Kaypel Song aka Caplesong aka Cap Lesong ....... Dadi's Long Lost Uncle ....

The adults were having coffee in Tok Ngah Man's house in Penaga and Aunty Tok Su was commenting on the coffee that she was drinking. "Nice coffee! What brand?". Tok Ngah Nah (the wife) said, "Kopi Cap Cawan". Hassan, her son said "Dok aihhhh ..Kopi Cap Lesonglah makkkkk". ""Dok aaaiiiiiiihhhh", said his mom...and the argument went on...and it was left at that.

Next stop, Jarak Tengah, Mommy's relatives. Apparently, Dadi also had some close relatives in Jarak which he has no knowledge of and Mommy being the kaypochi that she is asked Dadi to find out from his only and I emphasize "ONLY" remaining relative on Dadi's Dadi's side that he knows of .. She told Dadi, " Hang pi caghi Man Kopi - you go and find Man Kopi" ...

Dadi asked Uncle Haris Chu On (pronounced as Own) and true enough ..everybody there knew him. Before we even knew the brand of the coffee that Tok Njang Man produced, Uncle Haris asked Mommy to read the URL on the van parked outside the house. Feeling very unsure of herself coz it made very little sense ..she said very softly and slowly ..knowing she was going to get laughed at .. "Kaaayyy pellllll Songgggggg" .. "Hahahahahaha ...", went Uncle Haris and Mommy was really amused when she found out what is really was. Mommy then asked Dadi to read it .....and he said the same thing as Mommy did. Dadi got double laughed at .......

Then a sense of dejavu enveloped Mommy as just a couple of hours ago, the Penaga people were debating whether the coffee that they bought were Cap Cawan or Cap Lesong. Take a look at the packaging ......

Cap Lesong with a picture of a Cawan .....chehhhhhhh .......


Tok Njang Man relating to Dadi how they are related. Tok Njang man is Dadi's father's first cousin. Very very close indeed and I know dadi is very proud of him.

Mommy as usual became very sentimental. When Tok Njang Man's daughter in law asked who we were ... she got all teary-eyed and choked up and couldn't speak and had like 2 seconds to compose herself ... hoping that the person who was looking at her straight in the face would not notice .......Terrible ......

Tok Njang Man told Mommy how he started the business some many many decades ago. When he got married, his wife would not drink anything else except for the coffee she ground on her own. She would first roast the coffee, with margarine and sugar and whatnots and the aroma would travel many many miles. Neighbours and friends would stop by and ask to buy some of the coffee but he used to give it for free. Then he said, in true Penangspeak "Beghapo lamo laghat nak dok bagi saja " .. so they decided to sell and for the last twenty years or so ..they did it on a big scale with APs and all. Mommy thot APs were for cars only ...duhhhh!!!!

Btw .... Dadi also realised that he had got his lineage all wrong ....hahaha ...donno where he got all the names from ..but he stood corrected when they discussed who his father grandfathers grandfather grandfather were ...haihhhhhhh!!!!!

Before going back ..Tok Njang Man told Dadi that if he wanted to know more ..he should go and see Ya Nasi Daging which then would lead Dadi to find Ishak Manik Koran Juai Periuk Belanga .......