Cats who teach me to fly…

Metta, the happiest cat in the house has injured her legs or perhaps her spine. We don’t know how she hurt herself but we suspect that she must have fallen down or landed carelessly jumping from the cat stand.

More than a month ago, I found her walking weirdly with her tail drooping and both her hind legs seemed to be sticking closely together and both feet were folded inwards instead of lying flat on the ground while walking.

We sent her to the vet the next day. Her X-ray and blood test were good. Vet said her legs were weak and it could be due to her weight or fall. The solution was to limit her activities and keep her in an enclosed area and let it healed by itself.

After a few days of observation, Metta’s feet deteriorated and we decided to send her for acupuncture. Metta already had three sessions of acupuncture and it showed improvement.

Metta is a good girl. She has to sit still for half an hour in order for the acupuncture to take its effect. Now she is able to walk with her feet lying flat on the ground. It’s a slight improvement and we are happy with the results. This Saturday would be her fourth session.

X-ray and running a blood test are necessary before we decide what treatment to give her. We are very thankful to Dr Anu who has always support us and Dr Pang who is very skilful in TCM. All of my cats who had spine injuries were all treated by Dr Pang successfully!

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I thought the Worker’s Party (Opposite Party) could win another constituency but they lost only by 1.5% votes to PAP at Jalan Kayu.

I had been keeping up with the news on the Singapore General Election for the past week. Of all the opposition parties, WP sounds sensible and courageous. Next was Dr Chee from Singapore Democratic Party (SDP). Being a good opposition party was tough. Dr Chee was character assassinated by the People’s Action Party (PAP). I’ve seen Dr Chee on TV since year 2000. He wasn’t my favourite then. Down the years, Dr Chee has grown to be matured and more subdued. He is knowledgeable and very sincere in speaking up for the people. He possess qualities that a politician has. He lost his votes by 3.19%. It was so tough for him.

We only have three constituencies that belong to WP and the rest belong to PAP. Therefore, WP is the only party who can speak for us. We don’t need more anyway.

I’ve read the comments from WP supporters saying that they have lost hope in the people and Singapore and that they will have to continue to suffer the high cost of living. The price of our public housing is skyrocketed high. Everything has gone so expensive that they find it hard to cope and people are losing their jobs due to foreigners. I understand their suffering and unhappiness, that was why I voted the opposition, hoping there will be more voices for this group of people and for the future generations. However, things didn’t go the way we want to.

Reading their comments made me smile because nothing stays permanent. Even PAP would collapse one day. It’s a matter of when! Our late prime minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew said this in an interview many years ago, he said : “I think there will come a time when eventually the public will say, look, let’s try the other side, either because the PAP has declined in quality or the opposition has put up a team which is equal to the PAP and they say, let’s try the other side. It must come.” So Mr Lee had understood cause and condition. What arises must cease!

Over the years, PAP has indeed declined in quality. They no longer listen to the people and do what they want to do. There is no transparency and accountability in the things they do. They don’t answer our questions and remain arrogant. They lie and defend themselves all the time. They only think of their own profit and recently Grace Fu, our minister, during the election said that the people of Singapore give them a chicken wing but they give the people a whole chicken. Serious? To be honest, I rather they not speak.

GE 2025 has ended. It’s time to treat myself a nice dinner.

What’s the future like? PAP is not going to change and neither will they make the lives of those who are struggling with the cost of living better. Life is going to be harder for the locals and for the young generation.

Well, as long as I’m still alive, I’ll keep voting for the opposition. This vote is for those who are struggling to cope with their life!

Now the GE 2025 has ended. It’s time for a good meal and continue meditating!

“Feeling is not yours, abandon it!” Said the Buddha.

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Tera and her mummy, Specky, had always seen sticking together, roaming in and out of SJI. Both were skittish and never allowed us to touch. Specky changed her behaviour along the way after we took them in. She not only allowed us to touch and loved so much to be pet as well. Sadly, she died shortly and I felt I have not given her enough. However, I am glad that she had a place she called home with wet food served twice a day and kibbles all day round.

Tera hadn’t changed much. After the passing of Specky, she remained skittish and played only with Tom whom we guess, was her father. Tom passed on last November and few months later, Tera wasn’t feeling well. We were unable to feed Tera as she still struck us. However, I managed to catch and send her to the vet. Prognosis was bad. Not only her red blood count was low, her platelets were low too. Whenever cats with low platelets, we know it’s hard to cure. However, we always try…

Tera was a kitten then.

She had a pair of big round eyes and beautiful shinny coat even when she reached six years of age. Sometimes I would try to disturb her by going near her and she never once stopped hissing at me. I would laugh and walk away. Sometimes when she was sound asleep, I would attempt to pet her using only a few fingers because I knew she would strike and true indeed, within a few seconds she woke up and hissed at me. I laughed and moved away. Tera was like that and I was like that too:).

Even though she remained feral, I think she had a safe place  with enough food to eat and water to drink. For this, I am already contented.

May the merits accumulated be dedicated to her favourable rebirth.

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Someone found Sara and asked me to help rehome her. Sara was only four-months-old when I took her in last month. She’s beautiful and should not be difficult to rehome.

We did a private sterilisation for her, meaning her left ear will not be tipped. We ran a blood test and she is FIV/FeLV negative. She has been microchipped and had her first vaccination. Second vaccination is due next week.

Mel went on holiday, so I brought Sara to the adoption drive myself yesterday. I’m hoping to find a suitable adopter for her. Pet Expo is my favourite venue. First , it’s a place where anyone interested in adopting can come meet the cats and kittens. Second, as there are many vendors participating in the event, I get to buy products at discounted price and it usually comes with freebies. Yay! For the cats! Lastly, I get to see large, beautiful pedigree dogs!

Sara was super active and playful. She kept hopping and acted funny in the playpen. The good thing was, she brought lots of laughter to those who were watching her. Due to her super active nature, I had to put an airtag on her, just in case she went missing. There were quite a number of adopters who were interested in her. I have not decided who to contact yet but will do so later in the evening, not wanting them to wait too long.

Three-and-a-half hours at the adoption drive was a little tiring, not only for me but also for Sara. I felt tefreshed again when it comes to an end because it was time to do a little shopping and get more food for them!

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She had always been a scaredy cat since the day I met her 11 years ago and way too skinny. She had an underdeveloped eye and we had to remove her eyeball five years ago and it was cancerous. She had another good five-and-a-half years to live.

The reason that we decided to take her home was because she was heavily pregnant and she was the first pregnant cat that we had come across. Of course, we tried not to abort the kittens. Yellow gave birth to four lovely kittens!

All living beings are the same. Giving birth is equally painful and all mothers love their children, human and non-human. That’s why I don’t take dairy products. It’s utter cruelty! We don’t need them to survive! Yellow’s kittens were so smart that whenever we took them to adoption drives, they would pretend to sleep for the whole session and became dragons when it was time to go home. One day, all of them became this big!

We love them!

Although Yellow was a scaredy cat, we had no issue administering her medication or supplements. I am always glad that she was not in anyone’s hand who would take advantage of her. Despite being a scaredy cat, she was way too easy to handle.

Yellow at her prime! We have not removed her eyeball when above photo was taken. Though she tended to hide, she would come out, look at you and meow whenever she was hungry and she will be well served! I always liked to force pet her:).

Her eyeball was removed in the above photo. With or without eyes, in no matter what state, we love them the same and this goes towards all living beings.

We estimated Yellow to be at least 12 years of age. A generation “gone”!

Thank you 李黄 for being part of my life. All of you play an important role in my life!

May the merits accumulated be dedicated to Yellow’s favourable rebirth!

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