Yesterday, I had the opportunity to visit an indian friend for the celebration of Deepavali.

It was a hot day, and we were having late lunch at his house. We were served the Indian delicacy of ‘Tosei’ and ‘Kacang dal. There was no meat as according to him, it’s 100 years once for the Deepavali not to be served meat. He did not mentioned why, but was just follow the tradition.

He had a couple of friends visiting, and it’s a joyous moment to be around with them.

His house is a single storey undetached house. It’s very spacious and was built on their own land which was bought during the Japanese occupation for 600 bucks (banana money).By saying banana money, I don’t mean it’s made from banana leaves. It’s just that during the Japanese occupation, the money is printed with an image of banana on it.

I think the size of the land is like 50ft x 100ft and for that kind of money, it was considered cheap. Of course during that time, the money is valued even if it’s 600 banana money. But really, after the Japanese had left, the banana money is next to no value, they were very fortunate.

After couple of hours, we left and was driving home, along the way, we had encountered pockets of monkeys swarming accross the road, and we had the opportunity to feed them and took a photo of it.