“life's about taking chances”

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I smell of dogs and is pretty exhausted returning home at 4pm today. 8 of us went to SPCA after class to complete our last moral project. It is actually a place that keeps stray dogs and cats for adoption purpose.

The first thing that we were exposed to was the smell of cats and dogs, a smell that kept us a distance away. Just when we entered the centre, a dog ran out from the room and approached us with a warm welcome jump on me. It was a stunning approach. I couldn't react fast at the moment, just stood still and stayed calm because my friend was literally pulling me and screamed. The dog then left us alone. And the lady in the office scolded us for screaming and claimed that the dogs are even more afraid of us. So we split the job, those who can handle the dogs, off to the doggie world and those who can't, take care of the cats. It wasn't any easy task, the moment we walked in, a few dogs came and started sniffing on us, barking and jumping happily. Yea, we didn't seem as delight as them, all because we were strangers to them.

Mun Ling and I went to change the newspaper in the dogs' cage while Shi Yi, Chee Peng and Mei Yen were in charge of the dish washing. Our cameragirl, Enn Yi was recording on every action of us. We opened the cage one by one in order to change the newspaper, but some of the dogs were just too aggressive that it came jumping on us and the next second it went away and played with the other dogs. Both of us were simply getting used to it. We had a hard time tempting the dogs back into their cages. Everytime when we failed to do so, Mun Ling will just dragged the dogs on their legs. It was so hilarious. The dogs seemed to be scared of human, probably because they were once being bullied on the street that it became a phobia for them now.

Well, i did enjoyed part of the work and when everything was done, all of us left with a sigh of relief. We catch a bus to KLCC, ride LRT to Bangsar and finally Rapid KL back to our residence. Everyone did a great job but i believe none of us will ever return to that place again. We have gained so much that we think visiting an orphanage would be so much better. Good luck to those who are visiting SPCA next time!