Happy 2nd Birthday Pepper!

On this very date 2 years ago,
Pepper came into our house,
in a cardboard box with his 3 other cute siblings

Somewhat and somehow,
we decided to keep "The Naughty One",
who has now grown into a handsome young cat.

The Naughty One

The Handsome One :)

So here we have,

20 Reasons Why We Love Pepper!

1. He lets us hold his paw, unlike the other 2 who act like their paws are made of gold.

2. He is a very gentle and endearing cat, and has the best temper of all the three, despite giving many the initial impression that he is very fierce because of his saucepan eyes

3. His tail is cute! Although it keeps hooking onto wires sometimes (when he was younger), and scaring the hell out of him.
4.  His pink nose is cute too, it turns blue when the weather turns colder or when he just bathed.
5. He stays up together with whoever needs to finish up homework or projects at night. So sweet!
6. He takes his toy spoon or string to us when he wants to play.
7. He knows tricks such as taking Burp! treats out of the refrigerator.
8. He doesn't really mind it when I carelessly kick him in bed. Miaomiao would scowl (I think) and shift to somewhere else to sleep.
9. He is always so vulnerable, something just tugs at your heartstrings to protect him. For example he doesn't hit Momo when Momo snatches his food and just sits there and do nothing.
10. His "Orwell!" is just so cute and special! And from time to time I engage in an "Or-well!" conversation with him
11. Popo is very happy because whenever she taps the top of the shoe cabinet before she leaves the house,
he would jump up onto the shoe cabinet to say bye-bye to her.
12. He entertains us a lot when he uses the litter tray. We compare him to the penguins in the movie "Madagascar" who always try to dig the ground to go to some other part of the world. He always looks like he is trying to dig a hole into the litter tray.
13. He smells like "chou-chou". Which is the smell of the familiar childhood pillow which is quite comforting.
14. We always have the easiest time bathing him because he would sit still and let us bath him nicely.
15. He knows how to switch the fan on or off (usually unintentionally)
16. He makes this "Wruh!" sound whenever he jumps onto a higher place. Which again is cute.
17. He is also the easiest to cut nails for. I just have to push him by his side so that he falls into a lying position, then he would lie in a relaxed manner while I cut his nails. Unlike a certain cat who acts like I'm murdering her when I'm cutting her nails.
18. He's tall, dark and handsome. His body is very long so he's quite tall for a cat.
19. He is the only one who doesn't think he is an alarm clock like two certain cats! As a not-so-morning person I highly appreciate that.
20. He lets us look forward to going home after a long day of school/work/whatever. :)

Happy Birthday Pepper,
2 years with us, and many more to come :)