Country Road
Song by John Denver
" Close your eyes ... and no peeking!"
" Ok."
So I put my hand over my eyes and yes I peeked. " No Peeking!" she cried and she went around her beatiful condominium house picking up flowers and leaves. When she finished she came to me and said. " Ok, this is for you" . And she handed me over a small tiny bouquet of flowers neatly arranged in a group of leaves. To think that six year old girl can do that is simply amazing to me.
" Thanks, but you cant do that ok... the flowers and leaves aound your house is not for you to pick, " I said. Thats what her mother told her too. My niece then hold my hand and we went around the neighbourhood and she showed me where her friends live.
Its been a while since I ve been to my brother's house and its great to see my nephew and niece again. I went swiming later with her while her dad watch closely. Her dad, my brother, bought some high grade durians for everyone. Me and my wife finish them up in minutes.
Just the other day we had some fresh durians. My colleague had a mini durian plantation in Johor and me and my other colleagues went there to take a look. Not only he had some durian trees, he had some rambutans, coconut, mangosteen and jackfruit trees as well. " All the trees you see here was planted individially by me and my husband many years ago," said my colleague's mom. Looking at the size of the plantation, I was clearly impressed. I just had to relieve my childhood memories and climbed some trees to pick the mangosteen and the rambutan fruits. We brought back so much back to Singapore of them that we took 2 days to finish them all.
That was the second time in 2 months that I went on a road trip to Malaysia. The other time was not really a happy occasion . 2 reasons, one my father-in-law's mom passed away in Perak and the other ....well my car got slightly scratched by this @$%* driver.
" Close your eyes ... and no peeking!"
" Ok."
So I put my hand over my eyes and yes I peeked. " No Peeking!" she cried and she went around her beatiful condominium house picking up flowers and leaves. When she finished she came to me and said. " Ok, this is for you" . And she handed me over a small tiny bouquet of flowers neatly arranged in a group of leaves. To think that six year old girl can do that is simply amazing to me.
" Thanks, but you cant do that ok... the flowers and leaves aound your house is not for you to pick, " I said. Thats what her mother told her too. My niece then hold my hand and we went around the neighbourhood and she showed me where her friends live.
Its been a while since I ve been to my brother's house and its great to see my nephew and niece again. I went swiming later with her while her dad watch closely. Her dad, my brother, bought some high grade durians for everyone. Me and my wife finish them up in minutes.
Just the other day we had some fresh durians. My colleague had a mini durian plantation in Johor and me and my other colleagues went there to take a look. Not only he had some durian trees, he had some rambutans, coconut, mangosteen and jackfruit trees as well. " All the trees you see here was planted individially by me and my husband many years ago," said my colleague's mom. Looking at the size of the plantation, I was clearly impressed. I just had to relieve my childhood memories and climbed some trees to pick the mangosteen and the rambutan fruits. We brought back so much back to Singapore of them that we took 2 days to finish them all.
That was the second time in 2 months that I went on a road trip to Malaysia. The other time was not really a happy occasion . 2 reasons, one my father-in-law's mom passed away in Perak and the other ....well my car got slightly scratched by this @$%* driver.
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