Remembering

KS, I had forgotten you were born in Batu Pahat. I recall being regaled about KK's birth in Bukit Kangkar and how father had to fetch the midwife on a bicycle. Mother's stomach was big with KK and there was a bit of gossip in the village before the birth because they thought he was conceived before the wedding day but he turned up more than 9 months after. I think KHuat was born in Muar during the war. Then the rest of us in Kluang. I even recall the day SC was weaned from mother and a tin of Huntley and Palmers biscuits was an incentive. Father always liked the best and only bought chocolates and biscuits made in the west, not from China. But it was still a treat for us when a tin of biscuit is opened, it is passed around and we get one each. I always picked ginger nut biscuits. Then the tin is closed until someone older decides that it is time for a biscuit. Definitely not a daily occurrence!
I vaguely recall how father met mother. I think it was something to do with waiting for the ferry to cross. Could be wrong, wonder why we never heard about it from mother. He was engaged to someone else when he met mother, maybe that's why it was never discussed.
I think with all families there were some dark stories. Sometimes we used to hear the aunties discuss something and then they would be aware of us and change the topic.