Looking for an aquarium

During the school holidays, I sent the kids to the preschool for a "holiday camp" called "Kampung kids". The children spent the few hours in the morning for 2 days playing games we played before when we were young, instead of Wii, computers or toys. It's good for me since I would have the morning to go do my yoga.

They had a good time (I believe!) learning traditional games like congkak, hopscotch, 5 stones, kite-flying, gasing, guli-guli and catching tiny fishes. So, the 2nd day, they brought home some new pets and being new to it, we really have no idea what to do with them. I just provide a transparent "bikar" as the fishes' new home.

Came evening time, while I was cooking dinner, meimei told me that I need to feed the fishes already, they were feeling hungry lor. (And I went "Huh? I now have to cook for the fishes too?) Since we ran out of bread again, I didn't know what to feed them and go online to ask whoever's online for advice. Bad move, the only person online seems to know nuts about that either, suggesting me to feed them sai. We discussed if we should flush them into the toilet bowl, since Finding Nemo says all toilets lead to the big sea, no?

In any case, those little fishes lead us to embrace the idea to keep some fishes as pets. It gives quite a therapeutic feeling looking at those little fishes swimming around happily. Thus, over the weekend, we took the kids to Pet shop in the mall, and contemplating to buy the whole set of stuffs to get ready for some new pets. Alas, papa was a big letdown. He veto-ed our decision to keep a pet, saying we are not ready for it and there's not enough room in our home to keep them.

He gave a few criteria for the kids to fulfill before they are allowed to have any pets. First, they must touch them and hold them in their hands. Then, they must bathe them, then, they must clean their shits, then they must kiss them... eww....he's so desperate to avoid spending more money on this probably 1-min-hot-next-min-cold hobby.

We went home, discussing anyway if we should have turtles or iguana or birds or hamster or wabbits. I think fishes should be the easiest to handle for the moment. And it would look nice for our living room. And it would be good fengshui too (whaddaya know abt fengshui, I hear you ask?). I don't care, I want something to play with.

Papa took us to 2 other pet shops last afternoon to check out the tanks price for comparison. I suggested we have a small tank as a start, (just in case, it's really the case of 1-min-hot-next-min-cold punya kisah) but he hear not a word of that. He said a small tank would be meaningless, and whoa! I see him looking at BIG tanks instead. Err, mister, is that bit too ambitious? I haven't take care of any pets in my life before wor. But, what's so hard with a few fishes, right? (But, can I tolerate seeing fishes dying in my hands?) Anyway, I'm all game for this game. I can't wait to get our (my) fish tank home.

Do you think a coral theme aquarium would be nice? Or fake decors? Or plants? Can't decide timm.. I think I want to put everything in.. capalang aquarium. Cool!