…. an uninvited guest!
I would like to think that a green grasshopper indicates new beginnings and growth.
Grasshoppers can only jump forward, not backwards or sideways.
So, go ahead, leap forward with courage and faith.
Bring back the childlike sense of adventure in your life!
Blessings & peace,
Pat
… little Missy Sunshine!
…super cute imaginary friends.
Interview with FM (FreeMice) Radio Station:
Q: Humans today are so addicted to social media particularly the FACEBook. What is your definition of FACEBook?
A: FACEBook is Find A Cat Emergency Book….hehe just kidding! The correct definition is Filling A Common Emptiness Book.
Q: Why do you say filling a common emptiness?
A: Yes, let’s call it the Emptiness Tank or short, E-Tank. FACEBook has become a filler for these humans.
Q: What kind of stuff do humans fill in their E-tanks?
A: Humans can be rather kooky. Based on my ‘catscan’ reading, humans who are addicted to FACEBook are usually the lonely and the bored ones. Below are a few cat-egories of the kind of stuff humans put into their E-tanks:
Cat. 01 : The Foodsie
This human will record and photograph every meal in fancy restaurants and ensure the photos are posted in real-time. Gee…I thought humans should say grace before meals. Guess I was wrong. This type of human is confused between FACEBook and FOODBook and they are commonly found in Asian countries.
Cat. 02: The Super chef
This human says ‘In case you don’t know, I can cook like a celebrity chef.’ See what I’ve cooked for my family – breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner and supper……zzzzZZZZ.
Cat. 03: The Flashy Human
“Well friends, look how successful, happy and purrrrrfect my life is.” My human refers to this type of human as the modest narcissist. Everything said and posted on FACEBook will always be I, Me and Myself.
Cat. 04: The Love Professor
Human who constantly professes love for spouse/partner on each other’s walls – “I’m so blessed to have the BEST and most caring husband in the world.” “My wife is so beautiful and she can cook too!” Seriously, do you need to plaster your relationship on the wall?
Cat. 05: The Moaner
The human who complains about everything. You’ll probably see a posting that goes like “Oh…I’m so sad. I woke up this morning and I saw a big pimple on my nose.” What a pathetic way to seek attention!
Q: So, I guess you are not a FACEBook fan?
A: Yeah, too many FACEBook users have become FACEBrags. It used to be fun just sharing and connecting with friends. My human is no longer an active user on FACEBook. Probably because she’s overwhelmed with the floods of information about anything and everything.
Q: There are many humans out there who still love FACEBook. Do you think humans will respond negatively to what you’ve said about FACEBook?
A: Well, humans are entitled to their own opinion, no matter how oblique they are. We cats are really not bothered by how humans perceive us. Besides, cats are independent and meticulous observers.
Q: What else do you want to say to humans about FACEBook?
A: Just remember these 5 things:
1. Not everything needs to be recorded and not everything needs to be photographed and posted on FACEBook or anywhere else.
2. Before you post anything, please ask yourself, is this interesting, informative or amusing?
3. Get rid of the fear of missing out.
4. The more FACEBook time, the less FACETime (real-life time) and it’s a reminder to step back and re-think your priorities.
5. Keep some of your personal life…you know, personal!
Welcome to New Bloggy Cat’s Birthday Party!
My recent interview with Mewsic Radio Station:
Q: What is a blog and why do you blog, New Bloggy Cat?
A: A blog is a Big Lesson On Giving. Having a blog is a fun way to spread some love and laughter. Besides, it a great way to exercise my brain cells and helps keep my brain young.
Q: What makes you different from other cats?
A: Well, I enjoy blogging and I love dogs. Yes, all dogs from Great Danes to Chihuahuas. Even the ones that slobber.
Q: What do you blog about?
A: I blog about things that matter like love, laughter, happiness and peace.
Q: What do you like most about blogging?
A: The best part is meeting other furry friends from around the world. I enjoy reading about their fun-adventures and their eccentric humans. Just to name a few of my furry friends here:
Roxy & Tigerlino
Butterfly & Cricket
Millie & Pearl
Vivian & Maisie
Meisie & Liefie (who live with a human working in Dubai called Ger – short for Tigger).
I have also met a camel from Turkey. Uncle Spike is his name and blogging is his game He wrote a guest post for me last month on ‘What makes a camel happy?’. I bet you’ll never look at a camel the same way again after reading it.
Q: Do you read any human blogs?
A: Of course, there are so many awesome blogs to choose from. But it’s tough trying to keep up with the reading. You see, I need my daily naps and that leave me with very little time to read. Some of the blogs I’ve been following are:
Kintal
Belsbror
The Good, Bad and Ludicrous
Cindy Knoke
Jennifer’s Journal
Living, Learning & Letting go
Teacher as Transformer
Love, Happiness & Peace
Pictures on the web
Penguin Ponderings
K’Clips
Q: Do you think humans are complicated?
A: Yes, humans are the most complicated species on earth. They tend to put their values in the wrong things. I can’t understand why they work such long hours and buy stuff they don’t need. I believe the biggest confusion humans have is what they want versus what they need.
Q: What is your advice to humans?
A: Eat more fish, take more naps, think happy and laugh heartily!
Thanks everyone for coming to my party! Be safe and keep smiling!
… smug mugs!
… a Piggy’s bar.
“A camel is usually known as a grumpy animal, so what makes a camel happy?”
Sit back and enjoy this hilarious story written by one of my favourite bloggers. ٩(˘◡˘)۶
Well here I am, Uncle Spike, popping up on this wonderful blog as guest writer for a day, after Pat, your host, was the recent winner of a ‘Guess What’ photo-image post on my blog.
Camels, hmm, yes… we are known to be rather grumpy old farts, I have to admit. I mean, wouldn’t you be, plodding around under the heat of the desert, with nuffink to dangle your lips into for sustenance for days on end? Or worse still, some of us end up carting round overweight pink tourists all day long; who seem to like being decorated in nothing more than an ill-fitting bikini top, garish shorts, a camera strung around their scrawny necks, screeching with raucous laughter and wearing an embarrassing sunhat??
Talking of grumpy camels, here’s one of my cousins who lives in Tunisia, who goes by the name of “Bryan ‘The Camel’ Jones” (don’t ask me why, he’s been out in the desert for too long, his brains are addled I guess)… He’s a definite grump though, but probably with good reason – you see, lugging around bundles of crops all day under the sun, or pulling that old plough (plow) must play havoc with his old bones, so yeah, he has every right to be a grump me thinks.
But we are not all grumpy. My third cousin, twice removed, “Esmeralda”, has a wicked sense of fun, especially in her second hump – you see, her first hump contains her sensibility, or so she says anyhow. But Esmeralda is a cutie, and you gotta admit, she was born to flash that killer grin, yeah?
And then we have my “Uncle Boz”. He’s a tough old brute, but in a nice way I mean. He works on a farm just north of Nakuru, which is just a tad south of the equator in Kenya, East Africa. He can be a bit grumpy, or so my Aunt says. Here he is by the way, wearing his least grumpy smile when we visited him last year to share in a family New Year.
But what about me, “Uncle Spike”? Well, I’m half grumpy, half bonkers I think you could say. I have my off days, as does any camel, but on the whole, I’m a happy middle-aged camel, living here in southwest Turkey on a fruit farm. I know, I know, not every camel’s dream job, right? But it’s steady work, and although the summers are hot here, around 40-45 every day (or 104-113 if you are from the States), the winters are mild, but soggy, and I’ve found that my flabby old feet do rather well on the porous rocky mountainous terrain here when the ground is soaked like a sponge dropped into a bath.
But I’ll tell you what makes me really happy, ‘life’. I’m a happy camel who loves life, and now I’m a blogger, fancy that? So yeah, we can be grumps or funsters… Life as a camel is a mixed bag, you gotta admit…!
Thanks for your hospitality Pat, and hope my debt is repaid now.
UNCLE SPIKE (www.unclespikes.wordpress.com)
…soft warm fuzzy Garfield slippers.
…sand as soft as my bed (✿◠‿◠)
Taken on 7-7-12. ≧◔◡◔≦
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