Griffin's Day Off

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September 1, 2010

Hi Blog Readers! This is Griffin.

Ramadhan is a special holiday. All the Muslims fast until 7pm, at sundown. We went to a Ramadhan buffet. I felt bad for all the people who had to fast. It was really really good food. There was a band playing. The food looked and tasted different, but it was all very good. We cooked our own seafood at the table. There was a pot where you could put stuff in and cook it.

I had a day off from school for National Malaysia Day which is Malaysia's Independence from Great Britain day. We went to a playground at Lake Gardens in Kuala Lumpur. I started swinging without anyone pushing me. The same thing happened with Alice. If you look in the picture you'll see that I climbed to the top of the swings on my own. It was a really good playground for gymnastics. There were these bridges, I climbed off them, swung, made it to the bottom of them and swung to the ground.

We walked around the park until we came to the National Mosque of Malaysia. In all mosques, non-Muslims are not allowed. Mosques are a place where people go to pray to a God. There are other parts to the mosques than you see in the picture. If you look closely, I am holding a stick in my mouth you may not be able to see.

When we were in the park we tried to get a taxi. They tried to make us pay a flat fee but we wanted to use the meter instead, so we said no to all the taxis.

The subway system is different than America. Instead of just $2.25 always, like in NYC, it depends on how far you are going.

I have been painting watercolors lately, as you see in the picture above this writing.

I am having a great time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Love, Griffin

ps Note that Griffin just wrote a blog posting, about 5 postings below, of his time in Greece too.