[daphne1985]

Originally Posted by Maneki Neko

Hi, Daphne,

Lovely to meet you, too! For the record, I like all animals. Except leeches -- yuck!

And congratulations! You're the first person who recognized "neko" as Japanese for cat. Although they may not know its name or the Japanese legend associated with it, almost every Malaysian is familiar with the Maneki Neko, "the Beckoning Cat". I named my cat Maneki because she beckoned to me exactly like this at the SPCA one day. (I'm still waiting for her to summon great wealth to our doorstep, though...)

Hi Amanda...

Simply bcoz I learn some basic Japanese.."Neko" is cat and "Inu" is Dog.. Thanks for guiding me to SPCA, I manage to get someone (SPCA Volunteer too) fetch me frm LRT to SPCA..so happy... so excited to go there..

Hope to see u again

Cheers
Daphne