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Cat's amazingly cute encounter with dolphins

2011-04-13T22:17:00.000-07:00

In the name of Allah the Most Compassionate and the Most Merciful.

THIS. IS. SOOO. CUTE. AND ADORABLE!! :))

You guys really need to watch this video!;) And read the story. It shows how this one cat was being very friendly with a group of dolphins:) It's so cute and adorable that it brings tears of joy into my eyes, just by watching it;p View them here:

Cat's amazingly cute encounter with dolphins becomes Internet sensation

After watching it, you can't help yourself from saying "Aaawwwww...." ;)

Kitten was saved

2011-04-12T13:22:00.001-07:00

see more Lolcats and funny pictures, and check out our Socially Awkward Penguin lolz!

"On March 17th, a fire broke out at a home in lower Rattlesnake Valley in Montana. Firefighters found a a striped gray kitten lying limp on the floor of the home. Firefighter Brett Cunniff carried the kitten outside and held an oxygen mask up to its face. Within minutes, the kitten awoke and was rushed via ambulance to Pruyn Veterinary Hospital. She appears to have fully recovered.

Any friend to kittehs in need is a friend of ours. Isn’t that right, Cheezfrends?

Source: Missoulian / Via: The Daily What"

[Taken from ICanHasCheezBurger]

The Ultimate Loyalty

2011-03-31T07:50:00.000-07:00

In the name of Allah the Most Compassionate and the Most Merciful.

Even dogs can perform and show the act of loyalty towards their companion. And in this case, an injured companion. Why then, it is so hard for human to do the same? Why is it so hard to be and stay loyal?

Thousands apologies.. Please..

2010-11-10T19:35:00.000-08:00

In the name of Allah the Most Compassionate and the Most Merciful.

Assalamua'laikum and good afternoon everybody!!

Oh my God! It has been ages! It has been ages since I last updated anything here. I know, I'm a bad blogger. I'm so so so so so sorry:( The truth is this, I'm currently doing my MA and now I'm at the final stage, the thesis writing process. And for an average student like me, I feel that the whole thing is quite tough. Difficult :( Huhu. So, that's why I had to really really really focus and put aside some of my social obligations, like updating this blog. God knows how I missed blogging about cats! Huhu.

However, today, I'm going to start cat blogging again! Yeay!:) This is because I have more free time now. I've already sent the draft of my thesis to my supervisor last Tuesday:)) Alhamdulillah.. (Though I know that there will be more corrections and corrections to be done, but never mind!;p).

So for today's entry, the first thing that I'm going to do is, to ask for apologies, for not updating anything for several months, from readers and people out there who are expecting my update all this while (Hehee..that is IF there are people and readers out there who are expecting for my update;p)

So dear friends, readers, followers and everybody, I'm so so so so sorry for not updating.. Please forgive me.. Please.. Please.. Please...........

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Hehehe. Okay, so see you guys for more updates tomorrow okay?! Or..probably tonight.. Heh;)

Please...

2010-09-12T09:11:00.000-07:00

The kittens above are my friend's kittens. She loves them but she has to give them away for adoption since the mother kitten, Mama Kin (I've posted about Mama Kin before. Read about her here), accidentally got pregnant again. Heeee. And my friend does not want to abort the babies cause the abortion process might be dangerous for Mama Kin. So, since she does not have bigger space for the whole family, she has to give this batch of kitten away, so that she could care for the second 'coming soon' batch. Thus, PLEASE..PLEASE..PLEASE..if you are interested in adopting kittens or are generous and kind enough to help out in adopting them, please contact my friend through the number given in the pet profile. Thank you so much for your generosity=)

Adik has been adopted

2010-08-15T23:19:00.001-07:00

Salam and good afternoon everybody.

This is just a short note from me, telling everybody that Adik, the beautiful kitten in my last entry has been adopted. Thank you to Kak Sal:) And I would like to say sorry to Shikin. Huhu. So sorry:(

And to all my Muslim readers out there, I wish you guys Ramadhan kareem. Selamat Bersahur, Selamat Berpuasa & Selamat Berbuka:)

Adik - for adoption

2010-07-19T17:55:00.000-07:00

Salam and good morning everyone,
I know I have been neglecting my responsibility as a cat-fan blogger. But honestly, I have been and am still very very very busy completing my thesis that I couldn't find the time to really sit and type my thoughts in this blog.

However, today, is a different case. This is an emergency.

Everybody, I would like you to meet Adik, a one month old very cute and playful kitten that was found by my friend near a bus stop, last week. She is one very very very cute and adorable kitten (Tak tipu punya cuteness;p). Her fur is gray in color (macam gray wolf) and this means that she is going to be a beautiful cat once she has grown up:) Sekarang, Adik berada dalam jagaan saya dan kawan-kawan di hostel, di UIA. And we are not allowed to keep pets in our hostel.

Therefore, I would like to ask if anybody would like to adopt Adik. For FREE!! I hope that person will be a responsible person who could give all the tender loving care that Adik needs. She is still very small kitten with no mother or siblings.. so, hope that the person could give her careful and close attention and lots of love!;)

I repeat, Adik for Adoption!! For FREE!! If you are interested, please leave your comment at the comment box of this entry. Thank you! :)

A male cat trying to wake his lifeless female companion

2010-05-04T17:55:00.000-07:00

In the name of Allah the Most Compassionate and the Most Merciful.

This morning, I logged in to my FB account and I found a video about a cat was tagged i.e linked to my friend's profile. Then, I watched the video. And it was a very very very very sad video, people... Sad yet touching video about a male cat which was trying to wake another female cat, which was knocked down by a car.. Oh it was so sad and touching that it made me cried... Tears came rolling down my cheeks the moment I watched it.. :( I feel like sharing it with you guys so I went to YouTube, found it and posted the video here.

It is stated there that the stray cat "was filmed in Turkey( Kızılsaray district of Antalya ) trying to reanimate his female friend who got hit by a car. Even though some people tried to help him, the white cat wouldn't let them come near for two straight hours. Finally a vet arrived and took the injured cat. Sadly, it was too late and he couldn't resuscitate the feline" (Taken from the YouTube video that I've linked).

Some people commented that the male cat was trying to do a cardiac massage and a CPR-like massage, trying to save the female friend. But I don't think that's what he was trying to do...cause cats don't know about cardiac massage or CPR, like human do. What he was doing to the female friend is usually called "kneading". And cats usually do kneading only to people who are close to them and care for them and only to other cats which are very dear to them or the ones that they love dearly, like to their mothers or other siblings.

So, when this male cat was kneading his lifeless female friend without stopping and was being very protective of her, this means that the female friend must have been a cat companion which was very very very dear to him. I believe what he was trying to do was just so that the friend would be awake......just so that the friend would be conscious again.....just so that they could walk away from there and go play together again..... Oh this is so so sad..... sob sob sob... :(

So people, please watch this video... It's a very meaningful scene that could teach us one very important lesson that human always neglect and that is "Animals have feelings too..."

Mama Kin

2010-04-20T19:24:00.000-07:00

This is Mama Kin. She needs help.

You may read about her story by clicking the Petfinder box below . Please spread the words in case you know anybody who could really adopt her. Thank you=)

A letter to the dearly missed, Mega

2010-04-01T21:27:00.000-07:00

Dear Mega,

How are you and your dear lucky kitten Doo Joon? I hope you and Doo Joon are always in good health and happy condition. I trust that your master is taking good care of both of you.

I write you this letter cause, the truth is, I miss you, dear. In fact all of us here miss you dearly. If you think that I have forgotten all about you and your kittens, then that thought is wrong ,dear. I still remember you, your antics and the way you look at me when you want to ask me for food. But I wonder, do you still remember me, dear? Do you still remember all of us here? But even if you have forgotten all about me and the rest of my cat lover friends here, it's okay. Cause the most important thing of all is that you are now happy with your master who are taking good care of you and Doo Joon.

Your master told me that on your first day at your new home, you have started to show your affectionate side to him and you have started to become the friendly cat that I knew. I'm so happy to hear that. Your master also told me that he has other cats at home. So, I hope you will not start any fight with the other cats. Remember, they are now your new friends and family. So, don't be too harsh on other cats okay? Make peace with them and befriend them well.

And another thing that I need to remind you is, please be good to your master. Pray for his happiness and the happiness of his family who are willing to take good care of you and Doo Joon. If it's not for the will of God and the willingness of your master to adopt you, you wouldn't be where you are now. I still remember the moments when, after two days of posting about you and your kittens at PetFinder, all of your kittens had been booked for adoption, except you Mega. No one wanted to adopt you and I had begun to feel very worried, and sad too. I started to post my worries in Petfinder, FB, chatbox and blogs. Thank God, fortunately, on the same day, your master, the same person who initially booked only Doo Joon, expressed his concern and sympathy and told me that he was willing to adopt you too. Subhanallah, God knows how touched and thankful I was at that moment. I was so overwhelmed with joy and gratefulness that I shed tears.

And you have to be very thankful to God for it is based on His will as well that your other three kittens, Yang Yo, Kimba and Ivan were also adopted by good, caring and kind-hearted individuals. They are also now living in comfort, with their masters, just like you and Doo Joon.

Oh in case you're wondering how's your other three kittens doing, they are fine, don't worry. Yang Yo's master smsed me that your only gentle little princess is actually a loud kitten;p She usually wakes her master up early in the morning with her loud meowws. From her gentle and delicate look, I have never expected her to be a loud kitten. Hehe. Nevertheless, the master said she is one very cute and adorable kitten. The master has changed her name. She is now known as Owly. The master said it suits her adorableness;)

As for Kimba and Ivan, the mistress who is also my friend said that they are such naughty, active yet adorable and playful partners. They are very close with each other and my friend said that she doesn't feel so lonely anymore ever since these two munchkins are around. Truthfully speaking, it's such a heartwarming experience to know you and all four of your kittens are in good hands.

As for the ignorant people and cat haters who irresponsibly shoo you and other cats of this block away to unknown places and the heartless individuals who didn't allow you and your kittens to be given more times to stay together here, I wish that you will pray so that they will one day be given revelations to be more humane. I hope they will soon realize that animals especially in this case stray cats, should be protected and given the rights to be protected as well.

Mega dear, I want to take this opportunity to ask for your forgiveness if in in case I have hurt you in any way. Forgive me cause I didn't provide you with a comfortable box that I promised to give you two days before you deliver. But I did give you a comfortable box after you have delivered your babies right? Forgive me for scolding at you sometimes. Yes, I admit it that I scolded you sometimes. But I scolded you because you didn't want to eat your food. You were getting thinner by day and I was so worried of your health and also of your kittens' health. That's why I scolded you. But trust me, I didn't mean any harm, it's for your own good. Forgive me for I have to separate you from your kittens. I know you love them so much and you are such a protective mother that sometimes you ignored your own safety for the sake of your kittens. I'm so sorry, but I have no other choice. But I know you could understand why I did all this. It's for your own good and for the safety of your kittens.

Before I end this letter, I want to say thank you, dear. Thank you for trusting me. Thank you for trusting my friends. And most important of all, thank you for your love and the love that we shared. Though it's only for temporary, but it's so valuable and it's very special. Below, I have included some collection of pictures of you and your kittens that I managed to capture before all of you have been taken away. These pictures symbolize how special you are to me and how invaluable the experiences were.

From left, first row: Yang Yo, Doo Joon, She-Ivan
Second row: Kimba (BuMon) and Mega.

The whole family was deep in sleep:

Before the separation

During the separation

After the separation

Me and the family

You know what Mega, since I was so out of hand on the adoption day, I didn't get the chance to take picture with Doo Joon. But it's okay. As long as he is in good hands. Finally dear Mega, take good care of your self and do remember that you and your kittens will always belong in a special place in my heart. Will always be...insyaAllah.

Love,

The person who used to shed happy tears for your happiness.

A cat and a lemur

2010-03-24T19:33:00.000-07:00

In the name of Allah the Most Compassionate and the Most Merciful.

Weird animal antics plus men's creativity will result in funny videos:)

Today I found a video of a cat which behaved as if it was seeing something very very shocking:

And also this video. A video of a lemur staring at something with its big eyes.

Then, someone creative combined both of the videos and they turn out to be this:

Hehe. Cute and funny:)

THIS. IS. SICK CRUEL!!

2010-03-22T21:14:00.000-07:00

In the name of Allah the Most Compassionate and the Most Merciful.

Dear friends and readers of whom I believe are not only cat lovers, but also animal lovers,

Have you guys read the latest news about a stray dog which "leg and neck [were] tied very tightly to [a] grill and a piece of wood had been shoved down inside its throat! The dog was bleeding and its feces were all around it. The string [that tied the dog] was attached to a pole in [a] KTM station"???(Quoted from M.Nisha's letter to Malaysiakini). You can view the pictures of the dog being tied to the poll and read the news here: Ghastly animal abuse at Kepong KTM station

This SICK CRUEL scene happened here, in our own country. Aghh! And I'm SO angry of such CRUELTY! And I believe MANY animal lovers and people out there who are against animal cruelty are also enraged of this scene!

Then, in this blog: Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better, you can view the statement written by KTMB on the issue. Okay, I appreciate the effort by KTMB in writing and explaining the matter to us, the public. However, personally, I'm still dissatisfied with some matters..like:

Why on earth must you tied up the dog that way??!!! Perlu ke anjing itu diikat sampai macam tu sekali?? Entah diberi makan minum entah tidak sementara menunggu konon yang dikatakan akan ada pihak yang akan datang "mengutip" anjing tu??!!

So, the dog has caused harm to people..so you have reported the matter to an authority that you know but they still fail to take any action about it. But still, can't you report this matter to a more responsible party who really knows how to handle the matter more humanely??? Have you ever heard of SPCA??

For God's sake, out of humanity, do you really think what you did (tying the dog to the grill till it bleeded and let it suffered like that) will really really solve the problem??

And this sentence... "I am sure, all of us, when bitten by a mosquito, will hit it instantly without much thought..." : "Saya rasa semua orang, apabila digigit nyamuk, akan menampar nyamuk tersebut..." My Goodness! And you are comparing a DOG to a mosquito? You are drawing an analogy between a DOG and a MOSQUITO???? Seriously?? What sort of childish and also ignorant analogy or comparison is that??

Aghh! I'm so angry that I think I should stop writing here. Cause otherwise, I may go on and on and on with my mumbling and frustration and rage on the matter.

p.s: Teringat kritikan seseorang terhadap "orang kita"; minda dan pembangunan kelas pertama, tapi akhlak dan adab malah akidah masih kelas ke-sepuluh!! Dan di bawah ini, buktinya..

Picture of the tied up poor stray dog, taken from Malaysiakini.

Si Juling

2010-03-21T20:45:00.000-07:00

In the name of Allah the Most Compassionate and the Most Merciful.

Salam and greetings everyone.

The picture above is a picture of one of the stray cats at HS (Human Science) Cafe, one of the cafes at my university which is located at the central. Me and my friend call the cute fellow Si Juling;p Why? Simply because she is indeed "juling" (squint-eyed) ;p Don't believe me? Look closer...

We'll zoom in even closer..... Can you see that?

The cute thing is, her squint eyes even add to her adorableness ;p Oh sooo cute!!;)

"Prinny the swimming cat"

2010-03-18T19:53:00.000-07:00

In the name of Allah the Most Compassionate and the Most Merciful.

Salam and greetings all!

I'm currently working on a different piece of writing for this blog. Then I stumbled upon the video below from YouTube. Kiutttt sangat!!!;p So I decide to post and link this video first, before I put up the actual piece that I'm working on. As a simple entertainment for all, let's just enjoy the cuteness of Prinny the swimming cat, swimming in the pool, shall we?;p Hehe. Enjoy viewing!

Mr Fluffy: Upon Request

2010-03-12T18:59:00.000-08:00

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate and the Most Merciful.

I believe I owe one worthy update and story to several concern and caring people like Chulakitty and Cipee. They would like to know what has happened to Mr.Fluffy. If you don't know Mr.Fluffy, then you can read about him here. Sorry ya people, cause it took me quite awhile to write an update on Mr.Fluffy. So today, I'm going to write what has happened to Mr.Fluffy.

Now, after my first encounter with Mr.Fluffy that day, I still went to visit him at the HS cafe. I would stop at the cafe right after work and bought him something to eat. I did this few times.

Then one day, I thought I should buy him the wet food for cat. Since he had problems with chewing food, giving him the Whiskas wet food in the packet would help. So that evening, I went outside to buy the Whiskas wet food. I remember I bought not just one or two or three packets. But I bought five!

Once I was done with that, I went straight to the cafe and searched for him to give him the food. I searched and searched and searched. But I couldn't find him at the cafe area. Then I went to a different area which is the mart area. Then I saw him. There he was hiding under the car of the mart owner. I coaxed him to come out. As I was trying to coax him, I saw one girl who's about my age, was searching for something as well. She looked under the tables, behind the pillars. I didn't really pay full attention to her and what she was doing. At the same time, Mr Fluffy got nearer to me and managed to get out of his hiding place. Then I carry him to a safer place for me to give him the wet food.

As I was looking at Mr Fluffy which was happily eating the wet food, the girl whom I saw earlier came nearer to me and suddenly a conversation begun:

The girl: Haaa..ni pun die... Saya datang ni nak cari die ni la... Jenuh cari tak jumpa.. Kat sini rupanya.. Selalu ke bagi makan die ni?

Me: Ohh takde la selalu..kalau saye balik kerja, saya lalu sini, singgah la kejap..bagi die makan.. Err..nak bagi die makan jugak ke?

The girl: Oh saye datang nak bagi die mandi. Adik saye belajar sini. Die cerita kat saye pasal kucing ni.. Die kate kesian tengok kucing ni penuh kurab... Jadi saye datang la sini..dengan mak.. Siap bawak shampoo kucing semua nak bagi die mandi...

Me: Ohhhh ye ke... Ya Allah baiknye... Duduk mane?

The girl: Alahh takde hal lah.. Saye satu family memang suke kucing... Duduk KL je.. Saye dulu belajar sini jugak... Ermm teringin nak bawak die ni balik...tapi tula..dekat rumah pun dah banyak sangat kucing.... Tu yang datang nak bagi die mandi...sebab adik cakap kesian tengok die...

Me: Ohhh..memang kesian. (Then I started telling her about how ill was Mr Fluffy)

The girl: Oh ye ker... Sian die...You pun rajin bagi makan...

Me: Ohh takpe...Saye pun memang suke kucing... Lagipun kesian kat die ni...

Once we're done talking, Mr Fluffy had also done eating. Then, the girl took Mr Fluffy with her and off he went to be bathed by concern individuals like the girl and the mother. Me and the girl exchange thank yous and goodbyes. I said goodbye and thank you to the girl for bathing Mr Fluffy while the girl said goodbye and thanked me for giving Mr Fluffy some food.

The next day, I continued giving Mr Fluffy the wet food. This time he looked a bit cleaner. Though not very clean but still better than before. The girl and her mother had done a great and successful job in bathing him. The next few days, I continued giving him the wet food.

Until this one day, I came to the cafe, searched for him as usual, to give him food. But I couldn't find him. I searched everywhere..the cafe area, the mart area, the bank area..he was nowhere to be found. I had even asked the makcik cafe cleaner whether they had seen him. But they had not. (The makcik-makcik cleaner of the cafe are quite concern about the cats at the cafe. They don't hate the cats. They have even given them some food sometimes)

For several days after that, I still continued to search for him, but he seemed to be out of trace. Until now, I don't really know and I have no idea of what had actually happened to dear Mr Fluffy. At first, I thought, perhaps, he had been taken away during an ops tangkap kucing. But, come to think of it, that would be a bit impossible cause the other cats are still at the cafe. They still roam, eat and sleep happily at the cafe area. Usually, the ops would take away all of them. Hmm..so, bak kata orang Melayu, hendak menyedapkan hati ini, I have this ideal thought that probably, Mr Fluffy has been taken away or adopted or saved by a kind person or concern people, just like the girl I mentioned earlier..probably. Hmm I don't really really know, but that's what I hope of him and I hope that it's true.

So to Chulakitty and Cipee and other people who are concern about Mr Fluffy, thank you for being concern:) And please, let's pray for the best. Let's pray for the best..

Cats for adoption, for FREE!

2010-03-03T17:21:00.000-08:00

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate and the Most Merciful

[You may click the Petfinder box above to know the earlier details and sort of background and chronology of Mega and her kittens adoption process]

Assalamualaikum & Selamat pagi semua! Saya masih mencari sesiapa yang mahukan tiga kucing sekali (Mega+Kimba+Ivan) ataupun Mega shj.

I'm still seeking anybody out there who would like to adopt either all three together (Mega+Kimba+Ivan) or Mega alone. If you adopt all three, you can neuter Mega if you don't want her to deliver more babies. At least she has two children to share her love with. This is the thing about me, I'm a catlover who's abit concern about the instinct of a mother cat and the bonding between the mother and the kittens.

Saya ni ialah penggemar kucing yang agak mengambil berat sikit faktor "instinct of a mother cat" ni sebab saya masih teringatkan kisah ini. Saya rasa tak sampai hati nak pisahkan Mega dari anak-anaknya terutama sekali bila ini adalah batch anaknya yang pertama. Walaupun kucing lama-lama akan lupakan anak, tapi saya juga tahu yang kucing akan masih ada natural bonding tersendiri kalau mereka dari keluarga atau ibu yang sama. Itu sebab selalunya, bila saya nak adopt mak kucing, saya akan ambil anaknya sekali. Ini akan melahirkan environment yang lebih sihat untuk anak kucing dan ibu kucing, dan suasana yang lebih meriah dalam keluarga.

Jadi, saya harap, ada yang sudi nak ambil Mega+Kimba+Ivan (tiga sekali) atau kalau tak dapat juga tiga sekali, Mega sahaja pun takpelah..

Ciri-ciri Mega+Kimba+Ivan:

Mega:
-has not probably reached 1 year old cause this is her first time being a mother.
-a tortoiseshell-white cat. Warna dan corak bulunya unik dan tersusun sangat cantik. The patterns and the color of her fur are unique.
-a very concern mother. Ibu yang sangat menagmbil berat akan anak-anaknya. Sanggup tak makan asalkan anak makan.
-a well-behaved or sopan santun cat.

Kimba+IvanShe:
-1 month ++
-very active and really really like to play or "wrestle" with their mother. Sangat suka main dengan ibu diorg, terutama sekali suka main kejar ekor ibu diorg dan main "gusti";)
-dua-dua ekor sangat comel dan unik. Both are cute and unique.

Oleh itu, ada tak sesiapa yang baik hati di luar sana nak adopt mereka bertiga? Atau boleh tolong carikan sesiapa yang nak adopt mereka dengan penuh kasih sayang? InsyaAllah they will be good housecats. Please...

P.S: THE OFFICE MANAGEMENT ONLY GAVE ME UP TILL NEXT WEEK TO FIND FOSTERERS FOR MEGA AND HER KITTENS. SO I HAVE BASICALLY UNTIL NEXT WEEK. THAT'S WHY I HOPE TO FIND FOSTERERS FOR THE THREE ASAP.

NEW UPDATES!! [UPDATES ABOUT MEGA AND THE KIDS! - Thursday/1.20pm]

Alhamdulillah..Praise be to God..I have finally managed to find kind people to adopt the whole family:) InsyaAllah..

Mega - will be adopted by Mr Amir, who has also "booked" Doo Joon. So, Doo Joon will be with Mega, the loving mother:) Alhamdulillah. Mega may not have the chance to be together with all four of her kittens, but at least she has Doo Joon to pour her love and attention:) and at least the other three kittens will be taken under the caring and guardian of other good-hearted fosterers:)

Kimba & Ivan-She - several people smsed and called me asking if they could just adopt only the two of them without the mother or either just one of them. But, since Mega will be adopted by Mr Amir, therefore, Kimba & Ivan-She can be adopted together. And since according to the people in the waiting list or queue, Miss Dora was the one who called me first, therefore I believe it is appropriate for me to agree to give away Kimba together with Ivan-She, to Miss Dora.

To the rest of the kind-hearted people who smsed me or called me after Ms Dora,or who didn't manage to adopt either of the kittens, I'm so sorry... But I believe, this means that you are meant to share your love with other cats out there who are always waiting to be loved and taken care of by kind souls like you guys:)

Alhamdulillah..Everything went well.:)

Bila Burtuqal Menulis

2010-03-01T20:59:00.000-08:00

"Assalamualaikum.. Cubaan 1,2,3.

Ehem..ehem..

Hai! Nama saya Burtuqal! (ala ala gaya "Nama saya Rainnn!":p)

Saya mengambil alih tugas menaip entry baru blog "Of Cats and Kucing" kali ini kerana tuan blog ini sekarang tak ada di dalam bilik dan sedang sibuk buat kerja lain. Membasuh kain agaknya di bilik air tu. Saya pun menyelinap masuk ke dalam biliknya PG 3.*3 untuk menggunakan laptop yang sudah sedia terpasang ini. Oleh itu, di kesempatan ini, saya ingin bercerita kepada semua tentang tragedi yang menimpa saya bulan lepas....huhu...

Oh, sebelum itu, ada pembaca yang tertanya-tanya maksud dan asal-usul nama saya..? Ha.. nama "Burtuqal" itu telah diberi oleh pelajar-pelajar PEREMPUAN di asrama blok PG, Kolej Safiyyah ini. Apa maksud "Burtuqal"? Ha..."burtuqal" adalah perkataan Arab yang membawa maksud "oren". Heh. Saya suka nama ini. It makes me feel macho and look macho:p Hehe. Oh! I can also speak in English you know... How come? Ha...saya ni kucing yang tinggal di universiti... Dan saya selalu melepak di blok post-graduate pulak tu. Mesti la saya kene jadi pandai macam budak universiti juga...:p Ada juga pelajar yang bercakap dengan saya dalam bahasa Arab tau.. haha..jangan main-main.. bahasa Arab pun saya faham tau...;p Bahasa asing lain pun ada juga saya dengar..tapi saya faham sikit sikit saja la..

Ok..going back to my story about the tragedy that happened to me last month. Huhu. Mari saya perkenalkan dengan watak utama kisah tragedi ini, iaitu musuh ketat abadi saya i.e my arch enemy, Bayat:

Huh! Posing konon hensem! Tak sedar diri yang saya lagi hensem dari Bayat! Betul tak saya lagi hensem? Cepat..! Siapa sokong saya lagi hensem, sila angkat tangan..;p

Err..apa maksud Bayat? Entahlah. Yang penting nama saya lagi sedap dari nama dia. Huh! Walaupun Bayat ni kononnya ada iras iras muka saya (ermm entah entah dia anak saya, hasil "rumahtangga" saya dengan isteri yang ke-15;p), tapi saya sangat BENCI dengan Bayat!! Ishh! Benci! Tak usah katakan batang hidung... bau dia pun saya menyampah kalau terhidu! Pendek kata, saya sangat bencikan Bayat.

Pada suatu hari sedang saya berjalan-jalan ke level 3, hendak pergi ke bilik tuan punya blog ini, kakak Fara, untuk menjamah makanan, tiba-tiba saya terdengar suara Bayat...mengiau-ngiau penuh kegedikan dari level 3 juga. Huh! Hati saya mula rasa geram! Benci saya mula rasa membuak-membuak! Saya jalan ke depan lagi dan saya lihat, Bayat sedang berada di depan bilik kakak Fara, sedang beristirehat di penghadang koridor sambil merenung ke atas dan bawah.

Hish! Mesti tengah cuba nak tarik simpati dan perhatian orang la tu! Konon dia hensem dan baik! Konon tengah merenung masa depan yang cerah la tu! Hish!! Saya tak tahan! Saya tak tahan! Saya geram!! Saya hendap dia senyap senyap. Dia tak perasan! Saya geram nak pukul dia!! "Siap kau Bayat!! Aku akan kerjakan kau!! Siap kau!". Saya pun melompat ke penghadang koridor itu! Bayat terperanjat bila nampak saya! Saya lepaskan geram saya! Saya pukul dan tolak Bayat!! "Nah!! Ambik kau Bayat!! Dushhh!!". Bayat tak sempat mengelak pukulan hikmat saya. Dia juga tak sempat nak selamatkan dirinya!!...Lalu jatuh shewwww...ke tanah! Muahahaha! Saya puas hati...............

TAPI MALANGNYA...... Saya, yang tidak bersedia dengan sebarang defense back-up plan...saya, yang terlalu mengikutkan geram pada Bayat...saya, yang telah berjaya memukul dan menolak Bayat jatuh ke tanah dari level 3...... Huhu...Malangnya saya juga turut terjatuh bersama dengan Bayat ke bawah, kerana saya tak sempat berpaut dengan apa-apa.... GEDEBUK!!! Saya jatuh....huhuhu

Selepas tersedar yang kami berdua telah sama-sama jatuh, kami cuba bangun perlahan-lahan. Saya nampak Bayat sedang cuba bangun dan hendak melarikan diri. Saya juga cuba bangun. "I...Must...Walk...And...Runaway...From here.. Malu doh...Macho macam ni....tapi jatuh...", bisik hati kecil saya. ;p Tapi terasa sangat sangat sakit di kaki belakang sebelah kanan. Oh sakitnya! Bertambah sakit, bila saya cuba berjalan. Baru saya sedar, rupanya kaki kanan belakang saya seperti bengkak dan tak boleh berfungsi. Ohh...sedihnya. Disebabkan terlalu sedih, saya terus bangun dan pergi dari situ...menuju ke sebuat hutan kecil di tepi blok PG ini...membawa hati yang lara. Huhu.

Selepas kejadian itu, untuk beberapa lama, saya rasa sedih dan kaki sangat sakit. Adooiii. Semangat saya luntur. I felt helpless and weak. Apa jadi dengan Bayat? Huh. Saya dengar kakak Fara bercerita dengan kawan-kawannya yang lain, Bayat hanya luka luka di kaki. Huhu..lagi saya sakit hati. Adoooii..

Tapi, mujurlah masih ada yang baik hati memberi saya makan dan semangat untuk terus berjalan dan teruskan hidup. Huhu... terima kasih kepada kakak-kakak di blok PG ini. Walaupun mereka agak menyampah dengan saya sebab saya selalu buat bising di blok mereka, tapi saya tetap diberikan kasih sayang dan makanan yang secukupnya. Ramai yang bersimpati dengan saya. Kaki saya masih sakit. Saya berjalan tempang satu kaki belakang. Tapi masih boleh bergerak. Dan hari demi hari, saya bertambah pulih. Kaki belakang saya, sudah boleh digunakan untuk berjalan. Ia tak sesempurna dulu. Saya masih jalan terhenjut-henjut, tapi syukurlah kurang kurang, sudah boleh berjalan.

Dan sekarang, saya rasa sudah banyak pulih dan telah kembali bersemangat. Apa perasaan saya pada Bayat? Huh. Dendam saya pada Bayat takkan saya lupa! Kerana dia lah saya jadi begini! Huh! Siap kau Bayat! Kali ini, saya akan pastikan yang saya akan menyusun strategi bernas terlebih dahulu, sebelum bertindak dan menyerang Bayat! Hmmp!!

Itulah kisah tragedi yang menimpa diri saya. Sedih tak? Huhu..sedih tau.
Baiklah, setakat ini sajalah entry untuk kali ini. Saya kena berhenti cepat ni. Tuan blog ni dah nak habis buat kerja dia. Semoga kita berjumpa lagi. Sekian. Bye! >0< "

Yang Benar Macho,
~BurTuQaL~

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Selang beberapa minit kemudian, tuan blog masuk semula ke dalam biliknya P.G 3.*3 dan terkejut mendapati Burtuqal berada di dalam bilik. Dia terus menyapa, "Ultuqaaall!!! Ape ye buat tu? Hish! Ape ye buat masuk bilik akak nih? Ye buat ape duduk kat laptop nih..? Sudah sudah...Gi keluar... Makan kat luar.....Haishh..".
"Ngeoooowwwwww.......", jawab Burtuqal, as if he has done nothing wrong ;p

THE END :)

P.S: Ye, tuan blog ini suka berimaginasi;p

P.P.S: Kejadian Burtuqal menolak Bayat jatuh dari level 3 memang berlaku, bukan imaginasi. Dan kejadian kaki Burtuqal sakit dan kelihatan seperti patah juga memang benar berlaku, bukan imaginasi. Sekian.

"Mega" Project - Cat Adoption

2010-02-21T08:41:00.000-08:00

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful.

Assalamualaikum and greetings everyone!

Yes, my internet connection has been reactivated. Terima kasih kepada Celcom, sumber escapism ku yang paling utama:)

Now, for today's entry, I want to tell you guys about my own personal cat adoption project which I named "Mega" Project! Jeng Jeng Jeng!! :p

About "Mega" Project.

Why is it named as "Mega"? Hehe..It's simply because I'm in the mission of trying to seek anybody, any cat lovers, any good family, any great people out there who would like to adopt a mummy cat named Mega..or perhaps to adopt her babies;) Ada tak yang sudi? He.

Below, is the picture of Mega. Aww....Isn't she adorable..?

Now, do you still remember Maggi? Hehe. Mega came to my hostel block few days after Maggi's death. So, my cat lover friends of this block named her Mega, because she resembles Maggi. And on the 27th January 2010, Mega has given birth to FOUR cute kittens. And this is her first time being a mother.

As of today, the kittens are nearly one month old. I haven't named them cause I don't want to feel too attached. Huhu. One thing for sure is, they are so cute, cuddly and adorable. However, I'm a bit worried about the future of these kittens and their mother. The worries have to do with the fact that we are staying in a hostel. If you think that cats are safe to be put in hostel blocks, think again cause it ain't 100% true here, in IIUM or UIA.

Some of the troubles that may occur here are firstly, if somebody (usually the cat haters) makes a report to the office that they dislike the existence of these cats in the hostel block, the office can and may take action such as taking the cats and sending them away to unknown places. Mungkin dihantar ke kawasan perumahan, atau ke pasar pasar..entahlah. Huhu..kesian.

Secondly, it is actually an offense for a student to keep pets in the hostel and fines can be imposed to those who keep pets. So, if the office gets to know that me and few of my friends are feeding and giving careful care and attention to these cats, we may be fined (Haha. Saya dah pernah kena pun masa degree dulu:p)

Thirdly, every now and then, there will be "Ops tangkap kucing" here. There will be people who are assigned to capture these cats and then they will be sent to somewhere unknown. Ops ini akan dilakukan sekurangnya sekali dalam satu semester. Tujuan Ops ini, untuk mengurangkan jumlah kucing terbiar di UIA ni kot. Entahlah. The cats which already knew how to escape and hide themselves during the Ops, like Abu, Koko and Bunny, they are very fortunate. But for those which do not know how save themselves, would have to succumb to the capturing and be away from the convenient of living in this peaceful environment forever. Huhu..kesian.

So, due to these worries, I believe I need to find anybody out there who would like to adopt these furry munchkins... So, here comes the promotion part:

DEAR READERS,
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ADOPT THESE FURRY-FLUFFY-TWIGGIES SIZE MUNCHKINS AND HER MOTHER?
OR DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO ARE SEARCHING FOR CATS TO ADOPT AND SHARE THEIR LOVE?
OR CAN YOU HELP ME BY FINDING ANYBODY WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED AND KINDHEARTED ENOUGH TO ADOPT THESE CUTE KIDDOS?

If you do, then here are some conditions that you need to know before the adoption.

1) There are two packages for this adoption process. (Wah! Ada pakej tu tak tahan. Hehe. Oh, bukan apa, saya buat pakej begini untuk beberapa tujuan yang penting. I'll explain them one by one after this)

Pakej 1:
You can adopt the whole family (Mega and her four Munchkins). If you choose this package then you have really really alleviate all my worries.

Pakej 2:
If let's say, you don't want to adopt the whole family, and you just want the munchkins, then the second package will only allow you to adopt two of the munchkins (one male and one female).

Why? The reason being is this. If you want to adopt all four of the kittens, then Mega will be left ALONE in this place cause I'll be sending her to be neutered later. She has nobody else but the kittens. She is one soft cat and she is sometimes being bullied by other cats (especially Bunny and Koko:p) when all she wanted was to play with them. So, if she has at least two of her kittens still staying with her here, at least she will have the two kittens to accompany her throughout her life here. Okay, I know the cat fact that eventually the mother will hate and fight with her adult children, but before that time comes, at least the bonding will still exist between Mega and the children. At least she can play with them. (Just like Bunny and Koko. They are siblings and though sometimes they do fight with each other, they do still sleep, cuddle and play with each other sometimes).

So, if you choose package 2, you can choose either to adopt:

This Kimba or Leo, the white lion lookalike munchkin.

Or this tortoiseshell munchkin

Or this orange-white munchkin.

EXCEPT this stripey munchkin. This one, will not be given away.
Why? Simply because it's confirmed that this is a male munchkin and to avoid any future worries,
a male kid is preferred to stay with Mega here, in this hostel block.

2) The second condition is if you want to adopt them, I'm hoping for you to come to UIA, to my college hostel to take them. Heh..sorry.. but I don't have the facility such as a cat carrier to bring them to other places. Heh...saya ini pelajar hostel yang tegar;p

3) Thirdly, I'm giving them away FOR FREE!! The only thing I hope is these kittens (or probably with the mother) will be showered with love and attention that they need when they are under other people's guardian.

That's it. Only three conditions. Next, I'll be telling you guys some information or details about Mega and these kiddos.

About Mega and her kittens.

Mega has a beautiful fur pattern. Some call such pattern a tortoiseshell and some call it a calico. I'm not really really sure which is the correct one, but I think, Mega is a tortoiseshell-and-white cat.

Mega is a first time mother. She cares about her children so much but I can see that she still doesn't know few integral knowledge of being a mother cat. For example, she doesn't move her kittens to different places, I have never seen her carry the kittens with her mouth and she is a bit dependent on me i.e human when it comes to moving the kittens to safer places. She is not like Maggi who was very very independent. She's a good well-behaved mummy cat who licks the kids, guards them and plays with them every day. But she seems to be a bit clueless when it comes to moving the kids to safer, bigger and new place. All the more reasons why I hope that Mega would be adopted and loved by caring people in a more comfortable place. But if no one wants to adopt her, I have decided to neuter her, just like Bunny and Koko. That's why I plan for two of her kittens to be left with Mega.

As for the kittens, in the pictures above, they seem to be a bit too fragile. But wait till you see this video:

Hahah! Mereka ini agak ganaz juga ya.. Main sesama sendiri macam bergusti pulak;p Hehe...tapi kiutt...

Ok, so that's it. In simple words, I just want to ask,

"Ada sesiapa tak yang mahu atau sudi membela mak kucing bernama Mega dan anak-anaknya ini??"

"Is there anybody who's interested to adopt these furry mummy cat and her kittens??"

If there is someone out there who would really like to adopt them, you may leave your message in the comment section below and I'll response to you as soon as possible. Or if you happen to have friends who are interested, you can ask them to come and visit and have a look at Mummy Mega and her kitts here in this blog.

So, that's all for today. In case, no one wants to adopt them, then there will be a second "Mega" project! ...a project to neuter them. Hmm! ;) To end this entry, let's hear what Mega and her children have to say or their opinions about this adoption project:

Mega: "Errrrr...could you ask my opinion later... At the moment, I'm a bit busy wrestling with my kids...
I'll give my opinion right after I've put my children to sleep.. Can..?";p

Munchkins: "We no have opinyion. We want milk. Mummy sed we no talk to stangers";p

Hahaha. Okay, good night everybody and have a good rest!:)

Quickie!

2010-02-18T03:11:00.000-08:00

Assalamualaikum and hello peeps, friends and catlovers:)

This will be a quick update from me.
Maaf kerana lambat reply responses di chatbox dan sudah lama tak update blog (Ermm..baru 7 hari, kire dah lame la tu kan? He;p) Ini semuanya adalah gara-gara saya lambat membayar bill broadband:p Ini pun, terpaksa menggunakan pc di PG lab. So, malam ni baru nak pergi bayar, seperti biasa, lagi tiga hari baru boleh reactivate. Huhu..seksa nak tunggu 3 hari:p

Anyways, actually, I have new stories about cats to tell, more pictures to upload and more cat cuteness to share with you guys. So, all those will have to wait until my broadband line is reactivated.

To those who are new and who have just recently found this blog, I welcome you guys to this humble blog and I hope you will come and visit US again!:)

That's all for now I guess..Well, I did say it's a quick one kann.. So, see you guys again in three days time ya!;)InsyaAllah..

Painfully Cute!

2010-02-11T08:04:00.003-08:00

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful.

It's already Friday and I'm still wrapped in my pensive mood when it comes to face the reality of life. Oh life and the reality..why must they be so hard and tough on me... (Sigh...)

Oh however, so far, I'm never in pensive mood to update this blog and to put up cute pics and heartwarming news about cats around me. For the time being, this hobby is one of the things left of me that help to keep me sane:p

Anyway, before everybody heads off for longer days of rest this weekend, I would like to entertain you guys with these pictures and a bit of a story behind them.

Okay everybody...below is the picture of Bunny. Bunny is one of the daughters of Maggi. My catlover friends at the hostel named her Bunny because according to them she looks like a rabbit..heh.

Anyway, one night, as I was walking along the corridor of level 3 of my hostel block, on my way to the mart, I saw Bunny in such condition....

It seemed that Bunny was sticking her head out of this one small hole which actually is one part of the decoration for the corridor (alaa...kan kalau tepi koridor asrama, kadang ada penhadang koridor yang ada pattern lubang-lubang tu kann..). I didn't know how it happened. But I assumed it has to do with her curiosity, eager to look down and wanting to know the view form level 3, I guess:)

At first, I thought that she knew how to free herself from the hole. But as I approached her, it's confirmed...She is STUCK!!

Hehehe. Dia dah tersumbat dalam lubang tu dan tak tahu macam mana nak memboloskan diri. Kelakar sangat sebenarnya;p When she realized that I was behind her, she started meowing..I guess she's asking for help..
"Please...release me..please...";p

Mula-mula, saya pun tak tahu nak buat macam mana. Cuba tarik dia keluar. Tapi takut dia sakit. Heh..takkan nak tolak dia keluar..terus terjun dari tingkat 3 ni nanti, lain pula jadinya. Saya cuba untuk capai bahagian kepala dia, tapi saya tak sampai, sebab penghadang koridor tu agak tinggi dan saya ni rendah saja. Akhirnya, saya dah tak tahu nak buat macam mana, saya ambil selipar saya dan tepuk-tepuk kepala Bunny supaya dia boleh undurkan badan dia ke belakang dan ke belakang dan ke belakang. Dan akhirnya...dia berjaya mengundurkan diri dia kebelakang sebab saya tepuk-tepuk kepala dia..Heh. tapi tak tepuk kuat-kuat.. Di bawah ialah gambar Bunny yang sedang panik dan cuba menenangkan diri:)

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Oh but, all those pictures and the story were last year's... Now, Bunny is no more that careless, over-curious, reckless little kitten. She is already 1 year old plus plus and she is now a more cautious lady cat. She is one clean freak cat which likes to lick and clean herself every 30 minutes. Betul tak tipu. As a result, her fur turns out to be very very soft and clean-looking.

And now, she is no more that panic, overly curious little kitten.. She is still cute, still curious..but this time it's curiosity with cautious. She has turned into a beautiful lady cat which is very happy with her life and her surroundings and which is very happy because she knows that many catlovers adore her. Heh.. Who would've guessed that Bunny, which was once a careless kitten, could turn out to be this pretty...and this huggable:)

With that, I end this entry by wishing every Malaysian Chinese out there, "Happy Chinese New Year" and to the rest, I wish you all "Have a great weekend!" (.... though I know that I myself will still be in pensive mood this weekend..hmmm..)

Peekaboo!

2010-02-09T22:49:00.000-08:00

Above, are the pictures of Mummy Manira and her two kittens.
The story behind these pictures is this..

One morning, I was on my way to go to class..or was it work..err tak kisah lah;p
Then, when I was walking towards the stairs, I saw a carpet was hung along this one small part of the corridor. The carpet belongs to my neighbour. Dia jemur dekat luar bilik dekat koridor. Then, as I got nearer to the carpet, I saw cute small little paws and tails below this carpet. I quickly snap pictures of them. Mula-mual nampak kaki. Lepas dah angkat karpet tu.. Peekaboo! There you have it..! Mummy Manira hiding below the carpet..Hehe..kiut!
Haha..Mummy Manira jadikan karpet ini tempat berehat bersama anak-anak;p

Anyway, these pictures were taken long long time ago...ermm 1 year ago I think.
Now Mummy Manira and her kittens are already under the guardian of my friend Nadd, who happily took all of them to live with her family in Perlis:) They all live in peace and harmony:)

Of internet and technology

2010-02-06T00:33:00.000-08:00

Dear readers,
I've been having problems with my "Followers" widget or function or setting or what ever people call it. Heh. When ever I log in to blogger by using my laptop, which uses Celcom internet broadband, I can't seem to view or see my "Followers". I realize that the number of Followers of this blog is increasing (Thank you so much! I really really appreciate this=). But the problem is, I won't be able to view who are these wonderful Followers and I cannot know any updates about them in their blogs, unless I log in using the PC at the post-grad computer lab, or at the CC. And unfortunately, I don't go to the lab or CC every day. I will only go to the post-grad lab, once a week to download articles or journals. Huhu...

I've tried to solve this problem by googling about it. There is a mentioning of I need to clear my cache, my cookies and my surfing history, I've tried doing all of those but to no avail. Still, I can't view my Followers. Not just that, I cannot view Followers of other blogs and sites with Adsense or Nuffnag as well. Hmmm..tak tahu lah kenapa. At first I thought that this problem has to do with the setting of my laptop only...cause when I connect my laptop to the LAN connection at the computer lab, I could not view my Followers. But, actually it has also to do with Celcom network...cause I've asked my junior, who's also using Celcom broadband, to view my Followers, and it was found that he also could not view my Followers or other people's Followers. I don't think the problem has to do with Blogger. Previously, I have no problems viewing my Followers or Adsense. I have no idea why does this problem occur now.

I think I need to really consult someone who's expert in the field of blogging, internet or networking to solve this problem. For that, I have to wait cause I have other more important things to attend to at the moment. Therefore, while this problem is still unsolved, I have come out with a simple solution for me to know the updates of this blog's Followers...I came out with a link list called "Followers Updates". At least, my dear Followers, when ever I don't go to the computer lab, I can know your blog updates, from this link list:) For now, I have not completely linked all of the blogs, but will do it sooner. And for the rest who are not yet the Followers of this blog and you intend to be one, you are most welcomed!:) The problem I'm facing with the Followers widget is not permanent, insyaAllah.

Gambar hiasan: Cindy was sleeping behind the screen of my laptop:)

That's all for today's babbling...Have a great weekend everybody!:)

Books about cats

2010-01-29T04:46:00.000-08:00

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful.

Reading books about animals, especially about cats is one of my favorite pastimes.I love reading this type of books so much that I will be immersed deeply in them and my mind won't shift away to anywhere else.

My students (Yes, I used to teach before. But not this semester), sometimes ask me, what kind of book that they should pick and read, how will they know which book should they read and how to choose the right book to read? And to answer these questions, I usually tell them to "pick and choose the books that have to do with your interests, something that you like the most and something that will really manage to make your mind escape wholly to a different dimension". And I will usually end my advice by saying "Like me! I LOVE CATS! So..I will read books about cats to ease my mind and to make myself happy":)

Now going back to the topic of books about cats, for today's entry, I want to recommend you guys these books about cats:

The first one is a book entitled "Scorpion-A Cat's Tale" ---> "A heart rendering story of a cat whose life and death intertwined with that of a loving family. A cat's eye view of the vicissitudes of family life. The book is beautifully illustrated by Khairul Azuwan, an artist well regarded by art lovers" (Taken from: Ameenbooks.Com.My)

This is the cover of the book. Kiut kann..?;p
(Credit: zampeada.blogspot.com)

This book was written by a writer known as Nambai---> "Nambai is Malaysian and has close ties with Singapore. He practiced law for about 15 years before leaving the noble profession to pursue his other passions, writing being one of them. Nambai is a cat lover" (Taken from: Ameenbooks.Com.My). You may read the review here.

My comment about this book.... OMG...I tell you..this book is so CUTE, HEARTWARMING and TOUCHING that I guarantee all catlovers will definitely fall in LOVE with it. It's so so so cute. One thing that makes it cuter is because this story is written from the point of view of Scorpion the cat. Meaning, in the story, we will be reading Scorpion's thoughts and feelings. It's as if she's the one telling us the story. Heee. So cute! ;)

Another interesting thing that I like about this book is because of the writer's SUPERB usage of English throughout the story. Though the storyline seems a bit childish, with such SUPERB and GREAT use of English, the writer manages to prove that this book is not only meant for children. It's meant for catlovers of all ages.

So if you are a true catlover and you haven't bought and read this book, oh please I advise you to go and buy one for yourself. Trust me, you will be charmed with Scorpion's stories and cuteness:) You can get this book from MPH bookstores and you can also purchase it online from Ameenbooks.com.my

Now, the next book that I think will be of interest to catlovers will be this e-book: Kucingcomel.Com.

(Credit: Kucingcomel.Com)

I haven't bought it or read it. But I do have the intention to buy it if I have extra money:) It's an e-book that will guide you in knowing more about cats. What captures my attention to this e-book is because it is quite cheap, only RM27.00, compared to other self-help books about cats in the market. I'm sure that such e-book will be of good use to every catlover:) If you want to purchase this book, you may go to www.kucingcomel.com. And please note that I'm not payed for promoting this e-book to you..I don't even know the author:p

So, enjoy reading and exploring these books!:)

Why do cats like to lie on our books or papers?

2010-01-26T19:05:00.000-08:00

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful

Do you notice (and I believed you do) that cats like to lie on the things or the works that we are working on? On our tables, our books, our assignments, our draft papers, our keyboards!:p Kucing memang suka duduk atau membaringkan diri mereka di tempat yang kita nak buat kerja tu. Kenapa eh? Menghairankan. Tapi comel:)

This is Hyori (Yes, she is named after the Korean singer;).
She is my friend's cat. Sangat comel dan "chantek" macam model kucing;) Aku pernah babysit Hyori selama 2 hari. Dan gambar ini diambil dalam masa babysitting tersebut. Hyori memang kucing yang suka membaringkan diri atas kerja yang aku sedang buat:) Tuannya pun mengakui akan perangai comelnya itu;)
(Credit and thanks to Syura:)

This is Koko. Kucing di hostel aku, anak Maggi. Ha..ni lagi satu makhluk berbulu yang suka sangatlah duduk terjelepok atas kertas-kertas assignment ku. Atas keyboard laptop, tak payah cakaplah. Dah banyak kali cubaan ini dilakukan. Bila ditegur, "Hepp!!", dia buat muka 'steam' tak paham apa;p

Hehe..but I need to confess here that there are also times when I can't compromise such behaviour, especially when I'm in a hurry trying to finish typing my 10-page assignment which is needed to be submitted the next day. Thus, in such panicked and stressful conditions, their behavior of wanting to cutely lie on the things I'm working on may not be deemed as cute anymore. He..silap hari, ada yang kena marah:p Tapi kena sabar. Sabar..

I don't know the scientific, biological or "animal psychological" explanation to this unique bahavior of cats. Tapi aku rasa, antara sebab perangai "kiut" kucing ini terhasil adalah kerana diorang mahukan perhatian orang. They want attention, that's why they will automatically lie on the books, the papers, the keyboards and the work that you're working on or the things that are in front of you, so that the attention will be on them, instead of on the work. Oh if there's anybody out there who knows some other logical, biological or zoological reasons for such cat behavior, I would like to welcome you to explain or share them. I'm curious to know and would really love to know:)

Hehe..Kadang dengan kucing macam ni, aku akan cakap, "Ha..tolong habiskan kerja ni sekali boleh?";p Dan kucing itu akan memandangkan aku sambil muka macam clueless, as if menjawab "Ha? Kerja? Kerja apa? Tak tau.. Tak faham.. Meow.."..dan terus menggeliat malas:p Hai..kucing kucing...macam macam;p

Charlie Chaplin

2010-01-22T21:05:00.000-08:00

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful

This cat looks like a regular cat from this side...

But wait till you see another side of him......

Hehe. Introducing... Charlie Chaplin!!!!! ;p

Charlie Chaplin (memang nama sebanar) is my one of my neighbours' cat. That black thing which looks like a mustache above his mouth, is not a mustache ya people...he. It's his fur;)

Kiuttttttt! ;)

p.s: Updates about Kajol: Previously I wrote about Kajol, one of my cats, which could be suffering from cancer or specifically leukemia. Read here. However, after doing some blood tests, the vet found out that Kajol is not suffering from leukemia.. It's a different kind of sickness that's not as serious as leukemia. Alhamdulillah..:)

How to tell a cat to drink a lot of water and tell another cat that she has leukemia?

2010-01-20T21:01:00.000-08:00

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful

OMG! I'm so so so sorry that I haven't updated anything in this blog since November 2009. Life has been very very hectic these days. I have been busy with my studies and trying my best to stay sane while all the unexpected, unwanted happenings came crawling into my life. Oh life. It's meant to test us anyways. Oh well.. Let it be. I am here not to gramble or rant about my life..:p BUT to write the latest news about cats!;p

Oh actually, I have lots and lots of stories about cats that I have been keeping in my mind, that I need to write. But for today, let me write about this first. It's about my two cats at my home in Ipoh; Cindy and Kajol.

Oh before that, just a brief introduction.

Kucing-kucing ku di rumah Ipoh semuanya terdiri daripada stray cats sahaja. Kucing-kucing yang datang dari mana entah tiba-tiba sampai ke rumah lalu terus menetap di situ dan kucing-kucing yang "dikutip" dari tempat-tempat awam. He. Pendek kate, kucing-kucing ini semua "kucing kampung" saja. You may view them here.

Now going back to the story of Cindy and Kajol.

Firstly, Cindy. This is Cindy. She is approximately 5 years old plus plus.

Haa..dia ni memang menggedik sikit. Eh tapi bukan sikit. Banyak.... He.

Cindy came to the house when she was still a kitten. She came to the house out of no where. Tiba-tiba saja muncul depan halaman rumah, tergedik-gedik main sorang-sorang;p The first thing I noticed about her was, the colour of her fur is a bit different and they are a bit longer than any usual stray cats' fur. She doesn't look like a regular cat. She seems to originate from a mix breed cat. But how and why did she go to my house, I have no idea..Wallahu 'alam...

Eventually, it's proven that she's a bit different from any other stray cats. Cindy prefers cat biscuits (Fr*sk*es) compared to nasik berlauk ikan, the daily meal for my other cats. Cindy knows the appropriate place to pee and poo when ever she's in the house without any training done...while my other cats fail this skill;p Cindy prefers staying inside the house instead of outside. Especially when it's going to rain. Dia macam fobia dengan petir dan hujan. Kalau nak hujan atau bunyi guruh saja, "menjerit-jerit" sambil cakar-cakar pintu nak mintak masuk rumah. Haisshh..drama betul kucing ku ini;p

Anyways, one day, my mum noticed that Cindy "terjerit-jerit" bukan di waktu mahu hujan atau petir menyambar. Dia macam gelisah mundar mandir ke sana ke mari. Then dia panjat sinki, did her "business" and my mum realized that there's blood stain at the sink. Barulah sedar Cindy "terjerit-jerit" cause she's having difficulties to pee.

So, brought her to the vet and the vet confirmed it that her gallbladder is infected, thus kencingnya berdarah. Pendek kata, macam sakit batu karang gitu. Huhu...kesian.

Some of the reasons for this is because Cindy likes to eat Fr*sk*es, which according to the vet, contain preservatives that are not good for cats yang tak tahan. Tapi betul aku rasa, tak semua kucing yang macam tu. Sebelum ni, my Fifi, she depended on Fr*sk*es, nothing critical happened to her. She survived for 10 years. Hmm.

And secondly, it's because Cindy is a cat that doesn't drink a lot. Oh dear, if it's my younger brother who should be told to drink a lot, I could simply say or warn him "Haaa! Lepas ni kena minum banyak-banyak!". But now it's my cat! Haishh..how am I supposed to tell Cindy to drink a lot....haishhh. Oh anyway, Fifi dulu memang suka minum banyak. Dia minum saja dah ambil masa 5 minutes. Lintas saja depan bilik air nak minum. Masuk saja bilik-bilik tidur, terus pergi bilik air, nak mintak minum. He. Rahsia panjang umur;p

So, the doctor suggested us to change the cat food. So we bought ScienceDiet especially for Cindy. Extra safe, extra healthy...haha extra money laaa..;p

Okay, so, we gave her ScienceDiet. At first campur-campur dengan Whiskas. Sebab nak bagi dia biasakan diri dulu. Tapi, apa yang terjadi akhirnya ialah, Cindy tak makan pun SceinceDiet tu. Dia tak suka. Bila letak ScienceDiet, dia buat tak tahu je. Bila letak Whiskas semata-mata, baru dia makan. Chesss budak kecik ni! Ok, then bagi dia fresh fish pun, dia bukan nak makan sangat. Hai..dasar suka makan junk food kot dia ni. Tak tahu lah. Now, we are still clueless of what to do with Cindy the "weird" and gedik cat;p She seems healthy, but the vet said that we need to take good care of her food cause it seems that her stomach and gallbladder are a bit sensitive. Hmm..macam-macam..

Next, is about Kajol.

Kajol is approximately 6 years old plus plus. She is just like any other of my cats. She likes attention, likes to run here and there, likes to meow here and there, like to greet us whenever she sees us and likes to sleep on the rooftop of our cars;p

We noticed however that she's getting thinner by day. She's still active but thin. And we also noticed that she has been having this some sort of black dry wound on her nose and face. Every time they are being cleaned, they will reappear on the same spots. Mum brought her to the vet. After doing some check-ups, the vet told mum that Kajol could be suffering from cancer or specifically leukemia. I was so shocked. Huhuhuhuhu...siannnnnye...

So she has to undergo treatments with the vet. But there's no such thing as chemotherapy for cats ya.. She is still active, alert, aware of her surroundings and seems normal. But slowly, the cancer cells are "doing their jobs" to her body. I asked mum to ask the vet how did it happen? Is there any specific cause to it? The vet said, nope. It's in her blood. Just like humans, there's no specific cause to cancer. Huhu..siannn shajunnnnn.... (Shajun is like a panggilan manja to her)

Earlier in my entry, I sort of grumbled about the unwanted and unexpected happenings in my life cause I guess the happenings are so disturbing. But with what happened to Kajol and Cindy, I realized that animals too are also experiencing unwanted and unexpected happenings in their lives, not just men. But do they rant? Do they rage? Do they complain? Do they grumble? No, they don't.

These animals are perhaps oblivious to the unexpected things that happen to them. They don't have the faculty of 'akal i.e reason like us. For them, they just have to do what ever that they are destined to do...that is to continue living the life that are loaned to them. Either you have a limping leg, scabies on your body, people don't like your face, people kick you or throw you away or you have cancer...still these animals have to and will continue living until the time comes for them to "go". They never protest, they never complain, they never opt for suicide and they cannot do so cause its not their nature.

We humans should learn from this nature. We should continue living the lives that are lent to us. No matter what kinds of unwanted and unexpected happenings come strolling to our lives, we shouldn't rant, complain or grumble a lot. Despite all those, we still need to continue living. And we should only stop living when the time comes for us to stop breathing.

Instinct Of A Mother

2009-11-11T05:20:00.000-08:00

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful.

Today, I'm going to write a story about a mother cat. A pure instinct and love of a mother cat.

Below, is a picture of a mother cat named Maggi. Maggi was one of the cats at my hostel block.

When Maggi was younger, she was one very frightened cat. Dia macam takut dengan orang. Tapi mengenangkan kewujudan operasi penangkapan "tak pasal-pasal" kucing-kucing di blok-blok hostel uia ni, memang wajarlah Maggi sentiasa rasa dalam ketakutan. As a result, she didn't reveal herself that much to people. And as a result, when she gave labour to her kittens, she would give labour dalam semak samun yang ada dekat blok aku ni. And when the kittens got bigger, she would hide them dalam semak samun atau di dalam longkang yang berdekatan dengan blok aku ni juga. Gambar-gambar di bawah, mengukuhkan kata-kata aku tentang insecurity Maggi sebagai ibu.

Gambar di atas diambil waktu siang.
The two kittens are her first batch of children that we, me and my friends, saw.

The two pics above were taken at night.

Di atas ini ialah gambar longkang yang Maggi selalu menyorok dengan anak-anak dia. It's their main hiding place, especially bila tiba masa Operasi Menangkap Kucing "tak pasal-pasal' which I mentioned earlier. Sebenarnya, dekat tepi sebelah kanan ni, macam ada saluran kecil yang membolehkan Maggi dan anak-anaknya masuk ke dalam longkang besar ni.

Tengok tu, the two kittens, Bunny and Koko;p The funny part was, the two knew how to get into the big drain, tapi tak tau macam mana nak keluar:p Makanya, terjerit-jeritlah dua ekor ni, konon minta tolong dari dalam longkang besar tu bila Maggi was not around.

It was quite deep tau the big drain. Me and several other catlovers couldn't simply jump to save them. Makanya, kitorang sampai kene turunkan kerusi untuk keluarkan diorang.

Tengok, betulkan? Sangat dalam.

Some may deem Maggi's act of putting the kittens in the drain as a crazy act. Ya, mungkin pada akal manusia, kita rasa Maggi buat kerja gila. Tapi jika kita fikirkan semula, this is a living proof of the pure instinct and love of a mother cat which was trying to save her kittens from threats and danger. And perhaps, I would say more of the threats and danger from human beings and any other forms of perpetrators. Pada instinct atau naluri Maggi, only the big drains and the bushes were safe for her and the kittens.

And Maggi was definitely not a crazy mummy. She cared so much of her children. Ada waktu-waktu tertentu, Maggi akan bawa "hasil buruan" seperti cicak, burung dan binatang-binatang lain untuk diberi pada the kittens. Subhanallah, tersentuh sangat bila tengok dia gonggong 'buruan' tu ntah dari mana ntah dan bawa ke blok aku untuk bagi anak dia makan. Kalau the kittens were not around, she would call them dengan suara meow dia yang halus tu;)

And there was this one time, Bunny and Koko were hid in my room, cause it was the week of the Ops tangkap kucing. The two tak senang duduk dalam bilik ni, mengiau meronta mintak keluar. Tak sampai sejam diorang bising-bising, tiba dengar suara Maggi di luar bilik, mengiau suara halus dia tu;p She knew that her kittens were in some sort of uncomfortable surroundings, and she knew where they were. Subhanallah. Once I let Maggi into my room, Bunny and Koko cuddled next to their mummy and went to sleep, soundly. Dah tamat kekecehohan;p

Maggi and her first batch kittens, Koko & Bunny (which now have turned into pretty lady cats;) relaxing at the parking lot;p

Eventually, Maggi got used to the existence of human beings around her and around her kittens coz we, the catlovers usually fed them, patted them on their backs, treated them well and cared so much about them. Maggi masih ada rasa insecure, tapi tak seperti dulu. Lama-lama, dia dah ada rasa percaya sikit pada manusia, yang sukakan kucing. Dia dah berani datang ke my room yang kat level 3 ni, minta makanan dengan suara kecil dia tu;p Comel sangat;) Dia dah makin gemuk sampai dia dah pregnant dah beranak dan pregnant semula pun kita tak perasan. Dia juga dah berani ikut kaki kita ke mana juga kita pergi, kalau dia tau, kita ni suka kucing;) All I can say about Maggi is she was one super adorable mother cat...

I said WAS one super adorable mother cat...

On Monday morning, I woke up and was walking slowly to the toilet to wash my face, when my neighbour (my jiran ni, dia tak la gilakan kucing like me and some others. so she doesn't hafal the names of the cats at our blocks like how we do), who saw me in dazed, quickly said, "Fara.. Fara tau tak ada kucing mati?". I was like "Ha? Kucing mati?! Kucing mana?". She answered "Kucing yang ada anak lima tu'. I said to myself, kucing yang ada lima ekor anak..? Kucing mana pulak ni..? She further explained "Alaa Fara..kucing yang lima ekor anak comel-comel tu.. Yang letak anak dia dalam longkang tu.." OH MY.... PLEASE... NOT MAGGI...

Then my neighbour explained that on Friday, she saw the mother cat and the kittens in the drain. They were so cute and adorable together. Then on Sunday, she went again to the drain with the hope that she could take the pics of the kittens and the mother... But, all that she could find in the drain were the carcasses of the mother and her three kittens... Lying there... Already lifeless. I thanked her for telling me all this. Went to my room and I was still in denial, wishing that it was not Maggi. Oh please not Maggi. The thing is this, semester ni I was terlalu sibuk bekerja sambil belajar. Aku tak tahu sangat kalau Maggi pregnant or dah give labour. Aku tak perasan. Aku ingat lagi, hari Khamis pagi, Maggi datang mintak makanan. I gave her some. But I didn't notice anything. And I was still in denial.

But to make myself feel satisfied and sure of which cat and what actually happened, before I went to work, aku beranikan diri dan kuatkan hati, pergi jenguk dari satu big drain to another big drain yang berdekatan dengan blok aku ni. I even went to the big drain yang gambar kat atas tu tadi. But all the big drains were empty... I didn't find any trace of a carcass.

Until I arrived at this one drain. It was not a big drain, and it was not even deep. The depth was perhaps only 2 jengkal setengah. And there she was... the dearest Maggi... there she was... the dearest lifeless Maggi... :'(

I hold my breath when looking at her lifeless yet still looking strong body, trying to control myself from crying. I looked at her carcass for several minutes without blinking my eyes, a way of trying to tell myself that, THAT carcass was indeed Maggi.. dear Maggi. I stood there for 5 minutes, trying to digest everything. My heart kept saying "Oh you poor thing...you poor, poor thing mummy.... sian mummy..." I tried to search for the carcasses of her kittens, but I couldn't find any. Now I remember, there was a very heavy rain and even storms on Saturday noon. But I was at Alpha Angle when the rain came. It was so so so heavy that there the rain even flooded the entrance of JJ a bit.

Agaknya, waktu tu lah Maggi terlemas dalam longkang ni. Mesti, dalam kelam kabut hujan tu, being a strong mother cat and having a pure instinct of a mother cat to five cute healthy kittens, she must have tried to save her kittens. That's all that she could think of as a mother to the kittens. That's all her instinct said. Dan mungkin, masa cuba nak selamatkan anak dia tulah, dia terlemas atau mungkin terjatuh dan lemas. Ya Allah..sedihnya rasa.. :'(

After five minutes, I shed a bit of tears and went to my car, called a friend who stayed in the same block and who also fond of Maggi and the kittens, broke the news to her and she was also sad. Then, I went straight to another friend's room, a catlover as well, told her the news and she was also very very shocked. After that, I went straight to work.

But still, the whole of Monday and even up till today, I just couldn't shake my head of the fact that Maggi died while trying to save her kittens. And the kittens had probably died and drifted somewhere else cause I couldn't seem to see their carcasses. Sedih sangat aku rasa. Bila aku teringatkan Maggi je, mesti mengalir air mata ni. Ish entahlah. Kesian Maggi.. Sedih sangat. Aku terfikir, mesti waktu hujan lebat tu, naluri dia tak ada lain selain nak selamatkan anak-anak dia. Mungkin, naluri dia kuat untuk selamatkan, lalu dia determine untuk redah juga hujan untuk selamatkan. Mungkin, naluri dia waktu tu, nak yang terbaik untuk selamatkan anak-anak dia. Tapi, yelah, Tuhan lebih tahu apa yang terjadi sebenarnya. Tapi, disebabkan dia dijumpai dalam longkang tu, aku rasa, kemungkinan yang agak besar, Maggi berada dengan anak-anak dia masa hujan lebat ribut kuat tu. You poor thing.. poor thing.. Ish sedih.. :'(

To those who are not fond of cats, maybe you guys can't comprehend this sadness.. And it's okay, I don't mind. But please don't criticise us for having such soft spot for cats or even other animals. To us, catlovers or animal lovers, this is a special gift.

I told my mother about Maggi (but no, I didn't tell her that I cried, cause I rarely, very rarely cry in front of her) just told her that me and my friends are very sad of what happened to Maggi. She said that this is God's will. We have to accept it. And I thought to myself, yeah.. It's true. It's one way of God teaching me to accept His Qada' and Qadar. I might have the thought that if I was around at that time, I could perhaps save her and the kittens. tapi, biarlah apa pun yang aku fikir, ini semua dah Tuhan tentukan. And I thought, at least, Maggi died while trying to save her children from drowning; a very pure intention, pure instinct of a mother.. she died while performing what she had to do as a mother.. it is, in one perspective, an honourable death. This makes me wonder, in what ways will I die and end my life? Will it be an honourable one too..?

Who's uglier?

2009-10-01T09:16:00.000-07:00

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful.

This fluffy fellow is, I guess, a new member to the family of stray cats at HS cafe.

I've never seen him before the Raya break (I assumed that it's 'him') Hmm. Aku agak, ini kes orang buang kucing. Kesian. Another thing that made me believe that he is still new to HS was because, he seemed to be a bit lost there. Tercari-cari makanan. Tak sepantas kucing-kucing lain bila nak mendapatkan makanan. Kesian.

At a single glance, this mr. fluffy seems to be one very wonderfully fluffy cat. But sadly, mr fluffy is not like any other cats at HS.

Firstly, he is a one-eyed cat.

Mata sebelah kiri berselaput. Penuh berselaput. I don't think that left eye is even functioning. Buta sebelah. Kesian.

Secondly, he has a bad skin condition.

Especially the area near his head. Macam kurap. Ramai juga student yang terkejut bila ternampak dia for the first time. But when I first saw him yesterday, the first word that came out of my mouth was "Alaa...siannye die.....". He is not so ugly. To me, there are parts of him which reveal that he is actually a cute adorable cat.

Thirdly, despite the fact that mr fluffy is indeed fluffy, he is a very thin skinny cat. Perutnya kempis. Lihatlah sendiri gambar di bawah ini. You could actually count his bones and spine by just looking at him.

Yesterday, I didn't have the chance to 'sedekah' to him any food. I was in a hurry.But today, I saw him again at HS. This time, I was determined to give him something. A fish. So, I bought an ikan goreng, went to him and lured him to the 'payung-payung' part of HS cafe where it was nearer to the dust bin. He followed obediently. He seemed hungry.

Mula-mula aku koyak-koyakkan ikan tu dan letak depan dia. Then, I noticed something strange about him. He didn't directly sniff the fish. There was actually some small pieces of papers near the fish. He at first sniffed those pieces of papers. Sekarang aku tahu. Selain daripada memiliki penglihatan yang terhad, dia juga ada masalah menghidu. Kesian. Buktinya lagi, bila aku pegangkan ikan tu di depan hidung dia, dalam masa lebih kurang 10 saat, baru dia mula makan cebisan ikan tu. So, other than the three unfortunate conditions of him that I've mentioned earlier, the fourth one is, his sense of smell is also not that well functioning. Kesian sangat.

Jadi, atas rasa simpati dan perikemanusiaan, aku koyak-koyakkan ikan tu dan ambil cebisan demi cebisan ikan tu, bagi dia hidu dan hulurkan ke mulut dia. When I kept feeding him the fish, I noticed one more thing about him. He's having problem chewing the hard parts of the fish. He could only chew the soft parts of the fish. Tapi bahagian yang keras sikit, dia tak dapat nak kunyah dengan penuh tenaga. Kesiannya.

Then I continued feeding him. Waktu tu, hati aku rasa kesian sangat pada dia. Terus terfikir, kalau aku ada rumah sendiri, memang aku bawa dia balik rumah dan bela dia. Aku faham dia ada penyakit yang mungkin berbahaya pada manusia. Tapi aku bayangkan, aku cuma bawa dia dan letak di luar rumah. Bagi dia makan dan minum di luar rumah. Kurang-kurang dia ada tempat berteduh. Siapa tahu, mungkin satu hari dia mampu pulih sikit. Tapi aku tak mampu. Ish kesian.

Sedang aku berada dalam "dunia" simpati aku, TIBA-TIBA aku terdengar satu suara yang datangnya dari meja makan yang paling dekat dengan aku, berkata dengan nada sinis dan seolah memerli, "HISHH. MANJANYA KUCING NI. SIAP MAKAN NAK BERSUAP." A sister.

Aku terkejut. Tak percaya pun ada. Tak faham. Sister tu perli aku ke, perli kucing ni? What ever the case pun, ape masalah ko nak perli memerli ni?! Ko ke yang aku suruh suap kucing ni?! Tak kan??! Habis, yang ko bising pasal ape??!

Aku terus angkat muka dan jawab dengan nada baik, "Kucing ni mata dia buta sebelah. Dia sakit. Kesian dia".

Aku ingatkan suara tu berhenti. Tak juga rupanya. Dia sambung lagi bersuara sinis sambil pandangan pun menjeling. "Takdela, manja. Siap bersuap lagi".

Lahaula wala quwata illa billahil'ali'ul 'azim..... Apa masalah ko?!

Hai. Nak menyirap darah rasanya. Tapi aku masih jawab dengan nada baik cuma suara lebih kuat kali ini . "Dia ni ade penyakit. Dia tak dapat cium bau makanan. Ni yang hulurkan kat die ni. Kesian sangat."

Lepas beberapa minit, the sister and her friend pun pergi dari meja tu.

Hai sabar. Sabar.

I continued feeding mr fluffy. Baru lepas seminit dua sambung hulur makanan pada mr fluffy, tiba lalu lagi seorang sister dari row meja yang sama di belakang aku, berkata dengan nada yang memang macam memerli, "MANJANYA KUCING NI. SIAP BERSUAP".

Ya Allah! What's up with these freaks!!

Aku terus toleh ke arah sister tu. Menjeling ke arah kawan dia dan berkata sambil muka aku pandang ke arah mr fluffy tu "Apa masalah korang ni...? Korang ke yang kena bagi makan kucing ni...? Tak kan...? Habis apa masalah korang...?". Hm. Itu pun aku tak la cakap dengan nada kuat dan kasar sangat.

Entah. Aku serius tak tahu apa masalah sisters dua orang tu. Mungkin dari perspektif lain, aku tak perlu nak marah sebab, sisters tu cuma membuat kenyataan melalui observation diorang. TAPI kan, perlu ke diorang buat kenyataan dengan nada memerli?! Seriously, I don't know whether they were being sarcastic towards the cat, or me? Sebab ayat diorang, "manjanya makan bersuap". Yang makan bersuap kucing tu kan. Adoi. Nak sarcastic pada kucing tu apa hal? Bukannya the cat faham pun apa yang korang cakap. Dah tu, nak perli-perli aku ke? Apa hal korang nak perli-perli tindakan aku suap kucing tu? Aku tak suruh korang yang suap! Dan tindakan aku suap kucing tu ada mengganggu gugat kitaran atau aktiviti kehidupan korang ke?! EEEEEEeeee. Tak faham. Sabar. Sabar.

Aku terfikir. mr fluffy may be deemed as an ugly cat. But I think the two sisters' behaviors just now were waaaay "uglier".

I have several conclusions to be made based on all these happenings.

Kesimpulan pertama, mudah saja. Tak perlulah nak memerli orang yang tak dikenali, tak pasal-pasal, terutama bila orang yang tak dikenali tu sedang melakukan satu perkara yang anda tak tahu asal-usul sebab musababnya. Tolong. Tak perlu.

Kedua, aku faham yang tak semua orang suka kucing. Apatah lagi kalau kucing tu berpenyakit macam this mr fluffy. Tapi, tolonglah tanamkan sikit rasa perikemanusiaan pada setiap makhluk Tuhan yang lain. Biarpun makhluk itu mungkin tergolong di kalangan yang haram, cacat, sakit atau kotor, adalah kewajipan kita untuk cuba membantu setakat yang kita mampu, seandainya makhluk-makhluk ini memerlukan bantuan. Tak kiralah dari segi apa pun bantuan itu. Mungkin kita perlu selamatkan mereka dari kesusahan, memberikan mereka sedikit air, membelikan mereka makanan mahupun 'menyuapkan kepada mereka cebisan-cebisan ikan'. Cubalah bantu yang kita terdaya.

In the case of mr fluffy, I can understand that some of us won't even try to come near him cause he is not "healthy". Tapi, tak salahkan, kalau contohnya kucing macam mr fluffy meminta-minta makanan dari kita, misalnya ketika kita makan di restoran, kita jatuhkan sedikit (sikit pun tak apa) cebisan makanan, ayam atau ikan pada dia. Kebersihan serta kesihatan kita juga perlu dijaga. Basuh tangan setiap kali 'berurusan' dengan kucing. Dan kalau nak halau kerana geli dengan kucing-kucing ini, boleh..tapi tolong halau dengan cara baik. Tolong..janganlah tendang mereka. Apatah lagi tendang dengan kasar.

Sesungguhnya makhluk-makhluk ini juga punya perasaan. Dan wujudnya mereka juga adalah sebenarnya salah satu cara Tuhan untuk menguji sikap kita, hambaNya.

Read further about Mr Fluffy here.

The "Cute" Cat Joker

2009-05-20T11:20:00.000-07:00

"The Joker" by Fatboy Slim

This is one very very very cute video clip:)
The part that makes me smile the most is when the cute kittens exchange catnips with money...aaawwww..kiuttt!;p

Malu-malu kucing

2009-05-04T08:15:00.000-07:00

"Malu-malu kucing" is a Malay simpulan bahasa or idiom which is often used to describe a person who pretends to be shy, coy, demure and bashful in front of other people. Or in Malay, we simply say as 'orang yang berpura-pura malu'. So, in a way, the Malay society associates the attributes of being shy, coy, demure and bashful with 'kucing' i.e cats!

However... after witnessing this:

Kajol's act of resting peacefully on the roof of my mum's Kancil car

And this:

Karpet's stretching and sleeping soundly on another family car.

And this:

Lucy's act of falling asleep on that comfortable family sofa as if she owns the thing;p

And her face that says something like "Oh, you're taking a picture of me..?
Can't you see that I'm currently asleep...?";p

Oh this as well:

Cindy's ignorance on the fact that she's sleeping at the living room, on the precious table cloth that was bought from Syria by my brother.

And oh, she was even oblivious to the fact that her picture was being captured :p

...... I am beginning to have some doubt over the idiom "malu-malu kucing";p
Watching their antics and looking at these pics make me wonder, how on earth did people actually come out with such idiom in the first place?;p

Honestly, I don't think that idiom represents my cats;p They are not that "pemalu";p Cause if they were, they wouldn't have ended up sleeping, resting and enjoying their sweet time at these forbidden places in the first place. Based on the pics, they are obviously not that shy, coy, demure and bashful either;p Oh just look at how they behaved in the pics:p

The creation of the idiom "Malu-malu kucing" may have been inspired by cats of the olden days and they probably behaved in such a shy, coy, demure and bashful way too. But I don't think people will be inspired to come out with an idiom with the same meaning when they see my cats;p Cause I know, my cats are a bunch fluffy creatures that are definitely "tak malu" ;p

Updates on Abu

2009-03-24T06:32:00.000-07:00

I finally chose not to bring him to the vet, cause when I called the vet, the person in charge mentioned something that frightened me. So, I decided to just do the treatment myself. I have no other choice but to hold Abu firmly (well, it's more like hugging him actually;) so that he will sit still and I will apply minyak gamat on the wound with my bare hands. He's a bit reluctant at first, but he tends to be more gentle lately since, I guess, he knows that he will be rewarded with the delicious cat food in the packets. The process goes like this;

1) First, I will persuade him to come to my room.

2) Then I will give him only half of the food.

3) Next, once he's about to finish eating I will hold him firmly, apply the gamat.

4) Once I have finished applying the gamat, I will give him the other half of the cat food as a reward. This is what I called as the "psychology" of cats ..they do not mind being asked to do something as long as they know that they will be rewarded;p

5) In order to avoid any feeling of itchiness and any spread of unknown harmful bacteria or ticks or germs or what ever, I have prepared a specific shirt and pants that I will change into every time I' m going to apply the medicine on him. As I mentioned to Amny and Nad, it's my "uniform";)

6) I usually do the "operation" outside my room, in front of the door.. it's easier for me, cause all the things I need, like gamat, the gamat container, cat food, the container to put the cat food, spoon, old newspaper, tissue papers and what not, are in my room..easy for me to reach for these things in case I need them.

7) Once I have finished dealing with Abu, I will clean the floor and the area where the "operation" takes place, with dettol antibac and dettol disinfectant. I will even wipe the floor and my door, every time the "operation" finishes. This means, I will clean the floor in front my room and my neighbours' next door. I do understand that some people might not feel comfortable with having a wounded cat sitting and being treated in front of their rooms. It's okay, I respect that.

8) Next, I will wash all the "apparatus" used just now with, again, dettol antibac.

9) And lastly, I will change my cloth, go straight for a clean bath and use dettol bath foam so that I will not be feeling itchy later.

10) Finally, I will pray to God and hope that Abu's wound will be better and I will not be infected with any germs or sickness. Huhu..Amin..

Now, some of my neighbours do not like cats..but some of them do understand that all I'm doing is helping Abu. Some will just pass by room and smile when ever they see me doing my "job". Thankfully enough, there's one very good neighbour, Nana, (who doesn't actually like cats) who even helped me by holding the cat food container in front of Abu's nose as to persuade him to stay still during my "strugle" to apply the minyak gamat.

Yes, some people do respect our intention, they do respect our differences and some do understand that there are times in our lives that we need to put aside our differences. Ye, ada orang-orang yang faham.

TETAPI, ADA JUGA MANUSIA-MANUSIA YANG TIDAK FAHAM APA-APA LANGSUNG! DAN SAJA NAK CARI GADUH!

Let's just not talk about these kind of people here, shall we.. It's a waste je nanti..hmm

Cuteness: Did not...Did too

2009-03-22T19:34:00.000-07:00

The one on the right reminds me of my Fifi..alaah...kiiuuttt;)

see more Lolcats and funny pictures

p/s: thanks to mr.anon=)

Again, it's about Abu

2009-03-16T18:29:00.000-07:00

That's it, I think I'm going to bring Abu to the vet.

I'm getting worried of the wound. The condition seems to be getting worse.
(Kalau la saya boleh snap gambar luka tu and letak kat sini untuk membuktikan teruknya luka dia tu. He..tapi nanti, ada yang dah tak sanggup nak bukak dah blog ni pulak:p)
And another thing is, Abu dislikes the smell of minyak gamat. As I said before, he becomes very suspicious of me. And thanks to what ever type of nasty tick, dirt or perhaps bacteria that Abu brings with him in his fur, I can't even stand or be near him.. My hands and feet will start feeling itchy..it's the allergy. So, I can't be too near to him and what more to touch him. Yes, perhaps, my skin is quite sensitive:p

So, I decide to bring him to the nearest vet. So, now, here's the dilemma.

At first, I thought of bringing him to the Klinik Jabatan Haiwan, Gombak. I know the place, used to bring one cat there during degree times. But then, will they accept stray cats like Abu? I mean, a dirty wounded stray cat like Abu?

Then, thinking of bringing him to any nearest non-government vet.
Still, I have this thought, will they accept Abu? Abu, the dirty, wounded, perasan macho, male, stray cat?:p (Oh, did I mention his other name is "Horny";p..kann..die memang perasan macho;p) And do you have any idea, which vet will accept him, or the best for him...yelah, Abu ni, kire macam kucing yang liar jugak..hmm. I have already surfed the net and listed down some vets which are quite near.. But still, indicisive of which vet to choose and to go to.

Hmm...another dilemma is, I don't have the cat cage. The cage which is usually used to bring our cats to the vet. But then, I think, this can still be solved. Susah-susah, saya ambil saja kotak kosong mana-mana dan tebuk lubang sikit dan letak Abu dalam tu dan tape kotak tu;p

Hmm.. entahlah.. But what ever it is, I am going to bring that furry creature to the vet! (though I myself is now struggling to do my assignments) :p

Err..ke sebenarnya, ada cara lain yang boleh selamatkan Abu selain dari bawa ke vet? Ish..entah lah.. I think, going to the vet is the best kot. Hishh..dasar indicisive..pasal nak bawak Abu pergi vet pun indicisive..payah;p

Attached to Abu

2009-03-15T07:33:00.000-07:00

Yes, I realize that I owe this blog and the readers (if any) an apology:( huhu..sorry..I am so sorry..

I could spend another 5 to 10 minutes apologizing and another 5-10 lines giving more and more excuses for why I delayed the updates to this blog.. but tonight, I refuse to..:p Let's just go straight to the main issue, shall we?

Now, this is Abu:

I had written about him in this blog once.
Well, he is actually a very very big male cat who is enjoying every moment of his life, ignores what other "mortal beings" think of him and doesn't care much about the ticks or scratches on his body. From what I heard, he is nearly 8 eight years old! Yes, he is one old cat indeed...but he still looks young and energetic though;p

Abu usually comes to my room, meowing as loud as he can in front of my door and beg for cat food..more and more cat food. Truthfully speaking, I will usually give him the cat food as fast as I can just so that he could stop meowing.. His meowing is awfully loud that the whole block could hear him and this makes me feel a little bit afraid. I am afraid that my neighbor might feel disturbed about it and one of them might come knocking on my door AGAIN giving me more "long speeches" about how "insane" I am for giving food to stray cats, and how they are much "humane" than I am and ah! yada yada! So oklah, kesian dan tak nak kena leter dengan jiran adalah faktor awal mengapa saya bagi Abu makanan.

But then, eventually, looking at Abu's sympathetic face and watching the adorable side of Abu makes me grew more and more attached to him. Everytime he asks me for food, he will make this one very very sympathetic-cute-adorable face that will make me definitely melt;p I will not have the heart to be mad or angry at him..even when sometimes I have to stop doing my work just so that I could attend his hunger for more and more cat food;p Dan yang paling buruk ialah minggu lepas, saya telah diserang gatal-gatal allergy selepas setiap kali saya pakai kasut-kasut canvas saya. Rupanya Abu yang comot itu suka tidur atas kasut-kasut tu. Saya terpaksa merendam kaki saya denga Dettol dan air panas dan membasuh kesemua kasut-kasut saya dengan air Dettol:p Merungut jugaklah, tapi tak lah marah sangat;p

This proves that I am getting fonder of him.
"Abu oh Abu..I am now so used to your three-times-a day-meowing in front of my door.";p

However, within these few days, I notice that his visits to my room has become lesser and lesser. And I believe, this has got to do with the injury that he's having.

He was involved in a cat fight and his sort of left lower cheek got injured. At first, there was a small hole. Then the hole got a little bit bigger and there were maggots in it (wanna hear something very sick? saya geram gile tengok maggots tu, saya cucuk-cucuk dengan kunci kereta;p wakakaka!).

p/s: Did you know that having maggots in wounds is actually nature's way of healing? Yes, it is. These maggots will eat up all the rotten parts of the wound or flesh and later the wound will be a bit "cleaner". I have heard once, that orang kampung dolu-dolu used to use such method to heal wounds. They will simply expose their wounds to maggots. Wuhhuu!:p

Okay, now back to Abu. I am starting to feel worried of him. So, I tried to apply some antiseptic i.e Dettol on his wound. Well, truthfully speaking, I didn't actually "apply" the Dettol, I "shoot" it to the wound by using a syringe (thanx to Amny:). It was hard cause Abu didn't like it at all. He has started to freak out when ever he sees me or smells the Dettol. Nevertheless, I managed to shoot it several times into his wound. With the help of the maggots;p and the Dettol, I was hoping that the wound would be better.

This evening, I saw him sleeping downstairs. And he didn't look as lively as before. He didn't come to my room, upstairs, at level 3, today. So, I went down to check on him. I brought along a minyak gamat with the hope that this time, the wound had started to dry up a bit and this time, I could really apply the minyak gamat using my own hands.

Oh BUT to my surprise, the wound is getting deeper...I mean deeper into his flesh. I mean really really deep.. And I could still saw several maggots (not as much as before) in the wounds. Oh poor Abu... I tried to put the minyak gamat, but I guess, he dislikes the smell so much that he ran away. He didn't even finish up the cat food that I gave him.. Oh poor Abu... how can I help him... I cannot bring him to the clinnic cause one, I don't have the small cage, second, he is not used to it, third, I am now very allergic to him and fourth, I am sure he won't like the idea..

Guess I have grown more attached to him...
I pray and I hope that he is going to be okay...
Oh poor Abu...

Raya Greetings

2008-10-15T11:16:00.001-07:00

Me and my cats would like to wish everybody...

"SELAMAT HARI RAYA EIDILFITRI
MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN=)"

And I do realize that I owe this blog and the readers an apology for not posting any new updates...huhu=( I'm very very sorry for that... Something came up, and I have been very very busy these past few months... Tak caye, tanye Karpet;p

But, don't worry, sem break is coming...thus, I hope I could find the time to post all the juicy, cute and adorable stories as well as pictures of cats during the three-week break;)

With that, I wish everybody a blessed and happy eidilfitri! =)

"Ugly's Beauty" - a very very touching story

2008-07-29T09:20:00.000-07:00

I took this piece of writing from The Star Online dated November 18, 2007, Sunday. It is a very touching story and it moved me to tears. Please read it...

UGLY'S BEAUTY

Scarred on the outside, he had a heart full of beautiful love for everyone, even those who hurt him.

EVERYONE in the apartment complex knew who Ugly was. Ugly was the resident tomcat that loved three things in this world: fighting, eating garbage, and, shall we say, love. These things, combined with a life spent outside, had their effect on Ugly.

To start with, Ugly had only one eye. And, where the other eye should have been, a gaping hole. He was also missing his ear on the same side. His left foot appeared to have been badly broken at one time, and had healed at an unnatural angle, making him look like he was always turning the corner. His tail had long ago been lost, leaving only the smallest stub, which he would constantly jerk and twitch.

Ugly would have been a dark grey tabby, striped-type, except for the sores covering his head, neck, and even his shoulders, with thick, yellowing scabs. Every time someone saw Ugly, there was the same reaction. “That’s one ugly cat!”

All the children were warned not to touch him. The adults threw rocks at him, hosed him down, squirted him when he tried to come in their homes, or shut his paws in the door when he would not leave. Ugly always had the same reaction. If you turned the hose on him, he would stand there, getting soaked until you gave up and quit. If you threw things at him, he would curl his lanky body around his feet in forgiveness.

Whenever he spied children, he would come running, meowing frantically. He would bump his head against their hands, begging for their love.

If you ever picked him up, he would immediately begin suckling on your shirt, earrings, or whatever he could reach or find.

One day, Ugly shared his love with the neighbour’s huskies. They did not respond kindly, and Ugly was badly mauled. From my apartment, I could hear his screams, and I tried to rush to his aid. By the time I got to where he was lying, it was apparent Ugly’s sad life was almost at an end. Ugly lay in a wet circle, his back legs and lower back twisted grossly out of shape, a gaping tear in the white strip of fur that ran down his front.

As I picked him up and tried to carry him home, I could hear him wheezing and gasping, and could feel him struggling. It must be hurting him terribly, I thought. Then I felt a familiar tugging, sucking sensation on my ear. Ugly, in so much pain, suffering, and obviously dying, was trying to suckle my ear.

I pulled him closer to me, and he bumped the palm of my hand with his head, then he turned his one golden eye toward me, and I could hear the distinct sound of purring. Even in the greatest of pain, that ugly, battle-scarred cat was asking only for a little affection, perhaps some compassion. At that moment, I thought Ugly was the most beautiful, loving creature I had ever seen.

Never once did he try to bite or scratch me, or even try to get away from me, or struggle in any way. Ugly just looked up at me, completely trusting in me to relieve his pain. But he died in my arms before I could even get inside. I sat down and held him for a long time afterwards, thinking about how one scarred, deformed little stray could so alter my opinion about what it means to have true pureness of spirit, to love so totally and truly.

Ugly taught me more about giving and compassion than a thousand books, lectures, or talk show specials ever could, and for that, I will always be thankful.

Ugly had been scarred on the outside, but I was scarred on the inside, and it was time for me to move on and learn to love truly and deeply. To give my total to those I cared for. Many people want to be richer, more successful, well liked, and beautiful. But for me, I will always try to be “Ugly”.

This touching tale came through the e-mail. If you receive similar stories or anecdotes worth sharing, send them to starmag@thestar.com.my. Include the source or author if possible. Today’s story was sent in by TERRI CHIN.

Link: http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/11/18/lifefocus/19274176&sec=lifefocus

Thin cats

2008-07-27T18:26:00.000-07:00

(As to answer Wati's question in the cbox...)

Hmm..saya bukanlah pakar sangat...But I will try to help out by writing what I know from what I've read and from experiences=) Mula-mula kita kena tahu punca, baru kita cari penyelesaian.

Sebelum saya teruskan menulis tentang isu ini, mula-mula saya ingin mengingatkan tentang tahap kekurusan kucing. It is reminded that there are two types of thinness, the normal one and the abnormal one. The normal one is when you can see that your cats are eating healthy food, they eat regularly, they behave normally, they still enjoy playing with you or the other cats and they don't seem to be sick, YET, they are thin. In contrast, the abnormal thinness, the ones that we should be worried about is when the cats are so thin that their ribs or waist bones can be seen protruding a bit. Hmm.

Now, as I said, based on what I've read and what I know, there are actually several common reasons of why cats become thin and remain thin, though they like to eat a lot. Sebab-sebabnya:

1- Sesetengah kucing ada kadar metabolisma yang tinggi dan sesetengah kucing tidak (macam manusia juga). Oleh itu, sesetengah kucing akan jadi gemuk bila makan banyak, tapi sesetengah akan tetap kurus walaupun makan banyak. Jadi, kalau ini adalah kes yang terjadi, tiada apa yang perlu dirisaukan=)

2- Kucing akan menjadi kurus, kalau ada cacing...eeee...;p Selalunya, kucing yang ada cacing ni, perut dia gemuk atau buncit, tapi kaki dan anggota badan yang lain kurus;p Saya dah tak tahu cara lain untuk detect diorang ada cacing ke tak, melainkan kita bawa diorang ke vet yang terdekat.

3- Kucing juga boleh menjadi kurus disebabkan penyakit-penyakit lain, tapi yang lebih serius, seperti stress, ketumbuhan dan kalau ada masalah dengan organ dalaman diorang. Harap-harapnya, kucing-kucing kita tak tergolong dalam kategori ini (harap-harap semua kucing dan manusia dijauhkan penyakit-penyakit serius macam ni). Kalau terjadi masalah seperti ini, tiada cara lain melainkan membawa mereka ke klinik berjumpa vet.

Jadi, kita haruslah periksa, kucing kita tu menghadapi kurus yang normal atau abnormal, metabolisma tinggi atau rendah, ada cacing atau tidak dan adakah diorang sedang menghadapi penyakit lain. Kalau diorang makan banyak, kelihatan sihat dan masih aktif, tetapi kurus yang 'normal', itu masih okay. So, nothing to be worried about=)

Saya tidak tahu sebarang ubat yang boleh membuatkan kucing gemuk (Haruslah diingatkan bahawa, gemuk atau kurus tidak berapa penting. Yang lebih penting ialah kucing kita sihat. Diingatkan juga, kucing tak boleh overweight...bahaya..). Tetapi saya tahu satu supplement yang boleh membantu memberikan kucing kita mineral dan vitamin yang diorang perlukan. Nama supplement tu, Nutri Plus gel. (You can google the name to know more about it). It's a good supplement for both cats and dogs.

Kucing-kucing saya di rumah mengamalkan makan vitamin ni=) Tapi, tak semua yang suka makan dan tak semua yang senang untuk diberi makan vitamin ni;p Yang betul 'fanatik' dengan vitamin ni hanyalah Karpet;) Kalau dibiarkan, satu tube tu boleh habis kat dia sorang je dalam masa sehari;p

Mujur vitamin ni tak cair, tapi likat. Jadi untuk kucing-kucing saya yang tak sefanatik Karpet, saya letakkan dalam 2 inch vitamin ni di jari, dan sapukan saja kat mulut diorang. So, diorang suka tak suka, diorang akan jilat;p Secara automatik, diorang juga telah consume the minerals and vitamins=) Nutri Plus boleh didapati di pet shops atau klinik haiwan dan harganya sekitar RM25 - RM30.

I know this entry is a bit elaborative...heh...tapi saya ni memang macam ni...suka terang panjang-panjang;p Harap-harap, ia membantu=)

My Dearest!

2008-07-02T02:12:00.000-07:00

Introducing my cats!!!;p

Well, originally, there were 11 cats in this house. But since five of them had gone forever (sob..sob..), there are only six left. Thank God these six cuties and entertainers are still here=) They just never fail to make me smile=) So, these are their pictures:

First, we have Amot (panggilan manja for Comot). She's a Siamese cat with some mix features of Persian..

Then we have Kajol..Hmm..bapak aku yg bagi nama ni..sabar jelah..=p

Next, we have Karpet...yes..it's an odd name indeed..;p

And this is Titi...My mum called her by this name cause Titi was first found playing and jumping under a 'titi' (bridge) before my mum took her to the house;p

The most mischievous of them all is this girl..Cindy! Oh she is uncontrollable! ;p

Lastly, we have this girl who is getting prettier every day...Lucy!

In spite of their naughtiness, they are indeed cute, adorable and lovable creatures... All in all I love them so much!=)

As Innocent As A Kitten

2008-06-15T19:57:00.000-07:00

Look who I caught playing and jumping cheerfully in front of my cat hater neighbour's door? Two cute, adorable and INNOCENT kittens!!

God knows how did they manage to reach level three of this block...and why, of all the rooms, they dared to choose to play in front of the cat hater's room...!! Menempah maut sungguh diorang ni;p I was so shocked myself. Worried of the cat hater's wrath towards these innocent kittens, I quickly took these curious kitten to the ground floor and let them play at the parking lot...It is definately safer there.

Hehe...kittens! You can't blame them...they are just plain curious and innocent;p

Minyak Gamat

2008-06-14T18:41:00.000-07:00

Other than having a first aid kit for humans, in our house, we also have a kit for my cats;p (Al maklum lah, jumlah kucing lagi ramai daripada manusia kat rumah tu;p) There are all sorts of medicine in that kit; from a minor flu to serious fever and injuries.

Now, other than the usual medicine for cats that we got from the vet, the kit for the cats also contains a bottle of minyak gamat! Why minyak gamat and what's the use of it? Minyak gamat ini digunakan untuk merawat luka-luka pada badan kucing-kucing aku. This is the ilmu that has been practiced by my mum's family since long time ago. My mum and my Mak Long said that during the old days, it was hard to get medicine for their cats and they didn't have the money to go to the vet. The only medicine to cure their cats' injuries that they could think of was minyak gamat. So, every time any of their cats had any injuries, they would apply minyak gamat on the injuries. And this is still practiced by my family...especially when we discover that it helps and it works!=)

One more thing that makes me feel okay with applying minyak gamat to my cats is, minyak gamat is not dangerous to the cat's health in case they accidentally or deliberately lick it. Well, you know cats..they just love licking themselves;p

Hopefully, everybody and every cat could benefit from this simple tip;) Saja berkongsi tip...mana tau kalo berguna;p But remember, minyak gamat is safe to be used externally and if the injury is a serious one, it's better for you to bring your cat to the vet for a thorough check up=)

Abu and Paw

2008-06-13T15:40:00.000-07:00

This is Abu... He always comes to my room, buat muka seposen and begs for food as if he has not eaten for days.. Padahal, baru sejam lepas dia dah datang mintak makanan;p Kadang-kadang memang ada rasa macam malas nak layan si Abu ni.. But he has his way of capturing my attention and sympathy;p So, terpakse layan kan juga;p Lagipun, tengok la muke dia yang adorable tu...muke kesian...tak sampai hati nak ignore;p

Tapi, satu perangai dia yang tak larat ditanggung ialah, since he knows that he will easily get some food from me and I will definitely give him some no matter what, he likes to come to my room, begging and meowing for food, even though it's already late at night and I'm still asleep... Being me, aku bangun juga dari tidur ku, semata-mata nak bagi dia makan;p Lagipun, aku tak nak my neighbours bilik sebelah sampai terjaga dek panggilan kelaparan si Abu...

Speaking of which, some of my neighbours at my hostel, who are foreigners, do not like cats...or accurately speaking, they hate cats and do not like the idea of having someone like me, a catlover, staying on the same floor. No doubt, there are Malaysian students who do not like cats and they are staying on the same floor wth me, but, I believe we have this mutual agreement that as long as I won't disturb them with this "hobby" of mine, they won't mind. Tapi, foreigners ni, salah seorang daripada diorang siap datang lagi jumpa dan warned aku, suruh aku jangan bagi makanan kat kucing. Kalau tak, dia akan tangkap kucing tu, and letak kat tempat lain. I just cant be bothered by this cause, they are also guilty of doing the things that attract the cats to come to their rooms (Panjang ceritenya, malas nak cerite dekat sini). So, I still continue giving cat food to the cats;p

Next, let me introduce you to Paw. She used to be Abu's partner (note, I said 'used to be';p) and she used to come to my room begging for food, just like Abu;p Paw is not too pampered like Abu, she's a little bit aggressive... But I do pity her cause according to my neighbour,Sarah, who's also a catlover, dah due kali kandungan Paw gugur...Kesian die...

Then, one day, Paw's tail was injured. Her condition was quite serious. Thank God there are people like Amira, Sarah and friends who are catlovers...they helped her, brought her to the vet, gave her medicine and gave her all the attention that she needed;) Due to my neighbours' profound hatred towards cats, one of the catlovers found Paw a new place to stay. She is now adopted by a new family in Seremban and she is now in safe hands=)

At first, Abu was a bit lost without Paw. Everytime he showed up in front of my door, he would be meowing and he would look straight at my face, as if asking me, "Have you seen Paw?";p But I am not that worried about him cause I know that he will survive;) All in all, I hope Paw is happy with her new family;p

The Story of Fifi a.k.a Pepi

2008-06-01T18:34:00.000-07:00

She was one very pretty, fluffy, well-trained,well-behaved,disciplined, obedient and not to mention proud as well as lazy cat;p Yet, she was and is still my number one buah hati;p She is none other than my dearest Fifi or Pepi...;)

She had been with the family for 10 years and she had made them among the wonderful years of my life. She was given to us by my mum's friends, from Parit Buntar. With her proud and sophisticated look, no one would've guessed that she was once a kampung cat;p But still, she was such an adorable cat=)

One of the adorable things that she liked to do was, she would jump here and there excitedly every time I got back home for holidays..and every time I returned to my hostel, she would wait in front of my bedroom door, meowing and begging, as if mourning and feeling sad for my absence;p Yes, she was one very 'entertaining' and 'dramatic' cat;p

However, gradually, she turned out to be a bit 'quite'. She was not as active as before. This probably had to do with her age...well, 9 and 10 years old are considered old for cats. Later in her remaining days, she became weaker and weaker... Her most critical stage was when she couldn't even walk, eat and drink on her own anymore. And I am thankful that I was there to take good care of her..

On the 29th of May 2007, while I was giving my dearest Fifi drops of water from a syringe, I realized that something was wrong and she was struggling hard, not because she refused to have a sip of the water, but this time it was because of something else...she was struggling to endure the pain of death. I couldn't do anything except watching and praying so that it won't be very hard on her. Tears started to fill my eyes as I watched and witnessed my dearest Fifi's last dying breath...and in just a few seconds, she slipped away and died..

It's been a year now and I still remember clearly how it all happened. In fact, I don't think this sad feeling of loosing her will ever go away. To me, having Fifi around was one of the best things that ever happened to me...and the best things in life are not meant to be forgotten...

Dear Fifi, though you are no more around,you will always be my dearest buah hati;)

Of Cats and Kucing

2008-05-31T11:53:00.000-07:00

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim…

Alhamdulillah, I have finally gotten the chance to “officiate” this dream blog of mine=) God knows how many times I have been trying to do just that. And God knows how grateful and happy I am now that I can start blogging about CATS!!!! (Weeee!!!!) Hehe.

As you know, I am a catlover=) But wait, I’m not an ‘ordinary’ catlover…I’m a fanatic of cats!;p So, that basically explains why I came out with this blog. I will be writing about my cats, the cats that are around me, the cats that I meet, the cats that I feed and the cats that manage to “touch” my heart thus make me smile;) I will also include everything that has to with CATS in this blog. For example, I might be sharing some health tips for the care of our beloved cats or I might be helping out SPCA to ‘promote’ their cats;) However, this does not mean that I will be concentrating on cats only and abandon other forms of animals that God has created. Since I am also an animal lover, I may be writing about other animals as well; dogs, birds, ants, monitor lizards perhaps...hee…;p

In spite of my “madness” towards this fluffy creature, I have to confess that I am not a ‘zoologist’ and I’m not an animal expert. I will be writing the stories of the cats or the animals from my point of view. In case I’m wrong in giving facts or information, do correct me and share some knowledge on the matter discussed. Sharing of knowledge is never wrong and if I may put it in simpler words, sharing is caring=) All in all, hopefully this blog will have its own special benefits to everybody, not only limited to CATS!;)

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