Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Netting for Fish in China

I've been back for a little over a week. Good old Hong Kong; persistent sticky weather never ceases to exist. We've been trying to reorganize our dad's already over-stuffed apartment. Mom's petrified about our shipment from Canada, which is actually coming today. It's going to be feat like no other trying to squeeze our life in Canada into our dinky home in Hong Kong.

Anyways, nothing overwhelmingly exciting to talk about. Hong Kong can be so dull. I did tag along on a fishing trip with my dad in China. Wasn't quite what I was expecting but a worthwhile experience nonetheless. I actually thought we were going to kick it old school with rods and live bait. Well, wasn't I in for a surprise.

So we didn't actually do any fishing on our fishing trip. Wow, that was the last thing I'd expect to not do. Well, what actually happened was we rented a large fishing boat and simply spectated while two fishermen operated a fish netting run. To sum it down to one sentence, they basically lowered a net and cruised around the ocean scooping up fishes on the way. Just imagine a little kid running around with a butterfly net; it's no different. Anyway, here's our haul.

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The second picture is from some other boat's catch. Somehow, we managed to set a record for the smallest catch they've ever seen. Stupid thing is, there wasn't anything I could do or not do to have altered the outcome, which makes setting such a record feel even more unsettling.

Anyways, nothing I write seems to flow today. I'll stop here.