Food Therapy

Our yummy dinner this evening, prepared by Chef Grimlock:

Old cucumber with pork ribs soup:

Steamed pork with rice and egg:

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On April 30, this tortoiseshell 'found' her way to our doorstep.  I suspect she was delibrately left on our doorstep (someone knows we've cats at home?).  She is about 1.5-2 years old and trusting in nature.  Her coat pattern is quite exotic and she has a long straight tail.  Her ear was tipped; the fur on her belly has not grown back yet and from the stitch marking, we think she just might be recently sterilised.

We walked her to the lift and brought her to the ground floor.  It did cross our minds whether to take her in.  Well, we're not looking at adding another cat to our family.  We're not sure whether we'd be able to rehome her.  We fed her (she ate heartily) and left.  The next morning, I went downstairs to look for her, I found her and fed her.  We didn't see of her until earlier this week when Grimlock spotted her and he fed her.  We've named her Brownie.  Grimlock has posted her photos on his Facebook account in a bid to find her a home, and asked his colleagues.  I'd also like to ask here: anyone with a home to offer Brownie?

We've been sighting cats at our void deck more frequently of late; most of them are unsterilised. Urrgggghhhh...

The Makings of a Tabby

I hear the tabby classification ever so often.  What makes a tabby?  I came across these definitions on my cat calendar:

Dark stripes on a lighter background...

Triple lines along the spine...

A butterfly shape over the shoulders...

And evenly spaced dark rings on the legs and tail...

Conclusion:

Skoda and Mikki are tabbies...

Braun is a partial tabby; she has no coat markings but she has some dark rings on her front legs...

Tabby cats whose stripes have broken into spots are known as spotted tabbies. So, Mikki is a spotted tabby.

Food Therapy

Our dinner on last Sunday 2 May:

The breaded chicken with mushroom sauce was of restaurant standard.  Good job, Chef Grimlock!

豁达的女人最可爱

Lianhe Zaobao, 2 May 2010

The 'Pom Pom' Tale of Two Monsters

Here is a sequel to the "pom pom" (bathing) coverage, this time of Skoda the Alpha and Mighty Mikki.

It took Grimlock 14 minutes to bathe Skoda (uploaded clip has been condensed to 8:12 minutes), and it took him 10:03 minutes to bathe Mikki (uploaded clip has been condensed to 4:56 minutes). Braun's bath clocked about 16 minutes. Now the duration tells a lot about the girls' tolerance towards bathing - Braun is the "pom pom" darling; Skoda does not too badly (maybe she is Grimlock's favourite so he tends to spend a longer session with her). As for Mikki, it has got to be guerilla style; target to complete within the shortest time possible. Grimlock will start with Mikki, go on to Skoda and then finish with Braun - this is also telling of the difficult level (start with the most challenging one first).

Skoda's style is that she likes to pace around the toilet, hence the bean gets a good workout too. She and Mikki are on par when it comes to noise and pitch levels. Skoda strongly dislikes the shower head and the toweling-dry part. She may make a lot of noise and looks fierce but the bean at most sustains a minor scratch. As for Mikki, she too makes a lot, if not the most noise and her stamina at this is simply amazing. This girl resists all forms of restraints so she completely loathes the toweling-dry part. The bean may end up getting one of her deadly bites (you'll get to witness this in the clip).

You just might want to put on your ear plugs before watching the clips :) ...