Pyometra

Last few weeks, DM's pet dog, Naomi, 8 years old, was not feeling well. She refuse to eat but drink excessively. DM usually feed her dogs ( we have another male dog, Neil ) with food pellets adding some meat floss to bribe them to eat. Naomi refused to eat them even when her plate is more of meat then her usual pellet. Worse, She vomited.
So, we figure that something was wrong and bring her to the Vet. She was diagnosed for digestion problem/ indigestion. Vet said she is old ( although she's only 8, Maltese can live to 15 years old ) and because lack of maintenance from her previous owner ( she was given by my friend when she moved to Jakarta ) she get old faster ( she has lost some of her teeth and the rest got so many tartar built up ) so her digestion is week and my mum's habit to add meat floss to her food, made it worse. The vet describe some digestion tablets and anti vomit tablets.
Few days later, Naomi didn't get well. She mostly slept and worse she peed in the house. I've baby girl in the house, so u can imagine how frantic i become. Then we noticed there was some greenish stain on her bedding and she kept licking her genital area. We brought her to vet again, This time Vet confirmed that she got Pyometra( infection of the uterus) and need to get surgery ASAP.
So, What is Pyometra? It turn out that it was a common disease middle-aged female dogs that have not been spayed and who was on a heat cycle and in which fertilization did not occur and cause hormonal abnormality. Typically, within two to four months after the cycle, the female starts showing signs of the disease. For more information, u can go to www.peteducation.com.
She went through the 4 hours long bloody surgery. Went home with 2 kinds of antibiotic pills, pain killers and a tube of anti bactericidal gel to be applied on stitches area. And we have to make some kind of bandage with 4 holes for her legs ( from megan sweat shirt) so she can't lick her wound and kept the stitches firm. We have to feed her every 4 hours to prevent stomach empty and indigestion.....so 'bo-eng'
But It's 3 weeks ago. Now she is heal and as healthy as puppy. Happy ending for all

Go Green! Save Our Earth!

Now, almost everywhere we heard slogans ( whispering, not screaming considering only a small group of people pay attention to them ) about: Safe our planet, safe our world, etc. The truth is, is these sentence ring your inner bell? Hello..... we can see our world is really really sick and start showing sign such as catastrophe everywhere including: extreme weather either Heat waves or Cold waves, Floods, Landslide, Arctic ice melting, Island sinking, Tsunami, etc,etc... And who suffer the most? Human? WRONG!!!! It's Animal's World who get the worst hit. They do nothings to cause these, they just run their life as generations before them. They are innocent but the must bear the consequence of us,human, arrogance. Yes, I pity them.
Look What we have done to their circle of life, we have damage the food chain by our industrial pollutant, by spilling tons of fuel on the sea, by illegal logging, by illegal hunting ( I read an article from newspaper recently about a group of baby seal were massacre by unknown youngster, really made me sick: how young people can did such unthinkable things? ). We cause the famous " Global Warming" ( Quote it because it's only empty words to most of us ) and that leads to many...many disaster, We steal their forest by deforestations either for plantation,mining and housing. Forest animal who had smaller and smaller habitat area will surely out of the forest to find foods for living. Elephants and other animals such as monkeys who actually scare of human, dare themselves to go to the village to stole crops and then must faced being murdered or poisoned. Even tiger, Lions who once were called " King of The Jungle" are king no more because being hunt for their skin, claws, etc.
Animal become extinct. And once they're in extinction group, what we human do? We hunt them even more to sell to the collector who dare to pay high price.
Gosh...What cruel creature we're!!
Do we really have humanity as a human? Do we have love in our heart? Or have it deteriorating along with the dying earth? Only YOU, Yourselves, can answer that!

Now, now, this are not the topic i want to write, but since it is in my head, i think i own myself to write them down.

Now, what can we, humble human being whose voice is clearly ignore by politician, rich and famous can do?
We can start living a greener life. We can create greener environment. Can u imagine how good it will be if everybody is trying to live a greener lives?
So, how to live a greener life? words is easier to be said, you know. Many will think: Ah, if only me , wont effect the world. Well... WRONG!!! Small steps leads to great result right?
First: We can reduce the using of fossil fuel by using energy efficiently.
Don't turn on air-con if you're not in the room, turn off your electrical equipment, don't just put them on stand-by mode. Use energy efficient lamps, don't build a house as big as palace if only a small family member who'll live in it ( I know houses which are around 1000 meter square, three stories height and contain only 5-7 family members plus 5-6 maid. What a waste:land waste,energy waste), Don't buy car as big as Hummer if you only use it as city car. Use car as needed and use public transport instead( although i can't apply it with Indonesia public transport condition, we don't only arrive our destination filthy , sticky with dust and sweat but also risk of being robbed or sexual harassment ). Travel with neighbour if heading same destination ex. mall, church, temple, school office.
Second: Bring your own bags or basket to groceries store. Reduce using plastic bags. Plastic need ages to be unravel

Third: Bring your own chopsticks, to avoid using wooden/bamboo dispose able ones.
Fourth: Womens, Use cloths pads for your monthly menstruation.
No, not our mum's type but now there are many comfortable cloth pads with pretty prints also with wings.
Fifth: For new mums, use cloth diapers instead of disposeable diapers which is made with papers and full of chemical.
There are many brands of cloth diapers out there, mostly made and sell by WAHM.
Sixth: Plants trees as many as possible such as in the gardens, side walks, roof, etc.
Seven: Throw the rubbish such as candy wrap in garbage can.
Keep your enviroment clean. Rubbish will produce methane gas which contribute large portion of glass-house effect.
Eight: Don't order food excessively so it won't be soiled or throw away uneaten.
So many and increasing hungry people in the world. How can you throw away your dinner if so many children in the world crying with hunger and their parents only able to feed them with plain water to ease their stomach pain??
Nine: Stop Deforestation!
The world is not belong only by human, so many other creature live in it. Please consider the other. You will not happy if your neighbour car is parking in your garden, right? So stop the greed and egoistic thinking and respect other living creature. They have the same right as we,human, to live harmony in this world with different pattern.
Ten: Contractor and all real estate empire. Build Vertically not horizontally.
Create a greener environment for your estate and provide park as " city lungs " in your housing project.
Ten is not enough but these will great to big result if we apply them in our daily lives.

So, Please... SAVE THE EARTH!!!!

Maid..maid..maid

I got a temporary maid at last. Temporary because she/bibik can't stay over and must go home ( to her kampung and she work from 8 am to 5 pm daily). She is not from yayasan which i've ordered and pay DP but my former bibik cuci's relatives. Her name is bik Ac. I really like her. She is clever, obedient, very clean and specially she loves children. Megan absolutely loves her. You will never able found someone able to mop the floor as clean as she's. Really superb. The problem is, she can't stay over at night because she has husband and a child to look after.
I worried if my maid from yayasan come, would she able to work as bik Ac standard? I've tried 1 maid from this yayasan before. Only last for 1 months. She is really terrible. Talk a lot ( lies..lies...brag..brag..) I suspect she is mental. Her brain digest the information opposite from our instruction, such as : if u ask her not to wash the tupperware lids with metal sponge, she will use it instead. Can u imagine the damage she did to my households and utensils in 1 months? Argh... better not to mention it. Drive me mad...Even after nearly 1 months, Megan still cried when she saw her. Nah... I've get rid of her last week ( i drove her to airport myself! ) And yayasan promise to give me substitute in these few days(a week has passed already and still no news)
Bik Ac really a savior, she help me care for Megan when i do my design and play with her, rock her to sleep,etc... I tried to persuade her to stay over every weekend. If she buy it at last, I think I'll cancel my contract with yayasan ( maybe i can get half of my DP, i hope ) because, after a week without stay-at-home-maid, I still survive hehehe but i really wish able to hang out with friends at weekend to recharge the brain and gets up to date news aka gossips... So, Wish me luck!!!!