We have been going back to the “kampong” quite often lately because it’s fruit season.If we don’t go and eat all those fruits, who else is going to do that? However, last weekend (18 July) was special because we had a guest, Juan, a wonderful medical student from Mexico.He plans to do a practical training in the US so he met with Steve a few times to get used to the American accent.We didn’t travel to the kampong together because he was in KL the day we drove back last Saturday.He arrived with his parents around 7.15pm.That night my sister had a gathering at her house so Juan got to experience a kampong style gathering.He ate all the hot and spicy dishes (masak lemak cili padi) and had no trouble eating rice with his hand.The next morning, Steve, Najla, Hannah and I sent him to St Joseph Church (SJC) in KP but it was closed.We drove to the nearby MethodistChurch in case if the Minister knew when SJC would be opened.We were told that the mass would be held at 11am in Bahau instead of KP for that weekend.Since we still had plenty of time, we headed to the nearby stall for breakfast. Juan and Steve ate “nasi lemak”, Najla and Hannah ate nuggets, and I ate curry puffs.
After we finished our breakfast, we decided to play tourist guide so we took Juan to the SriMenantiOldPalace.We didn’t stay long, just enough to take a few photos, so that Juan would not miss his mass.Since we are not too familiar with Bahau, we asked the policemen who were standing outside of a supermarket.Two of them started their motor cycles and showed us the way to the church. We went back tomy mom’s house at lunch time.We wanted to take some fruits but it started to rain really hard.We all took a nap until the rain stopped.Then we took some “manggis”, “langsat”, “duku”, and “mata kuching”.Steve also took Juan to the durian orchard across the river and they got 2 big durians.We cut one up so Juan could eat it and he really liked the taste because it was fresh from the tree.We hope he had a good time because he seemed to blend in well with the kampong folks. We’ll miss him when he goes back to Mexico.
Najla posed by the river while waiting for Steve and Juan getting durians
Getting ready to get "mata kucing" behind my sister's house
Eating dinner at my mom's house before we headed back to Kuantan
After we finished our breakfast, we decided to play tourist guide so we took Juan to the 
We went back to my mom’s house at lunch time. We wanted to take some fruits but it started to rain really hard. We all took a nap until the rain stopped. Then we took some “manggis”, “langsat”, “duku”, and “mata kuching”. Steve also took Juan to the durian orchard across the river and they got 2 big durians. We cut one up so Juan could eat it and he really liked the taste because it was fresh from the tree. We hope he had a good time because he seemed to blend in well with the kampong folks. We’ll miss him when he goes back to 
Najla posed by the river while waiting for Steve and Juan getting durians
Getting ready to get "mata kucing" behind my sister's house
Eating dinner at my mom's house before we headed back to Kuantan
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