Realistically, "grow up" and deal with it. Maybe get a career going in one of those fields in demand world wide and move to where they are legal (IIRC singapore is a fishkeepers dream... ) and common/cheap/native.
Or, you could always go to where they are being reported in the wild, and hope you get lucky enough to catch one. Then, hope you are lucky enough to not get caught with it. Or, cross the border and try to bring one in... of course, if you get caught, its Federal Pound You in the Arse Prison time...