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Updates on Baluku

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Hello There! It’s been a couple of weeks. So its time for some updates on my pearlscale goldfish – Baluku. In case you don’t understand what Baluku means, it means a bump. And how do you use this word?

Used in a sentence:Β β€œI have aΒ balukuΒ on my forehead because I walked into a glass door.” – Taken from The Smart Local

So as you can see, Baluku does seems to have a bump on its head, therefore the name for it. πŸ˜‚πŸ€£

So, we brought Baluku to vet some 2 weeks ago. With the hope that it would recover from possibly swim bladder issue. I read from some articles that goldfish with swim bladder problem will last a few days, weeks, months and maybe even years. But most of them won’t survive long.

Beecroft Bird & Exotics Veterinary Clinic located at Upper East Coast
I, myself. was surprised that there is a vet for pet goldfish. So we decided to bring him down to get some advise.
This is the radiograph taken for Baluku. This is really cute.
And a sponge was attached to Baluku to aid him swim. Unfortunately, we were told that he’s got cataract on his left eye, and that means, he’s kinda blind. And worse was, it will never regain its eye sight. 😒
On the first day after the sponge was sew onto him, he could only float on top of the tank.
Then on the 3rd day onward, he was able to swim freely in the tank. Watching him swim around the tank and not on his side was a happy thing for us.
We were given antibiotics for him. And this whole vet thingy, came with a hefty price tag; $340.
Initially, we were thinking of leaving him at the clinic to receive injection, but it costs more than what we can afford – $40 per night + $50 per injection. So we decided to bring him home. And gave him water treatment with the antibiotics given.
About a week later, the sponge came off and he’s back to the original state. When we found him, he was at the corner of the tank. But now, he’s more active. But… still on his side. There are a couple of times, I saw him trying to swim normally which last for a couple of seconds. I know, he is trying his best. We are too.
A short clip on his road to recovery. We hope.

Enough of that. I saw there are many shrimps in my goldfish tank too! And I am pretty sure, they are striving pretty well. But the thing is, I think I have monster goldfish.. they were biting my plants away which means, I need to head down to local pet store to get more plants for my shrimps. Else, they do not have hiding place.

And there are new spawn in my shrimp tank! I am so excited!

Not sure if you can see, but that’s the baby shrimps on the rock.
My cherry shrimps and blue shrimp
That’s the pregnant blue shrimp.

Anddd~ that’s all for now! πŸ˜„

My Pearly

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Hi there! I am going to share more updates on my goldfish, Baluku. If you have been following my previous posts, I have wrote about him having some swim bladder problem. I have started the pea treatment the moment I found him floating on top of the tank. And I am glad, he’s recovering. Not fully, but slowly. I have also reduced the food intake for them. I did not place him in a quarantine tank, because the last time I did, the other pearly I had did not survived.

This was previous Sunday I found him. I was really horrified to find it in this kind of condition. I will not forgive myself if he dies.
Now he looks better, with all the redness gone. Just swimming upside down. I spoon feed him for a couple of days to make sure that he did have some peas. After that it was quite impossible for me to do so since now he’s at the bottom of the tank again. And I was making sure, he have chances to eat the peas too.

I am kinda sad today. Because I have death in my shrimp tank. I woke up and saw at least 10 shrimps died at the bottom of the shrimp tank. I am a bit lost, and not sure what went wrong? Was the crayfish being aggressive? I am not sure. I am pretty sure the crayfish ain’t eating too. I need to go and buy new food for them. Damn atas. I think they dont wanna eat the cheap (still hikari brand) food.

Staring at the food. And not eating it.

I hope I will be able to find the cause of the shrimps death. And I guess, before my shrimp colony can grow, I will have to buy new shrimps for my shrimp tank. 😭

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone out there! This year, I am in a very surprise mood! Just as I was saying laogong doesn’t really surprise me with flowers in the past years. This year, he actually did.

My favourite sunflowers!

And I have actually prepared to cook for this evening’s dinner. Because eating outside on Valentine’s day is so expensive and plus the COVID-19 situation, I think it’s best to stay home and avoid crowded places. I mean, can go out lah. Just don’t stay out too long. Or maybe, age is catching up on me. I preferred having home cooked food these days.

And I got my recipe from Pinterest, as usual. Here is the link for the Black Pepper Chicken Chop that I prepared this evening. I have marinated the chicken thighs and leg overnight because I won’t have enough time to prepared it today.

Funny thing is, I forgotten to take it out to defrost before cooking. So I only realized it, too late, when I was about to put it into the non stick pan. I know i know. Due to time constraint, I put everything (including the marinated sauce because it was sort of frozen) into the pan. I just had to cook everything slightly longer to ensure that it’s thoroughly cooked.
Black Pepper Chicken Chop

Doesn’t it looked professional cooked? πŸ˜‹ The sauce in the recipe is really thick, and I like it. I baked some potatoes and boiled some broccoli and carrot to go along with the chicken chop. For the baked potatoes, before baking, I poked some holes and brush some olive oil (I don’t use vegetable oil) and lay some aluminum foil and I baked it for about 25 mins + another 15 mins. I used a chopstick to poke it to ensure its cooked. And boiling of vegetables, are purely based on my instinct. πŸ˜‚ Plain vegetables are to compliment with the heavy black pepper sauce. And actually, today was my first time cooking this dish. I really hoped my laogong likes it.

Happy Valentine’s Day! 😘

Pre-Valentine’s Day

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Just yesterday, it was my boss’ last day. So, we had a little farewell for her.

Privegrill at Shaw Foundation Alumni House
The 3 of us got her a cardigan. Some practical and useful. At least, she will think of us when she wears it. πŸ˜† I know, I am rather thick skinned. But what can you do about it?

Anyway, it’s the time of the year, where you see guys rushing to get their love ones flowers. And me? My laogong rarely buy me flower. πŸ˜… But that’s ok. I am used to it, although sometimes I will hint him for it. πŸ˜‚

That aside, I love crafting. So I made some Valentine’s day cards for my lunch kakis. Missing one, because she’s on maternity and will only be back around March/April.

Handmade cards.

The cards looked similar, but every card is unique. There is difference in coloring, placing and content. And if you are like me, and is wondering what die cutting I have used for this card, there you go! It is made from dies from ‘Stamps of Life’ – Squirrel2stampΒ + die and the word – LOVE. Last but not least, the grass patch is created from Lawn Fawn’s die cut – Grassy Border. After looking at this cards that I made, I realized that I could have made it better. Give it more shades for the grass patch etc. But there is always improvements to be made right? I hope, I will get more inspirations for projects like that.

Wall of memory

I have printed a lot of photos of us. And I really need time and make effort to decorate this wall. Once done, I think it will be another great achievement. What do you think?

And I had a pre-vday lunch with my colleagues because I won’t be seeing them tomorrow. ❀

Lunar Holiday Day 3 η™Όε•ŠοΌ

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Happy Family

Day 3 of lunar new year and last day of the long public holiday. Geez. Had a rather chillax day, waking up at 1pm (cause we slept at 6plus in the morning after a night of battle with mahjong πŸ˜€ ). Watched a couple of episodes of “Sex Education” on Netflix and headed out for super late lunch. After lunch, went back home to prepare for lunch, and guess what? I cooked bak kwa fried rice (includes leftover luncheon meat and caixin). I must say my friends and Laogong are very spontaneous, they finished the fried rice (although some of them have already had dinner before coming). ηœŸηš„ζ„ŸεŠ¨εˆ°… Played a few rounds of Ban Luck and then we had lohei!

bak kwa fried rice with luncheon meat + caixin

Then we continued our Ban Luck, and great! At least I won 30 cents at the end of the game. I guess, I am really not suitable for gambling. πŸ˜€

Needle Felting

And recently, I was quite into needle felting. Have been watching quite a bit of youtube video on this. And was so intrigued to try. So I went to Taobao and bought some needle felting kit. And I must say, it’s really cheap and good. So I bought this Line Friend – Lion Brown and try. Not too sure if I did a great job, and I think it looked a bit funny with the long body. So what do you think about my 1st needle felting work?

Lunar New Year Day 2

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It’s been donkey years since I have last changed the look of my blog. So I have decided that since it’s a new year, I should do something about it. πŸ™‚

I am not too sure if this look is good, but only time will tell. πŸ˜›

Anyway, it was Day 2 of Lunar New Year, and as always my family gathered and planned a visit to our Aunt’s house. And of course, a mandatory photo of us. It’s really nice to see your family growing. πŸ˜‰ And soon, my eldest niece will outgrow me (in terms of height).

They say wear ang ang bo hai lang.

After that, we went back for some mahjong and of course steamboat! What’s lunar new year without steamboat? πŸ™‚ And then me and Laogong went to my sister’s place for 2nd round of mahjong. I guess, I still don’t have the luck to play mahjong. =| But it’s all the fun we seek right?

With Laogong ❀
With my nephew, Chelvis