New additions to the household

Since their arrival to the house last week, these two kittens have been a cause of much worry and concern to my other two adult cats that have dominated every inch of the house for the past 7 years. Dengan kehadiran mereka, nampaknya sharing of power and territory perlu difikirkan semula.

One is Abu the other is Hitam. I don't think I need to point out which one is which. Lack of originality in choice of name is evident enough. There has been an attempt to call them Mr Pumpkin and Mr Donut but I'm not so sure if these names will stick. Panjang sangat.

This is my 7 year old male orange baby. Momoi namanya. He's the one most affected by the arrival of the two kitties. Sampai sekarang dia tak sudah-sudah berjalan ke hulu ke hilir keliling rumah. Dan asyik mengiau setiap kali dia melihat tuannya (aku lah tu), seolah-olah ingin memberitahu sesuatu. Kesian dia. My bucuk-bucuk ni.

This is the diva of the house. Also a 7 year old tabby. She has adopted the "I-don't-care-about-the-two-brats-I-want-them-to-stay-out-of-my-face-just-talk-to-the-paw" approach. So she pretends like they don't exist. Don't worry Tina you'll still get to share the bed with me.

Nasib baik Agus the water turtle dan 2 ekor ikan puyu kat dapur tu pandai buat hal sendiri. Kalau tak mungkin saya memerlukan khidmat seorang pet shrink.

Kadang-kadang tak main gitar pun kena guna wah-wah pedal

Last night I met PYT and TGIUTD again. But this time at another petrol station. And this time I was lucky to have found a petrol pump quite a distance away from theirs. Oh sungguh tidak sanggup jika kejadian ngeri dahulu berulang kembali.

Mula-mula saya rasa lega. Kerana a) mereka tidak sedar akan kehdiran saya dan b) kalau boleh saya tidak mahu terjadi apa-apa yang tidak diingini. Tetapi malang tidak berbau. Dan di zaman moden ini sesungguhnya pisang memang boleh berbuah dua kali (kalau pisang FarmVille). Semasa saya hendak membayar di kaunter, PYT masuk juga ke dalam kedai serbaguna di stesyen minyak tersebut untuk membeli sesuatu.

I know it's a free democratic world and that everybody can come and go as they please but her very presence increased my blood pressure a few notches. Especially when she had to queue up right behind me at the cashier and I had to hear her annoying voice talking on the phone with TGIUTD. Seriously I think he has been voodooed. To be with a girl who's a walking springboard with no brains. And seriously when you hear her over-nasalized voice, you'd think that she 's swallowed a wah-wah pedal. Punya la sengau berdengung telinga semua orang dalam Esso mart tu. Atau adakah telinga aku aja yang terlebih sensitif?

-Aya-wah-wah-ang...(wah-wah pedal taking effect as she spoke)...you nak beli apa-apa lagi taa-wah-wah--aakk?
(sambil menjeling kat aku)
*someone replying on the handphone*
-Alaaa-wah-wah-aaa....naik motooo-w-wo--or keww...Lajjeww sangat la...I takwo-wo-ott...

Seriously (dah tiga kali aku cakap seriously ni) if she wants to have a higher IQ, she'd have to stand on a chair. URGH. Now I need to look for a janakuasa Van de Graaf somewhere to nyahcaskan all this negative energy.

Rokok

This morning at work I found a group of students smoking in front of the workshop near the ladies toilet. So I asked them to go and smoke outside as the institute was a non-smoking zone. They grudgingly obliged. Then I saw smoke coming out from behind a pillar and I thought well maybe there was another student who was smoking but decided to hide from me.

I walked towards the pillar and looked behind it. Konon to catch the student off guard. Jalan pun dah slow semacam. Stealth mode on. But when I looked behind the pillar I found the old gardener sitting on the floor, smoking his rokok gulung.

When he saw me he said, "Chekguuu...ini hari baaanyak panasss. Saya rokok kalu baru boleh kerja."

Mula-mula saya nak tegur dia pasal dia hisap rokok di dalam kawasan institut. Tetapi kemudian saya nampak ada sebatang cangkul di sebelahnya. Langsung tak jadi nak marah. Itu bukan penakut ya. Itu namanya calculated risk management.

Lantas saya terus ke tandas tanpa berlaku sebarang insiden yang tidak diingini.