My Cat Gave Birth to Cute Kittens

All the kittens are cute! *meows {=^:^=}

Wow my female cat, Minaw just gave birth to 2 cute kittens this morning, 19th January 2009. I woke up and opened the garage and walked to the kitchen to prepare the food for today as usual. Then my dad told me about that. he said.. "our cat just gave birth and she is outside now in stone flower pot by the window." So then I hurry up to check on her and I found her there cuddling with her babies.

She is nursing the baby while another one is sleeping :)

First thing I wanted to know how many kittens she born. Yeah 2 kittens as I already guessed during her pregnancy. One is black and the other one is gray in color just like the mom. They already cleaned and the gray one was sucking the nipple meanwhile the black one was sleeping.

Actually this is the 3rd time she gave birth. But her babies from the previous birth died before they had chance to grow up :( Well It was the sad part.

Hallo Minaw.. Gmorning mommy.. :)

Minow was looking at me when I checked on them hehehe.. I dunno whether she worried if I would take her babies, but she looks so relax. So I guess she didn't think I was disturbing them. And I just looked .. no touching. So I ran to get my camera and took some picture of them :p and I keep checking on them time to time hehe..

Looks from the other side :p

Btw.. I didn't see Goldy (my other cat, male) around this morning O_o and it's a bit unusual. I wanna know what Goldy will reacts toward Minaw's babies. I don't want him to attack them or do something bad.. I will introduce him to the new comers :p and I will find a better place for the family and a better blanket to keep them warm..

Minaw and her cute babies with rooster sound background lol, morning 20 Jan 2009.

Going Uphill to Mt. Tangkuban Perahu

Mount Tangkuban Perahu is one of tourist favorite spots when visit Bandung. This time I had a visitor, a friend from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) who wanted to go for volcano activity. A fun crazy gurl aka "idoleyes" :p

Well no problem.. I was ready for the action! lol.
But first we had to think how to get to Tangkuban Perahu, whether to call a rental car or just get taxi. Later after few thinking and consideration we ended up to rent an "angkot" (Angkutan Kota - a public transport in Bandung) which arranged by another friend (too bad she couldn't join us that time, coz not feeling well). Thought that would be cheaper compare to other transports. The fare agreement with the driver was Rp.150.000,- back and forth (after all we paid Rp.50.000,- more lol) - oh it was exclude the entry fee.

This is the kind of angkot we had to Tangkuban Perahu (but not that one) - just driver and his friend, my friend and I :p

Well even the car seat wasn't so comfortable and no air conditioner but it was okay lol we still enjoyed the scenery.. vegetables and flowers farm and the weather was nice too. Because it was Sunday (also school holidays) so the traffic was quite crowd and the driver took a shortcut road. I wasn't so sure whether it was faster or just took longer to reach Tangkuban Perahu lol. I didn't really care about it coz I was busy talking and enjoying the view with my friend.

Domas Crater - with a small souvenir stall at the entrance to the crater. The bottle you can see on the pic are sulfur mud which are believed a good medicine for rheumatism, skin complaints or treatments.

Short story, we arrived at the volcano area, we decided - well I did :p - to start the journey from "Domas Crater" (Kawah Domas) which is one of the craters. We took the short way to get there which is not too far from the road.. This is the most easily accessible to get to Domas crater. I asked the angkot driver to wait us at the car park uphill where the main crater, "Queen Crater" (Kawah Ratu) could be seen.
Some vender tried to sell their stuff to us with a high price :) they thought I was a tourist too.. so I had to say.. "Nope I am a local" .. then spoke Sundanese :p
One vender wanted to sell a stone as big as chicken egg for Rp.250.000 ... O_o aw! That is too much for that stone.. So I just tried to bargain for Rp.40.000 hehe.. and then he said.. okay for 100 then 50 etc.. meanwhile we kept walking away :p Idoleyes wasn't so interested to buy it tho.

The first thing to strike you on the approach to the active crater is the stench of sulfur. Then you will see boiling hot water, bubbling mud and hissing sulfur vapor. Below is a short video of Domas crater..

Can you hear it hissing? O_O

Near the entrance, there is a stall selling snacks and drinks. There you can buy eggs so that you can put them into the boiling water. Need about 10 minutes until they are cooked. So imagine the water is hot :p But you will still able to soak your feet in the hot spring which is not too hot to relax you a bit. But I didn't do it there lol too many feet in that small pond :p

Closer - Boiling eggs in hot geyser till it cooked.

Ready for some hiking? :p

The way down from Kawah Ratu to Kawah Domas via a forest is about 1.2 km (or vice versa). So if you are planning to go to Kawah Domas, make sure you are quite physically fit and your knee joints are strong enough. It is an up and down terrain with uneven surfaces. Even tho you always able to take some rest during the hike, just sit for awhile :)
Or maybe some people who is crossing you will asks whether it is still far or closer :p Just give them some positive support lol. Like when Idoleyes kept asking "How many long to go?" ... I said.. "10 meters.. well each 10 meter or less you can take some rest" :p
And yes we did take lots of rest.. Well I didn't complain about it.. I needed it as well haha..

Going down to Kawah Domas

Going up to Kawah Ratu (same route)

This is what you will see :) Beautiful view when taking some rest at the canteen on the way to the summit (or down to Domas crater) worth seeing hu :p

Finally when we approached the summit.. We saw our driver :p and he said.. why so long? lol..
Oh well.. couldn't blame him to ask that lol.. took about hmmm I guess maybe more than an hour to get there.. maybe 2?? O_o (That was why we gave Rp.50.000 more to him haha..)
In fact.. It's only need about 30 minutes from the top to Kawah Domas, but that because goes down.. Not the same when it is step climbing, more tiring (an excuse) :p
Oh forgot to say.. there was 2 boys who was following us since we arrived. They are the venders but quite nice too coz they were helping us alot.. well Idoleyes hehe.. *Hi sis! :)

Then for that she bought a souvenir of 20 key-chains from that boy.. and thats too much lol and not bought anything from the other one. Not interested and too expensive for a bracelet :p Oh well..

So then without looking any other souvenir which are so many stalls there.. We decided just went back to the hotel.. Was too exhausted.

I was happy for Idoleyes .. she made it! Shes kewl. I was worried abit coz she had to catch her flight next day to go back home hehehe my bad :-\

Now shes home :p (*peace!!)

Video of My Cats - Kiddy VS Goldy

Wrestle of Two Warriors - Kiddy VS Goldy
Just an amateur video from mobile camera. No editing yet coz I don't know how :)
The stars are "Kiddy" - white and grey mixed semi-longhair and "Goldy" - Orange tabby shorthair.

Kiddy was starting it when he jumped on Goldy's back - he always makes the first moves :) and Goldy got really annoyed and attacked him back. If you heard some backsound, it was from my nephew who was playing Tenchu - playstation. As you can see on the background, there were playstation sticks :p

Just another day.. I was going out and found them on the fight position.. Maybe one of them wanted to revenge for the previous fight :p But again.. its not finish yet.. To be continue..

More useful information including pictures of cats: Kitty Cat Meow