we were at almajlis last night, having a last big meal, sitting
at the side facing haji lane..when i got a sharp pang of nostalgia and
felt a bit melo..hahahah makes me sound so old. across the narrow
street was the kaki lima cafe..he was trying to explain to me how the
name kaki lima came about..he theorized that pavements were five feet
wide that's why its called kaki lima..while i liked to believe that
its because you need to take five steps to cover the length from one
that fronts one shophouse to the next one. hahah but i think his
theory seems more correct.

anyway, i had that feeling coz as we sat there enjoying the courses,
it got breezy and the dark clouds looked like they were heavy with
raindrops , about to burst out. (it never actually rained.) but the
kaki lima talk we had and the the shower i had expected reminded me of
the days when i was a lil kid and running around the kaki lima infront
of my late granny's house waiting for the rain to start. the small
drain infront of the pavement will then be filled up with rainwater
that will flow past fast and me and my cousins would imagined that it was fast
flowing rapids in some river. we would make small paper boats and let
the paper boats float on the rapids, then we would run to the end of
the kaki lima fronting the row of shophouses..towards the end, the
drain water will drop to an inlet underground bringing our paperboats
together with it.this drop we imagined it to be a waterfall, that
drowned our paperboats down.

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also, while we were having our dinner, another couple walked past our table and stood facing the lane..the guy was looking very excitedly down the lane and talking animatedly with the lady, pointing to some distance ahead..we overheard him saying about the place having a certain 'feel' about it..i can only think of rustic for the 'feel'..it has a very easy living feel like a respite from the hustle and bustle that is just a few streets away. it also reminds me of a holiday place, bophut, we went to. and it has a potential for it to be a..i hate to use the word coz it has been used on another place, bohemian hangout..lol. infact we know some people who are seriously considering of renting some space there to be a semi hangout semi shopspace. the only thing we were not looking forward to is to have pubs and watering holes taking up space there. that will just kill the spirit of the whole area. i had a feeling the couple was eager to rent some space there too..now if only we have the money...