Before I got kids in the house, I used to have cats around as pet. When my wife and me first got our first child, I decided to get rid of cats in the house. The last one was an orange cat that I called "Labu". My wife simply call it "Orange". She didnt like cat during that time. Having to raise a cat was like to have an additional chores. I disposed Labu somewhere near a shop , about 1km from where we live. 3 days after that, it came back. I had to transport it again to a farther area where it could not find it way back home. That was 10 years ago. 
Recently, I had quit smoking. Not really quit in fact, but 90% reduction. Its quite an accomplishmet for me. Having an interval time between the habit, I started to look for something that I can busy with during the weekend. Out of sudden, I came across a pet shop. A newly open pet shop not far away from my house. I decided to check it out. There I saw few cats , persion breed that captured my attention. I went back home to let my wife know about my intention to raise a cat. Of course I need to get a partial agreement as she would be the one who are going to sustain the cat. I took both of my kids to the pet shop. We picked one cat, an orange persion cat. It was 3 months old. There were few other cats, but this one really had me due to its affection respond when I touched it for the first time. Though my kids love animal, but they do not really use to it. So it's a kind of excitement plus caution when they wanted to touch the cat.
I brought for the first time a new pet to our home. The cost was about nearly RM900. Including the gadgets, food. brush, cat litter and cat cage. There goes my budget for a new handphone. But I dont really mind about that. I dont have much desire to get a HTC Desire. Let's wait for the next model. At first, I wanted to name the cat as Ben 10 as we bought it on the 10-10-2010. But Ben 10 was a bit aggresive name and too common. Then I decided Obiwan Kenobi. Too long for the car to remember. So the cat remained unnamed for a couple of days. I asked my wife to name him something. Finally she called it Pororo. Still I think hard for the cat to catch that name, but its a cute name anyway, so be it. Pororo is fine with me. Then while watching TV, I saw Shaun the Sheep. Our family favourite animated show. So added Shaun in front of Pororo. So officially our cat name is Shaun Pororo.
The objective of getting the cat was to add the sense of responsibility and caring for my two kids.They were too addicted to internet and computer games. I wanted them to have the same experience as me while I was at their age. As I recall, my first pair of cats were Murad and Abu, I was around 4-6 years old. Then I had Nadia in 1981, a cat brought from Pontian Johor to Johor Bahru by motorbike. My eldest sister brought thay to us. Nadia gave a birth to Mickey. Mickey died of car accident. In 1983, while I was 9 years old, our home was overwhelmed with Cats. We had Tuty (from Pulau Sayak) Lito (from Bakar Arang Mosque) , Tom (from Haji Musa) , Fifi (cant remember) , Pak Itam, Belang , Rakun , Kiko , Dangdut and couple of kittens that died after few days of birth due to the serial killer - Tom the Paranoid cat. Also had a siamese cat given by a friend, Shahrul. Couldnt recall the name, it died because of road accident as well. We brother from KL gave one persion cat name Bubble, I have no idea what happen to Bubble.
So, that's the cat story that I wish to share. Hope my kids would love cat as much as I do. After the second week of having Shaun Pororo in the house, I could see both of my kids really love the cat. And so does my wife to a certain extend. In fact, we do have an unoffcial cats, a group of stray cats about 5 to 6. They come and go for food. Not like Shaun Pororo, he has its own house, confortable pillow and expensive food. But the treat is, Shaun has to face my two kids who will always pick him up and play with him like a Teddy Bear. I am worry a bit with Adam as he is a little rough when handling the cat. I just took Shaun for vaccination an hour ago. Now he is resting under the coffee table, his favourite rest and recuperation area. 
