Sydney, my kids’ best friend but apparently not my neighbour’s best friend

Posted on January 29, 2010

I mentioned 3 years ago that my kwai lou neighbour who lives 5 houses away complained about Sydney. If you can’t remember, you can read about it here. Anyway, that was when Aidan was 4 months old and I have been pretty busy after that cause Aidan was only 4 months old and I hadn’t started working from home yet - hence I don’t bump into the kuai lou lady that often. However, over the past 3 years, whenever we do bump into each other, she’d pretend to not see me and would put on a long, black face. (She used to be very friendly when we do bump into each other or when she walks past my house). At first I thought she really didn’t see me…and then after awhile, I was like what-is-your-effing-problem lady! (No i didn’t say that to her la). Then I thought and figured that she was still mad at how noisy Sydney is perhaps????? The last conversation I had with her was 3 years ago when she complained about Sydney. So if you’re reading this, you read this carefully chi-sin-kwai-lou! (not being racist here..just being pissed at you!)

 - what the hell am I supposed to do? All this while, Sydney was the only dog on our stretch of houses until last year when our nextdoor neighbour moved in with a dog.

- Sydney barks when there are strangers lurking around. Yes, she’s a dog. Dog barks. Go figure. DUH!

- Sydney has not had the ‘honour’ of peeing or pooing at your garden. If you found poo there, it’s not Sydney’s ok? We never let her run loose around the neighbourhood so that she can find a nice spot to relieve herself. She is always supervised and with a leash.

- errr….hello? My house was not the one that got robbed eh? Yours was the one. If you had a dog yourself, the kids who stole your handbag and notebook from your house would  have thought twice before risking their asses to steal your stuff. Didn’t you just wish at that time that we were your next door neighbour? cause I am pretty sure Sydney would have barked their asses and socks off!

- and for your information, I only have 1 dog in my house, not 2, not 3, not more. Just 1. So deal with it. If she’s too noisy at night, barking at strangers or stray dogs and you can’t sleep, I’ll buy you ear plugs. Close your windows, turn on your ac and be done with it. No? You don’t use an AC? Too bad la! I can’t solve world hunger!

Sydney is family to us. She’s the kids’ best friend and always allow the kids to do whatever they want with her e.g. she lets Aidan hug her to death! (ya not literally la). She’s also like part of our home security systems.

So chi-sin-kwai-lou…….if you think we are going to do something about Sydney, think again. She is here to stay.