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A large object that makes familiar sounds (Singapore)

In Singapore, my sometimes lunchtime places are in the Korean food neighborhood of Bukit Timah. There is a little mischievous kid who darts in and out of a Korean café I am at. I try to speak with her using my very limited Korean. Though amused (she must wonder what this large dark object that makes familiar sounds is), she hardly has patience to listen to a full sentence before she darts out to eat a bit of a snack and add to the drawing she is working on.

A while later, I see the kid purposefully walking towards me. She gave me the drawing. It depicts a tree that looks like a giant mushroom and some kids below it. Now, I am wondering what to draw for her.

I wouldn’t call this Koreatown, but the Bukit Timah neighborhood in Singapore does have a higher concentration of Korean food compared to other parts of Singapore.

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