"Lucky" was not so lucky.
Heidi texted the Mrs in early morning to inform "Lucky" passed away. She tried hard to get "Lucky" a mother cat to feed her.
The mother cat at her home had trouble milking "Lucky". She was confused to milk a strange kitten much younger than her own. It was made difficult when father cat got jealous to see other kitten milking on the wife other than his own kitten.
So Heidi had to stayed up late to nurse and feed her.
The next day, she took "Lucky" to someone with a mother cat with newborns. The mother cat was willing but like any newborn human baby, "Lucky" didn't know how to milk from a cat.
"Lucky" only had the opportunity to milk from her own mother for a day or two only.
It is frustrating because Yati had helped to arrange for us to bring "Lucky" somewhere this Saturday where there are three mother cat with newborns.
Alas ... like any cat litters, their chances of survival is low, especially without mother's milk.
We have tried. "Lucky" was placed under 24 hour care at an animal hospital care. We had ensure someone capable in handling a kitten in such delicate stage. Heidi too tried very hard to get a mother cat to adopt "lucky".
We will be collecting "Lucky" this evening and give her a respectable burial tonight.
From the death of a cat, we move to the death of someone commonly referred to as another cat.
The Tiger from Jelutong.
Karpal Singh died a tragic death at 1:30 AM this morning in an accident on the PLUS highway near Gua Tempurong on the way to Ipoh from Kuala Lumpur.
Initial investigation from sources claimed the Toyota Alphard with Karpal in the front seat lost control and ramp into the back of a truck. So no need to fabricate a conspiracy to murder him.
Karpal Singh is not someone politically in sync with us. However, even Prophet Muhammad rose to give respect to a Jewish burial procession. We wish to express our condolence to his family and friends.
In both courtroom and Parliament, he was a controversial figure known for being loud and not mincing his words.
Karpal was suspended from parliament numerous times, charged for sedition, and had been detained under Malaysia's internal security laws.
He is awaiting appeal on a prison sentence for uttering seditous words against the Sultan of Perak.
It is not the first time he had expressed such seditous words against the Malay royalties. The younger public will not know of the incident one Kiyai Arshad had slapped Karpal Singh for expressing rude wordds against the Sultan of Selangor.
Urban legend has it that there was an incidence in the young Straits Settlement-born Karpal Singh that made him vow vengence against Malay royalties.
Karpal Singh would be the most vocal when it comes to disagreeing with constitutional position and rights of Malays/Bumiputera, Islam, and Malay rulers that he is peceived as anti-Malay or anti-Islam.
PAS maybe comfortably in bed with DAP in Pakatan Rakyat in their quest for power but no one will forget secularist Karpal's over my dead body remark in his opposition to anything Islamic, from hudud law to Islamic state.
His death in the midst of UMNO political support for PAS Kelantan to implement the 1994 law passed is interesting.
Nik Aziz expressed disappointment for being unable to convince Karpal on hudud. He had kafir UMNO for not supporting hudud but now that UMNO has supported and Karpal's last words was still of resentment had put PAS in an uncomfortable position.
Will they kafir PKR and DAP?
He is seldom seen as more DAP than any Chinese DAP leaders because Karpal Singh does not play politics.
Neither did he held back to express his dismay when Lim Guan Eng wanted to strengthen himself by attempting to topple Karpal Singh.
It is Anwar Ibrahim second sodomy case that exposed the hypocrasy of the lawyer Karpal Singh for being lead counsel for Anwar.
Before the first sodomy case, it was Karpal Singh that exposed Anwar's homosexuality in Parliment till Mat Sabu took it up to popularise the term Al Juburi in his crowd filled ceramah.
Did Karpal Singh gave the trump card to his son? For the time being, Anwar could be relieved with Karpal's death. It could be a useful excuse to prolong his Federal Court appeal and delay his imprisonment.
Karpal Singh made a name for himself in a drug case that acquited an Australian drug trafficker. But it is the drug cases that saw Karpal Singh acting in contrary to the popular perception of himself as a man of principle.
It must be somewhere in the 1980s because we were already working. The Bar Council was up in arms against the judiciary with regard to an issue on drug cases. They agreed to boycott taking up drug cases till their demands were met by the judiciary.
It was Karpal Singh that broke the "union" barricade to compromise with the judiciary. This were the years in which the legal fraternity felt strongly the executive were meddling with the judiciary.
We were quiet aware back then that whenever Karpal Singh has an important case and Parliament was in session, he would create an antic and get himself expelled and suspended for few days.
As said by that UMNO Minister, Karpal Singh helped to fertilise democrasy. We must admit that we have met the men to get a briefing in a legal case with "common interest".
He was physically weak and could hardly stretch raised his hand to shake. However, he was attentive and still reading through his cases. Someone like Karpal Singh was convenient to have a round. Otherwise, the common folks bullied by those in power.
However, the ways of Karpal Singh and his fellow comrade, Lim Kit Siang has passed it's time. The same tricks and ruckus created will no more be acceptable in due time. It will wear off and politics of rationality will make it's presence.
Even Lim Guan Eng had acknowledged to a friend that DAP politics must ubah too and the old ways of his father will eventually end. There is quite hopeful but don't see him yet change for a more progressive and mature politics.