The cute one...

It was sometime after summer of 2006, when Adam & Lukman started pestering for a pet...we don't know where they have this idea from, but most probably from school. Since then we kept giving them excuses after excuses. We came up with all sorts of "pre-requisites" to qualify for a pet. One is to prove that they are brave enough to go downstairs and our backyard at night, incase they need to feed the pet..and they did...then they have to take care of their own room and beds....and the did..somewhat.

Then we argued about what would it be - a hamster, gerboil, parrot, fish...anything that can be kept in a cage...but no..they want a cat...a cat???? then we have to worry about where it would shit and sleep...who is going to feed them etc. etc...so the discussions kept going on and on for several months....

In October 2006, Mira left for Malaysia with Khaliesa and Aisya, leaving Adam and Lukman with me..the boys were well behaved and seemed to be quite independent when I was away for work or even at the rig site. During Ramadhan they were trying hard and few times went to Tarawikh...so when they asked again for a pet, I finally gave in.....

We drove to a pet shop in Khobar and met this couple who had 8 small kittens for sale. We bought one of them at SAR800....ya...very expensive cat...but whats important at that time was that the two brothers were very-very happy and exteremely excited...we put up the night in Dhahran and drove back the next day with the cat.....since that day, this cat has been a wonderful addition to our family....

We first named him Tom....this photo was taken about 4 months after we got him.

And how time flies. One day a friend told us it is actually a SHE....no probs, so we named her Lilo...
Few months later, we brought Lilo to a vet, who told us it is actually a HE...but what the heck, we still going to call him Lilo. So far he hasn't complain.
Isn't he cute???
And his favourite past time is sleep, sleep and sleep....

Everyone is very fond of Lilo. We fight with each other all the time, but never with Lilo...well except for Ibu i.e when Lilo accidently did it on the floor a few times..Lilo's favourite is Lukman....for some reason...
Nowadays, in the evening Lilo will make noise so that we let him go outside. Normally he will go out at 7:00 pm and returns around 9-10 pm. Sometime when there is a storm outside, we don't allow him to go outside and he will wait at the door, hoping that someone will open it and off he goes...