15 , 20 , 30 - any real Penang durian left ?

Durian season in the northern region has officially ended 2 weeks back . 

Somehow , the fruit hawkers here are still pretending like whatever they are selling is all from Penang .

There are still the odd harvests from this farm and that , but to claim that  all the thorny fruits are from Penang island , now , that's an outright lie .

However most tourists , in particular , those flying in here from mainland China on group tours  , being unable to tell the difference as well as being very hard pressed for time , have been responsible for snapping up every durian in sight ! Bad or good , most times they pay any amount for them and that's so stupid lemme tell you .

2 pieces of wonderful

Just arrived today after quite a long wait .

Almost did not believe that this would ever reach me in one piece but it did .

Phew ! 

Can't wait to be there and see what the fuss is all about .

Spring Onion blossoms

When Typhoon Hato and Pakhar hit Hong Kong , Macau and South China recently , even though I live so far away over on Penang island , we can still feel the tail end of the effects as well . Hence , the weather here has dipped , the skies have poured and it's been considerably chilly over the weekend . 

And although I was kinda worried about the winds , this unexpectedly happened .

The bunch of spring onions which I had bought and left out on the table , with the roots dry , suddenly burst into life and bloomed . Notice the single star shaped six petal flower down there ?

It's never happened before !

Playsuit payoff

Sunday afternoon was spent on retail therapy , picking out new togs out of store racks .

Once again , I found myself gravitating towards Cotton On where I had to this time , being a weekend , contend with very excited Thai bargain hunters who seemed to swoop up sports bras by the basket loads ! They're probably business women cos I don't know any exercise freak who will buy that many sports bras at one go , at least not yet .

Ah , but my intention to enter this store , has swayed from focus on their activewear and now that all the effort  is slowly paying off  ( but still a big girl mind you ) , I'm moving on . 

Of course , I could find a million faults to fret over my unperfect body but what's the point in that eh ? 

Ended up picking 2 playsuits and a 2 piece combo all in . What I consider my personal payoffs for all the time poured into my workouts .

Dimsum detective

We popped into our usual dimsum haunt this morning in Georgetown .

Nothing very unusual about the bill , the only thing we did out of the norm was to pick a spot in a completely different part of the large dining area .