Local's Fruits Season!

Yeah! As stated on the title of this post.. It is the local's fruits season in Malaysia right now.. Starting from the king of fruit in Malaysia, DURIAN until now continued by RAMBUTAN, MANGGIS (Mangosteen) , CEMPEDAK (Jackfruit) the latest fruits now which are LANGSAT and DUKONG.. Next is DUKU..

Let me introduced some of this local fruits planted by my Pak Teh (Uncle) in Kulim, Kedah.. Firstlt of course, the king of Malaysian fruits, DURIAN... Below is the this Durian's tree (sorry for the low quality of pictures, since I'm just using my handphone...) My uncle actually have 4 trees if I'm not mistaken with one already death after the fruits grow...


Here are the pictures of Durian.. Look nice but sometime people does not like it smell.. Even my mother car still has this fruits smell after almost two weeks... Huhu.. But the taste is superb! Sweet, plus a little bit of bitter.. But becareful of its sharp thorn (duri.. betul ke dlm english thorn???) and also if you eat too much your body will feel hot.. And for those who had a high blood pressure and diabetes, please do not eat durian too much.. Huhu..



Now is the queen of local's malaysian fruits which are MANGOSTEEN or MANGGIS is Malay.. It has a black fruits colour on the outside butthe inside is actually white and juicy.. The taste a little bit sweet and sour.. Some people said that in order to prevent our boy to feel hot after eating durian, we need to eat mangosteen.. Aha.. That what King and Queen is all about! Care for each other.. Hehe... The picture below is the tree...





Next is Rambutan.. This fruits has a fur on its body.. The colour of this fruits is either yellow or red.. Both has an almost same taste.. Sweet and juicy...



There are actually Duku, Langsat and Jackfruit here.. But I forget to take a picture of them.. Thanks for Pak Teh family for the lovely orchids!

Green and Refreshing Cameroon Highlands...

It is getting hot everyday.. For those who lives at Ipoh, Perak thy will feel what I feel everyday.. Hot and dry! Huhu.. Even at night it feels really hot that you will feel uncomfortable to sleep.. I saw from news that the IPU (Indeks Pencemaran Udara) or API (Air Pollution Index) in Ipoh is really high almost 68.. That's why it is getting hotter everyday plus it almost a week since last rain!

So, my family went to Cameroon Highlands last week.. Just want to run away from this hot weather.. Haha.. Not too far from my house around 1 hour and 15 minutes driving (this is a very relax driving, you will get there faster if you drive faster.. haha).. Since the name was highlands, of course it is a high land... The trip there a little bit messy because the road was never straight, always turn and turn and turn until you feel dizzy sometimes...

As we reach up the t Kg. Raja, we started to feel the cold breeze.. Something was really refreshing! Cameroon Highlands is a place where you can get many types of vegetables and fruits here such as strawberry, corn, carrot, and many more... But the main attraction here is the cold breeze since Malaysia weather is not really cold especially right now.. haha.. But here, the weather is very nice that's make the vegetables and flowers can grows here..

Here are some pictures I take,

Flowers! and more below,

Strawberry! However this is not the right season, so there are not many strawberries right now.. Huhu..

Tea leaves! Here you can not only buy fresh tea but you can also touch the fresh tea leaves! The tea plants does not look tasty for me but the tea produced from it was superb! Hehe.. Here are photos of tea farm...

A very big tea farm! Greean and refreshing! Below are the tea plant, only the young leaves were used to make tea...

That's all picture I have... Thanks for reading...

Tanjung Piai

It's been a while I've updated this blog.. It is kind a busy plus I've ran out of idea of what to upload.. No activity, no new japan series, so no new updates... Last Sunday, me and my friends went to our friends open house at Kukup..

First I thought we just went there by bike, but lucky we managed to get car (my friend's friend lend us..thanks).. It is a long journey around one and a half hour.. we arrived at her house around 2.30 pm, eat (it was a delicious foods, thanks to Ummu and her family) there, chit chat and then we went back..

Here the plan goes... We went to Tanjung Piai which said as the most southern in Asia Mainland.. It was first time for all of us.. The entry fee only RM3 for student, RM5 for adults, but we pay only RM3 la (haha.. it was nice to be students, we get discount everywhere)..

What were here? Just a very nice mangrove canopy that can make you feel very calm.. Of course there are other living such as monkeys, amphibian fish (belacak right it name?), and many more.. The canopy walk was very nice and it make you feel like at the forest of mangroves.. haha.. I like this kind of feelings...

Because it was almost swamp, so the sea water was not really nice and clear, but you can still feel the sea breeze.. All I can said about this place was, nice and relaxing.. Walking here took around 1-2 hour.. Depends on how fast you can walk, but to enjoy it, just walk slowly.. hehe.. that's all from me this time..

Ulu Cepor, Perak

Yesterday, me and two of my friends went to Ulu Cepor.. What was this place? Actually it was a river recreation place where you can relax with your family of friends while enjoying the very nice river view (the water is still clear where you can see the bottom..) with a beautiful forest at the surrounding... It was a very nice place to relax after busy with your work...

We arrived there at around 11.30 am.. Then we find a hut for us to stay (of course we choose the free one.. there are also a hut where you need to rent it..)


Actually we went here since we want to find an alternative place to chat because before this we always go to the shopping complex.. So this was a very good idea.. After we had our lunch (thanks to my friend Ashraf for the foods..) we then go to have our bath at the river here.. The water was very cold and clear.. It was not very deep, so for family with a small children, this was a good place...


While at the river, we still continue our chatting.. At around 3.30 pm we pack our things and we stop at the nearest mosque for pray.. Actually there are also a surau at Ulu Cepor, food stalls, toilets, chalets, huts for rent, and many more.. Next week we planned to go to Cameroon Highlands.. It still a plan but I hope it will be a reality..

Goodbye Melaka!!

This will be my last review in Malacca after 2 days here.. It was around 2.30 pm when we were out of Zoo Melaka.. It was not a very hot day, only cloudy and not also raining.. People said NICE WEATHER!! As I said before, at the front of the Zoo Melaka was Crocodile Farm.. However, we were not entering here because the show was already over, so maybe next time.. Of course we already found crocodile when we were at the Zoo...




Just looked from the front view of Crocodile Farm.. Hehe.. Next to the Crocodile Farm was the traditional transport in Malaysia - Cow's Car.. Before, cows were very important to us not only to support foods and milk but also as a transport, the skin can be used to make drum, as a plow for paddy farmers and many more.. But nowadays, most were replaced by machine and other generic skins... So that's why cows now are fatter than before.. HAHA..


Along the road from the Crocodile Farm and the Cow's Car, there were stalls that sold sourveniors, foods such as Belacan and Cincaluk which was Melaka famous foods, t-shirts and many more.. Although it was short, but lots of new information and experience we gained here.. Truly the motto VISIT MALACCA MEANS VISIT MALAYSIA was right!! Actually our journey still not covered the whole Melaka, I think maybe just quarter of it since there were many more places in Melaka for us to visit.. -adios-

Melaka - Malacca Zoo

Last stop at Malacca was The Malacca's Zoo.. Why zoo?? Because both of my sisters said they want to meet their friends there... (escpecially monkeys.. haha)... Actually it was because the Zoo was via our way back to Ipoh (actually Ipoh nothing compared to Malacca.. huhu.. maybe that's why Malacca motto state that visit Malacca means visit Malaysia..)...

Located at the front of Taman Buaya (Crocodile's Park), Zoo Malacca was one way to enjoy if you had bored with your life in town.. Looking and feeling the Flora and Fauna at the Zoo will make you feel comfortable and released!! That's what people always think and do since the life in town was full of stress, busy, with the polluted air while this Flora and Fauna world was trully different!! Trust me!!


The fees to enter here was Rm5 for adult and RM2 for children below 12 years old.. It was a very big Zoo with 54 acres land.. We entered here from the front then we walked slowly to see a wild animals here such as monkeys, birds, tapirs, elephants, tigers, chimpanzees and many more..


More pictures of animals...

And another animals pictures.. What can I say, since it was Zoo, everything was about animals and trees!!


Actually we only walked quarter of the Zoo when my Mom said that she was tired.. So we decided to take a train (did I mention before?? Oh, sorry I forgot).. The prize only Rm2 for adult and RM1 for children.. Haha.. It was good but the route taken by the train only covered almost everything of the Zoo.. See!! What animal do you think we missed?? Of course the famous reptiles - SNAKES!! But it was ok la.. Maybe next time if we have more time.. Hehe.. Watch my video from the train below...

Melaka - Maritime Museum

After we went to the Taming Sari Tower we went back to our "temporary house" at Bukit Cina.. It was around 11pm.. After taking bath, I just went to sleep z.z.z.zz.z.z....

Wake up early in the morning, around 6 am... After pray and take a bath, I just looked around Bukit Cina from my house balcony.. What did I see?? Since it was called Bukit Cina, so the only things that exist was a hill full of Chinese graveyard... hehe.. For Chinese, if they placed their grave at the top of hill, they will gain a great "after life"... Believe it or not??


After having fried rice( I bought it at the stall behind... only rm2 plus one fried egg.. the prize is ok right??) , we then when back to Bandar Hilir just to look around Malacca from the car view.. Suprisingly, It was not jam!! Why?? Maybe because everybody busy at work since it was Monday morning plus mybe most of tourist had gone home.. Haha.. Actually, this morning we planned to go to the Maritime Museum which was next to the Taming Sari Tower..

We parked at the front of the tower, of course need to pay for 60cent per hour... Cheap right?.. Then we walked to the museum.. What interesting about the museum was the shape of the museum which take from a ship.. A very large ship!!



The ticket for entry was RM3 for adult and RM1 if you are still students... Opss! You need to take out you shoes when you enter inside the ship.. Hehe.. What was inside here? Of course since the name was Maritime Museum, so everthing was about maritime.. When you entered, there were a video presentation about the history of Malacca maritime, but I am not really interested because everything you have learned when we were taking History subject at the secondary school..

After following the stair to the below, you will see many replica of ships from the history and from many country such as China (they called it Jong), India, Portugese, Dutch, British, Malacca of sourse and many more.. They were also illustrated pictures here, some old money, everything was about maritime!! Just looked at the picture below...


another pictures...


and the pictures from the top of the Museum...


By entering this Museum, it makes me remember of Pirates of The Carribean movie... Haha.. And also one of my favourite anime - One Piece.. Gomu gomu no!!! There are 2nd Maritime Museum next to this ship museum where here also lots of history about maritime in Malacca or Tanah Melayu (Malay Land)... At the front of the museum you can saw a Craft Center where here they sold many sourvenior for you to take home.. Next to it was a Navy Museum ) Muzium Tentera Laut).. But, we did not enter here... Maybe next time if there are time.. Hehe...


Next stop which our last stop was Malacca Zoo... I will continue later...

Melaka - Menara Taming Sari ( Taming Sari Tower)

Next stop was Taming Sari Tower.. According to people around here the tower had just being launch for a month and I checked through the internet, it is true! For more information visit... It is situated at Bandar Hilir besides the Dataran Pahlawan Megamall and near to the Traditional Foods Center and Mahkota Parade... Of course it is near to the A Famosa, Stadthuys buildings, Melaka river and also Maritim Museum.. On the other hand you can said it was at the center or Malacca..





What interesting about this tower is, we can see the whole Malacca here... Me and my family went at night so we can see the view from the top af Malacca at night.. You can view my video below, but the quality is a little bit low since I convert from avi format to 3gp.. Easy for me to upload it...









What about the fare? It is not very expensive, only rm10 per person for adult and rm 5 for children below 12 years old... As long as you show your mycard (means here the price valid for Malaysian only... for tourist it is rm20 per person)... The travel at this tower takes around 7 minutes where it takes 1 minutes to go up and down and it will stop at the top for 5 minutes.. It is a very amazing view from the top of Malacca.. Watch my video.. hehe.. I will update later...

Melaka - A' Famosa

Continued from Tiara Beach Resort after checkout at 12 pm, we planned to go to the Port Dickson beach but, the road was jam with too many cars everywhere and also no parking at all(maybe because all the resorts and hotels here checkout almost at the same time).. So we decided to continued our journey to Malacca..

After checked in at Telekom's training college hostel and have a break, we went for a rode at Malacca.. Actually we've never been there, so we just followed the signboard to any places that we might think interesting (it is very difficult since the signboard only show the name of the road.. hahaha).. Then, I suddenly saw a signboard shows Kota A Famosa.. Nice.. So we follow the road until we met a heavy traffic jam (since it is Sunday), and then found parking, so we pay just for RM4 for the parking until night..(cheap right? better than in JB.. huhu)

Here the journey continued....

The first place we met after our walk was the Stadthuys building.. The building was red in colour with a unique style.. It is actually a Dutch,s administrative buildings during 1650.. A Historic and Ethnography Museum with displays of traditional bridal costumes and other relics is located inside and we need to pay for rm2 per ticket (actually it is displayed rm4, but maybe there are discounts on that day..).. If you like history, so Malacca is the best place for you to go.. For me, it just looks likes a windows shopping.. Looked around and then gooo.. HAHA.. Here some pictures inside the Stadthuys buildings...


Then, from the Stadthuys building, we walked to the A Famosa.. Actually the are a beca(trishaw) station here, so if you want to try you can ride on it.. The prize I'm not sure since I don't asked them.. It was really high to get to the top af A Famosa.. It was a good excercise.. HAHA.. Nothing here, just an old almost broken building.. From to top of it you got the best view of Malacca.. What actually A Famosa? It is is a fortress gate builed by the Portuguese (A Famosa means The Famous in Portuguese) and it was among the oldest surviving european architectural remains in Asia..


It was tiring.. If you plan to walk around Malacca, I would suggest you yo wear sports outfit (haha.. sound funny but you will find it worth!).. Next to the A Famosa was the Dataran Pahlawan.. I do not know what are the story behind it.. But it is beautiful and somehow I remember football field ( EURO 2008 just around the corner.. haha).. There are Light and Sound persembahan (performance? dedication? tribute? oh no I forgot??) here before, but it was not when I arrived.. It was actually performed at night where it used laser light with a very good sound following the story.. The story of course about Malacca history.. (next time I will make sure I can watch this performance)..


Next to Dataran Pahlawan was the Dataran Pahlawan Megamall, a shopping complex where you also can find sourvenior here.. If you walked along you will find Mahkota Parade (also another shopping complex, I bought some foods and groceries here..) after crossing the road.. Beside Mahkota Parade you can find the Traditional foods center where here the served Malaysian foods from Perlis to Sabah.. (dari Perlis sampailah ke Sabah.. macam lagu patriotik tu..haha).. And what the most interesting part was the one in fromt of this traditional foods center.. Menara Taming Sari.. I will tell you later.. Wait...

Tiara Beach Resort

Last weekend, me and my family went for the Telekom Malaysia family day for the Procurement department at Tiara Beach Resort,Port Dickson Negeri Sembilan.. From Ipoh it takes around 3 hours and a half minutes to reach there (if you follow the speed limits like me.. hehe).. The resort is located at the 13th mile, Jalan Pantai, Port Dickson. And it is a little bit far away from the nearest beach..

But it is not a problem since in the resort, it had its own beach but the water is not salty la.. It is beautiful.. It looks like a theme park.. hehe..




What about the rooms? There are many types of it and my family get the family suits with two rooms one master bed and two small beds (katil bujang).. There are also two toilets and you also get one refrigerator, television plus one water heater.. Actually there are many more but it is according to your budget la.. haha.. for my family, since it is under Telekom Malaysia, we just accept it since it is free!! (everybody like free, right?).. For more informations, visit www.tbr.com.my...



There are also lots of facilities here such as Games Room where you can play video games and also karaoke here (need to buy token first, 50 cents per token), spa, gymnasium, ping pong tables, basketball courts, conference rooms, cafeterias and many more.. There are also bicycles for you to rent in case you don't want to walk around this resort.. But, it will be fun if you ride it with your friend or family (the bicycle with two pedal).. It is almost complete and you can just stay here without going out anymore.. haha.. There also a small concerts at night and a movie shows the center of this resort.. In the evening there are shows by a clown such as magic show and games for their customers and in the morning also the had an aerobic excercise... It is very happening here if you can take part to all of their activities..


A very big thanks for Telekom Malaysia (TM) for organizing this family day at Tiara Beach Resort.. It is a very big success where almost 700 participants here from the TM family.. Tm also sponsor all of our foods during our stay here.. At night there are dinner with also some speech by TM VIP and also some dedication from the TM members.. It is very good to be here and I hope TM will organize more events like this.. HAHA.. For those who are interested in staying at Tiara Beach Resort, you can go can click here..