Niece and nephew in kampung - first time learning the art of trade and how to earn money, sometime last year, and loving it. They moved a small table and plastic stool to the roadside and put their `barang jualan’ i.e durian ,on the table. Patiently waiting and with my niece standing on the road side, under the stifling heat, waving and calling out loud to every passing motorists: `durian durian, pakcik/makcik mahu beli durian? ‘ With their good efforts, they managed to sell off all the durians, for more than RM60, and got themselves a hard earned commission , RM10 each.
The pondok in front of the house. A simple shelter built many years ago where bananas, durians, rambutans and other fruits of labor from my parents’ kebun were placed and sold to passer-bys, mostly motorists during the fruit seasons. I remember when I was young, there was another simple wooden structure built by the road side and a Milo tin would be hung up together with bunches of bananas, plastic bags of sweet potatoes (ubi manis), cempedak etc with a price tag on each items, customers just had to place the money inside the tin and took away their purchases, without the hassle of us going out to attend to them. Business then was conducted on the principle of trust, and honesty.
At the dilapidated pondok with Yee Zhing while waiting for customers to buy our durians.
Wen Hui with his bergaya pose.
Sitting on a felled rambutan tree stub.
Baby banana tree at my parents’ house compound.
Fruits of labor : Durian kuning and rambutan.
On the lawn in front of the house.
My niece Yee Zhing and I in front of my parents’ old wooden house.This house has been and still standing strong for more than 30 years despite it’s slightly run down state. There’s no place like home really.
Sitting on the cemented ground at the 'bawah kulung' of my parents' home.
Some photos taken during Chinese New Year 2010.
Happy faces of nieces Tze Ern and Yee Zhing.
Nieces and nephews: Shirley,Cun Cun,Wen Hui,Yee Zhing,Wen Wen.
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