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The Top and Rowdy Show
This Sunday morning, I found myself at Sentosa’s Tanjong Beach with Cousin and his two dogs, Top and Rowdy. Having a car does give you more lifestyle options, as long as you can afford it.
Rowdy and Top
Cousin brings his dogs to the beach almost every Sunday, so that he could exercise them and he could get some sun. Top and Rowdy are very happy when they’re at the beach. That’s because Tanjong Beach is dog paradise during the weekends.
Top and Rowdy are Retrievers. Top is white and Rowdy is black. Together, they look like Yin and Yang. Both dogs are around one and a half years old. The dogs resemble Psycommu fin funnels when they orbit around cousin like protective satellites.
Yin and Yang
Cousin and Dogs
Wherever Cousin goes, the dogs would follow. That’s because he’s got their flying toy – which he would hurl towards the water and the dogs would dive into the water and swim after. The dogs get a very good, high intensity low impact work out.
Top is the elder of the two. In terms of disposition, Top is definitely more “Yang” than “Top”. Top’s temperament is more regal. Between the two, Top is stronger and more mischievous. He’s also more bold, regal and dignified in behaviour.
Top
However, he’s also prone to jealousy fits and would show attitude when Cousin appears to be treating Rowdy better.
Rowdy is the newer addition to the family. Compared to Top, Rowdy is of a purer breed. Compared to Top, Rowdy is more “Yin” – he lets himself get buggered by other dogs. In fact, he appears to be asking for it by giving the other dogs the CFM look. Cousin would have to smack Rowdy and teach him that anal sex is bad.
Rowdy
Rowdy is slower than Top when in the water. Top always beat Rowdy to retrieving the toy. But Rowdy would then snatch the toy from Top’s jaw and the latter would let him have it. They are so loving like brothers.
Top is more particular about grooming, but Rowdy likes to get himself dirty.
Mua Chee Rowdy
He loves to make a mua chee out of himself at the beach and become all sandy.
Though it can be rather fun playing with the dogs at the beach, the sun and the exercise does sap your energy. By noon, we’re beaten back by both the sun and sweat. Cousin took his dogs to the shower before we left Sentosa.
Waiting to Shower
All the dog owners would shower their pets at the public bath.
Dog Wash
I would think that being a dog owner gives you lots of opportunities to meet chicks. But too bad there weren’t many chick pet owners today at the beach. If there were, they’d be there with their boyfriends or husbands. According to Cousin, today’s just my luck as the beach babe population was unusually sparse on the day that I could join him at the beach with his dogs.
Besides, I think Top and Rowdy are more interesting and sociable than haughty bikini babes.
Cousin let Top and Rowdy onto the back of his Kangoo after drying their coat.
Downward Dog
Cousin laid yoga mats on the bed of the cargo compartment so that his dogs wouldn’t soil his leisure activity vehicle. Cousin used to drive a sporty car, but just traded it for a Renault Kangoo registered under his company. It’s definitely a much better mecha for his lifestyle.
IF MY CAR WAS A TRANSFORMER….
We convoy’ed back to his place to drop off his dogs, before heading out for lunch. This time, I drove him around on my ride and he became my bitch for the day.
One of the typical topic of our conversation went – if our car was a Transformer, which would it be? There’s no doubt that Cousin’s Kangoo can be a Ratchet or an Ironhide. He said my Rush was a Bumblebee. But I insist that it’s more like a CliffHanger – it’s small but not the smallish cute type. (There’s no way it can be Brawn – that would have to be a Suzuki Vitara or something else with a 2 litre engine.)
Kangoo and Rush
Our typical conversation would be the stuff that can be made into a Kevin Smith’s Mall Rats or Clerks’ sequel. Cousin said he would call his Kangoo a Rush Hunter – he would hunt down each and every Toyota Rush and race with them and make them eat dust. And then he would paint the silhouette of a Rush on his car door to mark the number of ‘kills’ his mecha chalked up.
TRANSFORMED
I gotta admit that life hadn’t been the same since I became a car owner. I feel more…empowered. I realised that I could do more and go more places than what I previously could. Other than alterations to my behaviour and habits (I’ve been sleeping earlier – I never knew that driving can sap your energy), I noticed that my focus and interests had also adjusted to suit the new potential. It might be a transitional phase – everything may just revert back to my pre-car ownership days. Or it could be something that heralds a the next stage of my life. I’d like to downplay the significance of getting my first car – but it appears that this could be a milestone that marks the start of something new.
