Church Service

Last year, Saint Francis Xavier's Day Church Service was cancelled because of the typhoon. This year, under the hot and sunny weather, the children went to All Saints Cathedral for the service and received the Lord's blessings.

All the children behaved well. Felix made it through despite not feeling too well as he vomited shortly after lunch. 

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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Stella is thinking of preparing a roast piglet for Mid-Autumn Festival dinner.... In order for the skin to be crispy and crunchy, she decided to first sunbath in the beach..... 

Is this really a piglet??!! Looks more like a pig to me!! Haha

   

                                                   

Wishing all our bloggers and their loved ones, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

If you cannot reach the moon, then reach for the bubbles..... haha

Stella's Fourth Cat Show Competition

 As a gentle reminder, the purpose of us documenting events in this blog is NOT TO SHOW OFF, but to record our children's life journey as part of our precious memories.

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Stella went for her 4th Cat Show Competition on 18th August in U Place. This one is being hosted by Feline Fanciers' Federation Hong Kong. The space was less spacious and a bit hot. Additional fans were available to help ventilation, but the associated sound and wind quality seemed to have affected the cats, as most were less playful, a bit moody and tense. 

Comparatively speaking, this was a smaller size cat show with only 3 rings running from 11am to 5.30pm, hence, should be less tiring. 

Despite the less than ideal environment, Stella still tried her best and was awarded First Place in all 3 rings. I must confess that Stella was lucky, as I think she could do much better in her interaction with the judges. 

Being the Highest Scoring Female Premier, Stella competed against the other 2 female winners in the Kitten and Adult category for the FFF Queen honour, but failed. I know Stella is a quality Exotic, but other competitors are also beauties in their own way. Besides, Stella was crowned FFF Queen in the last competition (May 2024), and to keep the game running, its fair that others also can have a piece of the pie. 

By the end of the day, Stella got 2 big rosettes as (1) Highest Scoring Premier and (2) Best Body. I was thrilled when they announced that Stella got the Best Body, for in the past 2 competitions, Stella missed the award by a mere 2 points. The comment I often heard about Stella's body, was that although she is a female, her build is muscular, compact and is even better than some male counterparts - 是個女漢子. For this, apart from her genes, I would attribute to her playfulness, as she likes to run around the house and jump to the top of the cat tree.

Thank God! By now Stella has virtually collected a "complete set of the FFF Best rosettes" - Best Head (Nov '23), Best Body (May '24), Best Coat (Feb '24), Beset Condition (Feb '24). The only piece missing is Best Color. I don't think Stella stands a good chance in winning this, as her white and cream color is nice but no big deal! Haha! 

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Official result from the cat show

 Unfortunately there are some mistakes in the  Best Head category (red circled area)..

Stella got a 1 and 2 from two of the three judges. 1 is worth 10 points,  2 is worth 8 points and 3 is worth 6 points. So Stella should be second in this category with 18 points instead of 10 points being shown in the result announcement. 

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 With the weather so hot lately, life goes at a slower pace....

Stella is 2 years old today

 

Happy Birthday to Pat Pat, Stella, Mo Mo and youngest 4th sister!

Stay young and energetic! 

Wishing you Good Luck, Good Health and Happiness Always!

Stella's birthday party!

Stella got a Meownooker as her birthday present. Guess who has a stronger sense of the game on first trial.....

Felix was sick, but is recovering well

 On 7th June, Felix had his first round of breakfast at 5am normally. However, by the time of his second round breakfast at 9.30am, he appears less keen and ate only 3 pieces of dry food (normally, he ate 10). By noon time, he didn't go to the kitchen to ask for food. When given to him, he only licked twice. His ears were very hot.

Immediately, we called our family vet. Dr TN was on sick leave, but Dr TT kindly agreed to see him at 2pm. Dr TT found his breathing rate to be fast at 120/min, his body temperature was marginal at 39.3 degrees. A full blood test and ultrasound were done. 

The blood test suggested that his white blood cell readings were high and so were the liver readings. The pancreas also ABnormal. Dr TT did a fine needle on the liver for lab and culture. In the meantime, I decided to let him stay in hospital, with hope to precent a major flare up.

On 8th June, update from the nurse was that his temperature was back to normal at 38 degrees and that he ate by himself. But he hadn't urinate. So I decided to have him discharged as I believe we can take care of him at home.

Since returning home, apart from being a bit tense, he ate well, slowly regained his sleep and even played with Stella at times.

Felix revisited Dr TN today (16/6) and is making good progress in his recovery. Physical examination revealed no discomfort and his blood test readings are within the normal range, though some are still higher than his "usual self". 

We would like to thank Dr TN, Dr TT and Dr VM for their care, medical advise and support, without which I would not be in such relaxed mode to document this event. 

As an aside, a funny video on Felix taken earlier on....

Stella's 3rd Cat Show Competition

 As a gentle reminder, the purpose of us documenting events in this blog is NOT TO SHOW OFF, but to record our children's life journey as part of our precious memories. 

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Stella went to her 3rd Cat Show Competition in Emax on 26th May 2024. This was the last cat show there, as the building will be closed for redevelopment from 1st July 2024.

This competition was hosted by Feline Fanciers' Federation (HK), and was a 5 ring event. For Stella, the game started at around 10.45am and she finished 2 rings by 12.30pm. However, the wait for the next ring was a long one (from 12.30pm to around 4.30pm). Despite the relatively noisy surroundings (at one point in time, someone yelled and swear), Stella made good use of the opportunity to recharge herself. Stella as pretty nosy, but seemed at ease - ate some dry food and even took a few naps. So, by the time for the remaining rings, her eyes were wide opened and she responded to the judges.

This year, final for the title of FFF King and FFF Queen were held openly, as the 5 judges voted for their favorite candidates. Overall, Stella's performances far exceeded our expectations as she was the the highest scoring cat!

Below is the official results: 

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Stella also embarked on her 3rd charitable exercise to help the less fortunate children. This time there are no big bag of cat food to go with the grand prizes. So we donated those dry food samples from the competition and from previous cat accessories shows. 

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多謝 Mandy Tong 的捐贈，代浪貓多謝哂你善心。

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Stella: my pleasure and honor to be able to help others. I will continue to work hard in my charitable drive.

Thank u Connie EE for your continuous love and care for those in need. … 

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Overall, by looking at the way the judges arrived at their decision, one could feel the intensity of this competition, which makes the game interesting. 

Stella's achievements far exceeded our expectations. For this, we must thank Daisy for her trust, support, care and guidance along the way. We have no doubt about Stella's genetic quality, as we believe she excel from the starting line (贏在起跑線).  I'm more than 100% sure that without Daisy's grooming for the show, Stella would not have won the Best Coat and Best Condition awards. 

The efforts of Auntie Rowena, Felix and Betty should not be ignored, as through their care and interactions, Stella is lucky to have such an enriching life. 

Thanks be to God!