of foo dogs and santas

. . . foo dogs , which are from chinese ancestry, are believed to provide powerful protective benefits.  technically, they are lions and not dogs (and definitely not dragons as i originally thought them to be... haha) . . . and they come in pairs -- the male foo dog, the one with the globe/world resting on his paw, is usually positioned on the left and the female foo dog, the one with one paw restraining her cub, is usually positioned on right.  technically also, it should be at the main entrance door but i temporarily placed it at the entrance of our hallway . . . at least, walang bad spirit na makakapasok (further), hahaha!

i am not chinese but  i am into these sort of anti-bad stuff and auspicious thingies (selectively though) and most of them are gifts from chinese friends or friends who believe that these are really effective . . . ako naman, what’s the harm?  parang effective naman (or guni-guni ko lang, haha!) . . . my foo dogs were given by red angry bird as a birthday gift (it was supposed to be a suspensive housewarming gift but either mababa din ang EQ ni red angry bird or iniisip nyang world war 3 na e wala pa akong i-house warming! haha!) . . . i wasn’t planning on using it until we have a place of our own but after the holidays last year and the powerhouse ghosts of 2010 were still around at the start of the year, i thought i needed the foo dogs to intervene (“intervent,”  according to red angry bird’s *%!@#!! Instructor) . . .  well, kinda effective (underscore on “kinda” but still, kinda effective so pwede na . . . the powerhouse ghosts of 2010 were at least brought to a semi-tolerable level, not that i can tolerate them but i have no choice) . . . ang gulo ba?!! haha, basta, my point is, my foo dogs seem to be working just as all my other protective-health-auspicious stuff, whether it is coincidence or real, my foo dogs (and other stuff) bring me a certain level of “comfort” already that i feel incomplete without them.  foo dogs in the metro (or at least i think they are foo dogs):  the peninsula manila entrance, binondo bridge crossing pasig river, big chinese resto at macapagal ave, escada shop at gb5 and the shop beside it . . .

. . .santa, on the other hand, is traced form north american culture where santa is said to bring gifts to children on christmas eve . . . the 2 identical santas shown in the picture are among the numerous santas we have at home (most of which i bought at dapitan and a santa clause corner store at forbes (read:  for – bes, not forbs . . .) -dunno what that street is called now but the santa clause corner store is around 100 meters before the flyovers of aurora and nagtahan.  if you are going there at night, you will definitely not miss it because the christmas lights are almost 4-storey high.

this is the first time our house was decorated for the holidays before all saints day.  dunno the story but i just came home one night (after watching stomp) and saw that we had every christmas décor all over the house.  when I saw the my rocking santas and foo dogs together at the hallway entrance, i found it odd and mismatched.  it’s like eating mami and steak together . problem is, i cannot stand removing my foo dogs . . . baka makapasok ang bad spirits! (not again!) . . . i thought of moving my foo dogs at the entrance of our bedroom, but how about the other rooms?  baka pumasok ang powercast ghosts and bad energy . . .tsk . . .tsk . . . so, in the meantime, it’s east meets west . . .it’s santa watching over and reading bedtime stories to my foo dogs . . . my foo dogs protecting the house from the hallway to the bedrooms, its my shitzu protecting us from main door to hallway and my saint bernard (who is “on leave”) protecting us from the gate to the main door . . . giant santa guarding the front porch . . . all covered  ---  safe, haha!  but then again . . . my foo dogs and dogs, with the aid of my santas, are no match for bugs . . .  the heck . . . bahala na si batman! . . . wait for my giant foo dogs!!!!!!!!!!  who let the dogs out? who let the dogs out?!! hahaha!!!!

Z


Z, i suggest you also get a foo-sah (pusa). Mas matapang ang thundercats di ba? Hahaha! Wala lang! I'm back! Naka-recover na naman ako sa SIYAK (shock)!


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