Vesak Day

It being Vesak Day yesterday, we spent the day tramping through the forested and swampy areas somewhere in the depths of Singapore. The bout of rain earlier in the day had cooled the air, but caused the track to be muddy and the leaves and grass soggy and slippery. Still, the new-ish hiking sandals held up under the circumstances. No accidents except for...
...when I somehow convinced YH to step into the muddy rivulets because it was easier to walk on that than the slippery grass. Against his better judgment and years of experience, he took my word for it and...OOPS! :)
At the end of the track, we came to the "no trespass zone". Brazenly, we walked all over the empty army firing range, going all the way to the targets and beyond (nothing more sinister than lallang behind). We also walked into the store to see the "butt party" equipment room. Back at the shelter/shed/briefing area, we shuddered at what looked like a dried up pool of blood, checked out the "emergency exit route" from the range to the nearest hospital, and sniggered at this sign...apparently, nobody's allowed to fertilise the jungle...
Possibly the tragic end to a trespasser...:P
Near the targets, the ground was peppered with lots of shell casings.

The experienced hiker, YH, brought along some bread to feed the fishies and start a feeding frenzy. So we fed some forest betta, common barb, and tiny shrimps found in the little streams along the way, and three large catfish which were such ineffective predators as to not be able to see/smell the huge chunk of bread right in front of their faces. HOW they survive in the wild, I cannot imagine...Same goes for the tiny shrimps, who fought over 1 lone ball of bread when there were 3 other balls just in front of them...Their heads turned a bizarre whitish colour after swallowing the bread ball. WEIRD!

After leaving the "jungle" behind, we proceeded to the reservoir to start yet another feeding frenzy amongst the buttkefori fish. The commotion we created attracted some nearby fishermen to come over and try their luck. Unfortunately, the fish were too smart. Nibbled the chicken meat off the line, but eschewed the hooks! Haha! Kudos to YH's $180 sunglasses, which allowed me to see all the action under the water...