Hmmm...... thanks for your replies. First I will have to do well in my studies. Just can I ask you something? I said I was from Singapore. I bet most of you never even heard of my country. It is very small so there is not much space for a dog.... but that has nothing to do with it. I'm glad so many of you responded; thank you so so much. But I am stil slightly undecided whether my dad was joking. With my dad, you can never tell.