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It's Monday!

Yesterday, hubs and I took a trip to my parents orchard. We call kebun.

I've visited the place a few times over the past years but didn't really go in because we never had the right gear and truthfully, it has been more than 15 years. Cleared it halfway once about 5 years ago and then left it to grow wild again. Work, study, life in repeat. In short, I got busy.

The kebun is practically a jungle now. This place brings back the memories from the best time of my childhood. Where I learn and respect nature. 

The durian and rambutan season, picking ciku fruit from the trees, chased by a family of wild boars and taking cold showers from the telaga my dad build with my uncles and his friend.

I remember before heading back home after a full day at the kebun, my family will gather at the telaga and we will have a quick splash. The water is so cold, I think the village nearby can hear our screams from the terrifying cold-splash!

Of course the telaga back then doesn't look like anything in the picture. The area was alot 'cleaner' with no wild trees growing around it.

Good times.

The highlight from the kebun visit was discovering the telaga again. It made my day and I am still smiling today.





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