Month: November 2009

  • I’m e-alive again!

    It was a case of lightning strike.  Bought a new modem and I’m e-alive again! But while I was e-dead, I wrote a first draft of half the book already.  Another half to go, and that’ll be followed by rounds and rounds and rounds of editing and proof-reading, which takes more time than the initial…

  • Make hay while the sun shines?

    My streamyx is STILL down so I’m still incapacitated. But coincidentally, I had decided yesterday morning that I should write my fifth book. I’ve only written one book this year – Indy Jones. Time for another one. So, while being internet-incapacitated last night, I started on my fifth book and finished a first draft of…

  • Quick updates on the musketeers

    I text Cathy for updates on the musketeers yesterday.  They are all doing fine.  This fosterer in Shah Alam is very good and very experienced, according to Cathy.  So, we have an alternative now, when we need to look for good fosterers for very young kittens.  She charges RM10 per day.  And Cathy says it’s…

  • I’m “handicapped” till Monday

    Sorry, folks.  I have no internet access till Monday.  My streamyx is down, down, down, and the people there says it takes two working days to get it fixed.  Dial-up is going at snail’s pace and I can hardly upload any photographs.  Will somehow, do my best to put up postings, but if you don’t…

  • Puppykins is up and running!

    Remember Puppykins?  He’s the little puppy whose leg had to be amputated due to an accident and subsequent bone infection. The operation was “a nightmare”, as the vet described, but successfully done.  The vet was (and still is) afraid complications might develop because the infection had spread and they had to amputate on the infected…

  • Vixey and Mac – be free!

    James Kho came to collect Vixey’s ashes today.  Vixey always had flowers attached to her baskets.    Flowers for Mac as well. James will scatter Vixey and Mac’s ashes off the Port Klang jetty this afternoon. Be free, and be happy!

  • The other side of Cow

    Cow may be the alpha of the household, and he may be at odds with my husband (the two just cannot get along, somehow – both are alphas?), but there is another side of Cow which many might not see. Cow is compassionate and caring, when it matters. We will always remember, when Cow was…

  • What a life!

    These are scenes in my house, after breakfast…. Tiger, sleeping in a very relaxed position.  I cage him for a while after breakfast before letting him go to the neighbour’s. Bobby fast asleep, too. Bunny-bun-buns…in his classic “after meal” pose. Cow was awaken by the clicking sounds of the camera. But someone is not asleep. …

  • At the break of dawn

    For the past two weeks or so, the first thing I do every morning after feeding the cats would be to attend to Mac.  I had to handfeed him his AD, syringe in his liquid spirulina, then feed him his medicines – the liver supplement, the nerve supplement, his antibiotics and painkillers, and mouthwash.  When doing…

  • Please help these cats

    Ervina sent me this:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=330158125453   Please help, by telling friends about it, and forwarding the link. 

  • Mac and his Circle of Life

    My daughter, Ming-Yi, just finished making this video clip in memory of Mac.  Most of the photos were taken from old photos in our albums, hence, they may not be very clear (reflection of the plastic cover). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jRFHSPoaME It seems like just yesterday when we brought Mac and Bobby home.  And my children were so…

  • Another cat spayed

    This is a female cat, brought in by Loh Wan Yeng, under our CNRM programme.  The cat was spayed at our panel vet today. The left ear was also tipped in accordance with international standards to indicate that the cat has already been spayed/neutered. The cat is recovering from the operation now and will be…

  • Updates on Patch, the one-eyed dog

    This is an update from Abang Wan: It’s around 4.15 pm just now I received a call from Sue Ching Informing the outcome of the medical check up for Patch.. To much relief, Patch is in a very good health condition. The examination reveals indeed the right eye is missing but the wounds are free…

  • More on the no-kill policy

    This morning, the midst of preparing and making arrangements for Mac’s last rites, I suddenly began receiving many comments to two of my previous postings: http://animalcare.my/2009/09/letter-from-shelter-manager.html http://animalcare.my/2009/10/please-support-and-promote-no-kill.html I don’t know who this anonymous person is, who has shared all this information with us, but I thank him/her very much. I think there is a tremendous…

  • Mac’s final journey

    Mac’s final journey and last rites: Mac riding in the front seat, with Ming-Yi. We brought Bobby along, too. At the crematorium, we say our final goodbyes. Best friends and sparring partners of 13 years. My husband and Mac. My father and Mac. My mum whispers something to Mac.  Just think, some humans don’t even…