A durian hunt at nature parks end up with no fruit but a fine of $150.
Last month, we set for a durian expedition when our informer told us about the prolific durian trees dropping fruit in the Upper Thomson Road area.
He said: "The durian trees are on both sides of the road. People usually go there late at night to pick the durians which dropped by the roadside."
So we thought we might be lucky too.
When we arrived in the area, there were no cars or durian pickers. Or durian trees. Errrr....in the first place, do we know what a durian tree looks like?
Anyway, it was still bright daylight, so no harvesting activity. And I remembered my informer telling me: "Durians have eyes. They only drop when no one is seeing them."
Oh, really?
Then we decided to drive into an inner road, off the main road, entering the nature park of the reservoir.
We spotted several cars parked indiscriminately on the turf and we joined them, thinking they must be looking for durians nearby. We got out of the car and began our hunt, along the road.
At one spot we thought we smelled durians but found no sign of human activity.
But we noticed a van in green and the two frontseat passengers were beaming from ear to ear each time they passed by. A happy courting couple we thought.
About 10 minutes later, we gave up our search and returned to the car.
We were greeted by the summons paper. Oh !@#$R!, those fellas in the green van were park rangers. No wonder they looked so pleased.
The fine was $150. I guess the other car owners also had the same letter.
Ok we cnot go into a park, climb the tree n pluck fruits... But fruit drop oso cnot pick? Wat r these guys fine for? Doesn't seem to have pick any durians?
So going into a park with the intention of picking durians oso kena fine?
So as long as ranger c u inside park guess guess u gonna pick durian u kena fine?
So lidat... y not everyone who step into the park all kena fine?
So lidat... y not make it easier still everyone not in the park, ranger guess guess they will go into the park sooner or later all kena fine?
:p
Last month, we set for a durian expedition when our informer told us about the prolific durian trees dropping fruit in the Upper Thomson Road area.
He said: "The durian trees are on both sides of the road. People usually go there late at night to pick the durians which dropped by the roadside."
So we thought we might be lucky too.
When we arrived in the area, there were no cars or durian pickers. Or durian trees. Errrr....in the first place, do we know what a durian tree looks like?
Anyway, it was still bright daylight, so no harvesting activity. And I remembered my informer telling me: "Durians have eyes. They only drop when no one is seeing them."
Oh, really?
Then we decided to drive into an inner road, off the main road, entering the nature park of the reservoir.
We spotted several cars parked indiscriminately on the turf and we joined them, thinking they must be looking for durians nearby. We got out of the car and began our hunt, along the road.
At one spot we thought we smelled durians but found no sign of human activity.
But we noticed a van in green and the two frontseat passengers were beaming from ear to ear each time they passed by. A happy courting couple we thought.
About 10 minutes later, we gave up our search and returned to the car.
We were greeted by the summons paper. Oh !@#$R!, those fellas in the green van were park rangers. No wonder they looked so pleased.
The fine was $150. I guess the other car owners also had the same letter.
Ok we cnot go into a park, climb the tree n pluck fruits... But fruit drop oso cnot pick? Wat r these guys fine for? Doesn't seem to have pick any durians?
So going into a park with the intention of picking durians oso kena fine?
So as long as ranger c u inside park guess guess u gonna pick durian u kena fine?
So lidat... y not everyone who step into the park all kena fine?
So lidat... y not make it easier still everyone not in the park, ranger guess guess they will go into the park sooner or later all kena fine?
:p
Lidat i duuno can di freelance 4 them onot? 
