May 23, 2022

I was too tired when I went home because I went to SM Mall OF Asia. There is a remote branch of DFA there and I get a passport. MOA is just 10 minutes away from our house if there is no traffic but that place is always busy that it could take me more than an hour to be in that place. Imagine I got off work at 3:30 pm and I reached it before 5 pm. Then I stayed in DFA for 10 minutes only. The process was fast and there are only few people lining up.

Going home took me 1 and a half hour or more. I went home 7pm already. That is why I don't want to visits Moa ever. I will only go there compulsory if I will watch concert. I watch the concert of A1 and Otown last 2019 at Moa Arena. It always make some tired visiting it.

So there when I went home, my daughter dog Unnie say greet me in a very charming way. She is a 16kgs dog but she wants to be carried and I always carry her whenever I go home. I carry her like a little child. She will kiss my cheek and gave me the sweetest look like she is so happy seeing me for the first time. She always gives me that kind of feeling. I look like a Kpop Idol to her that she is so proud of me and happy to see me once again. I am just a regular person but to my Unnie, I am her world.

She is my first stress reliever. Whenever I do home, sick or not, she will greet me like I am the most special person in her life. Once I changed my office uniform to regular ones, I will carry her and put her in a table. I will talk to her and she will listen to me but she will not look at me. I always capture her in my phone camera because I am fond of seeing her mouth open. I like her teeth. I regularly brush it. Unnie doesn't smell like a dog. She smell sweet because I am using a tea tree bar shampoo on her and I spray conditioner so that her hair is soft.

Earlier, while I was resting, my mother gave us a kwek-kwek. It is a quail egg covered with orange starch. We ate together. I made a cold milk for both of us and we started to have a conversation. Of course she doesn't talk, but she response with a sigh, or a look in the eye. When she is listening to my stories, she will look the other way. Once I stop talking, she will look at me and seems asking, "what happens next?", then I will continue what I was talking about. She always have the time to listen.

Sometimes she feel sleepy. It means she is really sleepy but she waited for me to go home. She woke up as soon as arrive and leave me to stay under the table because she will continue sleeping. I will put her on the table while she is sleeping, because I will hug her. Hugging her is a relief. She is so fat, so big like a bear. She looks like a black bear. That is the reason I call her Unnie Bear Bear. She will allow me to hug her as soon as I wanted. After a while I feel refresh. Her heartbeats is like a music to my ear.

We eat together always. We eat breakfast and dinner. I can't be always with her during lunch because I am at work. During Sunday, we are always together. She follows me everywhere at home. I will get busy at one time and she will just sits beside me,or she will sleep. When I am washing the dishes, she will be staying on a big chair waiting for me or will sleep again. When I eat my snack she will always have her share. It seems that her life only revolves around me.

When I am about to sleep she is always beside me. We share the same bed, same pillow and blanket. Sometimes I will find out that I no longer have a pillows anymore, it is because she is using it all. When my alarm doze in the morning, she will kick my cellphone. She never wakes me up because she hates seeing me waking up and preparing for work. When she sees me about to go to work, she will cry. Sometimes she will bite my bag to stop me. Sometimes she will hide my shoes. She always do things that will delay me from leaving the house. Separation anxiety starts once I close the door and start walking outside. Unnie will cry.

That is why I make sure that I leave work on time. This is because there is a dog called Unnie that is waiting for my return. We are destined to be together. We have language barrier but from her actions and look in her eyes, I totally understand what she is saying.

I can't live a day without her and I know she feels the same way. She is a God's gift to me. I must have done something right from the past to deserve her. If I am sad, she knows it. If I am happy, she celebrates with me. She even dance with me. Life is unfair, life is not perfect, but with a presence of the dog named Unnie, life is worth fighting for. This world becomes a good home to stay. This Dog is a Must Have.

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