Sunday, August 10, 2008

We ate for charity

This is what durian lovers in the Klang valley did on August 10, 2008. All proceeds from the sale of the durians are for the Children’s Wish Society of Malaysia.

The Children's Wish movement is worldwide and its purpose is to grant a wish to terminally ill children. CWS of Malaysia serves these terminally ill children who reside in East or West Malaysia. When a child is stricken with an illness that cannot be cured, it is something outside anything they did. Most wonder why they are in hospital and not getting better. They wonder why their friends can play outside while they are confined to bed. Our purpose is to fill in this gap by granting a wish that they might make.

Persatuan Impian Kanak-kanak Malaysia
Children's Wish Society of Malaysia
23A Jalan SS14/2, 47500, Subang Jaya, Malaysia
Email admin@cwsmalaysia.org
ROS Reg. No. 0869-08-SEL






Durians of all shapes, sizes and flavours








Volunteers opening the durians for us









The opened durians placed on tables around the area







An enthusiast taking pictures of the fruit








Marie trying out the durian








“Looks alright”







“Smells alright”








The first bite








“Hmm, that was nice”





Update

About 800 people attended making this a successful first ever event. We raised approximately RM 33,000, all of which will be channeled towards the granting of wishes.

Side effects of eating durians and how to prevent it

Most people love eating durians but unfortunately, durians are very 'heaty' and some people complain of sore throat after eating durians. Below are a couple of things you can do to reduce the heatiness effects.




Immediately after enjoying your durians eat some mangosteens which is 'cooling'







Put some salt and water into one of the durian shell.








Stir and drink the mixture to prevent sore throat.








Wash your hands with water flowing from a durian shell to get rid of the durian smell on your hands

1 comment:

Ann said...

Sigh....couldn't make it in the end due to that silly virus attacking almost everyone in my household!