Sunday, April 01, 2007

The world's abound with all sorts of new inventions, but this very one, in my opinion anyway, is just plain stupid. You see, there's this guy in Thailand, a government scientist, who's come up with odourless durians. Called Chantaburi No. 1 (after the dude's home province), its supposed to be for people who can't stand the smell of durians, especially the picky ang moh. It seems pretty good on its premise; durians that even the ang moh can appreciate. But as a durian traditionalist, I love the smell of my durians; its not a durian if the rich pungent aromas don't assault the senses and call out the good old Singaporean in me. After all, to quote from Adrian Tan's Teenage Workbook (a dear favourite of mine), "A durian by any other name would smell as sweet". Although he does continue on, that Shakespeare, being a bloody ang moh, would, instead, probably have said, "A durian by any other name would still smell as strong". Regardless, durians taste best in their full, rich aromas. No room for argument.

I miss my durians.

i heard the crickets at 6:50 pm

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