Fish. I love fish. Every weekend Dave and I will hang out at the lake in Kota Kemuning (where we live) to feed them and just watch them swim around, dashing for the pellets as we toss them into the water. As the sun sets coupled with the sound of the giant fountain and water crashing into this still, man-made lake–it is really a perfect place to just chillax and let time pass us by. Dave reckons this is way better than having real fish as pets; just pop by every weekend and feed fish then go home and don’t have to worry about water filters, water temperature, and algae problems.My dad loves fish too. He customised and DIY-ed an aquarium in his house, forming an “aqua” wall between the living room and the dining room. He also DIY-ed a tiny pond in the garden, and with mom’s help (plus a couple of bags of cement, bricks and paint) the pond houses hundreds of guppies and a pot of lotus flower plant. He went to the extent of putting together the filtration system and also a mini waterfall feature for the sound effect. The whole project took a couple of weekends to put together and he’s been enjoying the time with the fishies ever since.There’s DIY, and then there’s ultimate DIY. This is what I found on the couch at Father-in-law’s place:

With the help of a contractor (plus endless bags of cement, bricks, soil), he transformed the drawings and figures in this manual into a REAL life sized koi pond, so big you can swim in it. I’m not kidding.

I found out from Mom-in-law that he did extensive research over the innernet, and did the sketching on his own. He then “translated” the design to the contractor, and as of last Saturday (after almost a month of hard work) this is how it looks like.

Although he didn’t go at it hands on, I really am quite amazed at how he found all the information from the innernet and converted it into instructions that the Indonesian contractor could understand. Respect y’all. Oh yeah, and Father-in-law suggested we should swim in it before he releases the kois into the pond. I reckon, we should just release the kois into their new home.

p/s: It’ll probably be another 2-3 weeks before it’s 100% complete and I’ll post a pic of when the kois are reintroduced back into their new home.