Wednesday Whisperz

Akira: She said she's thinking of getting to know Poppy better or finally even play with her...but now in the process of thinking only. She said if only Poppy is not fierce. she seems nice and has a warm personality.

Akira had been watching Popps playing as well and sometimes the two look at each other from their spaces. I do not know why she thinks Popps has a warm personality though as she sometimes shows some anxiety when they are both outside. But Akira is a cat who is always thinking. It is interesting that she thinks she would want to play as at first she said she didn't want anything to do with 'her'. 'As long as she does not have to play with her, she can stay.'

Easy Peasy Sunday Thanks

We have come to the end of June but the beginning of the hot month. June is when it's good to be at the beach but maybe too hot to be there but san thought if we were at the beach, we would be doing any number of these things. Akira would just be lazing about with her  favourite toy, minding her own business and Popps would be up and about rolling about with her beach ball ( she already tumbles about in her red cube here chasing either one of us or the beans). Bujang would just be hiding out in one of the huts sleeping the day away and Tanaka would be in the water surfing. San would be the one throwing him the life  buoy though. He would just have rushed to the water. 

Today also marks the last Sunday to san's school break. She should have gotten a whole month but she spent 2 weeks of it at a workshop, cleaning her desk of clutter and trying to complete some work for the school. Then she had 2 days teaching some bits of Julius Caesar to her class and the last week down with asthma! She didn't have a good holiday at all. 

We think the brightest thing she had and still has is US! We gave her a lot of attention by playing with her and also exercise by making her open countless cans of food for us. Bujang sang her many loud lullabies and Tanaka made sure that she is up on her scritching skills. Akira made sure she has 'quiet time' and Popps made doubly sure that her running skills are as close to perfection as she can make them. So we guess she has many things to be grateful for about us. We certainly had many things to be grateful for about her as well. We certainly had her to thank for the improved situation with our kidneys.

       

We thought we will close our post with our friend Jeffrey. He is still at his home-stay but the one -week trial period is coming to an end next Thursday. We fervently purray that he will be able to stay with the family and Halley the woofie-cat. But we know he is trying his best to get used to the new situation as well. We hope that finally he has found his forever-home with this family who seems to enjoy his calm steadiness and appreciates his independence. Now if only woofie-cat Halley the fetch-playing marvel will be less 'nosy' as Jeffery puts it. We are also thankful that our friend Fern is helping out Jeffery to adjust to this situation as best he could as well. 

Tanaka Thursday

Tanaka enjoys sleeping inside my blanket. 

Tanaka is now more relaxed with Popps and Akira, although not any less vigilant of Akira. He is now able to lie in the middle of the living room and Popps can walk by without him being fixated on her. He does have conversations with Akira in the morning from outside Akira's room but Akira would no longer be in hiding from him. She would sometimes tell him off (yell in his face) or just sit a little further away from him. Once when she was on the couch and he was walking from the computer room to the bedroom, she flew at him screaming. He was so shocked that he jumped in fright. Even Popps ran into the kitchen in fear.

However, it had taken him a long time to figure out his role in the household. Below are his conversations with Fern.

Tanaka was very sweet. He enjoyed the healing and curled up comfortably. He said he started to get used to the change of having a new family member and the new arrangement.

Tanaka was funny and loving. He talked more today and said I was going to make him fall asleep during healing! He was cheerful and optimistic, which made me happy. He jumped off when we were done.

Just Because

Ms Akira is growing from strength to strength. She has not bitten through her skin and her fur on those parts are now growing slowly but now she has instead graduated to licking her feet. But no broken skin there as well.

Fern "Akira was sweet and a bit curious. She was more talkative than usual. She is an intelligent little girl. I felt she obviously is more confident but still cautious. She showed me image of kids with some sweets or ice-cream in the hand. She said she wanna try how it tasted like"

She is always curious like this. I told Fern I would get her some cream to taste. :)

Monday Mood

Taking a break

Fern: "She said she needed some time to sort things out and work on it. She was quiet later on and stopped talking."

The calm before the storm

 Bujang and Popps in relative calm. 

This used to belong to Bujang. He loved the peace and quiet of grandma's room and her small and tidy bed. 

        This used to be my space

Now of cos Popps rests here. He has not protested as yet. He very patiently has given up many of his spaces and now feels the stress of not having a space of his own. 

      

 He doesn't sit much here at all. 

I do not know if his back hurts him when he sits here so it's taken over by

             And his long time obsession

               

He told Fern last Sunday and he now tries to leave the cats alone as he wants time to himself and to spend time doing things with me. He wants peace and quiet. 

Yesterday, I think he got really fed up with Popps who refused to allow him into the kitchen for dinner and later  they got into a little fight. There was yelling, screaming and Popps 's fur flew all over grandma's room. They both got time out and I got bitten by Bujang on the foot as well. 

He did not make noise to get out from the room as he knew he was in trouble and Popps stayed in her cage the whole time they were on time out. 

Yesterday they both had a session with Craig, a reiki master who is also trying to help Bujang with his back problems. 

Bujang had this to say:

"He said he had enough of Poppy encroaching on his space and pushing the boundaries. He resented this as she is 'nice' but keeps pushing closer and closer."

Bujang spent half of the night sitting close to me and grooming on my blanket. He has not sat this close to me for a long long long time. Cat_aunty said he was sorry for biting my foot and losing his temper with me. He did not even yell the whole of last night and after this, he went to sleep on his fav new sleeping place - the upside down chair. 

Miss Bossy Boots has only this to say

"She called Bujang a bully but quickly retracted this and admitted that she did try to get too close". 

I hope these 2 would make up or at least give each other space. 

Tuesday Thots

Yesterday I decided to tell Fern that I was a little scared of being by myself in my room. Fern was doing some stuff and was surprised to have a message from me. I do not know why she should be surprised as she tells me every week that I can tell her anything and she will tell san. Since san was at work, there was nothing she could do about it but I was glad that when san came home from work, she sat with me for a bit. This is my selfie that she took yesterday when I was on her lap for one hour. Then san looked around my room and realised that it was EMPTY of my things! Her sister went home on Sunday and she forgot to put all my things back again. So after we sat together, I now have my own mattress, a fluffy one that I can hide under. I have my own cat seat back and later she would fix my radio back again so I can listen to some music. 

Sometimes san needs a lot of help to put things right again.

Easy Peasy Sunday

This week we had more indoor time than outdoors. The days were hotter than usual and so we napped more. The good thing was our air-con was working so the nights were cooler. The bottom pic showing Tanaka is an old picture that I found when I was cleaning up the photo albums. He looked as mischievous as he is now. 

Hrumphh! I must say I was not pleased with how this week has gone. San came back from work late all the time and when she came home, my sisfur Akira wanted to be out. I offur course then had to be inside her room. But the one good thing about this was san always tried to be with me for some time and we do spend time together in her room, listening to the radio, reading or just hanging out. But I really want to be in my sisfur's room less. San says all week that in that case I should stop chasing her. But I haven't been able to do that! She is too easy! (shhhhhh)

I was out along the corridor once this week. Nowadays I don't much like being out in the corridor as there is a lot of noise. After the incident with the Aircon I prefer hiding under beds as that would be much safer. I noticed that san closes grandma's door when I am out in the living room and now she has put bricks under the washing machine. But at least now she has put a thicker blanket in the bottom cage ( the cage used to belong to Megat) and I can hide under there. San is always surprised that I hide under there when I am out in the living room where she thinks I should be walking about and sitting with family. She thinks I am too much by myself already but I can't help it. Tanaka has sometimes been out with me together this week but san has to put him in his harness as he wants to chase me about. I really hate this and wonder why he does it to me. 

I have not been downstairs much this Ramadan. San has brought me out only along the corridor at night but it's too boring there. Most times I make a half-hearted attempt and would come back home in 15 minutes or so. But yesterday san brought me downstairs for two whole hours. We went out about 7 am which was very early for a walk. I had a good time walking and no one disturbed me at all. The only time was when the cleaner came to sweep some paper off the grass and to clean the drains of litter. But he saw us and wished us good morning so I knew he was not so scary and I came out of the carrier after about a minute or so. I hope to be out later tonight as I know san and Tanaka would be busy the whole of today as it is the last day of Ramadan and tomorrow is Hari Raya and the house must be ready for visitors. 

This is the collage that our friend and animal communicator Fern did for us this morning to wish us a Happy Hari Raya. We are so pleased with it and so it is here in outer blog. We also thought we would share what Bujang said. 

Fern: He was relaxed and must have just woke up and going to have his breakfast. He felt light and happy. He said everything was fine. He knew something fun and exciting is coming up. So he's getting ready for it. 

Easy Peasy Sunday

                            

We are glad to be able to bring you new pictures eventhough I did not bring out the camera very much this week. Ms Akira has been quite relaxed as she was eager to get out of her room as soon as I get home from work. She does not even have to meow. These days she would just sit near the gate and I would let her out. She does this only with me though and would not go out if Cousin R asks her. Bujang went to the osteopath Adrian yesterday. He was very good with Adrian and allowed Adrian to manipulate his hips a little. Tanaka on the other hand had quite exciting times watching repairmen in the house but we have had to put him in the night cage so he won't try to tell them what to do. Here, he can see them and so won't be too anxious. 

This is because Tanaka is only afraid of san as he knows she would put him on timeout if she catches him trying to disturb me. But I am glad to report that he did not disturb me as much this week but I know he would chase me if he could. 

This was me resting yesterday after I got home from seeing my osteopath. It was not too bad although I don't see why I needed to go again. I told my friend Fern (our friend who is the animal communicator and who gives the amigos their weekly Reiki sessions) that I do not need to go but she said it would be good to see if my spine is still ok or it needed an adjustment. She also said I must be quiet in the taxi (which he was) and that I must allow Adrian to help me without biting or scratching him. Since I know san will make me go anyway I decided to do as she said. 

san: Adrian found that his middle spine was a little stiff again but after some manipulations and massage, it was much more relaxed. He also allowed Adrian to manipulate his hips a little but only one side at a time and not both sides at once. When Adrian tried to massage both sides at once, he took one look at his face and turned around to show what he wanted Adrian to do. He did not meow nor did he bite and scratch. This was good as I did not bring him to the vet to cut his nails. He still has sensitive paws and does not allow anyone to touch them. Adrian also tried to massage his hind legs as well which did not go as well.  He said that he had seen a lot of cats in his practice with arthritis in the legs but with massage, we should be able to help Bujang. He does not have any yet but prevention is always better. Apart from this Adrian said his energy is very strong and well-balanced :))

                   My selfie while I was waiting for Adrian.

I was quite tired yesterday after the air-con repairmen went. I spent almost 2 hours just watching them. I do not know why san did not want me to help the repairmen as it looked very exciting. I could show them their tools and tell them if they were doing the right thing. I could also watch out if one of them should fall off the building as I noticed the window to the outside was open. San told me later that the repairmen had to instal a new compressor for us and it had to be outside of our bedroom. San never opens this window for us at all and we had never seen the outside with it open. san can sometimes be such a spoil-sport but I was glad we were cooler at night though. We had spent two weeks being much too warm at bedtime. 

Wednesday Chat

Hmmm...too much work for me

I had asked Craig in early March this year, to help with Bujang's anxieties as he was vocalising more and more at night and very loudly as well. After Craig had helped me with Tanaka and Akira, I thought I should not leave Bujang alone as he had already asked Fern why 'he was not mommy's favourite anymore." This was when I thought he was much too obsessed with the iPAD cat games and did not allow him so much time on the iPAD :). Now of course he has graduated, with my help (?) to Nat Geo Nature documentaries, which he did not like as much as kitty TV.

Craig: What a real gentleman he is. He is very wise and gentle as you have said and it was wonderful working with him.

It appears that Bujang has anxiety at the moment which is causing him to be nervous. This anxiety is felt quite strongly in his solar plexus which is where you would expect anxiety to be felt. Looking at the cause he feels it may be a sensitivity to an ingredient in his food. Also, it may be worth checking his blood pressure. I am not a vet so am not diagnosing anything but would suggest maybe mentioning this to a vet the next time you see one.

The anxiety is being affected by some of the tension between Tanaka and Akira. Bujang is extremely sensitive to his environment and any emotions or tensions will be picked up by him even more so than the other two cats. He said that he has spoken to both Tanaka and Akira and will keep doing so after I explained what has been happening the last few days and also about the treatments. I also reiterated what I said to Tanaka and Akira that you love them all equally very much and that you hope that they will be able to get on. Bujang will definitely be able to help with this although the anxiety needs to be worked on first.

san: I am now giving him Freeze Dried Raw food which I need to get online. He had some digestive problems from when he was a kitten. I give him some probiotics as well.

The last time he spoke with Craig Bujang had this to say:

Bujang is a very sweet and kind gentleman and is a pleasure to work with. Before I started the treatment I connected with him and asked if there was anything that was bothering him or wanted me to know before the treatment. He did mention that if it is possible could he spend a little longer outside. I said I would pass this message on to you.

So now he gets  longer walks :))

Tanaka Tuesday

 Tanaka sitting pretty on new bed sheets

Figuring out sunpuddle patterns 

san says this week she would post some offur our thots here and we would get one entry each or maybe she may do this fur a whole week as we talk a lot. I can't help it if we have many fings to say. However, most of what we have to say will be about our own learning about ourselves. 

san wants me to say that if you are a new reader to our blog (err...we know we do not have many but its polite to explain), we have 2 Reiki healers who help us and we have 3 people who talk to us as well. Furst, we have Laura Stinchfield who was the furst one to talk to us 2 years ago and san had blogged about her already. She was the furst one who discovered that my sisfur Akira may have some trouble with her spine. Then we have our friend Fern, who speaks with us every week and who gives us Reiki. We had also spoken to Craig MacLennon and he had helped my sisfur, myself and san to work out our troubles. san says because of Craig, she was able to work out that it could be her own fear that may contribute to our problems as well and she is also learning to let go of hur fear that we would fight. Now offur cos we are better together although san still allows us separate times outside.

What you are going to read about now is my conversation wif Craig about why I do not allow my sisfur Akira to be outside. But now I am better at this and I fink I need to learn many fings about how to be a family.

"I connected quickly and the communication flowed easily. He was a joy to speak to and has such a beautiful vitality to him. I started by asking what he thought of Akira and his response was clear that he did not like her and that the space that they share is his. He explained that it was not that he hated her, but rather that he felt that if he gave up some of his space and allowed her access to it that Akira would get more love than he does. He acknowledged that they are both loved but Akira is 'pretty' and because of this she may get more love if he lets her have more freedom. He was worried that he was not as playful/sweet as she was in her own way and that he could not compete with this and would get less love.

All animals have their own spiritual paths and Tanaka is the protector cat. He loves this role and not only protects your house from pests, but also spiritually. I reminded Tanaka that being a protector requires courage and strength and that you were very appreciative of this and loved him very much. I showed him that he has just as important skills/path as Akira and that it was not possible that one could be loved more than the other and there was no need to feel threatened and compete with each other. He was very responsive to this (especially as he now understands how important his role is) which was great. I told him that I thought it would be beneficial for him if I did a clearing of his energy bodies (to removed any negative energy) and then to attune him to Reiki as this would help him when feeling threatened and help him when he is being the protector. Without any hesitation he said I could."

san and I hope that you are much entertained by my conversations with Craig. Nowadays I have less jealousy and I told Fern that I am now just curious about my sisfur and how I think she is cute. I still call her 'little girl' cos that is how I see hur. I also tell Fern about ordinary fings that happen in our house. Last week someone in the house had stomachache and had put some smelly stinky stuff on it. san told Fern later that it was grandma. So we talk about impawtant stuff like my food and some not so impawtant stuff like ...well if its not food, its not so impawtant.

Offur cos some people (including san's bean family) tell san that she may be wasting her money and time on animal communicators and reiki fur animals and she should donate to other things that are less 'exotic'. But we think or rather san thinks that all investments in healing are good investments. 

Monday Mood

Appreciation

Today, I give thanks for my family even the orange fuzzball. He has learnt not to disturb me (most of the time) as he knows that I am no pushover. I am thankful that he thinks I am cute and he likes watching me do cute things. I give thanks for my brother Bujang as he allows me to run all over the house like a sandstorm at night and he understands that I am a little complicated and like to think a lot. I give thanks for san who loves me with her whole heart and helps us all to learn how to live as a family. I thank grandma as she keeps calling me "Akira" in a soft voice so I am not afraid. I also thank Fern who gives me Reiki and makes me feel warm and comfortable.

ps. this is all taken from her conversations with Laura and Fern :)

Monday Mood

Gratitude

This is just the way I had envisioned the amigos to be together 3 years ago - sitting peacefully in the same space and time. It has taken us almost 3 years to come to this situation and it happened last night after dinner. Ms Akira was in the kitchen so I allowed Tanaka out into the living room where he played and sniffed about and later sat on top of the night cage. I thought everything would be as per normal with all kitties in their safe places until I turned around and saw THIS! My heart nearly leapt out of my mouth! That was how surprised I was. But good sense stopped me from scooping her up. Instead I let her just sit there relaxing (of cos with her eyes staring at Tanaka and Tanaka intently looking down at her). I was also surprised that Tanaka did not immediately leap down to chase her as well. However, after some minutes Akira got up slowly. I knew from her twitching ears and tail that she was not sure and so I got up and sat on the sofa, close enough for her to walk towards me if she wanted...and she did. Only then did I scoop her up and put her in her calm room as it was already 8 pm and Tanaka will have to get down to go to bed. All in all, it was the best Easter we have ever had in our house.

I thought it would be wise to list down the steps that might have contributed to this so I know what I had done and not done or can still explore. It had taken Akira a long time to have such courage to tell Tanaka off as well and by actually making a choice of sitting with everyone, she is making one of her wishes come true- that is to sit peacefully with everyone in the living room. I had to put her on clomicalm (on her vet's recommendation for over grooming). This only added to her stress as she knew when this would happen and he whole body would tense up. So I had given her Ovarid that I can put in her food as it is tasteless and odourless. This was only for a short time as it could give her diabetes in the long run.For the period that was taking Ovarid, her fur grew but after the vet stopped it, she began to overgroom again. She also had bloodwork before the clomicalm and after the Ovarid.

Then I had  skyped Laura Stinchfield, thepetpsychic or animal communicator to ask her what was wrong. This was when I discovered the following:

1. That the boys think her eyes were frightening

2. That they think she walked queerly for a cat

3. That they think she was going to hurt them as she her eyes were too big and she walked strangely.

Akira also said:

1. Her neck hurt when she walked

2. her legs hurt as well as she needed to walk low and stalk about as she was frightened of being chased by the boys (they did chase her all the time if they could)

3. She frequently could not see very well and that was why she had to open her eyes wide.

4. That she felt afraid all the time and she said she would prefer to 'die' than have Megat (my rainbow kitten) hurt her again.

Laura recommended a chiropractor to correct her spine. Dr Ly our vet, recommended an osteopath Adrian to help her as she was a timid cat and all that chiropractic manipulations may do her more harm than good. So we got Adrian and indeed he told me that as she had been walking very low for many years, she indeed an a curved spine and this would have been extremely painful for her and she had legs that were bent as she had to stalk low so the boys would not see her (eventhough she was in her room). She had undergone about 2 months of weekly visits to Adrian and now as her spine is straight, she goes once every 3 months.

I had also gotten her Reiki help (which all 3 now have) on a weekly basis with Fern. Fern helps them with Reiki and also talks to them weekly like a psychiatrist :)). Everyone gets Spirit Essence (from Jackson Galaxy) for their own special condition every day, Akira and Tanaka share both spaces (in the computer room) and the rooms in the house daily so that they recognise each others scent and now Tanaka shares the living room without the harness when Akira is in the kitchen. Tanaka knows not to go into the kitchen when she is there (of cos sometimes he forgets or the curiosity is just too much for him). 

Akira has grown much in self-confidence and Tanaka has grown to accept that they both must share the living spaces as well as the significant spaces.

So you can see why we were so excited to see all of them sitting quietly last night. We hope to see more of this.  

Akira out walking yesterday. Walking outside in the harness sis also good for her self-esteem and she likes walking at night when it is quiet. Yesterday she walked out in the late afternoon.

We thank our friends Whipple and Pepper for their generosity in giving us the award. We have listed many things that we are thankful for instead of just three. We are giving this award to our good friends The Chans , the great kitties at Animal Shelter Volunteer Life , those nood kitties at Katnip Lounge and supper sassy Katie at Katie Isabella.

Here are the rules for accepting to YOO-HOO award:
- Firstly, post the award on your blog and thank the blogger who gave it to you.
- Secondly, visit at least three of the blogs that are receiving the award along with you and leave a comment.
- Thirdly, tell us all three things you have to celebrate. You know, three things for which you are thankful.
- Lastly, pass along the award to seven other bloggers and let them know you have done so. (sorry Whipple and Pepper.)

Let me tell you what I think san

 Let me tell you what I think san. Its time you pay attention.

I noticed lately that my cat Bujang has been bullying Tanaka and even Akira. I was puzzling as to why this was as he has never 'bullied' any of the cats before. He has always been quiet and would sometimes reprimand the kitties when they are too boisterous around him. These two weeks, he had bitten my arm twice and once he bit my ankle when I was brushing my teeth. He has been growling at Akira using a tone that I had never heard him use before and he had been looking at me pointedly every day when I came home from work. I had to use the Bully Remedy on him as well but will have to see if his behaviour changes during the course of this week. So I had to ask Michelle Childerley, the animal communicator to ask him a few questions about his behaviour and why. Although I have some suspicions as to why he is behaving in this puzzling way, it is also useful to know what he may be thinking about. He had asked Fern, our animal communicator friend during a Reiki session if he 'wasn't mummy's favourite cat anymore.'

1. Why is it important that you are my favourite?

Bujang said 'I was here first, recognition and loyalty.'

(This is true and I didn't tell Michelle this at all.)

2. What kind of attention do you want from me?

Bujang said 'Praise, enthusiasm, undivided 1 to 1 - not half and half.'

3. How do you think I should show you that I care for you?

Bujang said 'Appreciation. Like you are there, not somewhere else.'

4. Do you know for sure that I love you?

Bujang said 'Yes I do, pull you closer.'

5. Is it bad to love everyone equally?

Bujang said 'I am not doing anything wrong. I just need a bit more right now.'

6. Why are you upset with Akira and Tanaka?

Bujang said 'Pushing them away, jealous.'

(Fern also told me that he said Tanaka and Akira always have everything they want. But not him)

7. Do you know that I am trying to make sure they don't fight and so am trying to show both of them that they are both important?

Bujang said 'And it's taking my time.'

8. What advice can you give me about how I relate to both of them?

Bujang said 'Your actions have a big impact on them. Perseverance and determination.'

9. How should I relate to you?

Bujang said 'Consistently.' 'Competition, looking to hold a position of prestige.'

10. Is there something I should do for you that I have not yet done?

Bujang said 'No.' 'More undistracted time together.'

Michelle: I feel that he is now being a bit more demanding as he has been very patient with all the other cats. He now feels he can have more time with you.

san: I guess he told me!!

A Week of Surprises

Last week has been full of me coughing and just resting. The amigos have been behaving very well indeed and the spirit essences seem to be working their magic;). The amigos were more restful and calm. However, for Tanaka, rest is not to be as he had walked out of my bedroom for 3 consecutive mornings and sat on top of Akira's cage trying to say hello with his paw through it. But truth be told, he was a little less obsessed  and she was very relaxed and took it in her stride. In my effort to instil peace in the house, I had asked Craig, a reiki practioner, to give them all an attunement. The results were surprising indeed but not in any obvious change in behaviour. I now know that in our household I have 3 powers to love :)

                         

                                                Rocket Tanaka, the Protector

                       

                                 Ms Akira, the Healer (this is an old pic and one of my fav)

                            

                                             and Big Boss Bujang, the Mediator

But all this makes for a long story which I will tell in later posts when I have sorted them all out in my head. 

So we will end this short post with 2 pictures of Bujang walking on grass and negotiating his favorite green space last Thursday. It took him 2 days to get comfortable with walking in the park again after a whole year of walking along corridors. 

                            

                   

                             On Wed he spent most of his time in his carrier

             

On Thursday he spent most of his time outside walking on his old spots. The days have been quiet as the lift upgrading works have slowed down. This means he could get more time downstairs although I think it was walking up and down stairs that had allowed him to lose some of his weight. I plan to have him lose at least 1 kg for this year. I hope we could make it. 

Saturday Easy

                      

This morning I went for my morning walk. It was quiet and I was very happy outside just sitting along the corridor. Then I heard some strange sounds upstairs but san said I should not go up as it sounds like a birdie in a cage. I asked san how she would know something like that. san said the sound sounded the same and the loudness is the same as well. san's cousin used to keep song birds so she would know about something like that. san said the people who have the caved birdies might be upset to see a cat on their floor. Anyway we spent about an hour outside, me walking and sitting and san reading her book until its time to go home. 

                         

When I got home, I saw something from across our flat. They were pigeons sitting on the parapet of the flats. I wonder how they got so high. 

                        

But I know they must have had lessons from their moms like we have from san. Maybe I should ask san for lessons like those birds. By the way, san's clicker book and clicker came in the mail yesterday. So perhaps she would start clicker treat training. We will have to see as san's break ends next week and she has to go back to work on the 2nd of January 2014. 

   

San said she would let me have the whole post today as I have Ben behaving very well indeed for the whole week. I have played nicely with Tanaka. Well I had to discipline him only once and yes, his fur certainly flew all over the bedroom but we made up after that. I had been quiet for 4 nights in a row and did not meow at all at night. I had waited my turn to play with the neko fly and played with Akira as well. I think my talk with Laura has helped me a lot to be more steady. 

  

 Ok san. You can show my newly trimmed nails in close-up. I am waiting for them to grow and until then, enjoy them:)