tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post5930614357276243621..comments2024-03-27T15:32:06.627+08:00Comments on Sarawakiana@2: Rajah Ciku : A Majestic Fruit IndeedEnsuraihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-64203972152614615682009-12-16T18:22:46.753+08:002009-12-16T18:22:46.753+08:00I used to play softball with Ivy Chong. I think sh...I used to play softball with Ivy Chong. I think she was St Mark's house like us. <br /><br />CY, if we could meet, we probably can spend days talking.<br /><br />You are welcomed to use my mum's photo.Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-29454434843315965552009-12-03T14:42:16.760+08:002009-12-03T14:42:16.760+08:00Hi Uncle Lee
It is interesting to learn how you ea...Hi Uncle Lee<br />It is interesting to learn how you eat durians - 1/4 frozen. Never tried it that way. In fact I "taste" durians and do not go near it at all when the season is around. I can eat tempuyak though.<br /><br />A lot of people have had strange encounters with cikus...like my mum. When I think of it I still feel uneasy..."nothing we could do except feel bad..." She could not talk about it for a long time.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-77382340163616014302009-12-02T06:42:33.295+08:002009-12-02T06:42:33.295+08:00Hahaha Ah Ngao
Wonderful question. Need to ask a f...Hahaha Ah Ngao<br />Wonderful question. Need to ask a fruit specialist. But then I guess that since it has a latex Chicle it may form a small ball sometimes when there is a slight mutation in the fruit. It could be caused by latex permeating into any "open" space within the fruit during its fruition or even during its flowering period!!<br />Will check a few books on this. Thanks for asking.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-69590041393467568842009-12-02T00:10:39.441+08:002009-12-02T00:10:39.441+08:00Hi Sarawakiana, I have eaten, will eat all fruits ...Hi Sarawakiana, I have eaten, will eat all fruits but will give a pass to Cikus. For some reason or other I took a bite long ago when 6 years old at my grandfather's estate, and did not appreciate the texture or taste....never touched it since, ha ha.<br />But I sure love Persimons, durians....infact I eat durians very often.<br /><br />Its cheap here, comes frozen from Thailand. And one hour before eating will take it out of the fridge....and later eat them like ice cream....out of this World, 1/4 frozen durians.<br />My wife at first thought I was bonkers, she took a bite....now thats the way she eats durians.<br /><br />Good writeup on cikus....I learned something today.<br />Have a nice day, Lee. Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00659078775260068702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-3580059758423495532009-12-01T21:28:05.255+08:002009-12-01T21:28:05.255+08:00hi S'kiana..! i like to know why sometimes i g...hi S'kiana..! i like to know why sometimes i get this harden latex inside the ciku fruit and at times,there's no harden latex at all in some other ciku fruits..??Ah Ngaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00850002410473383697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-40054463063284696222009-12-01T20:28:15.474+08:002009-12-01T20:28:15.474+08:00Dear Ann
It is so unbelieveable that our lives hav...Dear Ann<br />It is so unbelieveable that our lives have been so interwined. CS Chong is actually first cousin to my father. My grandmother Chong is Jin Soon Chong and her brother was Jin Bok Chong - the father of CS Chong.<br /><br />My uncle CS is now very elderly and living in one of the houses along JBChong Road. Aunty Meng Toh has a bit of eye problem but Dolly is looking after them. Ivy just came back for a fairly long holiday but we missed each other in Miri when she came for a weekend. I was travelling upriver for a few days.<br /><br />CS Chong was an aspiring photographer and I really think he took very good photos. But later students took over his job (because school magazine committee set up etc) I loved to listen to his piano playing. Do you remember that?<br /><br />I can email her address to you. (mine is yisawan@gmail.com)<br /><br />I continued to visit my aunt and uncle at Embang Road and often asked why your house had run down so much. My aunt just said that sometimes people/tenants can be very bad. And besides all of you have gone overseas. It was so well kept by your mum and dad.<br /><br />My aunt is leaving her house empty too but she goes back a few times a year. Now she is in Singapore with Ah Chiong.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-45308999473600268502009-12-01T20:19:49.550+08:002009-12-01T20:19:49.550+08:00Dear Ann
I took one whole afternoon reading your p...Dear Ann<br />I took one whole afternoon reading your postings.<br />The photos brought me on a long journey back to Sibu days.<br />Yes DEOs in those days were highly respected and especially those who could speak both English and Chinese well like your Dad.<br />And your mum looked so wonderful with her beehive hairstyle. She was really pretty. It was not easy to raise so many excellent children and be a community leader at the same time. Thanks for sharing. I wouldlike to use her kebaya photo one day.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-91127569354704253742009-12-01T20:16:59.633+08:002009-12-01T20:16:59.633+08:00Dear Justin
Nice to know you and your dad still ha...Dear Justin<br />Nice to know you and your dad still have an old ciku tree. The only ciku tree I know is in Bekenu and I am going to photograph that one day. But it is too huge for me to put into my small digital camera frame.<br />Cikus on that tree are like Christmas baubles dotting every tip of the branches!<br />Cheers.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-66890905761812130912009-12-01T12:19:29.257+08:002009-12-01T12:19:29.257+08:00http://annkschin.blogspot.com/2009/11/blast-from-p...http://annkschin.blogspot.com/2009/11/blast-from-past-looong-loooong-ago.html<br /><br /> I did this for you, know any one?<br /><br />AnnAnn, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-20565956705384081292009-12-01T11:47:58.234+08:002009-12-01T11:47:58.234+08:00I ate some of the fruits from that buah chiku tree...I ate some of the fruits from that buah chiku tree. Mr. Chong and my Dad were best of friends. The first time he gave us the chiku, we didn't like it. Then he told dad that we needed to put them in the rice "gong" like you wrote. But that first experience ruined it, I never liked chiku until I became an adult in Singapore. But the family got the "don't like chiku from the mutated genes. <br /><br />We prefered their lovely rambutans.<br /><br />BTW where is Mr. Chong and Ivy Chong? Mr. Chong used to coem and take our phtots. Alas, those photo that were kept in Embang road were all eaten by termites. Your aunty will know those tenants my parents had were from Hell.<br /><br />They kept so many chicken and ducks that all the trees died.Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-41328226754745095122009-12-01T11:40:42.287+08:002009-12-01T11:40:42.287+08:00http://annkschin.blogspot.com/2009/01/john-chan-hi...http://annkschin.blogspot.com/2009/01/john-chan-hiu-fei-deo.html<br /><br />http://annkschin.blogspot.com/2009/01/john-chan-hiu-fei-and-mary-kong-wah.html<br /><br />http://annkschin.blogspot.com/2009/05/mothers-day-tribute-to-my-mum.html<br /><br />http://annkschin.blogspot.com/2009/01/mary-kong-wah-kiew.html<br /><br />Hi CY,<br /><br />I did these 4 posts of my parents. I was reading your site where you asked if I could post some old photos.<br /><br />My mum sadly died in a car accident in 1988 in the Gold Coast of Australia at a young age of 60.<br /><br />My dad died in 2006 in Kuching at a ripe old age of 84. Could ask for for.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />AnnAnn, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-19633044307760315832009-12-01T07:48:10.108+08:002009-12-01T07:48:10.108+08:00Dear S
Thanks for posting about ciku. Few of these...Dear S<br />Thanks for posting about ciku. Few of these are found in the market now. We have one old tree at home and likeyou say...the branches spread out too much. My father cut of most of the branches...now we have very few fruits even with a lot of fertilizers.<br /><br />May be someone will develop a new breed.<br /><br />Great information!! As always. J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-14797800358527897522009-12-01T05:32:28.533+08:002009-12-01T05:32:28.533+08:00Thanks Bengbeng
I believe in knowing what we are ...Thanks Bengbeng<br /><br />I believe in knowing what we are eating and why we are eating it.<br /><br />Have always loved doing homework! Sometimes too late! Life can deal us with strange turns - we do our homework only after a disastrous happening/tragedy/broken heart.<br /><br />Cheers. What's your email? I need Abana's email too.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-62732403332190034122009-11-30T22:19:20.657+08:002009-11-30T22:19:20.657+08:00I got to really hand it to u for doing yr homework...I got to really hand it to u for doing yr homework. Great post and quite thorough tooBengbenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17125654531487342492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-75201042990998895982009-11-30T18:37:56.230+08:002009-11-30T18:37:56.230+08:00Hi Superman
This fruit might be endangered....so ...Hi Superman<br /><br />This fruit might be endangered....so few for sale now.<br /><br />thanks for visiting.Ensuraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201156760287157665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765555411888082127.post-66780644812175645392009-11-30T18:23:13.730+08:002009-11-30T18:23:13.730+08:00Long time never eat that. I like the sweetness of ...Long time never eat that. I like the sweetness of Ciku.Supermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01888760024661764495noreply@blogger.com