Durian Party!

Celebrated S's belated birthday with a durian party! The peeps said it was to be durians for dinner! I didn't know that we're in peak durian season now. Sure thing. Whatever the birthday boy wanted. The birthday boy opened up his home and allowed us to come stink it up. Oh good gawwd. N literally ate durians first before grudgingly turning her attention to the actual dinner items. 

We toddled down to Mr Durian at Rangoon Road to get a bunch of Black Pearl (黑珍珠 or simply 太原, Tai Yuan). This varietal is supposedly grown in Johor. I wouldn’t know. 🤷🏻‍♀️ When we're no durian connoisseurs or arborists, we honestly think they're just the same durians mixed and matched grown in different regions, acquired morphological variation, resulting in their different terms. Hahaha. But yes, there're apparently 126 durian varieties/cultivars registered. We ended up with 10 kg of durians. TEN KILOGRAMS. WTF. The man and the friends went nuts and enjoyed it though. 

I couldn't believe I joined in. DURIANS. WTF. I give you many and much face, S. Okay, not my kind of dinner. Got bak kut teh to-go as well. I didn't need the meat, but I wanted the soup and of course pig's stomach. Heh. That should be light enough. Went to the next building to tapau from Legendary Bak Kut Teh. 

I keel over at the stench of the Musang King and D24. There's something cloying and sweet about them that makes me throw up instantly. Black Pearl doesn't have the same effect although it's just as stinky. I can eat a little of it, and the Black Pearl's bittersweet flavors and tiny flatter seeds are much more appealing, as far as pungent durians go. You do not want to know how many calories a durian holds. Two seeds will be like 360 calories. MUAHAHAHAHA. 10 kg of durians decimated. Go figure. OMG. 😵‍💫😱🥶 We all paid for it at the gym the next morning. 

I’m glad we’re able to celebrate friends’ birthdays virtually or in IRL. It’s important to me to know that my friends are happy and healthy. We also mourn those gone too soon. On those special birthdays, I take a moment to remember them. We owe it ourselves to make what we want of our lives. To our friends, we cheer them on and lend a hand when needed. May we no longer have toxic friends in our orbit(s) now, or at the very least, we’ve learnt to reclassify them as ‘facebook friends’ instead of giving them our actual time, effort and emotions.

Happy Birthday, S! May you be always surrounded by good sambal and spices. Keep those creaky joints warm and stop waking up at 5am to get in a solid workout. You make the rest of us seem lazy. Heh. Old people should get more sleep. 🍭