Kitty-cat Stowee #5: New dinnah alahm

Me spent deez aftahnoon gwading papahs in the rear terrace as it was too hot to stay in mi room. (It was 32C in the dining room!) While me was deh, the kitty-cats, including the big white and grey stray kitty-cat, would walk by and disappear down the stairs to the lowah gahden or else would show up at the top of the stairs and walk toward the wondwee area.

Then around 5:10pm, Yakko showed up and stahted pacing just outside the rear terrace on the pebble washout and making a racket with her meowing. Haay... wanted to be fed alweady. Me had to tell her to wait just a few moh minoots while me nishpied gwading the last few papahs. When me finally nishpied, me went to the kitchen and pulled the bag of kitty-cat food out of the shopping bag on the countah. At the same time me was opening the kitchen door with mi right hand. Right awee, me could feel somebody pushing the door open. It was the two kitty-cats pushing the door with all their might with their heads! As soon as I opened the door wide enough, both came running in as usual and ran out again when I went outside with the bag of kitty-cat food to give them their dinnah.

Old Stowee #8: Radar on snooze mode

From 19 March 2005:

The odah night, patsu was sleeping hee in mi bedroom (as he usually does while me at mi laptop). He was sleeping so soundly that he didn't hear top dog arrive fwom prayah meeting and go to the mastah bedroom to watch discohvehwee channel while eating dinnah.

It was only long aftah dat the patsu finally woke up and went to the family room. He probably caught scent of the top dog because he walked up to the kitchen door to indicate that he wanted to go outside. So me let him out and opened the garage door for him. Patsu just stuck his head outside the garage door and stared foh a long time at the Honda Civic pahked right deh. Then patsu went back inside (nishpied inspection alweady kasi).

When me stahted asking him "Where's papa?", poor patsu stahted looking foh top dog hee and deh: under the dining table, in the kitchen, in the living room, in the guest room... Then finally he went to the study where he perked up and got all wagga wagga when he spied the top dog watching tv in the mastah bedroom. As expected, patsu went ovah to top dog to demand a wubby.

Kitty-cat Stowee #4

Just a shoht stowee:

Yesterdee, matsu cleaned/washed her rubbahshooeys and left them on the countah in the wondwee to dwy. When she came back much laytah to check on them, she found the kitty-cat (Dot) sleeping on top of the shoeeys! She tried take away the shoeeys but the sleepyhead refused to budge. It was only aftah some more prodding that the kitty-cat finally woke up and matsu was able to get back her shoeeys.

Old Stowee #7

Shoht stowee from 18 March 2006:

Me was gwading papahs while watching tennis last Thoisdee (14 March) in the family room when woggie came along and decided to inspect (i.e. sniff) and put a "stamp of approval" (i.e., crashland) on the top papah of pile of eeksam papahs on the stool. Lucky student! Though student won't probably notice the stamp since woggie put his "stamp" on the back of the eeksam papah.

Old Stowee #6

Shoht stowee from 17 March 2006:

Oilyah deez evening, woggie was sleeping as usual in mi room against mi cabinet. Then suddenly got up, walked to the family room and stahted bugging matsu who was watching tv deh. Me figured he wanted to go outside. So me let him out. No wondah. Top dog had just arrived fwom soiving at mass/stations of the cross.

Old Stowee #5

From 12 March 2006:

Oilyah todee, matsu went downstehs to the basement to sort through stuff and found an old shaggy bedroom rug given by Mima. When matsu showed the rug to me, me jokingly said it can be given to woggie and decided to bring it upstehs to show popsu who was in the kitchen. Sure enough, the woggie who had been watching us fwom the top of the spiral stehcase noticed the rug I was holding and followed me to the kitchen. Poor thing probably thought it was a new ruggie foh him. (Actually he considers most ruggies hee at home--including those in the kitchen and even in the bathrooms--as "his".) Me had to bring ovah his ruggies fwom the mastah bedroom to the dining room foh him to lie down on. Once ageen, woggie seemed satisfied with the substitution, eventually fohgot about "his" new ruggie and fell asleep on old ruggies.

P.S.
In the end, the "new" bedroom ruggie wasn't used. Wouldn't be able to use it anywee with somebody always claiming it. :)

Old Stowee #4

From 12 March 2006:

Last night woggie was sleeping awee hee in mi bedroom on the bare floor nee mi cabinet. Then he suddenly got up, walked around a bit and spotted mi big pakeej of tissue papah rolls (12 rolls) standing behind mi door. He had always snuffled at the pakeej whenevah he would toin around in dat cohnah. Deez time it was no different: woggie went ovah to sniff at the pakeej. But while he was sniffing pakeej it toppled ovah (might have somewhat crashlanded on it). Aftah staring at the pakeej lying on the floor foh a few moments, woggie stahted scratching at it like he usually does with his cushionee/ruggies! Must have thought it would serve well as some kind of low-pi. Nice and soft and kinda looks like cushionee when flat on the floh kasi. Of course, me had to walk ovah to stop him befoh he made a hole in the plastic. Me also offered him towely foh ruggie and put towely down on his usual spot nee mi cabinet. Thankfully woggie came ovah and settled down right awee.

Kitty-cat Stowee #3: Cat on the cool tin roof

Late Tuesdee aftahnoon, popsu let Yakko out of her cage foh playtime and dinnah time. Then soon aftah me arrived fwom woik, popsy, who was still outside puttering around, stuck his head in through the kitchen door to see if kitty-cat (Yakko) by any chance was inside the house. He said he had noticed that the kitty-cat wasn't around outside (which is surprising) and was wondehwing if kitty-cat had slipped inside the house unnoticed. When matsu and I said we didn't see the kitty-cat inside but didn't think she was, popsy went back out ageen to find Yakko. A few minoots laytah he was back with news: kitty-cat must be on the roof!

Haay...so had to go outside to help popsy who said all he heard was faint meowing from somewheh but couldn't figure out where the meowing came fwom. Anywees, popsy decided to climb onto the scaffolding that was still standing along the side of the house to take a look on the roof. But as it was already dahk--and kitty-cat was even dahker ;)-- he couldn't see much. So he just called out Yakko's name and finally aftah several minoots, popsy called to us, "She's here" But when kitty-cat refused to come near popsu, me had to go fetch the bag of kitty-cat food. To help attract kitty-cat, me rattled the bag on mi wee outside. Then me hoid popsy say, "She's coming already!" and just as I toined the corner to the side of the house, kitty-cat came running up to me. :) Phew! So had to give kitty-cat (and the odah kitty-cat) a few bits. (They had alweady been fed dinnah.)

Popsu guesses that kitty-cat must have heard the rats running along the gutter of the roof and decided to climb up the scaffolding then onto the roof to investigate. Once she was up there, however, she must have lost her wee and couldn't figure out how to climb down. She probably also couldn't see over the gutter edge and figure out on which side of the house/roof the scaffolding was.

Kitty-cat Stowee #2

Popsu says that sometimes when he feeds the kitty-cats, he leaves the door of Yakko's cage open so Yakko is actually still free to roam around aftah dinnah time. Whenever Yakko finishes eating ahead of Dot, Yakko would jump up the odah cage and staht eating poor Dot's food, with Dot just looking on helplessly. :|

Anywees, Popsu says that Yakko was the slower one at one dinnah time but still left her cage to jump onto the odah cage to eat leftovahs. But deez time there were no leftovahs except foh one piece floating on the watah in Dot's watah bowl. Instead of trying to scoop the piece out with her paw like Dot does, Yakko tried to eat the piece directly off the watah soiface. Of course, the piece would just keep floating awee whenevah Yakko's tongue would touch the watah and cause ripples. Poor Yakko kept doing this unsuccessfully until she apparently got fed up and tried one last solution: she tipped ovah the watah bowl! It seems she got that last piece of leftovah in the end.

Kitty-cat Stowee #1

According to popsu, deez aftahnoon he was out in the dwivewee puttering around while kitty-cat (Dot) was standing near the opening in the garage door. Then a huge beetle came flying from nowhere and landed near the kitty-cat. Right awee kitty-cat pounced on the beetle and stahted to play with it. Was pushing it back and forth with her front paws and tried picking it up with her mouth but couldn't. Aftah sometime, beetle suddenly took flight and, pooh thing, kitty-cat went aftah it and whammo-ed it down. Then resumed playing with it ageen. As expected, kitty-cat eventually got bored and left it alone. I guess beetle eventually walked awee by itself aftah dat.

Stowee #11: The woggie and the mysterious blot

Late one evening last week, woggie bugged me so me had to get up fwom bed as usual to find out wha' he wanted. When me followed woggie out into the family room, woggie right awee walked up to the sliding door--which means he wants to go out. :) Me opened sliding door and woggie walked on to the kitchen where me opened the door to the wondwee area. But woggie tarried as usual in kitchen (sniffing nee the kitchen sink) befoh finally going out to wondwee area.

Once in the wondwee area, he looked around a bit and toward the back door... then stopped. He had spied a dark blot on the floor nee base of the cabinets undah the wondwee sink. Woggie went ovah to investigate, i.e., sniff at the blot. Woggie went on sniffing and sniffing but apparently couldn't figure out what it was. Eventually he decided to give up and went on into the garage where me opened the garage for him to go out. Then as usual ageen, he came back in aftah a few minoots, went on to the wondwee and into the kitchen.

Meanwhile, me decided to check wha' the blot was myself. Haay... no wondah. Oilyah dat dee, top dog had L300 seatcovahs washed and they were piled into one of the batyas which was placed on the wondwee countah. And the blot that the woggie saw was just the shadow of one of the "tassels" (string foh securing the seatcovahs onto the seats) of the seatcovahs being cast due to the dim night light the top dog had put in the wondwee area. No wondah poor woggie couldn't figure out wha' it was: it probably smelled just like the bare floor! :)

Old Stowee #3: The woggie and the spidah

Deez stowee fwom matsu which happened befoh me got back fwom Singapoh:

There was a nice big spidah living in the study area. Sometime aftah spidah was foist seen, matsu noticed that it was carrying an egg sac. So big spidah would be seen in the mastah bedroom and nee the mastah bathroom crawling around with the egg sac. Then one mohnin, matsu woke up to find poor spidah dead on the floor nee the mastah bathroom with egg sac lying nearby. Poor thing apparently got "stomped". :(

Stowee about anodah woggie

Late deez aftahnoon (just oilyah), me went to pick up mi passpoht photos. On mi wee back to office, me saw ageen fat black labrador being given a walk by his ownah. Fat woggie ageen stopped by the obanyaki cart near the campus gate and sat down to beg foh food. Ownah of the obanyaki cart handed woggie ownah one obanyaki to give to woggie. Woggie got up on his hind legs to beg and was tossed pieces of the obanyaki until no moh was left. Then fat woggie went on his wee ageen.

Old Stowee #2: Compulsory playtime with the feedah

From 02 March 2006:

It was evening aftah dinnah time (both foh woggie and foh us) and me was at mi laptop as usual. Woggie went up to the feedah sitting and watching tv in the family room and stahted bahking. Feedah called me ovah to see wha' the woggie wanted since she was busy watching tv and didn't want to miss her tv show. So me went deh and figured that the woggie wanted to play. Me picked up boney-boney fwom woggie's toy cohnah and threw it toward the kitchen foh the woggie to fetch. Didn't seem to be that intehwested so me got bola-bola as well and rolled it across the floh also toward the kitchen. Woggie ran aftah bola-bola and twied to pick it up. But then soon aftah he abandoned bola-bola and went back to family room and stahted bahking at the feedah ageen. Haay... insisting that the feedah be the one to play with him. Poor feedah had no choice but to get up and at least make the opening kick with the bola-bola. Me took ovah aftah dat and seems like woggie was satisfied that feedah at least took paht a bit.

Old Stowee #1: Fwee bweakfast

From 27 February 2006:

Deez mohnin, matsu pweepehed her bweakfast (oatmii) as usual and sat down in the family room to watch the mohnin news on tv. Woggie was in fwont pohch snoring awee on the mat deh. Then matsu heard the fellow who delivahs our newspapah come drive up our road in his motorcycle. Matsu got up fwom the rocking cheh, put down her bowl of oatmii on the footstool nearby then went outside to get newspapah. When she got back inside the house, there was the woggie having bweakfast: standing near the footstool and eating up her oatmii! :O Matsu just had to put the rest of the oatmii in a styrofoam containah and give it the woggie. I suppose matsu had to make herself anodah bowlie of oatmii. Btwee, woggie licked the styrofoam containah clean. ;)

Photos for Stowee #4

Here are photos (taken the evening of 26 February 2007) of the woggie sleeping on his cushionee while waiting in the study foh the top dog to go to bed. These turned out to be the last photos taken of the woggie while he was alive.

The woggie has died

The woggie's cushionee where I put it last night for him to lie down.

Bryan died this morning around 9:50am while we were trying to get him to a vet. Mama woke up to find him having a hard time breathing and immediately woke Popsy and me. We noticed that his gums were very pale and his limbs already growing cold. We put him in the van to rush him to a vet clinic but since the vet med hospital here in campus is closed on weekends, we had difficulty getting help for the poor woggie.

Bryan is now buried near the croton plant below the mastah bedroom window. He was 9 years, 3 months and 12 days old and a wonderfully affectionate dog and a faithful companion.

Rest in peace, Bryan. We'll miss you.

Stowee #10

Me arrived home to find woggie waiting behind kitchen door to gweet me. :) Aftah giving him pat-pat and wubby, me went on to mi bedroom, stopping to chat briefly with matsu watching tv in family room. Woggie followed a little laytah then disappeared into yoh room. When me checked on him a little laytah, somebody was still standing beside yoh bed. So me had to bwing cushionee ovah deh so that woggie can lie down.

Then much laytah, the top dog arrived fwom soiving during mass but woggie didn't hear top dog arrive because he was sleeping soundly on cushionee in yoh bedroom. Me went to get mi dinnah in kitchen and popsy soon showed up to eat dinnah as well aftah changing to house clothes. He decided to feed kitty-cats foist (no wondah they were so noisy) and opened the kitchen door to go out to the wondwee. Just as he was closing the door, woggie came trotting ovah fwom yoh bedroom and made it just in time to watch top dog feed the kitty cats. :)

Stowee #9: Home alone?

Hawooey. Deez the woggie ageen.

Me woke up deez mohnin--probably just befoh 8am--to discovah that me was alone in the mastah bedroom! All the while me thought top dog was still in bed but it was just his thick blankie all bunched up deh on his side of the bed. Waaah. :( Looks like me got left all alone in the house ageen.

Anywees, me decided to go out to see if me was really home alone. So me walked out into the family room and dining room. Gee....nobody in the dining room, rear terrace or kitchen eithah. :( Then me noticed door to the bedroom of mi alternate feedah was still kinda closed. (She usually leaves door open when she leaves foh woik.) Me walked ovah to investigate, nudged the door open and stuck me head in to take a look. What a relief! Mi alternate feedah was still hee and making her bed. She was calling to me to come on in but me decided not to anymoh. Me was alweady satisfied to know dat me not alone in the house.

Then the phone rang. Me "pointed" to it until alternate feedah came out of her room to answer it. While she was talking on the phone, the kitchen door opened--and top dog walked in! :D Top dog didn't leave the house pala! Anywees, alternate feedah walked to kitchen to hand the phone ovah to top dog. Then me trotted ovah to the kitchen to gweet the top dog--and hopefully get a wubby or at least a pat-pat.

Aftah top dog nishpied talking one the phone, me felt sleepy ageen and was stahting to fall asleep right deh in the kitchen. Thankfully, me ever reliable alternate feedah noticed and provided cushionee twansfah soivice, putting down the cushionee right where me wanted it. Me settled down and was soon fast asleep. In fact, me was so sound asleep that when me next woke up deh in the kitchen, mi alternate feedah had alweady left foh woik.

Stowee #8: Locked out

Late last night while me was editing mi eeksam, woggie showed up hee at mi room to make a weequest to be let outside. So me let woggie out, woggie went about his business then came back inside. He went straight to the mastah bedroom only to find the door closed. :| Woggie tried to "blow the door down" but as evewyone inside was sleeping, of course, nobody came to open the door. Me had to coax woggie back to mi room so he can stay deh instead. Me also went to get old cushionee fwom blue cheh and placed it nee me cabinet. It took sometime befoh woggie came ovah, sniffed at cushionee and began making his "rounds". But when he finally sat down on the cushionee, he looked disappointed. Apparently prefers the nice fluffier cushionee to deez old one.

I think woggie settled down just the same but not for long. Got up ageen and me had to let him out ageen where he just took a peek outside the garage befoh coming back inside. Ageen, he went stwaight to the mastah bedroom and tried to "blow the door down". Since he refused to follow me back to mi bedroom deez time, me brought old cushionee ovah deh so he can lie down in case he gets tired. Woggie tried "blowing the door down" ageen, considered settling down on cushionee but went back ageen to wait nee the door. He gave it a nudge and it opened! Then it closed ageen by itself. Haay...electric fan pala was blowing it closed. So woggie gave it another push and it opened widah and woggie disappeared into mastah bedroom. The door closed by itself ageen. :)

Stowee #7

Woggie didn't get much sleep todee daw because it was wondwee dee. Was busy making osyoso and would often refuse to lie down since covah of cushionee was being washed. :| Instead, would occasionally lie down on scratchy mat at the fwont pohch.

Anywees, deez evening top dog had to go out ageen foh meeting. Woggie was restless while waiting: began complaining to the feedah around 8:45pm. Me suggested to the feedah that maybe woggie wanted her to move to mastah bedroom alweady so he can sleep. But woggie didn't follow and continued to stand in the dining room. Then me noticed he would sometimes glance toward the fwont door. So me opened that and woggie went out to the fwont pohch to look out over the dwivewee. Was pwobably watching out foh top dog. :)

Aftah staying out in fwont pohch foh a few minoots, woggie came back in and stood in the dining /family room ageen. Me had to move cushionee to the spot nee the door to the basement so woggie can lie down.

Then around 9:30pm, me hoid lowah gate being opened. When me looked into the family room, woggie wasn't on his cushionee anymoh. Was alweady in guest terrace watching top dog open lowah gate and dwive the car up to our dwivewee. Me laytah let woggie out so he can carry out his gweeting pahty duties. :)