Have you ever found a friend, who would love you unconditionally, who would dry your tears for you (albeit by licking it) and be your loyal listener no matter how stupid the matter is.....
...well I found one.....
His name was Rocky. I still remember the day we brought him home from a home breeder. He was really small and round. Fell asleep on my brother's lap in the car. He had that constant emo look that made him look so cute in our eyes. His first meal was funny, little Rocky was so eager to eat that he put both his front paws into the feeding bowl and tipped it and covered himself. Simply precious.
I remember his first attempt to bite my shoes, in fact that whole family's shoes were either torn or gone. Over time we had to teach him some manners and in came the spanking. Those were the days, its been years since Rocky bite any shoes......
Rocky was a greedy baby....he used to sneak into the kitchen to grab a bite although there are things he was not suppose to eat. It seems like only yesterday he sneaked up behind us and ran off with the durian which he ended up immobile for a while resulting from eating (too much i think). There was also the time he ran off with the sugar cane sticks and chewed happily in front of me.....
He was always happy to see me, and how I love it when I see him wagging his tail everytime I arrive home....ganas as he is when playing with us, Rocky is always gentle when the kiddos are around him..and oh he stole a lick at baby Sheng Sheng....
How I loved him so...despite the troubles he brought, Rocky brought joy too. Nothing beats the feeling of being loved by this gentle creature when he puts his head on my lap and nothing in the world can imitate his grumbling noise asking for the snack in my hands. If only snacks can make him grumble again....
7 years we were together, longer than many Hollywood marriages......7 years of ups and downs in my life was shared with Rocky, 7 years of love, 7 years of friendship......
Today, is the day Rocky is immortalized in my memory. For I will never hear him bark again. I really wished this is just a bad bad dream and Rocky will wake up and bite my shoes again, I will not hesitate to give up my favourite shoes, if he would just wake up and chew on them.
I only hope that, Rocky is in a better place now....they said all dogs go to heaven...I hope its true... I hope Rocky will meet Li Ling's Baby and Mei Mei's Lucky (and the clan) and wait for me over the other side, where I would join them someday. Where I can stroke his fur and hug him once again...
What would I give to see him chewing my shoes.....to hear him bark again....
Oh god I really miss Rocky.
