Friday, October 3, 2008

The Funds

We're engulfing ourselves in the usual mildly frenetic preparations for a journey north, this time just as far as Melaka where we'll be spending the weekend in a Malaysian continuation of the celebrations for Eid. I know our visit is being looked forward to by the smaller residents of Mak's house (of which there are many) not because we're terribly popular with them but we are carrying precious envelopes loaded with the necessary funds.

Noi was telling me the other day about reading about one child who cashed in over three thousand last Hari Raya. And speaking of being flush, Mum reported winning yet another forty quid at bingo the other night. Financial crisis? What financial crisis?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There is something most Gatsbyesque about these times we live in. On that note, the Beeb will be broadcasting a dramatisation in about two weeks time!