Cats who teach me to fly…

I have not seen Sayang for a week. Guess I have neglected her:(. I went to search for her this morning and afternoon. There were no sign of her.
Sayang loves to rest on top of the vehicles. I always caught her grooming herself on top of the vehicles. She was always at the same spot. She wouldn’t go anywhere further. I am feeling completely strange of her whereabout…
I have checked with the neighbours and no one really notice her disappearance. Where could Sayang have gone too? She doesn’t like to be touched. Sayang is a smart girl!

Sayang is all so cute! I have been feeding her for two and a half years. Everyday without fail. She survived through the attack of a pack of dogs. She regained her pair of beautiful eyes. I can’t bring myself to believe that she has gone missing.
I will find her tomorrow night and approach the neighbours and see if I can get anything…

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I wonder how will people see me if I shave my hair. I guess I must be looking weird to strangers. Relatives and friends must be thinking that I must have lost my mind. I believe all my cats cannot see any differences in me.
I went to one of the temple in Geylang this afternoon to buy a Kadampa Stupa. I have been searching everywhere for one. Finally I found it! Quickly I went to the temple to buy it.

It is a small stupa. It fits well into my alter and I love it!
This stupa contains approximately 2,247 four dharmakaya relic mantra plus 136 mantras of the misc 17 mantras(8 times of each mantra, 17 X 8 = 136 mantras), sandlewood incense powder and precious stones.
All these mantras are powerful. The reason that I bought it is to use to circumbulate my cats. I don’t want just to rescue and feed them. I want to help them to move to the higher realm. If I love them, I should not stop at just feeding them or taking care of them for life. And of course, I have to spiritually self progress myself. Otherwise, how can I help if I am still deluded by samsara.
Learning at Kadampa centre has brought a whole new life to me:). Instead of seeing hope for myself, I see hope for the animals and others. I am more than happy that I am able to give benefits to not only my cats but also to those around me.
Buddhism is an extremely profound religion. It is not about visiting temples to pray or ask for protection. It is about investigation, contemplation and meditation in order to understand the truth. And all these require a lot of self discipline, effort, patience and time.
Buddhism emphasize on love and compassion. Only through love and compassion then our suffering will cease.
Wisdom is a virtuous intelligences that cannot be learnt through knowledge.
Buddhists who sincerely practise the path, at some level are usually wise.
I am proud to be who I am today and humble for what I have today.
Will I shave my hair one day? Well, I really don’t know…

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Finally, Debbie and Kelly have found their new home.
It is not easy to rehome a cat. Everytime I have to beg for an adoption slot. The Cat Welfare Society only gives really good slots to their volunteers and we, as an independent rescuers, have to try our luck.
Even those independent rescuers who organized adoption drives carried pride and ego.
For the sake of the cat, I have to remain humble. Until when I find them unreasonable for me to take it anymore, I would simply cut the string without anger or hatred but with peace and calm.
I am always finding ways to rehome the cats. I am not tired and will not give up. All cats and dogs deserve a home and all animals want to live. They didn’t want to be killed. We don’t need meat to survive, it is unnecessary! There is no reason to cause suffering to the animals. And the worst thing is, nothing is for free.
Christians do not believe in karma. If there is no karma, Jesus wouldn’t be preaching so hard.
Mel and I always wonder who created God?
However, I have found all answers in Buddhism. There is no contradiction in Buddhism learning. Everything flows logically. And the truth should not have contradiction, otherwise, it will not be the truth.
On the second day at their new home, Debbie and Kelly already feel comfortable. Their owner sent me their videos and pictures. Both Debbie and Kelly already started to play fight.

Both sisters are pretty and cute! Debbie is a brave girl. Kelly would follow behind.
I hope there will not be any abandonment of cats anymore. Overall, I hope all sentient beings will be enlightened. Only through enlightenment, people will stop abusing animals, suffering will cease and it not only benefits us in all ways but to the environment that we are living in…

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After missing for two months, I finally found him. All along I thought somebody had adopted Blessed. I was wrong. Blessed was at another block which was a road away.  He might crossed the road by himself to the other block.
When Blessed was abandoned,  he was an extremely good boy. He didn’t scratch or hissed at me. He was always hiding and bullied by other cats. Weeks later, Blessed had changed so much. He became aggressive and even turned around and scratched me.
I tried several times to catch him for sterilisation, however, he didn’t seem to be appearing when I was around.
Finally three weeks ago I saw him in another block. To me he seemed to look happy and contented, therefore,  I decided to leave him there and not bring him back. I even manage to sterilised him.

Blessed when he was still at Jalan Tenteram.
A week ago, I went to look for him and left some food and water. He was fine then. And two days ago, someone saw him knocked down by a vehicle. It was posted on Facebook and I was informed by my friend who read it.
When I was about to go and find this cat whom I suspected it was him, I was told that SPCA has picked him up. I called SPCA immediately. And yes, it was him.
I picked him the next day,  which was yesterday morning. I sent him to Island Vet immediately. Xray had been done and there was no bone dislocation or fractured. And I thought that he should be fine and recovering soon.
Today, the vet called and told me his diaphragm might have torn as the xray had shown his Intestine was moving up to his diaphragm and his nose was bleeding.
My heart sank!

I visited him in the afternoon. His breathing was heavy and I was not giving up hope. I prayed and prayed.
After feeding the community cats, I can’t wait to visit him and stroke him more. When I reached the carpark of Island Vet, Mel called me and told me Blessed has passed on. I was like “What” and why I was not told personally.
I went into the clinic and asked to see Blessed. From the look of Blessed expression,  I could see that he was fighting for his breath. I didn’t take his photo because I wanted to respect him.
In the clinic, no one spoke to me at all on what they witness, how Blessed was doing or whether he was resuscitated or not.
I had no choice but to ask the nurse who was dealing with my bill payment on what had happened to Blessed when he passed on.
I was terrible upset with Island Vet. Perhaps due to the incident that they did a horrible job on Gorgeous’s sterilisation, they might not want to talk. I don’t know. 

I was heart – broken.  I kept thinking of the days that I fed him. I left him so much food. Knowing that he would sneak out in the middle of the night when no one was watching him.
It is first of October today. Blessed will be remembered by me always…

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Elsa has gone to her loving home last Thursday. It was Hari Raya Haji that day. We are still following up with her adopter. At least I believe Elsa is not kept in the cage. Below are the pictures from her adopter.

From the pictures, I can see how comfortable Elsa is.
Hope that Elsa is good and the family will love her forever. May they be blessed with abundance!

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