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Yay! Today somehow I found out that the nearby grocery stores sells mango!
Most of you would call it pelam but back at my hometown, they call it konen. Yes, konen, a weird name and I did laugh when my mother and grandma told me that.
"Conan? makan ni mesti jadi kuat. Thunder, thunder, thundercaaaaaattt!"
Unfortunately the cultural reference was lost to them, so I went away dismayed.
Anyway I think the baku word for konen is kuinin. *google*
Yes, I'm right. Quinine in English.
Dulu depan rumah ada banyak pokok konen. Sekarang pon ada lagi, tapi nak cakap dulu sebab nak bagi nostalgik lagi. Dan memandangkan ada pokok banyak, jadi boleh la makan sampai kenyang bila musim dia. Kenyang di sini merujuk sehingga berbelas-belas biji benda tu.
"Makan la banyak, nanti sakit perut."
Pastu makan jugak dan sebab tak ikut cakap mak, sakit. Rasanya tak demam, sakit tekak ja kot. Tak ingat sangat.
I wonder what happened to the trees. They didn't bear much fruit the past few years, now that I think of. Probably the trees are too old. or maybe I was not at home during its season.
OR maybe people collected them and decided to export those konens oversea, to Germany maybe.
Tapi atas buah tu tuli FASERARM. Tak tau la mai mana.
Pastu harga dia macam dalam gambar tu, 33 sen euro. Tiga biji satu euro.
"Tiga seringgit, tiga seringgit, tiga seringgit. Murah-murah, HAI!"
bahagian HAI tu penjual tu tarik suara bagi tinggi, macam cashier kat Rewe tu buat td.
*ok tipu. cashier td suara macam robot. tak caya tanya deli*
Haish, nak potong buah tapi malas. Dulu-dulu kupas guna gigi ja, tapi lepas tu kadang-kadang percik. Jadi bila nak makan buah konen, kena pakai baju khas. Baju buruk.
Sebab getah dia susah nak hilang dan buah tu senang percik.
I'm always perplexed by people who cut fruits into cubes and then eat them by theirselves. I mean, if you do it for a guest or for someone else, I can quite relate to it but cutting them for myself intrigues me.
Malas la nak potong-potong, nanti sendiri nak makan jugak
So now the fruit lays on my desk, stared uneaten.
whatthe? this post is so incoherent.
xpa la, nak test gambar timbul ja
adik laki aku dlu. dia suke nyanyi
ReplyDeletebuah kuini yang tertungau
weh, aku pgl kuinin ja.. belah ang pgl lain noh.
ReplyDeleteKonen ngan pelam lain laaa weh... Mana sama... Jenis lain, bau lain.. Tekstur lain...
ReplyDeleteorang aloq setoi pngil pelam konen ka?haha
ReplyDeletekalau ikut orang hutan gelam,konen lain dr pelam.konen bau kuat lagi n dia lagi tajam dr pelam.buah dia bulat2 tp pelam ada hat panjang.hat bulat tu nama dia pelam apple kan
apa tah aku dok explain pnjng2 ni.haha.tgok gmbaq ni lapaq la pulak buah pelam.
ejat:adik hg pelik mcm hg
ReplyDeletemoon:hg x pio(pure).hg pgil kasuit dak moon? haha
pipi:mmg la x sama..tp dlm gmbr tu mcm konen.
ibtisam:aloq setoi ngn gelam x jauh mana kot..amboiii..haha
telah la tu.btol dah semua ciri2 yang anda senaraikan.
tapi gmbr tu lebih kepada macam konen la kan wahai rakan2?
mmg x pio pon. bek sebut kasut dari kasuit. jimat tenaga rahang dan lidah aku. haha.
ReplyDeletekonen lain dari pelam. tp lbh kurang. tajam sket orang kata. kena getah nnt kulit terbakaq? haha
ReplyDeleteweh, cool gla gmbaq timbul tu. mcm mana hg buat?
perlis kecewa ngn moon.
ReplyDeletehaha.
kulit 'terbakar' tu btoi. jgn main2..kagum dak? bleh popup tu...haha, aku tgk kt sini. http://www.bloggerplugins.org/2009/08/light-box-image-viewer-for-blogger.html
semalam bru telan buah ni.kobuk pon ada.ecah beli.
ReplyDeletekuini lain la dari mangga.
ReplyDeletetetba join gak org2 di atas.
tp dlm bahasa lain. haha.
i cut apples in cubes before eating it XD
x salah potong buah
ReplyDeleteonly u must agree ur a weird person then.haha