Mama took me back to Mak Long's house. (Mak Long means eldest aunt in Malay). Remember her? She's my handsome Abang Epi (the eligible physiotherapist)'s mother. We went there for dinner. I had a fun time getting reacquainted with the surrounding as I used to live there. I was Abang Epi's
lap dancer pet before he went off to uni...and coincidentally Mama was looking for a wife for Tom.
Anyway, while waiting for the hooomans to finish cooking and whatever they do in preparing dinner, I snooped around in the garden. I really have this thing about gardening and photography at the moment. So, bear with me, OK? First I'm going to show you the edible stuff I found in Mak Long's garden. I'm a cat, food is always on my mind naturally.
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| Lovely pomegrenate flowers...... |
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| ...and fruit....can't wait for it to grow bigger and ripen. |
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| Dwarf ambarella (Spondias dulcis) aka hog plum tree laden with fruits. The local name for the fruit is kedondong. |
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| Another miniature - dwarf sapodilla (Manilkara zapota) tree with fruits. Local name for the fruit is ciku. |
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| Apparently this mango tree suffered damage during a recent storm. Then it started fruiting...at the broken bough. Weird, eh? |
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| "Normal" fruits from the same mango tree protected from the elements. A good way to reuse and recycle newspapers here. |
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| Who can guess what this is?....OK...it's the bud of a soursop (Annona muricata) fruit. Local name is durian belanda (Dutch durian???). |
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| What's "edible" about this you might ask. Aha....but this is the fish pond. Fishies are edible, OK? |
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| This is my Mak Long's turmeric and tapioca patch. |
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| We picked some of the young tapioca shoots....to be consumed as vegetable. There are many ways to cook this vege. |
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| Yummy papayas.....will visit again when these fruits are ripe. |
And now, feast your eyes on the non-edible stuff I found. Here goes....
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| Elegant multi-layered red hibiscus.... |
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| ....and single-layer tri-coloured hibiscus too. |
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| Dreamy....white camellia. The locals call this Bunga Cina (Chinese flower). |
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| ooops.....no, I didn't get anywhere near those lilies. I used the zoom lens to take the pix, OK? |
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| Heady perfume of the jasmines....local name is Melur...what a pretty name. |
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| I don't know the name of this beautiful bunch. Can someone help me? |
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| Aaah...another aromatic species - Cananga odorata.... local name is Kenanga...hmmm... Mak Long can open a perfumery, eh? |
oooohhh...but I digress. The main reason we went to Mak Long's place was to have dinner with the family....
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| The dinner spread....for iftar. |
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| After dinner? I played with Abang Epi.... |
Nicole's 2-cent: And why did I agree to leave this house in the first place? hmmmmm.....
purrrr *giggles*
