I love cats, much nicer than dogs, heheh. Although saying that I have 4 cats and 5 dogs so. But I do find that cats are cleaner and much more independant, all you need to do is feed them and thats it. But I love to play and pet my cats, I have 2 siamese aswell which I love.
They can be trained yes, so dont worry. Be careful though, while Siamese are nice looking and things, they can be nasty if you get a 'bad' one.
Here are my two:
--Kestrel--