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May 20, 2006

Blueberry blues

I’m not a fruit lover. I only eat them because they’re supposed to be good for our health. If I had to choose my favourite fruit, I’d choose one because of its sentimental value. For this, I have two favourites: apples and blueberries.

When I was in Vancouver we used to have a really big apple tree in the middle of our backyard. Every summer to fall the tree would sprout thousands (yes, thousands) of green apples. It’s always my job to mow the grass and pick up the fallen apples, which were almost certainly rotten or damaged. It’s not a romantic sight, seeing our backyard full of rotten apples. Anyway, out of the 0.1% that were edible, my mom would bake apple pies for us. Unfortunately it’s not that delicious (blame the apples, not my mom), so we would give away the pies to our neighbours, who were too polite to refuse our gifts. Forget the saying "¤v©Ò¤£±ý¡A¤Å¬I©ó¤H" ("Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire").

Still, I miss the apples, especially the tree.

The blueberries were a different story. We got them from our neighbour’s blueberry bush, which overgrew and extended a few branches in our backyard. It’s funny how they said they didn’t bother trimming their bush, and that we could freely pick the blueberries that grew on our side. Maybe this made the blueberries more special, because we’re always hoping that our neighbour wouldn’t change their mind and start trimming the bush. Our harvests were meager, probably because our neighbour didn’t take good care of the bush. But there’s this one year which yielded an abundance of blueberries, and my mom, being adventurous in cooking, made something she’s never done before – blueberry muffins. Their aroma still lingers to this day, in my mind.

Living in Hong Kong, I find it impossible to get good blueberries at a decent price. $30 for a small box, and it isn’t even fresh. I like putting dried blueberries in my cereal, but they’re just not the same thing.

I miss the blueberries dearly.

First of May – Emi Fujita’s (ÃÃ¥Ð´f¬ü) version

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May 21, 2006

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Swallowtail

Wow! my grandparents also tried to grow apples and oranges in their US backyard too, but they failed. But instead, they succeeded in growing all kinds of vegetables such as ¥V¥Ê, ªãµæ, ³q¤ßµæ, ¤j»[, Í´Ó} etc… Blueberries have a royal look to me, maybe also because they’re expensive. 🙂 My fav ‘berry’ is strawberry though. that said, blueberry is probably my second fav. 🙂

paul lo

It is impossible to have an apple tree in hk nowadays too.

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le petite prince

I dun really like blueberries actually, cos my tongue turns blue after eating it. :p Nice memories though, and nice song. =)

speciosa

I like blueberries very much! I know there is a fruit shop selling super delicious and fresh blueberries in Causeway Bay. The shop is located in the market near to the bridge which is next to Time Square. (Near to ±Ð¨ó)Only $25 for a box of sweet and delicious blueberries!

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Gosh…I wish I’ve a blueberry bush… It’s my FAV!!

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I love blueberries too..

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~Elegie~

oh~ i love both~~~ blueberries and apples!!~~ yummy~

patissier

we dont get fresh blueberries here either, so whenever I make muffins, I always use the frozen ones. the apples in the supermarkets here dont taste good because they’re all export quality. I’ve heard the organic ones are really good .

Happy Daisy

I have the Emi Fujita’s CD too…I like her soft voice. 🙂 And I love blueberries too!! That’s my favorite fruit!! It is heaven when you savor those sweet ones. Too bad they are so experience. Otherwise, I wouldn’t mind having them every day. Your blueberries talk makes me dying for them right now…

Lonely Guitar

Thanks for your note. From this story we learnt “Never do something should not to somebody, no matter who he is.” Hahahaha… :oD

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May 22, 2006

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Starberry

It’s even worst in my country..never saw any fresh blueberries in supermarket around 🙁 Another kind that I cannot find here but I used to “enjoy” so much in Hk is…fresh cherries…hhmmm..I remember I would give up dinner and finished the whole pack of fresh cherries in an instant!! BTW, nice color, nice picture…

koklam

re) §Úø´±¶¼wow~!!!

The lovely Trinity

Oh, I love blueberries too!

momosir 2

I am not a fruit lover too. However, I did enjoy the experience of picking the furit and put into the mouth immediately.

Heidi.W

I love blueberries…and raspberries…and yes, I love to add them in my cereal too! *yummy*

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May 23, 2006

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Re: ^^~~ of course :-p you’re an English teacher ma 😛

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not fruit lover too… but…i still keep eating fruit everyday haha…just for health

ew528

May 24, 2006

yeah I still remember when I bought some blueberry from supermarket when I was in the States, they’re much better than those expensive ones in Hong Kong. I’d miss the apples and pears in my uncle’s yard in Toronto, 🙂