Watery Challenge : Red Rose & Heart Shape

Ooops…I forget to finish the challenge. I’m supposed to make a watery post that relates with red rose, heart shape and water. Though I’ve no preparation before, I don’t want to miss the challenge. Since there’s no real and fresh red roses here, I only use fabric ones. I hope the touch of water effect can beautify these images.
My entry for Watery Wednesday

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They Got Fish This Time!

As I said last week, we went fishing again yesterday. I guess zero fish on the last fishing makes my hubby and father curious. Reached the place at 1 pm, I ordered our lunch soon and my hubby rented two fishing tools.

The first two hours, still no result. I saw a boy there that can get fish several times in a row. Wow! Is fishing only related to luck? I don’t think so, besides luck, I think fishing also needs skill, related knowledge, good fishing tools and proper fish bait, right?

Later, while I was taking pictures a pigeon, I heard my hubby’s scream (we sat at different spots that time). Waaa…he got his first fish! He looked so happy, hehehe. A few minutes after this first moment, it came my father’s turn. Before we left the fishing place at 5 pm, my hubby caught another two fish. Not bad for a beginner. I was glad they offer fish cleaning service, as I don’t like doing it. So, today’s menu is all fish!

I also link this post to Blue Monday, it’s my first time joining this photo meme.

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A Black and Yellow Spider

I saw this spider accidentally. My husband and my father were fishing at that time, and I started to feel bored. Wandering around the fishing area, I saw this little guy on the fence.

I’m afraid of spider, but the fear isn’t as big as my fear to cockroach. As long as the spider is unmoved, I still can take pictures. But I must hold my breath for seconds, to ease my shaking hands, hehehe. This spider is a pretty one, right? Look at its abdomen!

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CC: When He Told Me He Loves Me

Actually, while we’re still BF and GF, the love word is never conveyed. He expressed his feeling with another words, such as, “I want to know you more”, “I want to have a serious relationship with you”, “I want to have my future with you”, “I really care about you”, “You’re so special for me”….

I remember the time he said such those words to me. It was his birthday, July 2th, 2001. We celebrated his birthday at a restaurant that time. Later, he said that he felt sympathy to me and asked me to make the relationship to be more serious ahead. I accepted his offer. Our love story didn’t go well at first; since it’s hard to get my father’s blessing. On January 2002, we started to prepare our wedding!

Though he never said the love word, I knew that he really loved me, I can feel it. But after we become husband and wife, my hubby mentions the love words very often, he says “I love you” to me several times every day, hehehe…. It surprises me in the beginning, but now it has been become one of our sweet habits.

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Swan Lake

The lake is located inside Nusantara Flower Park (Cipanas, West Java, Indonesia). The big beautiful princess sculpture will welcome you there. It’s not only the princess will attract your attention, but also various swans and fish that live there. The birds live in a small ‘island’, in the middle of the lake.

Several benches are located along the side of the lake. You can sit and enjoy the swimming swans. Fish food is also sold there; you may feed the fish. If you throw the fish food onto the lake, lots of fish will near you immediately. Awesome!

My entry for Watery Wednesday

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Spending Sunday

Yesterday, we’re eating out again. This time we visited Kampung Katulampa (Bogor, West Java, Indonesia). You can do all outbound activities there. Besides that, there are also several fish ponds for you to catch fish and a restaurant that opens for public only for week end. On the week days, though the restaurant doesn’t offer ready-to-eat food, they still provide a cook to fry or bake your fishing result.

The fishing place offers rented fishing tools. Since my father remembered his childhood, he wanted to try fishing again after long time never doing it. At first, it’s only my father who fishing, but later, hubby was also interested to try. It’s his first fishing time!

We had nice modest lunch. All served Indonesian food were delicious, it’s like eating home made ones. I forgot taking pictures of the food, too hungry already, hehehe.
After lunch, they continued fishing. I just sat and accompanied. Every time I felt boring, I left them and went wandering the whole area. We went back home at 4.30 pm. How’s about the fishing result? We still have no luck. There’s no any fish was attracted to their fish baits.

The other people fishing there were successfully catching some fishes. I guess that’s why my father is still interested to do it again next time. So, in the next their fishing time, I will bring interesting books and perhaps my laptop…

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Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)

These elegant birds live in Swan Lake area, inside Nusantara Flower Park (Cipanas, West Java, Indonesia). When we reached this small lake, we saw this couple. Do you know that they are monogamous? Male and female swans share the care of their nest, and once they have cygnets (baby swans); they will also share to look for food. So sweet!

The name 'mute' derives from it being less vocal than other swan species. Measuring 125 to 170 centimeters in length, this large swan is completely white in plumage with an orange bill bordered with black. It is recognizable by its marked knob atop the bill.

Compared to the other Northern white swans, the Mute Swan can simply be notable by its curved neck and orange, black-knobbed bill. Unlike most other Northern swan species (who usually live in only wetlands without regular human interfering), the Mute Swan has, in some parts of the world, become habituated and nearly fearless towards humans. Such swans are often seen at close range in urban areas with bodies of water.
Data source:Wikipedia

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