Unforgettable Taxi Driver

February 23, 2009 · Filed under Little things on My Day

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(Note On Board from Joa Ying.)

 

Today Joa Ying, the Beagle is in depression because her secure blanket was threw away, so I will take my turn.  

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Every morning I drive to town, and to save gas last longer, I always keep my speed lower than the speed limit about 5-10 miles.  Example maximum speed limit is 75 miles/hour, I will go 60-65 mile/hr, and if in the bad weather my speed will be almost the same speed of the running turtle, which is about 40/45 mile/hr.   I don’t like to drive too fast because;

1. I don’t want to see Mr.Skin Head on the Highway patrol car, and I don’t want his ticket in my purse, and I know his ticket is not for free.

2. I’m not interesting to be number one winner on the highway, because most of the Highway Winners now are no longer on earth, but only  in the memory and history of their families.  I’m not ready to be the person  who was alived in the family history yet.   Because I’m still enjoy the present moment of my life.

3. I always prepare plenty of time ahead for my driving, so I don’t need to be rush to my destination. 

 

I don’t understand why people always rush to go somewhere.  They rush to go and rush to get back, and zoom their cars as they were in the car racing zone.   When they see my speed, they give me the strange looking.  Go ahead ! Dear fast drivers go as fast as you want, and leave me behind here, and to be alive longer than you.

 

Every time I see these fast drivers, I always think about one taxi driver in my homeland.  The way he drives, I’m not sure if he was the rocket pilot before he became a taxi driver or not.   He was a friendly driver, and had many stories to entertain his customers while on his driving.   That day my two sisters and I used his service to the big town. 

 

While three of us were chatting,  I had noticed that I couldn’t see the trees along the side of street at all.  By the car’s speed, it seemed like all trees, and also our taxi were flying as the arrows flies to the target.  Then two of my sisters were stunned and sat still without word.  Their faces were pale as the paper.   I didn’t see my own face to compare with them, so I didn’t know  who was the most pale face at that time.

 

I tried to remind the driver about the speed limit.  He said everything is O.K and don’t worry, just enjoy the ride.   I was thinking about where is the destination he will takes us to, town? or the ER room in the hospital?, or the cemetery?  Inside my heart I started praying to God.  Suddenly, the fly came out from somewhere, and it was flying around the driver’s face.

 

Oh! My poor little fly.  There is plenty of room in this world, why you have to be in the same Taxi with us in this moment? The driver let his both hands off from the sterling wheel, and tried to slap that fly.

I closed my eyes, and ready for the moment between death and life.   Then I felt like God sent the rescue to us, when the flashing like the disco light, and the sound of siren from the highway patrol followed our taxi.  The rocket’s speed was slow down and completely stopped.  My sisters and I didn’t have time to tell anything to the police, we let him discussed with the driver.  Enjoy your day Mr. rocket pilot!

 

 

  All we knew, we were happy to walk a long way to the town, and swore that we will never ever ride any taxi for the rest of our lives again.  Thank you the little fly, you saved us!   

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Joa Ying’s New Service

February 19, 2009 · Filed under The Joa Ying’s Journal

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I have been observing myself lately, since boss has mentioned about my weight that I’m a little bit heavier than last fall.  Boss doesn’t understand that  now I’m a special volunteer on the program “Clean up the left over Food”.

Every meal Som Tum always left some food in her bowl, and she never eats all of  it.  She must have some purpose on this, but she never tells me.  When I see her waste food, I always offer my help to clean up her bowl for free without charging of my labour, but Som Tum doesn’t like that.  She gives me the serious warning eyes, by staring at me without blinking, and then starts her rumble noise like the old motorcycle almost run out of gas.

 Sometimes I took action without Som Tum’s  permission while she was enjoying  her sweet dream in the long nap.  When she woke up again, only spirit food left inside her bowl; the real food already went through my digest system. 

I also try to offer help to the two sisters many times, but whenever they see my eyes focus at their bowls, they always yield  very loud “NO! NO! and NO!”.    All I do just looking only, and not even open my mouth yet.  My goodness!  they are the most sensitive creatures in the world. 

 

I don’t agree and don’t like  the way Som Tum , and the two sisters have left over food in their bowls.   I know it isn’t my business to stick my Beagle’s nose in their lives, but don’t they realize that many of homeless dogs, and cats around the world are starving to death because they can’t find food to eat?

 Some of them have only part time meals , or eat from the garbage every other day.   Most of them have to depend on the garbage cans in the public.  Sometimes they have to fight among themselves just for one tiny fish bone.  Only the tough one will has a chance to taste that bone, and the rest of them have to put their hopes in the next garbage can.

 

 I think  Som Tum and the two sisters need to pay attention on their food, and should learn to eat all. Don’t waste food.    I’m here to offer my free help (to clean bowls ) for all  of them for 24 hrs a day, seven days a week, but so far nobody wants to use my service yet.

 

 I understand the world economic pressure  and the loneliness of homeless dogs very well.   I hope boss will not allow me to be the homeless Beagle like those poor dogs.

 

 May I help you to clean up your snacks, and left over food?  This is absolutely free service for all dogs, and cats by nonprofit Joa Ying, the Beagle .   :)

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The Gift from Two Sisters

February 14, 2009 · Filed under Two Sisters' Notebook

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“All day long both of you do nothing at all, except eat, and take  a nap.  Why don’t you go look for mice, or do something?” 

Why boss ask us the same question everyday, do you have any new questions for us?

There are no mice around our kingdom now, so we have nothing to do.  It is boring, if we just sit around, so we decide the best thing we should do is take a nap on our warm couch. That will keep us very busy too because we have to use our nose muscle, lungs, and some of energy for our breath all day long.  That is call a job too, boss.   We are waiting for spring, and summer then we going to get “the collectable things” to show boss again.

 Sometimes when we brought something back to show her, she said we did a good job, and gave us special treat, which made Joa Ying, the Beagle stared at us and flood herself with her mouth water.  We knew Joa Ying wanted to have some snack with us, but why should we give to her?  No way! She has to suffer for her own actions because she always gives us a lot of problems. 

Boss told us it is O.K. to catch some mice, but she doesn’t want us to kill those tiny creatures.  She thinks all living things have equal right to live, and to die when God want them.  So, she try to make us to open mouths outside the house to let the mouse goes live outside. Most of time we don’t agree with her.  No, we don’t want to eat the mouse neither, but we want to play game with him, or her just for fun, however, it end up with death.  Then we don’t care to look that dead mouse no more.

Last summer we sneaked to outside of the house, and we brought back a “gift” to surprise boss.  We thought boss would give us the special reward again, but it didn’t work out as we expect.  One of us, Thong Pound, hold that “gift” in her mouth, and walked around inside house for a while to show off two dogs what the great job we had done. 

Boss was reading book on the couch; she didn’t pay attention what we had. However, when Thong Pound proudly presented that “gift” in front of her, and boss saw what it was; she screamed out loud, and immediately sprang up from the couch as if she were the master of Ninja. 

 Oh! My poor boss, what is wrong with you?   It just a Rattle snake, don’t you think he looks cute?   We can get some more of them for you, if you want to keep them  for your pets.  Well, you don’t like us to kill animals, so we did as your wish.

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Spirit of Wolf

February 12, 2009 · Filed under The Joa Ying’s Journal

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I didn’t feel good last a few days ago. I was depress about boss, it happened on the full moon night.  So, I protested her (as usual).

I love full moon night.  Boss told me long time ago that I have spirit of wolf in the Beagle’s body.  Well! I’m very proud about that. 


 All I know the full moon night is very special for me.  I know boss likes to watch the reflection of the moon in the river. Most of time boss and I sit together in the peaceful moment, and we stare at the full moon in the dark sky.  We let the magic of moonlight brings our imaginations to the dream world, where is far…far… far away to the unlimited sky. 

 
On Monday night (9th) the full moon appeared on the sky again, but this time boss forgot to let me sit by her while she was watching the moon.  I was very depress that she forgot our routine, but she let the two sisters showed their tiny faces next to her.  The two sisters didn’t care about the moon, but they care about snacks, and they want food every moment while they awake.  They interrupted the magic moment to get boss attention for their snacks. Then boss gave them and she went to bed.

 

 I couldn’t sleep that night because I knew something was missing in the full moon night.   I felt like the spirit of wolf  was inside me so in that moment my howling blew out loud in the silent night.  Boss sprang up from her bed as if she heard the fire truck’s siren, and she rushed to my bed with her crabby face.


“What is the matter with you, Joa Ying?  Do you know what time is it?  It is 2:00 o’clock the morning!  Stop your howling!” 

 

No, boss I don’t know about the time, all I know I want to express my feeling for the moonlight as the wolf does, that all.  Remember?  You told me I have spirit of wolf in the Beagle’s body.   Why you mad at me, boss?

 

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Welcome Joa Ying’s New Friend, Frankie

February 7, 2009 · Filed under Joa Ying's Living Room

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Boss let me have “Joa Ying’s Living Room” for all of my friends, so we can discuss and share our stories for each other. Although I am a Beagle, but I love to welcome all other breeds to join in my blog .

Today I would like to introduce you to my new friend, Frankie.  His boss (Linda) is my boss’s  good friend for long time.  She allows Frankie to visit “Joa Ying’s Living Room”  for the first time as we invited him. 

Frankie, please welcome you in my living room, and let talk more about you.  

 Som Tum will bring you some snacks, and cold drinks soon, as she is the reception of the house.   Please go in the living room and have a seat, and enjoy yourself as our blog’s special guest.

 

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Learning from the Others

February 6, 2009 · Filed under Little things on My Day

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 Last week, and this week  I had visited some classmates’ blogs, example
Art and crafts blog at :

 http://www.ellifolks.com/blog/bears-and-critters/kool-aid-dyeing-a-simple-mohair-dyeing-tutorial/

 Meditations at:

http://www.ichingmeditations.com/2009/02/what-does-i-ching-tell-me-about-inspiration/

Photograph at:

http://pingingmyglass.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/making-light-do/

Quilt at:

 http://dunnsmarshlabs.com/bbfarmblog/2009/02/the-ufo-club/

and Music at:

http://graduallymusic.com/blog/2009/01/29/graduallymusic-and-music-for-a-lifetime/

 I really enjoy reading all of these blogs. Each one has his or her style, and stories.

             It is hard for me to pick the one that I like the most because they are different of ideas. Each blog gives something to help me expand my learning. Life is everyday learning, so every word, every post in each blog are my new books to learn like learning in the big campus  University of  Life .

 

          Learning from the other people, I always open mind to absorb other people’ knowledge as much as I can. Learning needs the hungry mind to get the best result because no one can expert on every subjects, or everything in the world.

           In my life I have a good chance to learn from different kind of people that I met. I  learned from the gardener how to plant better. I learned from the bus driver how to drive safe on the icy roads in the winter. I  learned from the old fisherman how to observe on sky, and wind  to find out if it going to have big storm or not. I  learned from the street people how they went through their hard living among strangers, or how they can handle their depression and their lonely days without home to go, and much more about them.   I consider all of these people were my good teachers who shared their lives lessons  to me.  

             Thank you, to all teachers who give me varieties of  life experiences, include this Blogging Class  that helps my learning to grow up another step in the internet world

                 Leaning is not limit just in school, or universities, but also in our daily living too.

My father used to tell me that:

 

“Let learning be a part of your breathing; don’t stop learning until your breathing stop.  After feed your body with food, then feed your mind and soul with knowledge from God that he gives through people, animals, and all things around you.”

 

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The Two Sisters’ Secret Day

February 6, 2009 · Filed under Two Sisters' Notebook · Tagged , , , , ,

 

     Boss let two dogs go online, this time we (two sisters) ask boss for our turn so that we have an equal opportunity as the Beagle, and the Sheep dog. Boss can not say no to us because this is the freedom country, whatever dogs can do, cats can do too.

 

    No, we don’t mean we will bark as dogs, but we want to share our stories to the world as Joa Ying, the Beagle, does on her journal. Tell you the truth, we don’t feel comfortable with that Beagle at all because she likes to give us the heart attack moment many times whenever she see us on our duty ( catching mice), sitting on the top of fish tank, or take a nap in our basketm she takes her action right away.

    It is our pet peeve when she put her cold nose to smell us for something as if she wants to know if we take a shower, or put deodorant under our armpits or not. That is not the Beagle’s business to check on us, so sometime we give her the big punch on her face, and scare her by our tough loud meows. Joa Ying keeps eyes on us whenever we sit close to the fish tank, and she always think we try to do something illegal. Then she acts like the main character of TV series movie “Murder She Wrote” to find out the clue for our actions on the top of fish tank. We know what she thinks, so we beware of her every movement.

   Talking about the  fish tank, we still remember that day. The day that we had to keep in secret for long time, and we don’t want boss to know about it because in boss’s eyes we must be a couple gentle kind hearts and innocent cats.

  Come closer, we don’t want to speak out loud.

    Oh! No, No! No! we didn’t try to do the illegal business, but that day we were watching all fishes swim in the water, while boss cooked food in the kitchen. It was fun to watch all of them. We looked right and left and saw nobody around, then we put our paws (without nails) in the water just to make sure the temperature was right for those poor fishes. Then we had focused on three small fishes on water surface. We tried to catch one of them. Oop! No we mean we wanted to give these little fishes a warm hug, that all.

    Before we can think of any thing, the nasty Joa Ying had blow out our precocious moment by her Beagle barking that made us almost hearts attack, and we forgot how we got on the top of the cupboard at that fast.

    We told her if she does like that again, and if we get hurt during our emergency moment, we will sue her for big price. Yes, we mean that!

     Since Boss got the big fish from her Chinese friend, we don’t really like to sit on the top of fish tank any more because that fish likes to splash water all over the place, and we don’t like to get wet.  We think all small fishes vote for him to be the chief fish now.  He is a fast swimmer, and he eats a lot of food in each day.  Who know? Maybe Someday he wills  eat one of us too. He should be on diet soon before he turns to over weight fish. 

 

“WOO! WOO! WOOF! I’m glad now both of you give up the evil idea about the fish tank because of Mr. Big Chief. WOO! WOO! WOOF!”

Oh! Gee we want to get rid that Beagle as soon as possible! Her barking is really irritates our mood.

 

Here is the Chief Fish.the-chief-new

 

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Barking Lesson

February 2, 2009 · Filed under Som Tum's Notebook · Tagged , , ,

I’m glad that boss let me have room for my own writing as same as Joa Ying, the Beagle.

As you know me from Joa Ying’s Journal, I am a part of Australian Shepherd and other two mixed breeds. I don’t know  what are other two kinds of  breed that I have from my parents.  I have two older sisters, one older brother, and I am the youngest one.

Boss said in her life she always gets the last dog that nobody wants.  However in my case, my old owner had me and my brother was left, so he put us in “Give Away” column.   Two weeks later the new boss called, and came to my old place, but first she had chosen my brother.  My old owner said one lady already called before her, and wanted my brother.  That why boss ended up to take me her home. 

My first arrival at this house, I was about ten weeks old.  Boss told me that her nine years old dog just passed away, and she couldn’t live without dog, so I came in time during her loss. 

I’m not a kind of dog that like to talk out loud as Joa Ying, and I’m not sure this is good or bad.  Because I remember when I was 18 months boss worried about my quietness.  She wondered why I never bark at all.  She thought something went wrong with my throat.  She took me to the doctor, but they found out nothing wrong with me.

Boss didn’t give up.  She had searched for reasons to fix my quietness.  She asked everybody whom she knew, like the postmaster, the elementary school teacher, the farmer, the cashier, and even the UPS man that if they  have,or had a dog that never bark.  All of them gave boss in varieties ideas to try with me, but none of them work at all.  Only I knew that it was not a right time for me, and I wasn’t in the mood to bark yet.

Finally, boss tried to teach me how to bark.  She told me to look at her mouth, and she tried to imitate the dog’s barking to show me an example then told me to do by myself.  I enjoyed her demonstration,  but I didn’t want to do it.  All I did just looked at her with my dreamy eyes and gave her the beautiful smiling, and waged my tail to let her know that I had full attention on her lessons. 

Week after week passed by, boss kept her training with me on “how to bark”, but I didn’t try at all.  One day her last drop of patience was ran out.  She cried out loud for God’s help, and then she tried to pull off her hairs for a few minutes before she went inside the house, and left me alone in the backyard all day.

That day I was very worried that if boss comes out again without hair on her head, I would blame myself for the rest of my life.   In that moment my first barking came out very loud to ask boss to forgive me, please.  Boss jumped out from the kitchen to find out that she wasn’t dreaming. 

Yes, boss it was me! I kept barked… barked…barked, and barked until boss told me to be quite.  Since then I never forget to bark, and I bark to everything, even the blowing wind.     

 

All by myself   ( in the Dog’s jail)

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The Reception of the House

February 1, 2009 · Filed under The Joa Ying’s Journal

I have been a good friend with Som Tum since the first week that I arrived at this home.  She is a part of Australian Shepherd and some kind of other two breeds.  She is about three years older than me.  Som Tum is very nice and friendly dog, but I don’t feel comfortable with her when we are outside together.  Because as an Australian Shepherd mixed, Som Tum has her instinct of the sheepdog.  That makes she thinks that I were a sheep in her custody. 

 

She often barks at me and tries to move me forward and backward just to make sure I have the right pattern of walking.  She acts as if she leads the herd of sheep into the field. I try to tell her more than one million and a half times that I am a Beagle not a sheep.  No, she doesn’t care at all.  She never gives up on me, and her goal that to make me to be her “sheep”. 

 

First of all she gives me the warning stare, and then if I don’t follow her guideline, she makes some kind of noise to shows off her power then she tries to push me to walk ahead.  This is the big problem between Som Tum and I, so sometime we end up with big argument when our opinions are quite different.  I like Som Tum, but don’t mean that I will follow her guidelines in every step.  I know she has instinct to herd animal, but that animal should not be me.  As a Beagle, I have born to follow my nose, and my instinct not the Shepherd dog like Som Tum.

 

Besides me, Som Tum tries to herd boss too.  Last summer SomTum and I went outside to watch boss worked on her garden, while three of us were walking together and looked around the garden, suddenly the spirit of sheepdog jumped inside SomTum.  She started to organize boss and me to have the right line of walking.  Suddenly! boss stumbled on Som Tum and fell on the clay pots pile that she put on the wagon.  Good luck nobody got serious injure. This time SomTum forgot her spirit of sheepdog for a while, she stood still and stunned like she feel very bad about that accident.  Boss got very mad at Somtum, so she gave Som Tum the serious warning, like the sound of thunder storm, that don’t ever try to herd her like a sheep again, if not she will put SomTum in the Dog’s jail during the gardening time. 

 

I know Som Tum doesn’t like to be alone, because besides her sheep dog spirit, she also has the spirit of the reception dog too.  She always friendly to everybody in this house, and also she get along with two sisters better than I. Whenever we have visitor, SomTum must checks first and to make sure that person is a good one, then she will attend his or her visiting by sitting next to him or her all the time with her smiley face.   I think if she could, she would serve snacks and cold drink to our guest too.

l will share you more stories about Som Tum as same as the two sisters’ stories.

Here is Som Tum.

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The Unpredictable Friendship

January 31, 2009 · Filed under The Joa Ying’s Journal · Tagged , , , ,

After I tried to make friend with the two sisters for many times, they started to be nice with me just a little bit (only when they were in good mood).  It took about two months before they accept me as the member of this house.

One thing I had learned that don’t walk too close to them while they are eating.  That is very dangerous zone!  Don’t even try to look at them because they will start making their engine noise in their throats. Then they will forget about our good friendship in that moment.  I don’t understand why these two cats are very sensitive. 

However two sisters are very good for catching mice.  They act like they were the polices of the house by walk around every corner every night.  If they see a mouse somewhere they will sit, and wait for long time until that poor mouse come out for them to chase.  They don’t like me to be a part of their business.  I remember one time I tried to be a part of their teamwork, and I helped them to get the mouse.  First they let me joined with them.  I have confident that my nose is very accurate about the target’s location. 

However, only one Beagle barking that I tried to scare the mouse, both sisters turned nasty to me immediately.  I didn’t understand their mood, so I kept barking more, and more just to try to explain that I really had a good intention to help them.  No they didn’t want to listen at all.

However, things got worse because both of them zoomed out as the racing cars, and sprang up to the top of the big clock like the hero in Kung Fu movie.  It took time a while for them to start to be friend with me again. 

I had learned their names when boss call them for food.  The elder sister, dark color, is Thong Pound, and the young one, big white belly, is Thong Tai. 

Both sisters are very good actors, because whenever they see boss walk into the kitchen they always act as if they are starving to death.  They make begging noise until boss will put snack or food in their bowls.  Whenever I try to make begging noise as two sisters do, boss always tell me to be quite.  That isn’t fair. 

 I always depress when boss don’t understand me.  I often protest her by walk inside the dog’s jail and stay there until I feel better, or until boss  give me two or three cookie dog bones that will make me to forget the sad moment right away. 

So far, I think two sisters are starting their friendship for me, but it is still unpredictable friendship. 

P.S. Both sisters don’t like to give anybody their smiles as you see in this picture.

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