WHY 猫?

WHY 猫 is called 猫....

猫 (cat): nocturnal, sleeps through e day & wakes up in e late afternoon, rummages through e kitchen for food after midnight, curls up & koon comfortably on hard floors, benches, tables & other horizontal surfaces, easily spots rats, lizards & roaches scurrying around, spends long time bathing itself, climbs gates, low walls & maintains balance while walking on narrow kerbs, eats with small bites, sheds fur, loves sitting by & staring out of windows & climbing up to high spots, sensitivity to certain smells, tastes, high frequency sounds & vibrations that some people can't detect, meows convincingly enough to make other cats turn their heads, eats fish & leftovers, can be left alone for long periods of time, gets followed by other cats, can see well in dim lighting, etc.

乌猫 (black cat): a play on its surname, & because it was born very very dark. few believed that e kitten brought back from Scotland was Chinese ;) worse still, it grew up to have what they called an 'ang moh nose', further deepening their suspicions about its pedigree *lol*

花猫 ('coloured' cat): congenital dermal melanocytosis aka. 'Mongolian blue spot'. big fat larger than paw-size persistent/permanent blue-green blotch on its back just medial of its shoulder blade that strangers stare at & ask about whenever it goes swimming in its racerback swimsuit. some ask if it is a victim of domestic violence, & e collection of scars accumulated from kitten-hood & bruises from wushu don't help! =P spaghetti straps & other back-bearing stuff are out, but this is nothing compared to e girl in a lab on e same floor who lives with a similar birthmark covering half of her entire face.

all nicknames courtesy of e cat's dad.

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pakupaku from harajuku

[070306] 'to-go's & 'to-do's:

paku paku!! - to get on e next trip (if ever) to Tokyo? Pig-pig came home from Harajuku with one of these guys =P

Tomihiro Art Museum - to check out on e next trip to Japan?

hhstyle.com/casa - building to check out on e next trip (if ever) to Tokyo

Kiddyland @ Omotesando - e 6-storey toy store to visit again on e next trip (if ever) to Tokyo

essential brew @ holland village - to check out e green tea shake, green tea cheesecake & green tea creme brulee

finish 「いま、会いにゆきます」 Ima Ai Ni Yukimasu (Be With You) VCD

finish CD2 of Memoirs of a Geisha with audio

Asian Civilisations Museum - to go before e exhibition on textiles from e Chris Hall collection ends on 090406

walk through e SMU campus at night (looks nicer when lit up at night) & pop by e RGS Queen Street campus 'memorial' that e cat always sees from e bus when passing along Stamford Road

linkdump:

the bitter*girls photolog - amazing tilt-shift photos =)

how to park? & more 超芸術トマソン Thomason on Flickr! - Thomason (from some baseball player's name) is a totally useless white elephant =P

panoramatic on Flickr!

Japanese version of ice kacang - to lao nua at....how come e cat didn't come across this while in Kyoto? wrong season?

watashi to tokyo by Mari - a great daily read for e tonnes of interesting links =))

incredible eyes *melt* =))

mocoloco.com - modern contemporary design

strawberry katamari - for those who play katamari damacy =P

bento designs

Windoze on IBM notebook - edible version

Saiga Yuji - photo essay on Gunkanjima

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