Mika Lappalainen | Friday, 20 May 2022
We arrived Thursday night, well it was Friday all ready, Paul and Ashly kindly pick us up from Penang airport. Night over at house in Gerik, few beers, taste of jungle juice and sleep.
In the morning some shopping, gasoline, stop by on welding place. They kindly offered jungle juice and I had in the evening and for breakfast so I thought why not. You need to be polite for people. When driving to boat started to feel... not well. They made jungle juice with mountain dew, and I really dislike mountain dew, so that had to be reason. Paul got us to the battleship and went to pick up Ashly and rest of the stuff. I had to get some sleep.
Heavy rain started and it last maybe two hours, I had sleep and I started feel kind okay. Paul had seen some big gourami rises and he was ready to go. I had some snacks and joined him, that was the reason why we are here... Fishing.
Paul got us on the position and huge gourami was rising and eating from surface. I had several casts and not even one was close. I noticed that hands were shaking and I was not really on fit. At the same time I have never got sober up in my life. Seeing gourami rising, making a cast etc... I was drunk again. So I fucked up like really well.
Paul took me to other spot just before dark was coming. Result was pretty much similar. I have never been so disappointed to myself. It was like couldn't make even basic casts.
Afterwards we had nice dinner and evening with Paul and Ashly in the Battleship. Having party for my birthday with birthday cake and some single malt. I got present as well, sarong. It was one of best presents ever, sun is burning hot and my feet have not see sun for 8 months.
So I really fucked up my birthday fish and huge gourami. I could blame jetlag or jungle juice, I know that I'm not so bad it felt on first night. So only reason which is left is mountain dew.
I have a habit that if you do something you do it best possible way. It goes as well for fucking up things, if you fuck up, you really do it, not just little bit. :D
As you can see that it is part one, more might be coming. :p
We decide with Satu to skip original plan to go Taman Negara. We stay on the lake in Battleship fishing snakeheads and gourami. I rather go to the deep end finished with style or fuck things up. There are no between.
Have a nice weekend and go fishing. I certainly will.
Mika the Legend, this time from Malaysia