Cats who teach me to fly…

We brought Bluey to the adoption drive on 8 June. A really nice chinese family of four approached Bluey and expressed their interest. From the looks of it and their conversation, they really were a loving family. So we decided to let them have Bluey.

The mother texted us to check what food Bluey was eating. We told her and i thought to myself that this family was anticipating for Bluey to be part of their family member.

On that very Sunday, 15 June, we brought Bluey over. To my surprise, they did not mesh up their window grilles and they also did not prepare any food for Bluey. We brought Bluey’s food that could last for a few days for them.

We sat in their house for a while to observe how Bluey behaves. She loved the place and I could.see that she was comfortable. We had a conversation with the family. It was their 17-year-old girl who wanted Bluey. Her parents were cooperative. They sounded perfect to me and I was happy that I thought I have found a loving home for Bluey. We left Bluey and promised to visit her again.

The next day, i saw the girl’s mother replied her friend on the Facebook that the reason they allowed her daughter to adopt Bluey was for her to learn to be responsible and to be compassion. Hmm…I was touched at that moment when I read it. I thought to myself, what a wise mother she was and Bluey has finally found a good home.

After four days, the mother texted to tell us that the family have no time for Bluey and their daughter was not ready for Bluey. I was driving at that time. I was not angry but felt cheated. Before adopting Bluey, we have made ourselves very clear to them that Bluey needs attention and love and they said they had no problem with that.

I told Mel whatever reason that they gave us were all excuses. I told her not to entertain them and quickly made an arrangement to bring Bluey back.

To me, they were only using Bluey for a try out. That was why nothing was prepared for Bluey on the day we sent Bluey to their home. No window mesh, no food…

I felt stupid but I learnt from mistake. So much for their responsibility and compassion.

My heart ached when I brought Bluey home. Her behaviour has changed. A little aggressive and angry. I promised I will love her more :). We have two adoption drives coming up but we are not putting her up yet. We need her to settle down first.

Will keep praying for Bluey….

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The day before we claimed Hero from AVA, AVA called me and informed me that they have Baby. I reported to AVA that Baby went missing at Hougang on December last year. I was so happy that I was able to see Baby again. Mel warned me that it may not be Baby. However, I still carried the hope of seeing him.

An appointment was made to claim Baby at 2pm. With the silly regulations that AVA had imposed, we can only claim him with a private residential address. Since we are living in a HDB flat, we have no choice but to ask CWS to help us.

We managed to get in touch with a volunteer and she was there to claim two cats too and she helped us. Hmm…true enough, that was not Baby and my heart sank immediately. We can’t just walk away. If we walk away, the little innocent life will be put to sleep. We claimed him anyway.

He hissed at us but he never scratches or bites. We thought he was an aggressive cat but we see none in him. He has lots of fear and he is always crouching.

When I was at AVA, I can feel a very strong ‘ying qi’ all over. I couldn’t breathe and I felt so heavy in my heart that I had to get out of the place.

I always ask Mel what could Hero have done that people would want to trap him and send him to die.

I am glad that we claimed him. Whenever I remove him from the cage, he would tend to jump back into the cage again. If he doesn’t return to his cage, he would cling tightly to me…

What did he do wrong? What is happening to man…?

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Queenie has been missing for nearly a month. This happened two days after the neighbours complained to AVA and town council that the stray cats at Blk 317, Ave 7 were a nuisance. Fine, so we shifted to the next block which is Blk 316. After two days, Queenie went missing.

The complaint was about a black and white cat that pees and poos along the neighbour’s corridor. The worst thing is that the cats that I feed, including Queenie are not the ones that pee and poo around. Just because Queenie is a black and white cat and she became a victim.

Queenie was the reason why I am feeding the strays in Hougang. I remembered that she was heavily pregnant at that time and was always hungry. Since then I started to feed all the cats there.

I called the town council and they said that they did not remove any cats there. I do not believe in anyone. I reported her case to both the AVA and SPCA.

Mel and I started to dedicate our virtues to all sentient beings every time we finish feeding the cats. We hope that all human beings can be compassionate towards not only human being but animals too.

Whoever sees Queenie, kindly email me immediately at mayleening@gmail.com

Reward will be given.

I pray for her safety and that she is well fed and well taken care of.

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Elka is sleeping next to me while I am watching FIFA World Cup. Perhaps Elka will get up later to watch with me.

Three days ago Elka was watching the match between Columbia and Ivory Coast. He got more excited than me. He even attempted to catch one of the players. When he could not get him, he was frustrated but did not give up. He eyed on the ball. The ball appeared and disappeared but he did not give up.

I spent most of my time looking at Elka instead of the match. I could not stop laughing at him. He was and is all so cute. He also watched the match yesterday. Probably he is too tired and needs some sleep tonight and so I am watching alone tonight:).

This year is not a year for Portugal and England is declining. I am watching the match between Belgium and Russia now. Already past half an hour and still no score. There are two Belgium players that I like. They are number 6 and 8. I like them not because they play well or look gorgeous. It is because they have hairstyle that look retro… :). Like Ronald Macdonald, just that theirs are black in colour.

Elka is still sleeping, so deeply and soundly. Holland is playing tomorrow. Maybe he will watch with me…

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When I woke up one morning and found this paw print on my bed’s head board, it kept me thinking for more than a week on how did this paw print landed here. There is no place in my flat that my cats can get their paws dirty. I really could not figure out how, why or where this paw print came from.

Until one morning, Mel told me that while she was sleeping in the middle of the night, she saw a cat standing right on top of the wardrobe. Mel wears glasses, since she was sleeping at that time, she did not put on any glasses and she thought what she saw was Miemi. The mysterious cat jumped down to the bed and Mel got a better vision of the cat and so it was little Sunkiss.

Immediately I knew the paw print must be from Sunkiss. He jumped up the wardrobe and jumped down to the head board and down to the bed. I didn’t clean the top of the wardrobe and that was why the dirty paw print.

Sunkiss, my little hyperactive boy. Never stop flying around the house. It hurts me whenever I think of him. I wish I could find another Sunkiss but I know I will never find one, Just like I can never find another Miemi. Both of them live deeply in my heart.

Little handsome Sunkiss will always have my prayers…

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