This time, my entry on contentment will not be on people. Instead, it will be on pets. I have a lot of cats in my house now. All of them are indoor cats. Which means, they don't at all go out from the house to play or do whatsoever... This practice has brought about 2 different perspectives. The positive: some say that indoor cats are better, as they are more cleaner, tamer & more disciplined in that sense. The negative: some said I'm torturing them.
As a normal human nature, I am or rather was disturbed by the negative comments,esp coming from this uncle of mine. He accused me (& my parents) of torturing the lives of those cats & persistently nagged at us to release all of them. My thoughts was, does living stray in the neighbourhood & bound to more dangers not torture? My defense: I have no intentions at all to torture them. I had kept them since they were babies & all of them are well-fed. Believe it or not, I was on internship during poly & I came back home everyday during lunch just to feed 2 hungry kittens who couldn't lick their own milk on the tray!
True, some stays in cages becoz they can't mix with the other breeds but that being said, every single day, all of them took turns to roam around the house freely for several hours, including my 3-legged cat.
That's him...
Him with the diaper...
Yup, I have this special cat. He's 3-legged but he couldn't walk at all. He ended up having to drag his bum all around such that it needs to wear diapers. (If not his pee will be all over the house.) He is the most special & most expensive. We found him at the void deck dragging his bum on the concrete surface. He was just a little kitten back then. The doctors said that his condition could be attributed by either a car accident on the spine or during birth (maybe something happened while birth etc). But other than that, he is a healthy cat. It has been 4 1/2 years now.
Initially I was contemplating of keeping him as a pet. I realised the difficulty to keep him (like having to bath him everysingle day, invests in diapers etc) but most importantly, I'm not sure if he wants to live or if he's in pain. Furthermore, I have some people who told me that there is no point to keep such cats alive. That got me thinking, how could they say that? Crippled cats shouldn't have the chance to live? Then what about crippled humans? So they stand a chance?
I pestered the doctor abt his condition. I still remembered what the vet said: "Don't worry, other than his spine problem, he is very healthy." From then on, I was determined to keep him safe & well. And I'm glad I did. (Oh, the rest of my cats are normal tho! )
Why am I typing this entry? Because as time passed by, I realised I'm spending lesser time with all of them. I gave them food, rotate their turns & keep their "toilets" clean. I often took them for granted tho I know they have been seeking my attention all this while that I'm at home. I didn't really paid attention to that until I watched a movie earlier on star movies channel.
It was about 2 young girls who had kept a puppy since young w/o their parents knowledge. They kept nursing it until the puppy grew. Then there were chaos and that the dog had to be taken away. There was sadness & I even teared while watching the movie alone. (Luckily my bro was not at home, if not he'll die laughing teasing me for crying)...
So, one of my resolution for 2008: I would want to be a better owner for my pets, showering them with more love & attention. I want them to know or rather feel how much I love them and of course hopefully they'll feel the same way too... I have always been praying, if "torture" is what I have been doing to my cats, then I hope HE will enlighten me with a clearer path and forgive my sins. But as my conscious, I am just protecting them from all the hardships outside...
So that's about pets. Now let's move on to desserts...*winks*
I'm sure we've all have read/ heard on famine problems in 3rd whole countries.
Earlier the evening after a lonesome dinner at home, I decided to make myself a banana fondue. There's half a bar of cadbury chocs & bananas in the fridge. I was supposed to heat up the chocs over the stove but due to my laziness, I decided to just put both the chocs & bananas in the microwave oven. It still tasted nice tho, I took a pic of it but the chocs kinda looked disgusting on photo... Wouldn't want to elaborate on that.. haha
So again, its back to contentment. Contentment is definitely one of the magical key to life...
Be contented with whatever you have people; be it ur family, ur bf/gf/fiance/fiancee/husband/wife, pets, friends, ur income, ur grades, ur job, ur responsibility etc... Live life with a smile. Always remember to reflect to be a better person. Don't be so occupied with being envious; instead let envy be the motivator for u to work to being a better person in life, isyaallah.
It is left about 4 more days to new year. Let's spend some time to think about our new year resolution & hopefully work towards it.
Till then, Love!
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