  been working hard,  in the last 18 days. nbsp;  i figured that i need some saturday night delight. nbsp;  so after dinner at golden brown around the gs area,
 emma,  gaga and myself trooped towards the corner of rizal and anda to sample early harvests of durian.  & nbsp;  damn,  i know that we are near as soon as the pungy smell permeated the air.
nbsp;  it got my blood circulating a little bit faster in anticipation to the treat that awaits us. nbsp;  and there we found mang karding,  according to a loyal clientele,  the man knows if a fruit is delicious just by&
nbsp; looking at it and feeling it.  hmmm must be some talent,  i for one had to smell each and every fruit and somehow try to " communicate"  with it.
 & nbsp;  anyhows,  i chose a 1. 4 kilo native durian,  quite cheap at php84 as i said,
 it is still quite early in the season. nbsp;  of course it is the native variety,  as the chanee is a little bit tame for me.  & nbsp;
 as i sat down with the opened up fruit,  i inhaled deeply the aroma of the king of all fruits. nbsp;  i know that this is gonna be good! nbsp;  and with the first touch of the flesh to my lips,
 i knew that kadayawan season is approaching very near. nbsp;  the smell is arrogantly teasing my palate inviting me to devour its meat. nbsp;  i closed my eyes as i bit more and more to the seed. nbsp;
 images of paradise and stars came out of nowhere from the darkness under my eyelids.  & nbsp;  as i swallowed the first batch,  my heart skipped a beat and my lungs drew in more air to savor the experience. nbsp;
 my vision is becoming blurry and my head started to float,  i am drunk in every sense of the word for the moment of letting go of everything that i hold dear for this one moment encounter with my favorite fruit. nbsp;  & nbsp;  and before i knew it,
 no more,  the 1. 4kilo joy has emptied itself into our stomachs. nbsp;  as we grinned the way only people who have eaten durian grinned,  i know that the next few days of trooping to durian stations would be full of happy memories.
 & nbsp;  burp.  damn that still smells like durian.  -
