Thursday, January 26, 2006
1/26/2006 07:45:00 AM
1/26/2006 07:45:00 AM
Goin’ Potty!
posted by Francis Ho
It’s almost hard to believe that there was a time in the not too distant past when I had to cajole, plea, persuade and almost have to beg certain (morose) people to go kayaking with me. I even had to resort to threats and finally financial inducement to my kids to come along. Pathetic huh?
Now thanks to this blog (thank you Blogger!), I have people calling me right, left and center to take them kayaking during this Chinese New Year holidays period! Look what have I done now! First my friends from KL sms then rang me yesterday morning to ‘book’ me, then Miriam whose sons and girlfriends from Singapore would be around called me, an ex-merchant marine guy and a guy who had previously emailed me called me at lunchtime, etc That’s not including the Kuching bloggers I met at the meet last Saturday. And I really must apologise to all those folks who had emailed me and whom I had yet to reply. I am not ignoring you and I’ll most certainly get back to each and everyone of you. Promise. Are there really that many interested people in Kuching? And they read my blog? - where there are NO pics of food/beverages/happening hangouts or me with celebrities, chemical formulations to get high nor spilling of raw emotions and an almost total absence of 'screaming' flashy graphics layouts, profanities or agnst! I mean how 'un-cool' and lame can one get! So thanks for visiting regardless. I am touched. Serious.
I am a full time architect, husband and father (not necessarily in that order) and a part time kayaker and blogger. With that many people interested, perhaps I should start charging for these trips. Hmmm come to think of it, how often can you get to go kayaking with a local celeb (*coughing*) huh? And although I am no expert; I am certainly an authority on kayaking on these waters as the one-eye king.
I had previously promised Joe and Danny and also my brother-in-law from Brunei that I would take them kayaking during this period. Had I painted too rosy a picture about kayaking in Kuching and now the pent-up desire is just too overwhelming for those seduced by the rainbows, blue skies, cotton clouds, golden beaches and now giant prawns? I am going potty now trying to sort out this mess! Otherwise I'll be getting a whole load of agitated people beating a path to my door on CNY and they certainly would not be 'cai-sens'! (God of Wealth)
NB. These are photos I took at a pottery factory, at 8th Mile Kuching, over the weekend where I went with my beautiful half to buy some pots for CNY. Not exactly a kayaking post but I think I managed to weave it in somehow!
Stumble It!23 Comments:
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 
said:
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 
Francis Ho said:
mangroovedan - hmmmm better enjoy it like good bak kua ..., chew slowly lor!
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 Robin CHAN said:
haha.. yes , you have indeed painted an overly nice picture of the rivers of Kuching.
Like everyone else, we display what is the best.. the best car, the best bak kua, the best river, the best prawn. Like you say, the world is miserable enough, so why show more?
Perhaps our blogs should also bring in some reality, like rubber ducks in river, doors and windows floating in the water, toilet bowls, etc.. as for me, my blog depicts my joy, my eomtion, my anger or sometimes, just mememe! No judgement.
Hey, must say you are doing very well as a blogger. A thousand hits per week is hard to get..
I guess what we both much better since we started this talkshow few months back!
Keep up the work.. and keep paddling!
(and your order of Bak Kua has arrived in Kuching with your CNY pressie.. now it is going to be expensive because of overweight cargo!!! .. haha)
Like everyone else, we display what is the best.. the best car, the best bak kua, the best river, the best prawn. Like you say, the world is miserable enough, so why show more?
Perhaps our blogs should also bring in some reality, like rubber ducks in river, doors and windows floating in the water, toilet bowls, etc.. as for me, my blog depicts my joy, my eomtion, my anger or sometimes, just mememe! No judgement.
Hey, must say you are doing very well as a blogger. A thousand hits per week is hard to get..
I guess what we both much better since we started this talkshow few months back!
Keep up the work.. and keep paddling!
(and your order of Bak Kua has arrived in Kuching with your CNY pressie.. now it is going to be expensive because of overweight cargo!!! .. haha)
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 Wilson Chin said:
u look cute wearing a hat
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 @ロウ 。LOW@ said:
For one second i thought you are wearing a special "pot"...Well, optical illusion, eh? :)
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 Francis Ho said:
wilson - u'll looked even cuter wearing one of those pots over your cute head! ;) U wear - i'll bog!
Robin!!! yar loh, amazing isn't it that d circle of our 'public chat' has now widened considerably n we now have friends who thought we were 'fiends' with our well-intended but sometimes off-hand remarks (i blame u!). thks for the CNY pressie (kimmie'll b so happy!)n i'll be enjoyin d bak kua with chilled Shandy! Happy CNY!
Robin!!! yar loh, amazing isn't it that d circle of our 'public chat' has now widened considerably n we now have friends who thought we were 'fiends' with our well-intended but sometimes off-hand remarks (i blame u!). thks for the CNY pressie (kimmie'll b so happy!)n i'll be enjoyin d bak kua with chilled Shandy! Happy CNY!
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 Francis Ho said:
low!!! u just beat me to the pot thingy!
Happy CNY to u and lookin forward to ur 'cultural' posts!
U may have to take a number when u come over here to kayak ... but i'll let u jump queue! ;p Happy Holidays!
Happy CNY to u and lookin forward to ur 'cultural' posts!
U may have to take a number when u come over here to kayak ... but i'll let u jump queue! ;p Happy Holidays!
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 Robin CHAN said:
Kimmie.. ooops.. not ready yet.. because the S$10 shop closed.
When is your last day at work?
When is your last day at work?
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 9lives said:
I got involved in kayaking accidentally a few years back and the truth is, many people are interested in kayaking but they don't know where to go to or to those who think they are interested sometimes feel that they are too old or too heavy to do kayaking. Lucky me to have found (or discovered) by a kayak enthusiast who also allow me to tag along for the river trips. Unker, ermm...i can jump queue also or not? :P . Salute to our famous unker..(ehmm..never thought I'd be a taking picture with a soon-to-be famous kayaker in Kuching) have to get the pics authographed eh unker ;)
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 Francis Ho said:
9lives - aye! next time don't use d words kayaking and accident in d same sentence lah! taboo! ;p
feel free to visit during CNY with your bro!
feel free to visit during CNY with your bro!
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 Chen said:
gong xi gong xi :)
so many pots..
now uncle is very famous liao..
have to take number if want to go kayaking with him :)
or a packet of bak kua will do the trick? ;)
so many pots..
now uncle is very famous liao..
have to take number if want to go kayaking with him :)
or a packet of bak kua will do the trick? ;)
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 Pandabonium said:
FH2O, your blog has certainly gone to pot this time. Yet you found some nice colors and patterns and "urned" your readers' attention with your photos. You don't get all "fired" up about them yet your writing keeps our attention and prevents our eyes from "glazing" over. Perhaps we read your blog because it doesn't fit the mold and with a little spin you turn a good story.
Ceramic kayaks, now there's a thought.
Ceramic kayaks, now there's a thought.
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 HappySurfer said:
Yeah Pandabonium, FH2o's blogging has really gone to the pots and I'm not saying it's a bad thing tho. And he's moonlighting as a potter too. Keep on pottering, FH2o - you will have gardeners visiting your blog soon and you can set up a Gardeners night in Kuching one fine weekend. No offence to gardeners tho for without them, we will not have beautiful flowers.
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 Jellyfish said:
unker manyak famous :)
gong xi fa chai
remember my BIG ang pow ya :P
gong xi fa chai
remember my BIG ang pow ya :P
At Thursday, 26 January, 2006 gus said:
Life is like a journey in a kayak, you'll never know when you'll go aiyak!
At Friday, 27 January, 2006 Francis Ho said:
panda - LOL ROF!!! What a delightful comment that really made my day/night/morning. You certainly 'spinned' it better than I can ever hope to do! This will ring in my ears for a long time to come! TQ my most gracious friend!
chen - bak kua will do but dont let the learned bear hear that!
jellyfish - yes one from me n another from sister Chen?
agus - 'aiyak' as in overboard? heehee
silveraven - rumours of my popularity has been greatly overexagerated and probably due to the incessant clicking by one 'attention-seeking-bird'
south of the peninsular! do pay him a wackily-crazy visit for a well deserved AngPow from unker! Thanks sweetie!
chen - bak kua will do but dont let the learned bear hear that!
jellyfish - yes one from me n another from sister Chen?
agus - 'aiyak' as in overboard? heehee
silveraven - rumours of my popularity has been greatly overexagerated and probably due to the incessant clicking by one 'attention-seeking-bird'
south of the peninsular! do pay him a wackily-crazy visit for a well deserved AngPow from unker! Thanks sweetie!
At Friday, 27 January, 2006 gus said:
aiyak is the exclamation you voice out when something least expected happens, or happens prematurely. They usually come in the form of unfortunate events. However I very much would like to add that good fortunes and pleasant twist of luck also makes you go 'aiyak'...true or not?
And yeah, it includes going overboard, and suddenly realizing you've aged. The latter applies to everybody ya unker....
And yeah, it includes going overboard, and suddenly realizing you've aged. The latter applies to everybody ya unker....
At Friday, 27 January, 2006 Robin CHAN said:
I am the good luck bird (disguised as a cute puppy in my pics).. that bring news of good fortune, good luck and that your blog had 100o visit in 1 week!!!!!
Wang Wang.. oops, I mean, Chirp Chirp
Wang Wang.. oops, I mean, Chirp Chirp
At Friday, 27 January, 2006 gus said:
hey robin, we posted simultaneously. What are the odds?
At Friday, 27 January, 2006 HappySurfer said:
Agus, three entries with the same time-stamp. Really, what are the odds?! Do you remember in an earlier post, someone suggested you buy 4D? haha.......
At Friday, 27 January, 2006 Francis Ho said:
Robin/Agus/Happy - Amazing! I take it as GOOD OMEN for the New Year! Wonderful luck to you 3 lovely folks!
At Friday, 27 January, 2006 E said:
c la... i told u liao, brother!! u're getting so famous~ HAhA! dun worry la... dunnit celeb photos & all that... HEhE...
At Saturday, 28 January, 2006 Jellyfish said:
sister Chen promised to bank in into my account wor :P
e-ang pow
kekekeke....
*post this a bit late so that she wont read it :P:P
e-ang pow
kekekeke....
*post this a bit late so that she wont read it :P:P
bitten off more than u can chew?!? :) hehe. to me, it's a good thing lah (if u know wat i mean)
regards.