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Furbulous Celebrity Meow series: Priscelia Chan and her furry bundle of joy

“We hoped she’d be our twinkling joy, that’s why we called her Twinkle”

Furbulous Celebrity Meow series: Priscelia Chan and her furry bundle of joy

Photos: Priscelia Chan
Graphics: Wong Ming Yui


Lin Peifen, Nat Ho and Felicia Chin), we speak to Priscelia to find out about her story – one she calls a “pure coincidence”, with her irreplaceable twinkling joy.

The actress has always been drawn to cats for unknown reasons (Priscelia thinks it’s because she grew up seeing a cat painting at her grandfather’s house), but never had the urge to commit to becoming a pet owner until one fine day, two years ago, when she received a call about an abandoned cat from a vet friend.

“My friend told me she kept thinking of me when she was tending to this cat and said the cat is quite gentle and special - and she’s not too fierce too,” Priscelia recalled, “She sent me a picture of the cat, I took a look at it and immediately called a cab and rushed down to her clinic.”

Twinkle in her pearl and SG50 decorative collarsOnce, the actress ordered a slightly expensive collar fashioned out of pearls for Twinkle to wear during Chinese New Year, but Alan deemed it too heavy for the cat. The “protective daddy” observed that it obstructed Twinkle’s movement as she did not jump as much as she did before.“The moment we took off the collar, Twinkle started to jump around. What he said was really true and I was amazed by his keen observation,” Priscelia said.That’s not all. We learned of Alan’s paternal protectiveness over Twinkle as Priscelia recounted how her husband once got angry with her for bringing home a bunch of lilies intended for a flower arrangement, “I was told it’s not the kind that are poisonous to cats but Alan said to me: ‘It’s still lilies’.”After a “minute of silence”, Alan eventually decided they’d place the
Toggle: So between you and Twinkle, who’s the bigger diva at home?Priscelia: She lah! Even my stylist said that my cat is more ‘diao’ (cool) than me. But she’s not super diva, she’s more manja (affectionate). When I wake up in the morning she’d follow me around the house and meow non-stop until I touch her. That’s her way of making sure I greet her in the morning.Both you and Twinkle have such manja personalities, how similar are the both of you in that aspect?She’s more act cute than me (chuckles). My manja (to Alan) is sometimes cute too, but hers is cuter. When I had her for the first year, she’d climb on us and sleep on our chests. It’s unpredictable so that’s one of the exciting things about adopting a pet – when she suddenly shows you affection it can feel so sweet. But I’m not sure if it was a phase as she has outgrew it (sleeping on their chests) and
Revenge Queen, we’d go for breakfast during the weekends and come back to change her litter box together. We’d sit on the kitchen floor and sayang and groom her. And we felt this energy – like a trinity of love… it felt comfortable and comforting.

Would you say that the decision to sterilise one’s pet is one of the best gifts that owners can give their pets?I would say that is what a responsible pet owner would do. And one thing I need to clarify about is Twinkle has given birth to kittens before – she’s suspected to be made for breeding by a particular place somewhere. This piece of information was given by the cat lady who found her because Twinkle is apparently quite pretty and exotic (she’s deduced to be a Siamese Lilac Pointe) so that could be part of the reason why she was abandoned. In that sense, it’s not very responsible of people to throw her aside because if there’s an oversupply and overpopulation and you can’t cater to them, some of these cats will end up being culled.If Twinkle could make one Christmas wish for the good of her own kind, what do you think it will be?No more abuse or mutilation of cats

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