KIDDIES IN THE HOUSE

I moved from a rumah bujang into a much better home, when my wife has been officially transferred to Petronas Carigali in Kerteh. It is a bungalow in Rantau Laut which has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. It's big. Huge, considering that it's just gonna be my wife and I who will stay in it.

A few weeks after we moved in, we realized that it's pretty quiet in that house. We need something to put some colors on the canvas. Anak? Belum ada rezeki lagi. Since my wife loves cats so much, we decided to get one. I like pets too, so there is no harm bringing in one. We already have three absolutely beautiful Siamese Fighting fishes (Faiz, Faisal and Farouk), but they don't make noises. They don't run around in the house (they swim, obviously!). They don't play with us at all. Worst of all, they are not as adorable as cats are.

We went to the only pet shop in Kemaman (which is also a vet clinic), and brought back a five month old Junior, or as we called him, June. He was big, more like a 2-year old adult rather than 5-month old kitten, yet he still eat kittens food, that costs me RM62 for a 3.6kg pack. Lagi mahal dari beras yang tuan dia makan. Busut betul.





June is brilliant. But one thing we don't like about him is he's not as adorable as we thought all cats are. Arrogant perhaps. He won't stay not even 3 seconds if we place him on top of our laps, like most of the cat lovers do with their cats. Other than that, he's awesome. Makan banyak tak ingat, banyak cantik betul muka dia. Dahla mahal. My wife loves him so much. So does my mum. She even quoted June as "tall, dark and handsome" (eleh...macamla aku tak pernah baca Barbara Cartland's. Ciplak!).


We have another kitten, my mum brought her in when they came to our house. She's two months younger than June, and way off the scale of him. Macam bapak dengan anak. But then, they get along pretty well, like brother and sister. She's a Persian, but I'm not sure what breed is June. Ekor kembang macam bulu ayam mak aku.




After few months, it seems that June grew up very well, but not May (that's what we call our female kitten). She doesn't eat as much as June, even much lesser than any other kitten at her age. She gets skinnier everyday, and she plays like hell. She never stop playing. Not even a single second, except when she sleeps. It pretty much worries us. She was so cute like Dakota Fanning when she was small, but now she looks like Victoria Beckham. Or maybe there is a Persian breed that supposed to be skinny? Anyone?




For both of them, I have to spend RM124 for a month supply of food, RM90 for their litter granules, RM32 each for their scheduled ubat cacing every two months and RM120 for their annual vaccination. If my mathematics is still accurate as I was in school, then the figure of RM3072 is what I have to spend every year for both of them, and that excludes the medication fees, in case if they get sick.


Baik aku ambik anak angkat je...