Friday, February 22, 2013

My Pet JJ - PhotoHunt

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cleaned and dried for Chinese New Year

My son's 'pet' - a Teddy bear. hahaha......

We had a live pet once, an extremely adorable and intelligent Shih Tzu puppy named JJ. For a year, he was brutally abused by my foreign students. Whenever I was not looking, one Filipino boy and one Chinese boy would coil his leash round his neck and drag him up two flights of stairs to the upper floor to abuse him. 

 It was only after I noticed that he was limping that two female students told me the truth. When the vet told me the extent of his injuries, I was furious. My poor puppy had three cracked ribs and a broken hind leg. 

 Fearing for his safety, I offered him to a neighbour who treated him like her own child. She moved away from our neighbourhood shortly. My son was heartbroken and did not ask for any pet again. My family missed JJ a lot.  





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  1. CarverFriday, February 22, 2013 at 10:41:00 PM GMT+8

    That's an adorable teddy bear.

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  2. KenFriday, February 22, 2013 at 11:45:00 PM GMT+8

    I'm sorry to hear that.... you should literally spank your students for that, hmph!

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    1. eastcoastlifeSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 12:22:00 AM GMT+8

      I should have reported them to SPCA. These cruel and evil young adults.

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  3. wennSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 12:13:00 AM GMT+8

    oh dear, pity JJ..

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  4. foongpcSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 1:21:00 AM GMT+8

    I prefer panda bear! Hahaha!!

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    1. eastcoastlifeSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 7:53:00 PM GMT+8

      I want to get a panda plush bear but due to the two panda bears on loan to Singapore, all prices of panda products have gone up. :D

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  5. foongpcSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 1:22:00 AM GMT+8

    Actually better not have any pets cos you will outlive them and when they die, you will be brokenhearted : )

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    1. eastcoastlifeSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 7:54:00 PM GMT+8

      That's one of the reasons I dissuade my son from keeping a pet. I saw how upset some of my friends were when their pets passed away.

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  6. AnonymousSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 1:35:00 AM GMT+8

    glad to hear that jj finally found peace in his new home.

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  7. Susan DemeterSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 7:59:00 AM GMT+8

    Cute pic! I have no understanding of people who would harm a defenceless creature. :(

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    1. eastcoastlifeSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 7:56:00 PM GMT+8

      I cannot understand these young people too, they can be very cruel to defenceless creatures and even classmates.

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  8. YTSLSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 11:31:00 AM GMT+8

    So sorry to hear about JJ. I hope those students learnt to be less cruel as well as whatever academic lessons you were teaching them.

    On a lighter note: your son's pet Teddy Bear is cute. Don't you have any pet plushies of your own? ;)

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    1. eastcoastlifeSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 8:02:00 PM GMT+8

      Coming from wealthy families, those students have enormous discipline problems. They have no compassion for any living thing.

      I have Elmo. :D

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  9. ianSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 3:53:00 PM GMT+8

    your story and picture reminds of a viral picture on Facebook where a puppy was similarly hung with clothespins to dry by its owner. he was eventually sued for animal cruelty, as he himself was the one to post the pic in his own Fb account =0

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    1. eastcoastlifeSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 8:04:00 PM GMT+8

      I didn't come across this Facebook post.

      I hope I won't be sued for hanging my son's 'pet' to dry. :P

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  10. GattinaSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 4:13:00 PM GMT+8

    That's disgusting ! I don't know what I would have done to these guys !!

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    1. eastcoastlifeSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 8:37:00 PM GMT+8

      Those ill-disciplined foreign students didn't make it in our Singapore school system and had to return to where they come from. Glad they are not in Singapore anymore.

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  11. AnonymousSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 9:34:00 PM GMT+8

    That is horrid! I would have dragged those kids to the upper floor of the house and tossed them out a window.

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  12. magiceyeSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 9:50:00 PM GMT+8

    Just terrible!

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  13. Vane M.Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 9:57:00 PM GMT+8

    Adorei seu ursinho, já tomou banho e está a secar...um abraço!

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    1. eastcoastlifeSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 10:20:00 PM GMT+8

      Translation : I love your teddy bear, already showered and is drying ... a hug!

      haha.... thank you

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  14. Sandi @the WhistleStop CafeSaturday, February 23, 2013 at 11:14:00 PM GMT+8

    I can't begin to understand a person who gets a thrill from abusing an animal. I like Jerry's suggestion !

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    1. eastcoastlifeSunday, February 24, 2013 at 10:49:00 AM GMT+8

      I can't either. The boys come from very well-to-do families. Their parents give them the best of everything. Yet they choose to not only destroy themselves but the defenceless amongst them.

      One of the boys' parents are well-respected church elders.

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  15. linaSunday, February 24, 2013 at 11:21:00 AM GMT+8

    How can the students be so cruel! :(

    But awwwww at the teddy's photo.

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    1. eastcoastlifeSunday, February 24, 2013 at 11:45:00 AM GMT+8

      Probably due to too much online gaming which promotes violence.

      The teddy is my son's love, washed several times already. Hope it will last a few more washes. :P

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  16. Hootin AnniSunday, February 24, 2013 at 6:54:00 PM GMT+8

    Oh my goodness...how can anyone be so cruel to a helpless animal!?!!

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  17. TrekcapriSunday, February 24, 2013 at 11:27:00 PM GMT+8

    Hi ECL, it's so sad how people can be so cruel to animals. I'm sorry your son was so impacted by those kids cruelty. I'm glad Teddy (all nice and clean) was there to fill the void.

    Have a wonderful weekend.

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