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separate egg yolk from egg whites

heat the pan with some butter and fry the egg yolk in fast motion

take out the fried egg yolk and toss the excess butter

add some oil into the remaining butter and fry some prawns

take out the prawns and remove the used oil

now, add some butter into the pan

fry curry leaves, minced garlic and some chilis

once the curry leaves bring out an aroma, add a small box of milk

add seasonings; salt, msg, white pepper to taste

add some water to dilute and wait until boil

nenek followed, two years after, the same moon, a released rather than a tragedy, her body finally feels lighter than the years it carried

two months later, moyang, as if she could not bear the earth without the two of you.

now you lie— three generations beneath separate soils 389 km and 98 km apart, yet closer now in life, do you speak to each other in the dark? does nenek tell you, abang, you came too soon? does moyang hum old lullabies as the roots of trees weave between your bones?