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Hi folks,
Today,
12th Oct, is a better day. But then, the day
before
was so bad that the only way that can change is
for the
better. I am still in that 7-11 clone next to
the
hotel while Joy is in the hotel with her laptop
plugged
into the Internet there. She downloaded shots
of us
from the last 2 days and today that you would
recognised
from my last couple of emails and this
email.
All of you are invited to
http://public.fotki.com/shimmertje/last_days_with_tink/
Again I
am thankful for the well wishes, support,
thoughts
and hugs from all of you even if I cannot
write
personally to all. You all help in no small way
in this
present difficult situation. More important,
I think
the tide had turned and Tinkerbell seemed
happier.
And that of course, gave me, and I can
imagine
all of you too, much relief as well.
I am
sorry for the pain I must have caused by the
outpouring
of yesterday. If I waited until now to
write
without the rawness of the moment, I would have
caused
less of the roller coaster ride to you folks.
The
morning did not start that well. Mr Yu was back
and his
phone call to me got my anxiety level up
again.
After final handover of apartment to the
landlord,
we first rushed to see Yu in his little
factory
making aluminium castings and then to his home
nearby.
He was very concerned with Tink's quietness
,lack of appetite and aloofness unlike former times
when
she stayed over in his place.
In his
apartment, I was happy that they did not stack
back
the bags of Tinkerbell's stuff on her cage which
I had
to clear yesterday night before I got her back
into
the cage. She had traces of mash on her beak
indicating
that at least she was eating some of that.
I told
him correct diet is not important at this
stage.
If Tink wanted only sunflower seeds or
whatever,
so be it for the next couple of weeks until
she
gotten over the transition. With all those
thoughts
on her behalf, Tink was still annoyed at me
and she
flew off to the basker on top of cupboard when
I
released her from her cage. It was a while before
she
accepted my toadying to bob her head and flew down
to me.
The
baskets on top of tall cupboards were rearranged
to
allow her more alternate perches. Yu's formation
of Tink's bedroom was wrong and I reorganised the
setup
creating the space that she liked. After
tentative
refusal, I was so happy that she went in to
check,
came out to bob her head at me before she went
back in
to further refine her bedroom to her liking.
The
newspaper was then deployed to give her privacy.
I was
to take her out, but could I make myself remove
her
when she was scratching the books inside to pieces
with
periodic happy bumping sounds. So we had lunch
there
to give her more time. I was rewarded in a few
minutes
with her flying to my shoulder demanding her
share
of my lunch. I resumed my lackeyship to wait on
Her
Grace. She then flew to the top of her bedroom and
showed
difficulty in trying to climb down into her
bedroom
and she looked intently at me. A well trained
lackey
always know how to act and I added Joy's black
Tshirt allowing her to jaw and claw her way into her
bedroom.
Taking
advantage of her happy look at me, I waved the
red
harness to her and told her we are all going for a
ride.
She flew to her basket now in the usual place
on top
of her cage for her harnessing. I was so happy
to be
back on the road again with her in front and
wifey behind.
She
called and vocalised as we made our way slowly,
dropping
by at various local shops to say my goodbyes
to them
together with photos taken of them by Joy. It
was a
great feeling to have her climbing up and down
from
the bike to resume her vandalising of my long
suffering
shirt. After breaking off the last button,
she
turned to my ciggie pack to steal a few more
bites.
We revisited our favourite spots around the
LangTang reservoir. She decided my nails grew too long
in the
last two days without her grooming and worked
on
them. I was happy, and even if she bit me to the
quick,
I might scream and after that, be happy again
even if
still in pain.
We then
continued to the nearby and larger RenYi
reservoir.
The wind had build up and many others were
there
flying kites. You can see the line was blown
parallel
to the ground in one of the photo. Tink came
to me
on cue before we just sat around to enjoy the
warmth
of those moments.
We then
went back slowly dropping by at other places
where
the people there loved Tinkerbell who either
have a
Grey or indicated they may want to get one too.
I left
with them Joy's translation into Chinese of the
care
and training their fid will need together with
the
Chinese description of mash making with our
goodbyes
to them. Hopefully, Tinkerbell's education of
me may
leave a lasting legacy for a few other fids
here in
Taiwan.
Back at
Yu's house, I showed him how to bath
Tinkerbell explaing how the
bath also helps her to
cleanse
her sinus as well as the importance to her
feathers.
Although totally wet, she flew from perch to
perch
to dry herself.
We then
rode off to dinner with the Shi's and the Wu's
and
other local friends. The happiness the Shi's and
Wu's
expressed of HT the Bim and Zorro and their
antics
told me how well they integrated into their
families
and I felt so glad for all of them. Tink was
happily
eating away attended to by her lackey and
apprentice
lackey.
After
that dinner, Tinkerbell was placed into her
carrier
cage to go back with Yu and we rode on back to
the
hotel. Which brought me to me at this keyboard
making this report back to you. We still have one more
day
with Tinkerbell on the 13th Oct.
I am so
glad I build in this transition period with
Tinkerbell. No matter how much I talked with Yu
before,
too many details that I took for granted were
missed
out and had to be rectified so that Tinkerbell
can
have a better and more comfortable stay with them
until I
can get her back.
I think
Joy and I needed this transition period as
much if
not more than Tinkerbell. We had our
wonderful
and beautiful times together and that will
always
be part of all of us, and of you folks who have
been
following us. The happiness of having her and
being
with her is worth the horrendous pain that I
have
gotten from her, provided she remained happy.
In the
words of Lord Byron "Let us have women, wine,
mirth
and laughter, Sermons and soda water the day
after".
http://public.fotki.com/shimmertje/last_days_with_tink/
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With
warmest regards
Shanlung - lackey to all below
Joy -
wife, Tinkerbell - CAG, daughter and love of my
heart
Halftail the Bimbo - beautiful sweet silly cat
Zorro -
ferret which loves parrot pellets
Bim and Zor are with other
loving families now
I will
remember them for the happy times they gave me
earlier
emails and photo links on Tink -
http://www.geocities.com/shanlung9
(erratically
and sporadically updated)
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