Had lunch at Fullerton hotel today. Having got used to having brunch everyday for the past two months plus, I could not really stuff myself with the food at the buffet despite not having breakfast. Had gastric pain. Ouch. Anyway, we had got there really early so we had to wait for the rest to arrive. I went down to the ground floor and watched the koi swim.

Back in secondary school, we had a pavillion and a pool where there were koi. As time went by, the pool got really green with the algae and the students started putting in terrapins and other fish which were not supposed to be in there. It was a favourite place of mine and I often went to watch the koi swim around in the pool when I was bored. Once when I gave a class presentation, I mentioned watching fish swim around to relieve stress. Like what I did when I got bored and stressed. I watched the koi swim around. The class laughed. I still don't know why they laughed.

Just now as I watched the koi swim, I was rather amused. I saw the koi opening their big mouths and going "Mom mom mom mom". They swam around and usually ended up in clusters. I don't know why they don't want to swim alone but keep swimming clumsily past one another in close proximity. Big fat fish. Heh. There was this especially big one. I couldn't tell if it was champagne or silver in that lighting but the next time when you're bored, you can go down to fullerton to look for it. It is around fifty centimetres and very fat. When I put my finger near its mouth when it was at the surface, it went "mom mom mom mom" and looked like it was going to chew my finger. Food.

I like watching them swim around. It's rather interesting to think about these fish swimming around day and night. Just swimming, eating, sleeping. Oh, maybe they talk too. Do they? How does it feel to be confined to a small pool for life? Not knowing what time of the day it is. Don't they get bored? Are they happy or sad? If you know, tell me. =)