Happy Chinese New Year

It’ll be the first time in five years since I’ve been back to Ipoh. The last time I was there, it was for my grandmother’s funeral. I’ll be away for a week.

See you guys when I get back.

My house is a farm.

I know I’ve been AWOL for awhile on this blog now. Mm. Anyway. That’s my cat. He says happy new year to you too. And happy holidays. He’s certainly enjoying his life. I stepped out of the house today and was greeted by the horrifying sight of a dead bird on the ground. Ga-ross. I freaked out and yelled for my mom, who was more irritated by my high-pitched screeches and hullabaloo over ‘nothing’.

The female dog is in heat. It’s annoying, because the male dogs next door were howling their heads off, and the male dog is constantly trying to hump her, even though he’s huge and she’s tiny. He keeps howling too. It’s noisy and it disturbs my sleep early in the morning. And it’s not the most pleasant sight to see him trying to … er, never mind.

The chickens are very happy too.

I didn’t know they could fly that high. I was in my brother’s room and happened to glance outside and was flabbergasted when I saw the chickens perched on the tree. I ran out onto the balcony and was astounded. I mean, I was on the second storey of my house!! And they’re THERE. Apparently they all roost in that tree at night.

I think it was more believable to tell people that they are being reared to be eaten; I didn’t quite know how to react when I asked my mom why do we have chickens, and to hear the answer that these are special Japanese chickens that are meant to be kept as pets. What the. So yeah. Chickens running around my house = not meant to be eaten.

I actually took loads of pictures of the cat snoozing on top of the car that morning. My sister came out to join me and we both started pestering the cat, i.e. I’m trying to snap pictures of him. That’s my sister’s hand there. I think he got irritated at us.

“What do you want?”

“Please, leave me alone.”

“Rawrrr.”

“All I wanted was a nice nap! What’s your freaking problem??”

Meow. This is his “I’m-sticking-out-my-tongue-at-you” face.

“I’m king in this house, and you’re to obey my every whim and wish! Muahaha.”

Stupid noisy cat.