precedence

so the neighbor's dog was out (nothing new) and again it peed beside the entrance to our place (the usual).

my mom's help asked me what if it bites someone and the owner does not know that the dog was out, who will pay for the teatment of the one bitten?

me:  'the pet owner!'

mom's help:  'what if the owner does not know the dog was out?'

me:  'regardless!'

mom's help:  'what if the owner is not at the house when the dog bit?'

me:  'you know, under the law, it is the responsibility of the pet owner to maintain control over their dog.  it does not say only when they are home or only when they're not busy.  regardless of where they are, regardless of what they're doing, their dog should be under control.  it shoud not be out in public on its own.  it should not be biting people.  if it does, the owner is required by law to shoulder the medical expenses of the victim.  that's a Republic Act.  it applies to the whole country.'

mom's help: 'what if you enter their yard and their dog bites you?  who will pay for your treatment?'

me:  'if they invited you and you get bitten, they should pay.  but if they did not and you just enter unannounced, i think you'll have to pay for your medical expenses.  you don't just enter other people's property.  that's a bigger offense than their dog biting you!'

there is a hierarchy to things.

champion

when i was still working, i used to get,

"Masyadong mataas ang standard mo.*"
a lot.  yes, even from my bosses.  it was not meant as a compliment.  it was more of an admonishment.  it was more of a complaint.

they'd even add, "Hindi lahat kapareho mo."
~ Not everyone is like you.

the expectation there is that you should go lower.  i found it so frustrating.  why go low?  shouldn't it be bring the others higher?

and then i watch hidilyn diaz's post-win vlog.

on july 26, 2021, at the tokyo olympics, she gave the philippines it's first ever olympic gold medal.  weightlifting, women's 55kg.  she even set an olympic record by lifting a combined weight of 224 kg.  woman power, not just figuratively but literally.

in her vlog posted july 27, she said,
"... last time na na-frustrated ako, sabi ng...
"Alam mo, Hids, okay lang 'yan.  Masyadong mataas ang standard mo."
Ganu'n talaga.  Kaya ka nga Olympian, e!"

amen to that.

congratulations, hidilyn 🎉

"Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together."

= = = = =
* Your standards are too high.
** ... last time i was frustrated, [someone] said...
"You know, Hids, it's okay.  Your standards are too high."
That's really how it is.  That's precisely why you're an olympian!"

a tale of two fur parents

so this neighbor's dog broke out, a rare occurrence.

what did the owner do?
she chased after it and didn't stop until it was brought home.

in contrast to this other neighbor.
they've been saying their dogs have simply been breaking out.
yeah, right.  through the years for 10 years.
not just long running and ongoing, frequent  ->  even daily for their previous dogs for yearS.

what do they do when their dogs break out?

1.  sometimes they try to catch it.

if they could not, with the slightest of efforts, they'd simply go home and close the gate on the dog.

the dog would be out in public or within our private property.

it would pee there.

it would poop there.

2.  sometimes they do nothing at all.

they'd see the dog go out the gate and they'd simply close the gate.

last month, their dog was mauling a kitten to death for a full 7 minutes and they did not even bother to come out.  yes, they knew.  it was some other neighbor who tried to stop it, in vain.

you'd think after what happened they'd step up in confining their dogs.  no.  succeeding days, their dogs were still out, unattended and unleashed.

two pet owners  ->  the good and the bad.

too early

yesterday, july 27, i saw a shakey's baaad burger at my parents' place.

today, i see that shakey's is offering a 50% discount on a baaad burger meal from july 28 to august 1.

what a difference a day makes.

identity crisis

the name of the store on this food delivery app is '<toot> Sushi Bake'...  the menu has desserts, drinks, shakes, cakes and ice cream...  the three different days that i checked, there was not a single sushi bake...  in their listing on another food delivery app, the bakes were on the menu.

i e-mailed them asking whether it was an oversight or the dishes were just temporarily unavailable.

40 minutes later they replied saying "sushi bakes are uploaded and available."

ei, thanks 😊

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