We found her!

Assalamualaikum and salam sejahtera ..terasa pulak nak wish proper for a change.

With regards to my earlier post, the one on Ugi, thank you everyone for your concern. Dils, Budak Kg, Hariaty, Jeet, Hernie & CN to name a few.

After 5 nights, Ugi was found, safe and sound. Albeit a little thin and very hungry.  Kalau dia sakit and pergi depan mata macam mak dia Princess Boyot dulu, it would have been different. But this, not knowing were she was but knew she wouldn't know how or where to find food.

On that Thursday night, she must have slipped out through the front door. Well, she did this all the time...but we were always fully aware that she's out and would wait for another 5 or 10 minutes. Then dia akan mengiau or cakar pintu wanting to be let in. She's a scaredy cat, so takkan nak mduduk lama2 kat luar rumah. Keluar pun because nak makan rumput. Since rumah ni takde grill pintu or tingkap, we dare not leave any of the windows open for the cats to come in or go out as they please. Anyway, on the night, we didn't realise she had gotten out. All of us had gone upstairs to retire. Ugi is a quiet kind of cat as opposed to the other one who is vocal and would make his presence known...i thought she was in the kid's bedroom that night. The next morning, the maid rang up while i was at the office informing me that she hasn't seen Ugi at all since the night before. Dah cari2 sekeliling rumah. I balik kerja terus pusing2 keliling taman cari dia. Malam keluar lagi sambil goncang2 botol kibbles.

The next day and the next ++ routinenya bangun pagi cari dia dulu. Maid pi tanya2 workers alam flora and maid2 yg lain to keep a lookout for her. During that time terfikir2 kat mana dia menyorok...mesti dia takut...apa dia makan...apa dia minum...ataupun dah jadi arwah kena gigit dgn stray dogs. Lagipun rumah kami takde pagar...it's very exposed. Takde tempat yg dia boleh menyorok pun. I prayed to god, kalau dia mati sekalipun, i nak tengok body dia. The worse thing is not knowing..

On Monday masuk office, salah gunakan peralatan office pi print fliers 'kucing hilang' banyak2. And the next day, awal2 pagi lagi the maid pi masukkan dlm letter box neighbours. One hour after that ada orang call hp i...tak dapat i dia call MG. A neighbour's maid from a house that's about 100m away from hours jumpa Ugi menyorok belakang compressor aircond depa. Nak ditarik keluar dia marah2. I was on my way to a meeting but dah ready nak abandon meeting and balik rumah nak ambik anak bulu tu. Well, she's family. Anak i. Kalau my boss nak agro pada i masa tu pun, agrolah. Couldn't care less anymore. Sib baik 15 mins after that the maid called and said she managed to fish Ugi out from behind the compressor using her food as bait.

All was well. She lost a bit of weight. Asyik tido je satu hari tu. Mesti tired having to be on guard all the time while she was lost.

That night, another neighbour came to the house to inform us that they have just checked their mailbox and found the flier. Ugi came to their house very early that morning and they were so sorry they put her out not knowing that she was ours. And this neighbour was just 2 houses down the road. They were very relieved to be told that Ugu has been found safe and sound.

Pengajaran dari kisah Ugi:
1. Always, always do a headcount of your furkids. Jangan jadi macam weols, kalau tak jumpa hari tu memang akan menyesal seumur hidup.
2. Always make and distribute fliers if they go missing. Then neighbours etc, will know that should your furkid appear at their homes, he's not just making a social call. He's lost and someone out there is looking for him.
3. Pakaikan collar paling kurang pun. Ugi hasn't got one because she has just refused, in the past. So bila terlepas tu orang ingat dia macam stray cat je..dah la body pun selim je as opposed to the fatty.
4. Ugi has no sense of direction like her late mum. She managed to zig zag from one neighbour's house to another and missing ours. Duh!

Anyway, so happy that she's back. Berkat doa orang2 yang mendoakannya..termasuklah atuk and opah yg sungguh concerned, tepon cucu and maid hari2 tanya dah jumpa ke belum.

Day 4

It's hard waking up in the morning to an empty space near my feet.

I want her back in whatever form.

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How can you not like cats? (edited)

Short entry. Pasal anak-anak bulu.

Monty is 11 years old this year. Actual birthday tak tau. Ambik dia kat Klinik Haiwan somewhere near Teluk Cempedak.

He's still going strong...i hope for many more years to come.
Peel dari kecik sampai kertu tak berubah....takut sangat kat thunderstorm. Katalah dia dah masuk rumah sebelum hujan..animals can tell kan? Dia then lepak2 atas katil dengan i dalam bilik. At the first sound of thunder dia mesti lari turun bawah untuk nyorok bawah cabinet. That's his rain shelter. Apa salah dok atas katil kan?? Oh no no no..mesti lari masuk rain shelter. 

Haaa...nampak tak ekor montok sapa yang kluar dari rain shelter tu?? Lagi satu, when he kneads, kuku mesti keluar. Tak kasi, dia protest. Bising mulutnya. So kasila..even over baju pun, bercalar balar perut kita. Sayaaaaangggg sangat kat dia!

Ugi pulak is 9 years old this year. Born on labour day. Memang budak Wilayah Pers. through and through. Spends all her time atas kerusi kat balcony. Makan, minum, bobo semua kat balcony. Awal masa temp maid masuk, hari2 bobo atas sofa...itu temp maid sudah mau cekik sama dia. Udah la acik tu kurang mesra kucing. Rumah semak kucing yg salah. Lantai kotor kucing yg buat. Budak2 demam jangkit dek kucing...and the list goes on...hish! I sabar je ni...kalau tak....

Well, back to Ugi...since tak mo temp maid lari, i jenuh nak mendalami psychology dia. Litter box tak cukup luas ke? Tak mo litter box bertutup ke? Location ke? Tak cukup ke? (ngada, they have 3 litter boxes between the 2 of them...in fact Monty melepas kat timbunan pasir rumah sebelah lagi..shushhhh!) Warna litter box ke?? Until i changed the litter in hers to the pasir type and not crystals...although i much prefer the latter pasal langsung takde bau. Terus Ugi happy and tak buat hal dah..So continue balik tidur 22 jam sehari tanpa menimbulkan masalah pada acik temp maid.

Kesian depa...di usia2 emas ni dapat pulak 'cat sitter' yang nyampah tengok depa...hmm...prolly i should sit down with the acik and go over the hiearchy at no. 31 ni: Prince Monty, Princess Ugi, Me, MG, Little D, Baby X.....Abang Kuning, Blacky, the female tompok cat..blaaa...blaa...and then acik temp maid.

Itu je nak cerita.

'Homework'

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera...

I have totally lost the will to blog. Kalau dulu2 tuh, cerita ada dlm kepala but sometimes too busy to write..but these couple of months, kepala blank. I'm slowly starting to create stories in my head, so i may be back. Before boleh celoteh macam biasa, ada 'homework' yg kena i buat.

A reader, HM wrote an email to me regarding her cat..very much part of the family and loved. I baca email tu banyak kali dik and setiap kali, tetap rasa sebak. Non animal/cat loving person will not understand our love and attachment to our furry companions. Personally to me, they are more than just cats..they are my kids. Decision in taking them on dulu bukannya sebab i kesepian and depa adalah accessory...I have always had cats my entire life, so having one or many just came naturally. Any decision i made besar atau kecik mesti i keep them in mind. Nak pindah rumah area mana yg selamat utk depa, buat renovation muat tak grill utk depa keluar masuk, mana nak tempatkan their litter boxes termasuklah my decision on furthering my studies locally (and how i had to suffer for this)...but at the end of the day, nothing else matters because i manage to keep them safe and happy, hopefully.

Now they are getting into their twilight years..Monty is 10 and Oogy (formerly known as Ugi..dia kata nak glamer sikit) is 8..never a day gone by that i tak terfikir yg one day, soon maybe, they will leave me...(dah sebak dah ni). Sebanyak mana i prepare myself for it, i know i will still cry buckets and rasa kosong for sometime to come....macam masa Melly PrincessBoyot pergi dulu. Seperit mana i menjaganya dulu, sebanyak mana duit yg keluar, i did it with redha because she was Melly, she was more than just a pet. Kalau ada penawarnya, ke hujung dunia i akan cari. But alas, akhirnya i terpaksa terima hakikat yg i had to let her go because it was too painful for her. Masa dia tengah sakit, sedaya upaya i cuba buat dia selesa. But ada sedikit kekesalan....in my quest to make her better, i paksa dia makan ubat yg i tahu pahit ya amat. Walaupun dia dah lemah, she fought like crazy, mouth frothing and dragged herself to one corner, bathed in her saliva. I gave up that night. I was angry..i thought why wasn't she cooperating when all i wanted was to make her better. Esok paginya i found her where i had left her the night before. She was too weak to even get back into her box. I menyesal sangat2 because i could have made her comfortable..instead i terlalu melayan perasan i.

But after i accepted the fact that she was dying, it was some sort of a relief. Macam, ok, from them onwards, lets just keep her comfortable and let her know we, her family was around her and that we all loved her very, very much.

OK, i got to stop now...nanti laki i ingat apahal menaip sambil teghoyak* at the same time. To HM, i kagum dgn your (+ your family) dedication towards looking after your ailing furry sibling. I hope this reply hasn't come too late... At the end of the day, itu saja yg kita boleh bagi in return but i think he knows he is very much loved and that's all that matters to him.

*teghoyak = menangis meroyan

Pet talk

A lot of friends know i love cats...well, i love all furry, warm blooded animals (mostly) but given the time and space constraint, cats would have to do, for now.

When friends are thinking of getting one, they'd ask me...whether i have any to give away or know of where to get one. Thing is, most people only want handsome pan asian looking ones, usually all scrubbed up and nice smelling ready to be taken home.

A few weeks ago, this person asked me if i have any to spare...a friend of a friend is looking for a couple. I said, why don't you tell your friend of a friend to go to the market? There are cats young and old waiting for their forever homes. They don't ask for much...only 2 square meals per day, and a safe place to sleep...no little children to poke at them while they take a nap or adults that kick them out of the way...or do stray cats ever take 40 winks? They need to be constantly looking for scraps to fill their tummies. 

Many years ago, someone i knew wanted to get a cat. And by god's grace, one orphan came to her house. She was scrawny of course, like many other orphan kittens. Well...if it was me...i would have taken the kittie straight to the vet - for a checkup..deworming, deflea etc. The most...RM40. One week, two weeks...well, i didn't ask how she got on with the kitten. Then, one fine day while i was at the office, she rang. Panic in her voice, telling me that she found the kitten listless in her cage. I asked whether she'd been seen by the vet...not yet, the lady said. She hadn't taken her since day 1 because she has blown her budget for that month. So she was waiting for one of her children to drive her to the govt vet (which of course would be cheaper) about 10 kms from her home (private vet was only 5 mins away). Thing is, the govt vet is closed on saturdays and none of her kids could take time off work.

Was there any point in telling me then? Was i ever a vet in a previous life? My answer to that kind of situation would always be GO TO THE VET!

It was really frustrating for me...because i was at work...yes..like most people, we all have to work. And her house was like 40kms away from my office. It was not as if i could be there and back in 1 hour.

I gave her a piece of my mind. The fact that when we decide to take on the responsibility of looking after a pet/s, it's a life long commitment. You do not take them on only for the good times...and believe me, there will be plenty. And when they are old, sick or injured, you look after them...provide the best medical care you can afford and be with them until the end. You do not wait for someone else to turn it around for you when their lives are at stake because, you gave them hope at the beginning that you are their 'human' and they trust you.

Does a good mum ever turn away from her sick child? Is there a mum out there that would delegate 'looking after a sick child' job to another person or pretend there is not a problem just because it upsets her and she's not ready to deal with it?

My cats are my children. There's no two way about it. Through sickness and in health. Call me OTT, call me crazy but i'm sure a lot of cat mums out there would agree with me. If any of you decide to take on a pet, think hard...there's going to be a change in your life style, a dent in your pocket, feelings of happiness as well as sadness...and above all, it's about them, not you anymore.

They would influence your decisions in where you'd live, what type of house you'd buy, whom to look after them if you decide to go on a vacation and even what kind of job you should be in. If you are not ready to compromise any of those mentioned above, then you are not ready for one...or ready to provide one with the kind of live it deserves. 

So, all the time i was 'having a go' at that lady, she was also getting ready to at last take the kitten to a vet near home. I wished her luck and hung up. 5 minutes later she rang to inform me that the kitten had died. 

Believe me, she's not the only one that had called me up or smsed me to inform me of their cats' condition. From a male cat that went A.W.O.L and came back with his tail partially detached because he was involved in a fight. Why? All because the friend's husband had refused to consent to have it neutered - taat pada suami sangatlah kan?! And i had one who rang me to ask why her kitties' eyeball seemed near to popping out...all because they waited for so many days to take her to the vet for flu treatment.

So, when these people told me, what is it that they wanted? Did they want me to pat on their back and tell them that they have done their best? And yes, let's not be judgmental, katanya (btw, what's the difference between this with having an opinion?)

Don't tell me then. I would rather not know because it upsets me. Why? Because i'm not their 'human' therefore i'm powerless to make it better for them.

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Untuk Esah, R.I.P little WanLeha.

 

The Rainbow Bridge (inspired by a Norse legend)

By the edge of a woods, at the foot of a hill,
Is a lush, green meadow where time stands still.
Where the friends of man and woman do run,
When their time on earth is over and done.
For here, between this world and the next,
Is a place where each beloved creature finds rest.
On this golden land, they wait and they play,
Till the Rainbow Bridge they cross over one day.
No more do they suffer, in pain or in sadness,
For here they are whole, their lives filled with gladness.
Their limbs are restored, their health renewed,
Their bodies have healed, with strength imbued.
They romp through the grass, without even a care,
Until one day they start, and sniff at the air.
All ears prick forward, eyes dart front and back,
Then all of a sudden, one breaks from the pack.
For just at that instant, their eyes have met;
Together again, both person and pet.
So they run to each other, these friends from long past,
The time of their parting is over at last.
The sadness they felt while they were apart,
Has turned into joy once more in each heart.
They embrace with a love that will last forever,
And then, side-by-side, they cross over… together.

Pet rescue

Suatu malam bulan mengambang...err tak la mengambang but bulan separa ditutupi awan...bunyi 2-3 ekor anjing menyalak dari playground depan rumah. Si tembam belang and the one with the face only a mother could love dgn muka cemasnya berlari kelam kabut masuk bilik dari balcony. Nengok muka masing2, you'd think the dogs could fly or jump that high and pagut depa. I intai celah tingkap tengok apa yg dok dikeriau dek anjing tengah padang tu.

They were barking at a tree...mesti ada kucing kat atas tu (errr...could it have been something else? Aiyok!!). Terpaksalah mak bulu ni pi investigate.

Masa nak bukak pintu nak keluar, bagitau MG, ada kucing kena hambat dgn anjing. I nak pi tengok.

Ada dia nak kata hati-hati or i temankan you? Haremmmm! Dia grunt je to convey his approval and mata tak kedip mandang tv. OK fine...laki i ni memang confident habih dgn bininya yg ada ilmu silat gayung...(so not!). 

Berbekalkan a garden broom, i pun pi lah across the road to the playground. Nampak 3 ekor anjing tengah nyalak kat sekor meow nunnnnn sana atas pokok. Sib baik the dogs were non-confrontational. I buat2 libas penyapu tu depa dah lari. I told the cat, dok atas tu diam2 kejap, aunty nak pi check balik padang sana...ada kawan you dah kena mamah je? Ye lah...kot2 la kucing tadi tengah dating ke...jantung ni lub dab lub dab takut...no not because the playground was samar2 je dgn lampu or banyak pokok2 rendang (takut! Tapi i tried not to think about it. With my magic broom i felt quite powerful, mood tengah don't mess with me) but what if it was a cat yg tinggal nyawa2 ikan lepas kena mamah...(tak sempat dia nak taubat lepas bermukah tadi...macam kucing Esah si Semah yang belum bertaubat and tak habis2 nak merenyam)? I've experienced before watching a cat died after hours of agony following a dog attack and it was not something i'd want to go through again.

Tengok dekat2, sib baik plastic bag je. But then hoi! Sapa yg tak pi sekolah buang sampah ikut sesedap rasa je ni??

OK back to the meow story. Masih tergantung kat atas pokok sinun. Pokok pulak bukan jenis yg bercabang2. The first cabang tu was the one yg dia dok sangkut which was about 12 feet high. I cakap kat dia, turun kalau boleh. Kalau esok aunty jumpa awak masih kat atas sana, aunty panggil bomba, hokay? Sekarang ni malu le aunty nak keriau2 tefon bomba...kang elok bomba datang awak turun sendiri. Then i terfikir pulak...what if it rained that night? 

So i made my way balik rumah, nak pi ambik wet food Monty. Mana le tau...the strong fishy smell would induce him to climb down. Kat sliding door rumah nampak 2 muka berbulu and 1 muka non-bulu pressed to the glass watching the drama. Mesti depa proud dgn mok depa..tembam bukan sebarang tembam ye anak2ku...

Masuk je rumah kot2 la MG nak tanya what happened darling? I'm happy you tak kena mamah dek hounds from hell or kena pagut dek binatang buas yg lain..Idaknya uols! Dia cuma kata, you masuk rumah tadi ada bagi salam tak? Haaaa tau pun seram kat luar tu memalam kan?

When i went back to the playground, the cat dah tercongok bawah pokok. Pandai pun. But i still fed him with the wet food. I masih nampak bayang anjing2 tu *mengelewor dalam gelap. They might be attracted by the fishy smell. So i kepit si meow pindahkan ke belakang rumah. Haa pi makan kat sini. Fish tadi biar anjing2 tu punya rezeki. Lagipun kalau depa tak lapar takkan depa asyik dok mengelewor kan?

Meow tadi tak tau sapa punya. But very jinak. Sesapa yg ada kucing, keep your pet indoors at night time. It's not safe out there.

*merayau tanpa arah tujuan

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Mykid

These are the framed photos of resident cats of no. 31. On the wall next to their litter box. Nak bagitau la kan, sapa pemilik2 tandas tu. Yg had Monty and PB, the photos were framed aeons ago.Masa arwah PB ada lagi...when they even had full set of teeth. MG called Ugi 'something out of a horror movie'. Terukkan? Walaupun i did gelak kuat jugak and mentioned 'The Thing'. Yg 2 ekor lagi tu kan macam model rhopenya...jadi dulu paknya salu la buat photoshoot dgn depa. Tiba tang Ugi??

Hareemmmmm..bertahun2 la frame tu terbiar kosong (walaupun paknya tak buh gambar Ugi, dia gantung gak frame yg kosong tu..supaya tak nampak kejam sangatlah and moknya lah pulak yg patut diblame utk frame terbiar kosong tu. Pandai taktik poknya).

Setiap kali opah datang and lalu kat dinding tu, opah akan tanya, mana mykid budak ni? Cepat, bagilah dia mykid...kesian...

Moknya tak sempat2 (err malas)..ada gambar tangkap guna hp je and pastu malas nak gi frame. Pastu Ugi kena masuk sepital nak cabut gigi under GA.. panik jugak yg risiko utk dia jadi aruah agak tinggi and she still had no mykid for kenang2an!! Kalau la.....mesti menyesal 7 keturunan tak habis. Sihat je dari cabut gigi, maka Ugi pun diminta utk memberi posing2 manja. Itulah wajah manja terbaiknya...shoot, print, frame.

Anak2 tak bulu heboh sapa buat gambar Ugi tu. I said, mummy le. Little D cakap, mummy? Mummy bukan architect cam daddy!

Eleh, ingat architect je ke boleh buh gambar dalam frame? Kata moknya tak mau kalah.

Pastu i pun perati le tetiga gambar tu betul2...ok la...kalau si architect tu buat mungkin kaki Ugi pun masuk jugak le..Hoi tell me? Sapa pi pilih frame segi empat sama? Gambar 5x7 Ugi tak lepas, 6×4 pun tak. Last2 kaki Ugi kena potong. Nasib ko lah Ugi...sib baik dapat jugak taraf citizen akhirnya.

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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.

Join custody - edited

This is one of the cats that come to visit daily at no. 31. Pemalu taknak tunjuk muka. Baby X suka timang dia pasal dia boroi. Once upon a time, she was quite emanciated, full of mange which was quite bad that her ears looked like cauliflower. Other than feeding her twice daily with the rest of the gang, i also took pains applying minyak gamat on her ears, removing the dried crusty skin etc. Of course not forgetting the compulsory snip snip. I thought she belongs to the acik depan rumah yg bela kucing tapi utk sayang2 je. 

One day, my maid saw another neighbour meneman dia makan in my house compound. So she asked the neighbour, pehal. That akak from a few doors down said that's her cat. She picked her up from the market. She told my maid lenkali kalau dia datang makan please tell her to go home (ewah!). She has her meals at home. But i tak sangka ni akak tu punya bec her other cats semua ada loceng and are kept indoors most of the times. My maid replied, oh...apsal dia banyak kurap? Tau tak ibu CK dah bawak dia pi klinik semua, cuci kurapnya? That neighbour cakap timakasih. Lenkali si comel tu datang utk makan, sila hantar dia balik. At that time yg dia banyak kurap tu apparently akak tu baru ambik dua dari pasar. Hmmm...dia tak heran ke yg kucing tu balik rumah dgn greasy ears and bau minyak gamat? Btw, bukannya sekejap she had mange until i tak tahan and took charge.

Well i yang selalu kasi makan and no i tak sampai hati. Subuh sapiee nak pi kerja dah dia tertonggok kat pintu dapur mintak makan. Balik kerja dia yg kejar kereta kita dulu. Of course mulut i yg serhope lahar ni bila nak bagi makan akan cakap kuat2..'helooo...sesapa yg ada tuan, sila balik rumah makan or kasi orang lain makan dulu...'

 Then acik depan rumah claim custody pulak dgn kucing tu. She asked my maid, kucing akak tu dah 4  malam tak balik. Aikkk?! To which another neighbour's maid yg happened to be there replied, 'bila dah cantik semua mengaku tu kucingnya'. Yes, she's turned into a beauty what with her bulu separa panjang and badan dah bulat...sometimes i thought, eh pregnant ke dia, sebelum teringat yg dia dah kena sunat. Even Esah yg nampak dia pun boleh jatuh hati and had planned to kidnap her.

With acik tu yg ingat i ni menjalankan petting zoo, i cukup tensi tau. I ikhlas bagi kucing2 kat kuar tu makan tapi tak yah milking it for all its worth. Masa raya puasa dulu, dia ada upah orang utk bersihkan rumah. Bila orang tu tanya tak nak upah bagi kucing makan ke sepeninggalan dia balik kampung nanti, dia boleh jawab, ' takpe, akak depan tu bagi makan'. Ni orang tu seniri cakap kat my maid to confirm.

Hamboi sangat tau! Now ni tak kisah la sapa punya. What i know is that her food and welfare have been looked after by me. Rasa macam nak contest for sole custody je ni. Hmmm...siap pindah rumah esok2..nanti 'terangkut' sekali cik boroi dengan barang2.

Monty and his food.  I want him to switch partially to wet food...apparently much better for cats. Masih trial and error. Last time i bought primal freeze dried...pandang pun dia tak hingin. The stray cats berkenduri ria. They actually went berserk! Kalau ada yang jinak2 merpati and needs to be snipped, masa bagi primal senang je nak scoop up and put into the carrier. Then i tried natural balance - pergh! Applaws - no way. Padahal the tuna were chunky and i feel good enough for human sandwich pun. Monge? This one is OK but possibly tuna only. Not many petshops stock this so i would hav eto go to the big ones in MV, Ikano etc. (adoi malasnya saya). Semalam try cari petfood home delivery yg ada Monge. Found petsmore..but not many choices of flavour. Yg purely tuna takde..see how it goes lah. Cerewet betul budak bulu tu!

As for Ugi, i'm trying to get her to eat wet food too in preparation for 'old age' i.e. subsequently loss of teeth. She would eat kibbles only..kenkadang je dia jilat2 soup si Monty. A few weeks ago, her upper left canine was pushed inwards. Dia tak boleh tutup mulut dia. The other one dah patah lama dah..surprisingly no hassle to her at all even though the root was still buried then. So she had to undergo GA to have both extracted. The very young vet kept warning me that considering her age (7 tahun dah considered tua in cat-dom), GA would be risky for her. But then again, did she mention of other alternatives? No.... Possible ke nak cabut gigi under LA? Tak, kan? And it's not as if we could leave her unable to close her mouth like that. Thank god, she woke up from the GA. Satu hari i tak boleh concentrate kat office....

Terasa2 nak budak kecik bulu lagi kat rumah... 

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'Rasputin' Monty

Let's talk about this boy. He's 9+ and a geriatric. Very set in his ways. Usually about his food. When i was warded, makanan dia habis. So, i asked the maid, bagikan je dulu kitten food si BomBom (ex No. 31). Both RC, so should not be a problem right? The ikan tongkol bit in the afternoon seperti biasa. Bila i keluar sepital je, i singgah kat petshop. Indoor 27 + 7 years RC yang dia salu makan takde. So i got him a 4kg Indoor 27. He refused to eat it. Tengok makanannya tak luak. To pacify him, the maid fed him FC wetfood i got for the stray cats..just for treats once in a while. Now he's hooked on FC..ikan tongkol pun tak mo dah. I asked the petshop, show me premium wet food..and FC was not one of them! So belilah Avoderm tin kecik rhege 6 inggit...5 tin semuanya..utk Monty tersayang. ye lah kan...kena jaga hati orang tua tu. Dia nengok Avoderm pun tak hinginnya. Keriau nak FC jugak. OK...ni tak leh jadi ni...kucing luar jugak yang kenyang ngabihkan Avoderm tu.

Masuk blog Dr. Chan. Ordered primal freeze dried whatever. Testimonies dari kucing2 seantero dunia menunjukkan diaorg sanggup berbunuhan utk PFD. Mahal siutt! 100 over for packet besar sikit dari kacang tanah cap nganyin tu. Tapi demi sayang kat si bulu and i do want him to be happy and healthy, i pun orderlah sepacket. Terbayang2 wajah kegembiraannya nanti..in the meantime, kibbles Indoor 27 kena sedekahkan kat kucing luar. Dengan lenguh2 denggi ritu i gagahkan jugak drive 20km to BBB cari dia punya usual kibble. Ada nak ucap tima kasih??? Hareemmmm! Petang esoknya i caught him terbongkok2 makan the Indoor 27 yang dah menjadi milik ibu2 tunggal kat luar rumah tu. Jantan... baik manusia baik haiwan..mesti nak mainkan hati dan perasaan pompuan seperti I ni.

Then the PFD arrived. I dengan gumbiranya panggil, meh tembam, meh...Kucing2 kat luar dah jerit2 histeria cam kels mati laki terbau PFD....tudia power tak penangan PFD?? So got one nugget out, campur dgn FC wetfood dia. Bukannya dia terkam kat food bowl dia..buat gaya gostan lagi ada. Ribakan si tembam tu...suapkan kat mulutnya..bila tiba tang FC dia jilat, PFD dia tarik muka. Ces! Esah cekak pinggang sebelah i sambil keriau2 cakap i am spoiling the fat boy...lerrr..cammna nak buat..dah salah didikan..Sambil2 tu maid boleh api2kan lagi yg kononnya si tembam tu bila moknya takde kat sepital tempohari boleh lak makan semua benda. Ni bila moknya dah balik, pandai pulak dia ngada2. In the end, ibu2 tunggal and romeo sekor kat luar tu jugak yang berkenduri PFD (hello cat owners yang kucing2 salu makan kat tempat i...sebab tu kekucing you tembam2 bulu berkilat ok...they get to eat good food you know).

So we're back to FC...tak premium pun tak premiumlah...nak buat camna...orang tuakan degil...My lunch money for one month pun tak sebanyak yg i dah spend utk sitembam tu...termasuklah supplements dia, kan..Apa nak buat...dah sayang..

Hmm...maybe i should try Monge wet food..apparently review dari kekucing lain bagus jugak...(tak belajar2 dari kesilapan).

Come home!

First it was Kunyit. Sempat dibelai selama seminggu. Nengok dia main dlm rumah...kus semangat budak tu. Lari naik tangga turun tangga..jadi spiderman kat curtain..Baru tingat balik semula why curtain rumah ni dah 3 tahun baru berganti yg baru. Tunggu monty melly ugi besar and tak memanjat cam anak munyit dah. Then cukup one week, baby X tefon kat ofis. Menjerit histeria...Kunyit dilarikan dek budak2 jahat. Buat flyers..cari ronda keliling taman for 3-4 days. Tak jumpa. Menyesal sangat...kalau tinggal je kat ofis tempoh hari mungkin nasib dia lebih terbela. But then Allah said tak baik cakap 'kalau'...semua dah termaktub. Redha tapi ada sikit terkilan. At the same time sumpah the two boys who took Kunyit away...biarlah terjatuh sampai patah gigi depan.

A week later, sekor kucing kecik warna oren jugak berlari ke kaki kita..eh Kunyit ke? Bawak balik utk identification process. Rhopenya pelanduk 2 serupa...kecik lagi and kurus kering ya amat. Bawak pi vet...vet cakap dia anaemic..mungkin sebab badan penuh kutu and perut bercacing. Berak taik cair busuknya tuhan je yg tau sampaikan my ferari maid pun mogok cuci. For 2 weeks bagi dia makan ubat, bersihkan litter box dia. Tinggalkan masa raya dgn maid kat rumah...takut jugak acik kerabukan dia....sib baik dah takde masalah taik cair. Manja teramat..kalau dibedung cam baby boleh tido kat atas pangkuan berjam2. Tapi risau yg dia kuat merengek and tak tau main. Hobinya korek tong sampah...apa nak buat...ex kucing pasar. Btw, little D namakan dia BomBom.
This week balik dari outstation tengok eh..BB dah tembam. Perut bulat..bibir merah tanda tak anaemic dah. Playful sesangat. Acik pun dah sayang...buat teman kat rumah masa bebudak pi sekolah.
Pagi tadi little D bukak cage nak main sama BB. Kenit lari keluar pintu. Akaknya tak kejar..takut orang kidnap dia. Acik maid tengah basuh berak baby x yg jugak pi kencing atas katil. Mak pak masih golek gelantang atas katil post-asmara (I wish!). Agaknya pas sepluh minit pastu maid turun tengok little D tengah melangut depan pintu. Adik bulu tak kelihatan...sampai la ni. Dah 5, 6 kali search party pusing taman. Tak boleh imagine si kenit sedang kelaparan and kehausan...jiwa rasa dirobek2..
Losing your child is painful..walaupun bukan keluar dari perut I.
Please pray that BB will find her way home.
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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.

Cat selingan

Anak bulus kepenatan macam berpuasa je gayanya. Tengah tunggu Isya. Monty mesti kena dok dekat dgn moknya...badan kena sentuh sikit walaupun dapat kaki kita pun jadilah. Ugi bergulung macam tu sejak dari petang tadi. Syok diaorg pak tiri takde pi masjid.

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Bonding time II

Ni anak mak masuk balik ke rumah for 10 o'clock 'coffee break'. Monty misai panjang melenting. Sapa2 kat luar sana yg ada kucing, jangan pi potong misai kucing, ok! Kononnya petua tu supaya kucing tak pergi merayau2. Itu petua menyiksa haiwan namanya. Macam Monty ni, memang suka lepak kat luar rumah...tapi kita compromiselah..siang2 boleh. Malam no no no! Bila dia balik, bagi makan, urut sana sini, peluk...jadi dlm satu hari 4,5 kali dia akan jenguk pasal bila dia balik je dapat layanan istimewa. Kalau I takde, maid yg buat, kalau takpun adik2nya. So kalau nak kucing suka balik ke rumah buatlah positive reinforcement cam I buat tu. Say no to potong misai kucing!

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Bonding time

Yob ni tak puas hati pasal satu hari ni dia kena dok dlm rumah je. Kat luar bau asap dek jerebu tapi still nak mengelewor* jugak. Tengah dia dok golek2 bawah kereta, maid tarik bawak masuk. Dia protest and terus lari keluar balcony. Defeats the purpose of bringing him into the house. Konon cam gaya Braveheart Mel Gibson bila dia kata, 'they may take our lives but they will never take our freedom!'. Orang dah tua kan...cepatlah sentapnya. Btw, MG makes a good impersonation of this bila masa dia nak pi ronggeng sensorang. Kononnya macam nak lari dari pemerintahan kuku besi I. Ish tak kosser I! Pi lah ukur kaki lima tu..I haven't seen the sun since Fri..not bec of the haze but bec I'd rather stay home..(Cuma bila orang2 tu balik ke Malaya barulah I berjimba). Back to the anak bulu, hot kat mummynya macamana pun, cuddle time adalah wajib...ni terlepok atas bontotnya macam squirrel gittew. Sayang anak mak!

*Merayau, menjongket

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Making a difference

Dear Readers,

Whoever has experienced the agony your cats had to go through gara2 misai kena potong, I urge you to write to this blog and share your stories. Those without any similar experience but strongly oppose to the practice, please write too and let the blogger know how you feel. We hope, the blogger with her many readers would set things right.

I have no malicious intent. I'm only speaking up for those who can't speak for themselves. And politeness rules.

Listen, listen, listen: No potong misai!

There's this ginger-coloured cat that belongs to my 'that' neighbour. Dari kecik sampai teenager dah sekarang, selalu makan kat rumah i. Dialah yg paling friendly...bukak pintu dapur mesti dia yg tegur kita dulu and leser2 kat kaki kita sampai nak jalan pun susah. He came from a litter of one tortie, another calico and him. Yg tortie dah kena sunat, calico was only jinak2 merpati..sekarang ni rasanya dia dah termengandung...tak sempat disunatkan. The ginger male, oleh kerana tersangat manjanya, dia pun i hantar pi sunat sekali...Baby X sayang sangat, bawak usung ke hulu hilir macam handbag..nak tercirit kawan tu agaknya kena peluk kat perut. So i decided to name him Elo - Baby X punya pelat from yellow and also sort of (H)Elo! Is it me you looking for? Then came a black stripey taiko cat..habis Elo dibelasahnya. Sampaikan Elo nak makan pun susah pasal dia ngendap belakang kawan tu..kalau Elo nak makan mesti kena bodyguard tunggu i.e. my maid or i. Satu hari Elo tak datang makan...which is considered pelik since he was never not around the house compound. Esok nya pun takde...anak beranak dah terjerit Elo Elo (fat chance kucing tu nak dengar cakap..pasal dia belum tau pun itu nama dia). On the fourth day he came mintak makan...di luar waktu biasa. Makan dalam panik, pandang kiri kanan agaknya takut kucing belang datang ngendap. Habis je makan, si Elo berlari to wherever he came from, tak leser2 macam selalu. Dua, tiga kali dia camtu, samapi sekarang. Tak tau dia lepak rumah mana. He must have been driven away by the stripey cat...or he has found a forever home to call his own. With cats, you can't force them to do what they don't want to do...must go with the flow. I had planned to adopt him, nak hantar dia pi vaccine (lepas 2 minggu sunat) but alas, he had other plans. Tak taulah apa namanya sekarang..whatever it is, kalau dia datang, masih tak kisah Baby X buat dia cam handbbag.

Speaking of cats and their well being...ni i mula nak mengomel ni. Kak Pah listen listen cakap animals pun ada masalah...how i wish dia ni ceredik sikit and boleh la or genuinely fight for animal rights...boleh i habaq kat dia satu kes ni, which really got my knickers in a twist and Ani BNS's for that matter - sampai bersimpul2 g-string makcik tu  (i assume je you pakai g-string Ani oii..ye laa, taknaklah nampak VPL under your jodphurs kan..).

This blogger yg tidak kurang fofularnya ada kemunsykilan. Risau yg kucingnya tak suka dok rumah. Pada i, ni memang resam kucing jantan especially...dah sunat or tak sunat ke, memang akan jadi polis peronda siang hari, lepak2 and tido celah semak mana. Bukannya depa dok ronda 24 jam..dia pi cari port tempat sejuk and tido2 ayam with angin sepoi2 bahasa kena kat badannya yg berfur coat sentiasa tu. Malam2 nanti depa pi volunteer rukun tetangga or pi clubbing gamaknya. Tapi, kita sebagai tuan (or is it hamba abdi depa?) must learn to compromise kut...agak2 neighbourhood tak safe, simpanlah kat rumah and setiap hari bawaklah supervised walkies..like what we had to do with aruah Princess Boyot dulu..since she had the tendency to go walkabout pastu tak tau cari jalan balik. With Monty pulak, he goes out from dawn, keluar masuk 4, 5 kali for food and bila sentap org alam flora tegur dia or budak2 kindy acah dia ...he likes going out after dusk. But i pancing dia balik dgn ikan tongkol..you want to eat, you come back. Pastu curfew until the next day. La ni longgar sikit pasal hari2 asyik hujan, malam baru stop. Jadi dia tak puas dok luar ru,ah siang hari. So he will go out after his fish meal at 6pm but bila paknya balik dari office around 830, dia akan ikut masuk rumah (because dia akan 'terlupa' yg dia dah makan ikan and akan mintak lagi). And then dokla terlentang belakang curtain sampai esok pagi.

So with cats ni, memang kena learn to adjust and kita compromise to provide the safest/healthiest alternative for them.  Janganlah sampai 'adjust' kucing tu utk ikut kehendak kita..What happened was, the blogger decided to follow an old wive's tale of potong misai kucingnya and gi tanam (albeit 2 lai je katanya). Apparently, kalau buat camtu kucing takkan berjalan jauh...pastu she commented yg kucingnya cam rupa monyok and dah tak keluar rumah dah...so are you happy or otherwise? So memang 'mujarablah' petua orang tua2 tu!

That really raised my hackles...of courselah kucing monyok! Cer baca ni 'http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/04/what-happens-if-a-cats-whiskers-are-damaged-or-clipped/'.  Ani BNS cakap macam potong kote laki supaya laki tak menggatal kat luar rumah. Tu dia...! Marah betul makcik kan! Sapa tak? It's like penderaan pada binatang. And it matters not misai kena tanam ke or kena vacuum, i'm sure the petua 'works' just as well. Cuba kita kalau mata tetiba rabun or buta sebelah? Tak ke monyok and dok rumah je pasal deria dah tak fully functioning?  Jangankan kata buta..i ni yg dah berbulan buat lasik tapi masih belum adjust night vision pun dok melepak kat rumah je memalam. Terbantut social lifeku. Blogger bukan calang2 orang..buatlah dulu research, google je. Bukan susah benar pun. And then you pi kompang kat blog you about petua ni....you have like thousands of readers daily..habislah kucing2 orang2 yg termakan dgn nasihat you ni. The thing is, i made a comment to the particular post..it was not a nasty one, i was merely providing her the website link as the one above. Well i did say, potong misai macam mendera jugak. I didn't log in to my blogger account but i was not totally anonymous as i signed off as 'makbulu'. My comment didn't get published. Like it was within her rights not to publish my comment, it is mine to make sure that i reach out to my readers yg tak seberapa ni that TOLONGLAH JANGAN POTONG MISAI KUCING ANDA!

Macam-macam ada

Aiyok..this morning Pak Tiri sudah keriau2....anak2 bulu bertuah kat luar tu pi tinggalkan bey bey diaorg merata2. Ada kat rumah sebelah yg kosong, bertepek2, kat pasu bunga kitaorg...how do you 'educate' cats yg tak diajar dari kecik where to bey bey? Furthermore, tanah yg available pun kecik dari kangkang kera. But Pak Tiri has given me looks that could kill....I did for a moment contemplate of moving the makan2 site to bahagian depan rumah where the garden is. But how to lead a mass exodus ala2 Pied Piper of Hamelin albeit with cats? Nak tembus dlm rumah weols ke as thoroughfare? Or pinjam rumah sebelah punya laman? In the end I decided against it because kat depan takde covered area yg luas...and it rains all the time now. Lagipun, even if they were to have their meals in our front garden, they would still go lepak at our backyard/porch because its fully covered and there's always fresh water available there as opposed to their owners'. Stop bagi kucing makan? Tak pernah terlintas pun. Rewards from the AlMighty have come in many ways. So MG, if you are reading this, believe me, I did try to think of ways to minimise their err..run ins with you. The maid kutip all the kuihs from the flower pots...the maam of the house pulak pi gosok lantai rumah sebelah...rasa fulfilling pulak sekali sekala buat manual labour ni..beats writing my you know what.
As you know, we will be moving away soon...by raya I think. MG has given me the greenlight to bawak sekali anak2 bulu yg berkenaan (and I hope he won't change his mind about this!). So we are putting up this house for sale. Adalah a few neighbours yg dah datang melawat, survey utk anak2. Yg kelakar (pun intended) depa datang bila tuan rumah takde. There's this one kakak yg sejak dari dulu really convinced yg rumah we all ni mesti berbau pasal ada kucing. Pernah risik2 dari maid yg kawan dgn my maid..rumah CikKiah mesti berbaukan..? Tak caya walaupun that maid denied it. Pastu masa dia datang dia bising2 tanya kenapa rumah tak busuk? Mana dia tandas kucing? My maid baru bersihkan rumah and sembur2 perfume ke because tau orang nak datang, tanyanya lagi. Ish akak ni kan...sib baik la kitaorg takde masa tu. The akak sangat berminat nak beli rumah ni because it's clean and in pristine condition and she decided they'd be moving in to this house and rent out theirs! Perghh! Ada hati tu..kelakar tak? My maid's mulut boleh tahan..so dia bahasakanlah jugak sikit2..she said, kak, kalau akak duduk rumah ni esok, kalau malas dicuci, akan kotor jugak! Well, according to my maid the akak's standard of hygiene is errr..kalau kat rumah ni mrmang fail lah. In the end tak jadi...pheww!
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Rambling

Wah...gigih menghapdate 2,3 hari ni. I'm doing my work at home (yes MG, I am..tapi tak mo cakap kat you pasal nanti you kacau suh i hantar anak, ambik anak sekolah etc. I ni konsep work from home la...When the writing juices are flowing, tak boleh stop2, nanti terus padam. LOL!). But baru baca sorang ni punya thesis 4 line terus otak merewang..

I'm so forgetful these days. MG said because i dah tua...eh tapi kan sapa yg pakai specs orang tua sekarang ni..(gelaran utk bifocals oleh anak2ku). Ada hati MG pakai specs bulat je...mesti dia perasan cun and mati2 dia tak nak gayakan utk i. He said cuma utk tontonan gadis2 di ofisnya saja. Menyampah! Anyway, even between the sitting room and kitchen, i boleh terlupa apa i nak cakap. Once when i was at Emp1re, i masuk Bel@nga and ordered roti jala to take away. I said i'll come back later to pick up my order. Pas tu masuk kedai sebelah try2 baju, beli selai dua. Then i got into the car and left for home. Two weeks later while i was eating at a restaurant in Emp1re again with the maid and kids, i baru teringat..eh?? I do remember paying for roti jala..so i asked the maid whether i brought home any recently. And she said, nope..memang sah2 i tak ingat, kan?

Anyway, dok kat rumah buat kerja ni walaupun takde anak, bukanlah tanpa gangguan ye. For a start, si gemuk belang anak mak dah 2,3 kali mintak dok atas riba. Pastu mintak dokong ke pintu pasal dia nak keluar. Manja sangat! Next thing i saw him chasing after a stray cat..bergoyang perutnya bila berlari. Nampak sangat objektif nak menggemukkan dia masa kecik dulu berjaya. A breeder told me kalau nak kucing montel, bagi makan ikan yu. Aiyok! Mana pulak nak cari ikan yu...lagipun, kesian ikan yu yg dah nak pupus tu. So we substituted for ikan tongkol. So now each time pergi pasar cari ikan tongkol for Monty and dapat yg kecik2 je, of courselah i berleter kat si gemuk tu. Ha tengok! Because of you (and orang Ganu punya nasi dagang...but yums yums. Mana nak dapat nasi dagang kari ikan tongkol yg sedap kat KL ni?), ikan tongkol pun dah nak pupus..yg kecik2 tak cukup umur je yg ada ( i donno if ikan tongkol and blue fin tuna yg overfished tu are related). Dengan si gemuk ni, bila moodnya ok, dia tak peduli pun kat kucing2 yg datang makan tu...bila angin tak baik, bertempiaran diaorg lari kena kejar. Pastu dia yg terbongkok2 makan makanan diaorg. Of course mulut i berleter...i told him it's akin to makan harta anak yatim..tu dia! Ugi JPB (Jangan Pandang belakang) pulak dok melepek atas kertas2 kita..pastu kaki or ekor terjuntai atas keyboard. Nanti kalau i pindah masuk bilik dia akan ikut sama..Bila berjalan depan dia, kaki kita dikaitnya.

Another interruption is in the form of my maid...suaranya berleter..ya hampun! Tadi dia keriau2 entah kat sapa...she discovered that our pokok limau purut kena 'rape'. She  said sampai daun yg muda2 pun habis kena kebas. Semalam dia kata banyak lagi daun. Today, pokok dah separa togel. this is one of the hazards of rumah tak berpagar..and pokok tu dok elok tepi jalan. Mestilah ada orang yg geram nak jadi chefwan kan..thing is we don't mind kalau sesapa nak..mintak permission sekali je and lepas tu kalau nak lagi, ambik je lah..tak payah tanya dah. Janganlah sampai pokok jadi togel. That is also  what happened to the kids' godfish dalam tempayan. Dari 4 ekor tinggal satu...2,3 hari lepas tu, yg sekor tu pun hilang. Ni i suspect kerja budak2 sekolah. Once, our guppies yg berpuluh ekor plus babies yg besar cam jentik2 pun boleh hilang. Habis kena kaut...takkan ada memerang pulak kat garden we all.

Ok, enough rambling.