Today, I finally understood why sabbie became a vegetarian. I went to this market with my parents and my aunt to buy stuffs to cook for our dinner. It was at this store selling alive fishes and other sea creatures that I suddenly have this urge to be a vegetarian.

There was this woman who bought a fish. Since the fish was alive, the owner has to kill the fish first, before giving it to her. Because it was flipping around, which made it very difficult for him to remove the scales, the guy used the knife to knock (very hardly) on the fish’s head. It was like “BAM!” and the fish flipped once more and then stopped moving.

There was this store at the side, and this woman put three life fishes on this Styrofoam box cover which has “$6.50 for one” written in Chinese on it. I really don’t know why she had to put in the Styrofoam box cover instead of in the water behind her. The three fishes were flipping and ‘jumping’ while lying helplessly on their sides. And their gills were moving so rapidly like they were gulping of air.

Back at the store, I saw this box of creature that looked like some weird species of tortoise that were tied in threes in nettings. They were struggling to get out the netting: one head would be caught in one of the holes and their two hands in another two holes. When they realized that the hold was too small for the whole of their body, they ‘contracted’ in to their shell, came back out and find of another hole to get out. It was terrible. Most of them have already gave up and were just lying in the box, accepting their fate. At first I was thinking why would anyone want to eat tortoise? And to my horror, my parents decided to buy on to cook for soap. (!!!!!) And again the owner has to kill it first. But instead of hitting it on the head with a knife, like the fish, he put it into this rice cooker filled with boiling water. I almost vomited right there. My father was like ‘Look! They put it into the water to drown them,’ in a fascinated voice.

I saw a lot of other disgusting and really sad sights like a half skinless and headless deer hanging on a hook. There was really only half of it: one hand and on leg attached to a body. It was sliced right at the centre. Thank god I didn’t see the head.

Can’t help thinking that it is because of us that all these innocent animal have to be killed. Actually, we are all murderers. Look at how many species of animal have became extinct because of humans. Imagine that you were those fishes, tortoise etc. Imagine being put into boiling water. Imagine giants pulling your skin out. Imagine being eaten.. Now I really understand why sabbie became a vegetarian. I feel disgusted.

Don’t know what am I going to do when they ask me to drink the soup and eat that fish during dinner later.. I think I’ll just vomit