My Insecure Cat

Usually when we are going out of town, we will pack all our suitcases and leave them on the hallway the night before. After the first trip to MX which lasted 3+ weeks, Lupe associated the suitcases or any bulky things left on the hallway as a sign that the hands that feed her will be gone for a while.

L and G are moving back to MX this Friday. They had some furnitures that they are not going to take back to MX and decided to give it to us. Last evening, L and G brought those furnitures over to our apartment. Since we won't be in this apartment for long, we decided to leave them on the hallway.

With all the furnitures and miscellaneous objects on the hallway, Lupe thought that we are going to leave her for a while again and she began to get a little upset. Throughout the night, she was meowing, very loudly. JC got her onto the bed with him to shut her up. She left once JC was asleep, and continue to meow. Her meowing is always funny, its never the same and she always meow at the most 'incorrect' (or inappropriate) time. Last night, her meowing lasted throughout the night.

This morning, when I tried to pet her, she practically ignored me. Talking about cats with attitude....its more like insecure cat. I shouldn't have fed her this morning, just to tell her that the alpha female in the household is definitely not her.

Cats' Updates on Playground

Fluffee is showing her support and gratitute to us for building the playground for her. As you can see from the ropes condition and arrangement, they really use the scratch post a lot. I wasn't able to get a picture of Goyo on the structure. I took these pictures a while back and Goyo wasn't feeling very well at that time.

Road Sign

I was driving through Quaker yesterday during rush hour. I had to stop at the traffic light and I saw this road sign.

Not sure what to make of this sign.

Aliens Invasion

半夜回家，差點被嚇死........................
哪個人在家門口這樣晒鱿鱼的, 嚇的俺還以為外星人入侵地球了

I went home late at night and I almost got a heart attack .....
Who on earth would hang the octopus like that on the street? I thought that aliens invaded Earth!!!


I got this in an email from JJ. I don't know the source of this picture.

Sleeping Cats

As usual, Goyo sleeps in a very graceful posture and Lupe sleeps in anyway she likes.

Pulling Teeth

We took Godofredo to the vet this morning because he hasn't been normal* for a while. The verdict was the vet has to pull his last tooth because the tooth was preventing him from eating and grooming himself. We trust the vet and we consented.

We picked Godofredo up at 5.30 p.m. He was in his carrier, still wobbling from the sedative. The vet told us that he had hydrated Goyo, we don't have to worry about leaving him in his carriage for the rest of the evening. We took him home and set him on the couch, his usual place. Lupe came by the cage door to sniff around and tried to put a paw into the cage. I am not sure if she was trying to say Hi or she was actually trying to pick a fight, but I am glad that we left Goyo in the cage alone.

At around 8.30 p.m., Goyo was knocking on the cage door. We let him out, he was till wobbling, but he could walk. Lupe was excited and she tried to pick a fight but Goyo ignored her. Goyo has so much pride in him that even though he was weak, he still insist on sitting upright, with grace and elegance.

Later in the evening, Goyo climbed up the structure that we build a few months ago. He was sitting on the top level, recuperating from the sedation. Lupe climbed up half way and try to pick a fight. Goyo swat her gently in a defensive way, telling her to stop it. Apparently Lupe did not get the message. Finally, after 2 minutes, Goyo was really annoyed, he hissed at Lupe. This is the first time that we saw Goyo hissing since we adopted him in September last year. No matter how annoying Lupe was to him, he never hiss, but I guess today he was really tired and his patience was wearing off faster than usual. Lupe was genuinely shocked as well, with the tail tucked under her hind legs and ears all flapped down, Lupe retreated from structure and left Goyo alone.

Note: Our standard for 'normal' behavior means picking fight at least once every day and chasing around the apartment and making noise every night.

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