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This One Is For Elvy!

Last weekend was a very depressing weekend for the whole family.

My husband likes animals & he loves birds especially. He kept on telling me that he wanted to own birds for so long but I never encouraged him, due to my lack of interest in birds. I felt that birds are totally different from cats. You can hold & hug cats but how can you do that to birds?

Anyway, early this year, I thought, well maybe I should give it a try – after seeing how adorable my uncle’s birds can be during our visit to Singapore. So we had an exotic bird – an African Grey. Nik took care of him since he was 3 weeks old…. And the bird was so small, weak, featherless & all. I named him Elvy. I seldom touched him because he looked so fragile but I began to love him as he grew. As days went by, he grew at an alarming rate and in 3 months, he turned out to be a very beautiful and smart bird. I became attached to him in less than a month.
Last Saturday, unexpectedly he flew out from his cage & our house. Probably he wanted to fly to Nik who was calling his name from the house door but suddenly I saw him flew past above our heads and higher and higher….. Nik went running after him & still he couldn’t find Elvy. We went out to look for him around our housing area but Elvy was nowhere in sight. Nik was so depressed….. I was so devastated & cried the whole morning (even until last night). Nasreen cried too & so was my mom! She took care of Elvy when we were at work. In short, everyone was affected by the loss. Elvy was just a baby & that was the first time he flew. We were stunned to see that he went up so high.

I hope Elvy is fine…. & hopefully he finds a new home by now…..

Comments

Leilanie said…
Goodbye Elvy Goodbye........
Fly high Elvy Fly High....
Take care Elvy Take Care

P/s :
So sorry to hear about your lost.
:(
NAH said…
Sometimes I hope when I get home everyday he will be there waiting for me at the gate :(
Saudari Lee said…
so sorry to hear about elvy.
NAH said…
LL, I miss him dearly...
D.N.A.S said…
NAH,
if Elvy happens to fly around Bandar Kinrara area, I'll catch it and return it to you. Got any ID such as tag or ring or belt on it?
NAH said…
Dee

Thanks for the kind gesture. He has a ring on one of his leg. Let me check the number....
kimi azhan said…
Dear Zura,

Don't be sad, relakan pemergian elvy. Rezeki setiap makhluk tuhan tu ada kat mana-2... am sure he's safe n sound!

And oh... good luck with the MBA - welsome to the "kelab pelajar matang".. hehehe..
NAH said…
Hi Kimi

ooohhh tidakkkk.... pelajar matang kah? hehehe..... macam masuk kelas belajar ABC Cikgu Salmah cerita Bujang Lapuk!

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