There goes my cucumber plant — 1 miserable round cucumber was all I got before it died prematurely.
Mocha the landscape artiste…
More landscaping work by Mocha
I guess Mocha‘s just trying to be helpful… 
Mocha, the puppy formerly known as copper, is the newest member of our family. He is ‘currently’ a small, brown puppy. Currently cause puppies can sometimes change their fur colour once they grow older.
Mocha is about 3-4 months old. We’re still trying to find out.
We brought him back this evening and today, he is still quite shy. He runs away from us and tries to hide under the car. We’ll let it be for now…
Oh ya… Barely an hour after we brought him back, he actually managed to find a way out of the house compound! *sigh* Not a good sign… But we managed to ‘seal up’ the escape route.
In a way… It’s a good sign. We like ‘active’ furkids.
From Wikipedia:
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (Latin: cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is rather soft and malleable, and a freshly exposed surface has a pinkish or peachy color. It is used as a thermal conductor, an electrical conductor, a building material, and a constituent of various metal alloys.
Copper is also…
Copper might become Mocha. Mocha on Wikipedia:
A caffè mocha or café mocha is a variant of a caffè latte. Like a latte, it is typically one third espresso and two thirds steamed milk, but a portion of chocolate is added, typically in the form of sweet cocoa powder, although many varieties use chocolate syrup. Mochas can contain dark or milk chocolate.
Mocha is also used to describe a coffee bean with a “chocolaty” taste. Smaller and rounder than most other varieties, these beans are derived from the coffee species Coffea arabica, which is native to Ethiopia and Yemen. “Mocha coffee” can refer either to the coffee-with-chocolate drink, or simply to coffee brewed with mocha beans, which were originally cultivated in Yemen and exported through the port of Mocha.
I got to speak to my neighbour this evening. I asked him about Gerger’s great escape and he confirmed that Gerger actually managed to climb OVER the half-wall… In case you’re not sure which wall is this, this is the half-wall Gerger scaled…
Yes, the same half-wall that cost me rm5k! It seems hard to believe because I know that even I will have trouble trying to climb this wall… But deep down inside, yes, I know Gerger is very capable and smart girl. I don’t think there is anything else we can do about the wall… Looks like Gerger will have to stay with my parents.
So, we now have a rm5k wall that is supposed to prevent our furkid from escaping and we now cannot have no furkid…? Hmmm… 
Today is our day out without Gabriel — need to give Mrs Tai some special attention and spend time with her. Our plan is to let Mrs Tai do what she likes — window shopping. At the same time, we’ll also catch The A-Team at the cinema.
So off we went to The Curve. First thing is to catch the early movie at 11am. After that, it’ll be a quick lunch followed by shopping till evening…
Towards the end of the movie, I started getting calls from my neighbour. I didn’t answer the call as it’s not a nice thing to do in a cinema. But I already suspected what is happening… This was shortly followed by a text message from another neighbour and the text message confirmed my suspicions and fear — Gerger is free! She did it again — She managed to escape and she’s roaming around the neighbourhood. *sigh*
Immediately after the movie, I called my neighbour, apologised for not picking up the call, got some updates and… Rushed back home. Gerger is still in the neighbourhood and my neighbours are helping me keep an eye on her. I told Mrs Tai to continue shopping while I go home and get Gerger. We decided that she needs to go back to my parent’s place…
By the time I got Gerger to my parent’s place and return to The Curve, it was quite late already. We only had like 1-2 hours before we had to leave and pick up Gabriel from the babysitter…
The puzzling thing is… How did she get out? We’ve got the half-wall. Gate is quite secured now. But my neighbour did say on the phone that Gerger climbed over the half-wall (or something like that)… I’ve yet to see my neighbour and can’t confirm what happened. Hopefully I get to see him tomorrow and find out more.
The two cucumber plants… Well, they are growing though they don’t seem very healthy. I think I have some bug infection. I see ladybird-like bugs eating the leaves… 
But I’m not getting the ‘effect’ I want. The cucumber plant is supposed to ‘green’ the whole section of the half-wall. I guess I need to plant more… Oh ya… We also saw this ‘ball’…
Gerger… She’s back with us now! With the half-wall done up, she should not be able to sneak out now. I think she’ll love it here in Setia Alam since we have a garden for her to run around. And we have got greens in the garden!
Gerger is a very cheeky girl. She is also very smart and cunning. Unfortunately, those are very bad combination… For me.
Mrs Tai and I were working on the garden earlier this afternoon while Gerger was playing by herself… She was running around disturbing us every now and then. After a while, she started to go after the houseflies flying around. She started going to the back of the garden… And suddenly, she’s next door! Yikes! She went through one small gap under the fence and she was looking back at us with the innocent look on her face… She tried to come back but could not get back through the same spot.
Mrs Tai quickly went outside and asked Gerger to come out through the gate…
And that was it… We need to properly secure our place and it looks like our best alternative is to build a wall (of at least a half-wall). We had earlier asked for a quotation and was told it would cost us about rm5k… *sigh*
I called my mum and asked her to take Gerger back for a few weeks while we sort out the house. Surprisingly, mum agreed to it. Mum came in the evening and after a few quick goodbye, Gerger was on her way back to my parent’s place. It’s going to be quiet for the next few weeks…
We’re so happy… Gerger found her way back home! She is very thin and very tired… Will write more about this later. We’re just so glad and happy she’s back!!!
We finally got our streamyx! It’s about time too… Can you believe it takes more than a month to get your phone line and broadband?!
My Gerger is missing…
We came back and she was not there to greet us. Drove around and could not find her. Neighbours said they saw her playing around on the field opposite our house in the morning (she managed to escape) but after that, she was not seen anymore…
We hope she is alright…
Another hamster died last night… She was nameless (she and two other hamsters, of which one died last month) but like other hamsters, she was cute. This is the thing I realised about hamsters… At pet shops, we see very healthy and very cute hamsters (I wonder what happens to the not-so-cute ones — do they become snake food?). But like all other living creatures, hamsters can also fall sick and die.
When I first got my pair of hamster, it never occured to me that some of the hamsters may fall sick, get injured, etc… After all, I was so in love with them after seeing them at the pet shop all clean, fat chubby and adorable. But when my pair started to have babies (and they really had lots of them), I realised that some of them will die early, some of them will not be chubby, some may have problems with their eyes, etc… The point is, hamsters are not that easy to care for after all.
Previously, when the hamsters died, I would use a hammer, a chisel and a screwdriver to dig up a grave… That’s because we don’t have any gardening tools such as spade or even a cangkul (hoe). Being kinda late already and feeling tired and sleepy (I try to go to bed by 10pm these days), I thought it would be easier to call a few friends and just borrow a hoe from one of them…
Tried the first one. He threw away his hoe a few months back. Actually, I remember my family used to have a hoe, a rake and a few spades… I guess after we cemented the porch, there was no need for the gardening tools anymore and my parents probably threw them away after that.
Called the second friend. She said her parents threw away the hoe as well…
Tried the third friend. He said he don’t have one.
Hmmm… It makes me wonder… How many of us actually still do gardening these days? Does anyone still have trees and plants outside their house? Have we gone so high-tech that we have no place for trees and other greens anymore?
