She came into my life on 20th August 2004 and was only 2 months old then.
She was a glutton but never a fussy eater. I shared my food with her.
She loved soyabean curd, milk, peanuts, fishball crackers, cheese and bread.
She loved nibbling on my fingers but sometimes her hard nibbles drew blood.
She was a smart lil furball who loved crawling from my one arm to the other.
She also loved to crawl up my head, mess up my hair and sleep on my belly.
She would greet me and acknowledge my presence whenever I return home.
She squeaked when I flipped her over and tickled her belly.
She gave me loving licks and kisses on my lips.
She would rub her nose against mine.
She listened when I cried.
She brought me so much joy and laughter all this while.

As time passed, her thick luscious fur was reduced to a thinner coat. She lost quite a bit of weight and grew white fur behind her ears. But she was still as mischievous and greedy as ever.

I am going to miss the thuds of her falling on her back at night.
I am going to miss the kisses, the licks, the nibbles.
I am going to miss sharing food with her.
I am going to miss her company.
I am going to miss her squeaks.



I gave her all my attention and love and lavished all sorts of hammie luxuries on her. Perhaps, she left knowing that I have finally found someone else worthy of my love and attention. Sigh... Perhaps, I should have paid more attention to that big hard lump at her pee-hole that never stopped bleeding. It might have been a cancerous tumour which caused her death. Yet, she showed no signs of discomfort and had been eating well even till the day just before she died.

That night, movements became a problem for her usual active self. She was also having difficulty breathing properly. She didn't respond when I called her name and patted her. As hours passed, her breathing became more laboured and her eyes remained closed. Blinking back my tears, I continued to stroke her gently, telling her to go off to her hammie heaven.



She breathed her last and slipped away quietly into the silence of the wee morning hours on 25th April 2006.