Tanks I Admire

The following are some tanks I admire from a fellow friend from Portugal that I met at MAC forum, Filipe Oliveira. I believe he has a very natural talent and very willing to try different varieties of aquascaping. What you see here are just the tanks I admire. He has more beautiful tanks at his blog, http://faao.blogspot.com/

Comparing my tanks with his, it's like Heaven & Earth.

Thanks to Filipe for the permission to post his tanks here.

Another Video Clip of Fish Tank

Another 2 feet (15 gallon) tank with mostly Moss and Marsilea.

Aquarium Videos

The following are the video clips of my various tanks. Not all of them are here though. Sorry about the bad quality videos. Thanks to the lousy camera.

"Kuih Kapek" of Good Old School Days

Back in the 70s, I remember before I started schooling, my dad sometimes brought back some "kuih kapek" (also known as Love Letter) from school. I don't mean the Chinese New Year type. The one I refer to is the big triangle one with a piece of newspaper hidden in the "kuih kapek". If you're lucky, you may find 10 cents wrapped in the tiny piece of newspaper. Nowadays, people may consider the newspaper as unhyginic but those days who cares!! My love for this "kuih kapek" continues from pre-school, primary school, secondary school, college and university days till now. The "kuih kapek" become rare since the late 80s. I guess it's almost extinct or already extinct today because I have never seen the big triangle "kuih kapek" for the last 10 years.

I miss those "kuih kapek" that taste like fortune cookies commonly used in Chinese restaurants in the U.S. I guess due to the taste similarity, I love the taste of fortune cookies too.

Recently my wife found the "kuih kapek" at pasar malam (night market). The shape is rectangle rather than triangle. The taste is not as good as it used to be but good enough to fill my urge. Meanwhile, my hunt for the large triangle "kuih kapek" continues....

Glugea

Glugea is a rare fish disease. It's the first time I have seen it with my own eyes. The disease looks like bubbles on the body of a fish. Once burst, it will spread the disease to other fishes. So, it's best to separate infected fish from the main tank. There is no cure for the infected fish but I don't have the heart to terminate the life of any fish myself. I have no idea why my Kuhli Loach is infected by this disease. Hopefully, the disease has not spread to other fishes.

Here's my poor Kuhli Loach that is suffering from Glugea. I hope it will die as soon as possible to avoid suffering.

Be More Liberal, My Malaysian Friends

The political situation in Malaysia is so shameful lately. I have nothing to be proud about the politicians based on their childish ways of accusation & blame for the sake of politics, instead of doing their duty to improve the lives of the common people. I can observe that the country is currently stagnant or rather going down hill. It's very sad indeed!

I am pretty sure that most of you are aware that the local underground band, Carburetor Dung, has gone "upper ground" now. Thanks to the media. Thanks to the conservative people. And of course, not forgetting the boxer short stunt. The incident showed how narrow minded and conservative are some Malaysians. Tell me, what's the difference between a boxer short and a short??? Does a boxer short shows any bare skin of the butt? Yeah, you can say that showing the boxer short stunt is not a part of the culture of Malaysia. What about throwing bottles and whacking people? You have created a bad name for PKR by doing the stupid act - now who is laughing? Obviously BN! I am not defending the band because one of the band members is an old friend of mine. I am voicing out because I am sick of of some Malaysians who are extremely narrow minded. "Macam katak di bawah tempurung" (a frog in a coconut shell). I don't blame this incident on the political leaders but I blame this on narrow minded individuals.

People!! Even if you intend to turn this South East Asian country into an "Arab" country, please bear in mind that some Arab countries are even more liberal than our society. I have Muslim friends travelling to Jordan telling me the women in the city are more liberal in their dress code than Malaysians. Those living in rural areas are different story though. Do we want to learn from those coming from rural areas? Stoning an unmarried couple to death because they held each other's hands? Thank carefully!!! In a multi-cultural country this is not acceptable. By the way, imitating Arabs is not a local culture too.

Grow up and be more liberal, my dear friends!!

Aquarium Tanks (Not Military Tanks)

Here are some pictures of my tanks....

3 Feet Tank (50 US gallon):

A Closer View:

Taken with Flash for Clarity(but annoying flash):



2 Feet Moss Tank (15 US gallon):













2 Feet Jungle Tank (15 US gallon):

Fish Food Used (Frozen Blood Worms has been excluded from the photo):