The loooooong trip to Changkat ........

This trip would usually take Dadi 3 1/2 hours .... 3 hours on a good day ...and 2 1/2 hours if all is exceptionally well ...... This time, Dadi decided to be adventurous so the journey was through Kuala Selangor, don't-know -where, don't-know-where (coz Mommy and I had fallen asleep), Teluk Intan (coz when we woke up, Dadi was fumbling with his GPS thingy, not knowing whether he was supposed to go North or South ..hahahahaha) ... stopped to ask for confirmation of direction at a Toyot*a showroom to get to Bota Kiri.

As we approached Dadi's kampung, Mommy made Dadi stop at a stall selling vegetable and fruits.

While Mommy was busy sorting out what she wanted, Dadi, as usual, asked me to follow him to the huge durian across the road ...

and then back to the stall ..... where an uncle was busy sorting out the pineapples.

I saw a whole load of bananas ...

After, filling the car boot, Dadi continued the journey to Kg Teluk Kepayang.

First stop, Opah Something's (Nabsiah) 'bakery'.

Opah has been making bahulu and kuah bakar for a very long time, all year round. She used to have more people to help her compared to what I saw in my last visit. There were only two people helping her ...maybe the rest had gone home or she really did not have anybody else to help her.

Opah Nabsiah is the one wearing the white serkup.

The faithful mixer mixer which had obviously seen better days

Now this Opah is really cute. She is a customer, who, due to shortage of helpers, had to count her own cookies. In this picture, she was counting, or attempting to count for 1000 kuih bakar. She was going ..in true sing song Bota-speak " Lapan puluh satu ..lapan puluh duweeee ..lapan puluh tigeee ... lapan pulh limeeeee ..eh ...beghape dah??" .."Betullah tu", says her husband ... "Lapan puluh lime ...". Then again ..." Sembilan puluh duweee, sembilan puluh limeeeeee ...ehhhh ..beghape dahhhh????" .....

Before, we continued our journey to Changkat, Mommy (again!!!!:P) ..asked Dadi if he could make a stop at Lumut to get her occasional supply of ikan bilis and the works ....

I was getting slightly impatient as I wanted to reach Penang as soon as possible, before Farah Ayna and Safuan went to bed. I kept on begging and pleading Mommy to hurry up.

Dadi at it again!!!

We finally reached Changkat a good two hours after iftar.......