Sunday, December 30, 2012

Captain Kitty Sails - original short story


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Captain Kitty sets sail quite often these days, usually at dusk where he goes offshore into the Pacific Ocean with Catnip.

Catnip, a somewhat clichéd name he bestowed upon his fishing boat, is a fine 26-feet fibreglass vessel , with a 212 gallon tank of fuel capacity, equipped with mesmerizing docking halogen lights, and Furuno electronics for determining location, and fish shoal detection. Catnip is Captain Kitty’s most cherished companion.

Catnip has gone through considerably rough stormy seas and angry waves, she handles them very well, splendidly every time. Catnip has been a fine fishing boat for Captain Kitty for 10 years now, today is their 10th anniversary. Good ol’ Catnip is the most precious thing in this whole wide world, for ol’ solitary Captain Kitty, who loves fishing more than anything, alone with Catnip venturing into the open Pacific Ocean with no worries, every time.

In the dark of night with no moonlight, where the sea is calm and the wind is still, Captain Kitty would then see thousands of diamonds glittering on the surface of the night sea. “Ah, tis the purrrfect time fer sum squid jiggin’ eye Catnip?” , the usual phrase Catnip would hear coming from her master, whenever they hit a ‘squid jackpot’ location. Squid eyes glitter in the dark night, while they hunt for small wandering fish and shrimps as prey to feed their hungry bellies. Catnip likes squid jigging time too, perhaps as much as Captain Kitty even though she cannot join in the fun, jigging away those greedy squids for hours, static in the still of night. Captain Kitty would use his portable white lamp as his primary bait to lure the squids near Catnip’s starboard, the right-hand side of the vessel, while he prepares his jigs and smelly fish baits. Smelly fish baits are a fine offering to the squids, in return for their souls and flesh taken without their prior consent. Hours went by, and one after another, and another, and another squid fell for Captain Kitty’s smelly fish baits, foolishly biting the sharp jig thus letting themselves get caught and pulled out of their playground, never to return to the sea alive, ever again, one after the other. Smelly fish baits are indeed irresistible to the squids, dangling in the seawater giving out a mesmerizing and intoxicating scent, under the mesmerizing and intoxicating light of Captain Kitty’s portable fishing lamp.  

After Captain Kitty’s insulated fish box is about three quarter’s full of fresh squids, and having no more smelly fish baits left to offer, he decides to stop jigging and start heading home. “A good catch we had this time eye Catnip? Let’s head home fer now eh”, the usual phrase Catnip would have to listen to every time her master has had enough of fishing for the night. Catnip could swear that she understands Captain Kitty better than anyone in this whole wide world, and she never grows tired of having to hear his usual ramblings, every time, all the time. 


~fin~ 

33 comments:

  1. mohon terjemah dalam bm huhuhuhu... btw mana cover lagu melayu?

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    1. hahah.. eii aku ada letak google translate widget for page (saja suka2) kat bawah widget nihongo expression kat bawah ni, skali aku try translate ke malay.. mmg gelak sakan aku baca sorang2 XD

      cover lagu melayu? ada je.. saja maleh nak upload ke youtube XD

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    2. sila terjemahkan dalam bentuk lukisan:D

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    3. hoho.. aku nak ko berimaginasi sambil membaca kali ni, nnt2 aku buat komik :p

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    4. Noob Google terjemahan ni agak celaru.. hahaha

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    5. Tumpang lalu.. sy dah balik.
      XD

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    6. Leeeen welkam bek!! lol XD

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    7. Amek kehadiran jer dulu td.hoho

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    8. eh, ape aku tulis tadi? *temunga lalu*.
      hebat kalau ada org paham.

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    9. Oh.. itu dalam google translate. Tumpang jadi temunga

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    10. google translate tu mmg buat bahan gelak jer hihihi XD

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  2. aku macam membaca kisah watak udang kara dalam citer Stern Men. haha. layan time hari yang sangat teruk, ketenangan akan lebih terjamin dari meminum sup abalon.

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    1. hahah kebetulan semata-mata wahai encik penulis berhantu ^^

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  3. Owh mencandat sotong rupenye. Sotong bakar satu Kapten Kitty!!..

    p/s: Wonder how capnip looks like? she sound beautiful.

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    1. catnip sangat smart dan bergaya XD

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    2. boleh draw sekali? :P

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    3. bleh tp saje x mo, kali ni aku x nak membataskan imaginasi korang ikut gaya lukisan komik aku semata2 untuk cerita pendek ni.. imaginasi ko tentu lagi hebat dan realistik ^^

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    4. Plain, is it based on this?

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    5. owh that picture? i saw that cat photo and simply drew it on my memopad using my japanese ink drawing brush.. i just figured it would be cool to put it here as an illustration for my original short story, which i wrote based on my own personal experience few years back ^^

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    6. Great

      Anyway happy new year 2013 Plain.

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  4. tiba terkeluar british slang aku bila baca ni haha

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    1. ang read out loud mcm cikgu reading suh baca kuat2 kat dlm kelas ka? XD

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  5. bila tang dialog captain Kitty, mulut aku senget benget kengkonon nak into character...

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  6. Happy New Year 2013 everybadehhh.. thank you for reading my rants and ramblings all this while, anda semua sangat kool dan sempoi ^^

    Aku doakan korang lebih happy, sihat dan bahagia sepanjang 2013, semoga 2013 ini lebih bermakna dan lebih diberkati buat kau, kau, kau.. dan aku ^^

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  7. I was hoping for some huge squid or some humongous octopus come and eat'em one bite. But hey, this is better...

    Selamat thaun baru 2013 ;))

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    1. hohoo not in THIS story.. XD

      Selamat tahun baru Gregorian 2013 ^^

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    2. Sound like Ben 10 ultimate alien to me
      lol XD

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    1. wow bankami suda join ini blog, trimas atas kesudian anda ^^

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  9. okayy sotong fevret sgtt so nak geng capt kitty!

    hyee awkkkk
    salam kenal =D

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  10. Nice..hey kitty3..

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