This Halloween, the hubby and I were invited to participate in celebrations in a part of town called Taman TAR (Tun Abdul Razak). It’s a nice little residential area surrounding a golf club and, being that it’s the tropics, there’s a hill laden with wild monkeys who are a general nuisance, snatching food from residents and chasing joggers (but not, oddly enough, walkers).
Back in Washington, DC, the hubby and I lived in a building surrounded by childless young professionals. This was our first Halloween in awhile where we’d actually see real, live trick-or-treaters, and I really wanted to get into the spirit and, well, let’s be honest, make the children like me. To celebrate the occasion, I made a dozen of these little cupcakes. I’m not much of a baker, but Halloween is a holiday that just screams for sugar. It was the hubby’s idea to make the tombstones, and I was quite pleased at how they turned out.
Nope — luckily the monkey hill was far from the trick-or-treaters! Glad you’re enjoying it!
please tell me you have a video of children in costumes running from wild monkeys! love the blog, thanks for sharing!
The things I like most about this entry: that monkeys are discerning in who/what they chase and when; imaging you giving pork tenderloin to a tiny princess and a tiny Spiderman. That’s worse than when you had to trick-or-treat for Unicef and got coins instead of candy.
If you liked all those things about my post, well, get this little tidbit of information: if you carry a rubber snake (like a toy one), the monkeys will leave you alone. It’s like there’s some secret monkey code.
And you know, if someone had given me a pork tenderloin as a kid, when I was dressed like a clown, I would’ve gladly given all my candy back for it.
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