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I've just completed one more of my reports that's due tomorrow. Phew! Once I drop this one into the submission box, I will have two more to worry about. This is such a relief as compared to the stressful last week. It's my mum birthday today so I gave her a call. Hmph...I always make it a point to call her after 10 pm when her chinese serial drama ends so that she can talk to me instead of watching tv. I did just that today but she told me that she wanted to watch this korean drama on Channel U called "Stairway to Heaven" so she rushed through our conversation and then passed the phone to my dad while she continued being glued to the tv. Sigh...so much for being nice and thoughtful and wanting to chat with her. Anyway my dad, as always, would tell me about all the new updates with the house. He told me about the new plants they planted in the garden over the weekend, how my mum bought a few new koi for the fish pond, how he found some pretty water plants to take up the nitrates in the pond so that less algae would grow (the process is called eutrophication by the way). My favourite part was about Brando. Everytime we talk, there will be something new going on about Brando and I can't wait to be part of it. This time, my dad was telling me how he would wake up early in the mornings to bring him for a run and how he was so strong that my dad really had to pull to control him. And when it was time for baths, Brando would be "guai guai" and just stand when being washed. Also how the other dogs in the neighbourhood would bark and bark when Brando was brought out but Brando would just walk coolly by and ignore all the tiny yapping dogs! Yup, this is the "small dog syndrome" alright! The one which I learnt about during my poly years. Soon it will be my turn to stick my nose up together with Brando as we breeze past all these "attention-seekers"....wahahhaahahhaa....!!! I only hope that I will be the one bringing Brando for a run, and not the other way round...heh heh...