Easy Peasy Sunday Thanks

This week we have many things to be thankful for. We first give thanks that grandma seems to be getting over her nasty cough. She had been coughing for about four months but now she is better. We are also grateful that we ourselves are healthy. We no longer get our food from the vet as san has successfully weaned us off it. We now eat no grain kibble ARCANA. We like the size of the kibble and now we usually eat all that is in our bowl. So san now has to buy extra for the downstairs kitty. We are also lucky as we live with san and she tries to make our lives better and tries to give us we want everyday. san remembered what Bujang told her "Must be one thing everyday". san sometimes thinks that asking Fern to ask us what makes us happy may be a silly thing as now she has to do 3 different things everyday for us but she knows we love her for trying. So she is thankful for that. But now time for each of us to tell you what we are thankful for most.

I am thankful for loving time. This is the time when I sit on san' lap. Usually san sits with me in the afternoon when she gets home from work but now she sits with the orange pesky brother. So instead for the past few weeks we sit together at night. san usually puts my brother in the bedroom at about 8 pm and stay with them until 9 pm. Then she comes out to sit with me in the computer room. She has some tea or read a book and we say my affirmation 'Akira is a brave girl who is smart. Akira is healthy and she is loved by family.' Well let me just say that san says it to me. My name for lap sitting time is 'loving time' where we heal each other after the day's work. I told Craig that it is important for me to have this with san everyday. I am also thankful that Craig can talk to me and so san will know what is happening with us. 

I love having naps on san's bed in the afternoon as it is a quiet place and san does not mind my red hair that I often leave on the bed. Usually when san comes home in the afternoon, my sister asks to be out of her room and so san tells me to go to the bedroom instead. She lets Akira out and then she sits with me. Usually she listens to the radio and tells me that I am her kitty-Kat and that I need to be a good brother to Akira. I know san wants me to be better but I do not feel like it most times. My friend Fern talks to me about it every week and I tell her every week 'I know, I know.' it's better when san listen to the radio though. Then she doesn't tell me to be a good brother and I can nap in peace. 

I am thankful that these days there is less screaming between Akira and Tanaka. I am a cat who likes quiet times apart from walks of course. If I can have another name it will be Bujang the Peacemaker as I try to make peace and advise Tanaka on what he needs to do. Usually when I hear Akira yelling and see Tanaka at her door, I would go to him to tell him off. I think it's important for family to learn from each other but these two kitties are not so good at listening. San usually does one thing with me every day. These days the walks I take outside are shorter because of the smoke and noise. I am thankful san walks with me anyway even if sometimes it is only for a minute or two. But I know when it does not rain in the weekend she would put my carrier out and I know then that we would be walking on the grass. Yesterday I went out walking on the grass for about an hour. Yes I am thankful for that. 

Saturday Easy

                                                                    Hug your                

                                   Cats                            

                                                                  Saturday

                             

                                  Or if you are Rocket Tanaka, you hug your bean!

San thought it would be fun to show pictures of all of us getting hugged today since it's Saturday Easy Day. 

                  

                             As usual she gets up to no good if unsupervised!

TGIF

 I can do yoga in my sleep as well

Thursday Bits and Bobs

 This is my bit. The beans especially san find it amusing. I myself think its my special spot.

 I consider this a bob. san says BLOB Bujang. Some beans are very rude. I told san that I allowed her to escape because it was too hot to do anything else but take a nap these days.

However, I showed her my bit of claw - all long and lethal. She was quiet after that!

Just Because

Akira: I call this loving time.

Monday Night Mood

                               Just sitting quietly 

We had just gone out walking at about 8 pm along the corridor. The night was rather warm and so  Bujang decided to have a sit-in near the little neighbour's house. He was out only for a while, about 5 minutes. There was no one else outside but I guess the smell of smoke is still in the air. The last day of The Hungry Ghost month is on the 30th of August. There are many more days of short walks!

Easy Peasy Sunday

This week we had easy days where we just lazed about in the afternoons. Our routines had changed a little because it's the Month of the Hungry Ghost and there is always the smell of smoke in the air from the burning of hell money. Bujang did not like walking along the corridors much as there was a lot of noise and smoke. Almost always he would just walk for about 5 minutes before he decides to go home. This quite surprised me as he would make it a point to walk 30 minutes or so along the corridor before and he had told Craig to ask me if he could go for longer walks as well. He told Fern last week however that the smoke and noise made him uncomfortable and he was quite ok with just shorter walks. 

Akira and I spend a lot more time together after that one day when she told Fern that she was scared to be in her room. We sit together in the computer room at night. This is usually the last thing we do before I put her to bed - 30 minutes sitting on my lap for quiet time where we would read, look at picture books, grade papers or chat. Sometimes we just listen to her cat CD. 

Tanaka's routines have not changed much at all but I notice he does not take long walks as well. He has also changed his route when walking along the corridor preferring the side where there is less smoke and of course he likes just sitting outside, right in front of the house:). 

The reason our rainbow kitty Totoro is on the weekly collage was because I dreamt last Friday night that he came back to be with us. It was a strange dream as I knew that he had gone away (in the dream) and was surprised that he came to play with the rest of the kitties. All the four of them had a good time playing chase. I was thinking about it and of course I had been thinking about him quite a lot seeing that it would be September quite soon. I also heard from Laura Stinchfield, the animal communicator, who had spoken with them that sometimes when we dream about our rainbow kitties, it is because the kitties know that we miss them and therefore come back. They don't always come back in a dream as it takes a lot of energy to make a dream sequence reasonable (unlike the usual jumbled sequences of dreams). Of course it could also be my memories of them together when he was alive. Whatever it is I want to thank Totoro, Tunabelly, for visiting :) I didn't see Megat in the dream though but will end the post with a little picture just the same. 

TGIF

san thought that since its Friday, its good to have a fun picture of herself and me. As you can see, I am not too pleased at being forced to be 'fun'. I am a serious kitty with a serious job!

san put this picture up on Wednesday I think but I thought she should put it up again to show you that I am as serious kitty (Craig and Fern both tell me he is serious but very gentlemanly always when he speaks with them. I know he is fun at heart and very funny as well)

Just Because

Sitting pretty on Thursday

Wednesday Whispers

 I feel that I must tell the whole story about yesterday's picture. Its a cat thing! We were downstairs for 30 minutes or so and during that time I felt that I needed to do something. It bothered me.

So I looked around for a suitable place. I was also glad it was so scenic as I usually do it in the confines of a bathroom. Although a bath room is private, sometimes a cat needs something else.

 I thought I found a suitable place. It was lush and smelled just right.

So I did it right there. That's right. I peed onto the grass. san was surprised but took many pictures. She reminded me that the last time I did this was many years ago - 10 years to be exact. san was thankful that I just peed and did not do the BIG one as she had nothing with her to pick the BIG ones up. Heh-Heh!

It was the right thing to do. I felt so much better afterwards. It was the right decision.

Just Because

WHAT ARE YOU DOING BUJANG?!