二十九日十月二００七年

Shiteru? = Did you know?

**Skip this post if you don’t have time, unless you are interested in finding out 100 dog behaviours haha… this post measures at least 8 pages on Microsoft words haha, to those who like dogs.. good luck in reading then haha >:)**

Did you know that when you pat a dog on the head and he closes it eyes, it means that actually he doesn’t like it, but he is dealing with it in the only way he knows how, since we humans like to do it?

Did you know that when a dog yawns or a quick flick of its tongue around its lips and tongue means it’s anxious?

Did you know that it is actually worrisome if our dog keeps chasing his tail too frequently? It actually means the dog is bored…

Too bad I don’t have a tail to chase? Haha

Did you know that male dogs like to be rubbed on the chest?? Apparently this is especially so for those single male dogs haha, cause apparently the rubbing sensation is what they get when they hump a female, that part of the body will rub against the female :p makes me wonder what about females??

Did you know that when you see two dogs stuck together you shouldn’t separate them? Sometimes when a dog mates, they do get stuck from about 10 minutes to an hour.. Apparently it’s because unlike humans.. They have a 3 stage process in their mating, and getting stuck helps them in those stages.. They will get unstuck by themselves, and trying to help them actually hurts them… so ya, now we all know to leave them alone ahha :p definitely can’t and refuses to imagine the outcome if humans were like that haha

Did you know when a dog raises his paw towards you; it actually shows that he is acknowledging that you are dominant? Well for small dogs to go on their hind legs, we all know that it's kind of like a form of begging? But it also shows their acknowledgment, though I can’t really fully agree with this… maybe they just want to act tall?? :p

Did you know, well it should be do you realise that all this did you knows are driving me nuts ahha….. Irritated after only 6 of them haha

Dogs bark for a reason, it's mostly their way of saying something is wrong… like if you aren’t paying attention to your dog, he barks cause something is wrong, why aren’t you paying any attention to him?

Dogs are actually short sighted, they can see things which are far away, but may miss the bone or toy right in front of them... haha so means my dog is like me..

Dogs are actually merciful, unlike cats, who play with their prey before killing, the dog tends to kill it of fast and bring it down to pieces, so after killing the squeak out of the squeaky toy, he thens proceed to bring it into pieces :p

Dogs like to sleep with their owners cause it reminds them of the time when they are puppies and close to their mother, though as I experienced after that, it’s kind of hard to wean him away from me.. The nerve of him scolding me, when I don’t let him sleep with me.. =.=’

Dogs like to be as close to their human as possible, cause they are like a pack, keeping the dog outside the house can be done, but the poor thing will be thinking, why is it separated and isolated from its pack?

Well anyway, holding a dog’s muzzle is also a show of dominance… mother dogs do it to their puppies to keep them in place, and well other dogs tend to attack the other dog on the muzzle to show that they are the dominant one… my baby got attacked by his brother on the muzzle.. My poor baby, but it was his older brother? :p

Dogs smile by baring their teeth, if there is no ferocious growling and the dog is quiet and it shows its teeth its just smiling at you :p

Staring at your dog is actually a no, no, cause staring is a show of dominance, if you tend to stare at your dog; do you notice that it licks its tongue or yawns? It’s because it’s anxious.. And it’s like you are trying to tell him I’m dominant… it’s not affection… But I can’t help it, he’s so cute, so I stare…

Well we dog owners know, that dogs can give us guilty, angry and sad looks haha watch the ears for this one.. They prick it up when giving full attention to something.. And it goes down, when they are guilty, angry etc

This I already know, when they are confused, dogs tend to tilt their head haha

Female dogs come into heat twice a year, and are real irritable during that period, and will snap at male dogs when she hasn’t ovulated… when she is ready she will raise her tail??… And also I heard from other people, that they will possibly snap at people as well, that’s why my dog is a male :p

Female dogs sometimes go through phantom pregnancies, it can and will sometimes get to the point where they produce milk =.=’ but if the dog is showing such symptoms such as building a nest etc, be cruel and keep her in check so that she wakes up, and well she will eventually…

Rolling over means they want to play.. I knew that, but mine doesn’t really does that… but sometimes rolling over also means that they are trying to show you that they are not harmful…

We dog owner’s should be familiar with the “I want to play” stance

Dogs can actually associate kids as a nuisance, especially if they get scolded because of the kid, so some dogs may not like to hang out with kids because of that, though they do acknowledge that even children are more dominant than them..

Dogs like to play chase with others in their pack, did that with mine, accidentally kicked him, and we never played it again.. =.=’

When leaving a dog home alone, they actually don’t understand that the door can be locked and kind of expect someone to walk through the door any moment, so if leaving a dog home alone, give it plenty of space to run or where it can observe…

Restricting the dog access to some part of the house shows that you are the dominant one…

A lot of people believe dogs to be telepathic, but actually it’s because they can smell and hear much better than humans do, they can hear their owner’s car or footsteps from like a few miles away apparently, mine can’t =.=’ and well but I do know that from personal experience that my dog can see spirits.. Don’t know bout other dogs’ haha

Unlike us, we all know that dogs rely on smell, so actually they don’t understand us when we don’t smell haha.. But oh well.. We all know that they are little perverts smelling the groin and butt, but that’s how they smell haha

Sometimes we notice the dog dragging its butt on the floor, it’s not because its butt is itchy or whatever, but it means the glands at its butt which gives off its scent is stuck…

Dogs scratch on the ground to show other dogs that there is a disturbance and that there was another dog there.. Always wondered what the hell mine was doing when he did that…

Marking territories…well we know why they do it right? And well contrary to believe, female dogs do it at well… also their urine tells other dogs when they are in heat…

Dogs are a pack, and well regardless even if it’s two dogs there is a hierarchy

They get really possessive with their toys and bones… This I know… stupid boy will growl so fiercely at me, but in the end I win haha, cause I’m the dominant one hehe

Their stares can mean a lot.. Ever got an angry stare from your dog? They do give that, especially when territorial and possessive…

They dig because they are looking for something, or just for fun, there’s another reason but I forgot

Dogs like rolling in filth? Cause they like smells.. And well it’s a real treat to them to go for car rides with the window down and all, cause it’s all new scents to them.. I get the car part.. But why filth.. ergghh, I don’t let mine do that though haha I don’t like it when he smells other dog’s poop, I mean it’s natural, but I don't like it.. haha cause I’m human…

Dogs eat grass to help them vomit, but sometimes they eat it, cause it’s just there :p mine eats cause it’s there, vomits and gives me more work =.=’ but he also eats it when he on occasion he isn’t well…

In a sort of short greeting, dogs smell each other noses.. Well that is actually the way dogs greet each other by smelling each other
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Well there are plenty more of this dog behaviours that I can state, but it’s far too many and actually I am kind of like testing my memory here haha. (and also for future reference for myself, don’t know if I will get amnesia tomorrow or something right? haha)

Today I went to KLCC with huey, satoshi kun, and ai kun to buy tickets for the Malaysian Philharmonic Ochestra, & to collect the Okinawa dance and music festival temporary passes which will be held next weekend 4th November and 3rd November respectively, and well we also to went to Kinokuniya to see if they sell the Tales of Otori, they don’t by the way =.=’ sigh…

Anyway while I was there, I saw a book titled 100 ways to understand dog behaviour ??? (Didn’t really look at the cover… so I think that’s what the cover said), so I took it off the shelf and flipped through it.. Spent about 20 minutes reading it, and well what I typed above is how much I remembered.. I didn’t really read all the behaviours, cause I felt that it didn’t concern my dog, and was too lazy to read, well my dog is male, I know but the things on females sounded interesting so I read as well haha..

Well I joined some of the facts that I found from the book, and mine is like way summarized compared to the book.. So my verdict on my memory.. I can memorise almost up to 40-70% of what I read? Takes some time to recall some parts, but I do manage to recall…

Well actually this were all the stuff that I purposely committed to memory and some accidentally memorised stuff =.=’ I didn’t want to memorise things bout female dogs.. But thought it would benefit Mel in some way when and if she gets her dog :p

Hmm guess my memory is something I can be proud off, memorising everything I wanted to after only reading once hehe, well if I’m concentrating and have the will haha, and well.. It was super relevant to the love of my life.. So maybe that’s why I memorised it all..

I know some of you people are throwing stones at me.. haha, my memory hasn’t really been that great around friends lately has it? haha… sorry then :p

Off topic.. I purposely typed something really long first, and something which you guys don’t really have an interest in, so that if you actually had enough interest to read, you would arrive here, cause this post at this point measures 4 pages on Microsoft words haha.. it’s already moving on to the 5th page :p

So well if you have the will, and can read until here it’s good for you.. I don’t know whether you will consider it a waste of your time to continue reading what I am about to type.. But at least after reading this, you can stop saying I don’t have stamina? And am not fit? Haha the truth is I’m really not fit anyway. Since I don’t do sports ahha..

Ok taking away the suspense haha :p what I am about to type about is basically my intolerance for cigarette smoke, the big reason behind it. This will be another test, to see if you can read through another ton of stuff, though relevant to the reason of my intolerance it can actually be omitted, ahha yes I’m being evil and torturing your eyes, why do you even care so much for me when I’m this evil? haha

Okay I’m not that evil, the reason for my intolerance is because I have mycrocytic anaemia, :p ok, ok at this point some of you may be asking, what does that (anaemia) have to do with it? Well then I shall state down the symptoms that I experience, or if you are too lazy to read then go google it or something, I’m giving a biology lesson now for free haha.. Well health care lecture.. arghh whatever… ;p

Actually since you care enough to read this much, I just want you to understand my condition as well, (and my surname is cheong also, hence my license to be cheong hei[long winded]? haha) haha, so that you won't worry so much, and be asking “how come always like that?” Haha… and well also basically know when to worry? Haha

To the science students.. Well err.. I don’t think we actually studied it in science.. But what the hell.. This is basically what you all know? I experience frequent infections (always falling ill), I’m always cold, especially my hands and feet, well my nails are kind of brittle/weak..

Ermm I don’t think my tongue or gums or skin are pale? Though sometimes my mum says I’m pale just by looking at my lips.. =.=’ but basically I m too tanned to tell whether I m pale, haha but my nail beds do look paler than normal people, that’s why xin yin in high school said I was not a healthy person… o_0 well if you want pale skin, then look at my palms, compared to the rest of you, it’s so white.. And pale like a dead person’s

I always complain I’m weak anyway, and that I don’t like my weak body, but a sweet friend of mine said that I’m perfect, I have hands, legs, body and a brain.. That’s perfect enough.. :) Thanks dear :) but I still feel like this is a sucky weak body =.= haha but normal enough to do normal things normal people do… and I’m thankful for that…

Ermm I’m always tired, people with anaemia tire out more easily than you normal people, cause we don’t have enough oxygen in our system. And well, according to our future biologist satoshi kun whom aided me in my research, I think it is because oxygen is needed to convert energy or something like that, biology students still remember the ADP and ATP equation? Well maybe that’s why I need glucose also…

Which is why when I don’t have enough sleep I’m useless, cause as we studied in biology everyday new cells are made and destroyed, and well new cells are mostly made when we are asleep, i.e. resting stage, so in my case, I already lack the necessary cells, so when it gets destroyed during the day, I don’t have enough rest to replenish it.. Which makes me weaker… My reason for not eating is also, because when we don’t have enough sleep it screws the digestive system..

I really don’t know how I will survive the working world, from what horng yang has told me, and from seeing my sister and relatives who work in the private sector.. I hope I survive the working world, that’s all I can say haha okay back to the fatigue/tired part… :p

So actually when we were touring.. Europe and all, ahaha I actually felt really tired, but partly it’s pride la I guess, cause des was there I didn’t want to hear him nag, so I really pushed myself to the limits haha, even though I was tired as hell I pushed on, I guess for a weak body, I make it up with a strong mind. But anyway.. I don’t have a choice, what are you going to do just because I’m tired? Carry me? I don’t expect that, I don’t think you can carry me to start with haha, that’s why no matter the situation, I will hold out till the very end, and as they say, there is a will there is a way..

Some people also say that we anaemic people break out in sweat faster and easier than normal people?? But anyway example of a situation where I let my will do the work hehe

Well during exertion, like walking 300m uphill, with a 11.2kg backpack on to reach the hostel in Vienna, and well walking uphill to get to the ice cave in Salzburg (though I think Salzburg’s was probably due to the fact that there is less oxygen at high altitudes) during times like this, I have an increased heart rate, and shortness of breath, for Vienna with the backpack it was worse, I was having chest pains as well… and it was so damned hard to breath that I thought I was going to die or something haha.. Symptoms such as increased heart rate, shortness of breath and chest pains have been classified by the online sites as severe cases =.=’ but I do my best not to complain about it, (that’s why didn’t say anything at Bukit Gasing :p but I was only out of breath on that one, and increased heart rate haha..)so actually most people don’t realise it, unless like in the scenario I was in, in Vienna, again pushing myself again haha :p

But sometimes I get those symptoms even though there is no exertion… So don’t blame me when I think my time is short ok? Haha the reason for those symptoms is because the heart must work harder to move the reduced amount of oxygen through out the body… thus causing such symptoms to arise.. Also studies have shown that the human heart has a number of beats to it, since I’ve been already exerting it for years, at such a young age.. I wonder how many more beats I still have? Haha so don’t wait, if you want to bitch to me or whatever do it now… :p

Also due to lack of oxygen, sometimes I feel weak, dizzy or suffer from headaches, I have yet to pass out haha.. I keep my consciousness as much as possible.. But this usually occurs when I change positions like standing up. My fatigue is apparently caused by having not enough oxygen carried around the body… =.=’

Apparently insomnia is also caused by anaemia?? What kind of site was that? Rarely do I suffer from RLS (restless legs syndrome) well not really sure since I m always shaking my leg anyway haha.. It feels uncomfortable if I just don’t move my leg, hence the leg shaking which got me frowns from everyone since I’m a girl.. So I tried to reduce it… but this disorder actually causes an uncomfortable feeling in the legs that can only be relieved by movement, and sleep is difficult for people with RLS, (I do experience such problems from time to time…) so next time just let me shake my leg okay? Haha

Haha being irritable is a symptom of anaemia.. So blame my lack of haemoglobins haha :p I also bruise easily, but it’s not really because of anaemia that I do though, I think haha..

So basically that’s bout it I guess… from that do you understand now why I can’t take cigarette smoke? I already lack oxygen and it’s cutting out my oxygen even further… and well, why I don’t really like to exercise is also because of that haha, I feel so damned tired, and there was once I went jogging with my siblings, and well not good, couldn’t breath? So ya, I shunned exercise, which is not good, I can still do “gentle” not so strenuous exercises.. Also feeding me with food rich in iron, B12 or folate actually won’t help me much haha.. It will help a bit I guess.. So I should make it a habit to eat my vitamins and folic acid? (does help actually, but lazy and forgetful…) Haha

And yes, to a certain friend, you know who you are, if you read this far that is… it irritates me when you say that it’s for pregnant women, true pregnant women take it, but its purpose is to increase their red blood cell production cause the mother and baby needs the oxygen, so anaemic patients especially folate deficiency anaemic patients take it. But whatever la, no offence but you weren’t a biology student.. Sigh… haha but it really annoys me endlessly when people are ignorant, but who am I to say when I’m also ignorant on so many things, I’m one of the most ignorant people on this planet haha but the difference I guess lies in asking people bout it? Instead of making statements…

Like example when people say anaemia, there are different types of anaemia, the severe kind and the minor kind. Don’t simply say that anaemia patients are bed ridden, if that is so, a lot of people will be in bed. (Happened recently, didn’t get the chance to tell my friend this properly… ) Besides anaemia is only a minor thing, people can go on with their life as normal, we just have to take more nutrients than you normal people…

So that’s it, if you suffer from any of the symptoms stated above than go and check with a doctor, google anaemia for the full extensive list…(I don’t suffer from all ailments.. if not my quality of life would be crap… and actually some of the symptoms are impossible to associate with me, who says anaemia patients have poor appetite??) if you have anaemia and why, is it because one of your chromosomes are mutated, or your digestive system isn’t working well enough to absorb the required nutrients, or because your body can’t break down the products you eat to provide your body with the nutrients you need? The reasons are many.

I know that I always said I am allergic to cigarette smoke, but my research has shown that it’s not true, forgive me for my ignorance, cause I researched allergic reactions, and well I’ve experienced them before, and now recall that the reactions stop after I take anti histamines, or get a shot, but I don’t have to take a shot for that, and if I always need to take a shot.. Honestly I would rather jump of a building, as some of you may know why.. Though I might get used to the shots? haha

But allergic reactions that I’ve experienced before.. Cause unknown and known are skin rashes and difficulty breathing, the only two I’ve only experienced, for those who know the reason for the second allergy, I say, please take care of me, haha if you treasure me as your friend that is, if not you can just leave me there to die ok? Hahha よろしくね (yoroshiku ne) :p reminds me of my classmate Norman in SAM, he told the whole class, “if you wish to kill me it’s very easy…” =.=’ haha but I don’t want the sin of killing a person on my karma, and well I treasure friends to much to kill them :p if I don’t treasure you, err.. muahahaha…

So I must congratulate you, my caring friend or relative, which ever you are.. Or alien if you so happen to be, for reading this far, at this point my post has reached 8 pages in Microsoft words. Font 12, times new roman.. haha

Banzai then haha.. For reading this far, as I type this.. I was actually discouraged from writing bout my condition, as my dad says that the internet is so open.. Hence the name world wide web hahha

But, anaemia, is a common problem and it doesn’t really affect the lifestyle of the patient afflicted with it, (I’m almost as active as a normal person, guess I’m just too lazy and stingy to exercise? Haha but I do suck at sports, I lack coordination and flexibility; maybe I should take up swimming hehe) in fact quite a number of people don’t realise they are anaemic. So ya.. Use this post against me how you like? I don’t see what you can do with it.. What deny me a job because I’m anaemic? =.=’ that will get you sued for discrimination and for all you know you already have anaemics working under you haha.. hmm just thought about it, but insurance agents can’t deny you insurance, this is not life threatening, and you are actually healthy anyway haha..

Sources, satoshi kun, my mother, some random people here and there, wikipedia and some online sites I googled up.. :p

-Oracl3-