Del Monte

(Disclaimer: This entry is solely based on the imaginations, thoughts and reflections of the writer. It bears no relations, or is nor an advertisement campaign by Del Monte, or any of the affiliates of the Banana Merchant/Plantation/Distributor/Consumer Association, or anyone going bananas.)

In our most recent talk in town about 'classes' or 'social-classes' in Singapore; I cannot help but to use the most branded banana in town, as the title of my Banana entry.

There is one thing that never changes when you peel a Banana. However you peel it, there will always be a Banana inside, like it or not. I mean, have you ever peeled a Banana and find an orange inside? No!

You can peel the skin of the Banana off, in between 2-8 peels, depending on the size you peel it, and how delicately you try opening up your banana. You still get a banana inside.

However nice the banana skin looks like, however ripe it appears to be, the nice Del Monte sticker on it, but do we eat the skin of the banana? Does the skin provide us the fibre we need, or the taste we seek?

The skin's mission to is tell us if that which is inside is ripe enough, the intensity of the colour depicts its freshness, or even 'breed' and perhaps to the M. acuminata connoisseur , its vintage.

But the very fact is we still eat, and only eat, what's inside.

Isn't this the same about us?

When you peel away my humour(wit vs. corniness), my emotions, my disposition, my energy, ability to create or even write, peel by peel, to get into the withins of me, what do you see?

Is what I am inside pretty much translated by the skin that I come before you with? Have you ever seen beyond the skin that I come with, to the core of me, and appreciated it?

It is when you will fully peel off all the skin from the Banana, and eat what's within, that you get the nutrients, fibre and even the taste of it.

Like the Banana, it is only then that you take away all the different facades of me, and understand why I do what I do; that you fully appreciate the me, to fellowship with.

Being always so faithful, the banana is always a banana however you peel it, beneath the skin shall never change what is it inside.

Learning from the Banana, it is intentional and purposeful that whatever skin (or different facades) of me you see; will be a reflection of what is within me, of what makes me up to be.

I'm probably going Bananas, but like how the song they all sing and dance to, goes...

Bananas of the world, Unite!

From the bottom of my heart...

(Foreword: This is an open letter to all who reads, meaning every word I say, I don't think a disclaimer is needed. Sorry if you really miss my disclaimer.

I am pretty sure there will be much response(s) to this entry. Please do not put anything on the tag board. Alot of things are known and unknown to many, lets keep it that way. If you have something to tell me, please feel free to write to me at mundayblues@hotmail.com or mundayblues@yahoo.com.

Lastly, Enjoy.)
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Dear Friends,

I have been penning here on this very site since May 2003. It has always been nice to know that mundayblues has always been visited and read, often appreciated. I'm very emcouraged by how different people react differently to a piece of work.

Through this period of time, I certainly hope I have been of, at some points, encouraging, at others, humourous, and most of the time, frank with all of you. My reflections, thoughts and emotions; which most of what I have written with, has been is, and will always be part of me.

I hope you see a facade of me that you have never saw before, and learnt something about what I spend time thinking about.

Probably needed to refresh myself, I often read my own works periodically, over and over again. Each time I read it, there is always a new meaning to it, a different perspective to seeing things; which, at that point of time, I could have missed.

I learn more about myself through it. Many a times, I am encouraged through my previous reflections. Uplifted by my own words, pretty ironic isn't it? I hope it has, while you are at some points of time reading it, been uplifted too.

The past 6 months has been an emotional rollercoaster for me. Many changes are happening, many things are changing. Coping with the loss of people and adjusting to a newer set of friends are, at most times, about rebuilding my own life, and starting new relationships with the people around.

I have been, more often than not, tired. It has been pretty emotionally draining, physically exhausting and spiritually stretching.

My friends, I can only say that things can only be better.

During this period of time, I would like to thank you for your support and patience, waiting for me to pen, each time only to realise that it hasn't been updated.. for a long time.

I would be taking a break from writing, Mundayblues will still be opened, but I suppose updates would be less regular, and at times, irregular.

I'd like to apologize to friends who added me as a fellow blogger on your blog, that I haven't written at all. It is my honour, and I appreciate it. But it is your blog, and I shouldn't, really shouldn't be writing in it. I feel like I'm intruding ya.. =)

I will not close the site, but I would have no idea how long blogger would keep it opened. But, at any point of time, that you want to come back and re-read stuff.. I can only say, its my pleasure, and the greatest compliment you can ever give, that was worth a second read.

Thank you so much for your support, it really kept me going. And may God Bless you.

Cheers,
Mun