Hello, Lilo!

  Hello everyone! I know it's been a while since my last post, so I will write this post about Lilo, my first dog.

  You might have heard of Mimo from my previous posts, but just to be clear, she is not my dog. Mimo is a Pomapoo (Pom pom+Poodle), currently 5 years old. She is my auntie's dog. Lilo, on the other hand, is (probably) a Shih Tzu, and is about 1 and 1/2 to 2 years old. Why so uncertain with her breed and age? Because we found her on our street in the neighbourhood. Here's the story of how we found her.

  We were on the way home from a late lunch, when in front of our house we spotted a grey, shabby-looking dog. It camouflaged really well with the dry grass. She looked so thirsty and hungry, so we decided to let her stay at our house for the time being. She lapped her water lightning fast and gobbled down a handful of dog food in 30 seconds. She looked so happy. We called Mimo's groomers to come over to wash the new dog and to cut her hair, because her hair was all tangled up in bunches. From the colour of her fur, we concluded that she fell into the gutter, because we also found her on the edge of one. Finally the groomers came, and it took a whole 2 hours to get her clean! But then after that we dressed her up in a cute polkadot dress, and she looked just adorable. It seemed like Mimo was getting jealous, though. This new stinky dog drew more attention than her!

Lilo when we found her.

Showering...

All dressed up!

  We played with the dog all day. At night, we took her for a walk. We also asked around to see if someone lost a dog. But even until now, nobody claimed her. We still didn't know what to name her, but we decided to make it sound similar to Mimo. Since my grandma kept saying that she looked like an alien, I thought about Stitch, the alien from Lilo and Stitch. But that didn't rhyme with Mimo! So.... if not Stitch... then Lilo it is! We took Lilo to the vet, and the vet identified that a. Lilo was a female,  b. She was about 1 or 2 years old, and c. She was a mix of Shih Tzu and something else. So if you live in Jakarta, and you lost a 1-2 year-old Shih Tzu mix, please let me know in the comments section.  

Want to see more of Lilo and Mimo? 

Check out a_cup_of_milo on Instagram! 

Where's Turtle?

My dear pet turtle, Turtle, was missing one afternoon, so I told my mom. I was wondering how it got out of its tank, and then I realized that I had left the ramp (the one that Turtle plays on) leaning against the edge of the tank. I think my mom was thinking the same thing, because she suddenly asked, 'Ki, did you leave that ramp there? Turtle must have used it to crawl out!' We called my Dad and we started looking for Turtle. I was really panicked. "What if something ate it?" I thought to myself over and over again. We split up. My dad went to (what is now) the storage room, while my mom went to the garage and I went to the living room. We were searching for 5 minutes when my dad said, 'I think I found it!'. I would normally correct him and ask him to call Turtle either a he or a she, or a him or a her, but I was too happy to bother. My mom and I rushed to the storage room that used to be my play room. Turtle was hiding (all dusty) under the table!!!🐢😀 I was suuuper happy that Turtle was alright and I learnt my lesson. :)


Oh, sorry, I don't have any pictures. :(