Woohoo, durians are in season!! Everyday this week, we would pass by this roundabout where entrepreneurial hawkers would be peddling the durians they harvested. I kept wondering when I would be enjoying them. But MIL said FIL cannot eat durians coz they're high in cholesterol and since he has a heart condition, he shouldn't be eating them.
By Friday, I was delirious thinking about durians, so I suggested to Simon that we would buy them for small group! In the end MIL said, FIL could eat some lah. So off we went to the roundabout near the E-Library to shop for durians.
I tell you, the aroma is so wonderful I knew that we would hit pay dirt no matter which ones we choose. Selling price for D24 is RM20 per kg and the normal range was RM8 or RM12 per kg. We chose a few of the D24 and the RM12 ones. I believe in paying for quality when it comes to durians.
After dinner, I got Simon to do the honours. Ooh, the wait was finally over. D24 is quite overated lah...but they're nice and meaty. I made Simon give Jon some. He took one lick and decided he didn't like durians. Even when Simon gave him a second time, Jon moved away! haha!
We brought the durians to small group, and Jimmy did the honours this time. We had only three durians. But I guess we shouldn't overdo it, hor? In case we kena sore throats!
Don't you agree that durians are best enjoyed in the company of good friends?
I remember last year, I was pregnant and waiting to deliver Jonathan in Aug when it was durian season. The wonderful aroma of durians was too much to bear when one who loves durians is not allowed to eat them. I had pregnancy high blood pressure you see. So after I gave birth, I ate some. My rationale was since I was supposed to keep warm during confinement period, durians would be very helpful indeed since it's a "heaty" fruit!
The best durian time I had was two years back, at Sonny and Lilian's home, after we had the de-brief for our mission trip to North Thailand. Chee Keong ordered baskets of durians and I believed he must have paid hundreds for the supply! There was no limit to what we ate. And that was after a barbecue. The thing is that one cannot rush when one is feasting on durians. We opened a batch, ate and listened to the good doc's dissertation, and opened and ate some more.
Another time I remember with fond memories of eating durians was with our Singapore small group in KL three years back. The stall was located near Restaurant Green View (at e roundabout at Rothman's and Sin Chiew Newspaper) near SS2 mamak area. After a sumptuous dinner of 8 crabs cooked in 4 different ways, we feasted on durians. Talk about cholesterol loading!
Was inspired by someone's use of Sassafras Las Fawned of You paper. And I used the plastic flowers that I bought on Etsy.com recently. I love love the flowers!
A friend asked me to do a card for her sis-in-law's house-warming. I decided to embellish an Ikea frame, so she can put a photo of her new home in it. I used a patterned fabric for the inside, some Love Elsie chipboard alphas for the tile and Luxe Design's pp (house, sun and clouds).
I had so much fun with this two pieces!
Jonathan had a good time playing with Abigail (10months old) and Phoebe (a year old). But big boy didn't know his own strength and accidentally pushed ABi down...twice too! 
Thankfully, Abi has 3 older brothers and still wanted to play with Jon. Jonathan had this game where he would stick very close to the wall. And he would giggle when he did that. Abi gamely joined in this silly game of his, which brought more giggles from him.
Within a few seconds, Jon wanted to climb to the top of the car...aiyoh! Super active toddler.
Then after a while, we thought we had better bring him home before it poured. Wonder if there was a bigger catch after we left. Will check with the guys on Mon.
Playing with the catch at the bottom of the door
Lying down on the sofa after drinking his milk. Does he look like he can slouch really well like Simon?
Playing with cousin Megan at the curtains. Both of them are playing quite well together now.
Swinging on Nai Nai's legs and watching telly prog
Being cornered by me and having his photo taken
Then we brought him to the toy store called Toys World. It's the only major toy shop for kids and babies in Miri, apart from those in dept stores. Then we found a bike that's suitable for Jon and us. It was big enough for Jon and comes with a safety rail and foot rests, which are removable when he grows older. Then he can pedal the bike on his own. But in the meantime, there's the handle that's tall enough for us to push the bike without having to bend double. I tell you, without it, we will surely get backache after pushing the ride for a few minutes OK? 
Jon's one happy camper that day!
Today, I saw the guy with the vespa. This time, with one in another shade of green! 
Found out he services vespas and he's got like more than 10 vespas! He's selling the better ones and offered me a red one for RM9,000. Hmmmm, very expensive, but very tempting. And I'm the one to talk, me without a bike license. I'm trying to talk myself out of it....you know how dusty the roads are in Miri. And with so few high rise buildings, it's very hot here too. And how am i going to take Jon out for a ride on it? blah...blah...blah.
Posts
