laughter is the best medicine.

i guess this video tells us that "a banana a day, keeps the doctor away."



kudos to edna for the video link jejeje

i want a pet lion, too

*sigh*

the complete story made me smile.

yikes!

ok, so our bitch is in labor and just 10 mins ago i saw her gave birth to her first puppy. spitting image of the father. too bad it wasn't breathing...the freaky part was when i saw the mother devour the head of the dead pup. NOT COOL AT ALL. *shudder* i ran away from the "labor box" because i just can't take it.

so i googled if it's normal for the mother to eat her young. turned out it's instinctive for the mother to eliminate dead/abnormal pups. survival of the fittest and all that shit. ugh. poor puppy.

edit:
8:30 am
none of the pups survived =(

why do i have to witness cannibalism on my pets?


12:30 noon
now i'm feeling guilty with the what ifs...what if i stayed with the mother dog last night? what if one of the pups was alive and she ate it too? what if the mom accidentally sat on her pups? dang...

"don't count the chicks when the eggs have not yet hatched"
part of our disappointment with the zero litter was because two of the pups were already promised to be given to friends. i guess it was tempting fate.

typhoon frank

typhoon frank was the worst typhoon to ever hit iloilo city.

we had no electricity and potable water for two days. all we had for food were eggs, sardines, fish and rice. my family and i were lucky our town/district was not severely flooded. flood water level was only ankle-high INSIDE the whole house hehehe

we can only sit and grimly listed to the radio as it broadcasts news about the escalating number of deaths due to the flood in jaro, pavia, mandurriao, etc.

it all happened so fast according to the victims. in a matter of 5-10 mins, flood water rapidly rose to roof levels. they can only save themselves. cars, furniture, appliances, food, books, important papers were all destroyed by the flood. the flood was a great "equalizer". rich or poor, young or old, nobody was spared.

four days after "frank", streets are still muddy/dusty. electricity is about 75% OK, potable water is still limited because the main water pipe leading to the treatment center was broken during the typhoon and would take about 6 months to be repaired/replaced.

anyhoo, iloilo is slowly recovering. i bet majority of jaro residents (and residents of other affected areas) will have brand new refs, TVs, PCs, cars, etc. in the coming days hehehe

we're seriously contemplating buying a rubber raft/tug boat/banca + sturdy ropes in case a similar flood happens again.

to jun and kodi who made "pangamusta" (how are you?), thank you. everything's ok now =)

thursday i don't care 'bout you and friday i'm...

SICK!

yeaba, it's flu season again ladies and gentlemen. time to drink lots of vitamin Cs and boost your immune system.

working in a hospital makes me (and my co-workers) susceptible to all kinds of sickness. we have patients with tuberculosis, pneumonia, cancer, meningitis, etc.
oh joy.

i haven't succumbed to pneumonia (or worse, tubercolosis), yet. *knock on wood* but stress, combined with bad weather and all those bacteria and viruses floating around the work environment makes it easier for anyone to catch THE FLU.

being sick has its perks though. i get to sleep more, there's the always present royal tru-orange and crackers remedy, and did i mention more sleeping?

in other news, i think our dog is pregnant. we have four dogs: 1 dalmatian, 1 white askal, 1 white spitz-unknown breed, 1 black labrador/unknown breed. the latter is the youngest and the only stud.

we were hoping the dalmatian and the black labrador/unknown breed would hit off so that trixie (the dalmatian) could get pregnant coz she's kinda old already. we were imagining the pups. the upper half would be dalmatian and the lower half would be black labrador.

"daw tawu nga may eye patch kg naka black pants kg black and white polka dot long-sleeves kung magtindog e. pirate puppies?," remarked my 8-year old niece francine.

unfortunately, there's no chemistry between the two.

so i guess i'ts going to be black pants and plain white long-sleeves for the future pups teehee