Bye bye nono...

I was secretly happy that the month may is coming to an end

and nothing unlucky had happened 

except that i caught a cold

and the bad news had to arrive, nono left us...

Is strange how im usually awake after 9am these days

and on last thursday i accidently set alarm at 7am.

Maybe is fate or nono sent me a telepathy,

my sister updated me that nono was vsick in the hospital

and awhile later we chose to put him to sleep as he was suffering.

It was so sudden.

Despite i suspected that nono is sick because he lost a lot of weight

when i saw him in February

or i always told husband that nono is old and will leave soon,

i never expected it to be so sudden.

Nono has been with us for 13 years.

He is sort of my first official pet,

minus the tortises, fishes or hamsters i "killed"

I remembered that we went to shop for a dog with my family

we never thought to choose a maltese

and what caught my eyes was in the group of malteses,

he was sitting there and dragging himself with his front paws,

probably because he has an itchy butt

but it was enough for us to choose him to bring home..

He was so cute.

He was definitely more active than the normal maltese

Constantly playing chase,

peeing in wrong place and hide in his "prison" whenever we wanted to scold him,

scaring me by barking non-stop at a dark corner when i was home alone with him,

Or "dragging" me when i bring him for walks...

After my dad's stroke,

he will always laid beside my dad's chair

keeping my dad accompanied and enjoying the tummy rubs...

nono also has to endured the bad haircuts that i gave him at times...

I think i became much closer to nono after my dad's death

I forgot the reason why i was sleeping in the living room for awhile,

and nono became my sleeping companion every night

at times, i was so scared that i may accidently crash him while sleeping

that i will wake him up in wee hours to check if he is alive

or laugh at him when he is dreaming...

I rmemebered that once we went for a holiday and placed him at the pe hotel

the pet hotel called us as nono was not eating or drinking 

and wanted us to bring him home

Luckily PT was around and told us how happy nono was happy to see him

Nono ate and drank so much when he went home

Such a cowardy dog but always first to help us check when a cockroach enters our home...

During my depression,

he will be the one licking my tears

and do nothing beside me to give me some comfort..

I rmemebered once I was about to take my pills to suicide

and found that he was drinking out of my glass of water

I gave up the thought that night because it was like him telling me not to do it

Sadly, years on i shifted with my sister

while nono continued to stay with my brother

So my time with nono reduced except when i went over to my brother's home

luckily, the kids loved to have nono around...

and i believed he must love all the attention from everyone...

Before i came to paris, i stayed at my brother's home

and had more time with nono

but i was always so busy with work

and nono was older and less active

but he still do come over and sit by my feet while i worked at nights...

Since i relocated,

we can only visit nono once a year when we visit my brother's home

husband always remarked how nono seems to recognise me

even though he has not seen me for awhile

and at times slept beside me when i fell asleep on sofa watching boring CNY tv shows...

It is so strange to know that i will never see him again

for my next trip back to Singapore

how i will miss his loving personality and peculair smelly smell

but im sure he will be in heaven with my dad and babies

and someday, we will meet again.

Goodbye my friend...