‘I would like to be a house fish’

Ilyas Reinds: ‘My fish and my family are the most important things to me.’Sculpture Adriaan van der Ploeg

Where and with whom do you live?

‘I live in Meppel with my father Leo (54), my mother Rena (44) and my brother Kamil (14). I also have two goldfish. They are called Gabriel and Jesus, named after the soccer player Gabriel Jesus. I love football and am a big fan of his.’

Which animal would you like to be?

‘I would like to be a fish. I think it would be nice to be able to swim all day. I want to be a house fish, in a fishbowl.’

What do you think is important?

‘That I get good grades at school and that works out pretty well. My fish and my family are the most important to me. I do a lot of fun things with my family, especially with my family. I have two nephews and a niece. I see my niece Nuriya and my cousin Samed quite often, but I see Damian less. I like to go to an amusement park with my family, usually we go to Hellendoorn.’

What would you like to experience?

‘I would like to go to Disneyland Paris with my nephew and niece. I went there with our family last spring, but I would like to go again. I had a good time then and I like doing fun things with my cousins. That’s why I’d like to go with them sometime.’

What superpower would you like to have?

“I’d like to be able to teleport. I think it’s cool to be able to, then I could go somewhere else in one go. Then I would go to Disneyland Paris.’

What do you like most about yourself?

‘I think I’m funny. I can’t give a good example of why so quickly, but I do think I am. I’m pretty happy with myself. There isn’t really anything I don’t like about myself.’

What don’t you like?

“I don’t think many things are stupid. The only thing I really don’t like is cleaning my room, I have to do that a few times a week. When I go to play in my room I always mess everything up and then there are stuff everywhere. I have to clean that up from my parents.’

What will your life look like in ten years?

Then I’ll be a successful YouTuber. I want to make game videos and videos about football. I hope I have a good life and have done a good study, but I don’t know what I want to study yet. I think I’ll still be living comfortably with my parents.’

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