Last Saturday when I went home, I saw mom talking frantically over the phone, pacing
to and fro the kitchen area. I was curious so I eavesdropped a little and realised my
mom was talking to my uncle, telling how the dog he gave us, a Jack Russell breed by
the way, actually saved her life.

It happened when my mom went on her normal routine of cleaning dog crap in the cage where she needs to wash it with water and brush, so having the dog in the cage makes the job impossible. While she goes about cleaning, she opened the cage to let the dog out, opens the tap to let the water run and starts brushing when she heard a weird noise not so far away from her. She turned to the direction of the noise and was horrified to see a snake dangling from the dog's mouth flinging from left to right and right to left, and in the process beating the dog's own body thus creating the *piak piak piak* noise my mom heard. My mom panicked and jumped up and down, shouting to the dog to get back to the cage because she was afraid the dog might be bitten as there were blood all over the dog's body. The dog didn't give up and continued shaking the snake so hard till it became a bones, skin and internal organs mess. Finally the dog stopped and went to my mom and she quickly put the dog back into the cage. She then used a metal pick to put the snake's body (did I mention a cobra?) into a plastic bag for disposal and quickly took the dog for a bath once she was done with it.

She then checked on the dog to see if there is any snake bites. Luckily she couldn't find any and the dog seemed to be normal except for looking a bit tired than usual. After this incident, my mom said she won't be complaining about spending so much on dog food and getting only dog crap in return from the dogs anymore because she now knows how important these dogs meant to her, especially this very very special dog, Toto!

Recently a bunch of bored colleagues were talking about ways to kill time in the office and one thing led to another, a link was sent to me and I ended up clicking on it and completed the test.

Here is my result below, with my score and a link to the site if you are interested to take the test or are simply just as bored as I am, with ample time to waste in the office. There are 20 questions to answer and no time limit, so just read through the questions thoroughly before answering them. Good luck to those who wants to try o~


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Anything to do with organic, sweet smelling, miracle cures or healthy diets and exercises has been a long term obsession of mine for donkey years. Throughout the years my passion for these things never ceased, in fact it grew stronger, to the point where I spend days browsing online sites just to check out the latest fad on how to make our life a little greener. I remember writing about aromatherapy as a means to relief stress and fatigue in my English SPM examination way back in year 2001! Haha! Back in those days, I didn't have the money nor the information that I have today to do my research about essential oils, organic health food and exercises, and organic health stores was harder to find than a needle in a haystack, literally!

However, as time goes by, and also as Hollywood celebrities begin to embrace healthier n more natural approach to attaining beauty and health, people became more aware too. So to my delight, shops selling organic food, essential oils/spa products and fitness centers began popping up like mushrooms everywhere around Penang this few years and although I can't say we are spoilt for choices, we certainly have more to choose compared to 5 years ago.

Anyway, talk about essential oils, I happen to chance upon this shop called Nature's Gift located at Tg. Tokong, the same stretch as Island Plaza, and what a lovely find I tell you! The service was good and the body shampoo even better..haha...bought it home and mom instantly commented outside my bathroom that the whole house smells so good (geranium scent) when I was bathing. She immediately took a small bottle and demanded that I give her some...a practice I call "House Tax" where a certain percentage of the things(including food) that I buy will eventually go to her :P
I was so impressed or more like in love with their products that I am planning to get their shampoos n conditioner as well. Guess Mom will have to prepare more empty bottles to collect her "Tax" soon!