Ah Wong yawned and showed us his powerful teeth. According to what I found, cats have specialized teeth to help them in tearing meat. Those obvious sharp teeths on each side of the mouth compose pairs of scissors, which functions efficiently in shearing meat.

I’m not sure if the spots on his nose and mouth are dirt or some kind of signs developed as he aged. He has been with us for almost a decade now. He has a strong and clear vocal. He is a bit less arrogant compared to some other cats that I have seen. He will usually mew back at someone who mew at him. And his mew will go like “meowwwwwwwwwww”, a pretty long one with high and low pitch sometimes. His voice is often loud and clear. This is one of his specialty.

He will usually mew first before showing himself and you can hear him from far away. However, sometimes when he is up to some mischieves, he would just keep very quiet so that he wouldn’t be found. Normally, this happens when he finds himself a place inside the cupboard.

I strongly believe that animals have feelings and are capable of being sad, angry and happy too. They also have their own thoughts but it is not in our ability to fully understand them even though humans are much more intelligent than animals. Maybe there will be a subject or a course to learn animal languages in the future in order to communicate with animals better. What do you think?

Ah Wong was pleased to post for us today. He came in and laid on the floor. The weather was warm outside so maybe he felt that the marbles would make him feel cooler.

He tossed and turned his body on the cool marbles. He showed us some of his best moves and he also did some adorable actions. He is a talented “model” indeed.

Feeling itchy? Try scratching and biting yourself.

Ah Wong likes to take naps. No matter how noisy it is, it won’t disturb him from enjoying a nice nap on the cool marble floor. He seemed to have lost interest in moving objects like most kittens or young cats would enjoy playing. Maybe this is part of the cat aging process.

Once in a while, he would lift up his head but still with his eyes firmly closed. Then, he would put his head down on his front leg again and continued his nap.

His name is “Ah Wong”‘, as in, Mr. Yellow in Cantonese speaking. He is named after the colour on his body. He is actually white but you can see some yellow and orange mixture of fur on his paws and tail. His tail has stripes of white and orange. We got lucky the other day when he found himself a spot next to the Sansevieria trifascista or Tiger Tail Plant.

He is usually outside at the balcony because that’s where he lives. He has a lot of room to roam there and he sometimes jumps up the platform of the building and walks carefreely despite the height between the building and the ground underneath.

Seems like he liked the plant a lot. And he was sniffing it even though it doesn’t really have any smell. However, the plant is well known for its air filtering feature, maybe Ah Wong knows this, that’s why he was sniffing it. Good for you, Mr. Yellow!

Our Ipoh trip this time was welcomed by the cactus flower at SiewPeng’s home.  The light pink colour flower was very beautiful.  The flower pedals were multi layer.  There were lines on the flower stem as well.  The flower size was about 3 cm in diameter which was almost the same diameter as the cactus itself.

When I checked on the flower on the day we reached Ipoh, I knew that it was the third or forth day (last 2 days) for the cactus to show its flower. 

I have a similar cactus in Kuching, but the flower was white in colour, it bloomed few years ago.  From my previous experience I have learned that this type of cactus flower will only bloom for 3 to 4 days, and it will open up its flower petals during noon time from 12 to 4pm for about 2 to 3 hours.  The rest of the time, the flower was too shy and closed temporarily.  It is exactly the same happen to this cactus here.

From the fifth day and above, the flower was not as beautiful as before, and it turned into brown colour.  Then it had gone.  The whole flower stem was removed from the cactus by itself because of the wind or the weather.  If it were in the desert it supposed to stay there and produce fruit and seed to allow the cactus to propogate.  Different weather makes different stories.

There are 4 more flowers to bloom, but it will be in few weeks or months time.  From the picture above you can see that there are 4 flower buds waiting to bloom.

If you are also having a cactus that is flowering, don’t miss it.  Remember it only opens up its flower during noon time. 

We went to a hypermarket in Ipoh and found this yogurt.  This is the yogurt that we have missed for years.  I thought it was only available in Australia but we found it here.  I did not find it in Kuching.  May be it is available in the new big shopping mall in Kuching - the Spring, but I haven’t notice it yet.

Five years ago, when I was in Australia, I always had this yogurt after meal.  It’s good for health.  Me as well as Siew Peng like this Peach and Mango flavour. 

After five years, the packaging looks almost the same.  I am enjoying the great taste of this yogurt again.  I can’t believe I can taste it again so soon.  One of my dreams has come true. 

Recently I have been dreaming about Australia, and now, I can feel that everywhere is similar to the place that I missed, and each place is a great place, because even though I am not in the exact same location, I can still feel that I am there, having the same feeling, tasting the same thing.  When I look at the photo, I can see the place I missed as well.

You may be surprised when you know how much it cost for 1 kg in one of the hypermarkets in Ipoh. 

Let me tell you the price in Australia first, if I am not mistaken it was about AUD$4+.  You convert it to RM (Ringgit Malaysia) and times 2 again.  That’s the price that we paid for it that day.

As the saying goes, “It becomes what you think it’ll becomes.” And because lately we were thinking about Australia a lot, and were looking for the yogurt but couldn’t find any, so at last, it appeared. Therefore, it is important for us to always have good and positive mindset in order to achieve enlightment and happiness in our life.