Fish Eyes

Every Saturday, my friend Emily and I head into town to get some food and play. This weekend was no different. And there was some excitement at dinner. Ba dum, ba dum, I ate a fish eyeball!!

Gross, I know. I made Emily capture it with my camera. Here are the reasons for doing so that I came up with afterward: 1) peer pressure 2) curiosity 3) bragging rights

So now I’m here to brag! It was actually quite disgusting. Too slimy for me. Emily laughed as she watched me. She likes fish eyes. *shudder*

I got in trouble for playing with the food quite a few times. That is what started the “eat the fish eye” campaign, actually. I kept poking it with my chopsticks. (note: it’s more fun to play with than eat!) Emily was scolding me: “Food is not a toy. t-o-y.” Yeah! She can spell the word “toy” :P

Dinner was tasty overall. Rice, fish, veggies, and shrimp. (Of course it was the whole shrimp and I did see Emily suck out meat from the head *another shudder*)

Our entertaining dinner was enjoyed on Cijin Island (pronounced more like chee jing). We drove over in the tunnel on my scooter and rode back on the ferry. It was fun!

After dinner, I got a papaya milk (delicious!!) Then we walked around the island. I wanted to visit Cijin so I could see the lighthouse. Sadly, Emily was right and it was closed. Lame! I did get to see the light on. I tried to tell Emily before we went that the light had to be on, at least. You can’t turn it off!

And then we walked around the path in that area. There’s a fort up there but it was closed too. *grr* I did find an awesome place to climb and explore. At first, Emily wouldn’t let me go (she’s always calling me “danger girl” but danger is fun!) I finally convinced her and we wandered for a bit. I had only a small pen light on my keychain. Emily seemed really jittery and nervous. About halfway through our explorations, I remembered that the Chinese believe in ghosts.

So I took pity on her and cut my explorations short. And I was right! After, Emily said there might be a ghost there that grabs my clothes and says “Amberlee I like you. Stay here with me.” Sounds absurd to me. I tried not to laugh too much even though I was chuckling on the inside. She said she doesn’t believe it . . . yet why was she so nervous?!

Ah well, she did promise we could explore there in the daytime. I’m excited! I wish I would’ve had an awesome old fort like that to play in as a kid. Can you imagine? Oh the joys and adventures *sigh*

Oh yeah. This was a funny moment. We were standing on a little platform overlook and Emily told me to be careful in one spot. I said okay. And then I stepped there. And I was startled! (a plank was missing from the floor) I laughed so hard. I knew what to expect and yet it surprised me when my foot started falling through instead of stopping on firm ground. Emily was annoyed with me for doing what she told me not to do :) She probably hit me too.

Another funny moment: on our way down the hill from the lighthouse there wasn’t much lighting on the path and Emily was nervous. Suddenly something fell to the ground. I’m pretty sure she jumped…it was only my earring. I laughed and she hit me. Those earrings have NEVER fallen out before. I was surprised one did this time. But it’s okay since I didn’t lose it and I scared Emily. *mwa ha ha*