Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

The oldest in the family... 11 years on 13th Dec

The youngest one... 10 weeks old...

Frightful Friday...for some

Ms Akira stayed well clear of Rocket Tanaka...

Rocket Tanaka was trying to convince us he wanted to become an electrician when he grew up...we told him it was too dangerous, especially if he planned to bite wires instead of insulating them :)

Ms Akira has yet to have anything to do with Rocket Tanaka. She yelled at him for daring to cross her path...much to his surprise and short distress. He walked off, made one round of the living room and promptly forgot his initial distress in his eagerness to play "Catch the tail on Toro." :)

What has happened to my pikshur on the banner?

I do not want to look like this!!!

Dear blogger people

What has happened to my pikshur? I do not want to look like this. I deserve to look as I usually do if you please.

Tsk! tsk! I want to look like this.

I told san she may have to recrop the pikshur and she did but it remained the same. Nothing she did made me look as good as before and she did not even click on any buttons to make any changes to the banner. :((

San told me that she does not like the way my pikshur looks and so she has decided not to have my pic at all in the banner and as usual, she has decided to change the template. This san! When will the madness end!!

Bujang

Business as usual

Bujang's answer to all things ...

Ms Akira with grandma...

Ms Akira telling Tanaka who the BOSS really is...

Barbarians at the gate..a very little one...

All meshed up...

Looking out and still safe from harm...

The usual shenanigans...

We had to barricade the main gates so we could still open the door when Rocket Tanaka moves around the house. This means Toro would not have his usual view of the corridor. This is a pity as he enjoys sitting by the gates looking out. However, I have tried to get the biggest mesh so he could still see the outside quite well.

Rocket Tanaka has taken advantage of this several times, sitting by the gate and looking at the outside, like Toro but he still prefers to leap on Toro's back and chase Toro's tail. I sometimes think Toro is a little aggravated but he does not move away. The rest of the amigos stay clear. However I am also glad to see that lately even Megat has gotten into the spirit of playing with Tanaka. The 2 boys had taught Tanaka how to drink from the Cat-It in the bedroom and this morning, I saw all 3 of them sitting round the Cat-It, drinking companionably. :) I had taken some pics of that but I think I deleted it by mistake as I cannot find them now :(

Wishful Wednesday

I wish for no dry skin and no vitamins and no dermatrix...

Grooming Issues

The front view of the new look.

"I must say I don't look as bad as I thought I would. San likes the smooth buff cut. I think I am beginning to like it too."

The side view

"I am actually quite slim."

The top view.

"Yes. This is the real me underneath all that fur. "

The back view.

"Kind of svelte no?"

The supplements for healthy skin and shiny coat (Dermatrix), for multi-vites (Vitalmix) and for conditioning and moisturising coats (Rehydrant)

Salmon Oil for omega oils

I finally sent Toro to the groomer. Someone recommended B as F is no more at PL. I called him and made an appointment and he said he usually grooms cats early at about 1.30 pm or late, at about 6.00 pm. I guess this was good as cats could be rather nervous and at these times, they would be by themselves more often than not. So I made an evening appointment.

I showed B the way I wanted Toro to be groomed and requested that he also trimmed Toro's legs so we could get a streamlined look. He said he does not usually trim cats' legs as they might need the fur for protection. Thinking about Toro, I thought it made sense so I told him not to trim too much.

The place was quiet with only Toro and 2 groomers in attendance. He trimmed Toro's nails, did his feet, cleaned his ears and then he shaved Toro slowly and carefully. Toro was very calm and behaved very well. I was pleased as it took only 1.5 hours for the full grooming and I brought him home at about 7.45. Usually it would take a full 3 hours before I could pick him up again!

B told me that poor Toro had dandruff. AIYOH! His skin was dry and I asked him if it could be because I did not brush him so regularly as Toro would make me run around when I do so. B said this could be one of the causes. So its agood thing I had asked for a buff cut then :) I asked him what kind of supplements I should get for Toro and he advised the vitamins and the Cat mist. I figured I would just get them and if Toro did not want them, I have 3 other cats who could use some vitamins! I had also bought the Salmon Oil some time ago for Megat as it has the vitamins that the vet had told me to give him.

Of course, true to nature, Toro refused all the vitamins, Bujang ate all the vitamins and Megat licked them as it was much easier for me to give them to him in this way. So I gave Toro the salmon oil for his skin condition. I hope it works. Anyway the amigos will all be down for their annual chek-up and the vet can advise the course that I could take for everyone, especially Toro's dry skin. I have to spritz Toro 3 times a week with the cat mist and eventhough I do not have to rub it in, B said it might help. I hope so.

After the salon, some rest methinks...

Toro preparing for some restful sleep...

Some last minute grooming issues...

Rest at last...


The final decision...

Toro finally had some rest after his grooming session. He refused to eat any of the vitamins as well as the Dermatrix (supposed to get his coat in order). No amount of persuading him nor putting the crushed form in his meal is going to do the trick. So I had to spritz him with the Cat Mist Rehydrant instead as I really do not want his skin to get worse. Dry skin on cats is as horrible as dry skin on people!

I am glad that Bujang did not take any persuading. He merely crunched both his share and looked for more. But then Bujang had a lot of training in cruching brewers yeast + garlic when he was little. I fed Megat his share of Dermatrix in liquid form. He just licked all of it and then went for a snooze. Ms Akira refused to have anything to do with the whole business and Toro, for whom I bought the supplements just pretended he had nothing to do with it. Sighzzz...just like cats!

Bujang on sleepy sunday

Oooh...cool breeze on sleepy sunday...

When Tanaka is in his haus, we get to rest...

I would like to say somefing about Tanaka. He is smaller than me which is furry furry good but he is furry fast. He runs here and there and jumps on us. I do not mind so much as he is furry small and I fink he will run about like me when I was small before but now I am a BIG boy. San and grandma do not mind Tanaka and lets him run around sometimes but they close all the doors, especially the one to the kitchen. They also close the window at the cat gym as Tanaka is furry small and can get out of the grills. The only one that is open is the one with the mesh. No one can get out of the small holes, so that is all right. Grandma and san built the grills fur me and Akira and Toro but they didn't think they would have Tanaka in the haus.

Toro likes Tanaka and lets him jump on his fur..hahaha. It is furry funny to see Tanaka jump on Toro and Toro pretends to bite him. I fink at last Toro has someone who likes to jump and run so I guess he would have to make the best of it. But we will be here to confurrt him when Tanaka leaves fur his furrever home.

But I miss the times when we were quiet and I do not have to have eyes behind my head. San has put Tanaka back in his haus and so we get some time to sleep on sleepy sunday. Tanaka is also tired of trying to persuade san to let him out again and he is sleeping.

Finally all will be quiet. Hrmph!

Over and out...zzzzz

Tanaka on Sunday

What you mean? My eyes are green? Are you sure?

Tanaka The Rocket trying to be cute...

So is it working? Am I cute enough for yer huh?

His eyes seem green enough today but we will see :) Cousin R says its orange and grandma has no opinion as she can't see anything. :)

Bujang and The Kid II

I'm gonna get him...for sure...

Oh dear...is there no escape?

Is he watching me san?

Is nothing sacred?

Bujang has yet to understand that the more he moves away from Tanaka the Rocket, the more determined Tanaka is to catch him. :)

Just so-so news...

Ms Akira in a trench of grandma's making...

I thought I should just revert to a heading of only one amigo at a time as it allows for much detail. I tried the 4 amigos in a row heading and didn't like it as much as the amigos are all squashed together.

I am trying to find another groomer for Toro as F was let off by PL. I do not see any of the people that I recognise at PL groomers anymore and I do not want Toro to have a bad experience. He had a terrible experience once with another groomer and actually scratched her. For Toro to actually scratch someone, it must have been too much for him as he has never scratched any one of us nor has he ever bitten any one of us either, even when he was impatient.

Toro is growing more and more like a grizzly and he does like sitting in one place for me to brush him. I have to follow him about. I do not want him to eat greater mouthfuls of fur as he grooms himself. I will get M to recommend me a cat groomer. I see many grooming places but only for dogs. :(

Sleep of the innocent...

Bujang resting after a tiring day with Tanaka...

The little kitty is wearing me out. Why can't he stop running san? Why?

Playtime

Let me out please...

Please...please...please...

OK!! Wohoo!

Hmmm...what can I do from here...hmmm..

What a big world is outside!

Time to rest now...

Tanaka - The Dweller or the

SUPER STALKER!

Toro the Giant, sitting and minding his own business like the good cat that he is...

Suddenly...

GROWLLL!!!


GOTCHA!!



You can't run away...you're too big Toro!




So how about it? Can we be friends?

Are you kidding me? Stop harassing my tail squirt!

Ok. We're friends. Be quiet for a bit. There is someone at the door. Shhhhh...

Tanaka is very fond of Toro, probably because Toro is the only one who would give him a lot of attention. They would play and run after each other every chance they get, which is about twice a day. Tanaka used to run after Bujang but nowadays Bujang would just get out of the way and not run after him. So he got bored after a while. Then he tried Megat. This was not the best idea as Megat would turn around and hiss at him. This evening, Megat was fed-up and spat at Tanaka loudly. Tanaka ran for his life and Toro, who heard the HISS actually ran after Megat. I don't know what he wanted to do but he came out in a while and just stared at Megat. I think he wanted to find out why Megat hissed at his friend :)

Toro is a nice boy and I am glad he has a friend who loves running about as much as he does eventhough it might be temporary.

Last pictures of Cik Mina's family

Cik Mina and her last brood...

Cik Mina and Agent 007 - like mother like daughter...

Agent 007's last meeting with me. She is still too wily to catch...

Encik Mat... I think this is Cik Mina's son but most of the cleaners think its one of her paramours. I have yet to see any of her kittens being black and white. If indeed this is her paramour, she would have quite a few black and white as he stays in the compound and sometimes eats with her family.

I took some pictures of Cik Mina's family last Tuesday - the last day of the Great Move. I gave them some kibble and we said our goodbyes. The cleaners gave them their breakfast but they didn't appear. I was glad they came when they heard me and we spent some time together. It was nice to see the whole family.

On Thursday, one of the staff said they didn;t see any of the group when they went to the old premise for a last cleanup. I think this was good news as I think they knew there was no one else who would see to their welfare at present. Next Monday, the premises would be occupied by other people. I thope they would be nice to Cik Mina and family.