Wednesday, July 30, 2008

2 Meetings & 1 Durian

Hello hello, yesterday was away for outstation in Lahad Datu (45 minutes by air from the capital Kota Kinabalu). Lahad Datu is a town by the sea. Previously it was known as a "scary town" due to its "open sea" location. It was a town (I think during the 80s or 90s), often raided by sea pirates. The pirates would openly moored at the sea, and calmy walked to the town and open fire (real machine gun) to the general public. Only the brave hearts dare to go and work in Lahad Datu. Fast forward to present time, the government had set up marine base here, and it is safe from pirates now. It is basically a town rich with natural resources - sea bounties, palm oil plantations, marine based industries etc. I would not categorised this town as a "pretty sea side" town though. More like a rugged town, full of character and good seafood.


Our project site, was about 5km away from the town. Luckily, the project progress was good, so the meeting was not stressful (no shouting and banging of tables). Thus, the whimsical pic above. The site was very muddy, and wellies were provided. But do check out the DURIAN beside the wellies!!!! Yuppp people, straight after the meeting, its durian feast baby!


Tips from many durian experts - durian is a fruit with an acquired taste, with very very very strong smell and custardy texture. The smell will linger for days after eating durian. So, it was advisable do drink water from the shell (to prevent over heating of body), and to get rid of the smell, to wash hands using the same modus operandi.
Muddy muddy site -not a problem! nothing compared to the thought of having durian after this....

Manage to catch up on blog world, while waiting for the flight back....yipeeey for wi-fi!


7 comments:

uji said...

waaa.. very high tech u iphone with wi-fi catching up with the virtual world. Heheh....
The durian looks yummmmy-tebal lagi tu isi...

Linda said...

I've heard of it but never eaten it. It must really have a very strong smell.

fabmom said...

ha..macam nda jadila jual tu iphone kan?
ohoo..sedapnya makan durian..lama sudah nda makan..

whimsical said...

MyThinkPad-am warming up to my iPhone nw.still gagar2 mau explore the phone la heheheh.

fabmom-yup, mcm boleh boleh suda lah si talipaun ku atu.gila nyaman durian di lahad datu! si tukang bawa durian bilang, yg ani dari spesis lebih hebat dari d24. tapi memang gila babi la sedap dia.if i tak ingat mau migraine, sudah ku makan 3 biji tu!

kuireena said...

whimsy,
itu parang tepi durian tu mcm mo kasi warning "Dont steal my durian!!" seja sama orang lain.. hehe

whimsical said...

kuireena,hahahahahahahah ya kan, hahahahaha terlampau la juga bah kan ada parang lagi di tepi. i didn't notice it before hahahahahha

Shabbymom said...

hmmmmm...memang enak durian atu kan.....lapar lah tinguk durian mu.....

psssst....inda jadi jual kah tu iphone?....bah jaga kedapatan bediri d siring pagar c fabmom!!!!