The Opera Populaire

The new massage parlour at the ground level of my apartment has 2 cats to date. I have been seeing cat food mixed with rice being laid out outside for the felines everyday and I had the privilige of being acquainted with the kitties at last. BY right, we r not supposed to own any pet, but in Indonesia there is really no such thing as a law, least of all at the pte level like the apartment.

Anyway, I was waiting for my dad to come to fetch me last night for dinner when I met the cat with the brown fur. It looked up at me with its yellow eyes and meowed. I was gleefully expecting it to come up and coil itself around my legs, but it din! I put out my finger and made a meoing sound, hoping that it would. It looked up expectantly but went off the moment it realized that there was no food on my hand. So I secretly call it shi li mao (realistic or materialistic cat...how do I translate this into EL?).

Today, I met the other cat, with streaks of orange in its brown fur. It actually followed me without me needing to so much as attract its attention. It even got into a minor quarrel with the brown one as it followed me. It then twirled around my legs...such a nice feeling! I have always like furry animals, esp when they give their confidences to me. Now we r frens, kitty. I must think of a name for this one. She seems to be pregnant cos her tummy is rather big. Hope I can get to see its kitens when they r born...I just love kittens!