I was doing my research fieldwork around the Bangi area in late November 2011, when I suddenly stumbled into a stray pregnant female cat. I was instantly attracted to her unique appearance, her face looked like a sad mime or harlequin. When i tried to approach her, she scuttled away. I saw something weird about the way she ran away, it was only then I realized that she has 1 missing hand, and the wound was still bloody & raw. Feeling sympathy for this 3-legged cat, I proceeded to feed & check on her for the next 2 days and nights. On the 3rd day, I successfully captured her & immediately brought her to the vet for treatment. This is her story..and mine. A story about Harlie, the 3-legged cat.
Showing posts with label penderma. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Penderma terbaru & terakhir ~ Latest & last donor ~ 22/12/11

Salam semua.

Beberapa hari lepas saya ada terima email mengatakan seorang insan yang baik hati bernama Julie Suzziana Suhaili telah mendermakan sejumlah wang kepada tabung Harlie. Terima kasih Julie diatas sumbangan anda itu! Saya akan update jumlah keseluruhan yang telah diterima selepas ni. 

Saya rasa sekarang eloklah jika saya padamkan kesemua maklumat akaun bank saya daripada blog ni. Ini kerana, walaupun saya masih belum membuat pembayaran akhir kepada Honey Vet Clinic (sebab Dr Joe/Dr Nurul terlalu sibuk sehingga tak sempat lagi nak kira bil penuh Harlie berapa), tapi saya rasa jumlah yang saya terima setakat ni sudah lebih dari mencukupi untuk membiayai keseluruhan kos rawatan Harlie. Jika ada lebih duit derma selepas membuat pembayaran terakhir kepada HVC nanti, saya akan gunakan duit tersebut sepenuhnya untuk Harlie, i.e untuk membayar kos vaksinasinya, membeli makanannya, litter sand, etc. 

Jadi, saya rasa sudah cukuplah derma yang kami terima setakat ni. Tapi, saya takkan menolak rezeki sekiranya masih ada insan yang baik hati & pemurah yang masih mahu menderma untuk Harlie. Dalam kes sedimikian, sila hubungi saya & saya akan berikan nombor akaun bank & details saya.

Sekali lagi, saya & Harlie mengucapkan ribuan..jutaan..setinggi-tinggi terima kasih kepada semua penderma! Kami sangat terhutang budi kepada anda. Semoga Allah SWT merahmati anda semua & semoga usaha kita ni diberkati olehNya. InsyaAllah.

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Hello all!

A few days ago I received an email from my bank. It informed me that a lady named Julie Suzziana Suhaili has donated such & such amount to the fund for Saving Harlie. Thank you very much for your donation Julie! Harlie & I appreciate your contribution very much. I'll update the total amount of donations received shortly.

I think now would be a good time to wipe all my personal & bank account information from this blog. This is due to the fact that even though I still haven't made the final payment to Honey Vet Clinic (because Dr. Joe/Dr. Nurul have been so busy lately they don't even have time to calculate the final outstanding amount I owe them), it is my guesstimation that the donations received to date is more than enough to cover all of Harlie's outstanding medical costs at HVC. If there is a surplus of donations, I will utilize it fully for Harlie's benefit, i.e for her upcoming vaccination, food & litter purchases, etc.


Hence, I think we have received enough donations for Harlie for now. However, I won't look a gift horse in the mouth and reject any individual who'd still like to contribute for Harlie in future. If that is the case, then please contact me directly here or on FB to get my personal details.


Once again, at the risk of sounding ad nauseum, Harlie & I would like to express our sincerest thanks & gratitude to all of our supporter & donors. We are hugely indebted to all of you. May God bless & keep all of us.


Sunday, December 11, 2011

Harlie running! - 10/12/11

Salam semua.

Pada malam 9/12/11, saya telah berjumpa dengan seorang hamba Allah yang baik hati bernama En. Husni. En Husni & keluarganya merupakan rescuer kucing stray yang amat berdedikasi, di rumah beliau terdapat lebih daripada 100 ekor kucing yang telah diselamatkan dari jalanan. Subhanallah. Saya berjumpa dengan beliau kerana beliau ingin bersedekah makanan kibbles untuk Harlie. Secara totalnya, saya telah menerima beberapa beg besar & beg kecil makanan kucing berjenama Artemis Super Premium daripada beliau, jumlah berat makanan tersebut mungkin mencecah 25-35 kg jugaklah. Terima kasih banyak-banyak En Husni diatas jasa baik & sumbangan anda. 

Oleh kerana Harlie masih belum boleh/gemar makan kibbles, maka saya telah mengambil keputusan untuk menyedekahkan makanan tersebut kepada Honey Pet Shop & juga rescuers/feeders daripada KTAJ (Kucing Terbiar & Anjing Jalanan). Moga-moga makanan tersebut dimanfaatkan sepenuhnya oleh mereka, insyaAllah.

Siang tadi (10/12/11) saya telah pergi melawat Harlie lagi. Keadaan dia semakin baik & jahitan baru tu pun nampak semakin pulih. Alhamdulillah. Beberapa gambar yang diambil hari ni menyusul di bawah:

Siapa yang tak jatuh cinta tengok muka ni? :) 


 Jahitan baru semakin pulih. Tengok tangan Harlie tu, ada banyak spots..macam Dalmatian kan? Unik btol.


Eczema kat perut Harlie pun dah kering & hampir hilang.


Lepas tu, Dr Nurul memberitahu saya yang Harlie hari ni tadi tiba-tiba pulak dah mula bermanja dengan dia! Heheh. Sebelum ni, dia langsung taknak manja-manja dengan sesiapa pun, sebab dia takut agaknya. Tapi pagi tadi masa Dr Nurul check dia, Harlie start gesel-gesel kepala dia kat tangan Dr Nurul! Heheh. Petanda baik ni..syukur. Maknanye dia boleh bermanja dengan orang, sama juga macam kucing-kucing lain..cuma memerlukan masa je.

Satu lagi...Harlie tadi berlari lagi, bukan main laju lagi! Kat bawah link kepada video Harlie berlari yg saya dah upload kat Youtube. Masa ni dia dah tak berlari laju sangat, heheh. Sebelum tu laju. Alhamdulillah, Harlie dah boleh adapt dengan keadaannya.


Ok, tu saje..good night semua. Terima kasih! Please pray for Harlie supaya dia cepat sembuh :)


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Hey all.

On the night of 9/12/11, I met a good samaritan by the name of En. Husni. Him & his family are really dedicated cat rescuers. They have more than 100 cats at home, rescued from the streets! That really is something that most of us will not be able to do. God truly is great. The reason I went to meet him was because he wanted to donate some cat food for Harlie. In total, he donated several large bags of Artemis Super Premium kibbles plus several other smaller bags of the same. Total weight of kibbles donated is about 25-35 kilos. Thanks so very much to En. Husni for his dedication & kindness.

Since Harlie still does not take to eating kibbles well, I've decided to in turn donate the food to Honey Pet Shop (HVC) and also to the rescuers/feeders at KTAJ (Kucing Terbiar & Anjing Jalanan), a very proactive cat & canine rescue group. I hope the food will be put to good use & will be used to benefit all the needy strays & rescues out there, God-willing.

Earlier today, 10/12/11, I went to visit Harlie again. She's in good overall health and is getting better by the day. The new sutures also seem to be healing just fine & as expected. Thank God. A few photos from today:

Really, who can't fall in love with this face?



New sutures are healing well. Note the spots on Harlie's left hand. Like a Dalmatian!



The eczema on her tummy is also getting drier & better. Most of them are completely gone or are on the way.

Dr Nurul also told me that Harlie has started to show some affection for her! Previously, she wouldn't come close to or be affectionate to anyone at all, but this morning while Dr Nurul was checking on Harlie in her cage, Harlie quickly gave her some head & cheek rubs. Good news, eh? Thank God. This shows that just like any other cat, Harlie is perfectly capable of trusting & loving people. She just needs time.

Oh, and Harlie is also quite a 'runner' now! She runs quite fast, although her loping gait while she does breaks my heart a little bit. Alhamdulillah, this means Harlie can fully adapt to her condition & that she's getting stronger by the day. Here's a video of her running that I've uploaded to Youtube:


Ok, that's all for now. Good night, everyone. Keep praying for Harlie so that she'll completely recover soon enough! Thank you!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Preparing for Harlie's arrival tomorrow

Hi & salam to all.

It's been yet another busy day for me & another early morning tomorrow, so this will be short. Just wanted everyone to know that tentatively Harlie will be coming back home with us sometime tomorrow! My wife & I will fetch her from the ward at Honey Vet Clinic in the afternoon and we'll bring her home for us to foster. Tonight I've just finished disinfecting her new cage & living quarters, can't take any chances with any viruses, etc that might be transmitted from my cats to Harlie. With her immune system in the current weakened state, we can't take any chances. Harlie will be totally isolated from my other cats, Snow & Mimi, in a separate room. I hope she would adjust well to her new surrounding & that it won't be too stressful for her & for Snow & Mimi too :)

Another spate of good news, the donations from the kind Singaporean donors (led by Kak Siti) have been wired to me. I'll go & fetch the funds tomorrow before picking up Harlie. Alhamdulillah! My everlasting & neverending thanks goes out to the kind donors, especially to Kak Siti for her time & effort in helping Harlie out.

Ok, I think that's it for tonight. Will update more accordingly later on when I have time.

Good night, everyone!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Thanks to Harlie's donors from Singapore!

Salam semua.

Saya ada menerima berita baik dari kawan baik saya Kak Siti Sujiah dari Singapura. Beliau memberitahu saya bahawa beliau telah berjaya mengumpul derma ikhlas untuk Harlie daripada kawan-kawan & keluarga beliau berjumlah SGD240 semuanya! Syukur alhamdulillah. Saya amat tersentuh dengan dedikasi & kemuliaan tindakan Kak Siti Sujiah, bukan sahaja dia berjaya mengumpul jumlah derma yang sebegitu banyak untuk Harlie tetapi sebelum ni dia juga telahpun menderma untuk Fund for Saving Harlie. Walaupun tidak diminta/disuruh, Kak Siti mengorbankan masa & tenaganya untuk meminta & mengumpul dana-dana derma tu. An example of kemuliaan & kebaikan hati manusia :) Senarai nama penderma-penderma dari Singapura adalah seperti berikut:


1) Christine (Shiqi Xtin) 
2) Mumtaz Begam Aziz 
3) Anonymous
4) Elena Iskandar 
5) Sarini Hamid 

Dengan ini, jumlah derma yang masih kami perlukan untuk membiaya medical bills Harlie sudah menjadi RM0 :) In fact, jumlah keseluruhan yang akan diterima dijangka akan melebihi amaun yang diperlukan. Selebihnya akan digunakan untuk membeli makanan Harlie, membayar vaksinasinya dalam masa 2 minggu lagi & memberinya ubat deworming & lain2 ubat yang mungkin diperlukan.

Ribuan terima kasih saya ucapkan kepada mereka di atas kerana memberi sumbangan untuk Harlie. Dana yang diterima akan digunakan sebaik mungkin untuk manfaat Harlie. Semoga Allah SWT memberkati semua usaha kita ni, insyAllah. Harlie tidak mengenali anda, tak boleh mengucapkan terima kasih kepada anda, mungkin tidak berpeluang untuk berjumpa dengan anda..tetapi ketahuilah yang sumbangan anda ini telah memberikan dia peluang kedua yang terbaik.

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Hi all.

I've received some really great news from my good friend Kak Siti Sujiah of Singapore. She told me that she has managed to garner donations for Harlie from her friends & family members. The amount is to the tune of SGD240! Syukur, thank God. I am really touched by her dedication & generosity to Harlie's cause. Not only did she manage to collect such a staggering amount in donations, but she is also a previous donor to the Fund for Saving Harlie. Unbidden and at the expense of her energy & precious time, Kak Siti has obtained & consolidated the donations. That's a stellar example of the kindness & nobility the human heart is capable of :) 

The list of donors from Singapore are as follows:

1) Christine (Shiqi Xtin) 
2) Mumtaz Begam Aziz 
3) Anonymous
4) Elena Iskandar 
5) Sarini Hamid 

With their kind donations, the shortfall amount still needed to cover Harlie's medicall bills has fallen to RM0 :) In fact, the final amount of donations received is expected to be in excess of the total amount needed. Hence, there will be a surplus of funds. This surplus will be used to buy special food for Harlie, to pay for her vaccination shots in 2 week's time & also for her deworming & other medications she might need in the future.

My sincerest & utmost thanks & gratitude goes out again to all the kind donors from Singapore. The donations you gave will be utilized fully for the betterment of Harlie. May God bless us all for our efforts in helping this very special kitty who happens to be short of 1 leg :) Harlie doesn't know you, she can't thank you, she may never even be able to meet all of you, but know this..what you've given her is a very good shot at a 2nd chance to be happy & healthy in life. What more can any of us ask for? :)

Good night Harlie, good night everyone.





Saturday, December 3, 2011

Saying thanks to our latest donors!

Salam semua,

Harini saya & Harlie telah menerima sumbangan baru daripada 2 insan yang amat baik hati iaitu:

a) Azleen Ibrahim
b) Anonymous

Setinggi-tinggi terima kasih saya kepada mereka berdua kerana menyumbang kepada tabung kebajikan Harlie. Semoga Allah memberkati derma & jasa baik anda & memberi anda rahmah & barakahNya. InsyaAllah, ameen.

Untuk status terbaru jumlah derma yang telah diterima, sila lihat di sebelah kanan page ni atau lihat di bawah.

Sekali lagi, terima kasih banyak2 Azleen Ibrahim & Anonymous! :)

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Today Harlie & I received donations from 2 new donors, and they are:

a) Azleen Ibrahim
b) Anonymous 

A ton of thanks & gratitude to you Azleen & dear anonymous for making your kind donations to the Saving Harlie fund. May God bless you & grant you with his rahmah & barakah, insyaAllah.

The current status of all donations received so far is as follows:


Total donations received as of 2/12/11 = RM1158


Total paid as of 1/12/11 = RM55 (Dr Wong) + RM200 (Deposit HVC) + RM220 (2nd payment to HVC) + RM280 (3rd payment at HVC) = RM755


Balance of donations still in bank accounts as of 2/12/11 = RM403


Shortfall still needed to cover Harlie's medical bills = RM157


Again, our sincerest thanks & gratitude to Azleen Ibrahim & dear Anonymous for their donations! :)



Friday, December 2, 2011

Thanks to our new donors :)

1/12/11

Salam semua.

Hari ni saya telah menerima sumbangan daripada 2 orang penderma baru, iaitu:

a)  Rosmaili Ibrahim
b) Nur Aqilah Zainal Abidin (Si Mokti Kiut @ FB)

Terima kasih Rosmaili & Nur Aqilah atas derma ikhlas anda kepada Harlie. Semoga Allah SWT membalas jasa baik anda dengan pahala, rahmah & hasanahnya, insyaAllah.

Maka dengan ini, status derma untuk Harlie adalah:


Jumlah derma yang diterima setakat 1/12/11 = RM1038
Jumlah yang dibayar kepada vet setakat 1/12/11 = RM55 (Dr Wong) + RM200 (Deposit HVC) + RM220 (2nd payment to HVC) + RM280 (3rd payment at HVC) = RM755
Baki sumbangan yang masih belum digunapakai setakat 1/12/11 = RM283


Petang tadi saya telah membuat bayaran yang ke-3 kepada vet HVC berjumlah RM280. Resitnya dilampirkan dibawah:


Ingin saya ucapkan terima kasih sekali lagi kepada semua penderma-penderma yang baik hati kerana menderma untuk kebajikan Harlie.

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Greetings all!

Today I've received donations from 2 new donors, as follows:

a)  Rosmaili Ibrahim
b) Nur Aqilah Zainal Abidin (Si Mokti Kiut @ FB)

Our thanks goes out to Rosmaili & Nur Aqilah for their kind donations & show of support for our dear Harlie. May God bless you and keep you always.

With that, the current status of the Saving Harlie fund is as follows:

Total donations received as of 1/12/11 = RM1038
Total paid as of 1/12/11 = RM55 (Dr Wong) + RM200 (Deposit HVC) + RM220 (2nd payment to HVC) + RM280 (3rd payment at HVC) = RM755
Balance of donations still in bank accounts as of 1/12/11 = RM283


Earlier today, I've made a 3rd payment to the vet at HVC totalling RM280. The receipt is attached below:


Allow me to reiterate my sincere gratitude & thanks to all Harlie's donors. Thank you so much everyone for looking out for Harlie.