Old Already

 

Taco at Singapore Cartons (27.2.2022), awaiting to go home

Taco (22.3.2022) in the carrier, waiting to go vet

Taco had an appointment with the vet at 4pm yesterday.  This is his first visit to the vet to get himself deworm and vaccinated. Taco was not even 1kg on the day he came to our home last month.  But yesterday, he was being weighed and his weight was 1.58kg!  He had grown so much!  Look at the photographs and you can see the difference in size.  

Yesterday I booked Gojek and the driver arrived.  He saw me with the kitten and he rejected me instantly.  Then I booked Grab.  The driver arrived, told me that they don't carry pets also.  But he said he would allow this time because "I see you so old" so he helped me.  I am so grateful that he was willing to take us.  He was a friendly and kind soul.  He told me that next time I need to call GrabPets, first time I heard of.  The last time I had Dora sent to the hospital was using Grab too.  That driver allowed us and sent us to the hospital.  So thankful to these drivers.  Last time (two to three years ago) when I sent Dora to the vet I always use Grab transport.  Nobody told me that pets were not allowed.  

After alighting me, he was still smiling, no wonder he got 5 star rating.  I will definitely give him a five stars too, and I did.  I told him too that I will give him 5 stars for helping me.  

Friendly and Kind Grab Driver

Last time when I took the cab, the driver will ask me "Are you Singaporean?" (2008).  Now I took the cab, "you are old mah" remarks I get.  When I go Giant, they also asked if I have senior citizen card.  The time I going to spend on this earth is getting shorter now.  I am left with at most 30 years to do what I want on earth, to do purposeful things on earth and then to leave this world without any regrets.  

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The New Baby

 

Picture of my hand petting Taco to sleep

Taco was so scared on the first day he arrived at our home.  We opened the carrier bag and he never moved at all.  We put food for him in the carrier bag and he did not eat either.  He will hissed if approached.  The children were scared and did not dare to touch him.  

At night, I wore a glove and carried him to sleep in a basket laid with towels.  He was sleepy and later on he fell asleep in the basket.  I put the basket beside my bed.  That night, I did not sleep well, tending to the new baby at home.  

The children feeding Taco with fish meal and milk

The next day Taco was doing rather well.  He started to eat and drink milk.  After about third time feeding of milk, Taco did not want milk anymore.  He did not like the milk that we fed.  Taco's appetite was good.  He ate a lot and we had to feed him four times a day.  

That was how small Taco was the second day he arrived at our home.

Taco was so small when he arrived at our home on 27.2.2022.  The photo above was taken the next day he was at home.  Taco drank little milk.  He prefers solid food.  

On the third day, Clara and I bathed Toca.  At the factory and also when he came home, our hand turned grey when petted him.  His nose was dirty too.  His fur felt rough before bathe.  After bathing him, his fur felt soft now and we often see bugs crawling on him.  He kept scratching himself.  

So I went to Pets' Station to buy Revolution for him.  After putting Revolution, the next day, so much ticks and fleas came out of the fur.  

Taco sleeping soundly as she was adapting very well to the home

Every day the little baby is adapting very well to the home and by the third day, he was able to sleep so soundly as shown in the picture above.  

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Taco Comes Home

 

Taco and his mum at Singapore Cartons

That was the first time I met Taco, on 26 February 2022.  On that day, we tried to find the kittens but was unsuccessful.  After a prayer, the mother cat came to call me.  She led me to the kittens!  And that was how the children and me saw the mother cat and the kittens.  

We wanted to bring home the two kittens.  There was an opportune time when I was able to capture them.  They were in the palette.  I caught hold of Taco, the ginger cat.  Then Taco meowed so loudly and fiercely that I released him.  If I did not release him at that moment, I would have brought him home on that day.  

Taco in the carrier bag

The children were sad that we went home on 26 Feb empty handed.  But fortunately on the next day we managed to bring home Taco.  It was so hard to capture the kittens.  They were able to run and hide very well.  Then the company got so many palette and they hide too deep into the palette that's why no one can catch them.  The children had to lure the cats out using food.  

We put Taco in the yellow carrier bag with roller.  But during transportation, the children put the bag on their lab and watched him while in the car.  I was sitting in the front of the car and I was not able to look at how Taco was doing.  

The car owner's sister happens to be a Catholic too.  The reason why we were taking his car was because there was no Grab or Gojek vehicles that were willing to come Gul Crescent on that day.  I kept calling for them but to no avail.  Then my mum and I walked to this colleague of her, she told him that we would pay him and he was so kind to accept the offer.  

I was sitting at the front seat of the car, and that was what I saw. 

I thought we must thank St Anthony and Mother Mary for what we had got for the day.  

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浮生六劫

浮生六劫

   

 During my primary school days, I had to sleep early so that I could wake up early at 530am. I did not manage to watch the night time TV shows, but I was able to hear the songs that was being played in the living room. One of the song that I had heard was this one above. I did not watch the show at all but maybe took a glance or two when I had to go toilet.  

I found the song very nice during my adulthood, especially so after I got to learn about the lyrics of the song.  It was such a meaningful song both the theme song (above) and the subtheme song as shown below.  

The song was a all time favourite for me.  I love the song so much that I had it for my ringtone.  Knowing just the title of the song seems to be so incomplete.  I wanted to know what is the meaning of the title and what show is it actually.  For so many years passed, finally one day I saw that someone had upload the show on YouTube.  About two weeks ago I started to watch the drama series.  Yesterday I manage to finish the last episode.  

Very grateful to ziwei kuang for uploading the drama.  But there were some episodes missing and more towards the end.  So I missed out on how Che YuTing died and also how Leslie Cheung and Chan Pang killed each other.  The ending was so exciting that I watched continuously episode after episode, missing my sleep.  The starting was rather boring and I watched like one day one or two episodes.  

 戏剧人生

   

 I searched for the English translation of  浮生六劫 and it means Six Tribulations of Floating Life or  Floating Life Six Calamities.  The English title for this drama is Gone With the Wind.  There are altogether 76 episodes.  The ending was very sad.  For example, watching Che YuTing locking himself with chains tying to the pillar of the house (to safeguard his house, refusing to sell his house, claiming that he own the house and he did not sell it).  However this did not stop the people from chasing him out of the house.  In the lower picture below, he was seen sitting outside the gate of his house, drenched with rain falling on him.  Much more of his pathetic scenes at the end if you watch the show.  

                                                          Pathetic scenes of Che YuTing

Playlist of Gone With The Wind, 浮生六劫 Episode 1-76

 

 I like the show so much that I had made a video on 戏剧人生/ dramatic life.  

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