Guppy said farewell

Sadly, I wish to inform a guppy has swam it's last lap around the small bowl.
Thankfully it wasn't the baby guppy that was born in our house.
It was the so-called 'pregnant' one that we recently bought.

When I told Eric that it died, his reaction was more of excitement than sadness...

Me : One guppy died
Eric : Which one? The baby ar?
Me : The big pregnant one lar...
Eric : *excitedly* Did you squeeze it to see got babies or not?
Me : -_- No...
Eric : Where's the guppy??
Me : Mum flushed it down the toilet =P

Please lar...it was already floating upside down when we realized it dead.
Takkan want to keep the dead guppy for so many hours until he comes back to check for babies.
The way I see it, if there were any babies, it would've been dead as well.
Oh well...now we'll never know, would we?

The guppies left in the bowl.
The white tail guppy on the right is our baby guppy who has grown up.
It doesn't have any colour on it's tail.
Just a little red mark on it's body.
See how small it is compared to the big guppy we bought.

Another look at baby guppy. We've no idea if it's a male or female.

The guppies have this freaky habit of staring at the camera when I try to take their pics.

All the pictures I took (which was about 20) have at least 1 guppy staring at me.

Well...they sure ain't camera shy.

Guppy Family

Despite our failure with our many departed guppies a few months back, we went and got 3 more to join the guppy baby that survived from last winter.

So now we have 4 guppies in the fish bowl.

The smallest guppy was born in our apartment.
Read about it's birth here back in January.
The 3 others are much much bigger in size.
Eric said now Lil' Guppy got his turf invaded and obviously being bullied.
I'm sure that's how fish play and get to know each other.


This should be the new female that we got. She's the biggest of them all. Mum says she might be pregnant. Maybe we'll have guppy babies soon again? =P

The 2 with the ref tails are males I think. The Lil Guppy has no colour whatsoever yet. Maybe it's albino.

Yeah...I know the water is a little murky.

We want to let the fish settle in for a few days first before changing it's water.

So far, no guppy drama yet with these 4.

Let's hope they live happily swimming in our fish bowl longer than our previous water pets.

*cross fingers*

Another Cold Spell

We were just enjoying the warmer days.
Then temperature dipped to below 10 degrees Celsius.
It was so cold I'm all wrapped up like a dumpling again.

Not a pretty sight. But since everyone else looks like dumplings too...I guess I can live with it.

Sad to report that we lost 2 more guppies babies.
I think we're going to lose more if the cold spell continues on like this.

How can guppies survive when humans are freezing their noses off in this temperature?

Yeah...I give them a max of 10 days.

Soon it'll be Chinese New Year. This year, we're going to have the reunion dinner in Macau.

It'll only be Eric, Mum and me.

Last year's celebration was a super big family affair as Grandma celebrated her 80th birthday. And I was super fat as well. Enough said.

Most of my aunts, uncles and cousins are in Sitiawan right now.

There's a part of me that feels sad because I'm not there with them.

My family is one crazy bunch of people but I love being around them.

I bet my aunts are sitting around gossiping, uncles playing mahjong and young cousins playing blackjack. I'm sure Grandma is happy to have everyone back home.

But it can be quite chaotic having about 40 adults and children under one roof.

Imagine the line to use the washroom =P

Family is a wonderful thing to have. I'm here with family, but I do miss my big family back home. I hope they misses us too.

R.I.P Guppies

I really think I'm cursed.

All 3 adult guppies are dead.

One died after the other. Within 48 hours.

Wonder whether it was the plant or pebbles that killed them.

All babies are still doing okay *cross fingers*

=(

Whale & Guppies

We crossed the border to Zhuhai again to do some shopping and eating. As things are way cheaper there, it's worth the trouble going through immigration.

First stop was lunch at Whale Restaurant. It's one of our favourite restaurant to eat it. It's packed as usual for lunch but luckily we managed to get a table.

I love roast suckling pig. This one is not too bad. The skin is crispy and tasty. Wish they have a better sauce to go with it and a bigger portion!

I didn't like the spring rolls. The skin is too thick for me and very oily.

This is China's version of "char siew chee cheong fun" The sauce is served separately. Looks so unappetizing doesn't it? Drench it with sauce and it's ain't too bad.

These are not your normal egg tarts. These are bird's nest egg tarts. See those jelly like stuffs? That's the bird's nest. First time I ever heard of such a dim sum. But this is China...anything also can happen.

The tart tasted ok to me. Nothing special at all besides the blob of bird's nest. Eric said it tasted "cheap". I know people can feel 'cheap', things can look 'cheap'...but first time I'm hearing food tasted 'cheap'. Well...there's a first time for everything =)

I have high expectations for this small butter pau.

But was extremely disappointed =( The filling was thick, dry and too sweet. It was supposed to be runny and oozing a yellow yummy paste. And the pau's skin is so hard when it's supposed to be fluffy. Don't ever order this. Definitely a first and the last.

Obviously we had more dishes but it's just a repeat of what we normally order. As usual we had the pigeons (which is a must-have), scrimp dumplings, chicken feet and pork ribs.

When we're done with lunch...time to buy some stuffs. Specifically....more yarn. So that I can knit more scarfs. I know...even Eric thinks so. I'm so overdoing the knitting thingy. But I can't seem to stop as my list of people to knit for keeps getting longer 0_o.

Laden with many balls of yarn, we then move on to food shopping. How can we not when the things in Zhuhai is half the price of what is being sold in Macau?

After much walking around...time for a drink at a cafe facing a super busy main road where car honks are never ending.

The menu is good for a laugh. Luckily they're serving "Fillet Steat" and not "Fillet Teat" =P

They also serve Bacow Sandwiches, Jam Woffles and also Toast with Ga Yan(I'm wondering if they mispelled kaya)

Eric's iced milk tea and Mum's Lemon Coke. Yup...we're having iced drink while sitting outside during winter. I know...we're a weird family.

This is my Iced Magic Coffee. The only magical thing about this drink is that it only appeared in front of me 30 minutes after ordering. Apparently...they are really busy -_- Well...I was pissed off and asked the waitress as how is it possible that they delivered Eric's and Mum's drink 20 minutes already but mine is still pending? She started to repeat the story about how busy they are and there's not even an apology. Crappy service.

Relaxing after my magical coffee arrived. I really like my scarf =)

Update on our guppies. We got them some greenies and some flooring. As if their home is not small enough, we decided to do a little renovation for them.

New plants and pebbles to play with. It looks kinda funny right with the plant above the water? Or maybe we could just say it's artistically revamped =P

I think the guppies like the new additions to their aquarium.

Baby guppies have grown quite a bit since they came into the big scary world. When we first put the plant into their container, they were all hiding in a corner and avoided it. I was telling Eric maybe it's not such a good idea...

I think the plant is scaring them...maybe should take it out...

*looks worriedly at babies*

They haven't seen a plant before since they were born. Of course scared lar -_-

After a little while...the babies were happily playing hide and seek =) They even camouflage very well with the pebbles.

We only have 7 guppies babies left as one died earlier. We also have one baby who kinda lost his tail and swimming weirdly.

I'm really crossing my fingers they'll be able to grow up and not die...so I'm feeding them lots.

Mum thinks the other female is pregnant...maybe we'll have more babies soon =)

Yippie Guppies!

Despite the disaster with our poor departed Sea Monkeys whose short life is documented here, Eric wanted some new pets and instead of getting a puppy, we got some guppies.

Eric the ever optimist wanted a spanking new aquarium with some water grass and a pump.

I then suggested we recycle the small Sea Monkey aquarium for our guppies instead.

Come on...with my history with pets, better not invest in any new equipments for any pets until we can be sure they'll survive for more than 3 months.

Some more it's so cold in Macau. I'm quite sure the guppies are freezing their tails off now.

No matter how I tried to discourage getting new pets, Eric was adamant.

So...behold the new additions to our small family in Macau.

Sea Monkey aquarium, 3 guppies and guppies food. Told Eric no need to buy food for the guppies as I still have my Sea Monkey's food =P As usual, he gave me the "look" and here we are with some Tetra Guppy which enhances colour and growth.

Why 3 guppies? Mum just asked the same question. Coz the guppy seller told us it's best to have ONE male and two females. So typical. So now we have a male guppy with a wife and mistress -_-

It's easy to spot the male as he's the one with the colourful tail. The females look like "longkang"(drain) fish.

Ever heard that three's a crowd?

Well...it does seem a little crowded in the little aquarium. If the male guppy does his job well and we get many baby guppies...then we'll a bigger home for them.

Until then...I'm crossing my fingers that they'll still be swimming tomorrow.