【Yahoo News Report】Michael and Toppy have been dating for three years. The skylight was buried in early February this year. A series of wedding photos released on FB is quite special. It is not a woods and mountains or exotic scenery, but a room full of cat cages — piles of debris everywhere , cat food and cleaning supplies, a couple wearing elegant dresses looked at each other and smiled sweetly, but held gloves, rubber shovel and other cleaning tools. The post immediately attracted thousands of likes, and netizens left words such as “Congratulations to the shit-shoveling CP” and “Thank you cat matchmaker”.
This series of “special” wedding photos was taken in To Kwa Wan, which is actually the “Hong Kong Cat Club” that takes care of stray cats and abandoned cats. I chose to take pictures in the cattery, because Michael and Toppy are cat volunteers here. The post described Michael as “shoveling shit and shoveling a wife back home”, he laughed heartily and admitted, “If there is no such place, I may not be moved to him.”
Text / Sophie
Photo / HH
a beautiful accident
Michael used to be a hot-blooded band boy and loved Japanese culture. Today, he still has purple highlights and dyed mid-length hair, which is very personal. He said that he was careless before and didn’t know how to be considerate of his family. He has been a cat volunteer for nearly 12 years. He has experienced the life and death of cats. He has become mature unconsciously and learned persistence and a sense of responsibility. Perhaps because of these experiences, when I met Toppy later, the other party felt his caring and considerate side.
Recalling the encounter between the two, it was a beautiful accident. “I never thought I would meet my other half here. I just wanted to learn something.” Toppy, who is petite and has crooked eyes when she smiles, said. She works in a Japanese-owned company and is a nine-to-five office worker. Four years ago, she wanted to enrich her spare time life. Because she was close to home, and she liked cats but her family didn’t allow them, she came to the cattery.
She usually does housework, cleaning and cleaning are quick to get started. One day she was on duty wearing a bell-sleeve top and college-style leather shoes. Some volunteers joked that she looked like a primary school student, including Michael. She didn’t pay attention at first, but afterwards Michael private messaged her, asking her where to buy that dress, and he wanted it too, and she got annoyed, “I don’t think so, and asked me where to buy it after laughing. “
“I’m sorry.” Michael admitted from the sidelines, scratching his head and laughing again. When asked about his first impression, he said that he noticed that Toppy had a good-looking appearance, but he was not burdened when working, and he was not afraid of being scratched. Height, haha.” Toppy laughed after hearing this, “It’s okay not to be 㗎喎.” When they struck up a conversation, the two opened up the conversation, and found that they both love Japanese culture and studied Japanese at the same school. We listen to Japanese songs together, and share cats with each other on a daily basis. We usually see stray cats down the street.” After a period of development, we naturally walked together.
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I used to learn to be considerate of my family when I didn’t do housework and worked as a cat volunteer.
Ask Toppy what he likes about each other? She smiled sweetly, knowing that he had a bandage, she thought he had a playful and casual personality, “But I saw that he has a caring side, and sometimes he will hand over things for you to disinfect and bandage immediately when you are moving heavy things. Helper, just show some gentlemen demeanor in these details, sometimes when playing with cats, you will see the loving side. Later we got together, and every time I watch a movie, I will carry more than one shirt, which scares me to kiss.” She also shared, Michael secretly practiced singing ONE OK ROCK’s “Whereever you are” when he proposed. It was also a long, long time ago that she casually said that it was suitable for a marriage proposal, and he was always at ease.
Michael said that the experience of being a cat volunteer has allowed him to grow a lot. At that time, he entered university at the age of 20. He also came to the cattery because his family was not allowed to keep cats. At first, he just wanted to know and learn. He has been doing it for more than ten years. He remembers that there was a period of time when he had to work shifts, and he played a few bands with his friends. It was really called “the age of burning life”. When he was really tired, he would drink a can of red bull. Doing, and worrying about cats and cats, no matter whether it is rainy or red, or New Year’s Day, they still need to eat and eat, and then slowly the responsibility becomes a habit.”
This habit has gradually brought about other changes subtly, such as being more considerate to others, “Sometimes I don’t know how to take care of the house, and I don’t have a sense of responsibility. For example, I don’t usually do housework, and I used to sweat all over after exercising.” , just throw the shirt into the dirty clothes basket; and the family will feel that it is not good enough, and they will simply wash and bury the shirt by themselves in the shower.”
Finding a home for a cat also led to a peaceful death
After the two are together, volunteering is a regular activity of dating, and at the same time, the sense of mission is growing. Once when Michael was driving Toppy home, he saw a group of people watching and found that a cat had been knocked down by a car. “I felt very strongly, ‘I am a cat volunteer’.” They immediately contacted nearby volunteers and doctors, and used A neighbor at the scene took the scarf and carefully carried the cat to the car to be sent to the hospital. Unexpectedly, the cat died only halfway. At that time, Toppy hugged the cat’s body and cried bitterly.
The cat’s body was later sent to be cremated by the two, and the ashes were also placed on the cattery’s cabinet for storing ashes. This matter often lingers in Michael’s mind. He has always felt that if he is a cat volunteer, he can witness sick cats and vicious cats become better and better, and successfully find a home. Of course, he will feel satisfied; The biggest meaning may be, “give them a place to bury their tails”. One of the tenets of the Cat Club is that it will never be humanely destroyed, which is commonly known as “snap needles”. Sometimes some cats that are seriously ill may not be saved no matter how hard they try. Compared to dying of illness on the street, “some cats , the cat’s life may be that when it leaves, there can be someone beside it, hugging it, and waiting for it to walk away peacefully.”
Just like the cat that I met on the road that day, and later became pregnant and died in Toppy, Michael’s thoughts were further deepened, “If no one sees him, he may end up in the trash can and go to the landfill, just because we saw him. , you can hold it so that it can be cremated solemnly.” It was the first time he saw off a cat with his own hands. He remembered being very sad during the cremation, and blamed himself for not being able to save it. “I have always had a feeling that Maybe one day he will bump into him on the street, he knows we helped him, and he will come back to find us.”
Fortunately, “No Shrinking” has the courage to accept the unknown in life
The cats sent to the cattery are mainly stray cats and abandoned cats. Some of them died before being adopted, and the cat volunteers will cremate them. But no matter how many experiences, life and death are still heavy. Toppy also mentioned that she had a very beloved cat that was abandoned by the breeding farm. She always thought of adopting it home after marriage, but one day it suddenly disappeared. She was a little choked up, “Maybe she is in poor health and old. Now we all want to scream when we talk about it, and feel that he has been waiting for us…” Michael said with a smile beside him, “We always say that he is the ugliest Such a famous cat.” Toppy burst into tears when he heard that, “But he is really good.”
Michael continued that they were very depressed during that time, but the days would soothe the pain. Once they couldn’t let go of the cats, together with a group of volunteer partners in the cattery, they let him know that he was not alone. These heavy moments are experienced by people around me, not by myself, it will be easier to face, and we can continue to live slowly.”
Qunmaohui posted an article to share their love story at the beginning of the month. Congratulations to Michael for “shoveling shit and shoveling a wife home”. A large number of netizens poured in to leave messages to congratulate. Interested people do not need to apply for the time being, you have to wait, and wait, the grapes will always ripen.” It makes people laugh. In this regard, the two also described that they could meet each other at the cat meeting, which was something that no one thought of at the beginning. Although the Qunmao Club is temporarily full, Michael said that he can also use his own story to encourage others, “If you want to do something, try it, don’t do it because you are afraid, I have been unconsciously relying on persistence and responsibility for more than ten years , I have an extra identity, and I have helped some lives, (so I will meet the right partner first?) No mistakes, no shrinkage!”
Toppy also agrees, “If you have the heart and time, there are other organizations in the market, you can give it, and you may get a reward that you don’t think about. In addition to knowing him, I also know a lot about cats. Now my friends will Ask me about cats, and I can help you find a doctor or ask other people, it’s all the same.”
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