The Fish

Today was productive - I registered my foreigner card at the local office, got proof of address which the landlord wants for some reason, went to see the Hobbit, and then finally got a new mobile phone contract set up.

Was chatting to the poor mobile phone sales guy who's been working since the 2nd of January (the national holiday here is on the 1st) and he gave me some free gifts - some red rice which is eaten at new years ("sekihan"), and something to put in my bath.

I tried a few filters on this photo before posting it and they looked good, but I always feel like filters are cheating a bit so I took them off again. Or, if not cheating, they at least make all of your photos look a bit too similar and like other people's (instagram) photos. What do you think?

If I was able to achieve similar filter effects just using my camera settings it would be OK, I guess.