Monday, January 30, 2006  11:00 PM
Gem
Gem's my two and a half month old Maltese puppy and also the latest addition to the family. Without a doubt, he's in the limelight this Chinese New Year as he bounces around, attempts to chew everyone's fingers off (the poor baby's teething) or gazes up at you with those irresistable eyes. I have to say, Gem has placed my house as the "most-highly-anticipated-to-return-to-next year". All my relatives are enamoured. I've had offers to pay to take Gem home, threats to steal him and imploring tones for me to give him up. Haha. And suddenly everyone that visits my home adopts baby-talk.
"Gemmmm... come here, darling..."
"Aren't you a little cutie... *proceeds to tickle the dog*... you like this, don't you?"
"Gemmi Gemmi, ohhh you are sooo cute! OUCH... stop biting, sweetheart."
Even my aunt - who usually could not care less about dogs - is enchanted.
My dad was apprehensive when we first got Gem as his two hind legs suffers from a muscle problem since birth, and so he walks a little funny, although people just assume it as the way he bounces around now because he's just a puppy. But I'm really glad that he's opened up to let himself love Gem and it's quite obvious how much he cares for the dog now. :)
I never thought I would get another dog since my shih-tzu died three years ago but Gem's a little furry ball of life who is so easy to love. I remember picking him out from a litter of five puppies at the pet shop. His brothers and sisters were frisking around for attention but he was just sitting there, staring up at me with those huge eyes of his and I knew that he was the one I was going to get.
I kind of get a thrill from watching him snuggle up to the little kids who treat him nicely and then proceed to try to bite some random evil aunt's fingers off. And I'll apologise and flippantly tell them that he needs a bone because he's teething but we haven't got one because all the shops are closed. It's as if my dog reads my mind.
Talk about telepathy.
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