on the first of our visit to Sungai Besar, Tanjung Karang. We were given the taste of the amazing durian of Tanjung Karang. Although the durian is amazingly tasteful, some of the students which visited Sungai Besar didnt eat these Durians. we were served with 6 bags of durians. each bags consists of 10-12 durians.

 opening the durian by ourselves

according to old folks, by drinking water in the durian skin,
will make your
body counter the effects of eating the durians

the fruit

students enjoying the durian

the after effects of eating the durians. haha

After the durian eating "ceremony" we were given
a task to walk on the paddy field trails at night.
the estimated time was about 10pm

we were given lanterns as our guide.

tired after the night walk

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On the evening of the first day of our visit to Tanjung Karang, we were taught on how to make kites. kite making is the tradition of the Javanese culture. One of the main reasons of kite making are  for competitions. Thousands of kites will be on the sky and the last one flying will be dominated as the winner.

the kite maker is softening the bamboo

looking at the bamboo stick
whether the measurement is correct

The Kitemaker

the wings of the kite

measuring the wings of the kite

cutting of the edge

tying up strings so that it can stick together

measuring where he should place the wings on the backbone
of the kite

tying up strings

the paper used on the kites are called "kertas siam"

students trying out to make the kites

figuring out on what to do next

a few groups are involved

the success of making the kite

students trying out the kites that they made

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on our way back to Cyberjaya, we spent about an hour at the nata de coco factory which is located about 5KM from our homestay. there, we were given a demonstration on how nata de coco is produced.

the owner of the factory is giving us the speech on nata de coco

Showing us some other products which is also produced there

the steps taken

we were given the taste of their product

the owner mixing three flavors of nata de coco

students testing the nata de coco

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The name of the company is Hajjah Kasmirah Munasir, Pembekal Makanan Ringan. The factory has been operating for more than 22 years. The age of the owner is 74 years old. Their main products are bahulu. besides from bahulu, they also produce cookies and kerepek. their production is very good, in one day, they can complete 6 boxes of cookies. in one box consists of 24 jars, and in 1 jar containing 50 cookies.

bahulu blending machine.

bahulu packaging

pineapple tart making

they put the unbaked pineapple tart on a tray before baking it.
on one tray, less than 150 cookies can be placed.

students trying to make the tart

bahulu are placed in the oven seperated from the cookies.

the packaging of bahulu

"ubi kayu"

the "ubi kayu" skin is ripped of before processing it

students ripping of the skins

the products

the "kerepek"

the "ubi kayu" is placed inside a machine where the machine
will process it into being strips.

Hajjah Kasmirah Munasir (the owner)

cookies in a box

the oil drainer

the strips of "ubi kayu" 

the deep frying

the products sold there

cookies

"Kerepek"

the draining of the oils on the
fried "ubi kayu"

the ubi kayu before it was cleaned

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