Its funny how ppl assume pet owners r friendly n approachable... Ever since i own Pappy, so many ppl haf been toking to me, or i wld earn a smile at least...
I couldnt avoid any day walkin Pappy wifout strangers coming up to me...
Bleah... I dun like tt!!! Especially ah peks, ji ko peks, uncles, n hokkien speaking old ppl, i dun understand hokkien... I shd put a sticker of "Leave Me Alone, Stranger!" on my tee tmr onwards...
Met a uncle e day before, he tok to me in hokkien, i dun understand, but can sort of figure out his words... I only returned him patronising short short ans in mandarin...
Unless im at e dog run, then i dun mind chatting wif other pet owners about dogs... But tis is my neighbourhood, and i only wan to bring Pappy down to poo poo... So leave me alone!!!
Its like jus becoz i own a dog, strangers r entitled to walk up to me, jus becoz i own a dog, i got to tok to u, jus becoz i own a dog, i got to smile back when u smile at me, jus becoz i own a dog, i got to let u touch Pappy!!!
Im rather possessive, i dun like jus anyone to come up to my dog and say, "cute cute", then anyhow touch Pappy... Especially uncles n weird weird ppl... I also hate to see ppl run away fr my dog, fearing he'll pass some diseases to u, but tt i cant help, jus tt Pappy is so tame... I especially hate workin class females *tsk* me to scold me silently, n avoid me n Pappy in one big circle, to draw a line btween their higher-class-status-who-think-dogs-owners-r-dirty-n-low n us... Damn!!!
So anyway, today in e lift i met tis guy...
I was rushin to e lift, coz i dun like to share lift, avoiding small kids who will tell their mummy, "Eeeee, mummy, scared scared ...". When i got inside, a 20+ muscular guy, who apparently jus came back fr a jog, appeared in front of me out of no where and started a conversation wif me...
Guy: Err, can u carry ur dog?
Me: (Sigh...) Sure! (Putting on a false understanding cheery smile)
(Proceed to carry my heavy heavy Pappy n gave up trying to press e buttons. I personally dun like to carry Pappy ard, coz hes super heavy, even though he looks small, but hes so heavy, i'll let u carry him n see if u come visit, then u'll know wat i mean...)
Then, e guy came in... I tried to reach out my hand, wif e heavy heavy Pappy, to press e button but he reaches out sooner... He then pressed his storey... 9th storey...
Guy: Which floor?
Me: Floor? (Paiseh lah, i couldnt adjust my brain at tt moment, all coz i was spending all my energy carrying my heavy Pappy)
E guy thought i said "Four", n nearly proceeded to press 5th Storey button... Which is real silly coz y would i tell him which storey exactly i stay...
Me: (Exclaimed) 12th pls! Thks! (Which in actual fact is e storey i stay as well, but nvm...)
I though tis is it... Until he looked at me n opened his mouth...
Guy: So wat dog is tis?
Me: Its a Papilon. (Gave a patronising smile)
Guy: Oh Papilon! (As though he knoes wat i jus said, if hes not weird, i will go on explaining tt Papilon is also aka known as Butterfly dogs coz of their fluffy ears, though my Pappy doesnt look like butterfly, coz hes botak, somehow his fur is short... Duno is it grow slow or will never grow longer liao, since i suspect hes not pure breed, he look like a jack russel...)
Guy: So u got tis dog fr???
Me: ??? (Wat a stupid qns) Fr petshop... (Avoiding his eye contact)
Guy: Petshop? Oh, i see... So how much u bought him? $300?
Tis pt, i nearly bash him up if im not carrying e heavy Pappy... Where would u find a puppy for $300??? Tell me lah, then i go buy straight!!! Petshop puppies arh!!! I told my sis, and she said maybe e guy see Pappy ugly, at 1st wonder maybe duno where pick up, then so ugly still so ex. Aiyo, where to find Papilons on e street???
Me: $400. (Usual is $600, but coz they reduce pricin when puppies grow bigger, so my big sis waited till e price dropped...)
Guy: $400??? WOW!!!
Me: ... (Smile smile)
Guy: You jus kept tis dog right?
Tis moment i thot hes my neighbour, if not how would he knoe i jus kept it, Pappy is not like Bondie who was jus a obvious puppy palm size then, Pappy is about my lower arm's length... If i dun say, usually ppl duno hes a puppy... So i looked up and saw he pressed 9th storey... So confirm he not neighbour, n ive never noticed him be4 anyways... Weird...
Me: Yup...
Lift door opened!!! Finally!!!
Guy: Alright, take care ya? See ya ard...
Me: Take care... ( N i quickly put down my heavy Pappy)
Gosh, e lift ride had never seemed so long before...
Its like jus becoz i own a dog now, i got to encounter uneccessary conversations... I used to own dogs as well, but i was a kid then, so ppl dun bother me... But now... Aiyo, go out like wearing mask leh, got to make myself smile smile n ans ppl, like very rude if i jus ignore them... Oh well...
Will post some pics of Pappy tmr...
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