CNY Celebrations

Whoops! Mom is still editing the photos of the fabulous gifts that I got from JD & Max, so let me post some photos of the CNY celebrations at Mom's Grandpa's place! This year, it was a little bit more somber as Mom's Grandma is no longer around...plus, it was super hot weather this time of the year, so all we did was laze around the house most of the time >.<" Not that many photos, but we did have some on the reunion dinner! Okay, enough chitter chatter...here are the photos:

Posing on one of the chairs...it's a little bit more cooling here than outside. LOL!

Kenji with his super long tongue trying to cool off...I don't know why he would still want to sleep on the bed. It was so hot, it's crazy!

Me greeting the visitors that come...*grins*

Preparations for the dinner underway, with the infamous long table for the family...we had steamboat again! *licks lips* It's the easiest kind of dinner to prepare, apparently, so why not right? *grins*

We also had the traditional Chinese New Year dish called 'Lou Sang' that day. Here are the men at the end of the table getting ready to 'mix'...the ladies had another big plate of the dish all to themselves. Heh!

This dish is a little curious...it consists of sweet and sour gravies, lots of crunchy (and colorful) tit bits, and some pickles. Some people put raw fish (a la sashimi style) in it...it's supposed to symbolize luck and prosperity (the Chinese have a saying for it, and it sounded like 'fish' for one of the words, so you know how it goes *wink*). We did it a little differently...instead of fish, we had abalone in it! *grins*

Here's how things go with the dish: the condiments and ingredients are laid out nicely on the plate, and when it is time everybody comes together with their pair of chopsticks and mixes the ingredients together, pulling them as high as possible. It gets messy at times, what with the many chopsticks hitting the dish all at once, but it's all good fun and has quite a bit of symbolism too. The action of 'pulling the food up' symbolizes the person going higher up in whatever he/she does, be it career or life...so it's supposed to mean good luck =) Or at least, that's what Mom gets out from it. *wink* At the end of it all, everyone enjoys a little bowl of the mixed dish...yummy! I managed to get a few bits from the things that fell from the table, but that's about it I guess >.<" Like I said before...so near, yet so far! =(

After dinner, there was some funny things going on too...Mom's Grandpa wanted to dye his hair, coz according to him his hair had become grey. And so, he asked Mom's cousin (who is a budding hair stylist) to help him with it! *grins* Mind you, he's a ripe old age of 82...so to only dye his hair now is such a great testament that his jet black hair lasted VERY long before needing a dye job! *wink* How I wish my fur was like that too!

Well, that's about it for my CNY back in Seremban...the rest of the time we were there, we spent it watching TV and munching on CNY goodies. Heh! It's still CNY now, so the feasting is still on...LOL!


xoxo,
Scottie

My First Meeting With JD & Max's Humans!

Hi everyone!

So sorry for the long hiatus again...we're in a long holiday mood, coz it's Chinese New Year again! Happy CNY to everyone who is celebrating it! *grins* In lieu of all ang pows, please forward it to Mom...*snickers*

Okay, jokes aside, there has been such wonderful things happening to me lately that it's hard to keep it all in check! For now though, here is my account on meeting JD & Max's humans, Neil & Clare! Sorry it took so long...I know the rest of the gang (Fatty & Ally, Santa & Carrie) have all updated their blogs right after the meeting. But, better late than never right? *wink* Without further ado:

Moi, the *ahem* 'thorn' amongst all the beautiful roses in the gathering...*wink* Mom is hopeless at removing the laser eyes from the photo, I tells ya! LOL!

Here are the other doggies that were there! Fatty & Ally...

Carrie...

Santa...

Christmas...

Cheddie, another cutie whose Mom is a very famous blogger! *grins* Cheddie has a sibling, Koyuki who is super camera shy, so Mom didn't manage to capture any photo =(

The amount of food that was ordered...*licks lips* It's such a shame that I was sitting so CLOSE to the table, and yet I'm so FAR from getting even a bite out of these yummy food! GRRR...lucky Mom brought some dog treats for me. Heh!

This was the super yummy (according to Mom & everyone else who enjoyed the food!!) plate of crabs..infused with the broth, need I say more? *drools on keyboard*

Mom's lame attempt at capturing the moments at the dinner...LOL! See Clare giving me a head scritch? I had a total blast coz I sat next to her...she was super nice giving me head scritches! *grins* Neil was very nice too!

Here's Clare with Minnie...aren't they both cutie pies?! *grins*

We had a lot of meeting 'sessions' too in between the eating and chatting..heh! Here's Carrie meeting Santa..

Me chatting with Carrie and her Mom...

And me sharing a heart-to-heart with Fatty! The parents were talking about us being 'exclusive'...I wonder how it will turn out, eh? *wink wink*

Here are all of us together with (almost) all the humans! Thanks to Uncle Eric for organizing the dinner! It was such a blast getting to know everyone and to meet Neil and Clare! Special THANK YOU also to Neil & Clare for the GINORMOUS bag of goodies sent all the way from UK by JD & Max!! How big is it?
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It's bigger than me!! I'm going to be posting about it in my next post coz the things are SUPER awesome, they deserve their own post! *grins* Meanwhile, I'll be snoopervising Mom with our own package for JD & Max...heh! I feel so guilty for not sending something over to them that I'm getting Mom to send one by mail...finalizing some stuff and packing it so we hope it'll reach you soon, JD & Max!

xoxo,
Scottie

Ich liebe treats!

Sorry for the very lame attempt at speaking German...I thought I would try a simple phrase because:

We got some treats from Germany as a gift from a very good friend of Mom's! There's chocodrops (if I read them correctly!), some bacon-like treats and some treats that looked like little sticks! *drools*

Once we heard the rustle of the bags, we all start rushing towards Mom and sitting nicely to get our share of the treats...heh!

Mom thought she would start with the bacon treats coz they smelled good! (Well, she said it smelled bad, but WE think it's PAWSOME! *grins*) But still, we had to wait while the shutterbox thingy does its work...

Since we were being so patient, Mom thought she would push her luck with another trick before she allowed us to take it...this was the only shot she managed before it flew out of my schnozzle into my waiting mouth. Heh!

Kenji didn't have it so good...he got so fed up he looked away from the camera. It's also his own way of 'leaving the food alone'. Just don't look at it, and you won't get tempted...LOL!!

Want to give a big shout out and thanks to Aunty Yen for giving us these pawsome treats!

Mom has been trying to teach Kenji the 'Beg' trick for ages...LOL! This is the best he would do...haha!

And this is how the 'old hand' does it...hehehe!

We'd like to ask for a favor from all our friends...there is this little award thing that Mom nominated my blog for...it's called the 2010 Dog Blog Award from TrainPetDog.com! There are some really cool prizes up for grabs and we'd like to try and win it *grins* That's why we need YOUR help, coz this is a voting round! To help us out, please go to the website: www.TrainPetDog.com and enter the unique code for the ~Nottie Scottie~ blog, which is:

1bauP

You only need to vote once, so I'd really appreciate the help...*grins* Danke schön (I think it means Thank You Very Much! *wink*)

xoxo,
Scottie

Being a 'Fuzzball' and Fishies!

GRRRR!! I'm so blaming Mom for slacking off on my blogging time yet again! Even though we got something-so-pawsomely-cool-I-can't-even-talk-about-it-without-drooling-on-the-keyboard:

Fish treats!!

All ready to dive into (no pun intended) those yummy treats...excuse the fuzzball phase. Mom is not only lazy in my blogging time, but my personal hygiene as well. *sigh*

Concentrate, concentrate...maybe it will land on my nose faster!

Ooh...yes it does! Slightly tilt head for major 'AWWW' points as well as quicken the trick time. *wink*

Drool excessively until it's impossible to even Photoshop, and you get the perfect fish treat photo! *grins*


Optional: If you want to get even more squeals and treats from the humans, combine two known tricks...*wink* Mom tried to make me do it again another time after this photo, but I refused...mwahahahaha!

Kenji's approach was a little more subtle...do the 'Down' command and stare hypnotically at the camera.

Otherwise, do the 'Shake' command and stare obssessively at the fish while tilting head away!

xoxo,
Scottie

A Very, VERY Belated Post In A Brand New Year

Hi everyone!

A VERY Happy (and Belated!) New Year to all my friends! We had been super 'busy' what with all the long weekends and all...Mom has been going out so much it's insane! So, I sat her down and gave her a good talking to. She promises to be more vigilant in helping me blog...so I hope that becomes a resolution that she intends to keep in this brand spanking new year! *grins*

So, to commemorate this New Year, I'd like to start by thanking all the friends who have sent me cards (snail mail or e-mail or even just dropping by my blog!) for Christmas! In total, I think I've received more than 50 cards! That's super awesome, coz my Mom only got one...mwahahahahaha! =P Here are some photos of me with my beautiful and LOVELY cards! They will go into my card collection along with the ones I've received last year...*grins*







And here are the e-cards that I've received as well! I'm a little disappointed that I couldn't display all the cards I've received, because some are animated and Mom doesn't know how to capture it all. But Thank You just the same to all the friends (old and new!) who have sent me a card! I hope I can come by and visit your blogs real soon to thank you in person...everyone's cards are SOOOO gorgeous!

Mom is also getting a little obsessed with another gadget that Aunty Jane bought not too long ago...don't know what it's called, but it's really funny to watch them play with it and laughing along. Sometimes I like to lie down next to Mom, but when she's playing with that gadget thingy, she asks me to move away coz she's afraid she might step on me! GRRRRR! But all the same, they all giggle like silly school girls when they see my confused look watching them play this thing:


Here's to hoping that Mom won't neglect me again in the process, and everyone had a great New Year's!


xoxo,
Scottie