I love turtles. In uni my bf (x) bought me several small ones. He also gave me a bigger one like your daughter’s. Unfortunately I had to move & I have no place to put them in my new place. We let them go in the IRRI swamp
hehe

BTW you know a lot of people then kept telling me that turtles are “malas”?

• Yes, some think they are not “malas” but would hinder success since these are slow-moving creatures. My student’s mom who passed away has a turtle beside her grave so that her husband, my student’s father, would have a long life.

hahaha! where did you get that nice looking turtle? did she cry when it got lost?

• MIL bought it from a man selling them We didn’t want to go through the airport hassle then that’s why all three turtles were left behind. I don’t really remember if she cried but I remember her talk about it like yes, she had it for years,

When I went to Bali 5 years ago for an environmental study tour, I had the chance to visit a turtle sanctuary and the privilege to free a baby turtle into the open sea. I was really thrilled! I didn’t have a digicam then but I had lots of photos.

Auee, turtle as malas is I guess cultural. Again, in Bali and in Indonesia perhaps, they get more excited with anything turtle than fish: keychains, photos, etc.

• Wow, that must have been wonderful! I AM GUILTY of eating those turtle/pawikan eggs when I was a child. I think till now, people are still getting these eggs to sell in markets. Now I know better, I don’t eat these anymore.