Nini and Philip

When we met our human

It was a scary ride. From the time that me and my buddy were placed on our iron house until we were carried towards a group of big boxes with lots of people inside. My buddy looked to his left, right and up. There were so many people giggling on us. Me and my buddy looked at them and they snickered. We put out our tongue and they all gushed on us. We could hear voices on top of us saying "Para kay Maine and Alden po."

Maine and Alden? There were so many names that we heard when we stayed with a group of girls last night. But two names that registered to us were Maine and Alden. Who the heck are they?

As we were carried again inside our iron house, we saw some small boxes placed on top of each other. The boxes were divided into two by this long and big iron bar. The girl that carried us stepped on the right side of the small boxes while some feet stepped on the left side. They were both going on different directions though and we got confused following them. So we looked up and saw a group of people on top of the small boxes. They were all staring at us and of course, they were smiling too.

The girl that carried us softly dropped our iron house. We heard her talking to one big guy that wore something on his face. I cannot see his eyes! My buddy cowered a little because he was so large! I was about to shout when this man glanced at us and made this weird hand gesture. Me and my buddy stared at him bemusedly. Who would respond to that kind of noise? It really irritated us. So we did not move.

"Ang babait naman nila..." the big guy said to the girl that carried us.

"Opo. Mga chow chow po kasi mababait talaga pero habang lumalaki, mas nagiging makulit."

"Tinawag na sila Alden at Maine. Palabas na ang mga 'yon."

"Salamat po."

The big guy left us and was replaced with another group of people that made the same irritating voice. We mockingly showed our tongue to tease these people and unsurprisingly, they all cooed. Whatever.

"Hello po!" we heard a girl's voice. It was slightly lower compared to the girl that carried us. We looked up and saw a thin woman wearing a gray shirt. She was followed by a tall man wearing a white shirt.

"Chow chow!" the gray-shirt woman knelt in front of my iron house. She was smiling as she stared at me. My buddy looked at me and asked if I'm okay. I answered back that I am good. I could simply bite this girl's thin finger if she hurts me.

"Sila po ba 'yung sinabing ibibigay sa'men?" the guy that wore a white shirt squatted beside the gray-shirt woman. He wiggled his finger on my buddy and because he like that moving thing, he sniffed it. I snorted for my buddy. He's really a push-over. The white-shirt guy laughed while the gray-shirt woman smiled.

"Saglit po, ilalabas ko na sila." the girl that carried us pulled our iron house and placed us on a wooden board. She opened my house first. She handed me to the gray-shirt woman. She then opened my buddy's house and gave him to the white-shirt guy.

Hey! Wait a minute! Are you gonna separate me and my buddy? Where are you taking us! Hey! You little girl, stop holding my paw! Hahahaha! That tickles...ohhhh...right...right there...that hit the spot...hehehehe...do not stop....

"Ganyan Alden! Ganito mo hawakan ang aso para hindi siya tahol ng tahol. Tingnan mo siya, nakalabas na ang dila sa sobrang tuwa.

"Ang cute nila! Kanino po galing ang mga chow chow?

"Galing po sa fansclub namin. Gift po namin sa inyo. If you will check po may tags na sila. All you have to do is give them names.

"Oh...okay..." I saw the white-shirt guy rubbed my buddy's head. My buddy's a goner, tsk! He did not even move! He just took all those pampering. What a cry baby!