My Uncle Passed Away

I received a shocking news that my uncle passed away while sleeping in his room on 22nd April 2011 about 5pm. My niece tried to wake him up but he didn't move at all. Later my cousin came back from work and confirmed that my uncle have passed away. He's the my 2nd uncle and have joined his younger brother (4th uncle) and younger sister (5th aunt) in the eternity.

I was really sad because he was like a father to me. He's the one who bring me up to be I am now, taught me the importance of education. I really owe him a lot.

The funeral was done on 23rd April at the nearby cemetery where's my late aunt, grandmother and grandmother were buried as well. I hope his soul will be in heaven. Amin.

Starts of the fruit season

 I went back to my home last weekend (9&10 April) to visit my family. It's the start of fruit season where the fruit flowers are beginning to bloom and the insect will do their job to mate those flowers to become pistil.
Seasonal fruits in my farm are:
1) Durian (the king of the fruits)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian
2) Rambutan
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambutan
3) Mangosteen (the queen of fruits)
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangosteen
4) Mempelam. Similar to mango but a bit sour I guess.
5) Duku. Similar to lansium domesticum but have a hard skin
6) Langsat (lansium domesticum)  
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langsat

Other than seasonal fruits, there are other fruits as well :
1) Jambu batu. Small version of guava.
2) Jambu air. Wax apple.
3) Coconut (are they consider as fruits?)
4) Banana. Many kinds of them.

There are some pictures I took for reference.

Jambu batu (small guava)

Banana trees

Mangosteen's pistil

Mangosteen pistil undeveloped

Mempelam

Very old durian tree, probably planted by my late grandfather.
It doesn't produce durians anymore.

The land is officially mine

This land is where I was born and grown up. When I was small, it was owned by my grand auntie, younger sister of my grandfather. Because she don't  have any children, it was passed to my uncle, who didn't married in 1989. That time I was only 11 years old. 22 years later it was passed to me. Today  is the day the land is officially mine. I even got the new version of the grant! The last version was dated way back in 1935 during the British administration.