Feel with your hands and look with your eyes...

Every Thursday and Friday we do half day of grading. Grading refers to picking out the bad fruits from the good ones. The good thing about working for a small family business is we get to do both indoor (grading) and outdoor (picking) work. The not so good thing is everybody will also get to grade what they've picked. Our boss will sit at the end of the line and pickers will also be "graded" the quality of the berries we've picked. Harry will shout "too many sticks!" or "too many reds" or "who left their berries in the sun now they're cooked!"

Grading takes place in a cool and clean room. Graders are required to sanitise their hands and put on hair nets before we step into the room. When the machine is on, we are not allowed to talk. In such a quiet and cooling environment, it's easy to fall asleep. As blueberries rolled down the conveyor belt, I'll think about the food I miss in Singapore. I'll get hungry and start eating blueberries with wet bottoms or over riped ones ;p This way, only the good berries will roll down the line... hee!