December 27, 2000
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okie....haven't updated my blog in a long while - have been distracted by all the interesting little things there are to do which I never did as a child
Today, I went fishing! I don't mean fishing with rod and pole in a pond or lake, but with a little mesh net in a monsoon drain. This is an activity normally reserved for little children under the age of 12, but guess I still haven't quite grown up! I have to say that catching the fish - little drain guppies - was tonnes of fun! I had to stand still so that they wouldn't be frightened away and I sneaked my net under them ever so slowly before trapping them! I am proud to say that I have captured a grand total of 11 guppies today! 4 adolescents and 7 babies. Unfortunately the really big ones were smart and stayed in the middle of the drain where I couldn't reach them - evolution has taught them a thing or two!
Why on earth did I embark on this childish enterprise?? well, it is an infantile desire of mine to see that the guppies that I already had at home did not die out due to inbreeding. These drain guppies that I just caught are really hardy - hell, they have been living in that storm drain almost since I was born, despite all the mini oil slicks and other assorted pollution that came along
My mother, of course got rather exasperated with me (revenge!!) - she expects her daughter to be at home or out behaving like a young lady, not a 12-year old brat. She says that guppies are cheap, why other with those in the drain? Well...I had fun, and that is all that matters
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