Our namesakes were in contention to feature. Reina and Torres =)

It was not the most ideal start though. The new boy Joe Cole got a little too excited to kick start his career with the Reds and saw red with an over enthusiastic turned reckless challenge that left his poor team handicapped for more than half the game’s playing time.

As usual, Reina was in top form, blocking and making some remarkable saves that would make any hooman or dog proud. Until that moment of folly, when he fumbled the ball into his own net. I can totally imagine myself in his boots. Too many a time has momentum dragged me further into situations or positions where I never intended to be.

Torres is still coming back from an injury. We’re just hoping that he gets back to his best as like Reina, he is one of our key players. =)

We’re just glad that the football season is back. Long weekend nights in the foreseeable future!

Fellow doggie and hooman friends, are you fans of the BPL too? If so, which team are you on?

That’s Merly and Lyo. Lion and Merlion, in case you’re wondering. Dad thinks Merly is Kumar – inspired. (Kumar’s a very famous local comedian here in Singapore) 

The Youth Olympic Games are happening for the very FIRST time in history of both mankind and dogkind. And Singapore, this little red dot on the map has the honor of hosting this inaugural sporting event. It’s still beyond anyone’s wildest imagination. Both Torres and I, though ineligible to participate (we would totally nail the swimming event btw) are very proud for Singapore.

Prior to the commencement of the games, the Olympic torch had been making its way across every continent around the world before reaching Singapore sometime last week. And over the weekend, we had the excitement of witnessing first hand the torch relay just across the road from our crib.

Here’s us on our way to the bus stop, where the relay was about to proceed.

That’s me, with my tongue out in anticipation….(ok…it was just the crazy weather…too hot!) Redefines the meaning of hotdog…

Thats the Ra-Ra bus…doing its best to hype up the crowd before the flame runner appeared. For a moment, I felt like a star when it went by us. Some of the peeps on the bus actually whipped out their cams to snap away at us! Guess its not everyday you see 2 dogs amongst a crowd of hoomans waiting for the Olympic torch relay…

Celebrity sighting! Miss Joanne Peh, if you can spot her in the crowd. There was no way, with my compromised height that I could get a clean shot with all the hoomans in front of us…

We had fun! It was kind of like a good work out.  Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeahhhh….hey!

We have the entire torch exchange captured on our view cams but there are some issues with youtube at the moment. Will update the clip some other day. Meanwhile, have a good day/night everyone!

Any doubts or worries about her adaptation to the waters were quashed pretty quickly. Belle was quite the natural. Like me!

Here’s belle no. 2,

Btw, that’s me. And I wasted no time playing fetch in the sea. Nothing beats chilling at sea on a lazy weekend morning!

Torres harbours his own school of thoughts though.

While I’m the fanatical swimmer, he’s the surfer dude through and through. Can you spot him on the float?

You know what they say about a picture speaking a thousand words. From the pic above, quite clearly you can first timer Belle getting into the sea. Good old Torres floating and chilling on the float. While I’m way out at sea with Daddy.

Oh, and here’s daddy having  trouble convincing Torres to get off his prized float.

Boy, do I love beach days. How about you?

P.S Much apologies for the minute image size. Will take better pictures next time. 

Anyway, just like during the world cup, there was some controversy. At one point during the birthday celebration, everyone started singing. Should I and did I join in? I reckoned why not…

The problem is, everyone except Daddy believed that I was singing. Not only does he refuse to call that singing,  he says its just whining! Can you believe that guy?

So was I singing or not? Please judge for yourselves.

*Warning* Pls ensure your PC volume is under control or if you’re in a safe environment before clicking play. ( Daddy made me type this. Can you believe that guy?)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMjGuwvMdDc

www.youtube.com/watch?v=53lCuY1Tr90

That’s right! Don’t worry, be happy!

P.S. Notice how our tails wag to the rythmn of the song? Neat eh!

Here’s Torres with the blink wink. How neat is that? He doesn’t have that effect in reality, so the iPhone camera application effect came into good use this time round. *Winks*

Okay, I was kidding. He does have that special look in his eyes, doesn’t he?

Oops, blooper alert. I was caught off guard in this one. I swear it was the meat stuck between my teeth!

Some food for thought. The iPhone was probably named as such because, like what Simon Cowell enjoys calling some of his contestants, self indulgent. Ever noticed how often hoomans these days whip their iPhones out and start playing games or accessing their virtual applications, blocking themselves out of the actual world that is going on around them? It’s not really our style. We prefer doggie and human contact, or in lay hooman terms, socialising.

Till the next entry, take care everyone!

P.S Come on Spain! Go Torres!

Can you identify the three of us?

While we heard she went through a bit of a rough time with her foster home a while ago, we’re all glad that she’s found a nice home now. Not here though. The “household dog count” limit imposed by Daddy has been met. Dodo was here for the weekend on a social pass and we wasted little time getting acquainted.

Dodo reminds my pawrents a lot of myself. First to yelp at the slightest pitch of an oncoming footstep outside our corridor, and last to give up whining (in the odd event that our pawrents manage to adjust their ears to filter off that humanely intolerable whiny frequency) during seperation anxiety.

Like me, she is uber active during the day, prancing around non-stop with seemingly endless energy. Dodo  also has that innate talent of finding the “X” spot on your lap to cuddle up. Her “manja” skills are pretty impressive too!

Meanwhile, Torres, like most men or boys, has been caught up with the World Cup Fever.

While Paul the Octopus and Mani the Parakeet are having their fair share of the limelight predicting the World Cup results, Lil’ Torres wants his 60 secs of fame too. 

But the coming semi final is proving to be a bit of a headache for him.You see, dachshunds are a German breed. Torres, is a Spanish inspired name. Errr…It’s Germany vs Spain.

On second thought, he’ll be leaving the predictions to the expert faunas and just sign off with a neat pose.

Till the next post (hopefully not too long later), take care everyone!

To think that we were almost swayed by the weather forecast hotline. Showers with HEAVY lightning was expected but look at how darn hot it was. Is this what they call global warming?  

I’m quite the natural when it comes to the waters. Do not be deceived by my short legs.

Torres is quite the swimmer too, the chill version. He prefers to float around.

You know how some footballs have pre-match rituals? Some chew on a blade of grass before they take to the pitch, others wait till they reach the dugout before they put on their tops. Well, Lil Torres has his own little ritual before he sets sail on his float.

He does this.

and this…

and some more of this…

and one last time…

before looking like this on his float. Fierce eh.

It was a great day out at the beach. It was practically a 1.5hr work out for me and maybe 45mins for Torres.  

We were so tired when we got home…

Was still feeling the effects late at night…Good night!

Throw in the double 8s, which also means FATT FATT in dialect. According to hoomanology, this is supposed to mean good luck. Even though its sounds more like “fat fat” to me.

Now, this must be another reason why Liverpool will get a positive result tonight at Manchester City.

Come on you Reds!

4 days ago, we celebrated Torres and Tamys’ 1st birthday. There was a great spread of food. And I mean it.  

Poached salmon and vegetables. Now we know what heaven tastes like.

 There was a fantastic cake, courtesy of Karen for the two birthday doggies. It was such a joy to behold!

Tamy and Torres, one for the camera.

We wasted little time getting down to some serious blueberry business.  Might have done a cleaner job though. Someone left a bit of trace on the nose.

Now, just look at the doofus… 

We had great fun nevertheless. As always, it was difficult getting that all important group shot at the end. This was the best Pops could do with his cam.

Happy Birthday Torres and Tamy! Torres, you might bit a little off at times, but I still love you!