I am suddenly a Daddy to two! – Part 1

(To increase the font in this essay, hold down the Ctrl kep and keep pressing +) You’ve probably been there yourself - that country that’s two parts serendipity and one part fate -there you are minding your own sweet business; cocooned in your own bubble - suddenly out from nowhere; you find yourself in a middle of a situation where you are forced to take a position – you only have a few seconds to decide – it’s do or die –  everything in your mind is screaming, “don’t get involved…just walk away….it’s just trouble…you will regret it!” But at the same time another voice somewhere keeps edging you on and telling you; you’re good to go.

There I was cycling all by myself – suddenly I came across two people putting these puppies in a cage; they were headed for the pound (I guess).

One of them found them so he decided to take matters in his own hand and called up somebody else who was really knew as much as the first person who found them; as he rattled off some nonsense about following procedures as if he reading from a laminated card – any way to cut a long story short. I told these two monkeys that I knew who the mother was and this idea of separating the kiddies from their Mummy wasn’t on - so in Mafia terms, I vouched for those puppies – in brotherhood terms – we are now one happy family.

In truth, I have absolutely no inkling who these puppies belong too – don’t even have any idea whether they were left here by aliens or even where to begin looking for Mom – East Coast Road runs a good 20 km and stretches all the way from Fort Rod to Changi Village – so she could really be anywhere – but what I do have is an extensive bicycle network that is second to only the intelligence network of Mossad and the CIA; and we cyclist have as many eyes as a pineapple - so I figured there is bound to be someone who is like the Liaison Officer of the dog and human world – and bingo.

I found the lady and she told me to take these puppies and wait in a place where X marks the spot – sounds like a really long shot, but that’s the only lead I have.

I’ve been waiting for nearly 3 hours – I’ve just allocated 45 minutes for this ride; had to cancel a business met to send a client to the airport - and I am still stuck here with these two whinning pups - the funny thing about difficulty is when you’re struggling - it pays to stop and step outside your skin and look at others;  like these pups and what you realize is that what you’re going through isn’t such a big deal after all - it’s very small in comparison with they have to go through - let’s see how it goes…..but one thing is for sure….I’ve just burnt my weekend.

The incredibly stupid things that I do!

Darkness 2010