Drogon is 3! This week he is The Oracle.
Drogon likes attention, hugs, and parkour.
Happy Birthday, Drogon Targaryen-Targaryen Hiddleston Cumberbatch! The vet says he was about a year and a half when he joined our household and we picked a birthday for him. It’s also the birthday of Koosi, who would’ve been 16 today.
Koosi
Whenever our feline masters celebrate their birthday they deign to read your future. This week Drogon is The Oracle. To ask a question of The Oracle, you must go out and feed the first stray cat you encounter. Then look into Drogon’s eyes and post your question in Comments and await his reply.
White Walker-blue eyes.
We have readers who ask the same question every year (pertaining to acquisition of boyfriend, more desirable employment, or both). If you want a different answer, try rephrasing it.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
April 12th, 2015 at 20:47
as of the moment wala pa akong matatanong kay drogon, pero gusto lang syang batiin ng happy birthday! ang ganda ng mata mo drogon ikaw na!
April 12th, 2015 at 21:49
I’m going to defend my thesis soon for graduate school. I feel like I’m pretending and have not actually learned anything. Any advice on how to get through it?
April 12th, 2015 at 22:40
nikko17: Salamat! Dahil ikaw ang unang nag-Happy Birthday, magiging masaya ka buong linggo. Basta.
April 13th, 2015 at 00:54
aww thats sweet drogon! sana totoo nga! wala pa din akong maisip na itanong haha!
April 13th, 2015 at 09:54
kracle: Good. It’s the people who think they know everything who know squat. Do not worry. Read your thesis twice, then watch a movie. Get a lot of deep sleep because that’s when the mental work happens. On the day itself, wear comfortable clothes you already own and not something you just bought to impress the committee.
April 13th, 2015 at 11:41
happy birthday drogon! bookshelf sagging already because of your weight?? (joke lang)
i see cat in the hat in the bottom shelf. besides that and green eggs and ham, what other dr seuss book can you recommend?
and is there a tagalog equivalent that would be perfect for a 5-year old? thanks.
April 13th, 2015 at 12:26
happy bday drogon! kthxbye.
April 13th, 2015 at 15:53
Happy Birthday Drogon!!! May the Targaryens reign forevah!
As for my question, All-Knowing One: Kung anu-ano na ang pinaggagawa ko sa ngalan ng ”career advancement”. May pagka-ambisyosa kasi ako at di ko alam kung bakit ganito ako. Parang may kati palagi at pakiramdam ko nagkakasala ako kapag wala akong ginagawa na ”maka-advance”, sa kung saan papunta ay di ko alam. Nababaliw na ba ako o siguro may ADHD lang na di na-diagnose?
April 13th, 2015 at 19:07
Happy happy birthday, Drogon! :D
This month I’m allowing myself one new book. So I narrowed down my choices to two (since I only found 1 copy of each): The Russian Debutante’s Handbook and How to be Both. Been trying to decide since Thursday, please help me decide! I’m sure to get the un-chosen one next month. But what to buy now?
Thank you and have a great year! (Your age reminds me of a special kiddie episode of ’80s sitcom Perfect Strangers: Balky tells Larry that he can’t wait to turn 3, because he heard somewhere that life begins at 3 :D)
April 13th, 2015 at 22:51
turmukoy: Do not say that because the vet might put me on a diet.
That is the bilingual version of The Cat in the Hat because the human thinks she will take the cats to France some day. I like Horton Hears A Who but all Dr Seuss books are fine. I do not know of Tagalog equivalents so I will have to get back to you.
April 13th, 2015 at 22:52
dindin: Thank you!
April 13th, 2015 at 23:01
the chronicler of boredom: Tanggapin mo na ikaw ay ambisyosa at huwag mo nang ikahiya. Hindi naman masamang mag-ambisyon basta’t hindi ka nakakasakit sa ibang tao at hindi ka nagmamaganda (“Why, I’m not ambitious naman, ah.”) dahil nakakabwisit yon. Upang makamit ang ambisyon kailangang maging klaro sa iyong sarili. Ano ba talaga ang gusto mo? Pag-isipan nang mabuti, tapos pag-planuhan.
Tingnan mo si Tita Daenerys. Ambisyon niyang makuha muli ang Tronong Bakal, nguni’t alam niyang hindi niya basta-basta masasakop ang Pitong Kaharian, kahit may mga dragon pa siya. Marami siyang kailangang gawin bago ito makamit. Kailangan niya ng hukbo, armas, bapor, at kailangan niya ng karanasan sa diplomasya at sa pagiging pinuno. Kailangan niya ring siguruhin na may mga susuporta sa kanya sa Westeros, lalo na’t anak siya ng kinamumuhiang Haring Baliw.
April 13th, 2015 at 23:02
UVDust: I prefer How to be Both because of its daring formal experimentation. Also, it involves a work of art.
April 14th, 2015 at 00:48
Maraming salamat Drogon! Ikaw ay puno ng dunong.
Hinahangaan ko talaga si Tita Daenerys. Marami siyang pinagdaanan – inapi, binenta, tinaksilan, at namatayan. Ngunit, gorbels pa rin siya. Salamat sa pagpapaalala sa akin sa aking Saloobing Daenerys. Ika nga ni Varys “Any fool with a little bit of luck can be thrust into power. To earn it for yourself takes work”.
April 14th, 2015 at 06:45
Mighty Drogon! Happy birthday!
Help! I don’t know how to juggle my profession (a medical technologist who works 8-to-12-hour shifts a day) and my vocation (reader of fiction). I still have 215 books in my backlog and I don’t think I will have the time to read them because of my busy schedule. I usually go home dead tired from work and I can only manage to read at least 5 pages and then I’m knocked out. And there is this proclivity to buy new books every month to further augment my backlog because I can’t pass up an opportunity to buy a good read and thus sinking me deeper.
Will I ever emerge from this slump? (P.S. May I know what you think of Adam Johnson’s The Orphan Master’s Son?)
April 14th, 2015 at 10:30
BitchPlease: Thank you! Do not think of a reading backlog as a problem. It is a good thing: insurance against boredom and stupidity. The work schedule is what must be addressed. I gather 8 to 12 hour shifts is the norm now. This is not good, when do people have time to get a life? I would recommend that you acquire and read even more books to remind yourself that what you do for a living is not the whole of life. Until you have found a way to work less, those books are your life.
I have not read The Orphan Master’s Son but Jaime Augusto really liked it.
April 15th, 2015 at 10:50
Happy birthday Drogon! May you have more kibbles and treats to come.
My question is this : how do I conduct myself around former friends who are still friends with my actual friends?
You see I have started to live a life wherein I cut off the people who are treate like I’m trash, put me down and push me around like I’m a second class citizen. Also, these people are complete bitches and they don’t deserve to have friends.
But they are still friends with my friends and they just crawl their way into my circle of friends which ticks me off. What do I do? I want my friends to see their true colors but I don’t want it to come from me.
Thanks!
April 15th, 2015 at 19:10
brewhuh23: Thank you!
This is how you conduct yourself around ex-friends: You don’t. Just ignore them. You cannot tell your friends who they can hang out with, but you do not have to hang out with people you don’t like. The alternative is open warfare, but you seem to be taking the passive-aggressive route.
The more important questions are: Why are you angry? Who are you angry with? Why do you allow them to make you angry?
April 15th, 2015 at 22:04
Thanks for your reply, Drogon.
As I contemplate on those questions, I realized that I am angry at myself because I don’t spend more time with my friends since my ex-friends are always around them. I guess I just need to wear my big girl’s panties and suck it up.
April 15th, 2015 at 22:09
brewhuh23: Then arrange to meet with your friends but tell them you don’t want those others around. Maybe they don’t know.
April 15th, 2015 at 22:17
drogon here’s my question. I have difficulty in forgiving people who have hurt me in the past. cathloic prayers dont work anymore, journal writing hmm a little. basta ang alam ko gusto ko silang lahat gantihan. what shoould i do?
April 15th, 2015 at 22:33
nikko17: You are still mad at them, so revenge plans may backfire. When you are no longer angry, that’s when you strike. In the meantime, do your best to forget that they exist. Do not look at their social media accounts or ask friends about them. Instead, work on yourself. Do something you’ve always wanted to do.
April 16th, 2015 at 20:16
thats the most realistic advice i have gotten over this matter, thank you drogon!