TGIF

I like napping on grandma's bed. It's quiet and no one disturbs me. 

I am glad her eyes are better. I decided just to clean them with warm water everyday.

           They used to be quite red. 

Tanaka Thursday

        I am NOT pleased. 

This is how Tanaka takes his TCM everyday. I bought him a new 'boy' bib as he would salivate quite a lot. The blue towel is to catch the TCM that he would sometimes spit out. 

He used to have to use this girly bib before that I used to make Megat wear for his meds. His face shows all that he feels about bib wearing and TCM- he is long suffering. 

Now of course I do not need someone else to help me hold him. He knows that the towel and bib signal TCM and he listens well to the request to 'sit still and all paws on the ground.' Once he hears this, he sits quietly even if I have to leave him for a minute to get the warm water to clean him up. He is a very clever kitty for sure. 

Acupuncture Update

            Is it time for food yet?

Tanaka has been eating better ever since he went to acupuncture. He behaves very well there ever since we have him in his blue inflatable collar and would relax more. Sometimes he even naps. 

Since he is the latest one at the acupuncturist, I decided that he should go weekly still. I am thinking of having Akira go twice a month now as she has improved tremendously in terms of being more relaxed and calm. She has not bitten through her skin for many weeks already and so her skin is cleaner and less stressed.

She is still quite bald but as long as she does not break through her skin it is a tremendous improvement and she takes no steroids as well! 

Bujang's backache has not improved though but possibly this is so because he gets so angry at the needle doc and all that testosterone will affect his back as well. He has been much calmer at home though and I hope the kidney medicine is helping him. 

Both the boys and Popps will go for their half-yearly checkup for blood work as all have kidney issues that needs monitoring. 

Just Because Akira

                     Lalalalalala

Akira resting on my bed with no fear. She is also asking to be outside more and last Sunday, even though Tanaka knew she was at the window, he was actually relaxed enough to leave her alone. She is also becoming much more confident and would roar at Tanaka if he comes ode to her room. Once she roared so loudly that even Popps ran off into the kitchen!

Monday Mood

              Curiosity

               What with this?

            Hmmmmmmm

   Ok. I can see much better from here. 

     But it's not all that interesting san!

Easy Peasy Sunday Thanks

San thinks I should do the Sunday thanks. I thought that was a good idea as I have much to be thankful for. I went to see Adrian, my osteopath, yesterday and he was very pleased with my progress and said I only needed to see him in three months. I spent much of the day outside and actually rested on the bed with san. This is the first time in a very long time that I had done this and san was very pleased. 

We are all very well. San says especially for that we have to be thankful. My brother Bujang was not so lucky as me as he still has to see Adrian next month. Adrian says his body was stressed and so his back ache will get worse if nothing is done. San was supposed to touch his back gently everyday to desensitize him to being touched there so when Adrian needs to massage him there, he won't be overly upset. San promised to try to do that and had spoken with the family as well. 

On a sadder note, today is the State Funeral for Mr Lee. We will all stay in to watch it on tv as san has to explain the procession to grandma. 

TGIF

        It's sun puddle time on TGIF

Even though we didn't do anything energetic this week (we are cats after all), it was a very busy week for all Singaporeans. They went to pay their last respects to our late Prime Minister Mr Lee, 24 hours a day and all public transport ran for 24 hours as well. We think this will be the case until Sunday morning. 

San is very glad it TGIF and so are we.

Tanaka Thursday

Last night I decided to give my bruffer my laser eye. He was much affected by it and he had to close his eyes for fear of being hurt. Then de turned to me and tried to give me his laser eye. I was furry smart and kept my eyes closed. Haha Bujang!

Goodbye Mr Lee. Fly High!

We are very sad to have to say farewell to our 1st Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew who died this morning at aged 91. He was a tough man who brought us to where we are today. 

Grandma was very sad too as she saw the fight for independence from the British and she also experienced war with the Japanese. She admired Mr Lee more than any of our other prime ministers,   "He spoke Malay better than any one of them".

Easy Peasy Sunday Thanks

This morning san told me that I should do the SUNDAY thanks. That is why my pikshur is right on top offur the word Family. I have much to be thankful fur and not so thankful fur as well. First, I wish to thank effuryone who comes to see us and who have become our good friends. 

I am thankful that eventhough my bruffer can be a bully, he is also furry generous and let's me sit on the bed these days. We play and run and jump all over the bed before we rest. Before, he used to chase me off at night  he finks he is king but now he is more mellow and allow me on it, sometimes he only gives me a few slaps first. When san asks him why he did it, he said that I was rude and needed to be disciplined!! Hmmm maybe he is not telling Fern the truth. I am _always_well-behaved. 

I do not know what I should be thankful fur about my sisfur Akira though. She has grown much more confident and is now not so afraid of me. Oh yeah san says that I should thank her for teaching me to be a good bruffer myself. Okie then. Thank you Akira. I am a little more thoughtful of her and do not chase her (only when san is supervising). But now I listen to san when she says 'Tanaka' in her teacher voice. I had better listen or else I would get time out. But I can now sit and look at her from far away and sometimes nap when she is outside as well. I am thankful for that - for being able to sit still and allow others more space. 

I do not give thanks for this sisfur Popps. She is fierce and wants to take up all offur my space. Here I was sitting peacefully and she came and sat behind the bag. Then she growled at me several times.  I did not move as I was just sitting and not minding her but she got more angry. San then said that I should move if I do not want to be flattened or worse. So she came to me and said 'Tanaka, please move away' and told me she would give me treats. So I did and got four Friskies which are my favourite so I didn't mind moving. But she should take more care of other people's space as well. 

I am thankful I got to spend time outside just lazing around wif my bruffer yesterday. It was breezy and restful. 

So there. I have finished the Sunday thanks. This pikshur was a selfie taken by san last Wednesday. I usually sit wif san on the bed in the afternoons as it is hot and sometimes san has the ac on or if not we have the fan. We sit together and chat about our day. I tell her about Popps and she tells me about school and then we have a nap or rather san reads a book and I have a nap. I thank san for our good times together and I hope we will have more of this together- time, which is my time wif san. My bruffer's together time wif san is going for walks downstairs and along the corridor and Akira's time wif San is sitting on her lap at night, sometimes for many hours. Popps's time wif San is not yet as she does not allow anyone to be near her at all. 

Saturday Easy

Today san thought that we should just hang out and show what we like to do best, which is just hanging out. We spent some time along our corridor with san and she took some pics of us just doing our thing. Popps did not join us as she does not like being in her harness and san is very strict about this rule. I always say that being with family is the best thing but alone-time while with family is better. I am older now and need my alone-time.