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.
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