Thursday, October 27, 2011

Big Bad Wolf Book Sale, 7 - 16 September 2011.





Went to the sale on the first day itself . Took leave specially for this day, n order to beat the crowd. Had McDonalds breakfast at Puchong Gateway before heading to MAEPS. Upon reaching, we parked at the car park, and too a feeder bus to the main hall. It was 10.30 am, on a Friday, a working day and we still have to queue for about 15 minutes before being let in. The hall is HUGEEEE! Imagine the amount of people taking leave on this day just to come for the first day of the sale.

There were much more books than last year's sale. Plus there were more room to move about without knocking into other people. * Went again on Saturday a week later, second last day of sale, and meh... knocking to people everywhere. Anyway, damage done to the wallet were less than last years sale, possibly because I bought most of the books last year, and authors I read didn't publish any books during the time before this sale.

3rd Towfoo Challenge and potluck, 25 September 2011



That's how straight my rod is for most of the time during the competition, save for a 'ikan bandaraya' and a foul-hooked tilapia. Chickens were eating my bait whenever I leave my rod unattended. Competition were quiet where the amount of prizes were more than the participating anglers. In the end, only 3 prizes were awarded, with the rest of the prizes to go to the next competition.

Champion of the day was Babyjojo with a patin from her first cast. Second was Eric with a pacu, and third was iPlay with a tilapia. Fishes were not biting throughout the whole day, eluding even the resident pro, Bang Patin. Even Jimmy was unable to produce any magic. Apek managed to hook up what will be the winning patin, only for the fish to wriggle off his hook near the bank.

All in all, it was fun to mingle around with fellow anglers, and Mr. D's lamb shank briyani were fantastic, along with Jimmy's home made bolognaise sauce.