Thursday, February 12, 2009

a pedicure and kittens

Thailand is known for it's massages and spa treatment.
Everywhere I go, I see signs like this:



So, I went in for a $5 pedicure. The salon smelled strongly of acetone and cat urine. I felt it was too late for me to back out, so I thought maybe once I'm here for a bit, the smell will fade away.
It didn't. Then I notice the reason why it smells like cat urine.
I see two Siamese kittens playing in the corner,
next to what looks like a squirrel in a cage.
I drew one of the kittens to me with my animal loving telepathic thoughts,
and before long it was asleep on my tummy,
while I was getting pink painted onto my toes.



The girl says to me, "you like cat?"
"yes," I said. "how many cats do you have?"
"cat? oh maybe 1,2, up there (she points to the roof) maybe 10, more,
you want see baby cat maybe 2 days."
I nod my head, get off and follow her to a desk in the corner of the shop.
She points to a little niche in the desk, and I see a mother cat nursing 5 kittens.




Here's one of the kittens, palm size.


another fun surprise in Thailand. So cute, huh?

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