this is one of my old post in my old blog... hehe~
(15 January 2007)
last week, i've made quite a big decision (ya, right! haha). i bought a pair of little tortoises (dunno what the right species they are. turtles? tortoises? uh... whatever!). the male tortoise is called 'he qun' while the female one is called 'xiao shi'. i luv watching a taiwanese drama 'smile pasta' n that's why i named both of them with the name of d lead characters in d drama.
i bought them here, at the UIA (got a lot of stalls in due to tis 'engin fest'). they're cute and simply irresistable(is it the right word?) n that's why i bought em. my thought was rather simple at that time. i will take a good care of them for the time being and until they're big enough, i'll free them somewehere in my hometown. (yea, i even thought of bringing em back home to kedah).
i thought that my tasks are simply easy. give em food, clean n change the water for em, that's all. then i brought em back to my room.
the very first night, i can see that both of em were tryin to climb up the box. then i come to realise that the box is actually TOO SMALL for em. then i started to think a lot. nah, it's not easy! i felt horrible cuz i know, they wanted to be free. so, i promised them that i'll walk em quite often so that they won't be so sad.
I did let them walk around and a lot of people gave their stares at me as if I'm crazy. maybe they're just wondering 'what's that girl doing on the grass, hopping from here to there?' (hey, the tortoises walk very fast, as if they're trying to escape. i tried my best not to let them get away.)
hehe.... then i realised it's hard to do so quite often cuz i have other commitments... but i felt bad too cuz i failed to keep the promise i made to myself (to let them walk around)... and i kept on saying i'm sorry to them (yea... i talked to them. so what??? haha)
only then i realised that keeping pets is, actually... teach us how to become a parent and feel like one. now i understand and truly feel how my parents feel whenever they failed to keep their promises towards their children or fulfilling our wishes due to some problems. they felt the pain too... and i should stop sulking easily and try to understand them... right? hehe...
(5 August 2007)
wow... it's been a while since i left my post (the above-'he qun n xiao shi') alone in the 'draft' section... man... both he qun and xiao shi are big enough now. but the thing is... both of them are now in kedah (my hometown), being looked after by my family... i can't look after them well here cuz i was extremely busy! i'm afraid that they'll be lack of love n care cuz i am really busy with my studies, so i decided to ask my parents plus my little sister to look after them n they agreed... hey, i went back home quite often. i didn't abandon them...
well... now i understand why some parents had to leave their children with their parents when they are out for work! hehe~
and what i learn about myself? hmmm... let just make it simple : i am a 'quite-bad' parent in da future. hahahahahahaha
