Meet Miss Mar Meiden

The Chinese New Year holidays fall on the 9th and 10th of February 2005 which is a Wednesday and Thursday of the week. Customary the Chinese would ensure there will be ample time for them to return to their home town to pay respects to their parents and also for the reunion dinner. As the two public holidays fall in mid-week, the company agreed therefore to declare the two days prior and the one day after as company leave. Added these five days to the two weekends will give me a total of nine off-days. Yippee!!
With the holiday season announced, I promptly rushed down to Qatar Airways to book a ticket for Cebu from the first Sunday (6th Feb) of the holiday season to the following Monday(14th Feb). Prior to my departure I visited my father and sisters and bought them some goodies.


Chu and I shared a common love for dogs. While she has presented me with Lucky and Richie last September, this year I presented her with a Golden Retriever puppy which we named Mar Meiden. Meiden came to our house in a strange turn of events. It was not meant to be her but due to the first puppy falling sick, she came in as a substitute. We purchased this girl from a reputable breeder from Iloilo City for a cool eighteen thousand pesos (about S$550). However it was worth the money after checking her papers and found out that she was from a family of championship winners. Her registered name with the Philippine Canine Club is Richson’s Miss Sister Megan. Chu liked her very much and I was to meet her on this trip.
Meiden turned out to be a cheeky little rascal. The first thing she did when we met was a nip in the toes. She loved chasing after everybody walking and before you knew it, would plant a snappy bite into the ankle of the unsuspecting person. She was also getting into the nerves of Lucky and Richie, if not for her size she would be given a rough wrestling by the two bigger dogs to put her in her proper place. All in all she was mischievous and hyper active and at her age (born 16th Nov 2004) of barely three months, I believed she could blossom into a beautiful adult dog. She was indeed of championship breed.