Updates on Miumew

Miumew is now 3x the size she was when she first came. You can feel the pressure of her weight when she walks across your rib cage. My arm became numb after she slept on it. This didn't use to happen.

Her coat is more grey now - her undercoat used to be white but it's taken on a light grey tint. Her eyes are also showing a very light blue tint.

The hubby hasn't been able to trim her claws because she's always so excited to see him home at the end of the work day. I think she's squirreled the claw clipper away too. Hopefully we can find it soon. She sank a claw in my foot yesterday, and scratched my lower eyelid in bed this morning.

She still likes to bite and scratch - anywhere except the scratching post. She left a scratch mark on my right forearm this morning, parallel to the one she left on the same arm 3+ weeks ago.

She hasn't quite taken to her new toy though. It's a cat massage centre. Got something for her to bite to stimulate her gums, and textured surfaces to massage her when she rubs her body against them. Too bad she doesn't know that. =P

SKII Facial

My sister sent me a link to a promotion for $50 off an SKII facial so I went yesterday.

It started with a skin analysis - you know, one of those machines that magnify your skin wherever the scope rolls over. The therapist showed me what good skin and bad skin looked like. First time I did such a thing. Was mildly grossed out.

As my skin was rather "dull", the therapist recommended that I take the illuminating radiance (or something like that) facial, which was the third least expensive (normal price $160). Since I haven't been for a facial in a long time and I had been running around Little India and Chinatown the past two days while recovering from a flu, I decided to pamper myself and go with it.

(On a side note, I also pampered myself with a good lunch at The Handburger. Food tastes good, but I wouldn't recommend you order the onion rings and I guess similarly, the calamari. It tasted good - onion rings were sweet, batter was crispy, but it was WAY too oily.)

The facial itself was supposed to be an hour. I think it took 1h 15 min in all. It was pretty good. My face still feels "firmer" than usual (although it could be a psychological effect having spent so much on a facial). Would have been nice to take a longer nap though. =P

The staff weren't too pushy with the products and packages at the end of the facial. Could be because I told them that I'm not based in Singapore.

A good experience overall.

Weird dream

Was very tired this morning so I went back to sleep after DD got up to go to work, which resulted in the following dream...

I dreamt tt DD and I were back in SGP and that we were going to spend the National Day weekend in Phuket with Princess Di and her bf. I think it might have been Wednesday or Thursday; we packed and went to work the next day.

We couldn't remember whether we were supposed to leave for Phuket that day, or the day after. Then Princess said she was going to have lunch with her bf before they boarded the boat (it suddenly became a trip to Tioman), but DD and I were still in the office working and we didn't have our bags with us.

So I went ahead to the jetty to meet Princess and her bf, while DD was still at the office finishing up some work. We went to report to the tour agent and bumped into a colleague SH and his gf, who for some reason was called Eunice in the dream.

The tour agent said we were just waiting for two more people i.e. DD and one other, so we waited around a bit. Then he decided to give out the room keys first, but somehow my name wasn't called. I asked what happened and was told that the hotel had screwed up our reservation so DD and I would need to try to get a room on the spot when we arrived.

People then started boarding the boat (which resembled one of those tugboats on the Singapore River). I sat down first, and Princess + bf sat behind me. Then some caucasian suddenly sat next to me. So I moved to the back of the boat to find a seat for both DD and myself, and ended up sitting near SH + gf.

Then I decided to get off the boat and walk around to look out for DD. That's when I bumped into my Filipino friends. I later got an SMS from him saying that my sister said that this year's NDP would have sakuras.

I decided to board the boat again but it wasn't there anymore. Another boat that looked like the boat that I had boarded earlier came to the jetty. I thought I saw Princess Di on it and I got onto it. Then I realised that it wasn't Princess and it wasn't the same boat.

*DUM DUM DUM*

I think that gave me a scare so I woke up.

Inspiration from reality

1. Why National Day weekend - because it is this weekend.
   
2. Why a holiday - DD and I were planning to go Dubai for a short holiday next weekend.
3. Why Phuket - I had went to Phuket last month.
4. Why Tioman - I think it might have actually supposed to be Batam or Bintan (where my Choir friends had been planning to go and would explain why we were taking a boat ride) but not sure exactly why it's Tioman. Maybe subconsciously I want to go Tioman again. Could be because DD and I recently recalled when we went Tioman.
   
5. Why Princess + bf - I had chatted with Princess recently.
6. Why SH + gf - DD and I had been looking at photos of SH and his gf on FB the evening before
7. Why an SMS about what my sister said about NDP - My sister just went to watch the NDP preview + she likes to go see NDP fireworks.
   
8. Why sakuras - When we realised yesterday that the Dubai hotel offer was no longer available, and a colleague in Tokyo replied to one of DD's random email, the thought came across my mind to go Japan for a holiday instead when we return to Singapore in Nov.
   
9. Why my Filipino friends were there - The next work meeting was supposed to be in Manila.

So the only inexplicable part is why SH's gf is called Eunice.

Weird dream, wasn't it?

How she's grown...

When I got back to AD, I found that Miumew's double the size of what she was when we first got her. She's a lot stronger now, able to leap from the bed to an armchair almost a metre away, and her teeth and nails are a lot sharper too. We've taken to spraying "anti-cat" spray on our arms so that she won't bite us while we sleep.

She still sleeps with us by the way, rests her head against my arm or her body against my tummy. Unfortunately, she's learned to slip under the blanket i.e. she can bite/scratch our legs if she wanted to.

Hope she'll eventually grow out of all this biting...

Lightheaded

after getting a haircut. Got it at Icon@Isetan cos I had Isetan vouchers anyway.

When you go to a hairdresser, do you know exactly how you want your hair cut? I never really do, although I thought I was quite specific this time. But I'm not impressed with the cut.

Even when I don't know what kind of haircut I want, I usually feel good about what my hairdressers produce. But not this time. Could be that the fringe always takes some getting used to, but even the length seems a bit awkward.

I wish I had a better idea of the kind of hairstyle I want, or that would suit my face shape. Didn't think that the hairdresser helped much either.

Will probably go back to my sister's hairdresser in AMK next time, even though it's far away. The guy's quite friendly and did a pretty good job the last time I went there (albeit it was a fairly routine trim+colour). But given my track record (a haircut every six months max), would probably be a while before I go for another haircut.

Now, to wait for my hair to grow long enough to tie up so it doesn't look so terrible.

Missing my kitten...

Leaving Miumew home alone for extended period of time (now that I'm overseas and DD's at work most of the day) worries me. She's had a near fatal accident once. While we can try to kitty-proof the house, there are still many things that could endanger her without us realising. And she's a smart kitten. Someday she might find her way to the Hello Kitties and lions.

Miss playing with her, miss her confused look, miss the staring matches with her tilting her head to one side, miss having her pounce around on the bed, I even miss her biting me.

Sigh. In other news, two of my sec sch friends are taking part in Ms Singapore World. Such things kind of makes you wonder what you're doing with your life, doesn't it?

Watching Boys Before Flowers...

with my kitten. She knows a comfy chair when she sees one. She's taken over the pc chair. It's got a pseudo-leather cover and she's already scratched it a little.

I wish I had a collar like the dog in "Up". Of course the collar wouldn't be for me... For Miumew to tell me what she's thinking.

In the meantime, wish I knew where her ball (DD's golf practice ball) is. She had so much fun playing with it... Don't know where it is now.

Meet Miumew!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2831767&l=bfffbf527f&id=746684362

We got a kitten on Saturday. Possible names thrown up during the drive to the pet shop included Meowth and Mewtwo, which evolved to Mewmew/Miumiu, so we decided on Miumew. Although Princess Di thinks we should just call her Miumiu. =P

She's about 1.5 mths old, listed on the shop receipt as a Persian. Grey stripes on grey fur, greyish green eyes.

Scratches me a lot and tries to bite me whenever we play. Hopefully she doesn't make it a habit to keep biting me... otherwise it could be quite painful when she grows up. Oh! But she licked my hand a little today. That's an improvement. I just washed my hands and they were slightly wet. Maybe she was just thirsty. Haha.

I think she burped today. She had just eaten and was about to scratch the subwoofer so I quickly lifted her up and heard a loud sound coming from her tummy.

Oh... and she doesn't seem to like catnip. Catnip is supposed to make cats go crazy right? We bought some that look like pills. She sniffs it a little, gives it a lick or two and walks away. Not interested in the catnip-smothered scratching board too. But really, who needs a scratching board when she's got a body to scratch? =P