Monday, July 24, 2006

The Fishermen's Voyage

Well, it has been a day since my tiring trip along some Indonesian islands. I was given this mission by my father, who so pleasingly gave me the liberty to choose whether i wanted to abort it or not. Well, i said yes.

Kk... cut the crap already. haha.... So, i went fishing last weekend considering monday as the start of a new week. It happened to be an ok trip. nothing fantastic and nothing bad happened except for the part wen i was sick. Not sea sick but fever sick with sore throat. Imagine that. A day without me SINGING! haha... oh well, i did catch a good no. of table-size fish. Caught more than my father from what he says. But, it still was not such a big no. of fish caught altogether. 9 fishermen and mayb half an ice box full. The most annoying part of the trip was the waves which kept rocking the boat alot till i started walking like Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Carribean. haha... Mayb that is why he walks like tt. I slept most of the journey. Hardly ate coz i knew that if i were to eat my normal, i would have gotten sea sick despite the pill which i swallowed without water. haha...

The travelling to and fro from Singapore to the fishing spots and back were so tiring. I made use of most of time to sleep so that i could gain energy for fishing. I slept for 12 hours during the trip. From 7 plus/8 to arnd the same time in the morning. haha... My normal routine of having 12 hours of sleep.

The biggest fish i caught was a cat fish. Quite big and quite a good fight. It was heavy. I think i gain more muscles on my left arm. hhaha... Apart from that, i caught a few unknown edible fishes which were table size. Jigging was not sure a hot way of fishing this round.

After the fishing, we went back to Tanjung Pinang and had lunch and did a little shopping. After which, we took the ferry back home and had my 1st chance to bathe and brush teeth after 1 or 2 days. Practising for the army. haha... but i still didnt stink. Surprisingly. For my mouth, it was prob cos of the constant lozenges which entered it. For my body, i hardly stink. haha... i think. haha... oh well, today is a brand new day and i still feel i am rocking on the boat. haha.... Now, i have unlocked the mystery behind Jack Sparrow's walk. So if you happen to see me walking like him, a mabuk, haha.. means drunk in malay, you know why. Cos it's not the rum its the boat!

Posted by Alexander Thaddeus Kow at 7/24/2006 11:40:00 am