Chewing My Life Away In Pain & Pleasure ★

Went to a durian stall located along an uphill road of Paya Terubong last Sunday. Can't remember when was the last time I did that to enjoy some durians. It's funny that many people around me don't really eat it. Especially when it's our famous local fruit, the king of fruits many people had touted it to be.

the leg brand durians =.='

As we went up the steep road, we stumbled upon 3 different stalls that sell few types of fruits but all mainly vying for customers hunting for durians. There was first the leg brand durian stall that greeted us along the way. Then appeared the head brand stall and lastly the hand brand stall. All three stalls were named "cap kaki", "cap kepala" and "cap tangan" respectively. Gee, how much more creative can these people get?

giant magical voodoo holy sacred durian ^_^

It's not hard to find this stall. Just in front of the stall sits probably the biggest sculpture for a fruit on this island. If you miss this one on your way there, do yourself a favour and drive off the cliff and just die.

hand-written menu

The first thing I noticed when I entered the stall was this coloured paper menu on the wall that shows some weird names of the fruits they have. No big deal here. But wait...

The menu seems to be showing so many kinds of fruits that even the prime minister and chief minister of penang in the photo on the wall couldn't resist and turned their heads to the left.

fresh from the orchard

the "green skin" durian

Dad had the first taste of this one and praised it immediately. When I buried my teeth in its thick creamy flesh, gawd damn~!! This one could be the best durian I've ever had since I started eating them. It's so good that my parents bought two more boxes of it home.

the "red prawn" durian

Next is the "red prawn" breed. Don't ask me why are the names so weird. The names are translated from hokkien/malay. This one wasn't as satisfying as the first one. The colour of the flesh was almost light orange unlike the usual yellow ones, hence the name "red prawn" I think.

The green skin durian we had was actually a past winner in a local competition. No wonder many people there on that day were buying this breed back to their hometown. A lot of people at that time were not locals.

As I looked on, something caught my attention....

what the h.......?!

I need to clarify this with someone who can read the chinese words. I can't get the image of a dick-shaped durian out of my head till now since I saw this. I used to think of this fruit as just..well... fruit, of course. Thanks to this sign board, they no longer appear to be just thorny but kinky as well. As far as my mind is concerned that is.

I've just seen the movie late last night and my personal opinion of it.... EXCELLENT~! I highly (make it double) recommend this blockbuster to anyone who likes robots and especially those who are or used to be a Transformers fan. I used to watch its cartoon back in the days when I was a kid. Was hoping that someone would make a movie out of it some day and when it finally happened, I would say that it was very nicely done. Although the characters are rendered in 3D, their movements blended very well with the actual settings. The best part of the movie to be enjoyed is of course where they transform from the vehicles form into their true form (duh~) and when they do battle in the city.

The two leaders going against each other are of course none other than Optimus Prime vs Megatron.

Optimus Prime
(artwork by beamer)

Megatron
(artwork by dcjosh)

Going back to when I was a kid, watching weekly cartoons of these robots would never be complete without those 2 battling out each other. In this movie the duel between the two is even more intensified with the 3D graphics and special effects. Not only it is by far the best cartoon adaptation I have ever seen, it has also a considerable amount of humor along the way. Quite a pleasant touch to a movie mainly consist of robotic battles. I applaud this movie for it not only met the expectations but also exceeded them. Honestly, the two and half hours never seemed so SHORT in my entire life.

I walked out of the cinema with a big smile on my face, knowing that the kid within me woke up that night. Those who don't know anything about Transformers would probably give negative feedbacks. As for the fans of this old time cartoon heroes, I'd say drop your expectations, enjoy the film and rejoice!

The essence of Transformers
(artwork by Pat Lee & E.J)

Yet another movie based on popular cartoon getting good ratings from me. Adding this one to the Superman post I did few months ago :-) Gonna put up a soundtrack from the movie on this blog for a while, titled "Before It's Too Late" by Goo Goo Dolls.

As the popular line goes...

"Transformers, more than meets the eye"

So much more indeed....