(A melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of repose or resolution.)
"But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever." - Psalms 52:8
Monday, May 30, 2011
the adventures of Joey & Jay! - day 2, and their food
the day after the durian party, we got up pretty late, having slept at 4am - we actually finished watching the sound of music GOOD GRIEF.
incredible on blu-ray. probably also the reason why i managed to stay up through the entire movie without falling asleep for the first time.
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with bleary eyes i walked into the kitchen to check on J&J - it's the first thing i do now, even before brushing my teeth. oh good they are both accounted for, none missing.
but ok this is weird. jay is mewing. A LOT. AND HE IS INCREDIBLY MANJA. WHY. he kept rubbing his head on my ankles, looking up at me to see if i was looking and rubbing, purring, putting his kitty eyes on me.
suspicious. how is this aloof cat so cutesy now?
i shrugged it off and walked to check on the food & water dishes.
GOOD GRIEF THE KIBBLE IS ALL OVER THE FLOOR.
i looked at both of them and yelled. jay flinched, and then...
mewww? he looks at me.
kns, must be him. i turned to joey. 'joey did you do this?!' she stares at jay reproachfully from her corner.
LOL. I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT FACE, HAHAHA.
mew? mew? MEW? MEW? mew? - Jay
as i was sweeping everything up by hand, jay came around to see what i was doing and kept manja-ing me. I KNOW YOUR TRICKS MAN. U GO SIT AT YOUR CORNER, YOU.
aiyah, but he's damn cute la, buay tahan. :D:D:D
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joey has been pretty quiet since she's been here, while jay is getting more and more active. i'm glad about jay, but worried about joey. will be keeping tabs on her and make sure she's ok.
the larger of the two is Jay, a half Persian male, with a mixed white/blue coat. when we met him at Ubi, he was so dao! but with the incredibly pretty coat i was sold. i didn't want him to be a loner and sit on his own, so we picked another kitten - Joey! she's a sweet little thing, a bit of a runt (they're born only 1 week apart but Jay is huge compared to Joey. his head is twice Joey's size!) Joey's a girl, and she is the cutest little thing. she looks a little like yoda/a gremlin/a sphinx, but her sweet personality won us over. she also likes to play with Jay and pounced on every moving thing (nearby cats, playmate kitties, daiso toys, feet - you name it) so she was a great fit for the profile we wanted.
i really hope she grows up to be a big girl.
side note: when we went to ubi, the foster home's cats were HUGE. seriously huge. i was a bit stunned by how large and sleek they were, but apparently that's the normal size of cats when they get proper nutrition.
wow.
when Andy of the Love Kuching Project brought out the box to transport the kittens, all the cats perked up and started to gather around the box, sniffing it, going in, coming out, fighting with the flaps. MAYHEM. poor andy needed to punch holes into the box but could hardly get anything done coz there'd always be a cat sitting inside and peering straight at the penknife. hahaha!
well, alvin was being a dear and helped me bring the kittens home before running off to simlim to get his computer parts. thank goodness we had a straight bus home, as there were no cabs in sight at all and the sun was really beating down on us.
apparently, there's also a pretty solid pet supplies shop at parkway parade (yay so near!) and the vet that's been seeing Jay and Joey is only located 1 street away, near the Garden Slug.
staying at Homie/marine parade is the awesomest.
once we opened up the box we expected them to pounce out and bolt. but they actually sat inside for a very long while. Jay was freaked out, you could tell. he moved like a snail, extremely tentative and looked at us like he was saying, 'WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, HUMANS. WHERE IS THIS GOD FORSAKEN PLACE AND WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS.' omg i felt so bad. T_T
but joey, being a little trooper, broke out from her trance and started to sniff around. then she explored. *applause*
as Joey went out, Jay followed along.
right now they are being kept in the kitchen coz the litter box and food are there, and it's the only place that was more cat proof - which was what we thought at first.
we had to leave for church so we gave them a pat, prepared the kitchen with food and litter box and then left.
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on the same day we had planned a durian party at 10pm.
it was a mad rush as alvin and i split ways to church and to simlim to gather computer parts. amazingly, we managed to meet back at parkway to start buying some pet necessities like shampoo, conditioner, toys toys toys, a pet carrier and a scratching post - thank goodness for free delivery since we don't have a car.
most of the people coming over for durian were cat lovers... except xinwei. when everyone arrived, i let the cats out to roam... oh did they roam! after letting them run through the living room i realized just how much cat proofing we need to stop them from chewing on the wires and running under the TV console.
so hard to get Jay out once he finds a hiding spot. T_T
it also seemed like Joey smelt xinwei's fear (hehe) so she jumped up on the couch and made xinwei scream. LOL. after Joey was shouted at and brought down, xinwei quickly built a cushion fort around her. hehe.
by about 1am, joey was falling asleep on wai liong's lap and jay was snuggling into my shoes (out of reach), and about 10,000 photos were taken by then, thanks to yun. she was just sitting in the corner squealing/snapping/squealing/arghhh-ing/snapping.
after mel, chwan, hanbin, xinwei, david, wai and yun left, it was only alvin, jack, pete and i watching the Sound of Music on blu-ray. we dug jay out (he was not happy) and placed the curled up joey both into the kitchen and unwound in the living room.
after some time, alvin got up and went into the kitchen to get a cup of water. when he came out he said, hey i can't find jay.
well, he must be squashed in a corner, so i went into the kitchen and checked all his usual spots. not there.
HE WAS NOT THERE OMG. PANIC ATTACK PANIC ATTACK.
i looked at the kitchen window grill and my heart dropped. did he jump out of the window? but Jay's not a jumper - Joey yes, but Jay climbs and he can't leap that high... but what if i was wrong??
alvin saw the look in my face and opened the window grill and climbed out without a word, while pete watched and made sure he didn't fall.
not there, not there. what if he fell off the parapet, oh my goodness................ dreeeeeaaaaadddddd..................... argh.
jack paused the movie and stood up from the sofa. 'maybe he's under the fridge?'
'can't be, the opening is really small!' (it's only about 1.5 inches)
but it didn't harm to look, so i crawled on all fours and peered.
one pink nose and a pair of green eyes stared straight back at me.
OMG JAY!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!! i yelled for alvin in relief and he climbed back into the house. 'ARGHHHH STUPID CAT!' he laughed and facepalmed in relief. we used a stick to get jay out and sealed the gap with our rock band guitar box immediately. jay came out with so much dirt - i must have wiped him 5 times in one night. -_-
meanwhile, joey was quite nonplussed about the whole thing and she went back to sleep.
i was going to blog during the wedding weekend but blogger was undergoing a facelift during that same period.
pfft. i will shift my blog soon. rarrrr.
man, so many things to say about 1. the week before the wedding 2. the wedding itself (a success in many areas!!) 3. the honeymoon 4. living with alvin 5. quitting my job 6. getting a kitty
because getting a kitty is the most recent with the least to say, i shall start there.
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alvin and i are looking to adopt a cat instead of buying one because alvin is a really sweet animal saver.
i originally wanted to buy one instead and maybe import a somali cat (shattered dreams) coz they're so pretty!
but then again, i was proven wrong after spending a day trawling through adoption boards.
we will update next when we actually muster up the courage and get a kitty. so much responsibility!
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27th May:
i've noticed something regarding all these pet adoptions. on one hand, there are tons of kittens waiting for adoption and there's a bit of an overcrowding issue in some foster homes. but on the other hand, a lot of these foster homes are really unwilling to send the kittens to anyone unless the homes are deemed to be equal or better than the foster home itself.
so for a first time pet owner like myself i'll probably need to buy a cat, and i'm not allowed to help any abandoned kittens? i'm a little put off by the 'first time owner = sure to fail and return the cat' attitude.
