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International Cat of Mystery
"badwilson" wrote in message
... Greetings from Malaysia! We are all packed up and out of our house in Thailand. All our stuff is in a shipping container and enroute to Australia. Meanwhile, we are staying in a furnished 2 bedroom apartment in Penang, Malaysia. We will be here until the time comes for Vino's appointment with jail in Perth. The soonest we could get him in was April 10, so on the 9th, we'll be off. Dennis won't be coming with us because he has to return to work in Myanmar on the 11th. In a way it works out because that gives me a chance to rent a house and get all the furniture set up before Vino joins us after his 30 days quarantine. Yesterday the poor bugger had his throat shaved and blood taken from the jugular for the 2nd time in 6 months. The sample is also enroute to Australia via Fedex. The apartment where we are is pretty good for animal watching. Out back is a large copse of trees where in the evenings is a large group of pretty big monkeys which are constantly fighting with each other. There is also this creek, which really swells up when it rains and we saw a giant monitor lizard drifting along yesterday. There are also these bright turquoise birds with yellow beaks. The lady downstairs has 2 cats, both strays that showed up. One is a small orange boy with a 1/4 tail and the other is a heavily pregnant female with long hair and white with tabby spots. I've nicknamed her Wide Load. Can't wait to see the kittens! The lady said she has homes lined up for most of them. I hope she gets her spayed afterwards, I am going to ask her. Dennis has to leave tomorrow night to go to Florida for 1 week for his yearly training course on the simulator. It was supposed to happen during his next month working but the company changed it at the last minute and wouldn't budge despite our vehement protests. We are not best pleased with the situation, but I'll be ok hanging here by myself with Vino for a week. I've got satellite TV and the internet for the laptop. Although the connection is really bad because it goes through the switchboard at the front desk. I am just going to use it to download the NG to read offline and will go to the internet cafe around the corner for emailing! Anyway, that's it for the latest news on our whereabouts. Hugs and purrs for anyone that needs them. Any chance you are going to be staying in Sydney for a day or two as you head to Perth, or are you going directly to Perth? Because if you are going to be in Sydney for a few days, I can feel an RPCA/Catslaves meet coming on. Yowie |
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"Yowie" wrote in message ... "badwilson" wrote in message ... Greetings from Malaysia! We are all packed up and out of our house in Thailand. All our stuff is in a shipping container and enroute to Australia. Meanwhile, we are staying in a furnished 2 bedroom apartment in Penang, Malaysia. We will be here until the time comes for Vino's appointment with jail in Perth. The soonest we could get him in was April 10, so on the 9th, we'll be off. Dennis won't be coming with us because he has to return to work in Myanmar on the 11th. In a way it works out because that gives me a chance to rent a house and get all the furniture set up before Vino joins us after his 30 days quarantine. Yesterday the poor bugger had his throat shaved and blood taken from the jugular for the 2nd time in 6 months. The sample is also enroute to Australia via Fedex. The apartment where we are is pretty good for animal watching. Out back is a large copse of trees where in the evenings is a large group of pretty big monkeys which are constantly fighting with each other. There is also this creek, which really swells up when it rains and we saw a giant monitor lizard drifting along yesterday. There are also these bright turquoise birds with yellow beaks. The lady downstairs has 2 cats, both strays that showed up. One is a small orange boy with a 1/4 tail and the other is a heavily pregnant female with long hair and white with tabby spots. I've nicknamed her Wide Load. Can't wait to see the kittens! The lady said she has homes lined up for most of them. I hope she gets her spayed afterwards, I am going to ask her. Dennis has to leave tomorrow night to go to Florida for 1 week for his yearly training course on the simulator. It was supposed to happen during his next month working but the company changed it at the last minute and wouldn't budge despite our vehement protests. We are not best pleased with the situation, but I'll be ok hanging here by myself with Vino for a week. I've got satellite TV and the internet for the laptop. Although the connection is really bad because it goes through the switchboard at the front desk. I am just going to use it to download the NG to read offline and will go to the internet cafe around the corner for emailing! Anyway, that's it for the latest news on our whereabouts. Hugs and purrs for anyone that needs them. Any chance you are going to be staying in Sydney for a day or two as you head to Perth, or are you going directly to Perth? Because if you are going to be in Sydney for a few days, I can feel an RPCA/Catslaves meet coming on. Yowie Sorry, but no, that would be extremely out of the way. It's actually closer from Perth to Singapore than from Perth to Sydney. And I'm pretty close to Singapore right now. With everything that's happening, I doubt I'll make it to Sydney until next year at the very earliest. But it will happen, believe me! And then we'll organize a meet well in advance. Can't wait :-) -- Britta |
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Hi Britta,
I hope your container of furniture arrives on time. 18 months ago my son moved to New Zealand, his furniture went in a container, his new job paid for accommodation for one month. He found and rented a house, still no furniture. He moved in with a futon to sleep on, and one borrowed chair ! He missed his 2 cats so much that he had them sent over, he bought an electric heat pad for them, and there they all stayed for weeks before his furniture arrived. It seemed that the container was not full, so it stayed here in OZ until it had a full load. I hope this does not happen to you ! Marie from OZ "badwilson" wrote in message ... "Yowie" wrote in message ... "badwilson" wrote in message ... Greetings from Malaysia! We are all packed up and out of our house in Thailand. All our stuff is in a shipping container and enroute to Australia. Meanwhile, we are staying in a furnished 2 bedroom apartment in Penang, Malaysia. We will be here until the time comes for Vino's appointment with jail in Perth. The soonest we could get him in was April 10, so on the 9th, we'll be off. Dennis won't be coming with us because he has to return to work in Myanmar on the 11th. In a way it works out because that gives me a chance to rent a house and get all the furniture set up before Vino joins us after his 30 days quarantine. Yesterday the poor bugger had his throat shaved and blood taken from the jugular for the 2nd time in 6 months. The sample is also enroute to Australia via Fedex. The apartment where we are is pretty good for animal watching. Out back is a large copse of trees where in the evenings is a large group of pretty big monkeys which are constantly fighting with each other. There is also this creek, which really swells up when it rains and we saw a giant monitor lizard drifting along yesterday. There are also these bright turquoise birds with yellow beaks. The lady downstairs has 2 cats, both strays that showed up. One is a small orange boy with a 1/4 tail and the other is a heavily pregnant female with long hair and white with tabby spots. I've nicknamed her Wide Load. Can't wait to see the kittens! The lady said she has homes lined up for most of them. I hope she gets her spayed afterwards, I am going to ask her. Dennis has to leave tomorrow night to go to Florida for 1 week for his yearly training course on the simulator. It was supposed to happen during his next month working but the company changed it at the last minute and wouldn't budge despite our vehement protests. We are not best pleased with the situation, but I'll be ok hanging here by myself with Vino for a week. I've got satellite TV and the internet for the laptop. Although the connection is really bad because it goes through the switchboard at the front desk. I am just going to use it to download the NG to read offline and will go to the internet cafe around the corner for emailing! Anyway, that's it for the latest news on our whereabouts. Hugs and purrs for anyone that needs them. Any chance you are going to be staying in Sydney for a day or two as you head to Perth, or are you going directly to Perth? Because if you are going to be in Sydney for a few days, I can feel an RPCA/Catslaves meet coming on. Yowie Sorry, but no, that would be extremely out of the way. It's actually closer from Perth to Singapore than from Perth to Sydney. And I'm pretty close to Singapore right now. With everything that's happening, I doubt I'll make it to Sydney until next year at the very earliest. But it will happen, believe me! And then we'll organize a meet well in advance. Can't wait :-) -- Britta |
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"badwilson" wrote in message ... "Yowie" wrote in message ... "badwilson" wrote in message ... Greetings from Malaysia! We are all packed up and out of our house in Thailand. All our stuff is in a shipping container and enroute to Australia. Meanwhile, we are staying in a furnished 2 bedroom apartment in Penang, Malaysia. We will be here until the time comes for Vino's appointment with jail in Perth. The soonest we could get him in was April 10, so on the 9th, we'll be off. Dennis won't be coming with us because he has to return to work in Myanmar on the 11th. In a way it works out because that gives me a chance to rent a house and get all the furniture set up before Vino joins us after his 30 days quarantine. Yesterday the poor bugger had his throat shaved and blood taken from the jugular for the 2nd time in 6 months. The sample is also enroute to Australia via Fedex. The apartment where we are is pretty good for animal watching. Out back is a large copse of trees where in the evenings is a large group of pretty big monkeys which are constantly fighting with each other. There is also this creek, which really swells up when it rains and we saw a giant monitor lizard drifting along yesterday. There are also these bright turquoise birds with yellow beaks. The lady downstairs has 2 cats, both strays that showed up. One is a small orange boy with a 1/4 tail and the other is a heavily pregnant female with long hair and white with tabby spots. I've nicknamed her Wide Load. Can't wait to see the kittens! The lady said she has homes lined up for most of them. I hope she gets her spayed afterwards, I am going to ask her. Dennis has to leave tomorrow night to go to Florida for 1 week for his yearly training course on the simulator. It was supposed to happen during his next month working but the company changed it at the last minute and wouldn't budge despite our vehement protests. We are not best pleased with the situation, but I'll be ok hanging here by myself with Vino for a week. I've got satellite TV and the internet for the laptop. Although the connection is really bad because it goes through the switchboard at the front desk. I am just going to use it to download the NG to read offline and will go to the internet cafe around the corner for emailing! Anyway, that's it for the latest news on our whereabouts. Hugs and purrs for anyone that needs them. Any chance you are going to be staying in Sydney for a day or two as you head to Perth, or are you going directly to Perth? Because if you are going to be in Sydney for a few days, I can feel an RPCA/Catslaves meet coming on. Yowie Sorry, but no, that would be extremely out of the way. It's actually closer from Perth to Singapore than from Perth to Sydney. And I'm pretty close to Singapore right now. With everything that's happening, I doubt I'll make it to Sydney until next year at the very earliest. But it will happen, believe me! And then we'll organize a meet well in advance. Can't wait :-) -- Britta Oh, and if you want to take another little 'side trip' to cairns..... lol |
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"Marie Lawrence" wrote in message u... Hi Britta, I hope your container of furniture arrives on time. 18 months ago my son moved to New Zealand, his furniture went in a container, his new job paid for accommodation for one month. He found and rented a house, still no furniture. He moved in with a futon to sleep on, and one borrowed chair ! He missed his 2 cats so much that he had them sent over, he bought an electric heat pad for them, and there they all stayed for weeks before his furniture arrived. It seemed that the container was not full, so it stayed here in OZ until it had a full load. I hope this does not happen to you ! Marie from OZ Our container is definitely full...to the brim! Also, we rented the whole container, no one else's stuff is allowed in there. But it will still be at least 3 weeks before the stuff arrives after I do. I plan to rent a house right away and I'll sleep on an air mattress. Helen Wheels is kindly storing 3 large bags for us too, which contain sheets, towels, pots, pans, dishes and even a toaster! I think I'll be ok camping out in an empty house for as long as it takes our stuff to arrive. We had to do it for 6 weeks when I was 10 and we moved from Germany to Canada. For some reason our container was extremely delayed but I can't remember why now. -- Britta |
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"badwilson" wrote in message ... Our container is definitely full...to the brim! Also, we rented the whole container, no one else's stuff is allowed in there. But it will still be at least 3 weeks before the stuff arrives after I do. I plan to rent a house right away and I'll sleep on an air mattress. Helen Wheels is kindly storing 3 large bags for us too, which contain sheets, towels, pots, pans, dishes and even a toaster! I think I'll be ok camping out in an empty house for as long as it takes our stuff to arrive. We had to do it for 6 weeks when I was 10 and we moved from Germany to Canada. For some reason our container was extremely delayed but I can't remember why now. -- Britta I'm so excited for you all, Britta. Please keep us informed on how everything is going, especially with Vino and his kitty TV experiences. Moving is the pits except for the trip aspect of it. I hated packing and unpacking, but getting there was a blast, and getting to know my new surroundings fun and challenging. I still get itchy feet after being somewhere for three to four years. Pam S. who's been at Pine Cone's Retreat for Four years at the end of June. |
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badwilson wrote:
"Marie Lawrence" wrote in message u... Hi Britta, I hope your container of furniture arrives on time. 18 months ago my son moved to New Zealand, his furniture went in a container, his new job paid for accommodation for one month. He found and rented a house, still no furniture. He moved in with a futon to sleep on, and one borrowed chair ! He missed his 2 cats so much that he had them sent over, he bought an electric heat pad for them, and there they all stayed for weeks before his furniture arrived. It seemed that the container was not full, so it stayed here in OZ until it had a full load. I hope this does not happen to you ! Marie from OZ Our container is definitely full...to the brim! Also, we rented the whole container, no one else's stuff is allowed in there. But it will still be at least 3 weeks before the stuff arrives after I do. I plan to rent a house right away and I'll sleep on an air mattress. Helen Wheels is kindly storing 3 large bags for us too, which contain sheets, towels, pots, pans, dishes and even a toaster! I think I'll be ok camping out in an empty house for as long as it takes our stuff to arrive. We had to do it for 6 weeks when I was 10 and we moved from Germany to Canada. For some reason our container was extremely delayed but I can't remember why now. -- Britta I have had to warn Orlie that his current favourite lounging spot (your largest bag) will soon be gone. He didn't look happy. I have to warn you that he may be planning something. |
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"Helen Wheels" wrote in message ... badwilson wrote: "Marie Lawrence" wrote in message u... Hi Britta, I hope your container of furniture arrives on time. 18 months ago my son moved to New Zealand, his furniture went in a container, his new job paid for accommodation for one month. He found and rented a house, still no furniture. He moved in with a futon to sleep on, and one borrowed chair ! He missed his 2 cats so much that he had them sent over, he bought an electric heat pad for them, and there they all stayed for weeks before his furniture arrived. It seemed that the container was not full, so it stayed here in OZ until it had a full load. I hope this does not happen to you ! Marie from OZ Our container is definitely full...to the brim! Also, we rented the whole container, no one else's stuff is allowed in there. But it will still be at least 3 weeks before the stuff arrives after I do. I plan to rent a house right away and I'll sleep on an air mattress. Helen Wheels is kindly storing 3 large bags for us too, which contain sheets, towels, pots, pans, dishes and even a toaster! I think I'll be ok camping out in an empty house for as long as it takes our stuff to arrive. We had to do it for 6 weeks when I was 10 and we moved from Germany to Canada. For some reason our container was extremely delayed but I can't remember why now. -- Britta I have had to warn Orlie that his current favourite lounging spot (your largest bag) will soon be gone. He didn't look happy. I have to warn you that he may be planning something. Awwww, that's so sweet! I can just picture Orlie lounging on my bag. Maybe he will just happen to be inside the bag when I leave ;-) I'll be a month without Vino, so Orlie can come stay with me evil grin. -- Britta |
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