Persimmon @ Pisang Kaki

This is a persimmon or 'pisang kaki' as we call it in Malay. It is now priced at $5.99/kg. It can be cheaper sometimes, depending on the seasons I supposed. The bright yellow colour of the skin always catch my eyesight.

As far as I can remember, the first time I had this fruit was in Medan. At that time I was about 5 - 6 y.o. There's a picture of me eating it in the middle of the market. Why do we call it 'pisang kaki' is always a wonder. I've seen the tree, not even close to a banana tree at all.

The colour of the flesh varies from pale yellow to red. This is because of the relatively high content of carotenes. Some people like to eat it when it's still crunchy, but I prefer to wait until it becomes soft, but not gooey. I think it tastes sweeter that way. Just wrap them in a plastic and keep them at room temperature will expedite the process of ripening.

During this winter time, most of the fruits have been priced a little bit higher. So does the vegetables. However, don't make this as an excuse not to eat fruits and vegies. There's a lot of varieties to choose from. Make them as a compulsory diet every day.

Nutritional Value of Persimmon

Measurement	Weight gms	Energy Kcal	Water gms	Protein gms	Fat gms	CHO gms	Fibre gms	Ash gms
	100	80	79.20	0.50	0.1	19.20	0.6	0.4
1 whole, small (DxT, 6.5x4.5 cm)	138	88	87.50	0.60	0.1	21.20	0.7	0.4
1 whole, large (DxT, 7.5x5 cm)	193	123	122.20	0.80	0.2	29.60	0.9	0.6

Measurement	Weight gms	Retinol microgram	Carotenes microgram	RE microgram	B1 mg	B2 mg	Niacin mg	C mg
	100	0	322	54	0.08	0.02	0.3	17.00
1 whole, small (DxT, 6.5x4.5 cm)	138	0	356	60	0.09	0.02	0.3	18.80
1 whole, large (DxT, 7.5x5 cm)	193	0	497	83	0.12	0.03	0.5	26.20

(source: nutriweb.org.my)

Mari ber Pocho-pocho

Dah lama jugak dengar pasal poco-poco ni. Katanya macam senamrobik. Baguslah kalau nak bersenam, sihatkan tubuh badan.

Tadi terbaca lagi kat facebook, ada kawan-kawan dok tengah poco-poco. Maka nak tau apa sebenarnya poco-poco ni aku pun google lah. Rupanya lagu dari Indonesia, rentaknya memang sesuai untuk gerakan senamrobik gitu. Dah tersebar ke seluruh dunia (exaggerate sikit), mat saleh pun minat.

Bila tengok kat youtube, memang glamer lagu ni. Budak2 PLKN menari, cikgu senaman guna dalam kelas, siap ada yang buat pertandingan. Dalam beberapa video yang aku tengok (saja nak tengok depa ni menari lagu mana), yang ni paling aku suka sekali. Cikgu-cikgi naik atas pentas menari sakan sempena sambutan hari guru sekolah depa. Perasan dak cikgu baju ijau tu, semangat, hehe...


SM All Saints' Teacher Doin Poco-poco Dance - These bloopers are hilarious

Baguslah cikgu2, kalau asik serius dan garang aje, sesekali enjoy la. Budak2 pun geli hati tengok cikgu2 goyang atas stage. Jangan overrr sudaah...



Teringin nak nyanyi lagi poco-poco? silakan...

POCO POCO

Balenggang pata-pata

Ngana pe goyang pica-pica

Ngana pe body poco-poco

Cuma ngana yang kita cinta

Cuma ngana yang kita sayang

Cuma ngana suka beking pusing
(ulang rangkap di atas)

Ngana bilang kita na sayang

Rasa hati ini malayang

Jauh cija cija

Biar kita ngana pe bayang

Biar na beking layang-layang

Cuma ngana yang kita sayang





Ada yang teringin nak menari? silakan...

Basic move:
(Source:http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoollibraries/listserv/indonesian_open/msg00093.html)

Foot movements
1. two times move to the right, (right foot, left foot, right foot,
left foot-dot)
2. two times move to the left, (left foot, right foot, left foot,
right foot-dot)

Hand movements:
1. When the right foot move to the right, the right hand move
downwards and move upwards otherwise. When the left foot make the dot
then the hand paused for a while before starts again (following the
movements to the left)
2. The opposite of no. 1 for the left movements.

And the 'goyang' must be patah-patah ya ....(hip move according to the
foot direction)

Then move towards the four cardinal points for the same movement
before changing to another movements.



Hah, apalagi! Jom Pocho Pocho!