love in any language
One Sunday afternoon, my little family went biking around this little island that we live in. My passenger was actually enjoying the ride, unlike last year’s, when 80% of the trip he fell asleep…this time he was attentive to his surroundings and like he was taking mental pictures of everything he sees. I wanted my little passenger to meet other inhabitants of the island so I decided to stop when I saw some sheeps feeding on top of the hills (actually dikes, I’d like to think we have hills around here.) This particular mommy sheep, upon seeing Charlie, hurriedly ran down the hill with her baby in tow (see the baby’s feet just behind mom) and just had to see Charlie face to face.
They stayed like that for some minutes while I was wondering if they were actually talking. Do you think animals of different species can understand each other? Do they share the same language? I was also wondering what they were thinking.
What was the conversation all about?
mommy sheep: what are you little creature?
charlie: i am charlie. these 2 are my humans.
mommy sheep: do you taste like grass?
charlie: i bark.
what about you, do you think they have a common language?
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and yet another meme from birthday girl, my friend chef babyrambutan!
since we’re thousand of miles apart and I couldn’t come to you bearing my promised gift (same as fafah T’s diamond, only mine are set {10 1K each} on Bao’s beltneck, bling bling, gurl, bling bling! *LooL* ) I just decided instead to make you a spicy pulutan, which I know you’ll enjoy *wink*
Happy Birthday, Chef babyramutan…to health, CHEERS! ‘luv yah, girlfriend (^-^)
Yam Neua or thai spicy beef salad (see recipe on my foodblog: http://eetsmakelijk.e-writings.com or just click the button on top ‘ food page’ )
as for your tag, how well do you know me fours:
four jobs you’ve had:
at a young age, my mother’s right hand in our 4 stores | optometrist | singer | agent for diet/beauty products
four places you’ve lived in your life:
Little Baguio, San Juan | Singapore | Thailand | Holland
four movies you could watch over and over:
Suspect {old flim with Cher & Liam Neeson} | Hannibal | Breakfast At Tiffany’s | The Untouchables
four places you have been on vacation:
France, Austria, Italy, Boracay
four of your favorite foods:
bakit 4 lang?!
thai spicy salads | my lola’s kare-kare | my mother’s fresh lumpia | my older sister’s chocolate cake
four things you’d rather be doing right now:
lying on the sun in any beach in Thailand | be with Stella and taste her birthday spread!! | in Amsterdam, at Smeg’s showroom picking out my kitchen appliances | In Pinas, eating pancit malabon, ohlalala!!
four things you always carry around:
digital camera (yep, inside and outside the house) | common sense (though sometimes, I ‘accidentally’ leave it behind) | cell phone though nobody calls me, I just like to look at it’s phonechain, a little living plant | international phonecard (don’t ask why)
friends, please feel free to tag yourselves!
Call me Thess. Married to a wonderful Dutchman.
May 24th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
oohhh, i feel so guilty not walking my two dogs…super busy these past days grabe…
i love spicy beef salad too, makagawa nga based on your recipe =)
May 24th, 2006 at 3:52 pm
The pic is so cute, hehehe
and the beef salad, so mouth-watering.
Nagutom tuloy uli ako, kahit kakatapos ko lang kumain.
Offtopic:
I’m inviting you and our fellow Pinoy bloggers to join the 1st Philippine Blog Carnival. A weekly digest of what Pinoys are writing about. The details are on my blog, do let me know.
Cheers!
May 24th, 2006 at 5:36 pm
HAhahha..kala ko sino ang lil passenger mo ang bogoy mo pala hehehe… pag si churchill nyan tumatakbo sa kanya yong mga sheep pati baka hehhe nagmamalakas eh, pero pag sa swan takot natuka na kase hehehe, unahan lang din pala yan sila.
Grabeh ilang dekada na bang di ako nakadalaw dine, kase binago ko yong linkies ko, jusko kala ko tama ang link ganito yon eh, http://www... eh kelangan pala walang http://www.. kaya nawala ako,. Haay binaliktad ko na lahat ng damit ko di pa rin kita natunton buti nalang nagala ako ke KU andun pala address mo.
Tapos naba beerday ni Charlie? :) may gf pala si charlie ganda naman hehhee
kisses from churchill na di na bakla.
May 24th, 2006 at 5:40 pm
wow mukhang masarap yang beef salad na yan ha.. i love thaifoods kahit konti pa lang ang natitikman ko. hehe.
May 25th, 2006 at 4:18 am
galing ng pic,the scenery and all..parang galing sa magazine. and it’s such a peaceful scene,good for the weary mind.
hmmm…the food looks yummy,appetizing. you really have the talent,pati presentation maganda,kakagutom!
May 25th, 2006 at 11:13 am
GIRLIE: Hi pretty neybor! just take them out whenever possible, don’t feel guilty. I hope you like this simple recipe. Don’t forget to adjust your liquid ingredients.
JHAY: hello there, long time no ‘c’, how’s school? you should try such salad someday, it’s nice.
Ok, I will check your blog out.
ETHEL: ha ha, si Charlie naman, muntik matuka ng duck, ang kulit kasi…pero swan, grabe tapang ng mga yan, kahit tao, hinahabol pag nagalit, pwede ka mabaliaan ng buto sa lakas ng hampas ng wings nyan, ingat kayo ni Churchill.
buti naman nakabalik ka dito, pero psst, dapat kaya bra babaligtarin pag naliligaw *lol*…sa June pa bday ni Charlie, punta kayo ni Churchill ha!!
YMIR: pagawa ka kay mama mo, simple lang sya ^-^
SACHIKO: uy, thanks sa compliments…pag nandito na kayo, gagawa ko kayo ng iba’t-ibang thai spicy salads, pang pulutan, k?
May 25th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
Aww.. they look so adorable ate Thess! I believe that animals of differeny species can communicate with each other especially if they grew up together as well
May 25th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
buti na lang tapos na akong mag-lunch! pero susubukan ko ring gawin yan, may time ako ngayon! :D
einen guten tag noch(have a nice day)!
May 25th, 2006 at 8:15 pm
palagay ko, pinagchi-chismisan ka nila. Si Charlie ay tiyak na nagyayabang sa kambing sapagkat siya ay spoiled sa kanyang mommy thess! :-)
May 26th, 2006 at 1:12 am
I believe that animals do communicate.
mommy sheep:Are you a vegetarian?
Charlie:nope,I eat Thai foods and my favorite is beef salad.My room mate is an expert.
mommy sheep:Oh i wish she`s also my room mate.
Charlie:You better not,your room mate couldnt live here in your open house.She must have a private,warmer place to live in. :D
the beef salad looks yummy!
(thanx for the link)
May 26th, 2006 at 6:51 am
auntie, i would like to say that you’re really getting good with your pictures… i really like the way you capture that pulutan…focused at the center and blurred just around it…
remind me to treat you to a pansit malabon when you get back… hehehe :)
May 26th, 2006 at 9:36 am
oh that alone is a good reason for us to go there! i heard from the grapevine that you are really a good cook daw,eh.
May 26th, 2006 at 4:21 pm
eh i havent really thought about that, na mayroong sariling lenguahe ang mga animal.
pero the pictures are supereb! ang ganda ng kuha ah, and the food looks yummy.
May 27th, 2006 at 7:37 am
hi, ate theskya! salamat sa dalaw, kumusta ka na? ganda ng photo ni charlie, pwede pang-postcard! at parang nag-uusap nga yung dalawa, i do think they communicate. cute din baby’s legs peeking from under the mom.. :) God bless!
May 28th, 2006 at 4:54 am
mommy sang san na punta yung comment ko nung una? huhuhu sayang…anyway sabi ko lang, the mommy sheep told charlie to ask you for a playdate with her babylamb….tapos, thank you for the beef salad and singha beer; and may i add i wish to have many more bersdeys pa para may beef salad at singha ako ulit heehee…..
May 28th, 2006 at 4:56 am
yikes nawala na naman yung comment, si tita jingga from april 2005 ang nag appear. waaaah!
June 1st, 2006 at 9:06 am
hi ate Thess ♥ musta na? :) paganda ng paganda site nyo ah!! napaka matured ng dating.
nwei, ang cute cute ng picture ni charlie! cguro ang sarap mag biking dyan sa inyo kasi madaming greens.. pero dito sa amin wala.. hehe.. ang dumi pati ng hangin.. kaya hndi masarap mag bike.. ang init pati. nakakainggit tuloy.
may sarili pa lang language ang mga animals? pero naniniwala ako.. minsan naiintindihan ko rin ang sinasabi ng aso :P cguro sa tone ng tahol nila.
ang galing nyo magluto! gusto ko magpaturo.. ang sasarap ng luto nyo. eh di tuwang tuwa si hubby?? ♥ haha
June 1st, 2006 at 7:03 pm
Hei Thess, been away for awhile but I am back!
The spicy beef looks very delicious!!!
June 3rd, 2006 at 11:02 am
That’s a nice pic that captured this special “chika” moment between Charlie and this mother sheep! :-)