Brownie.

10th July 2009
10:47pm

Today marks the saddest day ever of my life. I picked Brownie out of his cage & put him into his exercise ball & left him wandering around my living room, asking daddy to keep an eye on him & also to close the main door before leaving home to fetch mummy. I went upstairs to bathe thinking that he'll be safe downstairs with the doors shut & gates (supposedly) closed.

Daddy left home shutting the door but leaving the gates open since he'll be back in a jiffy. My maid must have opened the door to take some shoes or something & Brownie must have sneakily escaped without my maid's knowledge. Unfortunately the gate was wide open, beckoning him to just escape out of the house to freedom, & so he did.

Searched for him up & down Loyang estate & was crying non-stop. I don't know whether to feel grateful that its at night & nobody can actually see me weeping or should I curse & swear cos' I can't make anything out of the bushes & grass in the night without having to squint & flash my torchlight. Called Reina & she told me to leave some food outside to allow him to trace his way back but I'm pretty sure hamsters aren't as smart as dogs.

There are still humanity around at that point of time. I was seen looking all desperate & ragged in my home clothes walking down the lane when this lady walked over to me & spoke in cantonese, asking me if I've lost my dog. I told her hamster but she didn't understand English so I had to simplify that to 老鼠 (that's what my grandpa calls Brownie & Oreo). I was trying so hard to wipe my tears away & she replied me with, "Aiyo, sayang" which made me cry even harder. She told me to search thoroughly through the bushes & plants because there's a high possibility that he'll get stuck there.

I was touched, nonetheless in that dreadful moment.

I hope someone kind picks him up, frees him from the ball, feed him with food & water, place him in a bucket or something to allow him some rest cos' he must be so tired scurrying in the ball. Then hold on for awhile while I prepare flyers to be put into every letterbox & when he sees it, return it back to me.

Anyone who sees a hamster (Safyer) grey in color with black fur at the back, tell me.