Daddy Lim and I took leave and had a whole day (almost) but many errands to run. We thought we would all sleep in. Maybe it was jetlag and we were all up at 7ish and 8ish. Daddy Lim was excitedly asking me for bfast. We all missed local food.
Suddenly, food seems so cheap in Singapore. This 加料 lor mee was only $6.70. This is about 1/3 of what it would have cost in Australia.
Do I miss Melbourne? Well, I missed all holidays. Now that FB is filled with everybody else's holiday pictures, I felt like our holiday was a long time ago. Lol. Of course I am keeping my eyes on another holiday. That is how I kept myself going and I wondered how I survived 3 years of not traveling. However, by the end of the trip, I was ready to come home. I was starting to think and worry about work (the load to clear) and felt that I had been recharged. It was a great break.
We came home with bfast for the kids, did some work and headed to JP. We had been living with a lion head for the past 10 days and finally got Zaky a hair cut. He had wanted to wait until end December, before school reopens. Cannot, we cannot tahan his lion head.
The cat adoption plan resumed. We had planned to head to SPCA. The viewing slots were opened 1 week in advance and I had already made a booking a week ago, while we were still in Melbourne.
I told the kids that we would bring somebody home, if we find that somebody whom touches our heart. Nana had a shortlist of cats.
Zaky wanted a playful cat. I wanted a quiet cat. We all wanted an affectionate cat. The staff who was helping us was really helpful, sharing with us the different cat's personality. Her love for the cats is so apparent. We narrowed down to 2 cats until the staff recommended Nyx.
He is a 5 months male cat. The staff said that he is really gentle and affectionate. Daddy Lim fell in love with his cute face. You know how dogs have smiley face but cats generally just have the LL face. But this one just looks like Puss in Boots and melted our hearts. Towards the end of the trip, Zaky had started tearing and sneezing. Apparently, his allergy didn't go away.
We had the balcony meshed up after PSLE. We DIY the bedroom window too and had intended to keep the toilet doors closed most of the time. I stupidly told the staff that Popo's room window is not meshed up and we were forced to go home, meshed it before we could come back for him at 3pm. I couldn't go with the family bcos I had to attend a meeting at 3pm.
In that short span of time, the kids even decided on his name - mochi.
Mochi has his own little home for now. We were told by SPCA that he should be confined while he acclimatised to his new environment.
The idea is for him to be free roaming in the house after that.
We were worried that he would be scare, would refused food and were all excitedly looking at him take his dinner.
Interestingly, he had a good appetite.
He was a little shy though. He didn't play much when we let him out but chose to explore the house and smelled everywhere. His meows are so gentle and he didn't meow extensively as he spent the 1st night with us. While we all take some adaptions, Popo had it the worse. She was upset that Mochi dirtied his paws going into the bicycle room, that he contaminated her clothes at the balcony. I don't care. Time will help.
Mochi is definitely a good distraction for us from the post holiday blues.
Mummy Lim
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