to CRY or NOT to cry over an animal's death

Our beloved Lola, the most cheerful and friendly Labrador ever, was finally being put to sleep (euthanized) by VO on Last Friday.....

May Lola rest in peace.
We really love you so much.

Lola had been living a sad life during her last part of life, suffering from a skin problem that cannot be diagnosed, underwent all sort of medication and dietary trials during her skin therapy, being abandoned by her owner due to her high maintenance fees for medication and her ugly appearance due to loss of hair caused by the unknown skin problem. Ever since abandoned by her owner, Lola had been staying in our UVH small animal ward for over a year. Not much improvement of her skin problem since... she was always playing around students and personnels in the ward and slowly she was forgotten by time.

Looking at Lola always remind me of my own Kiro. She had always reminded me of not to abandon Kiro just because his incurable skin disease. A dog's life is also a life. And Kiro has only me and my family as his closest kins. I could imagine how Kiro will be living like if we ever abandoned him.

Ever since I knew about the plan of having Lola put to sleep, I really wish I have the ability to adopt Lola from the economical wise. I'm only a student who has no income. How am I going to afford her much higher medication and hypoallergic diets than Kiro's? While I'm already having big problem like Kiro, can I still afford to keep her with me? Eventually, all these constraints stopped me, and there gone Lola.....
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I was not at the scene while Lola was being euthanized. According to Pn. Haslina, some of the students there cried over her death.

The next day when Pn. Haslina was telling the story, she also commented that a Vet or a Vet student should not be crying over an animal's death, especially in front of the animal's owner or others, that we have to be professional.

I do agree with her. That's very true that we should not show emotions over an animal's death, especially when most of the times there will be owners who are more sad than we do. We should be comforting the owners rather than crying shoulder by shoulder with them!!!

However, always emotions are the hardest ones to control. We couldn't help but just crying..... maybe it's still best to cry in our blanket, in our own room, when we are alone...

Mussel Guys Restaurant

Mussel Guys Restaurant @ The Vivo City, Singapore

The Menu

Tropical fruit punch

Free mushroom cream soup comes with any main course

Cream sauce mushroom spaghetti

Hot and spicy King Prawn black squid ink linguinie

Trip @ Taman Negara Pahang

Date: 14 to 16 March 2008

Venue: Taman Negara Pahang

How to get there?

From Kuala Lumpur

1) Shuttle Bus

Leave from Hotel Crown Plaza Mutiara at 8.45am (Daily Departure).

Fare : about RM 70

2) Self Drive

KL->Karak Highway -> East Coast Highway->Temerloh (Exit)->Jerantut->Kuala Tembeling Jetty .

3) By Express Bus (to Jerantut)Perwira Express Bus at Pekeliling Bus Station (Opposite General Hospital).

The Journey take about 4 hours.

Departure Time : 10am/11:30am/3pm/5pm

Return From Jerantut : 8.30 am /10.30 am/2.30pm /4.00 pm

Fare: RM10.85 (one way) .

From (Ipoh ,Penang,Kedah)

Recommended : Self DrivePLUS highway -> Exit Tg. Malim->(20KM) to Kuala kubu Bahru-> (12KM) to Batang Kali Town then turn left follow the sign board to Genting Highland->Gohtong Jaya(15KM)->Karak highway->continue with new east coast highway -> Exit Temerloh Toll ->Turn to Jerantut->Kuala Tembeling Jetty.

From Penang

by BusTake bus from Komtar or Butterworth bus station which towards to Kuantan at 9pm.

Fare: RM 30/way.

Please stop at Temerloh . The bus will arrive at Temerloh around 5.30am.

The hire taxi or van to transfer you to Kuala Tembeling Jetty.

Transfer charges : RM 130/van and RM 70/taxi

From Melaka/Negeri Sembilan

Recommended : Self Drive

From Johore /Singapore

Recommended : by KTMB Train

Departure Time from Singapore : 8.00pm

Departure Time from Singapore : 9.00pm

Arrival Time 3.30 am at Jerantut Railway Station

Fare : Check with http://www.ktmb.com.my/

And how we got there????

By UPM buses, funded by Jabatan Sains Haiwan UPM.

our destination, the entry point of Taman Negara Pahang.

5 minutes boat-ride back and forth across the Tembeling River to the Headquarter of Jabatan Perhilitan and Taman Negara Pahang.

some kind of tough mushroom, firm enough to be seated on if big size....

Peacock fern leaf, turns blue to sunlight, warm temperature

peacock fern leaf, appears green at cooler temperature

a cute looking mushroom with some insect bite on it.

Wild boars are everywhere

ghost palm leaf

tree frog @ jungle night walk

one of the giant tree root

the poisonous Ipoh tree

"Ling zhi"??

The video show made under the effort of Maryam and Ijah, thanks alot to both of u! haha.