================================= I love dogs... I always had a plenty of wonderful memory with this faithful species since I was a kid....
When I got married and planned to have a child, my wife and I prepared the first friend for our unborn baby; a yellow Labradore Retriever..... Her name was TY.....
TY was darn smart since she was really young... We noticed that she had many talents... She caught many tricks within no time.... She always made us laugh, made our busy, exhausting days into lovely ones and made us one happy family.
When our elder son, NB, was born.... We litterally raised both of them together.... TY knew that how to play with me and my wife and, also, knew how to gently with "her baby brother".....
We had never thought that there would be anything or anyone making our family apart.... But I was flat wrong....
Both of us got a scholarship almost at the same time... So we'd to pursue our education aboard.... Unavoidably, we had to leave TY behind....
That was the only thing I felt very sorry about my education here in the US...
When we came back from our Yellowstone trip, I got a phone call from Thailand.... It was about TY.... She didn't wait for us no more.... She's passed away....
Life and cycle of life are obviously simple and understandable for a scientist like me.... But, in this case, I couldn't stop my sorrow and tears... It just came down while I talked on the phone.... I tried so hard to stop it, but I just simply couldn't....My voice began to stutter, the damn tear poured down madly, and I finally broke down.... I got to stop the conversation and had to find my personal moment and space to get my poise and emotion back together.....
The damn dog didn't wait for me anymore... My only wish about her was; I just would like to spend the last moment with her and would like to be the one who brought her to her last resting place---revering her as a fun, big part of my life and my beloved family....
She was a good dog--- smart, faithful, playful, kind, lovely and adorable....
When the situations in Thailand broke up, I didn't cry or sank into sorrow like when TY passed.... I just felt bitter... and I wondered; if she, my dog TY, could be a politician, she would be a better one--- far more better than those people--- at least she didn't eat or desire much more than she needed.... She also knew where her loyalty lied and she knew how to play with people....
She was a smart dog and didn't bark much.... =================================
I read your story about Ty, your nice dog.Sorry to hear that. Although I have never had my dogs and I cannot get along well with any dogs. ( I had a pretty bad experience about the dog since I was young) But I believe that many people like you have good relationships with their pets like dogs. I would like to have that feeling sometimes.
Anyway, I like your last paragraph; the way you connected your story from dog to politicians. Unlucky that some dogs in the world want to eat more and more, bark a lot and bite others. We should have many dogs like TY in the world.
I once had a dog in here. Adopted him from a pound. Too bad the relationship didn't grow as well as it should be.
My friend,who has a ชิวาว่า กับ พัก, said the dog I had (according to his breed), was one of the dummest one.
I actually don't care if my dog didn't even pass high sch. All I ask is, know where to go when need arrive. They said he was house broken, but with too many accidents, we began to think that was more like he did it on purpose.
We put him outside. He got upset and when he upsets, the whole neighbors do.
We had to send him back. The house is clean and quiet. We missed him though.
================================= Note: My life has been intertwined with works and many others. New responsibility has emerged, resulting less and less time for my ordinary life. Although, a love to write is still intact... But having less time is related to having less imagination.... Therefore, I could not come up with new writings for quite some times.
It might be a good time for me to leave this forum for moment.... Please take it as Mr. A.T. is having a sabbactatical leave or something like that....
As noted above, my love to write is still the same... and will not be changed. Sometimes somehow, I hope I could come back and give some thoughts in this blog once more.
Cheers, Mr. A.T. June 6th, 2008
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Hello,
My pen-name in Pantip is amatuer translator. Actually, I'm a lousy translator with lame translation. My pen-name is somewhat misleading, I have no background in linguistics what-so-ever. Anyway I love to read, write and communicate with people...
Reading is my most favorite hobby. I read everything from shopping bags to articles in theoretical physics. I do research and teaching for my living. So, reading, writing, thinking and doing research works are my everyday routine.
I would like to define myself as a person who is accepting new ideas and adopting those into my way of life.
I believe in power of knowledge/education. I think every society can be a better society with knowledge. Ignorance can be dispelled by it. Humanity can live sustainably and harmoniously with each other along with its biosphere with understandings in the nature surrounding it.
Apart from my philosophical thoughts reflecting who I am, I can tell you something I like or love in particular;
I love dogs.... Particularly, labradore retrievers.... One day, I would like to spend my time and life with them as a big part of my family.
Zhuge Liang is my hero. With his wisdom and faithfulness, he led a tiny army to a mighty and formidable kingdom. He left his humble residence with a hope to come back. But, sadly, he had never returned and died far far away from home in a horse carriage in a battle field. If I could choose where I would, I would say where-ever my lovely wife was nearby.
I value happiness and my family as my first priority. My profession and my philosophy come in the second. Pursuit in wealth has never been in my desire.
I'm glad to be your friend, and look forward to seeing you around krub.