Weekend in Kluang - Part 4

Day 2. Woke up at 7am. Had a very good sleep, and my nose wasn’t blocked. In Singapore, I always get blocked nose when I wake up in the morning. Maybe it is due to the air quality.. Jasmine’s parents had went to the market to get breakfast, so Jasmine and I brought Danny out for a walk. It’s my first time walking a dog, and I like the experience. I like the constant tugging of the leash; as if it is some kind of life force connecting Danny and me. As Jasmine puts it, am I walking the dog, or is the dog walking me??

For breakfast, I was fortunate to try one of the delicacy in Kluang, ma ti. It is very crispy, very much like what we called ‘butterfly’ in Singapore. We also had Roti Canai, which we called Roti prata. And also, Jasmine’s mom brewed a pot of Ipoh coffee. Very nice!

After breakfast, we had a little free time, and I got to interact with Valerie. I was reading the newspaper when she came beside me. I started to look for pictures and pointed them to her, and she would tell me what they are. She has an amazing vocabulary, and the number of words she knew surprises me. Then, we reached the Obituaries section. There was a number of photos, and I was thinking momentarily about flipping to the next page quickly, when Valerie started pointing to each of the photos and said, “Die, die, die, die, die. All die.”…..

I was seriously stunned.. Jasmine explained later to me that her mom actually had taught Valerie what the Obituaries section is about.

Pretty funny incident. =)