One moment I’m reading on ETFs, then on stocks, then on unit trusts, then on coffee, then on photography, and concurrently I’m switching between facebook and email and newsweek magazine and adium. Then I’m also thinking of the biotech course I enrolled for, and the toilet rolls I need for camp, and the IPPT i’m conducting tomorrow. Then I switch to the toothpaste then I need to bring to camp but do not have at home. And now I’m wondering why the cake we just had sucks so bad.

Then you sit still for a bit, catch a breather, and realise you’ve achieved nothing at all. 

Did I just waste my entire weekend?

2) What if I’m not well? I can’t be not well. It’s the men’s first platoon exercise, I have to be there.

3) I need to be less needy and pathetic.

4) I just wasted an entire long weekend rotting at home nursing my upset stomach.

5) It’s nice to drive on a drizzly public holiday morning at 8ish.

6) Mustafa’s pharmacist works on a public holiday, and was there at 8am!

7) I can’t wait for the next 2 weeks to fly by.

I love the how it’s made series. watched hell of many on youtube. just search How it’s made on youtube.

9) Though I don’t use them, I have confidence in them condoms after watching How Condoms Are Made on youtube.

10) I miss eating junk, like sweets, chocolates, chips, fries, and all that artery clogging goodness.

11) I need to find that Wizard to guide me toward the pursuit of happiness. Step one, next, step two, next, that kind.

I might need help soon.

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And just when I needed the lomotil for my upset stomach, there’s no more.

What is the point of having one in the first place?

Where all the fishy business is carried out

The first thing we stepped out of the car, we were assured that we were at the right place. Believe me the dense air of fish odour was… intense.

Then it started to look rather interesting.

Lots of fish lying around and being hauled back and forth on trolleys and pails

We were looking for live fishes, but all we could see were dead, frozen fishes. I think it’s cause they are not stored in proper tanks on the trawlers and are immediately stored in heaps of ice once they get hauled up by the nets. Imagine this is 3am, and your fishes that you buy the market, 10am, some 7 hours later then consume it only even many more hours later. So much for fresh fish huh?

Lots of fish, think these are the ones we have with nasi lemak?

And I was really curious to know who and what fish brokers really were. Because on the web, there were hundreds of them listed. And these brokers sit on their high chairs, with a little stand in front of them, looking very much like towkays (or bosses).

Fish Broker looking all towkay

I really think they are dang rich. There are lotsa moderately expensive cars in the carpark at the JFP. Maybe it’s not too bad an idea aspiring to be a fysh monger.

It’s really a place with a lot of fish

The place is really quite cool feeling. There’s ice everywhere it almost feels like your feet are walking in a refrigerator. And it’s like walking in the freezer compartment because you look left, look right, look front and all you see is…

Heap of stingrays, never thought i’d use such a phrase

a lot more fish!

And the prized catch of the day…

Baby shark amidst many fish

A baby shark! Does anyone know how is the shark used in cooking? It certainly isn’t the sort for shark’s fin right? Really looks quite nice to be sold as food. Gah. And just for the record, I probably haven’t had sharks fin since 2001. That’s a good 7ish, 8 years. Never thought I could last that long, especially when it’s really quite delicious.

So if you’ve been thinking about quitting sharks’ fin soup and all things sharks’ fin, don’t think just do.

Some tips you might want to follow if you decide to go visit JFP:

1) Wear shorts/berms if you don’t want your jeans soaking up the fish juice

2) Wear something you are going to wash immediately after the visit to JFP because somehow the smell just sticks onto your clothes

3) Wear footwear that’s easy to wash/rinse after. Believe me, you really would want to wash your shoes after.

4) Bring newspaper or cardboard or a plastic sheet/mat to place on your car mats if you don’t want soggy shoes to stink up your car afterward

5) The place is still dark, despite being rather well lit. So if you’re there to take photos, bring a camera that can either shoot clean in high ISO, or bring the fastest lens you have. I shot with a 18-55mm kit lens at F5.0 onwards and at ISO 800 (i think) and was struggling with average 1/10 shutters.

And finally, here’s the address and link:

Jurong Fishery Port
Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority
35 Fishery Port Road
Singapore 619742

Click here to see a write-up.

…things bored people do on their leave.

1. Why am I not doing enough?

2. I’m only dreaming, how capable can I get?

3. Is it mutual? Wish it was, at least more.

4. Been a bad son.

5. Been a bad brother.

6. Too needy and pathetic?

7. Birthday is going to be dreadful.

8. Platoon training, I can or not?

9. Should I run? Or nevermind, wait until Tuesday’s march.

10. Please approve my leave for wed and thurs.

11. fyshmarket.com actually sucks.

12. Need to achieve something, it’s been a pathetic 21 years.

13. I need a life.

14. Why is my mac so laggy?

15. I want a taugayskin pillow, must be quite comfy.

16. I’m blogging again, how pathetic!

17. I bought a DSLR, what a waste of money.

18. I need a CF card, what a waste of money too!

19. Sleepy

20. I got lousy musik, need new songs

21. I’m sick and tired of writing this. It’s pathetic!

It’s been years since I’ve been contemplating getting one and I finally took the plunge just last night. It was a really quick decision, all made within just one, two hours.

It’s a super old model, probably 3 years plus old, cost me $350 for the body and a kit lens. There’s a risk that it might just die on me given its age, but I’d like to believe that they are sturdier than that. I mean, shutter count is only 4000+ clicks (so he says) so the sensor should be quite fresh despite the age.

But the point is, I’ve got a DSLR finally, albeit an old one, and it really helps that I’ve adopted my new philosophy: ‘I just might not live that very much longer.’

So if you have a dream, an interest, something you really want, and you can reasonably afford it, like Nike says, just do it.