{"id":1503,"date":"2009-09-23T15:10:08","date_gmt":"2009-09-23T07:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2010-09-30T15:24:43","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T07:24:43","slug":"pigs-in-the-mud-bagan-lalang-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=1503","title":{"rendered":"<strike>Pigs In The Mud<\/strike> Bagan Lalang Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was so against going to Bagan Lalang over the weekend because it&#8217;s Raya, as the bathing facilities are all operated by the Malays, I was certain we would have trouble cleaning the girls. But then, it was 3 against 1, so&#8230;.. <\/p>\n<p>Thank goodness it was a cloudy day, where the sun wasn&#8217;t glaring, and the weather not too hot. You should see the grin on Zaria&#8217;s face when we arrived, as though she&#8217;s reached the land of sweets. <\/p>\n<p>They started by playing with the sand. The sand is so clean, so white right?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/SrmSjrIMhyI\/AAAAAAAADFQ\/s3cJmoAEiZQ\/s800\/IMG_0505.JPG\" alt=\"Zara playing sand\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I remained under the shade on the mat reading, while Daddy brought the girls out to get dirty.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/SrmSkkULU-I\/AAAAAAAADFU\/3XWCUNb8aWQ\/s800\/IMG_0512.JPG\" alt=\"Zaria saw mud\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zara loved the water.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/SrmWD0saRjI\/AAAAAAAADFk\/jvgLAMHF1y0\/s800\/2009_09_202.jpg\" alt=\"Zara in the sea\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 450px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zaria loved the mud.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/SrmWEu9LcJI\/AAAAAAAADFo\/xlHXseYChq8\/s800\/2009_09_20.jpg\" alt=\"Zaria in the mud\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 450px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When I joined them a little later, they offered me mud pies.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/SrmWC8obpzI\/AAAAAAAADFg\/oyJi2nqiJC4\/s800\/2009_09_201.jpg\" alt=\"Girls with mud\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 450px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My own feet getting dirty.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/SrmXsoam8gI\/AAAAAAAADGM\/wWj69R-2ehU\/s800\/IMG_0552.JPG\" alt=\"My feet in mud\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zaria looked like she pooed in her swimming costume.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/SrmXtRskTgI\/AAAAAAAADGQ\/PHqnDB0JjOE\/s800\/IMG_0572.JPG\" alt=\"Zaria dirty buttom\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And I was right, all the toilets were closed, at least at our side of the beach. Imagine all this dirtiness and we only had 1 med size coleman filled with water to wash them? The mud was clinging on to their hair, their skin, their nails.. Ewww.. But, since I&#8217;m used to working with limited resources, I managed to get them cleaned.<\/p>\n<p>It was ~4pm, and Daddy thought we should take a slow drive to Tanjung Sepat for dinner. When we arrived, and parked our car, we saw this :<br \/>\nPiglets roasted for someones wedding.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/SrmXuO8h1LI\/AAAAAAAADGU\/jxZfTm10zpA\/s800\/IMG_0578.JPG\" alt=\"Roasted piglets\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/SrmXvHm_8qI\/AAAAAAAADGY\/VxEpC0UdGww\/s800\/IMG_0580.JPG\" alt=\"Roasted piglets\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/>So many piglets slaugthered to have their wedding. *cruel*<\/p>\n<p>At 5pm, many restaurants were already full. We chose our usual hang out. Ocen Seafood Restaurant (no, I didn&#8217;t spell it wrong. See for yourself), waited almost 15mins for a table, and another 30mins for our food.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/SrmXvo4VT7I\/AAAAAAAADGc\/4Ssp1Pctuds\/s800\/IMG_0582.JPG\" alt=\"Ocen seafood restaurant\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/>I don&#8217;t know if the name was supposed to be Ocean with a missing A, or the restaurant was actually named after Or-Jian (Fried Oyster omelette) their famous dish&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>Zaria waiting patiently at Ocen.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/SrmbnmgzyoI\/AAAAAAAADGg\/ChrYjhLuu0U\/s800\/IMG_0601.JPG\" alt=\"Zaria at Ocen\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After dinner, we took a stroll out to the Lovers Bridge.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/SrmboBObfVI\/AAAAAAAADGk\/PKRdZLpk-IQ\/s800\/IMG_0625.JPGPG\" alt=\"Zaria at Ocen\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/Srmbo5S4VmI\/AAAAAAAADGo\/T22-1FWWofU\/s800\/IMG_0641.JPG\" alt=\"Zara kissing Zaria on the Lovers Bridge\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/__dBuGx0WA7Q\/SrmbpciuHfI\/AAAAAAAADGs\/UcnZwKomkvg\/s800\/IMG_0652.JPG\" alt=\"Just before sunset\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was another hour + slow drive to get us home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=1503\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 223776;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was so against going to Bagan Lalang over the weekend because it&#8217;s Raya, as the bathing facilities are all operated by the Malays, I was certain we would have trouble cleaning the girls. 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