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.

Muppets - Stars & Stripes Forever

Playground

Lupe had been scratching the couch for a long time. Finally, JC realized how much damages she inflicted on the couch when he finally saw the wooden structure of the couch. We had been thinking of getting a scratch post for the cats for a while, but we realized that its not worth the price for a good scratch post. Being two engineers, we decided to build our own scratch post/playground. We went to home depot during the weekend to pick up some 2"x4", some ropes and hardware supplies. We were trying to buy carpet in very small quantity. The Floor Assistant in Home Depot gave us the bits and pieces left over from other purchases for free. After a few hours work, voila!
We completed the first stage, thinking that it would be enough. Over the evening, we found out that the cats were trying to climb to the top of the structure, which was not our intention in the design. However, the wooden surface was too slippery. Goyo was smart enough to know that even though he could get to the top level, he will have a hard time getting down, so he didn't go all the way up. Though Lupe is smart, she behaves like a little airhead sometimes. She climbed and leaped all the way to the top, and then only she realized that she could not get down. She made a leap and the landing was rough.

We decided that we need to build a intermediate level and cover the wooden surface with some carpet to improve the grips for the cats. We also decided to widen the top level to accommodate two cats. Thus, the next day, we have this.... Goyo napping on the top level and Lupe playing in the lower level. Both cats on the top level.

After we completed the structure, we placed the structure right next to our TV. These had become our double entertainment. As usual, Lupe never think before she acts. She was having fun on the structure and lost her footing several times. Once, she lost her footing on the lower level and was hanging on with both front paws. Her eyes were like two hard boil eggs, literally. We were cracking up so hard. She tried to get back up there but she failed and fell to the ground. And the next thing we know, she was up on the strucuture again, performing the same acrobatic acts.

An Engineer's Guide to Cats