Hello there! It has been ages since the last time I posted something in this blog of mine.
So, my friends and I were supposed to do this English project in which we have to interview someone whose occupation is 'disappearing' meaning that there aren't many people doing that particular job anymore. After considering several options, we decided to interview a clay potter who lives in Kuala Selangor.
Two of my girls picked me up and our journey for the first time to Kuala Selangor started!
The sun was high, it was sizzling outside. The moment we stepped out of the car, I started to sweat and smudged my eyeliner, remind me not to experiment on any 'make-up' during a field work next time.
We met this Indian clay potter who's willing to be interviewed by us. His son, who seemed to have a crush on one of my girls, showed us around the factory and explained the process of making claypots.
We saw how the professional potter did their daily routine. Imagine, a potter can make up to 3000 of those small plates that you see in this picture! Isn't that amazing? I couldn't even make one!
We were given a chance to try out how to make basic clay pot. To tell you the truth, it was EXTREMELY HARD. Even Bavithra, who claimed that she has gotten the innate pottery skills as she's Indian, only managed to make a doughnut out of it. I also did try making something out of the rotating clay but unfortunately, I'm not a hands-on person. Therefore, I failed miserably and I looked waaay too messy in the photos so I shall not upload it here :)
And then we did an interview with Mr. Aru, one of the potter and the owner of the enterprise. See those chickens and elephants behind us? Those are animal-shaped penny bank that he gave to each of us as souvenirs! Isn't he nice? I got an ayam :D
Yes, it was extremely tiring! After a day of fun under the hot sun, we were invited for lunch at Bavithra's place. Her mom made us Biryani rice with fried fish and other types of Indian condiments. It was so good, by far the best Indian food I've ever had!
After such a filling lunch, my friends suddenly craved for IKEA meatballs. THE IKEA meatballs.Well, as an Indonesian girl who has lived in Malaysia for 2 years, I'm such a failure for not trying those meatballs years ago.
The first time I heard about IKEA meatballs, which are served with a freakin' jam, I was petrified.
Let me repeat that. JAM.
At first I thought this meatball should be featured on Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Food-.-
Honestly, I was so shocked that those IKEA meatballs tasted so. freaking. good.
Although I felt really guilty for eating them, these babies are worth spending calories on :')
I had so much fun today and it's all thanks to my lovely girls :D
