Me - The Flock Leader
Hello everybody! I’m Bryan Xie from Singapore. I’m a designer, IT Geek & definitely a parrot lover. I used to have a 9-5 job in a big organisation as an IT Engineer. It’s definitely a job with good prospect, but I want to get out of the 9-5 routine and move on with things that I like to do.

Glad that I make the first step out of a day job routine. Now as a freelance web designer and running my own business - Ohitsuji. It may sound stupid giving up my previous job just to pursue my dreams and do something that I liked. Anyway I guess it’s worthwhile. I can easily manage my own work schedules, flexible time compared previously. Although I do not get a monthly fixed income like before, but most of the time I earning more than I earned as an IT Engineer. And that’s an achievement! The best part is that I can have more time with my two lovely angels - Kiki, the African Lovebird and Kermit, the Senegal Parrot.

I started parroting not long ago during August 2007, when I got my first angel, Kiki. She’s actually a “gift” from a breeder friend. Seriously I got to thank the friendly breeder who allow me to adopt Kiki.

My love and passion for these feathered friends grew even stronger. Because of them, I understand what is Love, Care, Patience and Responsibilities. They indeed turned me into a better person and I’m proud to be their Flock Leader.

Kiki, my first angel

Kiki’s my first beloved angel. She is a peach-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis). She’s a parrot species originated from Africa but now domestically bred as home pets. I adopted Kiki on 27th August 2007 from a breeder friend, since then she’s only 2 month old (about 8 weeks old). Kiki is basically sexually indimorphic species, and I’ve yet to send Kiki to vet for DNA sexing. My family recognized Kiki as a female bird because she’s temperament (pretty much like female behaving when they PMS) and she has behaviours like female bird (shredding paper and tug under the wings). Who cares whether Kiki is a male or female. She still lovely and perfect.

She has her own daily routine. She has 10-12hours of uninterrupted sleep every night. She starts to doze off around 8pm and wake up the next morning around 8am. She has her daily bath at 5.30pm to maintain personal hygiene. She has breakfast at 8.10am and dinner at 6.30pm sharp. Sometimes when we are late in offering her back to her cage for meals, she will remind us with her high-pitched chirp. She rather wants to be punctual than late. Oh gosh, that’s my girl!

She’s out of the cage most of the time as long either me or my mum is at home, and play do things that she likes. She has a few favourite toys and activities like play with her bell, playing with paper towel rollers, shredding lots of lots of recycled papers, and acrobatic climbing at her favourite “gym” - ropes and thick plastic wires. She always place her within our sight, so to ensure she doesn’t get her or make destruction to unnecessary stuff. She can be very nasty at times.

Everyday at 7.15pm, she will have to attend my lessons to revise on all the trick she learned or lessons on new tricks. She enjoys the sessions everytime, because she gets to eat her favourite “candy” - Millets as treats. She’s pretty smart and acrobatic, till now she has mastered numerous tricks.

Tricks & Commands that Kiki mastered:

1. Up & Down Command
2. Turn-A-Round Trick
3. Nodding Command
4. Fetching Trick (a.k.a Retrieval Trick)
5. Wing Command
6. Coin Depositing Trick
7. Ring Tossing Trick
8. Somersault Trick
9. Shake Hand Trick (Right Leg)
10. Waving Hello Trick (Left Leg)
11. Through the Hoop Trick (Hoop Command)
12. Open & Fetch Trick (A Component of Shell Game)
13. The Bell Trick
14. Cups Stacking Trick
15. Pull a Car Trick
16. Tunnel Trick

Sports that she learned & loves to play:
1. Basketball

Surprisingly to date, Kiki has mastered a total of 17 tricks and commands. And until now, she still learning new things day by day. Read about and view her performances under Kiki’s Tricks Section.

Kiki’s Achievement:
1. Winning 3rd Position in the Best Trick Competition in National Day Parakeet Competition

Kermit, my second angel

Kermit is my second companion, that I got during last Christmas season. He is a Senegal Parrot. Like Kiki, Kermit is also a parrot species originated from Africa. I brought him home on 29th December 2007 from a local pet store, since then he was still a young unweaned baby around 2 months old (approximately 7-8weeks), barely any feathers and need serious attention and care.

He is a total sweetheart. He is quiet (barely vocalize), well-behaved and cuddly. I have more to learn from him, till now I’ve enjoyed his companionship every moment!

Tricks & Commands that Kermit mastered:

1. Up & Down Command
2. Come Command
3. Turn-a-Round Trick
4. Shake Hand Trick (Right Leg)
5. Waving Hello Trick (Left Leg)
6. Give-me-a Kiss Trick (Touch the Lips)
7. Somersault Trick
8. Retrieval Trick (a.k.a Fetching Trick)
9. Basketball Trick
10. Cup Stacking Trick

Read about and view his performances under Kermit’s Tricks Section.

What is this weblog about?
Parrots - a simple word that explains what is about on this weblog. To elaborate further more, it’s a weblog about my angels as the title suggested - “Bryan’s Angels”. I write about the daily adventures and encounters of my feather friends - Kiki and Kermit.

When and how did everything get started?
It just happen so suddenly when I made the first posting about my beloved Kiki on my personal blog. I started thinking that I should start a weblog dedicated to my feather friends and that’s how Bryan’s Angels started off.