Cat's intelligence

Today Awang the male cat,lets me pat him on the head. No more hissing or being hostile. Usually I would take out the flesh of the fish and give it on a plate to Tompok. I would give him the whole fish. Today I have two kind of fish. One I had bought yesterday and it was not so big and another the house hold fish which is plumper . So, I boil the fish and I had wanted to give the smaller fish,head and all to Awang. He refused to take it !! So I took the flesh of the two fish and feed both and he ate it. Cats do have feelings or mind . Or whatever . It means that he knows the difference ???

Working days

This is my second week working at home .So far so good. Now I am doing transcription and data analysis .My working time is from 2 to 3 pm until 9 to 11 pm. It's something like that. It's confirmed that my parents are going to Seychelles in June.The modem has blown up a few days ago . It's because something had exploded at about 3 in the morning. Now I had better be careful to turn off the modem at night .

I had befriended a gentle old cat. It is a black cat which looks like my old cat Tiberius Hitam, he likes to eat the dry cat food. I dreamt of Hitam in the afternoon . I was feeding him some prawns. Tompok is very pregnant. I feed her chicken once every two days . Mostly I feed Awang and Tompok with the Whiskas food in the foil. It would cost the same if I were to feed them a drumstick at a time. Tompok had been wanting to go to my mother's room . I think she will give birth soon.

I hope that my work at home is for a long time. Awang is not himself. His eyes , they are not shiny. He is quite weak.

The other day one of my father's friend's daughter had been mugged on the way home. It happened about 7.00 in the evening. After hearing the news I feel scared to open the gates at the back. I know that it is very frightening to be mugged.

Work At Home

I have been offered work ! I will be doing some work at home using the computer . Searching for some materials for my sisters. Dr & Dr. I have wanted to do something at home since 2007. So here goes. Hooray !!!!

Tompok is at home . I had fed her some raw chicken . She is pregnant again. I think she lost her kittens to the rain. It is raining heavily in the afternoons. No more sunny January to July months. My husband is taking another job. So I see less of him. Due to the economic slow down, many people are searching for cheaper lunches. They do skip the pizzas. Maybe it depends on where you are staying.

I do want to keep the promise to take care of my cat and bring her to the vet when she is sick. After Comel's demise , I felt so sad.Now I have the oportunity to take care of a cat. I know I fed her food so that she will be with me . I feel I need a cat for a companion and with that comes a responsibility . Awang did not appear today. My mother said that there was no food when he comes in the morning . Maybe he is sulking somewhere . Cats do sulk.

I have been surfing for a nice roast lamb recipe. So far I had seen the Morroccan lamb recipe which will go well with mint yogurt sauce and bryani rice. My father is fasting today. Fasting is for good health.

Awang's story

This morning Tompok did not appear at all . So, I fed Awang . I called him Awang for my lost big ,fat cat. When my sister Nas came for the weekend I found some old pictures of Rosa , Elena Daniela, Perseus , Awang and Cleopatra Chomel. Cat's and kitten's pictures taken back in 2005. The year I turned 40.

Life is not complete without these creatures. Today when I came back , I saw some fur. It belongs to Awang. The Awang I lost in 2007 also fought a lot . Just like my Hitam. He had made this house his territory. Could cats come back to their owner ? Or am I just telling my self stories? When Awang disappeared one fortnight , he came back very thin and sickly. Is this my Awang which could have been saved in the SPCA ? Or could he walk back home ? I have pictures of him.

Tompok is here licking her face. I saw a nice programme in TV3 on Saturday , the first cat reality programme in Malaysia sponsored by Friskies. It is a good programme. My niece ,Maryam , lost her her hamster and we went to buy a new one for her. There is a very big cage for cats which cost from RM 300-400 . My sister Dr.Nas is advising me to help my self first. Life is so dull without cats. They do understand you. If my mother tells Tompok why are you sitting on the sofa. She would stare at her and then leave the sofa. Sometimes I speak the Kedahan dialect with them , asking them to come back or asked them to come in the morning .

Awang is outside , he went into the house just now and he is now lazing outside. He refused to be touched.

Exercise

I bought an exercise video three days ago. It was a dance blast for 10 minutes. I have done 30 minutes and I sweated a lot. A physiotherapist said that exercise will be useless without a proper diet. So , I have to look at the food I take. There is a 10 minutes exercise for the abs and another 10 minutes for the thighs.

I saw my sister Sadd yesterday.She came all the way from Jakarta for one day only. I asked her about her cat , a Persian cat. Tompok the cat is in the house. I felt sad when I see her . She reminded me about my dead cats . Hitam and Cleopatra however , I have Tompok as a friend. She is very hungry so I fed her the Whiskas and Friskies. Maybe if I have more money , I will buy a mincer to mince some chicken. I had seen in the net , that cats will grow very fat with raw chicken meat. You have to mix it with some salmon oil , egg yolks some taurine . I hope I can find chicken liver . I know I had seen chicken liver in Giant supermarket but then I have to go to Giant at Kota Damansara. Tompok is resting in the house. Now I have a cat again. Not a pretty cat but it will do. I am afraid to take a kitten for the fear that I could not take good care of it's health like Cleopatra Chomel.

I had gone to Tropicana City with my mother a few days ago. I saw a Brothers sewing machine for RM 599.00 at the Carrefour store. There is another sewing machine. I cannot remember the name for RM 370.00. My mother told me to learn how to sew . I think there is a place to learn to sew at the Brothers in Petaling Jaya . I am not so sure if I wanted to buy the machine. I have to think it through.