It’s Christmas 2006, we were just browsing in the mall for some gift. Passing by the pet shop, at the window of the shop, I saw a bunch of cute fury little thing moving about in an aquarium size tank
Oh my god!! Hamsters!! All of you look sooooo cute. We then walk in to get a closer look. I told Lenon “You ask what would I like for Christmas…I want a pet….”
With a bit of a pitiful begging, deperate persuading and a little cheeky coaxing, he finally agreed to get a pet. We moved closer to the tank…and decided to get a pair….I chose a grayish fluffy fur jumping fur ball, Lenon pick you, dark brown and black shinny fury ball…we then get some of the essential items to make your habitat.
I walk out proudly from the pet shop, so proud that I now own a pair of hamsters, it feels like all eyes on you guys as we walk towards the exit to get back home. We decided to name you Dum Dum, as you were black and shinny, in Thai it means black. We then name your friend Dee Dee, this is because he keeps climbing up the roof of the wooden house and jump down. Teet Teet in Cantonese means, keep falling and I kind of like these names as it sounds so matching for the two of you.
Dum Dum is a fat one, a black shinny fat fur ball. Though the cute face looks so innocent, it bites, so don’t be fooled. It’s like a not moving crocodile that jumps up and bite suddenly. Haha…Dum Dum loves to eat, each time when I open the cage door…before I could do anything…Dum Dum will run to the door and starts sniffing around…I love to peel the skin of the sunflower seed before feeding you. You love it too, don’t you? I enjoy holding you in my palm and watch you sniff my fingers….I love caressing your back with my finger…I especially love putting you on Lenon’s head and see you run through his hair…oh my dear Dum Dum…
I just miss you so much….
Dum Dum fell sick for a couple of months before leaving us….it started with a small bump on the mouth…then another one on the side of the ear…in and out of the Vet’s clinic…you survived many ordeal….which makes me see you as one tiny weeny fur ball with a strong
will to live longer….
January 25, I got home and found you resting motionless on the tube connecting to some other part of your cage….panic me immediately send you to the vet….i even switch on some music and sing softly to you….hoping that It will make your pain go away….as soon as I get to the Vet….she told me…”It’s better to put down…”
I refused, saying that you want to wait till Lenon gets back from Thailand….I beg that they do whatever they could to save you….and they agree….
That night…I couldn’t sleep well….in my heart….I keep praying to the angels to look after you….Next morning, I went to the Vet to visit you….you were still very weak…I took some photos of you…even a short video clip….how I wish I had done this more often when you were alive and hyper running around in your palace…..In the evening…I drop by to check your condition….it is so sad to see you still restless…I whisper to you “Hang on there Dum Dum….he’s coming home soon…hang on there…”
Sunday, January 27, I saw a missed call on my mobile….it’s the Vet….my hands were shivering when I return the call….Dr Kee said to me…”Sorry Lena, Dum Dum didn’t make it…he passed away this morning….I’m so sorry…” ..My tears can’t stop rolling down….I text Lenon to inform of the bad news….it’s so sad….so so heart wrenching knowing that you had cross the rainbow bridge…
In the afternoon, I got you a small wooden box…I put in some bedding…and gently put you in it….I cover you with the little shirt we bought for you….knowing that you dislike wearing it….i decided to just cover it on your body…I then pick up Dee Dee to pay you his last respect….Dee Dee stare at you for awhile…I could feel he’s sadness too….
Underneath the BIG Tree in front of the house….there’s where you rest in peace…Dum Dum…we love you very much…you have always been like part of “US”…you are always on our mind….in our heart…. and we cherish you….