Ready for Japan

Shit me, i've just realised that i have not been updating my blog for like a year. Things was like so fast in 2010. One minute I was in KL, then moved to Singapore for work. Had to of course go through the whole shit load of exams to get my license to work in Singapore.

Singapore is a really lousy place for outdoors............bottomline, fullstop. I spoke to my colleagues, most kids here don't get to see a walking cow for like most of their growing up years. I'm an adult, when i'm in Malaysia, i get to see it minimum once a week. Well i guess, the reverse is true. Most Malaysians don't get to see 3 or 4 Louis Vuitton store on one stretch of the street. If you're a shopping fan, Singapore is great. Anyway, that's another story.

So anyway, i've been slogging my ass here in Singapore trying to make some moolah. Sacrifice my weekly weekend ritual of the outdoors since July 2010. Honestly i dunno how long i can last with the city life here. Its so boring..........no jungle, no waterfall, no wildlife to observe, I haven't even seen a street rat for like ages. So i figure i better start planning something. Sometime in November last year when Airasia X decided to fly to Japan. I looked at the website and went ahead and booked a trip there. 10 solid days of backpacking. a bit of the city, a bit of the countryside, try to fit a hike in there, highlight of course is the 2011 Tokyo annual fishing show. Cost me like USD 500 for a tickets. Thanks for the great deal Tony (CEO of Airasia). So i really getting excited about it, been surfing religiously on what to do and where to go. Hunting for budget accommodation. Watch this space.....

Kimono clad Geisha

Tokyo drifting with the GT queens...........

Fishing for Snakehead - No live frog was harmed during this trip

Last week me and my freshwater fishing buddy decided to explore an abandoned pond next to some duck rearing farm. This place is somewhere near the Selangor Fruit Valley in Rawang.
A month ago, while making attempt to fish for some Patin river catfish, we met some fishermen who did casting and the result was bad. So we thought what the hell, let's not waste time with this place.
Times are bad, river water has been polluted and the catfish are not biting. One of my regular fishing buddy has been incapacitated to serious hiking for fishing by his last major operation. Had some serious blood vessel rupture and almost died. He loves fishing like hell, so we thought lets try this abandoned pond out cause we can park just next to it and unload. Put a bench up for him to fish. Touch wood if he die while fishing, at least he died doing something he like. Life too short to be serious at times
So it was decided that we're gonna load up on chicken liver and earthworm for this trip. My cousin who came back from Bermuda decided to join in on this trip. we caught a few fishes, mostly were juvenile snakehead and featherback. All of them was released back into the pond to grow up more. My cousin caught a decent sized snakehead. Check out the smile on his face

Pond with loads of juvenile snakehead

Soaring Brahmini Kite

Peaceful water holds no fish??

Channa Lucius compared to 1.5 Litre mineral water

A happy fisherman

Huge Monitor Lizard

Lucky its not a muddy route

My fishing lure

The duck farm at the back ground

Another view of the pond