Archive for December, 2007

For those who have visited Genting Highlands, it is certainly a place of fun and excitement to enjoy the coldness in a hot country like Malaysia. However, Bukit Tinggi, it is an alternative place where u can enjoy chilly weather and beauty of highlands. It does not have much excitement as in Genting Highlands but you can certainly find it a place to unwind yourself in a highland of 3000m. You may also find a lot of pine trees growing along the way up to the hill.

Colmar Tropicale Resorts, in Bukit Tinggi, was built with French concept architecture. A Castle typed entrance is built to welcome the visitors. There is only one street of French architecture building. It is certainly a nice place to take picture for those who wish to experience a stay in the European structured buildings. However, it may not give you full taste of the European lifestyle as you can’t find any French people who can tell you about the French culture. You may be able to enjoy the Malaysian culture and life in a French street. Sometimes I wonder does it really matter to experience the French living in Malaysia or in Paris? Or the people whom you will be going together?

A Scenic Japanese Garden in Bukit Tinggi

Besides the French buildings, you can’t do much if you don’t enjoy outdoor and nature expedition. You may find some outdoor activities like visiting the Rabbit Farm, The Japanese Garden and The Organic Farm and Elephant bathing in places nearby the resorts. I personally enjoy the Japanese Garden and the organic farm as I am a nature lover. The Resorts provide free transport to these place and both are entrance free. You may find different type of plant species in the Garden. It has a pond which full of koi fish. There are also some small Japanese houses in the garden. A lot of beautiful flowers have been planted in the garden. You may also find some herbs and medication plant in the garden. It seems some of the trees grew may be 100 years and above and it is still well preserved due to the weather and the natural habitat to these trees. Your eyes will certainly not feel tired after the visit as everything is greenish and not stressing. Has anyone visited this place?

What does a celery look like in an oraganic farm?

The organic farm is small and along the hillside. According to the caretaker, all the water is from the hill and non pesticide type. They have been trying to cultivate the farm about two years ago and it is a new attraction at this place. As most cityfolks like us may not have seen how each type of vegetable is being grown. We were being introduced to different type of plant like celery, misai kucing, butterhead, broccoli, cauliflower and ashitaba flowers, and cherry tomatoes. I was surprise that the stem of celery doesn’t look big or the type of celery that I saw in the hypermarket. I was told that the stem of celery originally is thin and it is just that it was being compressed to grow to a big stem. That was my first discovery….How ignorance am I?

clip_image002 This is how celery look like in an organic farm.

The food that we are eating has so much preservatives and our future generation are being fed with foods that full of pesticides and preservatives. Food that has being grown beyond their original shape and source. Gosh….that’s why children nowadays are allergies to certain food and things…I guess it is good to educate our children on how our food is being processed rather than just tell them what is can be eaten and what not? May be parents too nowadays don’t really know how the food is being processed too or how to plant it…….

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Isn’t this Rabbit Smart Looking?

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Come on, Guys and Gals! Take a look at these rabbits? Aren’t they smart when they stand up straight or when their ears standing straight. Besides the scenic garden, the French village, you may also explore the rabbit farm where you can see different type of species of rabbit being kept in a fence up area. There are allowed to run freely within certain compounds. I never thought that a rabbit could look that smart and handsome when they stand up straight especially with their straight standing long ears. Don’t you think so?? clip_image016

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Temple Visit in Jenjarom, Selangor

Though Malaysia is an Islamic country, you should be able to see mosques but you may also see some churches, Buddhist and Hinduism temples around due to its multi-racial and cultural lifestyle. Dong Zen Fu Guang Shan (FGS) is located at Jenjarom, Kuala Langat. (Jenjarom, which is about 100km west of Kuala Lumpur, is situated in Kuala Langat district.) It takes about an hour to reach I paid a visit to this temple during the Chinese New year and it was amazing. The floral landscaping and the lotus pond around the temple are certainly amazing. This has certainly provided another opportunity for the travelers to understand the culture of Malaysia.

Dong Zen FGS means "a tranquil mind in the East", is also a cultural and educational centre. It houses a Buddhist college, one of 16 in the world set up by FGS. Here, students learn the fundamentals of the Dharma (Buddha’s teachings) for a year, after which they can opt to further their Dharma studies in colleges in Taiwan or Hong Kong. 

Visitors come to Dong Zen not just for prayer and meditation but they are also people who come for tai qi practice, and to jog.  It is certainly nice to jog around the garden next to the temple. You can see some of the sculptures like Kuan Yin and Buddha are surrounded by different type of flower plantings. There is a lotus pond where you can see green and pinkish lotus flowers were blooming in the pond. It has certainly make the visitor feel like visiting a small temple in China. Besides that, there are also some non-Chinese who visited the temple due to its serene and picturesque settings.

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Have you been to this place? What do you think about it? Please share your experience with me. I wish this temple allow visitors to have a short stay in such a nice place. Have anyone heard of Temple Stay? Have anyone experience it before? How does it different from staying in a hotel???

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