Tortoisemania
(This post was written last nite)
Ok, I have
a confession to make. It’s silly, it’s ridiculous and embarrassing… especially
for a woman who’s turning 28 yrs old (yes that’s me!) but I desperately need to
clear my head before I go to bed… so here goes. Remember the tortoises we
bought for Aisya a couple of days ago? Well, previously I always thought that
tortoise was the most boring animal in the world. They’re slow, they’re shy, they
all look the same... so what’s really exciting about having them as a pet? In my
mind I thought probably Aisya was trying to be cute, asking for tortoise as her
birthday present so that she can shriek “I got tortoises for my birthday!!” to
everybody she meets.
I was
wrong.
On the nite
of Aisya’s birthday, I was introduced to each tortoise. I picked up April, put
her on the floor and she just stayed there like a rock, her head and legs
neatly tucked in her shell. Boring! So I picked another female tortoise, which
at that time wasn’t named yet. As soon as I touched her she started getting
restless, her head and legs are sticking out and when I placed her on the
floor, I swear I never seen a tortoise walked that fast! She quickly got under
my legs and climbed up my pants. Afraid that I might crush that little fella, I
put her back in her aquarium and the moment her legs touched the water, she swam
forward, climbed over a pile of rock, crossed the bridge and got back to the
position where I first picked her up. Wasn’t that amazing? This is a tortoise
we’re talking about! And I also realized that she always stays in the same
spot, right between the aquarium wall and the plastic grass (That's her in the picture). So does Forrest,
whom favourite hang out is under the bridge.
The other
male was named Nexus, after Nafis’s hero Ultraman Nexus. He’s the smallest one,
he got the palest green and he’s also limped. Nexus only uses 3 legs because
the left one in the front was stiffed and seem swollen compared to the other.
At first I thought maybe we should return him back to the shop and get a new
one. But all of us felt that it’s totally ‘inhuman’ and the right thing to do
was to just accept him the way he was. Nexus truly breaks my heart…
From left: Nexus, April & Forrest
That nite I
was given the honour to name the nameless female tortoise. I came up with
‘Jellyfish-zip-zip-a-a-a’ (it’s our favourite tagline at the moment, long
story!). So everybody agreed to call her Shelly.. or Jelly. Cute!
So.. that’s
about it. I’m declaring to the world that I now love tortoise! They amazed me
with their intelligence and I’m also surprised to know that each of them got
their own feature and characteristic, just like a little baby! I’m really
looking forward to meet April, Forrest, Nexus and Shelly again because right
now, I’m missing them already! Maybe I should get my own tortoise too… :)
ermmmmm aku pun sangat suka dengan ini anak kekura tau.....cuma aku cam x cukup rajin nak membelanyaaa......lagikpun slow...pemalu dan sumer sifat2 yang baik tu ada pada diriku ini..ahaks ahaks.....kira cam aku ngan kekura ni ada chemistrylaaa...am i.....of coss
Posted by: Ayoon | April 20, 2008 01:43 AM
a'ah, busuk pun macam kura2 :p
Posted by: azury | April 21, 2008 12:31 AM
bukan busuk ok...kurang mewangikan diri jerk....mana tau aku tak baper rajin nak mandi ni..bukan apa....jimat air...hahahaahahahahaa.....
Posted by: Ayoon | April 22, 2008 08:35 AM