Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Fish time at Qian Hu
Last Sunday morning, we decided to bring Matthew to Qian Hu, a local fish farm / breeder / exporter.
He was all excited when we reached Qian Hu, pointing and exclaiming "Fish" or "Yu2". He ran around, stopping to look at the different varieties of fishes, so amused to see so so so many fishes.
There's an education corner in the farm, where they have drains or longkang for the kids to catch guppies or longkang fish. Catching longkang fish used to be a fav pastime for many kids my generation, but with technology, kids now are more interested in computer games, rather than spending time outdoors with nature. There are some local fruit trees planted around this corner and Mike went round pointing out the different fruit to Matthew.
We took a break and had a drink and Matthew had a piece of dried apricot.
We lost our way, taking a left turn instead of a right and ended up at some vegetable farm where they were selling fresh produce. We stopped to take a look. I bought some sweet potatoes and pumpkin for this Wednesday's BBQ at a friend's place and some mushroom to cook.
Matthew was quiet on the journey back, probably a little tired, kept himself entertained, talking to his little soft toy dog. When he was home, he was so active and refused to nap till 2:15pm and that was after some insistence on my part!
He was all excited when we reached Qian Hu, pointing and exclaiming "Fish" or "Yu2". He ran around, stopping to look at the different varieties of fishes, so amused to see so so so many fishes.
There's an education corner in the farm, where they have drains or longkang for the kids to catch guppies or longkang fish. Catching longkang fish used to be a fav pastime for many kids my generation, but with technology, kids now are more interested in computer games, rather than spending time outdoors with nature. There are some local fruit trees planted around this corner and Mike went round pointing out the different fruit to Matthew.
We took a break and had a drink and Matthew had a piece of dried apricot.
We lost our way, taking a left turn instead of a right and ended up at some vegetable farm where they were selling fresh produce. We stopped to take a look. I bought some sweet potatoes and pumpkin for this Wednesday's BBQ at a friend's place and some mushroom to cook.
Matthew was quiet on the journey back, probably a little tired, kept himself entertained, talking to his little soft toy dog. When he was home, he was so active and refused to nap till 2:15pm and that was after some insistence on my part!
