A little girl is completely dressed from headdress to toe in Lokal Jerantut garments. She looks pretty Lokal and sounds pretty American as she sings “Where oh where is my underwear?”softly of course. Ezra, as soon as he understands the catchy chorus ups the sound level 100 decibels and stands up and jumps on the bed in front of the mirror. Quite a difference between Viena and Ezra. We are trying different techniques to reduce the noise level of our 4-year-old boy who is now dressed in his soccer uniform that he calls his running suit. We walked around Jerantut going to the park. Everyone appeared fatigued by the heat. I mailed some items at the post office this morning and found a seemstress to sew my backpack strap – 2 ringgits. Mailing packages is expensive, especially if you are accustomed to stuffing flat rate boxes to the max. Viena has received many pleasant looks from the lokals and smiles and even a 5 ringgit note from an Umma who said she looked so “chantik” – (SHAN-TEEK). Erza had an interesting encounter with an ant on the playground. I will let him tell that story. Viena has looked so happy after receiving her new waredrobe. We have enjoyed some boba drinks and even found a waffle and ice cream place. Yummy. I discovered that buses to Melaka is the way to go so we will leave at the end of the weekend. Maybe we can find a few more things to do. we sat down with the lokals and had a lokal breakfast of coconut rice. The day was cloudy but still hot. Had some good quality time in the air-conditioned room.
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