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Foods & Fruits When we visited the section of the market that was dedicated to the foods, fruits, and vegetables of Malaysia, we were pleasantly surprised to find some familiar sights of fruits and vegetables that were available, and in demand in our home country.

Fruits such as Kiwis were a pleasant sight to see. for I personally missed them.

Me and my group-mates tried a few of the fruits around us and were ecstatic at how they tasted, we tried some lychee, which is a round fruit that is encased by a soft outer skin layer that can be easily ripped through to get to the delicious part, which is white in color, and almost papery in texture, but the taste was weird to say the least, for someone with an Arabic taste pallet it was weirdly sweet, and tangy.

After that we moved around to different stands, in order to get a broader perspective of our surroundings, which turned out to be a smart idea from us as we managed to find a different side of Malaysia, where everything was within hand’s reach and you could find almost anything in this awe inspiring place.

We stumbled upon a stall that sells a different assortment of fruits and vegetables (Pictured above), we gazed upon what Malaysia has to over in regards to the bounty of the soil.

We tried to find the much famed and talked about durian, the “King of Fruits “as they say, but we were sadly out of luck to find such a fruit that we heard so much about, such as its “wondrous” smell, and its excellent taste, were foreign to us due to the lack of a proper durian vendor.

So we ventured on forward to look for more things to gaze upon in this night market, and we stumbled across the area that’s dedicated to local foods and beverages, we were greeted by a welcoming sight of Ayam Goreng, and hot and cold drinks.

We helped ourselves to some fried chicken and an assortment of drinks separated between us, we were happy by how they tasted, and how they surprised our taste buds with a barrage of flavor and good feelings

After that we started to wrap up our tour, but before that we had a word with one of the vendors about what it was like selling their goods here. We were greeted with a warm welcome and a person like an open book, he told us that it wasn’t easy, preparing all the basic materials in advance, so as to be ready come opening time for his little corner.

He spoke about the hardness of staying optimistic, even if no customers stop by his stall, and how he needs to measure out the exact amount of goods he needs to prepare and put on sale so as not to waste anything. His talk was really beneficial to us, and enlightening of how a hard-working businessman thinks and goes about with his day to day business and dealings, and so we as students must learn from this hard-worker to never give up just because someone said they didn’t like what we did, but we must go forward and disregard what they have, as not to weaken our willpower and therefore our future studies.