Hurricane Coco

Since 1 January 2009, we have a new addition to the family - a puppy, courtesy of V. She is a Chinese Crested and Yorkshire terrier cross. At 8 months now, she looks more like her father, the Chinese Crested, mostly hairless, slender and long limbs. We called her Coco, as that is the only name she responded to after used to being called 'Cole' before she came to us. Since she came to us, she has brought us a lot of joy, fun and laughter with her antics. Coco may not be up to par with the therapy dogs of Singapore, but I think she is a good enough therapy dog for my family. Many thanks to V and D for this wonderful gift.

Here's Coco with her story.

"Thank you, mama. Hi! Me, Coco, the love and life of the family."


"That's me, sleeping like a baby. Aww, so cute, aren't I?"




"This is what Coco normally does when Coco not sleeping. Notice my nice, soft skin and long, slender legs?"







"Now, I am gonna show you what I am capable of."

"This is what my playpen looked like after mama left me alone at home for a few hours. Mama said it looked like Hurricane Coco visited my playpen. Naw, it's just me, Coco, the shredder. Oh, this is nothing. Sometimes, Coco shred and shred until there were bits and strips of paper all over my playpen. Mama should have taken pictures of those. But today Coco peeed and pooed before Coco thought of shredding. Coco don't wanna have pee and poo all over me, so Coco shredded a little. But, you see, Coco managed to peel off the flooring. Not bad, eh? What? Coco just a puppy, and Coco bored, and maybe a little angry. So.."

"And, that's me, the contortionist."

"This is just a simple one. Mama said sometimes, Coco slept in such a way that she can only see all legs and no head. See, my mama not so handy with the camera, missed all my good shots. Haiz..."




'Let me tell you about the time I became Princess Jelly. That day my knee hurt and mama brought me to The Animal Clinic at Telok Kurau. Ugh! Coco hates to go see the doc. Coco so frightened that Coco keep shaking and trembling. There was this white puppy, full of hair and sh..she w..as sh.aak.ing li..ke mee... Ma..ma.. pp.uut me doownn ne..ext t.t.o h.err aa.nd we..e sh.sh.o.oo.k to.og.e.ther. Th.en he.rr ma..ama p.pii.cked h.er u.pp aa.nd sh.she stopped shaking. See, Coco won, Coco is Princess Jelly cos Coco shooked longer than her. Mama said Coco shook like a bowl of jelly - wonder what's that. Nah, we did not become friends. How to talk when we kept shaking so much?"

"What's that big orange furry thingy that rolled over and said 'meow' when mama said 'hello'? Aiyoh! Mama, let's go. Coco frightened. Se..ee.., Co..oco sh..sha..king. Sheesh! Mama forgot Coco no more hair, trying to frighten Coco out of skin as well."

(Wonder what jiejie is doing in the room.) (Ling, ling, ling) "That's my collar bell, lah. It jingled when I moved. Mama put it for me cos Coco so quiet and she did not want me to get stepped on, especially by my big, fat papa with his big feet. Bless you, mama."

"Jiejie, jie... aiieee! Mama! Mama! Big, black monster!"

Mama : "Coco, what happened to you? What frightened you? Oh... it's only jiejie trying out her long, black gown for the Singapore Youth Festival competition. Coco, see, it's only jiejie."

"Aiyaah, jiejie, you frightened me. You know Coco scared of black colour."

"Coco also scared of strong winds and laundry flying in the wind - always thought it was unidentified flying monster coming to get me."

Dingdong!
"The doorbell irritates me, especially when nobody's home or in the living room. See like that night, the only nearest ones are mama and korkor in the kitchen, then 'dingdong'". (How? What? I'll just "arf! arf!" (not so loud, see?) and run to mama in the kitchen. But, wait, what's that, wow, big, fat daddy going to the door! Now, I can "arf! arf! bowwow! bowwowwow! arf! arf! arf!" See, my daddy is so big, Coco not afraid. Who's that? "arf! arf! arf!" Oh, newspaperman to collect money.)

Dingdong!
(Aaww, what do I do? Go away! Don't frighten me. Nobody's home. Coco scared so Coco not gonna bark, so whoever it is will think nobody's home and go away.)
Dingdong!
(Go away! Go away! Nobody's home. Coco's not home too. Don't bother me.)

"See, all these things frightened me so much out of my hair that Coco can't grow them back."

"Oi! Don't take picture when Coco in the shower. Can't a gal have some privacy? Go away! Stop it! Go away! Leave me alone! Sheesh!"









"Oooh! Coco really loves this. Charging round and round on the sofa. Ooooh! This is fun!"







"Mama said Coco no hair, no problem, cos Coco so adorable and so cute.
I love you, you love me, we are happy family.... arf! arf!"