Pet Woes

Today will be the first time that I would have to leave the two cats on their own for the night. Yesterday I got back home a little later than usual due to the heavy downpour in the evening and the minute I stepped into the house they came rushing to me whining. Since not all of you can understand cat language, let me translate. Cat 1 aka Raffles: "Where have you been? I want my dinner!"
Cat 2 aka Shan: "I'm huuunnnggrrryyy."
Cat 1 & 2: "We want our dinner NOW, NOW!"
So on and on they went, grumbling to me about how they have been starved cos I was ten minutes later than usual.
And tonight they will be all alone by themselves. I left enough food and water to last them 5 days, even though it'll only be for a night. Knowing the two of them, they're still going to complain about the "lack" of food the minute I go back.

The reason I'm leaving them on their own is because I have to go back to my own house to see to my three other pets who at this point in time would be complaining as well since I haven't seen them for the last two days. I'm guessing its going to sound something like this, Dog aka Zack"woof! woof! wooooffff!!!!"
Hamster 1 aka Waffles " squeak squeak squeak!!" ( not too sure what sound a hamster makes but they do squeak when they're fighting)
Hamster 2 aka Stuat " squeak" ( Stuat doesn't speak very much, he's shy)
Zack " woof , woof WOOF!!!"

By the way, that's not all the pets that I have. I'm a surrogate mother to 4 cats and a horse. Put all of them altogether and we'll have an animal symphony, either that or we'll go deaf. Woof!

Cat/ House- sitting 101

For the next week and a half, I'll be cat/ house -sitting for a friend of mine. She lives in a HUGE 3 story house with her husband and two cats. Before she left, she gave me a list of phone numbers, house keys....etc. From there I should have sensed a problem. See, when you enter the main gate, the first thing you would notice is that there are many ways into the house. At the last count, there was one front door, and 3 side doors. So clutching my unlabelled bunch of keys, I listened as she explained which key was for what door. Rule #1 in house sitting, if house possess more than one door, ALWAYS label keys.
Since it didn't occur for me to follow Rule #1, as I was getting ready to leave for work this morning, I realised that I couldn't lock the door despite trying out the whole bunch of keys. At this point in time I was already running late. Looking around, I assessed my options. I could either 1) leave the door unlocked or 2) climb out a window. I chose option two. Instead of leaving one of the windows on the first floor opened, I decided to go out through the basement. The basement is connected to the main house by a dumb waiter which is a small elevator which people use to send stuff up and down, mostly in hotels. They had one in the house so I squashed myself into it and sent myself down to the basement. It was only after that I realised I could have gotten stuck inside and no one would have known. So, Rule #2, Never ride the dumb waiter. ( After re-reading this post, I realised that rule #2 has two meanings. So to those who know what I'm talking about, Yes, do not ride the dumb waiter elevator and do not ride the dumb waiter, full stop.).
After finally getting out of the house, I proceeded to make my way to the bus stop. She just happens to live in one of the most complicated estates in TLOTW, anyone familiar with Kew Terrace and its surroundings will know what I'm referring to. After walking round and round, I still couldn't see the darn bus stop. Rule #3, Familiarise yourself with the surroundings In the end, I followed this lady who looked like she was going to catch the bus, which thankfully she was.
And to think I was worried about the cats giving me problems.

As I'm nearing the end of my attachment, I have to think about what I want to do next. There are so many things for me to do, and yet, it seems there is so little time for me to finish all of it.

I'm about to turn 21 in a few months, I have a job lined up and am getting married in a couple of years. Life has been extremely kind to me. But a little part of me feels that I've grown up too fast. I feel like I'm missing out on things people my age are enjoying.

Despite that, I'm grateful for lots of things that I have been fortunate enough to have. 1) Loving parents, 2) a roof over my head , 3) friends and 4) people whom I love and who love me back.

As we all know, life never turns out the way we planned it in our minds. As long as I remember what I have instead of harping on what I don't, I can deal with whatever life may throw at me.

A Quick Update

Ralph the kitten was returned to the shelter yesterday. The couple who adopted him returned him cos their neighbour complained that he was too noisy. Well, he's a kitten in a strange place, of course he's going to cry for a while. Anyway, he'll find another home so not to worry.
Secondly, it seems that I'm going to be graduate speaker. Looks like I didn't screw up the audition as badly as I thought. Either that or they're really desperate. Anyhow, pretty busy with work today so I'll write more tomorrow.

Love is In The Air

Since yesterday's schocking news, I can firmly say that love IS in the air. Let me give you a little background information on these 2 vastly different individuals who happen to be going steady with each other right now.
He is a mummy's boy, full stop. That is no other way to describe him. He who has never experienced a single hardship in his life, everything he wants, he gets.
She is a street-wise, intelligent girl who has seen much more of life than he ever will.
Physically, they're different as well, but that's not important. What amazes me is how they even got together in the first place. My conclusion is that Love/lust is lingering in the air, one of them inhaled too much of it and farted in the other's face.

* Warning, a very depressing post*

I was reading a book about World War 2. Now, I know that it happened more than 60 years ago but a recent viewing of "The Sound of Music" made me want to find out more about the war.
To spare everyone the horrible details, I shall just state that I was close to tears as I read how women, children and the elderly were killed. It was so sad, Hitler wanted all the Jews killed, and anyone else who was disabled, sick or weak. He called it "mercy killings" but there was nothing merciful about the way these people died. I still can't imagine how a person could kill so many of his fellow human beings and yet carry on living like nothing had happened. The pictures of the mass killings were so sad and quite disturbing, which is why I chose not to put any of them here. * There was a picture here but my stupid host server has disabled my account*P/S: On a happier note, Ralph the kitten was adopted yesterday!

Gossip, Shameless gossip

Like any female on this planet, I too like my fair share of juicy gossip. This one concerns the selfish ass that I had mentioned in my previous post. If you don't know who I'm talking about, TOO BAD.
Well, it seems this selfish ass who is always moaning and groaning about his lack of girlfriends has finally got attached. The best part is whom he is attached to. Now, anyone who knows the selfish bastard that I'm referring to would have perked up their ears by now.
He is attached to one of our fellow coursemates, someone I would have never thought would fall from him. If opposites attract, these two must be stuck together. Oh well, my little bit of juicy goss for the day.

Life or Something like it

Death is everywhere. Yesterday, I witnessed an accident.
Anyone who has picked up a recent copy of the local newspaper in TLOTW would have realised that on almost every page, its about people dying, people getting hurt...etc. Its not exactly the sort of thing you would want to read early in the morning. Granted, death is part of life. Many of us fear death, I guess the main reason being that death is so unexpected. See, if I knew that I was going to die in 6 months, I would use that time to prepare myself and my family for what is to come. It may seem that I'm very morbid, heck, just look at the colour scheme of my blog. Maybe I'm cynical, but the world is sure becoming one shit of a place to live in. Granted that I've only lived on it for about 20 years but in that time, the world sure has changed. Or maybe I have changed.
" What nourishes me, also kills me"