Fishing at Empangan Air Kuning, Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam

I've been bored out with fishing with bait. As The recent trip to Pulau Ketam met with a boring over night trip with nothing  but a cat fish.

Whenever this familiar situation happens, I would usually start to spend some time at Empangan Air Kuning looking for some pacus. Usually I would get some bran, pallets and bread to fish there but my recent trip to EAK have earned me some new friends who showed me that casting could be really fun there.

I decided to prep for my next trip to EAK with nothing but my Abu Garcia casting rod and my blackmax and my trusty Rapalas to hunt for some fun.

This was my catch with one of my Rapalas. This 2 kg Pacu (as per my lip gripper) put up quite a good fight.  

Casting is really tiring but at the same time, fun as there are no sitting around doing nothing time. And most of all what I like about casting is that I do not have to deal with the smell of fish bran mix stuck on my hand for the next few days.

Look what this Pacu did to my lure. Its sharp teeth broke my hook and bent the ring. I had to pay a visit to my tackle shop to fix this. 

My collection of Rapallas (excluding the green frog) so far. The one that caught the Pacu was the second on from the right.  

All pics taken using my Samsung Galaxy S II.

Surisit Taman Tun Dr Ismal

The wife requested for a dinner for her sister who came visiting us in KL with her boyfriend. Dinner venues were discussed and finally short listed. We were going to visit a Thai food restaurant this time around. A place where I did not fully approve of but looking at her enthusiasm looks like the decision was done. I only hope that they would not made me wait like the last time for more than and hour and a half for a decent meal. This is one place that I think it is seriously always short of staffs and always have a good flow of other visitors to make your dinner experience a long one.

A note that This is not ordinary Thai food joint. This place serves pork.

We ordered Tom Yum Pork (featured below in steamboat), green curry, omelet and fried kang kung.

Surprisingly, service was quick and the dishes were served speedily this time around. I was a happy dinner camper.

This pork tom yum tastes not bad. Even visitors from Penang liked it.

I like to eat this omelet with fish sauce.