Cat Commentary - Tense Stand-off

As you all know, we’ve welcomed the presence of Cookies, Arrow and occasionally, Cream at our house’s outside compound. We also welcome some cats that come and ago. Lately though, we seem to be hosting another cat. She’s white with several black patches on her body (kinda like a cow). My sister has named her Bow, so that there’s Cookies and Cream, Bow and Arrow. I don’t think Arrow would be happy with this arrangement. She, along with Cookies, has been quite hostile towards the newcomer, but nothing that warrants an intervention. They just get a bit aggressive during feeding time and when they think she’s stealing the attention away from them. Sometimes, Cookies and Arrow give me the cold shoulder when they think I’m being too friendly with Bow -__-;; Anyways, I couldn’t help feeling sorry towards Bow, she’s quite scrawny and has a meow that tugs the heart. Unfortunately, she’s clearly the outsider among the outsiders. Her features are so different from Cookies and Arrow, even her fur is course where theirs is soft. Still, I’m hoping that one day, Cookies and Arrow will befriend her. At the moment, they seem to tolerate her presence but aren’t exactly chummy with her. Cream hasn’t been around since Bow appeared which might be a good thing. She’s already fierce enough with Cookies and Arrow (I still miss her though!).
If this scene is already seems crowded enough, it doesn’t seem that it will stop here. I was feeding Cookies the other night and Bow was there as well. I called Arrow but she was nowhere to be seen. While Cookies was eating and Bow was waiting for her turn, a cat came up the stairs. I’ll refer to it as a “he” since it looks like a male. He must belong to one of the neighbours since he had a collar. He was a curious looking cat though. He was brown in colour (I think, it was night after all and the lighting wasn’t great) with some faint stripes along its body. What’s curious about the cat was its big, round head. The cat didn’t look like it has a neck, it looked like the head was attached directly to the body.
Anyway, once he came up the stairs, everybody (me along with Cookies and Bow) froze. It was like a tense stand-off, everyone stared at each other and nobody wanted to make the first move. I literally froze and the cat warily approached me. He wanted to walk pass me, at the same, it seemed like he wanted to approach Bow who was next to me. Maybe they’re friends. He kept inching forward to get past me. Somewhere around this time, Arrow finally came up, the cat dashed away once he had passed me and the tension was broken. I continued to feed Bow and then Arrow. It was a funny situation. Later on, I found out that the cat has been sighted around the house a few times before. It seems like our house is really cat-friendly again :D

Don’t let the putu mayam guy go!

I was minding my way at the office today when my colleague told me the putu mayam guy was outside. I told her, “Thanks, but no thanks.” As I walked further, I saw another colleague of mine walk by, a packet of vadai in her hand. In my mind I was thinking, ‘Hmm, I didn’t know he sells vadai too.’ I then did a u-turn to grab my wallet. On the way down, I asked some of my departmental colleagues if they wanted anything. One of them said yes, then another one said okay and another one said she wouldn't mind having vadai, too. When I went to the reception area, I was told the putu mayam guy had left! Like all things in life, if there is anything you want, don’t dillydally. Just go get it!