last week, i got myself a new toy, whilst my favourite boy got himself a dream fulfilled…

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yupp, he tattooed a dolphin embracing an anchor on his left arm.

at first sight, i was speechless. yet as i looked at the pigmentation on his skin… and reflect on our conversation a few years ago, it seriously tickles me.

there was a day as i work in front of the PC, he came to me like a lil’ boy spotted lollipops… his eyes began to sparkle.

“surf on the internet, and find me pictures of a yacht (sailing boat)…”

and he continues…

“… or a dolphin.”

my eyes popped up when he said dolphin. i was thinking in my heart, “you mean THE DOLPHIN? the cutesy cutesy aquatic mammal that leaps in the zoo ocean park?”

yes, he seriously meant that. the “freedom” to be able to cruise in the vast ocean is something that he has been yearning for years. he simply liked anything to do with sailboats & dolphins. (coincidentally, he loves fishing too!)

i sort of sat him down to count the cost of getting such a tattoo. the #1 reason that holds him back all these years, was because inking a small scale dolphin in KL will easily cost him a bomb, and i thank God he is wise in spending the money.

with my strong curiosity, i actually asked him why he wanted to be tattooed so so much. he then told me stories about seafarers/pirates/sailors who would tattoo their skin, so just in case one day they died in the ocean… as their flesh mortifies, the family members are able to identify them through the tattoos.

however after many years of being discouraged by his daughter, his desire of having that tattoo hasn’t sunk. he did cute little things that really exposed his liking for these 2 elements.

for example, you’ll find pictures & models of sail boats in different corners of my house. he also drives a metalic green Proton Wira. one day, he came home with the car being “tattooed”. i didn’t know where in the world did he find such cute stickers, he got it stuck for quite some time until the sticker worn out. sigh, i really hope i took pictures of the car, so i can show you how cute was my dad’s car.

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and so… here ends the tale of my dad’s fetish toward this cute mammal in the sea. he finally got his dream fulfilled, and almost had me diagnosed with heart attack.