pictures: abu

talk about cats, eh? kalu ikut apa yg makcik pernah dgr, kata org, Rasulullah SAW sgt sayangkan kucing. sahabat baginda, Abu Hurayrah r.a. juga sayangkan kucing. makcik pulak, obsessed dgn kucing. got this behaviour from my mom, grandma n great grandma. pd makcik, those felines are amazingly cute! regardless of their breeds - longhair, shorthair, hairless. pernah semasa di kampus dulu, makcik bpuasa selama 2 minggu straight, not in Ramadhan, simpan duit utk beli friskies, feed kucing² yg sokmo mengiau dpn pintu waktu subuh. yeah, not so correct intention for the fasting, i'm aware of that. rakan² semua tau how much i'm obsessed with cats. ada sorang kawan gelarkan makcik "ummie hurayrah", which means "ibu kucing". not all of my family members have my degree of obsession towards cats.

after i got married, i can't be selfish regarding keeping cats at home. my son suffered asthma. he can't really mingle with cats. lgpun, we can't really afford to pet lots of'em. kalu yg male, masalah 'menanda kawasan' termasuk di dlm rumah - which will lead to stinks n stench that could raise uncomfortability among guests. kalu yg females, pregnant - deliver - pregnant - deliver... leh buat 1 kingdom kucing kat umah. LOL. so, we pet cat(s), but in a very limited number. mebbe sekor jantan, sekor betina, or sekor saja. usually, bila kami ada female cat yg deliver, of course with lots of twins, triplets, quadraplets... LOL... we will dispose most of them minus 1 or two. and usually, my sister n my lil son will take that responsibility coz me & hubby couldn't afford to perform that task.

until last week, we have 2 cats - oren (male) n abu (we think he's a he). we love them so much, even though their kerenah make us sick most of the times. on monday, 1st of february 2010, i brought both of them to the temerloh vet. oren kinda down. makcik bwk abu juga sbb nk minta vet verify, whether he's a he or a she. simultaneously nk bg jab utk hair fall. UNFORTUNATELY, makcik x bwk their cage. it was dirty. n i thought i can manage carrying them with my bare hands. sampai jer di klinik, ada very big dalmation di luar pintu klinik menunggu giliran utk rawatan. i had a hunch that sumthing wrong might happen. but, i submit everything to Allah. makcik kelek oren & abu. oren seemed calm, tp abu menggelupur, makcik peluk erat, tlepas jgk!!! melompat keluar pagar, masuk longkang. makcik kejar la jgk abu tu dgn oren masih dlm pelukan. makcik panggil dr atas longkang, but he gave me this look. i begged him to jump up, but he ignored me. makcik x leh tunggu lama sbb ada byk tasks yg pending. makcik bwk oren masuk utk rawatan. usai rawatan, makcik keluar lg ke longkang td utk tgk abu, if he's still there. but, Allah knows best. i couldn't see him around...

how ironic... i couldn't afford to dispose our previous cats, but now... the only conclusion there is... is that... I AM THE ONE who 'disposed' abu. i dunno why... but i always hope that one day, out of nowhere, abu could suddenly appear in our front door, just like oren did.