Hello Kitty

Today, the stars seemed to line up. Ceritanya begini...

Ever since Esah got back from negara benggali putih tu, dia telah membuat banyak chobaan utk kidnap Miss Boroi. In fact masa kat Inglen lagi dia dah wasap 'aku nak Miss Boroi tu..' Sudaahhh...! Dah ada pihak keempat nak claim si Miss B ...ngalahkan kepulauan Spratlys je..tah sesapa lagi nak claim? So i said...'jangan monyet...!' (Haaa..cer teka...dari mana 'pepatah' monyet tu...OK, ni kuiz ye..sapa cepat dia dapat...kalau yg pernah masuk kuiz vangang i dulu boleh cuba juga..tapi kalu menang dapat hadiah yg sama je..hihihihii). Esah cakap, nak jugak! She wants a tabby (i think i'd better sorok Abang Monty..kalau tak, tetau dah terlepas ke SA sinun)

Pastu i tunjukkan kittens for adoption from blog Dr Chan myanimalcare. Aduhhh..acik terkinja2 suh i book 2 ekor dan dan tu jugak. Sekali lagi i said, sabar ...get yourself here first, dah settle in kat brothel you tu barulah kita pikir nak adopt pets..lagipun rumah i kan rumah tumpangan ah chong bagi Esah...mau tak kebulur anak2 kat rumah kalau dia terlupa dan pergi berjimba?

Then yesterday, i was on leave from work. My colleague mms gambar kitten kat office i. Comel..my heart was in my throat. I forward gambar kat acik kita tu..dia sekali lagi buat tarian panggil hujan..happy berharap sangat. Alas, no one could pass the kitten to me on their way home. So i said to her, kalau ada esok, kita pi ambik..kalau ada memang dah tersurat..Tak boleh gopoh gapah macam Kak Jee yang kawin hubby anak raja dulu tu (eii..sempat aku ngumpat). The cat chooses you..not the other way round (uols agak abg monty mau ke dgn acik esah??)

Yesterday also,  Little D batuk macam nak pengsan. Teruk sangat! I dah nebbed dua kali pun masih tak jalan jugak. So after Isya pak mak and anak pi klinik. Elok dah nak bayar, masuklah dua ekor kittens ke dalam klinik tu ...terkedek2. Sekali lagi, jantung i dah berdegup2. The clinic was full...many kids around. Takut kena main sampai mati..takut orang terpijak. MG memula kata eii..comelnya! I saw hope...I went to ask the clinic assistant, dik, ni kucing ni mana datang? Ada sesapa punya ke? (the moment i asked those questions, i think MG cecepat masuk kereta..and muka dia masam ke? I didn't wait to see..tak mau tengok haaaarapann...harapan menjadi laaaayuuuuu..)

I saw another two cowered by the bin. Muka cemas sangat masing2. The assisstant tanya, akak nak ke? Ni orang baru buang ni...Ok, tell me..how does one walk away from tiny, helpless, defenseless kittens?  Camna nak jadikan hati ni hati batu? All sorts went through my mind: road kill, preyed on by stray dogs, kena pjiak, buli sampai mati, sepak..apa lagi? Dehydration, starvation...etc. The list is endless..

So, I lost my senses. I mintak adik tu kotak. I told her that the mum-cat might still be around. The kittens looked montok2 meaning they had been well looked after by the mum. Maybe she went looking for food...maybe she went and never came back. Therefore, i would round them all up in the box, put it somewhere safe for the night and come back the next day for them..kalau masih ada. Lagi bagus kalau maknya ada sekali. So armed with the box, i rounded all four of the kittens up..some kids helped me. I went kat tangga sebelah klinik tu to place the box...and i found another two! Six???! (mampuih aku!) .

I texted Esah while i was still in the car...Poon..(nama manja caruts)..i need to talk to you. Akak tak jawab..dalam pikiran i dah terbayang wajahnya dah tido dgn airliuq basi (kalau kat rumah i, itu je le kerojenya..baru maghrib dah terbongkang. Tak leh pakai langsung!) Rhope2nya aka tengah bermeeting. I started buka cerita penglipur lara pasal kittens tu....dia terus cakap, don't worry Pook, i will take them in. And you wonder why she does what she does for a living? 

Terus i lega sangat2...but still, that night i couldn't sleep well. Terbayang2 muka si Tompok kecik tu (cewah dah ada nama) yg ketakutan. I prayed and prayed that they keep safe..ataupun dah ada orang ambik depa dulu. The next morning, subuh sapiee lagi esah bertolak ke rumah i..(of course dia bawak beet mobileku serhope bawak kereta lembu). We went back to the clinic. Tetengok the box was still at the place where i left it. But someone pi tutup kelepetnya..i spoke to the staff kat clinic tu..i told them that i'd be taking the kittens with me..and mak depa ada mai tak? She said, tak tau but mak depa yg warna cicak tengah makan (sapa bagi sekut kucing..thank you and alhamdulillah ada insan lain yg prihatin) tu. I paksa Esah pi pikap anak baru dia, masukkan dlm carrier. She was docile and tak takut orang langsung...rasa2nya macam kucing yang pernah disayangi dan kemudian dibuang bila dah termengandung.We went straight to the vet for checkup. Mak and anak2 sihat. Mak kuruih gila...imagine menyusukan 6 ekor anak..taknya tinggal tulang? Pastu makan tak tentu pulak tu. The nenen bengkak because she couldn't get into the box to feed her kittens. The kittens pulak mesti tak minum/makan from the time i left the clinic (if we were to arrive later..or forgot about them completely...aiyo..) Beli semua yg perlu utk anak2 bulu, and off we went back to Esah's. 

Seriously, everything went smoothly for us..daripada pikap to vet visit to setting them up at their new home. Esah and i were supposed to meet a friend. Ingatkan lepas berjimba baru nak pi inquire about the kittens. Then the friend fell ill and couldn't make it. Pastu nak bawak Little D jumpa Paeds pulak because balik GP malam tu, dia masih tak ok lagi. Selalunya klinik Paeds tu macam tadika ramainya patients menunggu. But tadi, there was hardly anyone. 

It's like all the stars were lined up for us. Allah permudahkan, thank you Allah.

Mutiara kata (cewah!):

1. Please spay/neuter your pets. We do not want to add more to the already unwanted stray population. Pengkasian haiwan belaan adalah harus untuk kesejahteraan ummah (JAKIM).
2. If you have extra $$, please spay/neuter street animals around your home. Can ask for subsidy from www.myanimalcare.org
3. Yes we cannot save the world, but we can at least make where we live a better place. Manusia adalah khalifah di dunia ini..so tunjukkanlah ciri2 khalifah, not only to where humans are concerned.
4. Pasang niat nak menolong, insyallah Dia akan memudahkannya dalam kerja2 'merescue' haiwan jalanan.

To Esah, semoga you berbahagia dengan anak cucu you hingga ke akhir hayat. You rock!

(Aik...apsal gambar terbalik??) Ni masa depa kat vet. Sekor tengah kena periksa.