Kismet

Last week, i found a little cat at the office. Dok dia terlepok atas kerusi...i was on my way to the car. I bagi dia makan sekut kitty, dia tak nak makan. Bila pegang, bodynya terus lembik je..macam ragdoll. Aik..makan tak nak...lembik semacam je ni..tapi bunyi grrrrrrrr like any kucing manja. Sakit ke? Dah la canteen tak bukak because of puasa...how is the little cat going to fend for himself? Pastu my friend cakap, haa! Apalagi? Bawaklah balik! I didn't think twice...kalau pikir lelama mungkin i letak dia balik atas kerusi kut. Terbayang2 wajah pak tiri..terbayang2 wajah sendiri teghiak masa Princess Boyot mati. I keep telling myself, biarlah..bela je lah Monty dgn Ugi di hari tua mereka ni. No more cats please! Kalau sakit susah hati...kalau nak berjalan susah...kalau takde maid susah...kalau mati, kita lak yg cam mati laki. But like i told my colleague..it's kismet. The cat chose me..he so happened to be where i was that day. He didn't struggle when i bundled him into the car. Dok atas riba sepanjang2 jalan. Bila sampai rumah, seperti biasa Baby X akan berlari keluar rumah menyambut i kat kereta and tolong bukakkan pintu kereta. Waah! Apalagi, bila i suakan kitten tu kat dia...he got her at "hello" gittew. So, letak dia dalam cage kat luar rumah. I don't think i nak 'berkasih sayang' dgn kucing ni...cukuplah setakat bagi makan minum, jaga kebajikan but stay outside yeah...cam i mentioned tadi, ada 10 sebab why tak mau jatuh cinta lagi dgn mana2 kucing. Lagipun, imagine kucing kecik yg manja begini. Kalau ikutkan hati dia (and i) mau i simpan dia celah ketiak memalam..tapi sanggupkah nak berdepan dgn muka masam Pak tiri nanti???

The next day, took the kitten to the vet. He happens to be a she. And she's about 4 months old. Healthwise OK, perut je buncit mungkin ada cacing. Hmm...kat sapa i nak rehome kan kucing ni? A really nice, manja orangy she-cat. Yg bila kita pegang terus lembik badannya. So i told Baby X..i cakap kuat2 biar MG and maid dengar. 'Baby X..kita tak boleh simpan cat ni tau..daddy tak bagi..lagipun bibik dah banyak kerja jaga Abang Monty' kata i..(memancing perasaan budak ni). 'Nooooo!!! Ni cat Baby X! Tak boleh bagi kat Uncle King Tut dah (with whom i rehomed previous stray kittens). Ni Baby X punya! No, no, no!'

There you go..maid i rhope tak sampai hati pasal 'anak' kesayangan dia punya. Pak tiri, rhope gitu je laa.. kucing tu tak kacau pun hidup dia...(tunggulah...sikit2 kita masukkan dia ke rumah nanti..lepas vaccine nanti..). So, i decided that we should name the cat. Wanted to call her Saffy, short of Saffron since kaler dia kuning. Tapi kang, apa la perasaan Ugi when nama kawan tu punya la glamer and hers is like short form of "ugly". Kalau buh Ginger dah common sangat. So i called her "Kunyit"...baby X pun suka. Little D je protest, kata nama cat tu "Gliney"..huh?? Takde makna langsung. So i told her, no LD..names must have meaning (gila psycho mum..dgn anak pun tak mo beralah). Like Abang Monty is named after my teacher (because i am inspired by this teacher and also i thought Monty Python is so silly), Melly because she was so smelly when we got her and Ugi..well, daddy cakap dia 'ugly'.

Haaa?? Little D cakap sampai mata terbeliak2. Ugi tak uglyyyyy! Tak uglyyyyy! Dah budak tu emo. I think she took it up with MG kenapa cakap adik bulu dia ugly. See! Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. What the kids and i see are just plain Ugi..tak buruk pun .... who am i kidding? Rhopenya cam Scooby Doo but i still love her loads. Only kaler matanya yg hijau je yg seghope dgn maknya.

Anyway, Kunyit she is..except when Little D calls her.

P/S My colleague overheard the cleaners talking this morning. 'Mana yeah itu kucing warna kuning? Entah2 udah diambil orang?' Aiyok!! Mana i tau depa suka kat Kunyit tu. Apparently they have been feeding her with sekut. Padanlah masa i bagi makan haritu dia tak nak. And padanlah manja semacam. No way i nak gi own up kat cleaners tu..i told my colleague to tell them next time kalau terjumpa. Yg don't worry..she's off to a better life.

Btw, i called up MG kat ofis tadi. Told him that the cat has to  stay indoors for the time being - kesian jerebu. Dia cakap, okaaaayyllllaaa! See..he's not that indifferent to the kitten.