I have just had a really vivid sad dream. I wake up sobbing. In it I live in the future or something, a robotech-age Singapore, and the atmosphere's one of after a war or something, generally everyone is relieved at some major world event finally being over, it could be a war, or maybe mankind could have finally defeated global warming or something, I dunno isn't really clear, doesn't really matter. In the dream, I am living at Geylang East where Mos stays now, except in a shophouse or something and its National Day, everyone is excited to see the mecha drive past, the tanks, airplane, President Nathan's drive past, but I am frantic, because Candy, my dog has gone missing. So somehow, time is all compressed or jumbled up in a dream and alot of travellers(the post-war feel) and stray dogs are travelling across the area so everyday I put out a dish of dog-food and hope for Candy to come home, but she never does. Then the roads are closed for the mecha drive past, but I am still waiting for Candy and the dog food I put out has fed many a travelling stray and somehow I can talk to dogs in the dream and none of them has seen Candy and then being a dream, it cuts to me hearing a conversation between my mum and a neighbour as the fire engines scream pass. "Your dog, very smart and obedient, where is it?"

My mum replies, "Missing already la. Very old already. Maybe she doesn't want us to see her old and sick, so she has gone away." A wave of sadness fills my heart. I started crying, remembering that Candy passed away last year.

I miss my dog.