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Chinese New Year 2012

When it comes to the Chinese New Year, without exception it's about family reunion and the reunion dinner on the eve of the New Year. Here are the pictures from the dinner this year.

Once Upon A Time....In My Life

The Interior of An Old Penang House

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Its that time of the year again ie the durian season has begun. Guess what? I made a fantastic discovery on my way back from Temerloh today, that there were still durians being harvested from durian trees of over a 100 hundred years old. Apparently the saplings from such trees fetch an exhorbitant price if you are lucky enough to be sold one. This I was told by one of the proprietors of the numerous road side stalls at the KL-Karak Highway, near the Bentong junction.

The cost of such a durian is RM12 per kilo, more than double the price of the durian kampung (translation : village durian ie durians of the wild & natural variety).

Of course there are the hybrid durians (durian kacuk or durian kahwin) with fanciful names like Mau San Wong (Musang King) or XO. Hybrid durians have been bred to taste good and to be fleshy for a better bang for the buck but I would highly advise you to avoid them. Shoot me a message if you are keen to know why.

Anyway, what's the verdict on 'hundred year old' durians? F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C. It was like eating sugar and it had the thinnest of seeds giving a lot of flesh per fruit. Would I buy it again? Hell Yeah!!

Leverage Combat Academy Barbeque

Short Family Holiday to Krabi, Thailand

 The 8 pictures above were all taken in Railay Beach. Picture postcard perfect beach

 Ao Nang beach

View from my balcony

I took a short break with the family to Krabi. It's our first time there although we've been to the neighbouring island of Phuket several times. The weather held up fine and I was able to snap several hundred pics with the trusted Nokia N8. Hope to go back there again soon since it's virtually in our backyard. Food was cheap and the people friendly. What more can you ask for really.

Deepavali Kolam 2011

 Shot taken from the floor above the kolam

 Also from the floor above

 Close-up shot 1

  Close-up shot 2

  Close-up shot 3 : can you see the coloured rice grain?

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Chinese Glass Sculpture

This Tittot sculpture has a hefty price tag of RM25,000. That's the price of beauty.

Pre-Islamic Hindu Statue Excavated From Bujang Valley