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Credit goes to Custador, at unreasonablefaith.com.

On 4th day of January...

..I went to Kemaman! Say what? Yup! 'Twas a one-day trip to and fro, y'all. A friend drove, so I sat comfortably, chatted with my driver buddy and enjoyed the scenery. With the new highway, a trip from KL shoul take only 3 hours. But ours was over 4 hours, because my friend drove below or at the speed limit, and I suspect at some point we got off the highway and took the trunk road instead.

Once we reached Kemaman, we headed straight to the famous Hai Peng coffee shop which has operated since 1940. I know it's famous and all, but I still find it surprising that a lot of Malays patronized the shop. It's Trengganu folks, aren't they more orthodox that we KLites? But according to my buddy, in the days of old, the shop served as a pit stop for fishermen returning from the sea. The taukey brewed his own coffee and the nasi dagang and kuih-muih were commissioned from the kampong ladies. The tradition carries on and now they also serve non-fishermen, like me! I ordered traditional kopi-o kawkaw, toast with kaya and margarine, and best of all, yummy nasi dagang. Sedak belako... Definitely a must when you come to Kemaman.



We then tended to business that took less than 30 minutes, then headed home. Just after the arch that demarcates the border of Trengganu and Pahang, we stopped for the obligitary keropok/sata shopping to be presented to our loved ones back home as proof that we indeed went to Kemaman.

When we stopped for solat I discovered that my spine had been realligned from sitting too long in the car. Looks like I have to sleep on the floor tonight.

Beckoning the New Year...

I slept the night before amidst the thunder of fireworks. On 1st January, 2011 after breakfast, I watched The Social Network -- excellent, excellent movie about the founder of Facebook. Right after it, I went online and deactivated my Facebook account. I felt strangely liberated.

At about 4 pm, my friend Peanut, her auntie and I drove to Banting to see a friend who is recuperating from a surgery. It has been 10 days since her gall bladder removal; thus she was strong enough to take us to the famous kerepek haunt in Sungai Lang. En route, she pointed to us the office of the infamous lawyer awaiting trial for the sensational killing of 4 persons or more last year which stands right opposite the gleaming Banting district Police HQ.

There are many kerepek enterprises in Sg Lang, but my friend chose to take us to Fazz Enterprise. Its "Kerepek House" -- its retail/wholesale outlet is situated in between the homes of its proprietor. My friend remembered the house then was a typical kampung style wooden house. From the internet I researched that the business was set up in 1983, and it managed to penetrate foreign markets with its kerepeks, until the year 2000 when domestic demand was so great that it was enough for the company. Since then, that wooden house has grown into two identical (wink, wink) brick and mortar bungalows.

When I was there, there was a steady stream of buyers who came to shop. They, probably, like us, were happy to bring something of Banting back to KL. There were a few Chinese too (getting ready for Chinese New Year?). Subhanallah! Walhamdulillah! I am happy to see its success.

Co-incidentally, Fazz Enterprise Kerepek House was patronized by arwah Datuk Sosilawati on 30th August 2010 just shortly before her gruesome murder.