New cat in house :)

Introducing Canelle (Ke-nae-li) - since Mont Blanc was named so cos she (no, he) came in a Mont Blanc paper bag, i guess this kitten's name should be Canelle :)

Canelle is barely 6 weeks old as of now, and can only take her vaccinations (however this word is spelt!) this friday. Currently, she's under quarrantine (great, i can't remember the spelling of this word as well) so she is kept to this corner of the house. But it's a really great corner with boxes and boards and pet house and cage for her to play with. Only threat is that Mont Blanc is able to jump in to get her (him?).

I believe Canelle is now having a sore throat, from meowing, or rather mewing too much. The constant sound in the house now is this mewing that sounded like a siren at first, but now it's a bit dry-sounding already. Canelle's favourite activity is to stretch its front paw far out of the little hole on her box, and try to get whoever's walking by. She is quite cute, but irritating as well. :\

Just hope that Mont Blanc can live harmoniously with Canelle, and that they won't both gang up against Silly Summer one day. :(

Some truths

Colorgenics by http://www.goldinuniverse.com

You feel worn out, physically and mentally. Recently the going has been tough and it looks as if there is still a considerable way for you to go before you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. If only you could put a protecting wall around yourself and cut yourself off from the rest of the world - be it even for only a little while - how wonderful it would be, but you can't - so you need to bear with it. Just when everything will seem at its lowest ebb you will find that there is a turnabout and your problems will seem to find a way of resolving themselves.

You are a leader in every sense of the word. You know where you are going and you know what you need to do in order to get there. You exercise an inherent initiative in overcoming obstacles and difficulties. You either hold, or wish to achieve, a position of authority by means of which full control can be exerted over events.

You know what you want and you are very dogmatic and demanding - especially in your emotional demands. You have specific ideas and beliefs and if these beliefs are not realised you can become extremely frustrated. You may not be that perfect but you are looking for perfection with the perfect partner.

Whatever you strive to do, something always seems to be holding you back. There is no subterfuge in you. You are a clear thinker and all you demand from life, in a relationship, is a partner whom you can trust and with whom you can, together, develop a foundation of trust based on understanding. You are your own person and you demand freedom of thought to follow your own convictions. You have no interest in 'two-timing' and all you seek is sincerity and 'straight-dealing'.

You need to be needed and would like a situation where you will no longer be subjected to pressures and demands from those about you. There is no harm in 'dreaming' but it is you - and only you - that can be able to realise those dreams and to turn them into reality.

Wan Chai, Hong Kong

losing grip of reality...

Flashbacks in my mind... are they in Singapore or Hong Kong? Or China?

My mind seems so jumbled up, and images sneak into my mind unknowingly anywhere, at anytime.. It takes several moments to figure out where exactly was this image photographed in my mind. To think that I can't differentiate between Singapore, a place where I've lived for about 20 years and Hong Kong, a place where I've lived for barely 20 weeks.

Looking at photos overseas... I really look forward to the next time I step out of Singapore again. When will that be...?

Not only are the realities in my mind mixed up, my dreams are interfering with my life too! I cannot remember if I saw a message in my dream, or if the person really sms-ed me. I seem to have adopted a habit of deleting messages unknowingly when I open them to read in my half-awake state, only to wake up and wonder what really happened.

Well well, is the root of the problem.. lack of sleep?? Or is my mind being spinned into a state of hyperreality already, where nothing seems real, nothing seems fake..

what a semester...

it's weird how much work there is to do this semester...

it's only week 4 now, and this is the -number dunno how many- night that I am staying up late to complete homework, and for this time, it's really rushing through the night!

Gosh, it's like some retribution for not doing work last few semesters.... must have accumulated sins too much. :(

luckily, something to look forward to when i wake up later. a new kitten in house!!!! :)

cockroach AGAIN on friday

In 3 days, 2 cockroaches. What is happening????

This time the target appeared outside the house.

Natalie has learnt to be considerably calmer upon detecting a cockroach. She went straight to the kitchen and grabbed bygone. I offered to go out to do the job, but she was confident that she wanted to try.

Needless to say, it included screams and squeals from her. We took a long time killing the cockroach (as usual), and hopefully the plants outside the house will not be killed by bygone. (We comforted ourselves saying that crops survive pesticides!)

Well, after the cockroach is under the effects of bygone and 六脚朝天, I went to grab a bamboo and crushed a piece of newspaper. I threw the newspaper on the floor and try to push the dying cockroach away. Tough job, it didn't really barge. When it finally did, it was flipped over!!! Eeew!

We ran for our lives first, before trying to smash it with the bamboo and newspaper. Finally, when we thought it should be dead, we pushed it to the little drain along the corridor and left it there with the newspaper.

The next day, the cleaner possibly swept the newspaper away, but left the cockroach there!!!

And..it is still resting in peace outside our house to date..........

the cockroach

#2 experience.

1. I placed the pineapple tart on the dining table.
2. Natalie spotted something moving through the big vase and claimed it was a cockroach.
3. I grabbed the pineapple tart and departed for the kitchen.
4. Natalie had to double-confirm that it was a cockroach. (because there was a report today that caffeine causes hallucination.....)
"Look at the feelers!"
5. I thought: "oh shit, it's real". (not caused by caffeine afterall)
6. We panick.
7. We continue panicking.
8. We were at a total loss.
9. Nat finally budged and opened the cupboard to arm herself with amazing bygone. But we both didn't dare to use it.
9. I rolled a stack of newspaper to safeguard myself.
10. We spotted stupid Mont Blanc. He's 无动于衷, unlike the previous time. Still lying on the floor calm.
11. We squatted about 2m from the danger. Waving our newspaper and bygone. That's all.
12. She decided to "take cover" ON TOP of a chair. Clever girl, I had to remind her that the cockroach was on a chair, and that it CAN climb up her chair too.
13. I told natalie to get a roll of newspaper to guard herself too. Since it might be more useful.
14. We resumed our squatting observation point.
"where's the cockroach? is it gone? should we leave it and go to sleep?? or should we throw Mont Blanc there?"
15. Mont blanc stays unmoved.
16. I went to whack the chair with my newspaper while Natalie was fretting in the kitchen.
17. Mont Blanc flees to the room.
"Shit, she's gone."
18. We started wondering if the cockroach was gone. We spotted it again.
"Useless cat."
19. This time, we decided to try bygone on it. It started to walk unsteadily. Finally died on the floor, upside down.
"Now what??"
20. We took newspaper, bamboo and masking tape. Pasted the newspaper at the end of the bamboo to clear the cockroach by pushing it out of the main door and down the stairs.

-the end of the cockroach-

I think I need to prepare a "cockroach emergency kit" containing:

• bygone
• newspapers rolled up already
• gag (to shut natalie's screaming which would seriously scare the shit out of you when you are trying to concentrate on how to get rid of the cockroach)