Local fishing contest

Today is a public holiday courtesy of the birthday of an Agong. His birthday was actually on 13 Sep. But as it fell during the Ramadan period and people couldn't celebrate as they were fasting, the holiday got postponed to today. A local fishing competition was held today and three of our staff took part. I told Simon to sign up but he didn't...

Anyhows, it rained the whole of last night, which meant that today was not a good day to fish. The sky was overcast, but we decided to bring Jon out to have a look see. He was quite excited to see all the anglers at the breakwater. He was well behaved and looked, and peered at everything and everyone. Although in this photo, Simon looked more excited than Jon.

Ah Min and Mos (front) with two friends.

When we were there, the current top catch was an eel about 1.6kg, followed by a catfish weighing 750g. When we got close to check out the catch, Jon wanted to touch them!

Then from a distance, we saw an angler bringing in his catch. It was a mega long eel, longer than 6ft and when weighed, it was a whopping 4.3kg! Here's the angler and his eel. The eel was very long and from this photo, you can't see but the rest of the eel was coiled in a plastic bag (so it could be weighed).

The organisers, who were mainly Chinese, were saying that it should be cooked with Chinese herbs and what nots. I can't really imagine this eel being cooked, but I would prefer it to be grilled in teriyaki sauce, Jap style!

Simon was tired from carrying Jon, and I suggested we put him on the car (an old Toyota, can you guess how old?). Doesn't this remind you of those shots in the 70s where parents would ask their children to pose with the family car? Within a few seconds, Jon wanted to climb to the top of the car...aiyoh! Super active toddler.Then after a while, we thought we had better bring him home before it poured. Wonder if there was a bigger catch after we left. Will check with the guys on Mon.

How did Jonathan spend the rest of the day, when he's not sleeping? Here's what he did.

Playing with the catch at the bottom of the door

Lying down on the sofa after drinking his milk. Does he look like he can slouch really well like Simon?

Playing with cousin Megan at the curtains. Both of them are playing quite well together now.

Swinging on Nai Nai's legs and watching telly prog

Being cornered by me and having his photo taken

How do you keep your toddler occupied?