Angmohs dont like Durian.
They hate the smell and the taste.
Basically they just HATE durian!We are doing a tourism project regarding
liminality. Durian seems to be the easiest topic, so yah, we carried out our project in geylang and newton circus. It was a fun project outing and I really love this module. :)
Liminal entities are neither here not there; they are betwixt and between the positions assigned and arrayed by law, custom, convention and ceremonial. As such, their ambiguous and indeterminate attributes are expressed by a rich variety of symbols in the many societies that ritualize social and cultural transitions.In short, liminality in tourism means why and how tourists act differently from who they are when they are back in their own countries. I guess a lot of us do experience the same thing when we were touring in the foreign lands.
There are different roles that different tourist acted. The tourist can act as a dreamer who fantasizes one’s journey in another country; act as a child who likes to indulge in oneself, act as a playful/liminal who acted differently and lastly, the tourist can act as a seeker who looks for new challenges. Some tourists may act differently when they are touring in another country to break away from the tension they had and feel like going back to the past, like a child. They just want to get rid of their hectic adult existence into a new world engendered by feelings of curiosity.We brought Edward, a Swiss exchange student along with us since he was so curious about Durian. The interview was really funny and I believe he would never ever try Durian again. =P
Okay let me show you this cheeky fella first.
This guy is trying to lick my boot now in Skype.
aHEM.. Edward is sweet and nice!
But the world would be great if he can stop talking. (and irritate me)


K : So where do you come from?
E : I come from Switzerland.
K : So what do you think of this?
E : Well, I have heard a lot of this. Before I come to Singapore, one of my friends in Switzerland, all he told me about Singapore was “If somebody offers you durians, you just make a diversion and run away.” Its really terrifying. All my Europeans I made in Singapore they all told the same. Basically durian was a mix of all bad smells of all. Well, perhaps I have heard so much about it, and now I am really totally disgusted, but not so much as I was afraid.
K : So how’s the smell?
E : Well, I have never smelled something like that before.
K : How does it smell?
E : It’s a little bit like onion.
K : Onion? So is it good or bad?
E : Really bad.
K : Would you like to try it now?
E : Yeah, I would like to.
K : Look at the video. What do you think?
E : Well, Horrible. Absolutely horrible. Disgusting.
K : Anything to say?
E : Really disgusting. Horrible. How could you like this?!
K : How is the taste like?
E : Horrible. Terrible. Awful. Disgusting.
K : So you wouldn’t recommend this to your friend?
E : No. No.
K : Would you like to try some more?
E : No. No!
EDWARD : DURIAN IS THE COMBINATION OF ALL THE BAD SMELLS AND TASTES!!! HOW COULD YOU (ME!) LIKE THIS?!!
There are so many ohter infos I wanted to share here, but well, we need them for our project.It isnt that appropriate to reveal too much here. Who knows there is another group doing the same topic as us. Ahemm.. So I better shut up now. :X
Some other pictures we took on that day.

Me and Ed. Me trying too hard to fake a smile.
Shaobin and Ed. Sweet. Where's the photo of May and Ed? Weird.

4 of us @ Newton! Me, Ed, May, Shaobin.