What do you want to be in the future, Megan? I asked my daughter during one of our girls only outing. She was having her favorite ice-creams and am sitting down watching her enjoying the ice-cream. Not that I encouraged my children to take ice-cream often, but I see no harm for them to take it once in a while. So, carefully licking her spoon, she said, 'mom, I want to be a Vet'. Okay.. that's a decent job. But, why do you want to be a vet? I asked her again. Because, I love animals very much, said my 10 yrs old daughter.
Now I know why at one point of time, our house and its compound almost become a 2nd zoo in Kota Kinabalu. We have Humphrey the doggy, the talking bird, two turtles called Fiona and Floppy, and the lazy Rozita rabbit. Infact we have 3 dogs, but the daddy just couldn't take it anymore. I guess, he is not the type of person that likes animal except for his talking bird. No choice...Off the two dogs to Tambunan to be with our gardener to look after our orchard. And all these animals are loved by my two children except that they don't like to clean them except to bath Humphrey. They like to play with them, but come cleaning time, nobody moved, definitely not me! So, guess who end up doing the job? It's the daddylah!!
Back to Megan enjoying her ice-cream, besides becoming a Vet, I also like to become a singer, said Megan. What! A singer? Where did you get that idea? I asked her again? Well, mom, I like singing very much. And if I cannot become a Vet, then I might as well become a singer. Oh dear.. What am I gonna do? My daughter wants to become a singer. Ever since bringing them to the world and care for them, I never thought about my daughter ending up becoming a singer. Not that I am against singers, but knowing the career opportunities for singer in Sabah, I don't think it is a wise decision.
But again, Megan is only 10 years old. She has a long way to go. I don't think it is fair to pre-judge her. So, I told her, okay Megan, you like singing very much then by all means sing. So, on and off again, we will hear her singing her favorite song with a funny sound (don't know where she learn those funny song but I think its from the MTV) at home. Sounds awkward, but Megan is enjoying it.
So, back to the ambition of becoming a Vet. Humphrey is still around and so is the talking bird. By the way, the talking bird is actually part of my theraphy especially when I am over stress. I would just go to my kitchen and look outside my yard and just listen to the talking bird mimicking my voice calling the children, and other sounds like the alarm house, the lorry hones, and so forth. My sister even told me one day that when I was outstation, they thought that I have arrived because they can hear my voice shouting. Guess who done it? That talking bird again mimicking my voice. As for Floppy and Fiona, the daddy just could not stand them growing bigger and bigger in a small aquarium, so, one fine day, they were transferred to a bigger space in the Club. I feel sad but I guess its good for them so that they can move around more freely. I still miss Floppy and Fiona's sound though but after a while, I feel glad for them. What happen to Rozita the rabbit? Rozita is a very lazy rabbit. She just like to eat and eat but seldom exercise. She grows bigger and bigger and suddenly one day, she just fall sick and died. We all feel sad for her but what to do.. life goes on.
So now, we only have Humphrey and the talking bird. I guess that would be sufficient enough for Megan to realise her dream to become a Vet. My thought about her becoming a vet is that I would support her all the way, and even if she end up becoming a singer, I would still be there to support her. My only hope is that she would do it wholeheartedly with full enthusiasm.
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