In the village next to ours, there lived a male donkey. You can of course imagine the consequences! He visited our village far too often, causing Dinky to break loose and my mother running after her through the flowerbeds! Dinky gave birth to a beautiful foal on our back lawn, to which all the children in our little village gathered round to watch. Here is a picture of the birth: Unfortunately, after finishing high school, I left my village to do all sorts of things, and so had no choice but to give Dinky and Dolly away.

I possess a strong personality trait that whatever I choose to do, I invest so much enthusiasm and energy and set myself perfection standards, leaving no time for other pursuits. At one stage, I wanted to be a Vet, but the thought of being set in a study framework for so many years frightened me somewhat, so a few years ago, I settled for a two-year correspondence course in Animal Science, receiving a Diploma which also allows me to work as an assistant vet. On the pet side, I have also raised Show Budgerigars and Show Pigeons and am a member of the Fancy Pigeon Breeders Club in Israel. I am still breeding White Old Dutch Cappuchines and Satinettes. Due to many thefts, particularly of the budgies, I had to stop breeding budgerigars. I previously served as Secretary of the Show Budgerigar Club during show time.

One of my favourite pastimes since about late 1983, has been music. Unfortunately, I do not play any musical instrument, although at age 7, I studied the piano. Since I was not a very good musical pupil, my teacher used to pinch my cheeks every time I made a mistake, which was far too often! Needless to say, that ended my piano lessons very quickly. In high school I wanted to play the drums, but I guess my parents thought there was enough noise in the house with my stereo blaring, they didn’t need to add to it. I even dreamed of becoming a famous singer. This dream is never likely to happen! Of all these dreams I’ve just managed to play on everyone’s nerves!