Woah! Hi everyone! I'm an old timer 80's kid from Singapore who grew up completely FS seow. I am the first true 'ang-moh/mat salleh' FS addict. Took me 2 days to read this 80 plus pages thread. Growing up all over S.E.A, I have been a hardcore FS hunter since primary 3 back in the day after I was introduced these guys by a malay classmate of mine who had a blood thirsty chop. My addiction grew until its climax right before o-levels, when the trend began to wain with gaming consoles being the new thing for kids. In later years young kids were taken by such things as Digimon, Pokemon, all of which are based on the culture of FS. Luckily, I taught my younger brothers how to be expert FS hunters. I often cycle more than 20km and trek into any jungle if I sense a spot. Looking back, I was more ballsy than now - just sitting in my office wearing shirt and tie. I stopped catching and playing these shortly before NS, once in a while getting back in an afternoon hunt for a King Kong Pao. After NS, I went on to breed and fight fighting fish, also known as plakat. Now almost reaching my 30s, I just recently began hunting again 5 days ago. It's great to see this forum thread, as back in the day we did not have any communication on spots, techniques and were all mad hunters in our own ways. Glad to know that there are people like me. Lotsa great training taboo still make me laugh when I recall them (eg: chilli padi, putting the kang in your elbow and squeeze him so he bites and sucks your blood). Yesterday, I went back to some of my old hunting grounds, some secret spots still untouched, others urbanised beyond recognition. I live in the East now, but no doubt areas such as, Thomson, Bishan, Bukit Timah, Peirce, LCK and Sembawang are still the best haunts due to the presence of large forestation area with water sources still there. After hunting for so long, you can literally feel them and sense their presence. Also they have a type of smell if you are sharp enough to sense them. I am glad that some areas still have healthy stock. Great also to see that some bros here have T.Sub variations. Though some might argue against it, I truly believe that T.Sub wild variations can be caught in SG. I myself have landed a few with iridescence covering almost 70% of the legs. Very rare but highly possible. Big respect to all the videos, pictures and support from the bros on this thread keeping an awesome tradition alive. Okay, I'm off to hunt some in a nearby plot during my lunch break in a tie. Haha. Hope to catch up with some of you guys for a little sparring. Cheers!!

Evan