On Pasir Ris

Pasir Ris is at the east side of Singapore, close to the sea.

Last Sunday I went to Tampines and casually hopped to the MRT and arrived Pasir Ris.

Right next to the MRT station are 3 fishing ponds: main pond, pro pond, and hehe pond.

These names are very interesting, especially the last one: hehe pond. 'Hehe' is the laughter which implies you will be happy if you fish there, 'for kids', I thought. The 'pro pond' sounds like a place that is very challenging and exciting. The fish could be very hard to catch.

I went closer to see and found out the main pond is the largest pond, followed by pro with about quarter of the main pond, and the hehe pond is only roughly measured 6' x 8'.

I was a little bit confused, pros should take more challenges, why the pond is getting smaller? Is there are only 3 fish inside? After some investigations it seems pros for this place like the easy way out and indeed pro pond has the same amount of fish like the main pond, with its smaller size, the density is way higher. The hehe pond pushes this to the extreme by literally stuffing the fish into the pond.

"Losers", I told myself. This place reminds me of an emperor in old days China. He was a lousy archer but liked to hunt anyway, so he ordered his soldiers to get some deers, confined those animals in a small place and shot them with arrows. However a loser he was, sometimes he still missed. Pissed, he asked the soldiers to hold spears to goad the animals closer to him. The hehe pond really reminds me of this emperor.

Hereby I rename the pond: Loser Pond.