2019 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera

It really is great that you can't see the dazzling, streaming Superleggera content decorating every one of the Aston Martin DBS Superleggera's hood strakes from the driver's seat. Getting a look at that chrome plated cursive while guiding Aston's most up to date lead may conflict with the other boosts stimulating your faculties.

HIGHS

Knockout looks, regular decent inside, a lot of torque.

LOWS

A Superleggera that feels superheavy, odd oil-pump cry, raise situates simply beautifying.

This 715-hp roadster tosses bounty at you from its roost over the DB11 and the new Vantage. Unending push and staggering commotion. The arousing feel of the inside's microsuede and Bridge of Weir calfskin. Since licking is a tactile activity we expect to be saved for the individuals who really pay the $308,081 and up Aston charges for the DBS, we can't address how it tastes. Whatever you're into, it would be wise to exclude taking things actually, in light of the fact that for an auto with terminology that deciphers from Italian as "superlight," it beyond any doubt feels overwhelming.

The misnomer is authorized from Touring Superleggera, the Milanese coachbuilder whose commitment to the DBS venture is superleggera in that it doesn't go much past the name. The association is that Touring planned the first 1967 DBS and most as of late helped on a continuation arrangement of new/old DB4 models.

Be that as it may, in the event that you think we invested our energy in the Superleggera twisting along strong streets hung over the Alps along the Germany-Austria fringe whimpering about the name and Instagramming its attractive body, you're just half right. Check our Instagram.

Superpotente!

Aston Martin gains a lot of logical cover for the "super" half of the name and creates a key "why purchase" with the 715-hp twin-turbo 5.2-liter V-12 motor stopped underneath those squiggly hood identifications. It is the very same motor utilized as a part of the DB11 AMR, the auto on which the Superleggera is based, just with a couple of electronic changes that open a further 4.4 psi of pinnacle turbo support bringing about an additional 85 drive and 147 lb-ft of torque. Albeit no internals were changed, Aston Martin swaps in ZF's higher-torque-limit 8HP95 eight-speed programmed transmission instead of the DB11's lighter-obligation unit and sends capacity to it by means of a carbon-fiber prop shaft turning in an aluminum torque tube.

Enduring no recognizable turbo slack and building push directly, the 715-hp V-12 gives a false representation of its constrained acceptance just with its surfeit of low-rpm torque, which cheerfully sticks around until redline. The turbochargers don't smother the V-12's voice to such an extent as guide it toward robust, bass-substantial notes. At full throttle, the high pitched, supercharger-like cry of the oil pump is discernable over the blues gathering. Did the normally suctioned 5.9-liter V-12 that fueled the DBS's antecedent, the Vanquish S, sound better? Truly. Be that as it may, it additionally made 198 less lb-ft and 135 less drive.

So overmuscled is this motor Aston Martin abridges top torque in first, second, and third apparatuses in the GT and Sport modes (which are chosen autonomously from the suspension's settings). Indeed, even in the more forceful Sport+ mode, it oversees torque through second rigging. As though to influence the back tires' to look for footing that considerably harder, a shorter 2.93:1 last drive proportion is substituted instead of the DB11's 2.70:1 unit. Aston Martin minimalistically asserts the raced to 60 mph should take 3.4 seconds.

Lay into the throttle, and the DBS just continues charging—hard. Between development zones on Germany's superhighway, we worked the auto up to 140 mph as though we were hanging together two closures of a city square. The Superleggera's splitter, underbody work, and settled carbon-fiber lip spoiler are said to create 132 pounds of front downforce and 265 pounds of back stick at its 211-mph top speed and guarantee the auto is one-hand-on-the-wheel stable at triple-digit speeds. Were it not for the blurrier environment and some tire and street clamor, 100 mph would have a craving for puttering through a school zone.

What's more, in spite of the fact that it isn't Superleggera, the DBS is at any rate marginally more leggera than its less super kin. The change from aluminum to carbon-fiber bodywork—hung over the DB11's aluminum-concentrated body shell—alongside a discretionary titanium fumes and carbon-fiber rooftop board spares 159 pounds, as indicated by Aston, bringing the DBS to a little more than two tons. The carbon-fiber bumpers, hood, and trunklid add back to the condition an additional touch of style. With more adjusted back bumper swells and a sprinkling of etched wrinkles running over the hood and the body sides, the Superleggera is without a moment's delay prettier, all the more traditionally formed, and much more present day in its itemizing than the DB11.

It additionally is marginally sportier than the DB11 and the Vanquish that preceded it, albeit like them two the Superleggera rides immovably and purposely, its suspension movements implying at its mass as opposed to veiling it. In each of the three of its settings, the movable suspension is bearable. We found the mid-level Sport mode strikes the perfect adjust, permitting simply enough body move for the driver to keep an easygoing handle on the tires' grasp without relinquishing by and large strength or throughout the day ride comfort.

You'll always remember the DBS's size, especially on more tightly streets where rapidly working the somewhat square-rimmed directing wheel implies muscling through the rudder's robust weighting and defeating the auto's inclination toward understeer with gobs of throttle. Quickening far from sharp, low-speed corners, you'll feel some squirming from the backside that appears begin from the elastic bushings between the subframe and the body. While troubling in hard driving, that consistence enables keep under control the suspension to clamor and vibration exhibit in the Vantage and, to a lesser degree, the DB11. More welcome squirming wriggles through the guiding as input, yet the data is quieted. The standard carbon-clay brake rotors—upsized with respect to the DB11's—demonstrated important in abating the Superleggera, in spite of the fact that they do have grabby reactions to starting pedal information sources.

Super . . . usable?

Attach the refined undercarriage to the perfectly amassed lodge that is refreshingly unweird for an auto like this, and you have a knockout roadster that is anything but difficult to live with. Rapid country crossing in the DBS is less full of diversion than in the active Vanquish, on account of Aston's change to a daintily reskinned adaptation of Mercedes-Benz's recognizable COMAND infotainment framework. The brand's specialized organization with Mercedes-AMG could have borne no other natural product than this substitution for Aston's obsolete, janky infotainment and we would have been excited. (AMG additionally gives V-8s to Aston Martin.)

A straightforward exhibit of pushbuttons actuates the Superleggera's programmed transmission, another ordinary inviting part phenomenal among high-dollar speed machines ordinarily saddled with jerky single-and double grip robotized transmissions requiring multistep groupings to draw in drive. Press the D catch, lift your foot off the Aston's brake, and the auto crawls forward like, well, any auto with a typical torque-converter programmed. Other than a minor hiccup or two while stepping the gas while moving at low speed—prompting an ambivalent downshift—the Superleggera's rigging choice, fast reactions to contributions from the section mounted move oars, and firm move quality awed.

Should you need to set your nerve endings ablaze, by all methods jump into the comparatively substantial, somewhat pricier, completely more forceful Ferrari 812 Superfast, the auto Aston charges as the DBS's essential rivalry. The way that 74-hp-more grounded Italian moves through corners roosted on its tires, its lightning-fast guiding jerking as its normally suctioned V-12 easily screams toward redline, mainlines a feeling of gentility straight to the driver's frontal cortex. It's nearly as though that auto's name and this current one's ought to be swapped. By the by, Aston Martin's most up to date leader is the all the more balanced decision, an appropriate conventional GT in everything except name that happens to be quicker, prettier, and level out superior to anything the auto it replaces without attempting to be the games auto it isn't.

2019 BMW M2 Competition

Cut into the mountains of southern Spain east of the memorable city of Ronda dwells the quick and specialized 3.4-mile Circuito Ascari. The circuit streams easily yet is rationally requesting. Connecting the chicanes and off-camber areas that involve the 26 corners requires a marksman's understanding and accuracy. The straights aren't so straight and require persuading the cerebrum to go full send. Ascari is a driver's track, and a course this unadulterated requires a vehicle rise to in execution. It's here that we tested the 2019 BMW M2 Competition, which supersedes the customary M2 and comes furnished with a greater amount of everything.

HIGHS

More power, gigantic brakes, a lot of driver contribution.

LOWS

Still needs controlling feel, ride can be out and out rebuffing.

From N to S

BMW could've spent wads of money updating the past turbocharged N55 inline-six to meet more tightly emanations models. Rather, it grabbed a powerplant as of now in the weapons store, the strong S55 twin-turbo inline-six from the M4. In regard to the M progression, support is lessened in the M2's adaptation, bringing down the yield from 425 torque to 405. Torque, be that as it may, is undiminished at 406 lb-ft.
Dialing back the S55's capacity doesn't simply protect the M-family pecking request, it additionally addresses a cooling issue. In spite of the fact that the M2 Competition's belt is updated and the cooling framework is gotten from that of the M4 Competition, the littler auto doesn't stream as much air through its front end, and less wind current means less cooling. Be that as it may, even detuned to 405 torque, the S55's yield speaks to a considerable increment over the active M2's 365 steeds and 369 lb-ft. The M2 Competition rockets down the straights, and the sweet inline-six barks through another fumes framework, pulling unequivocally the distance to the redline.

New Hardware

Helping with arrangement of the recently discovered power is an appreciated bit of equipment, BMW's Active M raise differential. Reexamined for work in the M2 Competition, the electronically controlled restricted slip raise diff controls the locking impact to equally disperse torque over the back pivot in all corners, regardless of how wide or sharp. In Dynamic mode, the solidness control mediation is dialed back to be less meddlesome, yet it stays present should things escape hand. We observed the breaking points to be well inside reason as the pocket-measure M2 permits more throttle application amid corner exit, conveying effortless slides while in the meantime driving out of corners like no M2 has done previously.

Gratefully, a six-speed manual remains the standard gearbox. The shifter goes through the entryways with accuracy, despite the fact that it holds that trademark BMW slight rubberiness in its movements. The grasp takeup is right on the money, and the transmission consequently rev-matches for you on downshifts. Crippling the rev-coordinating framework requires the total responsibility of likewise completely deactivating the security control, however the pedals are dispersed consummately for foot rear area and-toe downshifts. The other transmission decision is BMW's brisk moving seven-speed double grip programmed, a $2900 alternative. Dispatch control is particular to the programmed, which additionally now joins BMW's three-mode Drivelogic, permitting customizability of the transmission's work day programming at the push of a catch.

The brakes fill almost all of land inside the new fashioned 19-inch wheels. The brakes are gigantic iron rotors—15.7 creeps in front and 15.0 in the back—clipped by six-cylinder settled calipers in the front and four-cylinder settled calipers in the back. Indeed, even following multi day of track mishandle, the brake pedal stayed firm and the adjustment direct.

The suspension alignment is unaltered from the past non-Competition M2 and still conveys a firm ride. The stunned 245/35ZR-19 front and 265/35ZR-19 raise Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires likewise are remainders from the active M2, albeit more track-accommodating, M2-spec, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 elastic will be accessible from the frill inventory or through post-retail providers. At the farthest point, parallel hold stays plentiful and understeer is effortlessly dealt with the throttle. Through the turns and turns of Puerto del Viento, a close-by open street, the skeleton feels more anxious to turn in than was the past M2, to a limited extent because of the new carbon-fiber front swagger pinnacle support, which is another thing culled from the M4. BMW has recalibrated the electrically helped control directing to play better with the braced front structure. Lamentably, any vibe from the surface beneath is still absent.Logos and More Logos

The cockpit is decked out with much more M2 logos, as on the doorsills and lit up in the seatbacks of the new and more steady M Sport cans. The safety belts are weaved with tricolor M stripes, and there's a red motor begin catch. There's likewise another controlling wheel with two programmable catches that can be set to rapidly flip among driving modes. Outwardly, new side mirrors, dark kidney grilles and identifications, and updated belts recognize the M2 Competition from the previous M2.

Adhering to the idealist subject, the rundown of accessible choices is insignificant. A sunroof can be had for $1050, and the Executive bundle includes a warmed controlling wheel, full LED headlights with programmed high-bars, remote gadget charging, and a Wi-Fi hotspot for an extra $1200. The $2500 M Driver's bundle raises the best speed to 174 mph and purchases a ticket to a course at BMW's execution driving school.

Beginning at $59,895 and marked down now, the 2019 M2 Competition speaks to a $4400 premium over the 2018 M2. With all the equipment, hardware, and execution packaged into this invigorated chomp measure roadster, the upcharge is well justified, despite all the trouble. Inside the momentum BMW lineup, the M2 has been the most energizing vehicle from a driver-inclusion stance, and the Competition variant is significantly more so.

Prepare Healthy Recipes for Attractive Body Physique and Fitness Well Life

A very common and misconception among people is healthy recipes are plain and boring. In case what you don�t love you will never find any excitement in yourself for enjoying the food. But if you start taking the diet properly, initiate with small portions of healthier meals which might you have substituted with junk and unhealthy food. You can also add flavor to what you love incorporated with your clean eating. Losing weight and maintaining what you achieve is not a quick or immediate process. Rather few simple diet tricks can help you along the process.

Eat lot of protein, fiber and healthy carbohydrates these all will boost your metabolism and keep the feeling of being filled long day. In case you are not aware of burning the calories at gym no worries you can try out the calorie burning ingredients into your daily meal in your kitchen. Begin with mentioned recipes here and specialty about them is all of them include at least one fat losing item and can be prepared in less time. Bound to not only these mentioned recipes you can also experiment with them and discover different meals for yourself which will help you in reducing weight.

Begin your journey with not eating of white stuff such as white rice, white flour, sugar, etc, very little or no oil, instead include lots of vegetables, fruits. Hence you will observe impressive and outstanding results as great weight loss. How to get fit at home is very easy as you only need to focus at your kitchen items as the actual loss of extra weight begins here. So here goes the simplest recipes for you to lose the weight and don�t forget to give your feedback after trying them and revisiting to give your feedback.

Recipe 1: Broccoli and omelet with brown bread toast

Easiest of all takes only 15mintues from preparation to getting in your tummy one or two slices will leave you feeling satisfied yet energized. Broccoli is rich in fiber and just 30 calories per serving while protein-loaded eggs will help you stave off those late after breakfast cravings.

Recipe 2: Green Tea Smoothie

Green tea has been the top fat burning foods, as a metabolism boosting compound is found in it called as EGCG. Different study conducted across globe tells drinking four cup of green tea help people shed more than six pound per week.

In case you are tired of hot green tea you can try the new way of flavored with cayenne spices, lemon and agave nectar. As it provides you with all nutritional benefits of green tea and will fill and keep you charged all time.

Recipe 3: Banana Almond butter toast

The simply tasty and morning picked up featured breakfast. Banana the whole grain rye bread high in resistant starch, help in keeping the metabolism up while almond butter adds hunger-curbing protein also healthy monounsaturated fats are included in your diet.

With high calorie content diet that keeps you filled till lunch time.

Recipe 4: Grilled chicken cutlets with summer succotash

Burn extra 300 calories every day simply by eating right food. Put together the chicken recipe that burn fat and calorie helping you to slim down faster and enjoy the attractive physical appearance of yourself every time when look at yourself in the mirror. Feel special and gifted when get compliments from others on social gathering and at several events.

Recipe 5: Tasty Avocado cups

When on weight loss process you need to put down the chips and dip. These simple bites will suppress those mid-afternoon hunger pangs and at just 30 calories a bite. The basic source of is oleic acid that is compound found in avocados healthy monounsaturated fats. The acid triggers the production of another compound in your small intestine, named oleolyethanolamide which is responsible for sending signals to brains.

Recipe 6: Avocado whip

Another creamy alternative which gets its distinctive flavor from tahini and takes just five minutes to get prepare. Serve it with dip veggies or use it as spread on sandwiches. With any of the way you will get plenty of heart healthy monounsaturated fats to help you in increasing the metabolism and keep you full.

Recipe 7: Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon and avocado Sauce

Enjoy the delicious and classic brunch dish but the English muffins with buttery hollandaise sauce aren�t the combo for your waisteline. Therefore you need to give it a healthier twist on your favorite savory try recipe for eggs benedict with smoked salmon and avocado. For the version you can swap the empty carb English muffins for portbello mushrooms and pile on omega-3 serving of smoked salmon. For hollandaise you can add avocado for healthy fat.

Now, reducing weight is easy at kitchen and similarly you can learn on How to gym at home with simple learning cardio workouts. Get yourself educated with different blogs posted before and also keep yourself updated with the latest and more funning exercises.

Bringing cheer to St Joseph�s Home (Pet Therapy)

Just last weekend, HOPE's very own Harper and another volunteer's dog, Ollie, had their first pet therapy session at St Joseph�s Home. 

Shun Li carrying Harper up so that the resident can pat her 

Ollie's very first attempt at being a Pet Therapy dog

As volunteers, we were tasked to bring the dogs around the home and encourage the residents to give pats and interact with them. 

Harper, a special needs dog, giving love to the residents 

Both Harper and Ollie did extremely well for first-timers! They weren�t only calm and collected, but also gladly welcomed pats and paw shakes. Many residents felt that they could relate to Harper when they saw her on her wheelchair, as they, too, have walking disabilities but have chosen to look on the bright side of life.

Very often, the staff need pet therapy too 

These 2 dogs belong to the staff of St Joseph's Home 

It was a truly rewarding experience as we saw how their faces lit up with joy whenever they interacted with the dogs. We could also tell how proud Harper and Ollie were to be able to provide comfort and companionship to those in need. Needless to say, we were really proud of them too. Well done Harper and Ollie!!!

Being on her wheelchair had its limitations as the residents often could not reach Harper 

The one hour spent at the nursing home might be the ones that the elderly residents looked forward to most. It�s amazing how much a few volunteer hours can make the residents feel loved and cared for.

An extremely exhausted and proud Harper 

We're so proud of our little fighter <3 <3

Written by: Shun Li

Prepare your Weight lose Diet to get rid of Stubborn Gains

Are you in the process of losing some weight from your body? Plan the Weight lose diet chart well so as to reduce that last few pounds. Initially when you started with the weight lose process it was easy to reduce some kilos as there was fast change being observed by yourself. But now what you are facing is difficultly to reduce that stubborn weight gain on self bodies. You began with strict diet as to get fast results so that you can look more amazing than before you use to be. But to reduce that last 10 pounds is a tough job.

As the scale is high and frustration is touching its peak. The tension is putting all adrenal glands into action. A drastic change will be observed by you when you will succeed in losing that last ten pounds. Several studies conducted conclude chronic stress which can hinder your ability to lose gained weight.

Ups and Downs are Normal

It is the life rule after sad part you will have happiness filled part as well. After every sunset there is a sun rise. Ups and down is also part of life as without them life is incomplete, some says it�s boring. Living a healthy life is plateau as they are normal for maximum of us. Many of us don�t realize that be constant in proper intake of food and doing exercise will give you better results and will bring change in your life. People are worried on how to lose weight quickly rather they must focus on how to maintain the process of the weight losing. In case the planned workout or diet you planned did not worked for you change it but the idea of achieving the goal.

Be positive and progressive should be your mindset with fitness attained. A lot of factors are highlighted when the scale of reducing the weight decreases. What can be done is first one must analysis what factors are actually responsible for bringing the change as you are not able to reduce an inch therefore one must work on it with simple outline marked carefully. Bringing change will set your things in motion again all together and a step ahead also.

What one must consider while checking?

�     Start with eating enough? The body knows well when it is not getting enough of fuel. Therefore cutting totally on calorie sometimes will refuse to give up stored fat. One must take care of the stored fat as energy is necessary and important to exercise.

�     Not cheating on your nutrition? Many of us fall back to unhealthy eating habits and don�t follow proper good healthy eating. Hence your body knows what you are eating and will respond to less weight reduction instead gaining.

�    Proper and definite exercises happening? In case you are reducing on workout session it will directly affect your weight lose procedure. The amount of energy you take need to be out for caloric deficit resulting in weight loss. One must take time analysis skillfully with your priorities and determine in case of exercise has taken backseat.

�       Not bored with daily same workout session? One must try out different things in a period of time so as not to get bore of the same workout training session daily. As it happens to most of us we get bored of things fast. Adding a variety of different workout and exercise will make your session more interesting and enjoying as well.

�     Stay disciplined and in action: Initial one is motivated to lose but gradually the craze gets down. Therefore one must be self disciplined than only one will be able reduce weight. Looking for how to lose weight one must look on ways to make it interesting and be regular in it.

One must learn and grow:

It is tough and also challenge task for reducing the weight but an opportunity to learn more. Sometimes you can become frustrated and try to change the strategy and get back on track. It is up to you to either a take rest and gain one pound at a time. One must feel proud of putting daily efforts and taking one step closer to reaching fitness goals. The last pounds will respond slowly to what you are willing to get rid of it all comes to down to your choice and changes you are looking for.

Battery getting recharged is great way to stay motivated towards reaching goal. There is no force which can stop you from achieving what you want in your life. Be it the stubborn last ten pound.

Life Begins At 10

What happens to a dog if its owner passes away? We always hope that the dog will be treated like any other grieving family member and still have a loving home to mourn in and loved ones to get through the loss with. However, this is not always the case.

The day her new life began

We wonder if she knows what lies ahead 

We were informed of a case of neglect and shown a photograph of a schnauzer in a cage and certain signs told us that she may have been caged for a while. She was a bit tubby due to lack of exercise. Further, her legs were very weak and her paws were so smooth that they tore and bled the first time we walked her. All these point to her having not been walked in a long time. We found out that the late owner had been ill and had in fact passed on just a week prior, and had not been able to care for the dog properly while she was sick. While she was survived by her husband, he was also not able to provide the care and attention that the dog needs and released her to us readily. 

Unkempt fur and a "botak" head (bald patch on head) 

When we got her, her fur was so badly matted and her body reeked of pee that it seemed like she had not been given a bath, much less been groomed, for quite a while. Her nails were so long that they were curled sideways. She looked and smelt so bad that we brought her straight to the groomer's to shave everything off. It is no surprise that she would have a skin infection and under all that matted fur was red and crusty skin. The smell of infection was so strong that it stayed on our clothes all day. She also has a small bald patch on her head which is so smooth and furless that we doubt any fur would grow back in that spot.

Nails so long they curled sideways 

Dirty & unshaven 

 

Looks at the inside of her ears!

Terribly bad skin infection

The next order of things was to get her to the vet, which we did the next day. At the vet, she was diagnosed with a laundry list of issues, some we expected, and some which were more concerning. Her skin condition was severe and she was not going to win any hearts over with her tartar-filled smile either (if a few teeth can make up a smile). She was anemic and dehydrated. Her urine was very concentrated and had crystals in them, which could be due to her dehydrated state. A urine cytology test was taken and it showed she had a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). Her hind legs were weak and she had early-stage cataract. She was not sterilized and had never been vaccinated. She had a heart murmur due to a faulty heart valve and will need to be on life-long heart medication. She has a luxating patella that had been left unrepaired and she seems to have endured it for a long time as it has begun to fuse in the wrong position thus she has difficulty sitting as it makes it uncomfortable. Most concerning of all was a lump found on her back. This lump feels to be attached to tissue. When it was aspirated with a needle, it was found to be filled with blood. The vet is concerned that it is a sign of hemangiosarcoma, an aggressive, malignant tumour of the blood vessels. We had her scheduled for dental and sterilization. She had 4 teeth extracted and her remaining teeth cleaned of tartar. During the sterilization, another blood-filled lump was found on her groin. The vet recommends she goes in for another procedure in a month or so, to remove both the lumps and send them off for further testing.

At the vet     

4 teeth extracted and she now only has 9 left

She has early stage cataracts 

She has luxating patella in both hind legs 

Apart from all her physical issues, she also has a deep sense of fear; a fear so great that it�s going to take a while to overcome. We will not speculate her past but she cowers and yelps at the top of her voice when we touch her suddenly, when we raise our hands above her, hold her neck or when she meets people for the first time.

While the news so far is worrying, we are glad that she is no longer suffering in her cage. At 10 years old, face all white from an extremely hard life, she is now safe and can begin to rebuild her life at her own pace. Her total medical bill amounted to $1500. If you can help with her vet bills, please email hopedogrescue@singnet.com.sg.

Written by : Sam

What Makes A "Special" Needs Dog Special?

What makes a "special" needs dog special? Is it just a term we use to satisfy our politically-correct sensibilities? Or a marketing gimmick to fob these dogs off to unsuspecting adopters? We at HOPE do not believe so. Sure, they may require different types of care but that may not necessarily be very much more challenging than taking care of any animal (or human) in general. And, while all dogs can teach us a thing or 2 (or 10), about living life to the fullest and taking joy in the smallest blessings, we think that special dogs are rightly called as such because there are some lessons that only they can teach. Lessons such as perseverance, determination, and never giving up in the face of adversity. "Adversity" does not even exist in the dictionary for these dogs. 

HOPE's own specials are members of the Diaper Club. Members are easily identified by their diapers and their unquenchable zest for life:

Matthieu, our oldest resident, broke his back and became paralyzed when something heavy fell on his back at the Jurong Island worksite that he used to live in. As a result, Matthieu is now wheelchair-bound and needs to have his bladder expressed 3 times daily. But this old man does not need your pity, nor want it. Master of the bum shuffle, this wise, old gentleman can charm the socks of any lady (or fellow gentleman) if only given the chance to.

SiDa narrowly escaped being just another traffic statistic. Hit by a lorry not once, but twice, you can only imagine the sheer determination and love for life she had (still has) to survive the horrific accident to this day. She also teaches the lesson of steadfast love. She has not forgotten her first love, Yongyurt, and how he used to care for her, though they may be apart now. We wonder, who will be the next contender to win her love?

Harper, unlike Matthieu and SiDa, was born without the use of her hind legs. The first picture we received of her showed a tiny thing trying to power through on her tiny front legs. Her tiny stature belied her fierce determination. Harper is no longer the small puppy she once was but her determination never waned. Harper has dreams of being an F1 racer - while she started out with a 2-wheel-drive, she is now also an expert at maneuvering in a 4-wheel drive. 

Donut is the latest to be inaugurated as a member of the Diaper Club. She had a run-in with a lorry and came out of it with a fractured back and dislocated hip. Amazingly, her back was not so badly damaged that she can now walk like a normal dog. However, the accident has not left her without any permanent effects. The muscles and nerves around her bladder were permanently damaged so she will leak pee and even poo. Despite that, Donut is hopeful and determined that, with the help of hydrotherapy sessions, she will be running around again as if the accident never happened. 

The members of the Diaper Club are not special to us because they have needs that are beyond what is normal, like requiring to have their bladders expressed a few times a day. They are special to us because they teach us special lessons. Watching them never give up no matter the challenge that they are faced with is what drives us to continue doing what we do despite the hardship we face. How can we give up if they don't give up? If only people would learn to see them through our eyes. They too will understand and appreciate the truly special nature of these dogs and how having them in a home is a special gift to be cherished.

Written by: Sam