Category: Stories (Kah Yein’s)
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Where is everyone in the hot afternoon?
All asleep! In Bunny’s Place… Kai Indra Juno Riley Samantha In the Safehouse… Tabs Akira Meanwhile, in Ginger’s Catio… Lynx Robin Ginger and Minnie – best of friends! Rey – he is actually asleep, but he is a very courteous cat and will always wake up to greet me when I got out to the…
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Akira’s portraits
Akira loves to come into the Safehouse while Riley and Juno love to go to Bunny’s Place! The grass is usually perceived to be greener on the “other side”, even for cats. It is not just a human trait. Akira: Please stop taking my photos so that I can finally sleep! Okay, okay…sorry!
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Kelly’s day
The guard sent me these photos today because he knows I’ll be worried after any thunderstorm. But actually, Kelly has been living there for more than a year now and has survived so many thunderstorms and also fireworks. She goes to the VIP’s house for shelter. Makan pagi Makan siang
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Harvesting our lemon from our own tree!
We had a lemon tree before this, but it was a Taiwanese species and the taste was slightly bitter. Now, we have another lemon tree and today, we harvested our first lemon from this tree, after waiting for many months! The lemon is huge! Mmm….it tastes really, really refreshing!
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Visiting Kelly on Earth Day!
I went down to the guardhouse to visit Kelly this evening. Shh…she was fast asleep after her dinner. The guard had just fed her. I didn’t want to disturb her sleep, but she got up when I spoke with the guard. All is well with Kelly, she’s eating very well. I brought along another flavour…
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Tabs and Rey – the imparting of wisdom
Tabs has free access to Ginger’s Catio. Nobody bullies her. It must be an age or hierarchy thing. There is respect for the elderly even amongst cats. What is Tabs saying to Rey? We think Tabs is telling Rey to stop fighting with Samantha and live in peace. “Don’t be like the humans, Rey, they…
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Indra and Akira outsmart our “lesson plan”!
The “lesson plan” refers to trying to teach the Blondies a lesson so that they will stop bullying little Juno. The plan involved letting the Monsters, especially Rey, into Bunny’s Place so that their presence would keep the bullies in check, or so we thought, but after two sessions, Indra and Akira are way smarter…
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Trying out cooked food for the cats
I find that as our cats age, they tend to prefer cooked food. Also, as I’ve written before, I want to be prepare for any eventuality in case there is an outbreak or worse, a pandemic of the H5N1 bird flu where raw diets must be avoided, I need to train our cats, especially the…
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Ginger’s portraits
Together with Tabs, Ginger is also our super senior now. I don’t know who is older, but from the vet’s estimate and Ginger’s previous feeder’s information (when he was a playground cat), both were born in early 2011. They are both, therefore, 14-15 years old this year. Ginger came on his own to sit inside…
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Tabs’ portraits!
And here’s Tabs! Zenning… This is a classic look. Tabs may look unfriendly, but don’t be deceived by her looks. She is actually very friendly…if she likes you. If not, you won’t see her at all. She would have gone upstairs to hide in the room. Her favourite spot…as my chief editor!
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Juno’s portraits
Here’s little Juno! Juno is eight months old (or nine?) and has already crossed the 3kg mark in weight! That happened a few weeks ago. Listening to global news, Juno? Juno used to eat a lot when she was first rescued, but after living downstairs with Riley as her mentor, she too is grazing like…
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Riley’s portraits
I have not written much about Riley lately, so it’s time for her portraits. Riley is such a good cat and doesn’t get into altercations, hence, not much is written about her. Come to think of it, that’s unfair, isn’t it? So, here are Riley’s portraits for today! Riley still grazes like a goat, though.…
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Smokey visits!
Smokey came a-visiting this morning. Hello Smokey! Our Monsters were not exactly on full alert at all. Only Robin went up to the platforms to make friends. This is Rey watching from the cat tree. Robin is trying to say something here, though. Is that your new friend, Robin?
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The Monsters are coming!!
We opened Stargate again today. Ha! Takut? Akira and Indra had a loud warning from Rey today. Poor Akira, though, she’s not a bully. Samantha aka “Every Cat for Herself” is the least bit worried. The Monsters don’t attack her; and she’s not worried about her Blondies too. Nobody bullies Tabs. Tabs has the time-honoured…
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Happy Meatless Sunday!
Okay, what’s in this for today? Organic red lentils, garlic, organic cauliflower, organic broccoli, organic pumpkin, organic tomato, organic gojiberry, organic spinach and our own homegrown moringa leaves (yes, 100% organic)! Yes, we have two moringa trees in our garden now. It’s a “semua taruh” kind of Mediterranean meal. One of the good things I…