- new seat, new threat -

REMEMBER my previous blog about the unfortunate events surrounding my hubby's old motorbike seat? Well take a look at this picture (above). Yeah he got it fixed. Actually after I took the photo of the mangled seat previously, he sent the motorbike to a workshop for an overhaul. Yesterday evening he got it back and guess what the most expensive part to fix was - the seat.

And if that isn't enough reason to always, ALWAYS remember to cover his bike seat from now on, maybe this photo would serve as an apt reminder for him to take it more seriously. If one cat could do so much damage on its own, imagine two cats digging their claws into that brand new seat! Yesiree, this strange cat has been hanging around our car porch for weeks now acting like as if we owe him 10 million bucks. We don't know where he came from or if we'll ever see the last of him for that matter.

Murrie, that's what our daughter - who's grown really fond of the cat - named him, made himself right at home with us and litterally tries to take over everything belonging to Mamau. By the way, if you're wondering what he's crouched on in that picture ... ladies and gentlemen, it's the brand new motorbike seat with a yellow raincoat draped over it to "protect" from itchy claws.

- Photos by: Carol Ujan 2008

- it's raining, it's pouring -

THE early morning rain today was a relief from previous days' humidity. It only lasted a few hours though, so when the sun started shining I quickly got some laundry work done. Dark, gloomy rain clouds started gathering again at around 5pm by which time I had already wheeled my nearly-dry laundry to a dry spot.

Heavy rain began pouring down at around 7pm just around the time my hubby got home from work. The rain was so heavy in fact that our kitchen flooded with brown, icky water from the clogged monsoon drain - as usual. I think Master Shifu from Kungfu Panda aptly summerised what I felt about the whole flooding thing: "You know what the worst part is? The worst part is cleaning up afterwards." ... sigh.

In spite of the heavy rain we still had to get something for dinner so we bundled our little girl into the car and braved the watery wrath with caution.

First stop was the ATM machine. Good thing we found a parking spot nearby so my hubby didn't have to take the umbrella with him. While waiting in the car with my daughter I passed the time taking some pictures. The two I posted here looked pretty in a wierd, abstract kinda way.

After the banking was done we drove to a nearby hawker food court where we used to hang out at back in our dating years. The char koay tiaw ham there is really yummy and guess what, the old woman that fries it is the same person whom we bought it from all those years ago! I wonder if she'll still be around, frying that signature dish of hers when our little girl has grown up and is old enough to date ...

- Photos by: Carol Ujan 2008