BORIS FILES

INTRODUCTION:

My name was given to me as: <BORIS>, I was born  sometime in March 1990., and given to Madam and Master, when I was barely 2 weeks old. They had to spoon-feed me with milk and soft-food. I also had a little brother, but unfortunately he died 1 week later, as he was too weak, to survive.  When I matured, and through the growing years learned to read and write, I decided to start a biography.  That is why my story starts arround Dec.1996.
 

12/12/96
Boris is very eager for Marcel to Arrive :)

Dec. 96,
I  was not eager to see the gang arriving from Luxembourg, as I was locked in our bedroom for 4 days, and that p.o.ed me.

Febr. 97,
Actually I am  behaving very funny, spraying onto the curtains and the table.

I am trying to open the ceramic box to get to Madam's hair bands. Beginning March, things are happening here, they bought some cages, two, I see, the one must be for me the other for Leila, we just tolerate each other, love hate relationship, back to the cages hmmm, wonder what  that is for.

Days later,
gosh a trip to the vet again, just been there in January, Well this time it was going to hell, what a Tuk Tuk ride, since when do cats have to travel in Tuk Tuks, where is that smooth running car they took me last time I? At the doctors not to bad, the doctor just listen to my heart, why I wonder, nothing wrong with my ticker.

Days later,
Malcolm here with his van, again going to see some offices, why is the guy shining a torch into my eye, nothing wrong with my eyes.

6pm the 15th March 97,
again into the cage, this time to the Bangkok Airport, check in, never been here before, wonder where we are going, looks like we are flying, I have seen birds flying but no cats yet, getting a bit nervous here looked up, they did give me a pill just before we left the Apt. I do feel not quite myself, a bit sleepy and my legs feel sort of weak. Hours waiting there at the check in, can't see my Madam anymore, nor do I see my Master, do I have to do this trip all by
myself and Leila of course in the other cage, can't see her at the moment, think her cage is standing next to me, just a feeling I have. Wauwhhh into the animal Dept. in the Boing 747-400, it's nice and warm I must say, feeling a bit more tired now. Funny feeling this flying is and 12 hours the captain announced, even I heard that down below, I might as well doze off now. Amsterdam Airport, oh I see my Master coming, about time, again a car trip and into a new house, well does not look to bad, can sleep with the Madam here, they do close the bedroom door, I wonder what
the house looks like.

3rd day,
they do let me out, gosh down the stairs I wonder, never walked stairs before, it's fun, I am running up and down like crazy, Leila a bit of a chicken does not join in the fun. All of a sudden, what's that following me now, another cat, never seen another cat except Leila, I always thought we were the only cats on this planet. This girl is really after me, she follows me everywhere, gheeee I better go under my bed again, she won't dare to come there.

Next day I see another cat and another, gosh this place is full of my kind.

A few days later
here is Michael, I remember him he came 3x to BKK this year, yes he takes me with to his Apt. not bad this time I could ride in a Porsche, still I shall miauw and miauw otherwise they think this is my kind of entertainment.

Stayed at Michael's only 3 days, back again to Krista and a few days later we are off to Luxembourg, wonder where that is, oh well, after I miauwed for 2 solid hours they finally let me out of the cage and hopla I can enjoy also the countryside, it's fun walking around this new van they bought,.

We are now in Sandweiler, Luxembourg,
what they put me in their cellar, a bit dark down here for me, I am used to better surroundings. Now I remember when Madelaine and the gang came to BKK they also locked me up into the Master's bedroom, there must be a reason for this. What the hell have I done to deserve this!  I consider myself a nice guy!

4 weeks later
I am still locked up in this cellar, must say Madelaine took me and Leila out in the cage into the garden, I believe it's for fresh air and sunshine. Wish I could escape right now, I see birds doing low flying, wish I could get one of those. 

Master and Madam have gone off to Switzerland and Spain,  they just left me and Leila here in the cellar, well now they are back, am I glad, so Madam takes me out in the garden again with a necklace around my neck, that is what people do to dogs, oh well better not complain at least I Can roll in the sandpit, it's just great.
So a few days later back into the car, where this time I wonder, I shall miauw for a while then Master will let me out, sure it worked;  after 5 min. I am walking around the car again, nice countryside again, gosh he drives fast, what 140Km and me not safety belt  on, I think he is taking a chance with my life here.  I shall try to go in the front seat, maybe he will show me how to drive this car, no luck, he is pushing me back all the time, maybe it's because I have no drivers licence, yes that must be it, as I have tried a few times to take over the wheel. Have to go for a whee now, what can I do, right,  maybe miauwing gets some attention,  hehehe sure worked, after a while there was the sandbox, my toilet, so had to do it in the car, oh what a relief.(case of a weak bladder!).
Right here we are again at Krista's again, actually this is a much better place, they let me sleep in their bedroom again.

A few days later; what's happening, Wim (who actually does not like me because I scratched him in the face when he was in Bangkok) suggested that Leila and I are intelligent cats and have to go outside.  I shall never forget that Wim is a good guy after all, I should actually be nicer to him, I shall try but won't  promise anything, I have this wild streak in me and it's hard to control it.
What a great world this is, out in the sunshine, without a lead on and right next to the canal with the ducks and plenty of fish in it.  First of all I will watch the birds, just one thing at the time, I better be careful, oh here is a butterfly, shall try and catch him, oh no luck, I have to do more excercise, this is for the birds, I am so out of touch.  After 2 hours I was tired, next day a bit longer, that's the way to do it, I guess.

Today I tried to get out through the bedroom window, wauwhh I am sliding down the roof into the gutter, so I slowly climbed up to the window again, never will I try this again, not for cats on this roo;, the next day, oh I can hardly walk, all my muscles are sore, now I remember; Marcel mentioned my weak muscles, have to do more excercises, now that I have this big garden that should not be a problem.

7.May 1997,
Sunshine and we were allowed,  Leila and I, to get out into the garden, Krista working in the front, so I try and go there too, not to close to the road, Madame is always watching me, then Krista grabs me under my 2 front legs and starts kissing me, this came out of the blue for me, so I freed myself by pushing my other legs into her face, gosh what have I done,  3  big holes and a scratch in Krista's head, she is really p.o. with me now, geeeeeehhhh stupid of me.
This afternoon was watching the ducks, 2 of them were very close to me but I just can't get to them because I would have to go for a swim and no way in this cold weather will I even try.

May 12th 97,
This is my last day here in Zegveld, I can feel it as my Madam is packing the suitcases.  In the evening around 10pm I decided to have a little walk, just checking the neighbourhood for the last time.
Krista, Wim, Wayne, Michael, Master and Madam were all sitting around the table next to the canal, so no-one was watching me for a while there, and I took the chance of sneaking to the neighbours garden, by that time it was dark and they could not see me.  Oh boy,  did I have the time of my  life, never have I been out that late before, so I just wandered around, don't quite know how far I went but then all of a sudden I hear everyone calling my name, well I just ignored them as it was too good to see things out there by night.  They walked up and down the street calling for me.  Around 11pm, I hear Michael taking the canoe out and he is now looking for me paddling up the canal, I saw him but he did not see me of course, cats can see very well in the dark but humans just  haven't got this touch.  Michael eventually gave up and returned to the house, then my Master got into the boat and is now looking for me, he went up the canal and all of a sudden I see him disappear, big splash and under he went, the boat turned over, he is now upside down under the water and struggling to get his legs out of the boat, eventually I see his head come out of the water and then the silly fool is trying to climb back into the boat, of course he overturns again, he tries again to get into the boat and then the boat suddenly sinks away under him because he did not understand that with all that water in the boat plus his weight, the boat is too heavy and  sinks, so then I see him walking with the boat in-tow,  back to Krista's place where he comes up totally wet and muddy and I am laughing my head of thinking what the hell humans are doing, don't they understand that water is wet!.  After that episode I decided not to go home yet as they must be p.o. with me, so I walked around and enjoyed my freedom.  At midnight Madam is again calling up and down the street, gosh I wonder what the neighbours think, calling a cat that late?  In any case, in the early days cats were supposed to go out at night when the humans go to bed, how times have changed?!
The nineties are surely different from the sixties, my grandfather could wander around all night long and no-one worried about him, that must have been fun in the olden days.  Just before 1am,  I approach the house, it's in darkness so they must have gone to bed,  they left the back door open for me and I happily walked inside the lounge, I did not want to stay out the whole night anyhow as it was getting to cold for me, coming from Bangkok to Holland is no joke, temperature wise, besides that I did not want to miss the going away and did not want to be left behind staying with those 3 other cats from Krista.

another 3+ hours in the car, we arrived and guess what, back into that cellar again but it was only for 2 days, Luka came and visited me quite often, he even fed me more than I could eat. Now back into the car and we are driving to Switzerland,.... never been there before, heard about it what a beautiful country that is but when we got there they locked us into the old horse stable, and were we locked in,  but solid, the place was in a mess and I have never slept in such an old untidy place in my entire life, I think after the horses left, they just but everything they wanted  to get rid off but did not know how, they put into that stable.  Leila and I did not see Master and Madam very often, but we heard them talking all the time as they were sitting behind the house drinking and eating.  So we were sort of left alone there and one day I saw a little opening by the door and I tried to get out, Leila was no great help, but I tried and tried and sure enough I was successful by sneaking out and of course Leila followed me, so we went into the barn, up the ladder into the hay stack and we had a wonderful time, but not for long, they discovered our escape and came looking for us, the  Master  found us and took us back into the horse- stable, now they even bolted the door more.

The second or third day we were there, my Madam put the lead on me and told me it's time for a walk into the sunshine, up into the veggie- garden that was, I liked it but Otti reckoned it's stupid to put a cat on the lead. Otti is my Madam's brother and has not much time for cats, his wife is even worse, she hates cats that is why we were not allowed into their house.

Finally we are off again into the car and going south, right through Switzerland, well I was not much interested in the country anymore, it was ok, but I just wondered where our next destination would be.  So we arrived in a Hotel somewhere in Spain, and believe it or not we actually were allowed to sleep again with Master and  Madam inside a hotel room, mind you the receptionist said guests with animals have to go downstairs, so that was no problem, nice room, no carpets though because rooms with carpets are not allowed to have animals with them.  First time in my life I slept in a hotel,  well nothing special for me as we just got our normal daily food out of a tin, no gourmet stuff etc.

On the 21.May 97
we arrived in Torrevieja, what a long trip from Switzerland that was, I thought we never get anywhere.  So my Master bought a house there and after being locked up for 6 days we finally were allowed to go outside and inspect the new home.  Must say, it is nice, birds around the garden which I tried to catch but with no luck.  I was told not to leave the premises, I still did and went into the neighbours garden across the road and there was another cat chasing me and she started a real cat- fight, if I had learned some Thai- boxing while I lived in Bangkok I might could have won but I was never trained to wander outside , and fighting is just not my cup of tea, so I got real scared, tried to find my way back out of this garden but it took a while until I found the gate, then I jumped up and crossed the road and I was scared as never before, I would have wet my pants, but I never had any on.  When I got home I got hell again from the Madam, she is always so worried about me when she does not see me. Then the builders came in and the front gate was always open so I escaped again and went into the other neighbours garden,  had a good inspection all-round and of course not long  after that they came to look for me again, I was just minding my own business but one of the builders came and chased me back with a broom stick.  I got told off again and since then I have not tried again.

Michael and Manon arrived,
Michael thinks its cool to drive his Porsche, it was great fun having them here, one evening around midnight there was this other cat again in our garden, he or she looks a bit like me and Leila, good old Leila, who never does a thing,  kept chasing the cat around the corner, well they called her back, and then saw another cat  running up the road and they thought it was me, so Master went to look for me into another garden and came home not finding me anywhere, meanwhile I was sitting in the lounge,  nicely asleep on the sofa, can you imagine he was mistaken me for another cat?

 But one Friday morning they went out and as usual locked us into the house, then some strange men came and forced the door open, they searched the whole bedroom and took some jewellery, credit cards, and some other stuff I don't know about and left in a hurry; later when Madam and Master  came home, I sat by the front- door and they were surprised to see the door open; shocked they were when they discovered that their valuables had gone, I did not know the strange man had come to steal, had I known that, I would have scratched his eyes out.  I was sad to see them so confused, Master kept asking me who he was and how he looked liked, well as I can't communicate with them in actual speaking, how can I tell them anything about their break-in, a few days later Julie arrived, remember her from Bangkok.

July 17th,
mid-afternoon, I sneaked into the car and then Master closed the door not knowing, I was there. Madam was looking for me after and hour or so and called my name and searched the whole garden and the house, she of course could not find me, she even went out on the road thinking I have wandered- off again.  The sun was shining down and it was so hot in the car, I kept calling; I am here, but no-one heard me, eventually she looked through the window and saw my thong out and breathing heavily as it was a boiling -oven in here, so thank God I was found, another hour and I would have dehydrated in there.

23.July,
I had a good lay-in during the day as I usually do, it's too hot out there, so I keep to the bedroom where it's a bit cooler, in the evening I usually decide to go for a stroll in the garden, get a bit of excercise before a good nights sleep.  I am sitting at the front door, enjoying the little breeze and fresh air and all of a sudden that black cat enters our garden, she looks quite young, sort of a teenager I think, it was actually quite late for this little chick to be on the road around midnight, she approaches me slowly, trying to turn me on, then I chased her away as this is Leila's and mine territory, I run after her down to the corner of the garden, miauwing we were, so of course Madam calls for Master and he came running after me and picked me up, so I bit him, gosh did I put my teeth into his hand, I was nervous and a bit hyper, this nasty streak in me showed up again, well the Master was bleeding heavily, so now I was really in trouble, Master gave me a good smack on my backside, I did feel sorry for him he must have been in pain.  Next day he went to see the doctor as his whole hand had swollen- up, so he got antibiotics and a tetanus injections, he is now complaining how much money that costs, I wonder if they are going to cut my food portions down, I hope not. 

 Talking about food, I don't eat as much lately because it is too hot, but I like the melons and I get quite a lot here, they are delicious and I just love them, nice and juicy, best melons I ever tasted.

Today had my afternoon nap again in theTransport-Pontiac; love this car, as long as they leave the windows open it's fine, today it was 36 degrees celcius inside, no wonder I am loosing so much hair lately, just now I am going to look all skinny, I hope I don't loose my good looks, they reckon I am a real handsome boy. hmmmm!

5th August 1997,
I mainly go out after 8pm, that's when fun starts for me, so every night lately, there comes that black cat again, I think she loves me as she comes right up to me and miauws her head off, then she plays around, maybe it's sort of a foreplay- dance, haven't figured that one out yet, I can't be bothered with all that sexy stuff, so I grawll at her ,but she does not seem to mind.  So today I sprayed and marked my territory, now lets see if that helps keeping her outside the gate.  I usually stay out until about 11pm, then I hear Madam walking around, calling me and rattling with her house -keys;  that means lock- up time, cats inside, so I am such an obedient boy, I come inside, then lay around the computer room, watching them talk to mostly Madelaine, sometimes Michael if he is not flying and Marcel (gosh I miss the guy), he comes on at around mid-day, that's when I have my nap of course.  I wish I could talk to him again, he was really my great pal in Bangkok and I hope I will see him again someday, but I hear he is looking for a job now, so I just have to be patient.
 I like to sit  on the window-porches , it's good as I can see everything from above and no harm will come to me like that, I play it save all the time, not a great adventurer these days, I wonder if it has got something to do with my age,  one calms down a bit when one gets older , even cats, .I am purring quite a lot here, never did that in Bangkok, so that means I am content with my live.

17.August,
I don't know what the big fuss is all about, the house got cleaned like never before, and in the evening I was put into the bathtub, got shampooed like never before and then my Master said; so now you are nice and smelly and ready for the big visit for the gang from Luxembourg.  Wauwhh was I clean and I hated every minute of that bath, never before did I get such a clean up and I hope that will do for the next year or two, after all I clean myself with my tongue quite a few times a day and that's the way we cats do it, with this modern lifestyle of the 90ies, even we cats have to smell to keep up, I would not be surprised if in the near future we also get deodorant and perfumes so we can impress other mates.

19.August,
the Luxembourg crowd arrive, peace and quiet seems to be over as I remember when they came to Bangkok, they made life hell for me as I was always locked- up in the bedroom.  I must say what a change it is here, Leila and I have the freedom of walking around where we want, no special rules except, we are not allowed to walk into the boys room, because of Pierre.
It's now very exciting here, lots of noise, much to see, I usually sit on the window in the kitchen watching the children play and running around in the garden, this is an ideal spot for me, best vieuw and the kids can't get to me.
I got a photo with Carmen holding my lead I had on, while in Luxembourg,  a nice shot of Carmen and me but that lead looks ridiculous on me, what an embaressment for me but I shall not show this photo to any other of my kind, they would just laugh out loud and tease me.

One night while Master, Madam and Madelaine were watching TV till 2am, TV seems to be the in-thing at the moment as Princess Diana died and they followed all the stories. They went to bed and then Madame was calling me as she usually does, she just won't go to bed without me being in the bedroom.  She looked everywhere in the house then searched the garden, calling me all the time, searched the garage, she went around about 3x in the garden, looking under the bushes and trees, even went out the road to look for me at 3am, she finally gave up and went to bed but could not sleep, still thinking of me being out there in the dark night all by myself, so she opened the cupboard door and guess what I was pretending to be fast asleep on the soft bath towel, meanwhile I was just playing hide and seek, I like that game very much that is why I never meauwed to her calls, had I done that I would have given my hiding place away, hehehehehehe!!

A few days later Leila came inside the house with a bird, she wanted just to show-off to me how clever she became since our stay here, well you should have heard Luka and Pierre and Carmen, they were shouting to her let, that bird go, it's not for eating, let it free, Leila went straight under the bed then, thinking that was a good place to have this great meal in peace.  Luka got a broom and the bird got free and then the kids caught it and put it in a  box and saved it's life.  Leila was disappointed of- course but I told her, humans just don't understand that cats are hunters and prefer a nice fresh meal occasionally instead of tin food.  Talking about tin food, I also got sick and tired of the Whiskas tin-stuff, then Madam tried Felix which they advertise all the time on TV saying that it's a great meal, the best for cats but I still refused to eat it, finally 3 days ago she bought Friskies and now I eat like a horse, yummy it's delicious, on special days when I have been a very good boy I get those white baites from Thailand, I love these little dried fishes,  had them in Thailand every day, but here it's once a week or so as they are imported from Thailand and are a bit expensive Madam says. That's about the only thing I miss from Bangkok those fishes.

9th September 97,
photos are taken , Luka wanted a photo with him and me on it,  first I walked away as I don't like my picture taken,  but then I was told to stay on the bed and pose nicely, cheese they say, but I ignored this, what on earth has cheese got to do with having a photo taken, I wonder?
They departed in the evening and now I miss them as it is very quiet in the house

13th Sept.
All quiet, in the afternoon then they locked us in the bedroom, they always do that now, when they go out, since we have this alarm- system in the house, they reckon Leila and I could maybe trigger off the alarm when we jump around the furniture, in the bedroom there is no sensor, so we can't do any harm there.  It took a long time till they came back and then we were surprised when they got home, gosh more visitors, Angela and Rene arrived, ole a bit more excitement again I hope.

16th Sept.
Felt like going to have a nap in the Pontiac as I like this car, sometimes I use it as a hiding place or just don't want to be distirbed. Leila was with me sleeping on the other side of car, but she must sort of gotten out in a hurry, because  an hour later I woke up and Master is driving the car and we are on the way to town, I thought I was dreaming and quite enjoyed it but then I realized this trip is for real.   I did not notice when he drove off and he did not see me either, otherwise I would have been chased out  of the car.  First I was most surprised that we are moving, then Master told me not to worry,  I am just going to the shop,  so I relaxed and enjoyed the car ride, a bit of a different scenery does me good from time to time.

Now Master is  putting up those plates on the gate-doors and the view to the road will be gone forever, pity in a way, as I liked to sit on the wall watching the people with dogs going by, quess I have to do this now on the balcony.

Julia arrives from Switzerland, good she is nice to cats, Leila is really greasing up to her.
A week later Richard arrives from Bangkok I remember him from there.
November, Lada is here so a bit more excitement in the house, it's been rather quiet lately and that is why I decided to take a walk now and then.  I jump up the wall in the corner of the garden then walk up the road, have a look what's going on in the neighbourhood, so the other day I stayed away for 4 hours, Madam came to look for me, she looked rather sad and worried but I had a good time and just did not take any notice of her calling me, besides that it would be rather embarasing if my mates would notice that I am being called home, so I kept real quiet and thought by myself they just have to get used to me going out on my own.  There were 2 other cats also taking a walk and on one occasion Madam thought it was me and she called Boris come here but it was that other Spanish fellow who looks just like me, I shall call him Jose typical spanish name for male.
This Jose is not very pleasant at all, he thinks I am his girlfriend the black cat, I shall call her Carmen also a spanish name, she is sweet and friendly  but with the language difficulty it makes it so hard to understand.  So the other day I went out in the morning and when I got home no-body was home, door closed, got a bit of a shock as I am not used to be stranded out in the wind and the weather is getting cooler now as winter is just around the corner, so I jumped up and waited on the window sill and when they got home I was so happy, although I got told off and asked where I went again but that is my secret.  I have to be real careful when I walk on the sidewalk as dogs come running after me and bark like hell, I am scared of dogs, don't like them at all and I think they don't like me either otherwise they would not perform so stupid when they see me.  In the evening I spend my time in front of the gas heater or on Madam's lap, it's warm and cosy.

13th Nov.97,
Great excitement here, Michael and Manon arrived, I recognized Michael straight away, as soon as he saw me he started playing with me, it feels like the olden days when Marcel was around, body slams all over again, this is real stuff,  I can really get into a fight with him and he does not mind so much when I grab my teeth into his hands.  I have stayed home most of the time while Michi was here as the excitement is to good here. One day I saw this strange four-wheeler running around the garden, looked like a toy to me, but it was running around all by itself, I was after this thing, looked like it dropped out of the sky, maybe from another planet I thought, so I went to investigate, how it can run so fast without a driver, then it came running after me, boy did I run away, I got really scared, but still I wanted to know more about this strange object.  After a while I saw Michael holding this box and it clicked of course it was a radio- controlled car which he bought here, I did see him working for a day on the dinning-room table, was wondering then what this is all about, he even took it to the beach the other day, great fun that was, pity he took it with him to Holland, it's much better than the model planes master has, he only lets the engines run, but never drives those planes around the garden.

 Another day Michael put me in a basket and spinned me around and around, gosh was I dizzy, I could not walk afterwards straight. Manon was very kind to me, she gave me hair bands every day, I love hair bands, first I play with them, then I chew them up, why I have this crave for this bands I do not know, strange!.  Now they are gone home and it's quiet again here, so will take some walks into the neighbours garden, see if there is some excitement there.  It is also getting cooler especially at night and Master put the oil- heater back into the lounge, they also changed the lounge around as when Michael was here, the goods from New Zealand arrived, gosh boxes and boxes Michael unpacked he could not wait to see all the stuff, it left me cool as these things ment nothing to me, that was before my time.
I do miss Michael, he said he would be back shortly, he even intends to buy a house just up the road about 4 plots away, that would really be nice so I could go and visit him sometimes and have fun and games when he would come for a holiday in his house.

28.Nov.
Beautiful day again, sunshine, what more does one want in life, I did a real stunt today, started at the corner of the house running to get real speed and then I climbed up the tree for the first time, Madam could not believe what she saw and called Master who came running and they both stood under the tree while I climbed higher and higher until I reached the very top, what a view up there, the branches got thinner and thinner the higher I climbed and I had to balance real hard,  I felt just like those rope walkers in a circus.  On my way down it was more difficult, Master said; you will fall off.  Little faith he has in me as I would just let go and fall, my muscles are great now and Marcel would be very proud of me now, when he came to visit us in Bangkok he always said; Boris you are getting weak, your muscles are not like they used to be, well he should see me now, I am nearly ready for those muscle-cat competitions, will try to climb this tree now every day, that should help me getting the first price.

3rd Dec.
Big surprise I got tonight as Michael came walking through the door, fun again for me but he only stayed 2 nights.  The weather has turned all of a sudden, we have winter here, it's too cold for me, so I have not been outside for 2 days now, I tried but the wind nearly blew me away, so I prefer to stay near the stove, nice and warm that's what I am used to.

Dec.10,
Another surprise Michael is here again with Manon, but again only 2 days, so gave him a few scratches as a souvenir to take with, so he won't forget me, well it's really all his fault, he spins me around and around on the floor, so can't blame me really to get ticked off.  I am not only watched by my Master and Madam these days, even the neighbour Brian, seems to know where I am,  he rung up telling them I was 2 houses down the road,.... talking about freedom here!  Manon and Madam came to look for me but gave up very quickly their search as they could not see me hiding under a bush, so I did not stay out long, thought better show my face at home, so they know I do care and in a way appreciate their concern about me.

2.Enero
(that's the Spanish word for January).  Now we are in the New Year, was quiet for me, Henry is here from HK and they went out for New Year's Eve and so no party in our house, was more exciting in Bangkok last year.  I wonder what this year will bring to me, last year I travelled a lot, well will just see and wait what excitement are around the corner in 1998.

Feb. 98
all is quiet on the Western Front, and that means maybe surprises coming up or trouble.  Yip I was right,  my intuition works, it is the 10th Febr. and Master and Madam left this morning for Santiago in the Dominican Republic for 7 days.  I am not pleased at all as they locked Leila and me into the garage, so ok, we also have this bedroom there and the workshop and the cellar but being locked up there is no fun. Brian and Hilary our neighbours come to feed us every afternoon, gosh what is it boring not seeing any-one and can't go to the garden I just don't like that and I am feeling sorry for myself. I sleep mostly in the Pontiac and wonder if I ever get a ride in it again.

16th Feb.
they are back and straight away we were free again, I guess it is better than putting us into a cattery that is what some people do.

22. Feb.
Master is going to Boston so we have to look after Madam, he said ;don't let any strangers come into the house, I will only be gone for 5 days,  and so we took care of Madam, she was scared at night but I would have scratched and bitten any intruders, so why she worried beats me.

2.March
and Master and Madam are off again to Luxembourg, Holland, Switzerland and again we got locked up in the garage, same old story, boring place but on the 4th day I got a big surprise as Michael walked into the garage and gave me a body slam and said come on out, enjoy life for 2 days as he was staying in the house for the weekend.  I was so happy to see him, I am very fond of him and he chasses me around the rooms it's great fun when he is here.  So on Sunday he left and shut me back into the garage as he had no choice he just followed Master's orders.

11.March
Master returned and we got set free, gosh one appreciates freedom after being jailed for days.
Something funny is going on, Madam is packing some suitcases and bought a cat bag, she put me in and said that is for you, it's nice has a window so I can look outside
and I won't get bored.

BOOK 2
2ND BOOK
 

27.March,
Michael is here again, he comes ever so often these days because he is furnishing his house, and Madam is packing suitcase after suitcase, that means we are going on a long trip, what with the cat bags ready and all.

28th.March.
I have this funny feeling I won't see this place for a while, otherwise they would not take us with and we also had to go to the doctor to get a health certificate and that means an overseas trip to me, just like we had to have in Bangkok.  So we arrived at the vet and I was scared, thinking I would get another injection which I hate,  on the crate we had before, it said; <Danger do not open> , as this bag did not have any warning,  I just put on a dangerous look and that did the trick, as the vet just wrote out the health certificate and cashed in his money, somehow I don't think it will work when I have to go for my yearly injection but it's worse a shot.

The day we left I thought I go for a last walk around the neighbourhood and say good -bye to all my friends and enemies, as I was walking in the garden opposite, Jose turned up, he immediately started a fight before I could say; <hey don't worry I am leaving tomorrow> so he hammered into me like never before, bit me above my eye and I run home as quickly as I could, took a while as he just would not stop fighting.  Madam put medicine on my wound and said; serves you right, why don't you stay in our own yard.

29th March.
We left Spain , Wim and Corrie ,friends of my Master brought us to the airport, the house got locked up as never before, shutters all down, special blinds on the front door and balcony were put on as if that would help for intruders I wonder, they just have to push it away and break the door down as they did before, I kept my mouth shut as no-one listens to me anyhow. While Master unloaded the suitcases outside the arrival-hall in Alicante and Madam took care of Leila and me,  I noticed a guy walking up to our luggage, took Master's briefcase and disappeared into a stand-by car with 3 other fellows in it.  Miauwing my head off, knowing that all the neccessary papers for Leila and me were in the briefcase, Master then run after this thief, got himself onto the bonnet, holding onto the windscreen-wipers with his left hand and banging on the window with his right hand, gosh it was so scary, I shivered thinking they are going to kill my Master who I love so much, people were standing and watching this drama wondering how it would end.  The bastards took off, first zig-zagging, trying to shake him off, then speeding up and braking again, he was sliding from side to side, Master was screaming his lungs out to atract some attention and of course there is never a cop around when you need one,  the car was speeding about 70km/hr and when they realized Master would not give up the fight,  they threw the briefcase out of the car.  So Master let go and fell onto the road with his right elbow into his ribs. Wim followed the thieves and picked my Master up and when he got back to the terminal he was so excited,
He shouted, no-one is going to steal anything from me again and Life begins at 60, he reckoned, he was really furious and then we checked-in.
Gosh, this whole episode was like a film I once saw on TV!!. It was a <007> movie, and I reckon, Master did much better then James Bond!!

Master then got ill, shock sat in and he wanted to throw up, he ran a few times back and forth to the bathroom and I was sitting in my bag still numb from the excitement and I felt so helpless as I could not do anything.   As we got our seats,  Master noticed that we were in different rows, Madam in the front of the plane and Master at the back, so he complained, the guy at the check-in said you are travelling with 2 animals and they are not allowed to be next to each other,  IATA rules he said.
Madam got angry but that did not help, so Master took me to his seat and Madam had Leila.  In Madrid we had a 6 hrs lay-over,  very nice airport, looks  huge and new.   After a while Master got sick again so Madam called a Doctor while I kept an eye on Master, he was then lying down on those hard chairs.  The doctor gave some painkillers and off we went to Santo Domingo,  a 9 hour trip, again I was sitting way away from Madam and after take-off she came to the back as there was a empty seat just 3 feet away from where I was sitting.  The flight was long but I enjoyed it better, as I actually sat inside the plane and not down in the hold like before.  We had some turbulances and that is why I miauwed a lot during the flight and my bag did not have a safety belt, so got a bit worried and scared, Master ever so often kicked my bag and told me to shut up as people wanted to sleep but I didn't care, besides that I was so thirsty and did not get any drinks throughout the whole trip, Madam did not want me to go to the toilet in the plane as there is no sand available for me to do <peepee>.  We arrived in Santo Domingo,  by that time my tongue was hanging out, I thought I am going to dehydrate any minute.  Madame had to take me to the customs for animals, that did take a while but they did not look at me, only were interested in custom-fees which was $10 for the both of us.  It took much longer to get the computer through customs and they unpacked the computer and Master had to pay 200$ for import duty, that did not happen last time we arrived from BKK in Amsterdam, they did not even look at any of my papers there, I guess other countries have other rules. The trip to Santiago was just over 3 hours, nice warm weather again and we got into the Hotel with <No Problema>. It was good to get out of the bag and I could stretch my legs after so many hours and not sleeping in the plane I was so tired and went straight away for a long nap.  Master and Madam went to look at apartments and Master checked with 2 different doctors and they discovered he had a broken rib from that fall in Alicante.
The days in the Hotel were really boring, whenever the cleaning lady came to do the room I had to go inside my bag so I could not escape through the open door.  I looked every day out the window, the airport was not far away and I watched the planes coming and going, sometimes I got scared when they came a bit close to the Hotel and ran every time under the bed.

15.April.
Madam took off to Holland, I was so sad, now we had to stay all alone during the day and no-one to talk to, it was just like being locked up in the cellar.  I also got a sore and don't quite know if it is from the fight I had before I left or maybe some strange bug bit me here, it's a bit itchy and I lick it all the time and that makes it worse.

25.April
we are moving out of the Hotel and into an Apartment, am I glad to get out of this place.  The Apartment is much better, have more room, can run around again and play hide and seek like I did in Bangkok but it's not the same as a garden and I do miss Spain very much, rolling around in the sand, climbing trees and the garden wall was great fun, now it's back to the way I lived in Bangkok, I wonder how long this is going to last.  They came to install the telephone and left the door open so I had my chance to escape.  I run quickly down the stairs and hit under a bush by the parking lot, well it did not take long for Master to found out I was missing, so he came and found me and chased me up the stairs again.  Now I just
look out over the balcony, I am trying to figure out how I can jump down, I am working on it.

29.April
Madam came back home again, I was so pleased to see her , but the first thing she said ; it's not save for Boris on the balcony, the guy is to clever and will figure out one of these days how he can jump down and wants a wire-netting put up,  but Master reckons I am not that stupid to jump from the 3rd floor.
I am sitting a lot on the one window seal and watch that barking dog down at the back, this dog is a real nuisance, sometimes I really wish he would shut up, especially at night he seems to howl  his head off,  maybe he also would like to go for walks and is tired of being locked up in the backyard.
End June 98, Not much happening here that's for sure, the World Cup has started and so Madam watches evry match, I am always sitting next to her on the sofa.  Well France won in the end and now Madame thinks it's time for me to get more excercises and she gives me a cotton ball and I have to run after it, then she shouts goal just like they did on TV, it's fun though wish we cats had something like that to compete with each other instead of grawling and fighting when we get together.

20.July,
Master and Madam are off to Puerto Rico and Boston, leaving me and Leila home of course, maybe I shouldn't have miauwed so much on the way over here from Spain,  now they think I don't like flying and just leave me at home.
Angela that is the new cleaning lady comes and feeds us every day, she gives us so much food, I am not even hungry at the moment because I am missing my Madam, without her it's so boring, no more playing soccer now, she did leave a few cotton balls lying around but I am not in the mood to play be myself and Leila, being a girl, thinks it's not lady like to run after a ball, she prefers jumping up into the air when she sees some insects flying around especially at night, sort of more ballet like movements, oh well to each it's own amusement.

26.July,
Master and Madam are back, sure was a very long week, I am happy again, hurray and the soccer games are on again with Madam and me.

13.August,
not a happy day for master, he came home early and told us he was involved in a car accident but he reckons he is fine as he has 9 lives just like cats have.  He was travelling on a straight road, sitting 4 meters behind a medium sized bus, then he saw in the rear mirror a big car coming barawling towards him with 78-80km/hr, he was then prepared for a collision and braced himself on the steering-wheel, the car crashed into him like a rocket, the impact was such, that he went straight into the bus in front of him, bounced back and forth like a yo-yo. I was so glad that nothing apart from a sore neck was wrong.
We are still playing soccer with the cotton balls every day,

28th August,
sad day for me, Madame and Master just left the Apartment on their holidays to Spain, oh I am crying here, all alone with Lyla is no fun.

15.Sept.
Thank good they are back, I was so bored.
Madam told me they had a super time, the big surprise was that Marcel came to Spain and Madelaine and Michael did not know about this, so they had a few good stories to tell about  that.

22. Sept.
Everyone is talking about it, hurricane George is coming, so Madam bought more tin food and water in case we are going to hit and run out of electricity and water.  So here I am waiting for the storm in my life, have never been in a hurricane before so this is going to be something, I am getting all excited here.  Around 5pm the wind is blowing and getting stronger, oh electricity cut, I wonder what's next.
Next morning:  well I had a good night sleep, nothing much happened, I slept like a baby while Madam kept getting up and with the torch she investigated the Apartment.  So all in all we had about a 20 hour electricity cut, so I still can't say I have been in a hurricane.

30.November,
the vet came to the house, first I thought it's just a friendly visitor but then Madam put me in the travel bag and I immediately thought that means trouble.  Got a Rabbies injections in my back, auwh was that sore, I was trapped in the bag and could not do anything about it, I tried but Madam hold me down.  Then the doctor just looked at me while she was sitting in the chair and I walked around a bit nose up, even rubbed my body against her legs so she can see that I am not a monster.  It looks like we are moving again, both cat bags are out on the floor, that means travelling, oh God I wonder where we go this time.  Mind you it's so boring in this place, it can't get worse only better. A few days later Madam packed some travel bags and I thought that is it but they did not take us with, for 3 days we were left alone again as they flew to Puerto Rico, now I wonder if this was just my yearly injections and we are not going anywhere. A week has passed now but I don't see any movements yet, they sure can keep secrets from me. The only excitement I had was 2 nights ago when a huge butterfly came into the Apt. and Leila and I tried very hard to catch it.

18.Dec.98,
Suitcases are packed and cat bags ready to leave, oh I am so exciting, had a last look around the Apartment, Angela the cleaning lady said at least 10x good bye to me, she even asked Madam to give her a photo of me, I must have made a big impression on her, in the beginning she was very scared of me but after 2 weeks she kind of liked me, she was warned of course that I am not the cuddly guy and that I have a mind of my own and yes I am so arogant. We took off in a Jeep and Leila and I did not like this ride, so we both performed and miauwed our heads off, then half way to the airport we got some drops in our mouths and that made us a bit sleepy.  After a 2 hours drive we arrived at the airport and we had lots of luggage that proved to me that we are not coming back as Madam packed everything except Master's things. The check in Lady wanted to know how much I weigh, wonder why that was as she never charged Master for the huge overweight he had.  So where does my weight come in I wondered, would they refuse me if I am overweight?  Panicked a bit in my cage but then I never overeat and so I stay slim, have to watch my figure it seems the trend these days.  So we had to wait in the VIP lounge of Iberia until our flight got called up.  Much nicer this way for me waiting in the VIP lounge I felt rich and cool so dozed on and off, got some water out of a animal baby bottle so I would not dehydrate.  Finally boarding and we sat in business class and this time Leila and I  could sit  together.  The flight was smooth a few turbulances but I was not scared I think I am getting used to this kind of travelling, prefer it actually to the car trips.  In Madrid we only had 1 hour for the connecting flight and when we arrived in Alicante no-one asked any papers from us cats, Madam had our passports with the vaccinations ready but I don't think they noticed we were in the bags, of course I kept very still then as I did not want to be questioned by the custom officials. Wim and Corrie picked us up and in no time we were home, good old home, I was so pleased when I entered the house, remembered it straight away, run into the bathroom straight away to the litter box as  I was dying to go to the toilet, as all the way we never had a chance to go to the bathroom, not even in the VIP lounge they had toilets for cats.  I jumped up onto the basin and quess I found a hair band, still remember where they were.  Then inspected the whole house, everything still looked the same but I had to wait for 4 days before Master let me out into the garden, I think those were the longest 4 days in my life as I was dying to inspect the outside.

21.Dec.98
The Gang arrived again from Luxembourg, I was looking forward to see them as I missed this big event in September.  Wow, noise noise noise, how can 4 children make such a lot of noise, I can enjoy myself the quiet way but not those kids, not screaming and crying, never could sit still something had to happen every minute, I wish Madam would have given my some cotton wool to stuff up my ears, but still it was great, next day Rob and Lada also arrived and now the house is full, they are sleeping in Michael's house and they call it an igloo.   Christmas was fun, lots of laughter and mudslides, even the grown up made a lot of noise on Christmas Eve, it must have been the mudslide that did it.
So a week later the kids went home again and then we had New Year and that was actually quiet, I thought Christmas supposed to be calm and New Year noisy but in our house this year it was the other way around.
Jan. 9th, very sad day for me, Master is leaving, he actually is going back to the Dominican Republic, I don't envy him at all, but he has to finish a job in Puerto Rico and guess money talks.  Don't know why people always talk about money, I don't have those worries, I live day by day, don't have a fashion problem with my clothing, eat more or less the same thing, don't drink or smoke, live seems much easier for cats.
So now it's so quiet, don't like it at all hope something is happening soon.
Middle Jan. Michael and Manon arrive, yupheeeeee great fun with them, lots of playing and fooling around with Michael. Well they just stay 5 days.

29th Jan.
Michael and Manon are back again, so fun time again for me and Madam as well as she feels a bit lonely without Master. So today I was just sitting in the living room, it was 14.30 hrs. minding my own business, when all of a sudden, Michael picked me up and curses me to climb up onto the ledge above the balcony. I got pissed so I grumbled my way onto the roof to find a way back to my resting place in the lounge.  To my surprise Michael shows his face on the roof saying , come Boris, I shall get you down.  I thought this was poorly hypothetical as he had put me up there in the first place! He tried to grab me but I was having none of that and gave him a hard lesson which caused him to stumble and shut his middle toe (which is now bandaged up like the "Mamons of Bing Text".  He then picked me up and walked the way back on the tiles  over the arrows of the balcony and there was silence as he had to balance like a guy on robs and he actually risked his life to save me from staying up on the roof forever.  To all new guests......if you don't want broken flesh on you hands or bleeding toes, just leave me sitting on the couch and leave me in peace.

Febr. 1st.
Michael is leaving as he is on stand by and good buy again, hate good byes but he said he will return a.s.a.p. Well during their stay this time they all think I am gay, I think I am horny and I went all the time for Michael's hand, biting him and behaving like male cats do when they are horny.  Am I gay?  Never thought about it, but they all now reckon I am certainly different to other male cats.  Well I am glad it's out in the open and everybody should just take me the way I am. Manon still plays with me, she teases me a lot and then when I tease her back she gets p.o. just can't take a joke from me, looks like she is scared, as when I sat on her lap she quickly ask Madam to take me away from her. The nicest thing though Manon brought me a present, guess what...."fishy fishy" just the same as I used to eat in Bangkok, gosh she made my days, hope she brings some more next time.

4th Febr.
the kitchen people are here and what a mess they are making, my food is now gone to the bathroom, stay most of the day in the bedroom as one can't breath anywhere else in the house because of the dust.

13th Febr.
the kitchen is now finished and Madam is happy, great to jump on those benches now.

16.Febr.
I now know for sure that I am not gay, I walked out of the front door this morning and what do I see, this beautiful grey tiger cat with white paws, what a sight she was, my heart started to pump faster,  she was cool, miauing at me, asking me where I have been, she was very nosy,  I was thrilled to bits, did not feel the cold this morning and stayed out there for over an hour, sitting under the car just watching and listening to her.  When Madam came out she ran away over the wall, I followed her until the top of the wall but did not dare to jump down the other side, Well I was smiling the whole day long.

17th Febr.
Tonight went out it was already dark and then I had another visitor;  this time a black cat, she also wanted to know where I had been and if I still remembered her from last year.  It looks like I am popular again and having travelled around the world makes me more interesting than just the locals here, well today I feel on top of the world.

31. March
not much going on, Master now decided he will only come home on 1. May, seems a long way away for me.

6. April,
Julia arrived and a bit more excitement going on, Madam was happy to have company and Julia loves cats and she talked to me and was not scared that I slept on the bed. Michael and Manon also arrived and the usual, Michael always teases me, then Janet arrived and that was ok but I was waiting for the big moment when master arrives.

May 1st.,
finally  Master  arrived, oh was I happy, back to the good old days.

Middle May though, one day they locked us in the cellar saying there you are and be a good boy, we will be back in no time, well next day Cesar came to feed us, I scratched on the window until it opened, wauw...... Leila and I jumped out and had a good run around in the garden, fancy locking us up like that.  Well next day when Cesar came he was most surprised that we were out and about, so he bolted the window again but I am a clever boy and I don't like to be locked up, so I forced the window open again, gosh my muscles were really sore as I had to pull and pull and Leila was no great help, she just stood there letting me do all the work, thinks it's my job.  Finally the window opened and when Cesar came to feed us he was sooooo surprised that he told me "you are a clever boy and I won't lock you up anymore, I know you won't run away so go in and out as you please" and that was that, we missed Madam and Master but we could get fresh air and enjoy our walk around the garden.

June 12th,
I heard the sound of the Pontiac and I was jumping up and down, well it was just great to have my Master and Madam back, they gave me all these stories about their car had to be fixed and it took a long time etc. well sure am I glad they are back.
The garage got cleaned out and Master really got rid of all the junk.
 

Michael and Manon are back, always fun with Michi.  Had some fights with another cat lately, she just won't give up and is a real intruder and I don't like it as this is my territory and no strangers are welcome in my yard, so I chase them away and even crawl under the front gate and that does not go down well with Madam, she keeps reminding me that the bus is coming every hour and I could get run over etc.

Boris File 2  From 20.July 1999 – 20.July 2000

20.July 1999

What a surprise, the gang from Luxembourg is arriving, lots of noise and I am sure, I will enjoy them in my own way. Do I sound convincing?!

After a few days I have had it, the kids call me the whole day long, Boris Boris, fishy fishy and they think like that they can catch me, must say it worked. I had those Thai Fishes every day, usually I only get it when I am a good boy, yummy I just love those dried fishes. Madam buys  them for me when she goes to Holland. The days are full of noise and peace is over for me, so I decided to jump over the wall and go to the neighbours  garden as they are not here at the moment, at least I get my so much beloved Siesta.  Carmen made that lovely tree house which looks like an Igloo into a toy shop, all her barbies are there at the moment.  One day they came home, Pierre still shaking from the crash he had by the Go-Cards, he drove full blast into the tyres at the end of the 8 min. rounds, now he says, the brakes did not work, actually no-one believes him and I also have my doubts, I think he pushed the gas pedal instead of the brake and now he gets very angry when I tease him.  One evening I watched Madam and Luka play Dices, they throw 6 dice on the table, lots of dots involved and I must admit I am not good in counting, but after a while I got the hang of this game, would not mind playing this with Leila but she says it is to much thinking for her, lazy cat. Luka treats me like a king, when he wants me and can’t find me he just calls out Fishy Fishy and I know what that means and I come running and I get my favourite food..
The children tell me also there are cat meetings up the road and they wonder why I do not attend,  not told them that no-body of the other cats invited me.

3.August 1999
and they are packing their cases again, sad day for me as by now I got used to the noise and a bit excitement, they say see you soon but I wonder how soon that is going to be, guess next year and a year is a long time in my live.

9. August 1999
Angela and Rene arrive oh I am happy, boredom is over as they sit long hours on the balcony at night way past midnight and that means I don’t have a set time to be in. One day Angela sprayed with the water gun on me, she said Boris it’s too hot for you by 35degree I must say I enjoyed the spray but I did not tell her as otherwise she would go on and on until I am soaking wet.  2 days later Krista and Wim arrive, so now the house is full again with a Paella Party on Sunday afternoon they all seem to have a good time, pity the Paella was made with rabbit meat so I wouldn’t eat it, I prefer the seafood one, why didn’t they ask me first?

28. August 1999
the greatest day in my life since I left Bangkok, I just fall over backwards when I saw Marcel step out of the car, I couldn’t believe what I saw, I told myself, can’t be I must be having a dream, he came up to me and said time for a body-slam, Boris you are so thin what happened to you, does my mum not give you enough food.  It took a while for Marcel to understand as by this great heat we had especially in June-July and August most of my beautiful fur has fallen out, took a while to explain to him we have no air-con here and life is so different to Bangkok. It was super having him around and I was so pleased, running around the house and garden I was a different guy, unfortunately 2 days later I was so sad when I saw them packing their cases and they locked me into the garage again and told me it will just be for 2 weeks, sorry Boris but Michael and Manon are getting married and we are off to their wedding.  I heard them leaving and I went to the bed and cried my heart out, Leila said don't be such a sissi they will be back but she does not understand my feelings as she never really liked Marcel, nor did she ever like the body slams he does to me.  I have to have a word with Michael when he comes next time, why I was not invited to the wedding, after all he is also my good buddy and Manon loves me to, can’t cats go to weddings? After a few hours I was still in tears, Patricia came and gave us some food and also opened the hobby room window and told us to go outside for a bit of sunshine.   She came to feed us twice a day and couldn’t understand why we ate so much, well she didn’t know that we had some visitors around especially at night, the window was always open and this white and black cat came every day to join us for supper, oh we had parties down there, after a few days the white cat moved in without an invitation from me, he said lets flat together and have parties while your master and madam are gone, enjoy the freedom while you can, live it up for a change, you only live once, oh the discussions I had with this guy but after a week or so he got on my nerves, all I wanted was Marcel coming back. 2 weeks later they told me all about the wedding and also told me that Remo and Mucha, Michael’s cats were not invited to the wedding either, so that made me a bit happier, now I know that animals do not go to weddings. My Master had a bit of trouble on the way home, he looked his key in the car in Narbonne near the french border.  I heard Master drilled a hole into the roof of the Pontiac to get to the lock and that they had to be towed away by the garage people in France. Master didn’t like the bill he got for that one.  I am just so happy now they are here again and with Michael and Manon spending their honeymoon up the road in their house it was lots of fun all round.

17. Sept. 99
Marcel packed and left for Amsterdam, Toronto and I hear he is in Chicago now, I am so happy for him and he promised me he will be back more often as it is much closer than New Zealand, but I was sad to see him go again.  The white cat keeps coming back but now I am not in the mood for parties anymore, so told him off and the guy just want listen, so I told him lets have a body slam, he agreed but did not know what that was, so I beat him up and now he is not coming back anymore. I wish they would make bigger keys on the keyboard so I could write myself here, Madam told me there are no keyboards for cats yet, maybe in the next millenium who knows!

26. October 99,
the pool people started with the swimming pool, does that mean I have to learn to swim now? Today they started digging and Leila found a small snake, very tiny one, Madam got scared and asked the builder what’s this doing in my garden, Pepe that is the guy who is doing the pool told her those tiny snakes are around but are not dangerous.  I only looked at this wiggly thing, no feet to walk on just crawling along on the body,  am I glad I have feet to walk on. Leila is always after these funny creatures, worms, grasshoppers, spiders, lizards you name it she brings it inside.

6.Nov. 99,
Master’s Birthday today and a great party in the garden, Paella was made by a spanish couple, the weather was excellent, I only ate a bit of rabbit as I said before it’s not my favourite meat, rice  just does not agree with me, I remember when I was just about 4 weeks old Pai and Marcel gave me every day rice to eat and I did not like it, therefore I got very weak but when Madame came back from Switzerland she started me straight away on Whiskas, told them rice is not for cats but Pai said all Thai cats are fed on rice.  Well I am different. Must say the rabbit tasted ok, the party was a great success and the vino tinto got every one in a jolly mood till late in the evening.

December 99,
finally a bit of excitement again in the garden, cement spraying, the workers cover up the house wall so not to make it dirty but they forgot the trees as now the bottom branches are grey-white, guess it looks nice for Christmas.

24.Dec.99
had a quiet evening, just laying by the stove, was a bit sad as Santa did not get me any presents. I expected at least a few boxes of Fish.

31.Dec.99 .
I was afraid of the great fireworks, I hate these bangs, had enough of that in Bangkok, used to thread it there and used to hide under the bed.  We had those fireworks a lot in Bangkok, whenever we got visitors from abroad Master got the crackers out and told everybody to come to the roof of the Apartment building.  .

1.January 2000
Master switched the computer on and the date jumped back to 4th January 1980 but no problem he just had to change the date forward again.

14.01.00
I sit on the TV and watch the guy on a little bulldozer digging a channel so the water will flow away eventually into the canalization from the house  to the road, but that can take month or years until they will dig on the street and only then the connections will be done.  It is raining today and lately we have a lot of this falling aqua, so I stay indoors and Madam removed the net curtains so I like it a lot better as now I can really see when my so called cat friends are sneaking around my territory day and night.
 The pool got filled up with water, I like it, can’t wait to have a swim or at least play around the edges, I just love running water, drinking out of the tab and just enjoy looking into water, it calms my nerves.

15.02.00
Madam is painting the guestroom and the garage downstairs, I would have liked to help as I like going up and down the step-lather but couldn’t hold the paintbrush in my paws and when I looked at Madam after she was finished painting I was glad that we cats don’t have to do such work, I would have been covered in white spots all over and that would have taken weeks to lick it clean.

18.03.00
Doris and Norbert arrive and stayed in the “Room to Let”  as Madam calls it, I like that. Doris is an Atlas-logist, interesting stuff, looked it all up on the yahoo.de website, it is good for the blood-circulation and all sorts of aches and pains, pity Doris didn’t think I would have liked a treatment. I also let Norbert stroke me, he seemed a harmless guy, not like Michael who arrived with Manon on the 21. March, the guy is teasing all the time when I am fast asleep on the TV he comes and wakes me up so I kept crawling at him, actually I like him but this time I was not so nice to him, it seems that Manon does now also the same, she must have learned this from Michael.  I wanted to be the first one to jump in the pool but Michael beat me to it. In the evening he just jumped into the pool to every-ones surprise and gosh was I upset as I had enough time to do this but as it is not warm yet I never even thought Michael would jump in.

23.03.00
Woke up at 8am and could not believe what I saw, everything outside was brown, the pool looked brown and filthy, the terrazzo, garden chairs and table full of this Sahara Sand. Oh I was so glad then I am a cat, no cleaning, scrubbing. The garden-hose was going full speed for hours. The pool is now clean and now the excitement of jumping into the pool has gone a bit as Michael just spoiled it for me, I will see what happens when the hot summer is here, by then I might have forgiven him.

25.04.00.
Madam and Master are off again .Oh they just have no idea, no idea at all how much I miss them but it has also some advantage, I can get out at night, midnight parties with my mates again, I would rather call it street fighting but then when the match is over I go back into the garage and just wish Madam and Master were here to cuddle up to me.

20.May 2000
Corrie and Martin arrive, they remembered me from Bangkok, so they never disturbed me as they know the rules I set for visitors. Martin kept complaining that they had to sleep down in the dungeons, he now understands how I feel when I am left alone with Leila for weeks while they are enjoying themselves on their holidays. Corrie and Martin are early birds, by the time I woke up they already had their daily swim from 6am onwards,  still to cold for me. Being born in Thailand where it’s always warm and hot but I don’t miss it, much more fun here in Spain. Madam made Corrie and Martin an offer to stay here for good as Martin did all the sweeping around the pool and terrazzo while Corrie kept the underneath so called dungeons spotless but they didn’t accept the offer, to hard work for them said Martin, much easier life in Aussie Land where they live in an Apartment and their weekends I think is Kuala Baer hunting, they brought one here but unfortunately it’s a stuffed one.

9 June 00.
I was jogging around the block then I saw this big light in the sky and thunder it scarred the hell out of me, turned around and run as fast as I could back home, just as I went up the steps the rain came pouring down, I run into the bedroom and found Leila tucked away under the bedspread, she was shacking, she is so frightened of thunderstorms.

14.June 00.
Madam got up and kept singing Happy Birthday to me and Leila, she thought we had forgotten it but what does she expect a present from us?

20.07.00
What a happy day for me as Luka and Carmen walked into our house and immediately Luka called me saying Boris got you a pressie and I knew straight away what it was, I could smell those fishes. One day I was playing on the tree he came with a fish for me to catch, well I did and then I got P.O and scratched him on his hand.  For a few days Luka did not talk to me and also Carmen got out of my way. A week later Madelaine, Sebastian, Pierre and Sven arrived and fun was back and Pierre said lets play hide and seek Boris so he hid lots of fishes in the lounge and I had to find them, that was a great game for me.. Michael and Manon also came at the same time, well the usual with Michael, he teases me and then gets annoyed when I leave some marks on his hand. It was a good time and I enjoyed just watching every-one having a great time in the pool. Michael threw Madelaine in the pool and later they had a war going on with the hose pipe, I got tummy ache from laughing.
 

BOOK 3
Boris File 3          From 15.09.00 – Dec. 2001
15.09.00
Today  Marcel got here. What a surprise, I was so happy to see him, he seems tired from working or   travelling,  he said he just wants to have a relaxing week, some body slams with me of course are in the program for the next 10 days.

16.09.00
They went to the Sunday Market with Marcel, because I refuse to walk on a lead I am not allowed to go with, it seems to be the thing to do when we have visitors, they always visit the Market and then bring home some grilled chickens which every-one just loves including me.
13th Sept. 9am, Michael arrives with his rental car from Altea, he comes in goes straight to Marcel's bedroom and wow did he give him a body slam, I was just standing there thinking is this how to wake up Marcel, it worked, in no time he was out of bed.  Marcel and Michael had a great day together, in between they ran after me.  Marcel made a hole in the ground the day before so Michael planted a palm tree.  The whole afternoon they were playing in the pool together and then we all had a BBQ and a few more body slams in the bedroom..  Unfortunately Michael had to leave again the same day but it was a great  entertaining day for me.

Marcel left on the 17th the next morning and I was so sad to see him go, just, I gave him a good scratch the day before he left so he will not forget me so soon.
Angela and Rene arrived on the 16th September 2000 they stayed for 10 days and they enjoyed the new beach they found, has a good Restaurant and the Sangria tastes just great and I could see it on their smiles.

October 2000
Today was one of those days I just hate, Leila and I had to go for our annual injections again, must say we were a bit overdue..  Yesterday had a swollen eye so Master said, tomorrow the doctor has to look at it and at the same time injections.  I couldn't sleep half the night, I get so uptight.  Arrived at a new clinic in St. Miguel, Madame was very impressed with it, I on the other hand was shaking like a leave on a windy day.  We had to wait a long time as there were 8 puppies to be examined, Madam asked all kind of questions about those puppies, then I really began to worry, wondering if we would come home with one of those cute pups as Madam called them.  Once into the surgery and onto the table I behaved like a Tiger again, I hate needles going into my skin, Master was holding me down but I was much stronger and turned around so the vet jumped away, then he just called another doctor in to hold me down, she put big leather gloves on and tried very hard to hold me down, eventually had all the 3 injections, for the eye I got anti- inflammatory cream.

It's very quiet, Master is in Bologna in Italy for 4 days.  I am still having the eye cream as my eye still seems to be a little infected, hate this treatment but Madam keeps telling me it's for your own good.
 

28.01.01
Door bell goes at 4.30am, Riet standing at the gate shouting and screaming thieves have broken into my house and taken all my money. Madam phoned the  police, Master went up to Michaels house to investigate, police arrived to everyone's surprise within 10 minutes, unusual for this land where things always happen "Maniana". I laughed my head off   when I heard the story that the back grill door was not properly locked so the burglars just had to pull the iron gate, an easy job to get in and also those 2 white fluffy dogs didn't scare them away either, so much for telling us cats that dogs are always guarding the premises.

 A thunderstorm with hail got me a bit worried today, the Pontiac was white from the hail stones.

Have found the perfect hiding place, good view over the pool, balcony, street and across the valley, looks to me a new row of houses are being built there. It is my secret place, so to all of you coming for a visit, leave me alone in my Mimosa Tree. Master just cut lots of branches on top and the tree is flowering and the yellow dust makes me sneeze.

March is my Birthday months, being born in Thailand not quiet sure which date exactly but it's around the 15th. I am now 10 years old, feel on top of the world and the last few nights I been celebrating around in the neighbourhood.  Madam gets still worried about me on those night walks and I don't understand it, considering my age now, surely I can look after myself and stay out till midnight. I have learned a lot in those 10 years,  travelled half the world over, I learned to defend myself here in Spain as I still know a few Thai boxing tricks.

23.03.01
A truck arrived with lots of thin pipes, I watch this man the whole day long installing the Solar Heating, he climbed on the roof, I tried to go up the stairs as well as he kept saying what a wonderful view I have here, looking over the whole town of Torrevieja, see the mountains near Crevillente, the sea and way down direction Cartagena. It took him a whole week to finish the installation and now we can swim in warm water, will I try, I let you know when that happens.

 Master and Madam drove off to Holland they had to go to Ethan’s Christening, they didn’t tell me when they will be back and Cesar came to feed me and Leila every day and he played with us again, I like him, he speaks spanish to us and slowly I am learning this difficult language. But it’s boring again by ourselves and I prefer to sleep in Master’s bed and not down in the garage but I do have the window open in the hobby room so I can come and go as I please.

I am happy again, they are back from their Roundtrip. The water was only 20 deg. so no pool parties, the cover for the pool hasn't arrived so at night it just cools down to much.  I got 2 boxes of Thai fishes again from Holland, yummy!

I get to see photos of the baptism of Ethan and Madam told me all about the little puppy Snoopy in Luxembourg, she said she will think again before getting a puppy, so my hope of not getting a dog in our house is up again.

 Was jumping the wall from the street side and my front left foot got trapped in the chicken wire, I was so lucky that Madam heard my screaming, when she walked to the trash bin at the corner of the street.  She was pushing my hind legs up and after 5 minutes she got my claw out of the chicken wire. Madam was just as scared as I was, what a relief when I was free.  2 days ago I hurt my hip badly and now I can't jump very high up and it's hurting me a lot, think I have strained a muscle while I was in a boxing match with one of my mates, actually I was KO and can't remember a thing, but sure my left leg is painful. Now I am on sick leave and have to stay inside.

Middle March 2001
Master is off to India on a business trip so have to look after Madam and now the rules are even stricter, she wants me indoors by 8pm, then she locks the gates and shutters, I think she is a bit worried about burglars, but I told her no problema I shall take care of them and scratch their faces if they would try to brake in.

This weekend was great, Edna staying here and I sneaked into her bedroom at night as her window is wide open and did I have a great time jumping in and out the window all night long,  New pool cover arrived today, hope this time it's the right size as it is now the 3rd one, with the pool covered I can run up and down the pool without getting wet. Madam won’t cover the pool now, as it's summer time and the water temp. is now 32deg.

12.June 2001
Julie arrived from Macau she remembers me well from Bangkok.
Judith and Arthur passed by for 1 night from the UK.
17th July Michael, Manon and Ethan arrived,  well little Ethan was no bother to me, he slept quietly in his little camping cot and I never disturbed him.
 Later in the day Yenka, Dick, Richelle and Savanna turned up and what a week that was, 2 babies in the house was a bit much for my liking, they got all the attention and no-one seems to play with me, Michael gave me a few body slams but he was more concerned about Ethan than me, I shall remember this.
Luka and Carmen arrived the next day and Luka is my friend, he wants very much to play with me but he is a bit afraid of me, I know it’s all my fault, I shouldn’t have scratched him last time.
One night I had enough of every-one, so decided to go for a midnight stroll, well then I got to talk to some other mates in the neighbourhood and I forgot all about bedtime.  At 6am heard Madam calling me, she was walking up and down the road looking for me.  As I am not wearing a watch I didn't know it was that early in the morning, so sneaked under the garden gate ,back into the garden when I heard her whistles, I said miau, here I am and she took me into her arms kissing me like never before, she told me she thought I walked away for good,  would I do a thing like that, I have it to good here at home, it is a ruff tuff world outside our garden-wall for me.

 25th July

Madelaine, Sebastian, Pierre and Sven came and that means more noise and more swimming and more fish for me.  Master crashed Luka's model plane, total loss which didn't please Luka but Master promised to built a new one for him.

14th August 2001
Master, Madam and Luka had to leave urgently for Holland.
Shawn and Mary our new Irish neighbours came to feed us, I thought they never come back again but then after 5 weeks Master and Madam were back and happiness returned to Leila and me, I missed them so much that sometimes I just had to go over to the Shawn's house just to be with people, one day I even had the courage to walk into their house just for a quick look.

October 2001,

Lada and Rob are here, enjoying the pool and sun.

Yarka Charles Kelly and Kim are here for a week,  Madam told them what a bastard I can be, so the kids kept out of my way and I didn’t bother with them either. Then one day Leila got a bit angry and scratched Kim’s face on 3 places, now they all thought that I am the bad guy in the family, she is just as bad if not worse, she attacks little children which I would never do. Marcel came from Chicago and what I time I had with him, body-slams again and again and when he left after 4 weeks I cried my heart out, but he said he will be back in January.

6.12.2001

I had a big fight on top of the Mimosa tree, I was just enjoying my afternoon excercise,  when this black cat arrived out of the blue, she dared to come up the tree and teased me, showing off telling me he can climb trees better than I can, what a big Macho he was, so jumping from branch to branch I showed him how it’s done, when Madam heard us fighting she came and the show was , he vanished over the wall as fast as he could.
 
 

Book4

June 2004

Here I am again, had a long break from writing, just did not feel like it, must say 2003 was not my best year health-wise,  I won’t bore you with all the details, it’s the usual stuff, to many fights with other cats and to many doctor - visits and last winter it was just to cold, so I was practically sitting on master’s lap all day long, never went out, even the neighbours kept asking Madam, why don’t we see Boris anymore, not that they missed me, they have now 3 cats of their own and the little Angel just had some 5 kittens, no no no, I am not the father, I am an old grandpa now with my 13-plus years.

At the moment Master is organizing Marcel’s wedding, he sits on the PC every night until 3 or 4 am, I lay in my basket to keep him company.  I also find a new hiding place in the storage room downstairs, no-one can see me, it’s cool and quiet and I love doing my Siesta there.

July 2004

Got an inflammation in my right eye, so Madam said ,we are going to see the doctor and out came the basket and without even asking me if I really want to see the doc I was inside the bag and in the car.

Miauwed my head off, but that did not help, soon we were inside the surgery and the vet examined my eye, said it is inflamed and now I get eye-cream twice a day, hate that stuff but must say it’s now 5 days since I use it and my eye is nearly cured.

Sad news also from our neighbours cat, Angel was run over by a car, I have to be so careful when I cross the road.

Now I know why Madam is always worried about me, when I am out on the streets.

August 2004

The Wedding

It was the most exciting time since I am in Spain, every-one arrived 3 to 4 days before the wedding, friends of Marcel and Cindy’s came from America, Australia, France, Holland, Belgium, Bagdad.

Every-one gathered at our house, this was the meeting place for the next 12 days.

One day before the wedding Ramon and Rosario made 2 huge Paellas, 32 people were here and it was great, I made sure I always had a chair to myself and I mingled among all Marcel’s friends and I loved it. Even Marcels Godmother came from Belgium, geee he had not seen her since he was about 1 m tall.

The heat made every-one drink lots of beer. The night before the wedding every-one went out to town with the bus, no I couldn’t go with, they told me cats are not allowed in Restaurants, so I ask myself why are then some dogs allowed in Restaurants or at least on the terrazoes?

The next day they told me all about their girls and boys night out.  Marcel got this T-shirt which said almost married, lots of  people signed it that night.  The girls were running all over town asking men for their business cards and strange stuff like that.  Man they sure had fun without me.  I would have liked to have gone with the boys and had a beer with them after all I am one and am Marcels big pal.  I know this guy since he was a teenager in Bangkok, mind you he didn't take me drinking with then either all I knew where the 4 walls we lived in and what I saw from the Balconies of the appartement building there. 

4^th August 2004 was the wedding day, 15 cars were outside in our street at 4.30pm,  all wedding guests, they drove in convoy to the Church in Punto Prima.

Cindy looked so lovely in her grandmothers wedding dress.  But Madam came back to the house about 30 minutes later with Angels master she looked really P.....ssssd, she dashed into the house mumbled something and took off again.  Couldn't figure this out. What was going on.....well just had to wait till they all got back later.

Madam then told me later how it all went. Luka did the 1^st Reading and Cindy’s aunt the 2^nd Reading.  Pierre was the Ring bearer and Sven the money boy and Carmen the flower girl.

The priest blessed the 13 coins and gave them to Marcel and he gave them to Cindy and she gave them back to the Priest, apparently for good fortune and wealth.

I heard that everything went according to plan except Master forgot the table cards which did not please Madam at all.  She had to dash back home and get them with Angels Master and nearly missed the wedding.  Now I know what all that performance was about when she came back earlier.

After the church they went next door to the Restaurant for dinner and dance, they had great spanish great.

Madam told me it was a super evening, after the Reception,  Cindy and Marcel had to cut the ribbon to enter the ballroom, they had to drink a glass of champagne and then throw the glasses over their shoulders, apparently that is for good luck, never seen any of the local cats do this, but then I have not been invited to any of their weddings.

2 Peruvian guys played the guitar and sang Spanish songs. Then there was Flamingo dancing and several friends gave speeches  and at 1.30am  every-one was home again. Oh oh and Carmen sang a solo without any musical backing and got a standing ovation.

Marcel and Cindy slept in Lotti’s Apartment opposite our house. Damn never been able to get over that wall to see what it looks like.

15. August  2004 Marcel and Cindy left early morning back to Chicago, I saw their suitcases standing there and left the house quietly, I hate good byes and so spent the whole day till late at night in one of the houses down the road, there I could cry my heart out without anybody seeing how sad I was to see my old friend leaving me again.

29.August 2004, I don’t’ feel well today, not quite sure what is wrong but when Madam picks me up I get pain in my shoulder, she has now put her amber necklace around my neck, told me that that will help and easy the pain.  Madam dabbling around with stone/crystal therapy.

November 2004. We have rats in the garden so Master is catching them with a mouse catcher and Madam is worried that I might put my nose in it as if I would be that stupid.

Before I can get out in the morning, Madam goes and checks out if there is a rat in the trap, if not she takes the trap inside so she doesn’t have to worry that I get caught and hurt myself, always concerned about me.

January 2005, not a good start into the New Year, had a big fight with a black and white cat, now I feel ill, they took me to the vet and I got knocked out so the vet could make X-rays, I have to go every other day to the clinic for an antibiotic injection, I don’t feel good at all, don’t seem to get any better, the doctor thinks I might have a tumour in my leg, might be operated, not sure when I shall continue this diary now.

 BORIS

1991 – 2005, 31^st January 2005   

R.I.P

31.January 2005. Our beloved Boris has passed away and gone over the rainbow bridge and we hope one day we will see him again.

"Just this side of Heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food and water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.

The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing: they miss someone very special to them; who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. The bright eyes are intent; the eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to break away from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. YOU have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together......."

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