Meleagries and SeaShells

Recently, i was tempted to try housing some shellies after viewing the enthusiam in rearing these little fellows at arofanatics.com

More interested especially knowing that they do not require fancy setup or a large tank.

These fishes are shell's dweller and as a result of their small built, they require seashells as a part of their habitat to hide and protect themselves.

Lamprologus Meleagris/Stappersi

(Following pics not mine)

Touching abit on this specie, i am housing them in a tank that is around 1feet. They require high PH and basically some shells for them to hide in due to their shy character, and next, wait...wait for them to spawn and breed. Yes, that's all, isnt it easy?

My meleagies in my small tank set up.

And it was only when i started keeping them that i discovered that shells are hard to come by locally. What some other hobbyist does was to buy some escargot back from NTUC and remove the shells.

I was lucky as i chanced upon a local website selling seashells

www.seashellplace.com

I was quite surprise with their specimen of shells and somehow got addicted to collecting these specimens. With each order, they will pack in a souvenir shells as a gesture of goodwill. Don't worry that these shells will get hurt along the way, the packaging for these shells are damaged-proof.

Some of which i have bought.






Do visit their blog if you are interested in buying some. The owner of the site is pretty friendly.

For my Sis....

I believed this entry would gets a little more attention, especially to the female readers. Haha, think this would get better comments in comparison to all the items that i have bought?

A present my elder sis and i got for the youngest member of the family.
A Gift for her 21st Birthday.

Sadly, I cant really recall what i did on my 21st and what gift i actually received, so hopefully she can with this bag.



Brand new with the protection papers intact.












this bag, although much bigger than my pouch, but surprisingly cost a little lesser than what i have bought..lol which is a good news for me.


Oh so coincidentally its Petty's Birthday today. She was born exactly 1 month earlier than me and my sister.(For knowledge of all, if you arent aware, me and my younger sis's birthday falls on the same date.) =)

Digressing, Happy Birthday Petty!!! I believed you won't need any gift from me, because definitely, you will get something better from your "Someone"!! hope it is the Gucci you have been harping on ever since i know you!

Yoshida Porter

I finally owned my first Yoshida Porter pouch...all thanks to Ah Zhan who got it for me on his trip to Tokyo.

I can still remember how i first came across this brand. Alex was the first person that i knew carrying a porter pouch. I was amazed that the pouch could hold so much stuff yet look trendy and compact.

But then, Porter wasn't commonly found in Singapore or anywhere else except Japan, so he brought me to Bugis Village to get an imitation that sells for like $30. If you knew me long enough, i was always carrying this black pouch whenever i go...that is the fake porter pouch. Haha...

The only branch you can find Porter these days is at Wisma, Porter International and from what i know, it is made in Taiwan and you can't find those design in Japan. So bring one of the local Porter there and i bet people might start offering you a price for that design.
you might find some limited edition or Yoshida Porter from Japan at Cineleisure but definitely super expensive.

So here's mine, I think you can find a similar one at wisma but definitely not the waist pouch series. I am having breads for the whole month of October for this.

Clearing Leaves

I never knew clearing leave could be an exhaustive and headache thing. I know alot of people are complaining about their understated entitlement but for me, its the exact opposite.

okay i am not showing off my leave here, before you start calling me Hao Lian! Lol :P
I am really in a situation that i might have regretted storing a little too much.

Abit of the history about why i am so frugal about my leave.
Back in the NS days, It was so difficult to accumulate an Off day and applying leave goes through many levels. As such, unless i have plans, if not, i won't be applying any just to rest at home.
That goes the same when i was in DHL Express, where the biggest component for my salary are my incentives which is calculated based on KPI's performance.
Taking leave would means, a day less for me to be more efficient in collecting more debts.
And my leave entitlement are so little there.

But i think a major reason for me not taking any leave are due to my boring personal life..think i really need to spice them up a little!

JJ the Toy Poodle @ Xin's Place

Our gathering is arranged at Xin's Place this week.
Yah, it's a recreational place that has everything, located at Hougang Ave 6.

From Wii, Movies to food and drinks at affordable rates. The Shop Owner is extremely friendly. The concept mimics Settler's Cafe, however, adding abit of "Homely" ambience. No queues, no crowds and best of all, the owner is very considerate by only catering to 1 group each time, first come first serve basis where you wouldn't find 4 groups of people in the same place creating unnecessary noise.

The owner is a dog lover and so her pet, JJ, The Toy Poodle.


A bit of noise in these pics as i bump up my iso.

This puppy love to pose for pictures. Its so easy to get him to stay still.








Owner training her dog...


Finally tired.




JJ hopes that you can pay him a visit and play with him while his baby tooth is still there.