Love me, love my cats

Walaupun Esah menghen tak2 kaki, sending me threatening bb messages, i masih tak dapat nak penuhkan nafsunya iaitu menghapdate blog ni dgn kadar segera. All last week, the kids had some tummy bug. Then my maid and i got it. Cuma bapak bebudak je tak dapat. Probably because he only sees them at night and tak golek gelantang dgn depa therefore virus tak dapat pi melompat kat dia. Dia tuduh budak2 bulu transmit the virus to the kids. Especially the 'jgn pandang belakang' because she likes to share our bed. Mentang2lah dia tu tak berapa lawa...with a face only a mother could love.

When MG cakap2 macam tu, i terbayangkan yg it's like someone else talking. Terngiang2 di telinga this someone yg pernah cakap kat i, 'dah ada anak, bagi je lah kucing kat orang,'. 'Kucing tu tak cakar atau hempuk ke budak ni??? (masa little D baby)'. And this someone also pernah cakap kat cousin i, 'dia ni tak beranak pasal bela kucing le tu'. Hishhh!

I grew up in a family yg celik2 mata je dah ada kucing. Both paternal and maternal sides. My grandparents semua ada kucing kat rumah. Semua bagi kucing liar makan. When we were little, we collect stray cats and take them home. We even feed stray dogs (and neighbours' dogs for that matter). We provided shelter for this little stray dog belakang rumah when once it rained so heavily. My dad rehomed quite a few animals found on his kebun. From baby monkeys to civet cats and tapir. We once kept a baby goat in our backyard because it needed to be bottle fed and mum became its surrogate mum (as we have all flown the nest). So as much as i grew up with animals around me, i'm trying to understand my husband that probably has never had any pets when he was growing up. La ni bebudak bulu tu tak dikisahnya langsung..except Princess Boyot..because probably she's the pretty one and also she sleeps all the time (not in his face all the time). Taking those cats on many years ago was a joint decision....probably because he felt suffocated with my need to 'melekapppppp' je. Haahh! Ambik kau anak kucing ni. Now that we have human kids, to me i feel like i'm a mother of 5 but he probably thinks why la nak main kucing lagi, kan??? Or probably him being a lover of everything designer and our cats are hardly of purebreed or showcats.

So he said to me, no more cats in bed. I said, bukannya i suruh dia naik atas katil, dia yg naik. He said, ni mesti kena kuman dari kucing tu. Bila pulak la kucing tu bawak kuman sakit perut? Ni ha si abu (anak jiran) pun kena sakit perut takde pun tido dgn kucing? Then he said this yg buatkan bulu belakang telinga i naik. 'You apa tau?? You tu doktor ***** je!'

All other episodes came flashing back. Bab2 yg i cakap pasal ubat gigi bebudak tak yah ludah tu, why little D has this ulcer thing like on her tongue all came back. Plus sebelum tu Esah dah gasak i on BBM....reminding me of my credentials, qualifications etc. And if someone else cakap macam tu mungkin i dah cili2 kan mulutnya. But when it comes to our spouse in the home-zone, kita ni kenkadang terlupa that we are of someone worthy and bukanlah setakat mak pada anak2 dia je.

My pupils grew bigger, tangan dah bercekak pinggang. 'Doktor **** je???! You are saying yg i ni bertahun2 belajar, you ingat i belajar pasal ***** je? When i open my mouth out there people listen tau! You sapa??? You tu, cakap keling botol lagi you percaya dari cakap i!'. CV i yg ada le jugak as penasihat to this panel, this committee, member of specialist whatever semua tak boleh pakai le maknanya ye because i ni doktor ***** je.

'Errr.. you bukan vet, maksud i' pakcik ni nak coverline. Humph! dah terlambat la! Siap la lepas ni, kalau tuan empunya badan sakit kepala, demam, kulat, kurap whatever, biarlah i buat bodoh ..i ni doktor ***** je..tak layak nak bagi komen and prescription apatah lagi.

But i felt good! Dah dekat 10 tahun kawin baru ni boleh berdebat balik jam2 tu. Kalau tak dok la memeram masam cam asam kelubi sampai 3 minggu takde sapa yg tahu. So adik2 penchenta haiwan di sana, nak cari jodoh tu harapnya dapatlah jugak animal lover cam kita. Kalau tak susah...kita nak pi rescue kucing terbiar partner kita nanti kata buang masa lah, kotorlah, ngabih duitlah, kumanlah...in the end kita yg jiwa tertekan because we can help the poor animals but our hands are tied. Bila nampak anjing and our kids are curious, nanti kang dia cakap, jangan pergi dekat nanti anjing gigit. And the kids will grow up thinking semua anjing suka gigit...and lebih teruk pulak nanti nampak anjing je nak baling batu, nak bantai...Pada i lah, well others may beg to differ, so what anjing tu nak datang dekat? Kalau dia basah or jilat kita, samak je lah! Susah sangat ke? Keliling kelalang banyak tanah..sabun samak pun dah ada jual. Bukannya berdosa bagi anjing liar makan, pahala lagi dapat. In my experience, lagi bestnya these dogs will guard your house lagi (tapi kat rumah i sekarang ni susahlah sikit, takde pagar). In short, be kind to all animals. I like this blog: www.kucing2terbiar.blogspot.com

Psst Esah, bila sesi terapi i seterusnya? Btw, blog owner kat atas tu masih single lagi (i think)..ensem gak (i think). Apalagi Esah????!