Introduction to the House and Culture Pt 2

The boys bedroom is the size of a double bed mattress which sits on the floor, with a door width at the end. The girls bedroom is the size of three bunk beds all squashed in together with a walkway also the size of a door width.

When going for a walk (Jalan Jalan) be sure to watch where your stepping or you might just fall down a hole!.....yep, nearly happened to me at night!! haha! All of a sudden the footpath ended and there was a massive rocky drop down to a rocky creek.

Meri taught me how to wash clothes the other day. We wash clothes in the bathroom using rinso and a big tub on the floor. Using the water from the tiles basin you wet your clothes, then add some rinso, wash by hand, rinse three times and then hang outside to dry.

Of a morning we have breakfast (Makaan Pagi), clean up and then start to prepare the vegetables for lunch! This takes quite some time as we’re cooking for 12 each day!

As the bathrooms and the room we wash the dishes in constantly have wet floors, you can imagine the tread marks in the house throughout the day, so the floors get washed frequently throughout the day. This is done by using a bucket of water and a cloth on your hands and knees.