TEena: Doctor Fish

it's Sunday again. yah.. woken up by the smell of burnt curry. Wahaha... Mummy was heating up the curry from yesterday and FORGOT about it... she said.. it almost burn down the house!.. ehh.. got so serious or not? she said there was so much smoke... smoked the whole house... errhh... okok.... and the pot was BLACK till daddy had to SCRUB it like hell. anyways...... so no more curry to dip bread. -_-" Had fried white carrot cake for breakfast. Mummy said it's not cheap.. $2.50 for tat small packet. yah... everything nowadays prices have gone upupup.... so are the prices of houses... -_-'""... morning jus pass by quickly and we had porridge for lunch. Dishes: steam batang fish, salty egg, preserved peanuts, perserved caixin, and left over satay and fried chickenwings. Sometimes.. left over food seems more tasty.. WAHAHAHAH!

Chris only came when it's nearly 2pm. yah.. he was sweating all over..yes.. like a pig. WAhahaha! We decided to go to Farmart near cck. 67 Sungei Tengah Rd. Checked the website and the timing for the shuttle bus service opp. lot 1 and waited for the bus to arrive. we were unsure .. if the shuttle bus does exist or not. WAhahah YAH it CAME. :) so we went up. and.. Huh?.. 50cents enterance n exit fee for shuttle bus? wahlaio.. i tot is free shuttle leh.. Chey!.. lucky only 50cents In n Out.

see his SMUG face when we got onto the bus

i like the blur behind

YEs.. his VIRGIN visit to FARMART

we the two looneys trying to take with the signboard
failed..

I realise.. there isn't much shops opened at that hour that we went. Just a few pet shops and fish shops. WAHAHAHA.. our ultimate motive to go ther was to try the FISH SPA. hehehee... yah.. let the fishes eat the DEAD SKIN on our feet. heheheeee.

The shop was full when we went so we were told to come back in like 10mins time. So we walked down further.. and saw a prawn pond wher people are prawning. (yes.. this is one of the most recent outing for Kim now) Using cockles and chicken liver as baits. Further in that area was a small animal place. U will find frogs.. tortoises, rabbits, guinea Pigs, hamsters, goats, parrots... fishes? yah.. anyway.. the place has the very strong GOAT smell... quite choking.. and fainting.. we went off after awhile. And so coincidently i met my Cousin n her husband with his sister (chris colleague) and 2 other frends. Yah.. they jus arrived.. didnt get to talk much.

Yes.. Almost done the pple in the fish ponds, drying their feet after the fish spa. EXCITING!.. it's our turn now! ;p so cOol... i tot.. tat im trying this.. makes me.. wanna giggle. hehehe...

we soaked our feets into the water
and CAME ALL THE FISH!
it's like "MEAL TIME" for them
wahhaahahahahahah!

he trying so hard to MAINTAIN and TAHAN
the ticklish sensation

mine didnt seem as "delicious" as his
wahahahaha lesser fish

this is very farnie..

maintaining my composure..
it's REALI itchy n ticklish
i keep shaking away the fish when some tried to suck the sole of my feet

this is the pond.. wahaha..

there are two of this size area for people to soak the feet in
actually.. is it abit unhygenic?
cos.. they didnt ask u to wash ur feet before putting it in
so.. EVERYONE's feet just soak into the water
if u a clean freak.. mayb u shld find a clear alternative ;p
we did 30mins - $8per pax

After the "spa" wahaha.. Chris said that his feet skin is actually SMOOTHER...
hmmm.. is it? wahahaa.. he got ALOT of dead skin u see..
heheheheeeee

ok.. this one let u see CLEARER how the fish look like
taken from youtube

I wikipedia it:

Doctor fish is the name given to two species of fish: Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus. Other nicknames include nibble fish, kangal fish, and doctorfishen; in non-medical contexts, Garra rufa is called the reddish log sucker. They live and breed in the outdoor pools of some Turkish spas, where they feed on the skin of patients with psoriasis. The fish are like combfishes in that they only consume the affected and dead areas of the skin, leaving the healthy skin to grow, with the outdoor location of the treatment bringing beneficial effects. The spas are not meant as a treatment option, only as a temporary cure for symptoms, and patients usually revisit the spas every few months. Some patients have experienced complete cure of psoriasis after repeated treatments, but due to the unpredictable nature of the disease, which is strongly influenced by endogenous factors, this may simply be regression towards the mean.

Garra rufa occurs in the river basins of the Northern and Central Middle East, mainly in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. It is legally protected from commercial exploitation in Turkey due to concerns of overharvesting for export. Garra rufa can be kept in an aquarium at home; while not strictly a "beginner's fish", it is quite hardy. For treatment of skin diseases, aquarium specimens are not well suited as the skin-feeding behavior fully manifests only under conditions where the food supply is somewhat scarce and unpredictable.

In 2006, doctor fish spa resorts opened in Hakone, Japan, and in Umag, Croatia, where the fish are used to clean the bathers at the spa. There are also spas in resorts in China, such as Hainan, South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia.

two beautiful parrots

they are certainly NOISY
wahahahaha

on the bus back to LOT ONE
our dinner..
Chris wans to eat the newly open Newyork Newyork at Lot One
:) goodness.. Queue was so long...
luckily becos we only 2 person.. so got to "cut" queue