Hi,
"The intense smell is like a strange combination of rotten bleu cheese and petroleum. The texture is like a really creamy flan or cuustard. After a couple of bites, it becomes sweet and the initial small is just a memory." - Natalie Coughlin's comments on the durian fruit, the yellowish item in the photo.
In preparation for the coming Olympic Games to be held in Beijing, China, teams from countries like US, Australia and Brazil have made arrangements to train in Singapore to climatise themselves.
US swimmers like Natalie Coughlin are in town and there was a report on her trying one of the local fruit called durian. The team is training at the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) pool twice daily but they managed to find some time to visit our Night Safari and exploring our shopping at Orchard Road. They are here on a 10 days training session and staying at our Shangri-la Hotel.
"The intense smell is like a strange combination of rotten bleu cheese and petroleum. The texture is like a really creamy flan or cuustard. After a couple of bites, it becomes sweet and the initial small is just a memory." - Natalie Coughlin's comments on the durian fruit, the yellowish item in the photo.
Similarly, some Aussie swimmers are training at our Sport School pool, I believe.
And finally, the Brazil soccer team just have a friendly match with our National team last Mon. My son, Jason, managed to buy a student ticket to watch them played. He managed to take soem highlights of the game with his small Canon digital camera and I edited it into a small video clip and upload it to You Tube. Here it is and I hope you will enjoy the 3 goals scored against Singapore team.
It was a good match and I am sure the fans really enjoyed watching the Brazilian team in action; especially Ronaldino and Anderson.
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