Over the long Gawai Holiday, Vivienne and myself went visiting. We had planned much earlier to visit 3 friends, namely, my colleague Bob, Vivienne's colleague Samuel and our sister-in-law's grandparents. We had also planned the journey that was to Bob's place at 10th mile Kg Kuap... then proceed to Samuel's house at 18th mile Siburan and then to Serian (40th Mile) where our sister-in-law's grandparents stay.
All went along as planned and we stayed at the first two houses for about 45 minutes. We were treated with the usual fare during Gawai, which were pansoh ayam, pansoh babi, glutinous rice cooked in pitcher plant, tuak, beer, smoked 3 layered pork and other local delicacies. for the uninitiated, pansoh is a special type of cooking using bamboo. chicken or pork are lightly season and stuffed into a bamboo. then the bamboo is laid above a small fire to cook the meat that is inside. as for the tuak, it is a local brewed liqour using fermented rice. the older the tuak, the better it tastes. at our sis-in-law's grandparents place, we were treated with smoked 3 layered pork. it tasted so good... and i don't have the words to describe it. it so happened that our sis-in-law's grandparents has some ponds... and it took me no time to start casting away. i was joined by some kids, probably my sis-in-law's nephews. they were doing bottom fishing instead. within no time, they landed a 1kg+ kaloi aka giant gourami, whereas i was fishless after an hour of casting under the ray of the midday sun. nonetheless, i had an enjoyable time, seeing the fishes swimming here and there, but however not interested in my sp lure. i vow to go back for a visit at any given opportunity. so far my record at the pond has been poor. 2 times fishing there, 2 times 0 catch. do enjoy some of the pix that Vivienne happened to take while i was fishing away.
