Abalon-i II

The ocean was calm and still, with the slight hint of waves lapping over the jagged rocks.

The cool sea water displayed a unusual clarity; allowing unobstructed vision to every single individual hoping to bag their day's limit.

Every single nook and cranny, every deep, dark crevices; was filled with abalone.

Luck, it seems, shone on me today.

Wah lau eh so poetic! Write compo meh?!

bla bla bla, today it was low tide and the water was very still and very calm and therefore, very easy to catch abalone, full-stop!

The water was calm; but it was freaking cold!

Yes, I look retarded, I know.



Caught 30 abalone in 30 minutes! But too bad, the bag limit was only 20!



As you can see, there's alot of people choosing abalone and the water is calm as!



Wah xiao di, you also want to go catch?! *Respect*



Today's catch!



Don't ask me why there are 22 abalone. Some things cannot be explained.



This is one of the bigger ones that I got.





This is what it looks like after being de-shelled, scrubbed, cut, gutted, cleaned, washed, wiped.

Abaloning

Got my abalone license a couple of weeks ago and decided to head down to Mettam's Pool to grab some abalone. From November through to December is Western Australia's abalone season. Exciting!

Anyhoos, decided to head down to Mettam's Pool and figured out it's gonna be easy cause it's basically a pool..right?

WRONG!

Mettam's is like the freaking ocean with muthaf**king huge ass waves that will flip you around in the water and smack your bum onto a mountain of underwater rocks.

Anyyyyways, after a hour of being hypothermic (I swear I was), getting smashed around in the ocean, and coming back with cuts and bruises, I've got abalone!

Abalone from the back


Abalone from the bottom


Abalone 101

Lesson 1!

Did you know, that abalone is pronounced as abalon-ni

Oh you knew? Solli la I donno mah..


Abalone 101

Lesson 2!

Did you know?? Abalone are not shellfish but snails?

Check out those cute little eyes


Yehhhhh, I think this one is undersized..




Pounding and cleaning abalone is back-breaking work!

Smiles, kisses and butterflies

Ella!

Oyster crazy

Olive

My sis (well technically, her boyfriend) bought a dog. Sooooo cuteeeee la!

More pictures of Ella papaya

I was.. bruised and battered I couldn't tell what I felt..
I was, unrecognizable to myself
Saw my reflection in the window,
Didn't know my own face.. O brother.. gonna leave me wasting away..
In the streets of Philadelphia..

I walk the avenue till my legs, feel like stone..
I heard.. voices of friends.. vanished and gone..
At night I hear the blood in my veins.. just as black and whispery as the rain..

Ain't no angel gonna greet me... it's just you and I my friend..
And my clothes don't fit me no more.. a thousand miles, just to slip the skin..

Night has fallen and I'm.. lying awake...
I can feel myself.. fading away..
So receive me, brother.. with your faithless kiss,
Or will we, leave each other alone like this,
In the streets of Philadelphia..

Baby house

My house is like a child care center and the baby sitter is my dad!

This was when my cousin and her baby came over in April. OMG SO CUTE! We miss him la...





And now my other cousin with her baby.. more pics soon