What's a Closet?

I had an interesting conversation with Elizabeth this morning.  We are in the midst of packing up to return to Canada and I had in my hand some clothes hangers.  The conversation went something like this:

Elizabeth:  Why do we have to pack hangers?

Mom:  Well, because we will need them to hang our clothes on in Canada.

E:  Why can't we put clothes in drawers?

M:  We maybe won't have any dressers.  I can't remember how many dressers we have in storage and we will still need to hang some things up.

E:  Why don't we just put a pole up somewhere?

M:  Because we'll have a closet.

E:  Will the landlord or the school give us one (pointing to her wardrobe, see picture below).

M:  Actually, that's a wardrobe.  The school won't give us one to use and besides, we will have an actual closet in each bedroom to hang clothes in.  Do you remember what a closet is?

E:  No.

This is another example of how the experience of living in Malaysia has changed us (specifically Elizabeth).  There will be lots of adjustments as we go back to Canada, even subtle and unexpected ones like not using somebody else's furniture, and hanging clothes in closets.