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Bear Necessities of Life

Musings of Teddy Bear Necessity's Household
to Whom It May Concern
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Wet 'n Wild
One Sunday afternoon,



the peace and quiet of the cats was suddenly broken



by the rude arrival of a wild dog.



A wet 'n wild terrier after a bath
is a formidable force to reckon with.



Long-suffering Tobey gets no peace.

Louie is lucky that his cats are so dog-savvy. Any other cats might just beat him up!
Posted by teddydale
4-Legged Musings / 17:24 / comments(0) / trackbacks(0)
World Trotting Months Part 3
We went straight to Singapore from NY (well via a brief stopover in Tokyo), and the whole trip took about 20 hours. I do not like flying much, so this was torturous.



It was humid and also raining cats and dogs in Singapore, so I rested in hotel during the day to try to recuperate from being locked up in the torture chamber (= 飛行機) for so long.



It was only at night that I ventured out to the city. We went to so-called "hawkers" in Chinatown to eat. Singapore hawkers is like food stalls in street fair but apparently it's around all year round and it's good and reasonable.

Singapore was very clean, modern, and safe, as I had always thought they would be, but one thing I must complain about Singapore is its taxis. The taxis are numerous and very clean (the fact that most Singaporians speak English is very helpful for tourists, too), but it's actually very hard to catch one.

Actually, it's almost impossible to hail a taxi on the street, and they don't even come to the taxi stand. You see many taxis, but they all say "ON CALL" or "HIRED." What it is is that you are supposed to call them. But for a tourist without a mobile that's a big hassle. I later learned that a fee to summon a taxi costs just as much as their starting fare. No wonder cab drivers don't pick up street passengers then!


After only one day in Singapore, we flew to Bali. This time the trip only took 2 hours, phew.



We did some sightseeing, of course,



but the main objective for this trip was to attend friends' wedding



and also to rest from the long-drawn-out trip that was stretching out over a few weeks and in 3 countries. Bali was a perfect place to end our wearing souls, just to relax and also to have a good time, especially in the company of good friends!
Posted by teddydale
Traveling / 17:47 / comments(0) / trackbacks(0)
World Trotting Months Part 2
And then we went back to the States.

The first stop for me was Georgetown, Washington, DC, where Teddy and I had the best years of our life.



I absolutely adored walking down beautiful Georgetown streets everyday.



I even got to see some old dog friends from a local park. Their dogs (now only 1 surviving, agh..) were all Teddy's friends. Oh how much fun we used to have with our young and vibrant dogs.



Then I went to visit Camp Woof, Teddy's most favorite place on earth.

The original camp members, Woof and Teddy, are beyond the Rainbow Bridge now, but Woof's brother Bearcat keeps the fort there. On this day, Bearcat was joined by girl friends, Ginny and Eloise, and seeing 3 'dales at the happiest place for Airedales was comforting.


And then, I went up to NY



to join Russell who was already there for a business trip. Our main objective for this trip, though, was to attend Russell's mother's birthday party. More than 200 people have gathered to celebrate her birthday and it was a big surprise.



Of course the biggest and best surprise was her beloved son!

(still to be continued ...)
Posted by teddydale
Traveling / 17:55 / comments(0) / trackbacks(0)
World Trotting Months Part 1
It's been a while since I last updated this blog. I've been pretty good about updating the Japanese version, but somehow time just slips away to do two.

So here are the highlights of our last 4 months:

Pretty much right after I came back from Paris, Russell's parents came to visit us in Japan, so we took them to Kyoto, the ancient Japanese capitol,



and a hot spring in Izu, a seaside resort area 2 hours away from Tokyo.



Basically, our trips could be summarized as "culinarily cultural." Eating aesthetically pleasing and seasonally correct food is definitely very Japanese.




And then, we went to Shanghai,



a city that is a curious mix of the past and future,



to attend a wedding reception for Russell's oldest friend, Sam.

Shanghai was very interesting and we were rather surprised to find out that it was only 3 hours away from Tokyo. Since a trip to Hong Kong takes 5 hours, somehow Shanghai seemed further despite its actual distance.

This was my very first time in China -- I haven't even been to Hong Kong yet -- and it was an exciting experience. I wish I had retained more Chinese from my college language class days, though!

(to be continued...)
Posted by teddydale
Traveling / 18:13 / comments(0) / trackbacks(0)
Louie's Birthday
Louie turned 2 years old on July 7, 2007.



This was his very first birthday since he came to us, so we celebrated the occasion with a steak-cake.



Who says it's just a steak, not a cake?
Don't you see the candle?



The cats surely were jealous, you know.


"Weeeeell, it IS your birthday,
so go ahead, make your day."



Permission granted.


"Phew!"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LOUIE!
Posted by teddydale
4-Legged Musings / 17:32 / comments(0) / trackbacks(0)