MEOW!!!

Today.. I'm gonna talk about dem pets I have at home.. I gotta admit that they're so cute and sometimes, they even sense that you're feeling down.. A furry best friend... 

Cutie of the year goes to... ANIEW!!! 

Gosh I miss her.. She's this tortoise shell cat.. Totally fat and totally lazy.. Like garfield.. All she does is eat, sleep and grooms herself... Believe it or not.. She's 15 years old!!! Not in cat years... Human years... Totally amazing how a cat can live that long.. I guess she has 9 LONG lives... 

Unfortunately, she went missing last year.. I don't know why.. But people said that when a cat gets too attached with the owner, she wouldn't wanna die at home.. She'll runaway to die... Or something like that.. I wonder why does Aniew wanna runaway.. I mean if she wanna die, why not die at home??? I can bury her and even make a tomb stone just for her.. That's how much I love her.. 

The thing is, she wasn't really my cat to start with.. She's my brother's cat... Gordon's cat.. Sombong this cat I tell you... She wouldn't wanna be with anyone else but my brother.. She doesn't even want to mix with the other cats in the house... The only person who can go near to her was my brother and that's it.. We couldn't even touch her... She would scratch us if we get to close... But for my brother, he can even carry her.. 

Too bad for Aniew, my brother moved out of the house... So she was left there with us, the last person Aniew wanna bond with.. I joke.. Hehe.. 

Slowly she bonded with me and my mum... But she preferred me over my mum..  She would sleep on my chest when I'm lying down on the sofa watching TV... She even sleeps in my room... She would either sleep next to me, near my face or between my legs.. And she gets easily annoyed when we move too much.. Aniew is totally a fussy puss... 

She's FAT.. Like garfield fat... She can't even groom herself without clinging onto the legs of the tables cause she can't reach certain parts of her body... She would eat whenever she wants to eat.. She would just sit near her plate.. She's a graceful cat.. The way she walk is so graceful and she won't do that annoying MEOW MEOW sound.. She would only do that to wake me up cause she wants to eat.. Yup!! We would feed our cats regardless of what time it is.. Aniew would go near my ear and just MMMMEEEEEOOOOOWWWW as loud as she can... 

Owh ya!! She's a clean freak.. For real.. When she steps into the garden to poop, she would flick her paws cause to her it's so disgusting to step on dirt.... After pooping, she would immediately run into the house, so that nobody would know that it's her poop... Silly kan?? But amazingly cute... 

She grooms herself perfectly for her age... But one weakness, she can't groom her jawline... So I would clean it for her.. Either that, or she would rub her jaw against my books when I'm studying... That would leave a stain on the side of the books.. When I'm at school, I would see those stains at the side of my textbooks and I would go "AAAWWWW.. ANIEW..." Now, I look at those books  and it would make me cry cause I totally miss her..

I hope she's somewhere safe... :)

So, there's this cat who's actually my aunt's cat... My aunt moved to KL so she can't bring him over there as they were planning to stay in an apartment... Too bad... He's name is SMEEGOL.. Yup.. Like the one in Lord of the Rings.. His a black british short hair cat who's apparently next in line to Aniew... 

Smeegol actually didn't like us at first.. Just like Aniew.. Every time we go to my aunt's place.. He would runaway from us.. We can't even touch him... Most of the time we would only see this black thing passing by.... Or he would just lie down on top of the shelf... With his long black tail swooshing everything... 

When he came here, Aniew did not like him at all... Smeegol is like a threat to Aniew's throne or something... So, he was closer with my mum since Aniew was closer with me... And my mum found her long lost friend... Smeegol would greet her every time my mum come home... And Smeegol would purr when my mum is with him... 

When my mum became a Lion Secretary,
And she hired an assistant who does nothing but warming up the minutes by sleeping on it

Plus, when my mum goes away, he would look for my mum... He would wait in front of the door till my mum comes back... There's this one time... My mum went for a conference at Santubong for the weekend... And when she came back, Smeegol practically ran to her and start doing that cat thing around her legs... And for the whole week, he would follow my mum around... Making sure that my mama won't go anywhere... Haha... 

He's really spoiled... He eats whenever he wants to... He would just pat your head when you're sleeping... When, you're up, he would run to his plate and look at you with that MUKA 20 SEN just to make sure that you'll feed him... Owh ya!! Aniew and Smeegol only eat Friskies.. Salmon flavour.. The one with Hairball management.. :)

Now, he's the one sleeping on tables, sofas and conquers practically the whole house.. He's the cutest, furry black thing ever... He got bullied by this huge stray cat once.. And he got injured.. He got a wound near his butt hole.. The funny thing is how I realized about that wound... 

He was walking like terkankang like that and I was like "WTH??"... Then, I saw this reddish thingee at his butt... And I remembered my cousin saying to me that everything about Smeegol is black except his butt hole... But that day, it looked like he have two butt holes... So I told my mum about it and we sent him to the vet... 

The vet told us that there's pus in the hole already and he's walking terkangkang because of the inflammation.. So, she gotta stitch the hole and put a tube to drain the pus out... So we left him there for the surgery... A few days later, we picked him up and both my mum and I started laughing... Because he was wearing the collar of shame.. Hilarious!! But kesian also... Cause he's eyes were glassy cause of the drugs.. And he was wobbly.. 

Back at home, it was a challenge for him to even eat or drink... Because he keeps on knocking things with that collar of shame.. So, we gotta help him position his head so that he can eat properly... Silly.. 


His habits?? Gotta be drinking cold water from the cup... Usually my mum's... Either that or he would just sit on top of the newspaper we're reading just to get our attention.. Not to mention he would scratch the rattan furniture... 

So, enough about Smeegol... Next in line is DANTE... 

This cat is like a wild child... He's a bengal.. He's my sister-in-law's cat.. So me and my mum weren't close with him... He used to live in this cage behind the house because he was so so wild... My mum had to use a harness so that he wouldn't escape when she brings him for a walk.. But that didn't work anyway.. He managed to escape.. And we had to catch him using baskets and all as he would scratch and claw and bite...

My brother end up having scars while trying to catch Dante.. 

Amazing how a fluffy thing can do that to you... 

Remember the stray cat who left a mark on Smeegol??? He made a bigger damage on Dante.. Unlike Smeegol, Dante haven't had his jewels neutered... The stray cat beat him up and unfortunately for Dante, a piece of skin on his balls were torn off... Leaving him no choice but to kiss his cahoneys goodbye...

They say, when you have your cat neutered, the cat will gain weight.. Not for Dante.. No... He practically balloon up into a fat obese cat... We call him RAJA PUSU... All he eats is pusu (ikan bilis)... And he's damn annoying.. He won't stop MEOWING until he get dem pusu.... And he has this thing for chairs.. I think that he thinks that it's his throne or something... 

He's the gangster of the house.. He would fight with that stray cat ALL THE TIME... Smeegol would be the PONDAN cat and hide under the sofa... Just like Aniew and Smeegol, Dante has his own unique trait.. He LOVES to take a bath... Seriously... Some times he goes into the toilet and start MEOWING until we give him a bath... Day or Night... Rain or Shine... Annoying but true... 

Those are the fat cats living in my house... If you have a second chance in life and you're a cat??? Come to my house.. Got lots of food for you feline species.. 

My furry little best friends... 

XOXO.. 

We're gonna PARTAY and PARTAY and PARTAY!!!

Okay.. The title sounds like we're spoiled brats who practically partay every night but but!! There's actually a reason why we partay like hell that weekend...


Reason NO 1 --> Maurice Ian Wee is leaving the next day..
Reason NO 2 --> Melina Lynn Minos is gonna leave the following week
Reason NO 3 --> It was Regatta Weekend
Reason NO 4 --> What the heck... We deserve to partay anyway...


Oh well, the main committee of the whole PARTAY PARTAY was...

Me... Of course... 

Miss Melina Lynn Minos

Miss Sheila Ann aka Sheila Majid

And the TWO cahoneys...

                                                                                        

         Refian Utama                                               Capt. Maurice Wee

The itinerary of the night was... 

6.00pm ------- CHURCH

Yes, we need to cleanse our poor souls in order to fit in all the new sins we're about to do that night... Kidding..

7.00pm -------- Mel's place

Miss Melina Lynn gotta do some costume change... So, we stopped by her house and while waiting the Trios (Capt. Moe, Sheila Majid and I) brain stormed for places to eat..  Bla Bla Bla???? The Junk??? Basaga???  But it was raining that night so we only got two choices The Junk or Bla Bla Bla... After the long awaited costume change we headed to our next destination using Mel's car... Trying to safe the environment here... 

7.45pm ------- Ref's place

A quick pit stop to pick up this gibbon on board the PARTAY express... Next stop, The Junk.. 

8 something----- The Junk

We actually went to The Living Room first but the place was too crowded... Off to The Junk... Gosh! The food was awesome.. Just the way I remembered it.. YUM!! I had Lamb Shank... Mel and Sheila ate Fish and Chips... Capt. Moe had something with Salmon in it... and Ref..... URM... I was too busy eating my dish that I had no clue what he'd ordered... Sorry boss.. 

Anyways, the food was awesome.. Great friends to laugh with... And a fantabulous ambiance to complete the perfect dinner... Words can't explain how much fun we had at that time.. The silly actions we made.. The camwhoring session.. Sometimes, I wonder if I could ever experience that again.. Hopefully, hopefully... 

10 something---- Ruai Bar aka World's Worst Bar 

There, we met up with Esme!! Gosh, it's been a while since I've seen her... Anyhoo, I was suppose to pick up my bro from the airport around 12 like that... So, what better way to waste time.. DRINKING SESSION!!! Tuak is the specialty there at Ruai... 

We started drinking and all.. Passing the glass around and bottoms up!! The faster the better.. Anyways, its funny how we ended up finishing one bottle.. So we got another, and that bottle was hilarious.. Coz I was in a hurry to pick up my bro.. Miss Melina, Mr Ref and Capt Moe down a full glass of tuak each... Dayummm... I would go PENG by then.. I have to admit that I got a low low low alcohol tolerance level.. compared to Mel.. haha!!! 

Next stop!!! Mel's place(since my bro's car was parked there)... On the way there,  a dude actually flirted with Sheila Majid... haha!!!!!! We should have done something silly but but.. I guess we didn't have enough alcohol in us yet.. 

12 something ----- Kuching International Airport

Picking my eldest brother up after a drinking session is not wise... I think he did smell the smoke and liquor... My bad.. Anyways, he said "TIPSY!!!" or something like that before he drove off.. 

1.00am ----- ME CASA..

I know this sounds weird.. But I went back home and my grandma was still awake.. But thank God she went back to her room when I arrived.. I had my mum to talk to Capt. Moe while I packed my stuff to stay over at his place.. Sheila was actually in the car waiting at that time.. Kesian betul itu perempuan.. Dah la that time she wanted to pee so badly.. 

Finished packing, came down and found Moe having tea with my mum.. SO, I invited Sheila in cause I don't her to die having Urinary Tract Infection or AEDES sitting outside the house holding in that pee.. 

Tea time (bloody early in the morning) at my place.. with my mama.. Then, my mum started telling jokes.. Owh my... She can go on and on.. But if that makes her happy, I have no objections to it.. After hot tea and jokes, we headed off..

2 something----- Capt. Moe's House

Finally, we reached his place.. Fortunately for Sheila, she get to lie down and actually fall asleep.. Should have taken pictures of her sleeping cause it was damn hilarious.. 

Anyways, Capt. Moe started packing and I started looking pictures of him when he was little.. I can't imagine what would happen if I could post those pictures on FB... Darn!! He's still the same Maurice Wee.. He does the same butt-lifting pose when he was young and that crazy eye thingee that he would always do... So hard to explain... But but, the only thing that changed is that his wackoness had just reached a level that no one can ever expect from a human being.. Awesome.. 

We decided not to sleep since we had to to go to the airport by 6am (CRAZY IDEA)... Anyways, we wasted time drinking vodka, smoking and talking about life... The topics of conversation were damn deep.. Like for real.. Who would have thought that both of us would talk about those things.. I mean, we're both like this crazy wild child or something.. Anyways, it was an eye opener... And that showed what a real friend he is..  

Cheers to you dude..

5smtg ----- Kuching International Airport.... AGAIN.. 

The MIA Miss Melina showed up with her sexy Myvi and brought us to KIA... Darn!! The cold morning air is just freakishly awesome.. The only sad part about that perfect morning is that Maurice was leaving to Labuan.. KMHELL... Darn you KMHELL for taking my friend away..

So, we had our last puff before we bid farewell to our dear friend.. And then, the unexpected happened... I actually cried!! It kinda scares me how my dearest friends are leaving me all alone here... But thank God for technology, I can still can get in touch with them.. But still feels different.. I wonder how those people who have loved ones in Iraq or something.. Saluto Mundo.. 

Thanks to Patty's BF Kedu, I got myself a free hot caramel macchiato... Nothing better to have a warm drink when you feel down and lifeless... OFF TO THE NEXT PIT STOP.. 

6 something ----- Some kopitiam opposite Grand Continental Hotel

Breakfast time.. Seriously, the only thing I wanna do is put my head on that table and just doze off... The last thing on my mind is to eat.. Although, that spring roll looking thingee taste damn awesome.. 

7 something ------ Melina's pad

Time for this missy to take a bath after that MIA action last night... And I get to sleep.. Finally... Due, to Sheila Majid's chattyness, it was a challenge for me to fall asleep.. But she went to take a bath.. THANK GOD.. I get to sleep for about half and hour and that's it.. Time to freshen up and head out... 

9 something ------ Regatta Bazaar

Time to shop! But first, we had to add another Missy to our pack... Miss Patricia Ivy... Since Mel is leaving to KL the next week, she gotta bring some Sarawak trinkets... So, we scouted for keropok and all those food that remind her of Sarawak.. Not to forget those tribal bracelets... Awesome!! 

After quite some time going up and down the bazaar, we need some food woman!! 

12 something ----- BDC Food Court

Some where in BDC, we met up with one of our senior... Diana.....  Still feeling sleepy, I just had to chow down the food... Too hungry perhaps.. Luckily, Refian was there who's always the one who would make us laugh... We played this game where you had to say the first initials of the name of an object/food.. 

Like for example, Kolok Mee... I'll say KM and the rest would have to figure out what it is... The clues are the signboards around them.. Fun game to play with.. Especially in a food court with all the sign boards and different food names... 

2 something ----- Funky Gibbons

Regatta time!! Time to watch dem paddlers row those boats!!! AND... We got booze to spice things up.. The unfinished vodka was poured and drank "Russian Style".. That's what our friend Laing said... All we did was to pour the vodka into shooter glasses and bottoms up!! 

with Mr Laing... I think he's drunk at that time.. 

The drinking session continued with rounds and rounds of beer.. And as I watch the race at the balcony, I told myself that that was the life I wanted.. No boundaries, no worries, nothing... It's all about being me.. It was all up to me whether I wanted to drink or whatever.. And my actions were not questionable.. Oh well, at least at that moment I felt that way.. 

We continued drinking even after the race had ended, we didn't even know who won anyway... Then, I realized that I told my dear friend Andre that I would visit his mum that night.. Another destinations awaits... 

7 something ------ Mel's pad again

The funny thing about this part is that, Sheila took Mel's parking ticket and she left with her parents... So we had to call her and ask her to come back... Silly missy... Another pit stop just to get Mama Melina's dinner.. Then, off to send Ref back home... AND ALAS!! Mel's pad.. 

I think we both rushed and took shower like freaking mad people... Since Mel can't send me to Andre's place, I had to ask Sean Tan to do the favor.. So, he was actually waiting for us while we took our sweet time taking bath and all that prepping process... When we were still in the house, Sean called and Mel said "On the way, on the way"... Typical Malaysian eh??? 

We met up with Sean at BDC Siang Siang Corner... And that is the last time I get to see my dearest Melina Lynn Minos before she left to KL... 

10 something ----- Andre's place

Still can't believe how I still have the energy to even talk to Andrew Norman and Sean Tan in the car... I guess it's cause I haven't seen them in a while, so it's like I'm excited to even talk them... Odd but true.. 

We arrived at Dre's place and get to see his mama... Poor aunty.. She got spinal problems and was taken to the General Hospital the night before... But, she was discharged and was advised to take pain killers as it was too risky to undergo operation... 

She told us that she felt better that time, so that's a relieve... 

And there I was... Sean Tan, Andrew Norman, Song Ee Rong, Martin Tan, Andre's Friend (Totally Forgot) and of course Andre... Gosh... It was a bit weird cause I was the only girl.. 

But!! There was food.. The comfort of food... Amazin'... It wasn't that long until I ended up lying down on the couch where I puked last year.. Embarrassing I must say... 

Andrew and Sean ended up having red eye for God knows what reason.. They had this theory saying that they had that red eye because I was having my monthly visits from my red aunty... Silly... Not long after those two silly boys finished explaining their theory... We headed home... FINALLY!!!!!!!!

Home sweet home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That weekend has replaying in my mind over and over again since then... It's tough when you don't have your close friends around you especially during times like these... But that's the time where you appreciate your friends more... Miss you both Melina and Maurice... The M&Ms in my life.. :) 

"You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend."

- Tom Petty-

XOXO... 

Remember Me...

Watched the movie Remember Me yesterday and it made me cry... Like for real...  Although the movie is quite a slow paced one, but it has a lot of lessons to learn from character.. Each character has their own story to tell.. A romantic drama directed by Allen Coulter who also directed some of the Sex in the City episodes... A MUST WATCH!!


This movie actually gave me ideas and I can't wait to let it all out on my blog.. 

"Whatever you do in life will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it anyway"

Then why regret doing things in life?? I used to ask myself why did I ever rejected the offer to University Malaya... What it would feel like to be in one of the prestigious university in Malaysia.. But then, I turned down the offer and when to St Joseph's School for Form6.. And guess what?? I didn't regret it at all.. I met new friends, new interest and experienced new things... Maybe I wouldn't had that much awesome friends if I entered  University Malaya.. 

The KOCs...

My silly friend called Captain Maurice..

And not to forget my favorite shoulder to cry on... Melina..

But, when something is put right in front of you... Just DO it... You'll never know what it would turn out to be.. I thought I would fail STPM but I didn't.. Although I don't have any University to go to now, I'm not afraid of what's gonna happen in the future.. Things happened for a reason.. A good reason altogether.. It may not look awesome and cool now but there's something waiting for each one of us as long as we're all willing to wait... 


So, now I'm gonna challenge myself to do the things that I like even though my parents or other people might judge me... Coz you only get one chance to do something and one life to live... We ain't cats with nine lives you know?? So we gotta make full use of it kan?? I'm gonna put up a list of what I gotta do and hopefully I can fulfill them all... 


Life is short.. Like seriously.. When you reach your 80s like my granny, you gotta be thankful.. Not many people can live that long and stay healthy.. Which reminds me of the late Michelle Helen.. Lord, I miss her.. We all thought it was a joke or a prank when we heard that she passed away.. 


It happened when I was in Form4 (2006).. 1st March (Ash Wednesday)... We planned to go to church together.. So I messaged her and told her to meet me at the entrance of the church.. I waited for her to come but the mass started so I messaged her, telling her to message me when she arrives.. Then, the mass started.. Still no Michelle... So I thought she can't make it or something.. 


Till I got a call from another friend, Grace Lulo... First thing that came to my mind was maybe Michelle's hand phone ran out of credit so she would use Grace's hp to contact me since Grace goes to the same church too.. 


So I answered the phone and I heard Grace sobbing (I thought she was laughing at first).. And she said that Michelle had passed away.. I actually couldn't believe what she said so I asked her to call back again.. After I hang up the phone, I had no clue what was going on and I'm in shock (for real).. It's like your heart was pounding really fast and you have no clue what to do next.. I just turned to my friend and told her the news.. Grace called me again and I asked again... And she said she wasn't lying and that Michelle's sister called her and told her about it..


Immediately, I called my dad (who was at church at that time) ans ask him to meet me outside the church.. I ran to him and told him.. Even my dad didn't believe what I said.. So, he allowed me to follow Grace to Michelle's house.. 


Grace's parents picked me and Tasha and we went straight to Michelle's place.. The funny thing happened in the car was Grace's mum's attempt to cheer us up.. Which failed... She said "At least Michelle don't need to go through SPM".. Not funny at that moment btw... 


Anyhoo, we arrived at her place and there she was.. Lying there.. Pale... As other friends came, we all stared at her thinking she would suddenly wake up and say "GOTCHA!!!" or something like that.. As days passed by, we finally accepted that it was a prank or a joke.. It was real.. Our dear friend is gone... Gone to a better place.. Who would have thought that at the age of 16, you would actually attend your friend's funeral?? 


Four years later, it still feels like she's there every time I visit her grave.. I still wonder from time to time how would she look like now.. Who's her first boyfriend?? Where will she continue her studies?? It would be different.. Way different.. 


That made me think, don't wait to do the things that want to do.. And when you love someone, don't be afraid  to show it before it's too late... Back to the movie Remember Me, it took the father the death of his two sons to make him closer to his daughter who apparently was the only one left.. SO, lesson learnt?? Yes? No? 


To Michelle, We all MISS you and wish you're here with us.. LOVE you TO THE MAX and see you soon... 

Michelle and her "boyfriend" aka Natasha

XOXO... 

berTERIMA KASIH...

"Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need."

-Sarah Ban Breathnach-

I know this sounds weird coming from someone who practically complains about everything in her life and its like i'm contradicting myself or something... 

But I've learn to appreciate the little things you have when I heard things from my friends like "I miss Kuching" and "I miss home" when I'm literally stuck here at home. Some of my friends are homesick and craving for home cooked food while I'm at home eating my mama's awesome, cheap and amazingly delicious food. 

Last night I watched this Youtube series called funemployed. Its actually quite funny and all the actors and actresses are all Youtube stars like Kevin Wu. The series started off with two dudes who both got fired on the same day. So, they tried looking for new jobs and all. 

Skip to the interesting part. One of them got really depressed and his friend started growing a beard (become wise) and said.... 

"Look at all the good things going for us.. We're young.. We're healthy.. We're bachelors.. " 

And I'm like.... Damn.. That's so true.. 

Being healthy is like awesome.. I mean.. Can you imagine if you're sick and you can't do what other normal can do??? Like for example, you can go out cause you get tired damn fast and you faint all the time. So, you go to cool events like Rainfest and all that. Kan??? 

And what about food?? Thank God for food.. and MCD... I have a friend who actually said "I've never been to McD".. And I'm like "NO WAY!!".. So I had to bring her to McD... Well, maybe that's okay but what about people in India?? Some of them don't even have plates to eat.. They actually eat from this huge kuali or something.. And not mention those in Africa... Poverty is like a disease... Spreading here and there.. I pity those kids who only eat once a day if their lucky.. While I have a cat who eats more than five times a day... 

Being young is another thing.. You'll miss those young days when there is nothing you need to worry about.. No bills... No jobs to think about.. Carefree and living the life.. Not to mention it's okay to do mistakes when we're young.. As we get older, we face more problems.. Especially health problems.. I remember last time I was like "I'm not allergic to anything" and I don't have to worry about medications and stuff like that... Im just 20 years old this year and I have acute sinus.. The irony.. 

The roof on top of our head??? Some people do live in boxes okay... And we shouldn't laugh about this matter.. Especially in the States where some people can't afford to pay their mortgages and they end up living in tents... Recession is getting worst and we should start being thankful no matter how small our houses can be.. 

Last night, I talked to Capt. Maurice Wee and I actually said "A man with an annoying wife would wanna be single like us".. HAH! So true.. Commitment is crazy and hard.. Need a lot of guts to do it.. Kudos to those who have an amazing relationship... But some of us do think that being single with no strings attached is way better.. 

Oh well, I can go on and on about this.. We're just gonna cross our fingers and just thank the little things we have.. 

When parents nag, thank God that their still alive.. 

When food taste like shit, thank God that you can even hold or even see food..

When you look into your closet and you don't know what to wear, thank God for even having a closet...

And when you wake up feeling down and sad, thank God for even waking up and having the chance to have another day.. 

Owh ya.. When you feel alone and life sucks at that moment of time... Remember this.. 

"So now, alone or not, you've got a walk ahead. Thing to remember is if we're all alone, then we're all together in that too."

-P.S., I Love You-

Til next time.. 

XOXO...