A colleague of mine asked me whether I wanna join her and her boyfriend to go prawn-fishing. Yes, fishing for prawns. And I thought you could only use a net to catch prawns like those fishermen. How more wrong could I be! And on a sunday morning we went!
The place was actually quite nice, its called Bottle Tree, don't ask me where or which Bottle Tree, or even what a bottle tree is, cause all I did was sit back and enjoy the ride.
And then we arrived..
To tell you the truth, it wasn't quite what I expected. A bit small, and we were on dry land. I imagined it to be a big park, with a big pond, and a boat to which you can ride on to the middle of the pond and do some prawning (?). But instead it was a small.. pool, with old folks circling around it with their fishing rods. And let's not forget the joyful screaming of kids playing with fishes and other watery creatures. So its not surprising that I was a bit hesitant at first, but you can't say no, cause that's the only reason you are there, and you don't want to let your friend feel like she wasted her effort to bring me here. Hence, the fishing rod in my hand.
After awhile struggling to stick the bait to the hook, and waiting for prawns to try to nibble on it, I find that this is quite fun. Surprise surprise. And what a thrill after you finally caught your first prawn, and your second, and your third and fourth! In the end, I was actually enjoying myself with the company of my friend and her BF. Then comes the part where you have to watch the prawn being cooked alive. That's sad. Followed by another joyful time when you ate the cooked prawn.
I promise myself that one day I'll go prawning again, maybe I'll take my soon-to-be wife and hopefully she can enjoy it like I did. I wonder if I can make a company gathering and do a prawning competition. That sounds like fun!
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