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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
THE CAT WOMAN
somehow i do not want to be labeled as one neither do i wanna become one. to me, cat women in singapore are stigmatized as "single, lonely, old, cranky, eccentric, overly obsessed with cats' well-being and with loads of money to treat/feed/sterilize/re-home stray cats" or rather rarely, the"rich, retired, with normal personalities". as far as i know, neither does my mother want to be associated with it. she once said: " when you leave home, i'll be stuck with 4 cats and morph into the cat woman" well, about time i introduce my cats. 4's the magic number. used to think the more the merrier however i find these rascals such a handful i don't know how the gosselins do it. btw, no family photo of them, almost impossible to make them pose nicely for me and with each other.
FIRST BORN: NORA TAN
age: ~10yrs old
type and sex: calico cat/tri coloured female
physique: pudgy, short limbs, oreo stain near mouth
history: adopted from spca by my youngest brother (i wasn't fond of cats then, didn't even go along to pick the cat. if i had gone, wouldn't end up with such a neurotic and extremely shy cat) turned out to be my cat now, since she's abit uncomfortable around my brother and the rest of the family. (he used to taunt her in the past)
personality:shy is an understatement.rather clingy,has to be within 1/2 meter radius from me. pretty diva-ish. (when she wants to eat/drink/poop or pee she will get her way, even if it's at 4 in the morning. her tactic: simple.sit beside my ear n meow non stop.i get so annoyed when she makes me open n close the door 6,7 times a night.)
talents: my personal pest buster and security guard
pet peeves: doesn't like to be cuddled, in fact ive yet to get a cat which does. hates bathing.
favourite toys: cattyman, furry rats, anything that rolls. strings,lizards
favourite food: anything but her own k/d food (has raised creatinine lvl hence on special diet), poultry,fish occasionally.
meet-n-greeet: doesn't cope well with strangers. approximate time for strangers to get to see/pat her= 2-7 yrs as proven by my visitors. most of the time, nothing or at most a glimpse of her running to hide, hence i tell ppl "okay here she comes, DON'T BLINK!
SECOND : EINSTEIN TAN
age: 1.5 yrs old
type and sex: tabby male
physique: lean, abit too skinny! looooooooooong tail (makes up for the other 3 bob tails)
history: few months after my labrador retriever joe died, kitty eins found his way into my compound. so we joke that he's a reincarnation of joe, just smarter and smaller size. he had very wierd static fur when he was a kitten, hence the name.
personality: used to be really sweet and homely, but now maybe cos of his teenage hormones, he wants to be out of the house as much as possible.treats home like hotel, comes home to poop/pee/eat/sleep sometimes. territorial. gentleman at times. a lil shy, only heads out to roam when the construction workers are gone. smartest of the lot, can be called to return home. most good looking with purrfect tail.
talents: hunter, pest buster,scale fences, escaping
pet peeves: very grouchy when he's locked in the house and bugged by the other kittens.
favourite toys: same as nora.
favourite food: nora's k/d food, poultry, fussycat can food, durian
