pets life

There have rumbling regarding my lack of posts lately, so here I am again. *cue drumroll*

Its that time of year again when I contemplate the fate of my beloved set of wheels Sunny. He is old and due to retire, but in the end I always decide to keep him. And after the recent problems (windshield washers does not work, left front door window is inoperative), I thought that maybe it is time to put behind me my single largest expenditure each month. But I think he still has a few more years left in him. I will see to his outstanding issues in due time. Meanwhile mum has been bugging me to send Sunny for servicing as she has seen 'black smoke'.I think that is a load of crap. Sunny emits no more smoke than any other car. All cars will give out smoke when you first start and when you press the accelerator. That is how it clears itself. Notwithstanding that, she is bugging me to send it to her friend, Steven, who I think is out to make a fast buck. I have it on good record that you do not have to send your car in for servicing just before the VICOM/ROV inspection. In fact that is what I been doing each year. I send it for inspection and each time it passed with flying colours. The thing about servicing the car before inspection is just a clever way of making money by leveraging on people's insecurity. Anyway Sunny was last serviced in July and is not due for another until January next year!

Been getting more and more restless at work. Just do not feel that this is my calling in life. I have always wanted to be my own boss and run my own business, and I guess the time is nigh. I just cannot imagine myself doing what I am doing now for the rest of my life, let alone for the next few years. The main thing holding me back right now is the investment and the risk. Starting and upkeeping a business in Singapore is not easy. Starting with the overheads and rentals and all, you may not see tangible profits until a few months or years down the line. And the risk of failure somewhat makes having my own business daunting. I say a couple more months and then I decide the next step.

The Israel trip is next month! Well...close to 2 months away, but who is counting? Been looking forward to it for so long and now I can finally smell it. My only regret is that I am going alone. How I wish my Agnes was with me on this trip of a lifetime, but I am sure there will be other trips in our future together. I will be making full payment this Sunday. I received news that I have a room mate! I sure hope he and I can get along. Would be cool to have someone to share the journey with. There will be a briefing for all those going on the Israel trips on 8 November. I will most probably be going as of right now I am clueless as to what to expect. Hope my bunk mate will be there too...

I may or may not have said it here, but Rusty is a new addition to my hammie collection. He is a Cinnamon Banded Long Hair Syrian Hamster. He is so pretty but not friendly at all at this stage. I noe that with lots of TLC I can make him into the loving pet I envisaged when I first pondered upon getting syrian.

As usual I will be giving away some of my hammies. I have too many as it is. I love Willow's pups. They have such a nice coloration compared to all my other hammies. I will be away in November for my Israel trip, so I will need someone to babysit my beloved rodents whilst I am away, Agnes volunteered her services a while back, but that may not be entirely a good idea as she has exams during that period. Of course there is someone a little bit closer to home whom I could ask to do the needful during my leave of absence. If all else fails, there is always the Singapore Hamster Club nanny service to the rescue!!

I also had purchased an air cleaner for my room. It was something I had been wanting to get for a while now. now that I have hamsters in my room, it only makes sense to have one. My room door is always closed and there is no real window to speak of, so my room gets stuffy in a hurry. I also have my long standing issues with asthma so an air cleaner is good. Although Agnes did not seem too fond of it when she was last here. But ...bygones...

We have a new addition to our burgeoning family, Minty. She is also a My Little Pony (or MLP like the fanatics like to say) like Rain. Best part is she sings! How cool is that to have your own singing pony. Too bad Christmas only comes around once a year.