Screaming Banshee pics at last

Finally I got a few pics of SB. These 2 were the best out of 6. She is not the best looker by any means but she is a really enthusiastic soprano. She eats very slowly and sometimes will not even finish what she has by the time I finished with FatBoy and Calico Mom. so I end up waiting in the carpark just so I can clean up after her. I sometimes give her more than she wants because I am afraid she would be hungry later. The spare food is just leftovers from Calico Mom who is a small eater.

SB is now not so afraid and would actually sidle up to me and hang out grooming herself in my presence. :) Just now I had to stop Little calico from running across the carpark to the void deck because a car was coming. Thank goodness I had a jacket on as it was raining and her claws did not dig so deeply into my arm. After that she was too shocked to eat and so I gave her one teaspoon of canned food before coming back after my route to give her kibble. She sat to chat with me for abit before I had to leave.

Fat Cat

Bujang on his first time out after a long time, yesterday.

"Wah Big Cat" [read - WOAh FAT cat!]
"Eh last time so slim" [read- FAT cat!]
"My cat half the size' [read - FAT cat!]

Poor Bujang has been called FAT to his face countless times yesterday. I was wondering why it was that Bujang did indeed look as though he has put on weight as I had carefully weighed his kibble. After intensive questioning, I discovered that grandma had been feeding the amigos 2X40 grammes in the morning when she should have just given them 1X40 grammes.

I think grandma got a little confused as I have put 40 grammes in a container so she could just put one. Before I have put 20 grammes so she needs to put 2X20 grammes. So I reminded grandma of the ills of being overweight like diabetes and liver disease. Even though she thinks Bujang looks malnourished when he was on the diet, I think she now realises the gravity (!) of the situation.

I thought 1X40/3 for the day plus 1 full teaspoon of canned food (for dinner) and 20 grammes of night feed per cat should be quite enough for everyone. Maybe I should recalculate. :/

Welcoming Hari Raya

The boys decided to welcome the morning immediately when I opened the windows to cool the house. Bujang hopped onto the cat tree immediately to survey the morning and greet the new day. I had to carry Toro and put him on the cat tree as he could not jump on it. Cat-aunty and I have this theory that it is a persian thing not to be able to climb and jump onto high places without help :) Ms Akira was not interested to climb as she was just lazing around sniffing at cookies..

Have jewel will celebrate

The amigos all got a new jewel in their collars for Hari raya AidilFitri. Red for Ms Akira, purple for TunaBelly and Bujang wore his tag with the coloured crystals. Now that he has grown chubbier, he doesn't look too sissy for it. But these jewels are only for this week and by next week they would all be wearing their usual collars as I think its much more safe that way.

The Ninjas

What's that moving under the covers?

It's Ms Akira - the invisible one.

Ms Akira spent the whole day yesterday under the covers. She went undercover even before the guests arrived. I think she knew from the frenetic cleaning to the strange behaviour of the residents, that something was up.

This too will pass...

Bujang did not fret all of yesterday. Instead he tolerated the fussing that went on from morning to night and greeted everyone nicely and well, with teeth hidden and claws sheathed. He sat with the guests and when things became too much, he moved into the room to rest. He was the epitome of calmness. Half the time, I was quite harried by the sheer numbers of guests that descended on our door and wished for some of the calm that my cat had.

Hmph! What are these people up to?

Toro spent all of yesterday with this sometimes disdainful attitude and most times with uncertainty. He sat in the washroom, with his face to the wall and sometimes he sank into the wash basin. If he could not see the people. I think he thinks they can't see him too.

Roses and the amigos

Bujang spent quite a lot of time just smelling the faint scent of roses. He did it slowly and delicately like he would do when he smells the ixora bushes. Grandma was worried that he might be too enthusiastic and break the glass vase but all went on quite safely. When all the guests had left, Toro made an appearance and was also attracted to the roses on the table. He took one leap and landed safely to my surprise as he had never managed to do this before.

Our wish for everyone today

Eve of Hari Raya

Oooohhh...what's this? Cookies, tarts..do I smell chocolate?

There was more cleaning to be done this afternoon. I bought a new rug for the room as _someone_ threw up on the new rug last night. I have not yet isolated the suspect but Ms Akira was the favourite to win. She has a very delicate stomach.

Toro came out of the room and immediately inspected a parcel I got from someone in the office. It was full of Hari Raya goodies and Toro had a field day inspecting each and every package. He just loves surprises.

Hmm..this looks like the one we had yesterday. It just smells different. It feels nice..hmm

More shopping and nothing for me. Hmpf!

Rest and relax, away from the noise and hustle.

Bujang took refuge in the carrier that I had put outside the bedroom. I had to lock the amigos out, especially Bujang as he was trying to help me vacuum the room and I had run out of bream and liver treats :) He rested in this safe cocoon quite comfortably and slept the afternoon away while I clean up their stuff. :)

The Big Sunday Sweep

Bujang looked at the state of the house and announced that we had to do something before Hari Raya. He stood in the corner for a bit and contemplated the disaster area that was the living room. I promised my cat that I would clean the living room, the computer room and the bathroom today and leave the rest of the house for tomorrow. After thinking it over, Bujang decided that he would inpect the house before giving his verdict.

What's all this then?

What's that outside the window?

What's these pictures? Who are these cats? maybe I can see better if not for the dust eh?

What's that moving outside?

Bujang inspecting ecvery inch of the house to see what needs cleaning. His thorough once over was quite helpful as I was then requested to clean up the house for the Hari Raya by Inspector Bujang. he told me he would help me through it and that he did I am glad to report.

Working a little

Let me try it. It looks fun.

Bujang tried to help me clean the window sills. He is always the helpful cat when it comes to cleaning up. Possibly he thinks its alot of fun. I was thinking that if I could, I would pay him to clean house. :)

What's that smell?

An experimental sniff at the mop. One swipe of the window and it's sparkling clean. Err..not quite but at least most of the dirt is gone.