Betta blow bubble for second time

Notice male blow bubble. Put in the female. And there you go. Bubble nest overnight.

Waited all day to see them spaw, but nothing happen. The female looks unactive at all.

2 days later, I notice the female was badly injured. So she was taken out from the tank but too late, she die shortly after that. I feel so sorry for the female fish.

Daddy and Mei

Breakfast this morning.

Helium Balloon

Purchased these balloons for ex student 21 birthday present. She had a barbecue party in Changi Alloha Chalet.

The kids like the balloon so much. Next time lah, their birthday, do for them lah. Actually was thinking of balloon plus flower as present, but cannot manage to get nice flower. So I had to settle with the balloons.

The kids liked the BBQ so much! Played with fire, got their hands so dirty! Rui helped in the fire setting up while Rong busy around trying to help! Mei Mei enjoy eating and playing with other toddlers. Good fun. Best of all for Rui is Satay, and more satay.

The birthday girl and her friends are graduated students, they are doing well now. All found job and some guys are in the Army. I saw so many pairs among them and happy for them. I was once like them, 21 years old after poly.....

Deepavali holiday with ice cream, pop corn and shushi

Brought the kids to cycle in the Jurong Lake Park. Stopped for a treat of ice cream outside Chinese Garden. Each of them enjoyed an ice cream. Wow! They loved the treat and the mass too.

On the way home, we picked up some saga seed and fire wood. After lunch, Rui set up the stove with fire wood on his own and pop corn session. Yeh!! I made just a hand full of corn kernel. Turn out to be a plate full of pop corn. Just nice. Yummy . . . .

After Rong napped, we start to make shushi, tamago shushi, pork flost, cucumber, carrot, seaweed..... Rui was excited to make shushi since he get to eat the pork flost once in a long while.

I tried to make the Japanese egg shushi from 5 eggs. Rui cracked the eggs, add some sugar, pinch of salt and pepper. We tried the new way to manage the egg I learn from my Japanese colleouge. Small flame under non sticking pan, pour thin layer of egg, wait till just harden, fold half, then pour more egg on the vacant side. Wait till half harden, flip the first part over to the second part. Repeat the pouring and flipping process. Not too bad, just not as nice as what is sold outside. Give me some more try, I sure will have nicer looking tamago....

Bird park stroll

Bring En to The Singapore Bird Park after changing the fish tank water.

So nice to stroll through the park without a lot of other visitors. We stayed in the penguin captivity for more than 10 minutes to enjoy the gracefulness of the penguins. They actually enjoyed the classical music.

En also enjoy the swam, duck, pelican, flemingo and so on. It was a great evening, just two of us.

Fish courting

Now I shift my laptop in front of the fish task and start to write about them.

It is so exciting to see them chase each other for a few second, then seperate themself, maybe resting a bit, then they will come close to each other and the male will chase thhe female, and the female will run for her life.

8:32pm After one episode of chasing, they have some peaceful time now.

Just now, the male fish continue to blow bubble under the plant ater the chase.

8:34pm now, he is blowing bubble and wiggering his wirogoury around the nest. The female come near, as he noticed her, he chased her away.

8:35pm peaceful and no movement for other, chase again... stop, once the female is in sight of the male, they will have the chasing game. She go and hide behind the plant. peacful....
8:37pm both rest, female hide

8:38pm Male found the female, mild chase, peaceful

8:39pm Rest, chase, rest chase......

Better post first before battery running out...

Male fighting fish

Pretty betta given by kind soul. Now is placed in the rectangular tank. That is my breeding tank. The male and female is in the same tank now looking at each other. The female is placed in a round glass container from 3 in 1 coffee in the tank. They seems to be very peaceful together. Let see when to let them out together.