the most intelligent birds in the Feathered Kingdom.
And quite possibly one of Animal Kingdom's brainiest too.

I've had the priviledge of rearing a couple and lovin it.

But this however, is HILARIOUS . :-D

This of course, is all mush and no brains... ^^

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