Durian from The Other Island

The old folks yesterday brought home some durians from Ubin. No freaking market classification or the styro-cellophane wrapped types you'd see in supermarkets; just simple durians picked from the fruit orchard surrounding my late grandparents' house in Ubin.

It's not a best kept secret anymore that Ubin has a few Malay kampung houses still standing and lovingly maintained, mind you. All you need to do when you get on the island is to rent a mountain bike and cycle along its tarred path and pretty soon you'll come upon the cluster of Malay Kampong houses I'm referring to.

If you're too chicken shit you may want to stop by at the information kiosk to get a map. But really, if you cycled on the path it's hard for you to get lost in Ubin. That'd be an insult to the people who had lived there for many years if you did.

I took these using my Atom. Now I'm not sure if that's good considering it's only 2 megapixels. It has also been the main reason why I will never buy a digital camera because my needs like the Ubin durian, are simple and straightforward -- no fuss. No, durians don't have needs but you get my drift, lol! The durian pic was taken after I had upgraded the Atom firmware. For a close-up shot I think the quality is passable.