Here Kitty, Kitty
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
A traumatic experience with a dog at a tender age of 14 months left me a life-long phobia of canines (especially large black ones with thunderous barks). I dread visiting relatives in Thailand because 99.9% of the time, they'll have huge guard dogs and not all were kind enough to put the dogs in cages before my family's visit. My dad used to carry a screaming and hysterical younger me into the house until I got too heavy. Now, it's just a screaming and hysterical older me making a mad dash for the front door the moment the car door flew open.
So my love affair with the immediate alternative - cats. They neither slobber all over you nor try to lick your face like dogs do. Dogs try too hard to please while cats have poise. Sure they have claws, but you can always get a set of those nail caps to save your furniture. Cats also don't need as much attention, are self reliant and at least can bury their own *ahems*.
Watched my first cat show at the Expo last Sunday. Was quite disappointed because it was more quiet than I expected and the show cats were all in cages. I was hoping that the cats would be in glass boxes or out in the open as it was annoying swaying like an anemone while trying to minimise the lines across their gorgeous faces.
Here are some shots I'd taken with the horrid camera. I'm a camera idiot. I just want a something that doesn't take fuzzy pictures just because there was not enough light. Never have this problem with the old camera, and it was just a good o' point and shoot. Clear pictures and rich colours everytime including indoor shots. When I save enough spending cash, I'm going to get myself either a Fijifilm FinePix (my previous camera) or a Canon Powershot. No more Casio Exilim for me!
Anyway...
It was cold in the exhibition hall and this little guy brought his own sweater.
Presenting Mr Hyper. This one was spotted fleeting from one corner of the cage to another like he was trying to find ways and means to entertain himself. On the right, he extended his paw into the other cage and swiped at his sleepy neighbour's head several times before doing the same thing to his left neighbour.
I'd to stick the camera through the bars for this one. Good thing it was asleep if not I don't think I would've been able to get this close.
Taken just seconds before the cat jolted up from its slumber.
I walked past this one during my rounds and when I returned, it was still in the same position and holding the same pose. The purrrr-fect model.
I love it when they tuck their legs under their bodies and snuggle up like that.
I can't stop staring at this one. It has the kind of face that makes my legs feel like jelly.
Look into those hypnotising eyes. I adore cats with blue eyes.
It's a she. Doesn't it remind you of the bearded lady?
I used to have a Felix the Cat clock with the moving eyes when I was a baby. Mom said that I could never get tired of staring at it.
And finally after a long day...
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