Delli / Lilde

Today was a very spontaneous day for my dear and I. She was toying with the idea of obtaining hamsters for quite a while now, so I thought of buying a pair of hamsters for her as our 8 month anniversary present. After proposing it to her, she readily agreed. I guess having 8 years of hamster rearing experience under her belt, such an opportunity to rear and breed rare White face Roboskis was too good for her to turn down. I was really happy seeing her smile.

So there we were, at Plaza Singapura’s Pet Lover’s Centre, gushing over the cute little wonders of Mother Nature. Never have I seen such innocent cute-faced animals before. Their microscopic size was definitely a plus point. I realised that small things are definitely cuter. Perhaps it’s a sign of feminity. Lol.

We spent quite a while over there, deciding on the cage, brand of hamster feed and bedding. It was quite an experience for me as I never knew there was such a grand assortment of pet food and accessories. It was a pet owner’s heaven. When it came down to choosing the actual hamsters, I was, admittedly, quite lost as I didn’t know how to choose. How do you actually differentiate the males from the females, the healthy from the sickly? All of them looked the same to me. Little balls of fur on feet. In the end, we chose 2 males as my dear taught me that males are generally more well-mannered and less short tempered than females. Meaning they won’t bite so easily, especially during mating season.

And I learnt a new skill today. I learnt to differentiate the male hamsters from the females. First, catch them in your hand and stop them from squirming. Second, DON"T DROP THEM. That step I failed horribly as I kept mishandling the hamsters. You should see how fast they run, those little daredevils. Third, once they are docile in your hand, flip them over and intrude their privacy and insult their chastity and dignity. Once you have poked your nose in their genitals, look for small red dots. 1 dot means female, 2 means male. To be honest, I was still blur about it. All I could see was 1 lump of reddish flesh. So thank goodness I left it to the experts. My dear proved to be the SME. I’m so proud of her.

So that was how we spent our day today. Plus we went to the new Japanese Marche called Shokudo. I ate so much. It was really nostalgic to be eating sukiyaki, makuro toro sushi and hokkaido potato curry pizza. Sounds good huh? Oh, and I found Calpis! I should really tell Ryan that. Don’t you find that word ticklish? Calpis. Calpissss… Haha. That’s a word to add to the list of ticklish words I already have, like ‘frolick’ and ‘tamehodai’.

And a last note. Don’t watch wedding daze. It’s too romantic to be true.

DT