4/18/2012 - In 5 days, on 4/23/2012, I will be 17 years old!  Ball and Fatty bought many different kinds of cat foods in the past few days as they want to host a birthday party on the deck for me.  Although there will be no other people or animals celebrating with me except Ball and Fatty, but at least they're quite thoughtful about it.  I don't remember since when, they always opened more foods on our birthdays, though they never had any formal birthday parties for any other cats.  I feel quite special.

As my birthday approaches, I feel excited about it amid it's a significant milestone for me and my family, but I also feel sad about it.  I had 5 siblings that were born with me on this day 17 years ago, but I will be alone all by myself this year.  3 years ago today (4/18/2012), I was watching birds with Bart, whose tumor has already ripped through the skin and started bleeding.  But it did not seem to bother her much.

And all 5 of us were sleeping together in the same area that evening too!

As recent as a year ago today (4/18/2011), there were Mui, Lik, and I.  At the time, Lik's incision from the surgery was healing well too.  I still remember how she complained to both Mui and I about the itchiness around the surgical area.  If I have to use a word describing today, or everyday since Lik is gone - tranquility.

Lik has been a chicken all her life, but for whatever reason, she was brave enough to check out the deck a year ago today.  She peeked her head out to the deck, in which she would never do when she was younger.