After being away for a couple of months, I had the opportunity to get back home in Kg Dusun Durian, although it was just for three short days. There are not many changes occurred except for a few trees that has been chopped down, mainly because of the construction of a new fence for the garden around the house that will take place soon.
There has been quite a hard time for the family especially for Abah watching the goats entering the garden and harm the innocent trees especially for the banana plants. The are not even a chance for the trees to grow up as the leaves were eaten and abused by these goats. Therefore, the couple has decided to end the war by putting a solid defense around the garden to prevent those greedy creature to enter the wealthy land.
Using the right shot technique can make these dokongs look marrier.
Going to the back of the house, you will see the Dokong’s trees are producing a considerable amount of fruits. Although it is not that much, it was more than enough for me to get occupied under these trees for you-know-what business.
Besides that, one and only durian tree at the back also generates some fruits. I was not able to taste them as none felt down when I was home. These durians seemed to be OK because there was no squirrel eating them like what happened at Cheak’s house. The squirrals can eat the dokongs instead of the hard durians.. At Cheak’s , the durians were all eaten by hungry squirrels because there is no other fruit available for them.
Maybe this can be a nice topic for ice breaking if you were to meet a new friend. huhuhu.. The conversation might be like this..
Abe Mat: Demo tahu blake rumoh kawe ado kebun?
Jejaka/ Gadis: Kebun gapo?
Abe Mat: Ado blako. Dokong ado, Durian ado, Nyuir ado, Pise ado, pendek kato ado blako (exaggeration)..
Jejaka/ Gadis: Wahhh.. Buleh mintak no phone? Bulih g jalle smula2..
Abe Mat: Boleh2.. (dalam hati: xsempat nak mintak, dia mintak dlu.. huhuhu)
(Adapted from Hafzan Lazim, 2009)
P/s: There is no rambutan this year. Maybe the flower will come out next few months.. Amin..