I just want to say that I was 100% correct about Saturday's 'challenging' elementary school class. There were tears, frustration, anger...I heard one girl tell her dad she doesn't want to come back. When will people learn that I'm always right?

Anyways, after that I was in such a bad mood. I played a little tennis and, even though I lost, it was a good time. My partner was a pretty fun guy and we played against Jin so I got to talk a little 'smack' at least. Also, there are few things more cathartic than wacking a few tennis balls.

After that I was feeling pretty good. I was feeling even better when Jin and I went to Zauo again. This was our second trip to the restaurant and I still think it's a great concept for a restaurant. My mind has been turning it over and you just might see some similar restaurants in your neighborhood (with several improvements I've been thinking about.)

This time proved that I was born to fish. We were lucky enough to get a seat in the big boat in the middle. We were really excited because this meant that we could sit, order side dishes and drinks while fishing whereas last time we had to stand at the pond for over an hour without food or drinks.

So, we baited our hooks, dropped our lines in and settled in for the long haul. Not 5 minutes later I was almost dragged over the side of the boat by a mammouth snapper. We got it netted and the server took it away to slice up some tasty sashimi. mmmmmm...and how tasty it was! (Of course, I looked away for a few minutes and when I looked back, most of it had dissappeared mysteriously.)

Since the first catch didn't allow me enough time to enjoy the idea of fishing, nor did it give me the satisfaction of a job well done since it was all too easy, we decided to give it another shot. 10 minutes...that's all it took and my line was jumping again. Another snapper. This one was fried up and equally tasty in his own way.

That's actually one of the points that I'd improve if I opened my own restaurant. Every table around us caught a snapper. There were only about 3 choices of fish where we were. 2 were different kinds of snapper which taste the same. I don't know what the third was but there were only about 3 in the pond so the odds of catching it compared to the swarms of snapper were slim.

So, now I can't wait to go to Scandinavia. I've got to find a deep sea fishing cruise to try my luck on!