*sorry for the picture quality, some were taken using webcam, some were taken using my age old k700i which shows that I am in dire need of a camera.

I’m pretty glad that my first semester is over, in fact it felt like forever. One thing I can say about the ‘bachelor’ life is, there’s not much time left for having fun. Surely, there are times to go hang out during lunch breaks and fool around but when it’s crunch time it’s really time to crunch. Starting this course after my stint in KL has been eye opening, gone were the diploma days of fun and wonderland, this is the real life.

Surely, the syllabus has gone deeper, it perturbs me all the time just to understand the plethora of theories by a bunch of guys who ceased to make my life more miserable. Well some were fun, Entrepeneurship was a load of joy to do as it was a pretty carefree subject with no papers to sit for unlike Communication Technology where it is all about theories and theories and more theories. Yea sure I get the media imperialism and globalization shindig, very eye opening.

I’m glad Ett Ett waited for me before she passed on last Tuesday. Merely 2 days after I went back for just one day. I would definitely miss her cute-funny-bitchy meows.  I remembered the exact day I saw her for the first time, it was March 15th back in 2005. My then cat, her mother was preggers and on that day I came back from school and noticed her tummy was flat so I knew she had given birth.

I searched high and low for her babies but no they were not anywhere to be seen. So, I waited and just sat on the stool at the patio observing her, and few minutes later she jumped into the old Austin car deemed the ’store room’ parked there. That car, has been immobile since, 2001(?) I think, and has since became a store to keep the unused stuffs and junk that my mum wouldn’t wanna dispose.

Once she jumped into the car, I immediately lift up the protective cover of the car, opened the back left door and unloaded the barbecue grill, some boxes and there it was, one white and one black greyish kitten. She had a boy and a girl.

Aren’t they the sweetest things?

It was ridiculously heart warming seeing two blind kittens wiggling around with the slightest meow ever. Their mother would be so protective, she would carry them back into the car by gripping them by the neck using her mouth and jump back into the car. I tried hiding one of the kittens, and she would scramble all over the house crying looking for her baby. I know it’s mean of me but I was just testing.

Few months forward, the white kitten got hit by a car or a motorcycle, and it was only Mummy and Ett Ett left. Then my mum decided to send Mummy for an operation to stop her from reproducing more, and somehow the lousy vet operated carelessly. Mummy’s wound got an infection and passed on.

Ett Ett then became the only cat left in the house, and my parents became really attached to her because she was like a child to them. We watched her grew and she became the joker of the house with her funny antics. My mum again decided to send her for spaying but this time we went to another vet, and it was done without any complications, thankfully.

She would wake me up every morning for school when my dad lets her into my room and she would jump onto my bed and start purring beside my ear, biting my nose and snuggling under my blanket. She would follow me around as I was busy packing things for school, even followed me into the car and we would leave for school together. I remembered my friends seeing my cat and went “oh my god your cat is so cuteeeeeeeee!” and she would start making noise like in agreement to the statement.

I will miss her, definitely. She might just be a cat but she was like a sister I never had. Of course I do wish she would stay longer with my family, but when it’s time to go, it’s time to go. Like what Lasker told me, at least she waited for me. I was very bitter when I heard the news from my mum, I was in class at that moment and I almost cried that instant because everything about Ett Ett just flashed right into my mind. I went home crying while I was driving. If you must know, I am very attached to my pets, be it cats or dogs. I’m a bi with pets.

Besides, I have Lim Ah Meow and Jamie here with me, they seriously fill up my dreariness of staying alone in Penang.  And yes as fun as my friends tell me how great it is to be staying alone, it can get very sad living alone because I have noone to talk to. As if Hugo’s always here. They might be cats but they behave just like kids do, and I think Lim Ah Meow might secretly have a crush on Jamie. And for those who have not met Jamie before, here he is.

Teehee!

♥ Wendy

Lately, let’s say beginning till mid March till right now at this minute, 10.03 pm to be exact.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO FREAKIN’ STRESSED FOR A LONG TIME.

I haven’t had my dinner and I am in no mood for it because I am not happy with so many things happening or the lack thereof.  April didn’t start on a good note though, with so many back to back datelines (seriously fark you communication technology), and the annoying weather that is making people sick to the core.  Seriously it’s like  scorching hot during daytime and raining almost every night. Probably the sky is having a “lao sai” moment every night. Moving on, let’s go on with Hugo. He has been well, Hugo. And sometimes he drives me up the wall with his lack of sensitivity. I know, a relationship is about give and take, I get it. But to be so block headed and inconsiderate, how can? Sometimes, it’s just so hard to get things into a guy’s head. Ego ego ego ego is a bastard. Oh yea, short attention span can be painful too, I would say something, and often every few minutes I get questions asking about what did I say earlier or, I would say something and it gets acknowledged but when I mention it later it would be as if I never said anything. Anyhoo, ASSignments, Hugo and the weather is the least of my worries now. It’s still under control but as for everything around, no say about where it’s heading to. I’m losing it very often nowadays.

Just last Sunday, I had a short one day trip back to Ipoh. That trip made me think really hard, that I didn’t realize I would miss home so much. As I was reaching home and parking the car, I was so excited to be back and I actually climbed over the front gate to sneak out the hidden spare key to open the gates since I have no keys. I remembered when I was younger, one by one my brothers left the house and only return once every few months. I used to think that, fine these two got what they wanted from my parents and now they’re flying solo. I dreaded being alone at home all the time, with me being the emo kid that I was, my pets became the replacement for my siblings.

And as of today, I have officially left home for 1077 days. I’m happy that throughout my stay in Penang, I’ve grown up and I see myself so differently now compared to who I was back then. I used to be the jealous emotional brat that everyone has a better life than me, but now I feel very contented and life is much simpler although by reality it’s not.

I know I don’t go back Ipoh very often, and it doesn’t mean that I don’t miss home. I do wish I could go back every weekend or at least every alternate weekend, just because I miss home very much. I do admit, life in Penang is better because I get freedom and independence, but still family doesn’t exist here in Penang. I would cry frequently when I’m at home, when I think of home way back before I got Lim Ah Meow.

Another thing that is stressing the eyeballs out of me is my dad. I do notice his health has been deteriorating lately, and I would always have very few words to talk to him. Striking a conversation isn’t easy because, he isn’t a man of many words. My mum told me that his health is worsening and he doesn’t want to do anything about it, the irony is that he works in the medical line, he can advise people on what medicine to take, which doctor to consult for any particular cases and yet he does not do anything about it. Doesn’t he notice he’s making people like mum and I worry? Mum might be grumpy and naggy all the time, but in the end she does mean well. I’ve known that all along but I would used to slam her down because she would sound so annoying to me, I understand the frustration she felt of me right now. Just like how I would nag and go mad over Hugo and his antiques.

Other than feeling guilty for neglecting my parents, I felt extremely guilty for abandoning my pets too. For them who have been my loyal friends for so long, I would cry whenenver I look at their pictures or watch the videos I recorded of them. People would tell me, they’re just merely animals but I beg to differ, they may be animals but still they are as equally emotional as we are.

My mum gave me a call today while I was still in college after class, my heart sank and I almost teared up that very instant when I heard her saying that Ett Ett was injured, probably hit by a car or motorcycle or something.  I wasn’t clearly told of her condition, possibly an injured bladder or spine injury, and if she doesn’t get through tonight she might not make it. I want nothing else but for her to be well. What made me even more sad is, I just played and cuddled with her at home yesterday and now I’m stuck here with studies and commitments that I am not able to go home. Yes she might just be a cat, but I was the one who took care of her when she was born in my house, and I watched her grew and she used to bite my ear and nose to wake me up for school every morning. Being a cat and dog person, I can never see myself going on with life without a pet. They’re the best of friends you can ever get, seriously.

I have never been an expressive person verbally, saying things like “I love you” or “I miss you” makes me squirm, and often people mistaken me as being very unappreciative due to the lack of output from me. But here you go, some output from me though not verbally.

♥ Wendy

It won’t be soon before long!

♥ Wendy

Yes, Coffee is my aphrodisiac.

Went home, goofed around with my pets. Only snapped pictures of Ett and Old Lady only though. Rocky and Louie were sleeping, didn’t want to kacau them! So nice of me eh, hahahahahahaha. Bro came home and we’re back to Penang!

She’s siao alright, Siao Ett!

Yea, she’s a bitch and she’s crazyyyyyy!

This morning was a dread, this time it was my bro who bugged me to wake up! And it’s at 5.30 am can! He’s going overseas so I had to fetch him to the airport. I, almost fell asleep while driving home! Luckily I didn’t! But it was nice la with so few cars on the road. And, Mrs.Wong is up in Penang now. Oh dear ~

? Wendy

Yea I miss you guys alot.

And Ett, I can’t even think about losing her.
This crazy cat of mine is one heck of a cat.
She’s practically a human in a cat form.
She’s my sister; my alarm clock; my evening walk partner; she took over my room in Ipoh
She sleeps on my bed.
Dang I miss her sooooooooooooooooo.

♥ Wendy