When mom was craving for longan..
Early this morning, Aula insisted to play outside after her breakfast. I had no choice but forced to watch her playing her sandbox. I took out buah longan from the fridge - peeling it and removing the seed. out of curiosity, she also get one and had a hard time removing the seed. Her funny response again, "Ma, remove the bone (tulang) for me.." her process of "generalization" remind me of my linguistic class & the language acquisition of the young. assuming anything inside with flesh (like chicken or fish) is a bone.. Saturday with her and the wonderful cool longan went down my throat. Longan.. remind me of my mom. when she was not well..during her last 3 months was not easy. She started to have no appetite for eating. She had a hard time remembering (after the surgery) frustrated with herself for not remembering. She tried to get herself to eat ..asking all kinds of foods.She asked me to make sambal goreng berlada using cili besar - just the way I make for m