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Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh: Aunt Judy; food treats

We visited my aunt Judy today. She's schizophrenic and she lives in a lunatic asylum near Ipoh, which is two hours from Kuala Lumpur. Oongie and Popo and my family sat with Judy for three hours. It was the longest time that we've sat with her. We sang songs and talked about our family and watched her get up and shower every hour.

We discovered that Judy loves to sing and listen to songs. Oongie sang some Chinese songs and Judy joined in. Jay and I sang some Beatles songs with her like "Let It Be" and "Can't Buy Me Love." Oongie and I started singing "Mrs. Robinson" but Judy hushed us with "Bad song, bad song."

We also found that Judy remembers some Shakespeare from 40 years ago. I started reciting "All the world's a stage," and she continued with "... and all the men and women merely players. Each man in his time plays many parts."

Judy showers about 10 times a day. She showered three times during our visit. She would suddenly walk off to the bathroom and a few minutes later we would hear her pour buckets of water over herself. She seems obsessed with cleanliness.

Oongie acted as our food guide today. She showed us a few hidden food treasures that only locals know about. In Ipoh, we ate soup noodles and peanut-covered gooey rice flour. Back in KL we ate chicken rice.

posted by Li at 9:10 PM