tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65968265930139878232024-03-19T16:06:05.860+08:00aswana-clicheThis is my story, places that I traveled, people that I met, things that I like most; i.e. beloved (words of wisdom) & beautiful flowers from the gardens of heaven Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.comBlogger646125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-7011489424644951542021-01-02T22:06:00.004+08:002021-01-02T22:06:41.078+08:00The Wedding Videos - Syahirah Solemnisation and Reception February 2020I intend to write a special entry for the wedding preparation. But before that, I'm sharing her 2 videos that Khairul Razali created for her. Khairul is one of Nazhif's good friend, an Architect turned video's creator. We met him at Nazhif's girlfriend brother's wedding. Hope you enjoy the 2 videos while I had a time to share the details of it.
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The solemnisation on 2nd February 2020
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The reception on 8th February 2020
Remarks: I'm planning to study the video making to debut as a Vlogger soon. Please pray for me okay...Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-21819325237893919132021-01-02T21:58:00.002+08:002021-01-02T21:58:31.404+08:00Hello 2021, Goodbye 2020Today, 2nd January was my official registered birthday. I’m 54 today and very glad that only 1 more year for me to achieve my financial freedom. Time does fly so slowly few years back, but not any more. From now on, I could stay cool and stop counting the 12 months countdown like what I did in the past. It has been more than a year that Covid-19, sent down by the Almighty as a test and a warning to human kind affected everyone in the world whether small or big scale. Although the vaccine has been distributing in many parts of the world but some prediction written by the Forbes, Nicholas Reiman said that the United Nation is warning in year 2021 could be the bleakest and darkest outlook ever. Famine in 2021, a widespread of scarcity of food due to inflation, crop failure, population imbalance, political instability due to pandemic aftermath could be the worst in terms of humanitarian catastrophes in the organisation’s 75 years history.
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I took this matter seriously and I hope you do too. I started telling people close to me to be prudent in their daily expense by remembering what the Prophet Yusoff advised to the Pharaoh backed in his day interpreting the Pharaoh’s dream. Stay diligent in maintaining social distance and try as much to stay at home as it is the best vaccine everybody ever needed. Stating this fact, I would not be including traveling as part as my important to do list for 2021.
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Looking back, spending 366 days in 2020, a leap year wasn’t bad at all. The first movement control order, known as the 1st MCO commencing from 18th March till 4th May 2020 with 6 months moratorium has helped me to settle the blue house commitment. I used the surplus from not paying the 6 months Altitude Condominium for my wet kitchen built-in cabinet. The kitchen looks neat and tidy, it helps everyone in the house to have cooking mood. In May, due to economic instability, the Government has issued a conditional MCO where many of us are able to resume works. We woked from home from March till May whereby every paperwork were done in digital format and it's quite an inconvenience with no revenue to be generated. All our projects at the 3 different site re-commence its activity in early May simultaneously with the CMCO.
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Before the 2nd lock down, on 15th October 2020, we had achieve so much in the office. We completed and handed over the 2 crucial project in Gamuda Gardens and Gamuda KK257 that is scheduled for handing over vacant possession to the buyers. During that short period of time also, the Group decided for VSS, yes, the Voluntary Separation Scheme was offered as a operational cost cutting measure. Many has applied and many has got it. 15th October 2020 was their last working date. It gave us a new start and strength for the Company to face the challenges and obstacles in 2021.
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That’s all about work and the nation. Our family are truly blessed as before the MCO, Syahirah’s wedding went ahead on schedule, successfully on both of her solemnization and her reception day. Hubby and I went back to my hometown in Kelantan by road to invite relatives and friends to the wedding. We started our journey on 1st January 2020 to Raub, Kuala Lipis, Temerloh and arrived a bit late in Bachok. We stayed at my brother’s new house. The next day, on 2nd January 2021 we went to Jeli, visited my parent’s late house now passed down to my late sister who passed down to her children. I had some vision of what I wanted to do while looking at my late father’s surau in JKR Base Camp and the orchard that he left us. I hope I would be able to implement that in 2022.
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We followed Kuala Terengganu coastal road on the way back to KL. It was worth the trip as we got to see how the East Coast states being developed over the last few years since our last visit. There are quite a number of attraction beside its beautiful beaches and the Crystal and Floating Mosque. There’s newly completed Drawbridge, Central Market and a walk through Chinatown that in my opinion is a must visit place when in Kuala Terengganu.
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Syahirah’s solemnization was on 2nd February where we invited only about 200 people to our house. The following week, on 8th February, a day after her 28th birthday was her reception which was also held at the house. I became Syahirah’s wedding planner for both occasion. The event went very well as according to what I imagined it was to be. My neighbours claimed it was wedding of the year, and I took it as a compliment.
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Although we spent a lot for the weddings and the trip for Nazhif’s convocation a year before, the Almighty has helped us in His special way that hubby and I do not feel that much burden. Toward the end of the year, with major commitment cleared away, I manage to treat myself for a GLC 200 AMG, also with Allah’s blessing. He, being the Ar-Rahman has blessed me for what I did in 2020 and I stay indebted to Him till the day He called me. The greatest gift that was bestowed to me in 2020 is a close relationship between us.
Happy new year Everyone.. stay safe!
Remarks: Photos in this entry are from our trip back to Kelantan, hubby in fron of my late father's surau and both of us at the Kuala Terengganu Drawbridge. The rest of the photos are from Syahirah's solemnisation and reception day.Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-6863230678297271612020-12-28T21:12:00.005+08:002020-12-28T21:12:41.582+08:00A special video by Nasrul "All Around Taiwan", Nash FilmBefore I end up the blog entries about our Taiwan trip from 12th till 15th December 2018, about a week, I wish to share the video that has been uploaded by Nasrul in his Youtube Channel, Nash Film. He has been filming the entire trip at his own sweet time and imagination. Although I tried to improve the content to strictly follow our itinerary but he was not bothered to follow my request. As always, he will do what he likes to do following his own way. However, in my own biased opinion, the video turn very lovely. Do enjoy...
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With warmest regards to All,
Noor Aswana Mustapha
Kuala Lumpur
28th December 2020
P/s: I will upload an obligatory entry on 1st January 2021 "Farewell 2020, Welcome 2021" ... InshaAllah!Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-33960712315584936982020-12-28T21:01:00.001+08:002020-12-28T21:01:44.591+08:00Day 7 - Last day in Taiwan, exploring Taipei the capital cityTravelling date: 15th December 2018.
We sent a message to the house owner saying that we will collect our bags later in the evening as our flight is at night. She said its fine for us to drop the key at her mail box as she understood teh hassle to bring all the luggage along with us while exploring Taipei city for the last time. After we've done with packing, locked our luggage, we took the rented Vios to Da’an district to drop the car. Things didn’t go right as right after Syahirah took the car from her father she accidently scratched a taxi and caused a traffic jam. The police came to arbitrate the matter and Hotai Car Leasing took the case into their hand as the rent included the insurance. Hubby had to pay an extra penalty for the loss that the rental company had while the car was under repaired. Nasrul and I let the 2 of them, father and daughter to resolve their dispute among themselves.
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We walked toward the left hand side of the shops row trying to find a good place to eat. There is a restaurant that served Malaysian food somewhere there. Although it wasn’t a halal restaurant, the owner cum chef willing to friend Mee Goreng mamak without meat and/or other un-halal ingredients for us. The food is not cheap but the taste is good, hence no complaint paying more for something that you truly enjoyed at the end of the day. The restaurant belong to a Chinese Malaysian man married to local Taiwanese lady. It has its own crowd and are doing well.
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Thereafter, we took a public transport, train from Technology Building station still in Da’an District to a famous shopping area in Ximending which is located in Wanhua District. We made friends along the way. This place was so crowded with local and tourist as it is a tourist attraction area. By the way, Ximending literally means "West Gate District" as it once was a suburb near the historical west gate of the old city, commonly described as the Shibuya or Harajuku of Taipei, in reference to these youth-centric districts of Tokyo. It first re-launched in 1999 as a walkable, people friendly area and subsequently expanded. It is true that Ximending is one of the places that secondary school students, university students, and other hip, young people (and too many tourists) go to eat, drink, shop, enjoy music and movies, and people watch in Taipei, just as they do in these areas of Tokyo.
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However, Ximending's main walking areas, described as "Xi Men Walker" when translated into English on signs in the area according to Taiwanese are much better than most of Shibuya's back streets. The best of Ximending has been purposefully designed for people with more modest scale, street trees, attractive pavers, and helpful signage. There's so much to see in Ximending, ranging from the famous Red House theatre, music venue, and creative street market to restaurants and plenty of tiny boutiques, street food etc. We did a last minute shopping buying souvenirs and clothes to finish off our Taiwanese dollar before heading home. We visited few other places that I already forgotten about as the trip was 2 years ago. Will not prolong any entries in the future anymore, therefore, I hope, I oblige... sigh!
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By 5pm, we were ready to go back to our accommodation, collected the bag and took a cab to the airport. We had a nice cool dinner with a decent food at the airport after check-in our luggage. It was around 8pm and at 10.30pm we found a comfortable place to pray, musolla sort of thing that was provided in the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport not far from the boarding gate to our plane. That’s wrap our story in Taiwan.
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Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-60546331538819391182020-12-28T08:36:00.000+08:002020-12-28T08:36:21.728+08:00Day 6 - Road Trip from Sun Moon Lake - Qinjing Farm, Nantou County - Taichung - TaipeiTravelling date: 14th December 2018.
This would be our last day of the road trip in Taiwan. It’s a day where we were to return to Taipei from Sun Moon Lake and the rest of the tour places in our touring list. That morning, we were ready to leave and checked out from the hotel by 9am. On the way ot, we saw another stunning view of the lakes from the Petrol kiosk and had to stop for some exploration. Lucky we did, as our mood, the weather and the places intermingle in the photos that I’m sharing in this entry.
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Sun Moon Lake is located 748 meters above sea level. It is 27 meter deep and has a surface area of approximately 7.93 km2. The area surrounding the lake has many trails for hiking. The lake and its surrounding countryside have been designated one of thirteen national scenic areas in Taiwan. For those in construction industry would relate the lake at this large scale would come with the Dam Construction, meant to generate electricity. There are several hydroelectric power plants been built in the Sun Moon Lake since 1919, including Mingtan Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant and Minhu Pumped Storage Hydro Power Station. When the first hydroelectric plant was finished in 1934, it was considered to be one of the most important infrastructure constructions of the time. Wujie Dam, also completed in 1934, diverts water from the Zhuoshui River to increase hydroelectric generation at the lake. The Jiji Line railroad was built to facilitate the construction. This are the info that I gathered from the Wikipedia.
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Our next destination was to be in Qingjing Farm where we saw a lot in Visit Taiwan flyers, the white Taiwan sheep’s on a high mountain range. The Qingjing Farm, also known as Cingjing Farm, is a tourist attraction farm in Ren'ai Township, Nantou County. It took us only an hour to arrive in this beautiful farm, mostly crowded place in the weekend. Apparently, the farm was established on 20 February 1961 as the settling place for the demobilized soldiers and their dependents who were listed in the armed forces. It is located in an altitude of 1,750 meters above sea level, therefore the road to this place are quite interesting but the weather is generally mild all year. In the months from May to September, the average temperature is between 15℃ and 23℃.
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Qingjing Farm offers exquisite scenes all four seasons of the year, each with its own unique interest, which would be toured on your own pace and at your own steps. You must pay an entrance fee to enter but once inside you can enjoy what they offered; Mountain Reflection in Green Lake, 487-Steps Trail, Clouds Covering the Mountain, Green Green Grasslands, Fragrance of Fruit Orchards, Sincere Heart Makes Wishes Come True. You basically can fully savour the sweet serenity of the high mountain countryside.
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Qingjing, in its broad sense covers Qingjing Farm and its neighbourhoods, from Wushe to Meifeng. It is intersected by Provincial Highway 14A but Waze and Google Map apps will direct you easily to this place. I would advise you to come during weekdays, try avoiding weekend as the place might be flooded with local tourist as well as foreign tourist. We met a Chinese Malaysian family while having lunch at the 7-Eleven. They were there for almost a week already but didn’t covered the whole island like we did. According to them, they are regularly visiting Taiwan as its nearer and cheaper for holiday.
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Our next and last destination was to visit Zhongshe Flower Market, also known as Houli Flower Farm or Chungshe Flower Garden in different publications. There’s an entrance fee to this place as the place has been well advertised by the tourist agency, so only Nasrul and I were exploring partially of its flower garden over the 6 hectares of flowers. Hubby and Syahirah chose to wait outside, within the compound at the food outlet and enjoying the flower gardens at a free zone area.
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There were several types of flowers are in bloom throughout the year. One of the biggest highlights of the flower farm is during tulip season. Every year from January to March, up to 300,000 tulip bulbs are in full bloom, similar to what you will find in the Netherlands. Zhongshe Flower Market is the only flower farm that succeeded in growing tulips in all of Taiwan. The flower farm also sells products as they are commercial parties. They sell seasonal flowers and potted plants, while other gardening materials, flower vases and even fertilizer are also available.
You may find many photo backdrops around the 6 hectares of flower fields. One of the main features of Zhongshe Flower Market is the photography backdrop zones, where different props are used to set the stage for gorgeous photographs. The flower farm is a popular spot for wedding photography. Many couples bring a professional photographer to take wedding photos. Some of the backdrops include a wedding gown arch, scenes that resemble European fairy tale and many musical instruments, including a white piano placed in the middle of a lavender field.
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We headed back to Taipei to rest at our final Air BNB accommodation in Shongshan district. It was good to end the trip but our last accommodation was on the highest floor without a lift. We had to drag all or belonging as we need to return the car the next day.
Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-17771966252615717152020-12-28T07:08:00.000+08:002020-12-28T07:08:31.264+08:00Day 5 - Road Trip from Kaohsiung - Tainan - Sun Moon Lake (Yuchi Township, Nantou County)Travelling date: 13th December 2018.
For information, Syahirah was on medical leave during the trip as she just got discharged from the hospital after an operation on her left foot. The operated area took times to heal. Before the trip, it was Dr Ng from Mediviron Clinic who did the treatment (open the bandage, cleanse the wound, applied the medicine and bandaged back) for her. Dr Ng provided sufficient medicine for her to do the treatment twice a day on her own, at night and in the morning.
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Our morning routine was quite simple. I usually will woke up first for Fajr prayer and 28 minutes after the Syuruk prayer, prepared breakfast, arrange clothing for everyone and packing. Our breakfast were usually bread, noodles cup, cereal and coffee. Next I woke Syahirah up first since she needed some time to do the treatment. In any trip, hubby will be the last person who is ready to leave so, it’s very important to get him to follow our departure time. And of course, I'm the time keeper who adamantly will try to get everyone to stick to my long list itinerary :)
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Day 5 road trip was quite interesting as we had so many places to visit. Therefore, we left Kaohsing before 10.00 am. We first headed to Tainan, which is the oldest city in Taiwan since we discovered about a Halal restaurant from the Trip Advisor. The place is called Ali’s Kitchen operated by a mixed marriage couple. The husband is a Pakistani and the wife is a local Taiwanese. They met when they studied in US. They converted the front house as a kitchen that sells authentic Pakistani food. They happened to open the shop while doing some preparation for their business for the next day when we arrived. We were lucky and thankful that he was willing to serve us lunch and cooked a little more for us to pack for our dinner.
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The couple are God sent people. They shared their life story and vice versa. Their 2 children’s were studied abroad, in America, both of them. They usually took turn to visit and will close the kitchen one or 2 months every year for that trip. They also open their house for the tourist to rent, duly advertise in Air BNB. Both of them are no longer working 9 to 5 job but running their kitchen and renting business on a full time basis. The wife even took us to the Bank for hubby to exchange some of his US Dollar, very helpful and very friendly indeed. Before we departed, the wife gave us lots of gifts, mostly foods and tea. By the way, Taiwan is famous for their tea, herbal and bubble tea etc.
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We left Tainan city at around 1pm heading towards Sun Moon Lake, a lake located in Yuchi Township, Nantou County. But for those who wishes to explore Tainan city, you may visit their must-sees attraction such as the Confucius Temple, Chimei Museum and the historical Anping District. Be sure to make a trip to Hua Yuan (Flower) Night Market, as it was the most popular night market in Tainan.
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A three-hour drive away from Gueiren District (where Ali Kitchen in Tainan is located) lies the massive and marvellous Sun Moon Lake. We explored Yuchi Township which has many attractions built around the enormous lake area as to boast the tourism in Taiwan. Sun Moon Lake clear waters and picturesque mountains in the backdrop is a must-visit for all nature lovers. Among its variety of attractions to visit around the area include the Sun Moon Lake Ropeway, Ita Thao Village and Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village.
Sun Moon Lake is a great choice for first time visitors like us as we’d get to witness the stunning beauty of both the lakes and the mountains of Taiwan. We took so many photos over the site area as the time we were there was before the sunset. It makes all photos beautifully captured and really worth the trip and the money that we spent.
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We adjourned to look for our hotel after the sunset which is located in less than 15 minutes’ drive. As it was a week days, the entire area wasn’t as busy as it was on the weekend. Hence we found no difficulties at all to park our car, looking for a restaurant to eat. There’s no crowd that was occupied the areas at night. After we secured the key to our room and placed or belonging inside, we straightaway explored the area looking for dinner. Yes, there is no specific Halal Restaurant that we could find so, we opted for pork’s free menu.
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Remarks: majority of the photos in this entry were snapped from Sun Moon Lake. I'm still not use to new blogging setting in Google. Its not as friendly as before where I can edit and type photos description and arrange the setting like I'm typing in words, to say the least.
Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-53242962813830007402020-12-27T18:25:00.001+08:002020-12-27T18:25:18.468+08:00Day 4 - Road Trip from Taitung to KaohsiungTravelling date: 12th December 2018
The road distance from Taitung to Kaohsiung is around 163km and it took about 3 and a half hour if without any stop. We departed from a housing area where we stayed close to 11.30am after filling up our stomach with heavy breakfast that I created from whatever food stock that we
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Knowing the difficulties in finding a halal restaurant, we planned ahead to stop for lunch at the 7-Eleven. The 7-E outlet that we cose to stopped was in Fanglio Township which has a clean toilets nearing Kaohsiung. I would really recommended 7-Eleven to those who is not really particular on the food. You can find mostly basic foods such as rice, pasta, bread, fruits, dessert,drinks etc which is good for breakfast, lunch or dinner. And usually it seated next to Petrol station which is so convenience to traveler.
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The first destination that we are targeted to visit was the Kaohsiung Mosque. Kaohsiung Mosque is the largest mosque in Kaohsiung and the main gathering site of Muslims within the city. It is situated in Lingya District, the second mosque being built in Taiwan after Taipei Grand Mosque in Taipei. The mosque was constructed in 1990 and open to public in 1992. The 1st floor is dedicated for the male and female dormitories, female prayer room and female activity center. The 2nd floor is the main prayer hall, study center for Arabic language and Islamic culture display room. The 3rd floor is the guest room, youth activity center, office and kitchen. The mosque also features the imam office, administration office, library and ablution area. The Imam and the mosque caretaker were very helpful to us. They showed us the ablution and toilet area. We stayed a bit longer for Asar praying with him. Not many people came for Asar maybe because a lot of people were still working at that time. We met an Indonesian girl who studied in Kaohsiung who is a regular to the mosque as she came for a halal meal. There are a Halal restaurants owned byMuslim people beside the mosque.
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After prayer, we quickly adjourned to the largest shopping mall in Kaohsiung, EDA Mall as the priority was to change the currency as we run out of Taiwan Dollar. EDA Mall is actually a resort city and being decorated with Christmas decorations all over as we were there during Christmas time. We chose to have Subway for dinner. Thereafter we looked for money changer and had a brief tour, rather a window shopping. We left the mall shortly after to look for our Air BNB accommodation in Sinsing District. The apartment caretaker was quite nice to show my husband where to park the car. Apparently, the apartment is seated just next to Liuhe Tourist Night Market. Liuhe and Ruifeng night markets are the most famous in Kaohsiung. Syahirah and Nasrul were exploring the night market just the 2 of them as the parent were too tired and ready for bed. That’s pretty much all of what we were doing in Kaohsiung.
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For information, Kaohsiung is a massive port city in southern Taiwan. It is a home to many skyscrapers, such as the 248m tall Tuntex Sky Tower that were light up almost every night just like our KL Twin Tower and KL Tower. Beside the skyscrapers the city is known for its diversity of parks, i.e. Love River that was upgraded with walking paths and cafes along its banks, and cruise boats navigating for the tourist. For those who travels to shop, may choose the higher end products from the high end mall just like EDA Mall or medium class shops and a night markets. Since we were on tight budget and the purpose of travel is to record our presence in Taiwan without a need to repeat a trip, a road trip circling the island was more than enough.
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Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-43410156749893792912020-12-25T08:16:00.008+08:002020-12-25T08:19:04.196+08:00Day 3 - Road trip from Hualien - Taitung - Keting National Park - Taitung<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Travelling date: 11th December 2018</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">From the map (see below), we will
be spending more than 6 hours on the road. Therefore, we left Hualien before
9.30am on a bright sunny day. Not a drop of rain throughout the journey. How I
wished it was sunny yesterday as a stroll in Jiufen old town is something not to
be missed. Ops, before I forget, I made such a blunder for not booking an accommodation
in Keting, but in Taitung instead. We wasted about 3 hours, to and from Keting
turning back to Taitung. However, our accommodation in a private room at
Taitung Residential area was worth the trip. Our room with 2 master bed and
attached bathroom was so comfortable that we had nothing to complaint about.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSmTWEI2k06ic8rP94mzp9RJUkLpp9PR7Droea24PGk4uU74fELeKPh0m_aAmjVMg3iPwa8P3BlqwW9Uw0fNSbxBDgtdfPq1nq6kSoROcN3lx4XqeozcUYa3EkEA0wCDO75VHHXvGnUpC/s960/47390776_2184759161543340_3115404714846453760_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="786" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPSmTWEI2k06ic8rP94mzp9RJUkLpp9PR7Droea24PGk4uU74fELeKPh0m_aAmjVMg3iPwa8P3BlqwW9Uw0fNSbxBDgtdfPq1nq6kSoROcN3lx4XqeozcUYa3EkEA0wCDO75VHHXvGnUpC/w524-h640/47390776_2184759161543340_3115404714846453760_n.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXryQNbA1kWXuvy2Ch7algXjgzPgs1zRK4lVCnHhiEtACyuVns5bW9dh_5xoPVYDnMVGE098W0g9O6YKRmVqluKsNdMcMpQ0KQZqjnkzfCy5zQIWJUB0ZV6VeKYxSwPvRPvaQaUSN383N/s960/47681263_2184759328209990_3339680047253422080_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXryQNbA1kWXuvy2Ch7algXjgzPgs1zRK4lVCnHhiEtACyuVns5bW9dh_5xoPVYDnMVGE098W0g9O6YKRmVqluKsNdMcMpQ0KQZqjnkzfCy5zQIWJUB0ZV6VeKYxSwPvRPvaQaUSN383N/w480-h640/47681263_2184759328209990_3339680047253422080_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We stopped for fuel and toilet at
Yuli Township, a rural area but all in a nice view after one and half hour journey.
While taking photos with Nasrul, I saw a train passed by in a hilly mountain.
You can actually tour a whole island of Taiwan by train. The train that I saw
must be from Taipei to Hualien & Taitung that is called an Eastern main
line. Taiwan Rail Administration provides generally hourly express trains on
the scenic eastern line.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">From late 2007
new 'Taroko express' high-speed (130km/h) electric tilting trains were
introduced, providing an hourly service between Taipei and Hualien, with
several services continuing along the scenic valley to Taitung. Those train </span>traveler<span style="font-family: inherit;"> should try this Taroko express. I was a train </span>traveler<span style="font-family: inherit;"> before I quit to travel with my family which are not used to inconveniences of being
a backpacker.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdGkh3oTjOptfrMjEihmDCCZ6WtjLB_Qo27j1Gydqc_85-U6L5cYEq46tyf4zdFuP2Ji_6gwN4gluYmqAedeElzmphaIQFmSabU4YhBPIxgZ29EnxXHyDnOp8eptp5nqCI0JdbUhmE0qq/s960/48220567_2184759544876635_1199662877774970880_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdGkh3oTjOptfrMjEihmDCCZ6WtjLB_Qo27j1Gydqc_85-U6L5cYEq46tyf4zdFuP2Ji_6gwN4gluYmqAedeElzmphaIQFmSabU4YhBPIxgZ29EnxXHyDnOp8eptp5nqCI0JdbUhmE0qq/w640-h480/48220567_2184759544876635_1199662877774970880_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yuli Township mountainous view as a photo backdrop</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2aBuq4vbm7XP5dApiZ5frCW4GyVYXWqP1lkf6jd0gEtHaVgvdOnUBZ6K4anoCCR2Bv47oka-Bregtzgvpj-nWfHm3ukt457X_gQuZz2u-HP6uUOMzZaYakDWb5LhX5w_3tUj77sBSU7f/s960/48369417_2184759598209963_6914142969914195968_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2aBuq4vbm7XP5dApiZ5frCW4GyVYXWqP1lkf6jd0gEtHaVgvdOnUBZ6K4anoCCR2Bv47oka-Bregtzgvpj-nWfHm3ukt457X_gQuZz2u-HP6uUOMzZaYakDWb5LhX5w_3tUj77sBSU7f/w480-h640/48369417_2184759598209963_6914142969914195968_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Do not forget to bring wet wipes</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We arrived in Taitung town by lunch
time and quickly searched for a halal restaurant, HCC, Halal City Company but
it was closed. We ended having lunch at 7-Eleven, whatever pork free meal that
we can grab. 7-Eleven is quite a reliable place to stop for a tourist like us.
In time of emergency you can fill your stomach with quite a wide selection of
food and not to mention their good aroma coffee that we enjoyed so much. In
addition to that a drive along a coastal road with panoramic view is another
valuable experience.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmXgNz27cCNrBFD_YZc3jCRGKvKra5hiaCcZfZmFoIAhXrHzq7LcEbrP4KerkJA5CiF_FVg-v7Z7PuPBEQ8GSjGrO9BR2rIw2vsZWkg0i43va54PNRhFSgz2UBffbKoFLW259HPWvvivd1/s960/48209516_2184759861543270_513106406979665920_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmXgNz27cCNrBFD_YZc3jCRGKvKra5hiaCcZfZmFoIAhXrHzq7LcEbrP4KerkJA5CiF_FVg-v7Z7PuPBEQ8GSjGrO9BR2rIw2vsZWkg0i43va54PNRhFSgz2UBffbKoFLW259HPWvvivd1/w640-h480/48209516_2184759861543270_513106406979665920_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How our lunch looks like in 7-Eleven</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAK9C01GnPElCP2CZHMPaIxIRPqSlX8StpYiPD0Iq4E5tKbolWps-4tT5DnbtesWYDNcZLAk537ut7awshtNjBBKghYDlxoHBf_Xn46oNf2e9fNcHgw40QUrncDGU_EwQmaS8NLLAx_H9/s960/48059180_2184759638209959_7918875097648070656_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioAK9C01GnPElCP2CZHMPaIxIRPqSlX8StpYiPD0Iq4E5tKbolWps-4tT5DnbtesWYDNcZLAk537ut7awshtNjBBKghYDlxoHBf_Xn46oNf2e9fNcHgw40QUrncDGU_EwQmaS8NLLAx_H9/w640-h480/48059180_2184759638209959_7918875097648070656_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The coastal road</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As we arrived a bit too early, we
decided to tour Keting instead of day 4, thinking that we can actually spent
more times in Kaohsiung, a second major city in Taiwan. It took us 3 hours to
reach Keting National Park but at 5.30pm the area is getting dark and not
possible to explore and/or hike as the park was closed. Another disappointed journey.
We stopped by the roadside watching Pacific Ocean while taking some photos.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sGklfzYJtKZsrlfgNlYEaLRYXBgqk1en4l8rD-FeoPUthIFllDA5UZqdGZkZH__JMYPIcJ70p2BhAEfMwQqalE4WFgNYdjgxCiT9en1SzEq-kFBi8Pvoc1qF1LoGM_rUwY3Nmn_z1kXP/s960/47792567_2184759714876618_7864366688441991168_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8sGklfzYJtKZsrlfgNlYEaLRYXBgqk1en4l8rD-FeoPUthIFllDA5UZqdGZkZH__JMYPIcJ70p2BhAEfMwQqalE4WFgNYdjgxCiT9en1SzEq-kFBi8Pvoc1qF1LoGM_rUwY3Nmn_z1kXP/w480-h640/47792567_2184759714876618_7864366688441991168_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHy_eLT6j2Pv8pTEoqpNmT-A70dtY0m-tXBksxIhNRjoCVnS9JOjPUAKqfa3zBW1NlISM-5NHG8olt20imc2TeM2Q723NeS_NiLyfqM3MhH3j5uMBFHrTjHbLdVn0zeIMAIneDFsfYby3k/s960/48266725_2184759748209948_8583078239352651776_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHy_eLT6j2Pv8pTEoqpNmT-A70dtY0m-tXBksxIhNRjoCVnS9JOjPUAKqfa3zBW1NlISM-5NHG8olt20imc2TeM2Q723NeS_NiLyfqM3MhH3j5uMBFHrTjHbLdVn0zeIMAIneDFsfYby3k/w480-h640/48266725_2184759748209948_8583078239352651776_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A little bit of information on Taitung
City which is situated on the southeast coast of Taiwan. The place is well known
for Peinan Cultural Park, the site of a number of buried Neolithic slate
coffins first excavated in the 1980s. Examples of relics recovered from the
site, including pottery and jade stones, are displayed at the National Museum
of Prehistory. Beside its beautiful pebble beaches, in their wooded Taitung
Forest Park are birds and butterflies, and footpaths wind past several lakes
that hikers wold love to explore. If I were with my hiking cum tajwid group, I’m
sure the 4 of us wold enjoy the trip better.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dZ4lOAfAYQxjpioimGkcjl7esLU_wzcBN1iKiR-j-QphJ0ylJMYcMD4rrcxEq1JXps5EJ80WNhQBOZPyJVPS-47s6rzJsOGZozkCrf-Fl2ToLGoB6jjlBi3LpdHUGwMKzQRaCiPGmkO0/s960/48177219_2184760064876583_4581280445995417600_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dZ4lOAfAYQxjpioimGkcjl7esLU_wzcBN1iKiR-j-QphJ0ylJMYcMD4rrcxEq1JXps5EJ80WNhQBOZPyJVPS-47s6rzJsOGZozkCrf-Fl2ToLGoB6jjlBi3LpdHUGwMKzQRaCiPGmkO0/w480-h640/48177219_2184760064876583_4581280445995417600_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seafood in Taiwan is a must</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyTwYQ34GS7ZGb-BlLbIBpwWXyO4_k3FjNj1GcuURsk2obRjk__7xMNwF8Xm1LlkChlBGkY7C2SW62_axlr3RlzI-oTNewQOYZoF70JBmblz4v6W2SGUS3iot7oo8qTk7FMW5oKcjb9iQ/s960/48394751_2184760018209921_5243495739396456448_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyTwYQ34GS7ZGb-BlLbIBpwWXyO4_k3FjNj1GcuURsk2obRjk__7xMNwF8Xm1LlkChlBGkY7C2SW62_axlr3RlzI-oTNewQOYZoF70JBmblz4v6W2SGUS3iot7oo8qTk7FMW5oKcjb9iQ/w480-h640/48394751_2184760018209921_5243495739396456448_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">While on the other hand, Kenting
National Park occupies the Hengchun Peninsula at the southern tip of the island
of Taiwan (see the map above). Keting is famously known for its white-sand
beaches, caves, coral reefs and northern mountains. The park’s main resort,
Kenting Town, is home to restaurants, street-food stalls, bars and nightlife.
The Frog Rock outcrop and the jagged, 318m Dajianshan peak overlook the resort.
We arrived just nice for dinner and found the seafood restaurant “ALI SEAFOOD”
in the google map and thought it was a Muslim, halal place but it </span>wasn't<span style="font-family: inherit;">. Since
we were there already and hungry, we thought to spend a bit on the meal. But it wasn’t cheap and they
do not accept credit card.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnijXXJvOaq84GYNjH-uV2JNPVtRttm64BD_hNI7DPDOW8E8VcQAA7GFUs4M1RB6KOBX0ool96yrzqsJm8GFJ2d_pq_q1M9eHEuKkLwlirblVivTnPwzsKoBjjgQ7QYlpa3UADiaG0Cni/s960/48169791_2184760101543246_7239572470133424128_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnijXXJvOaq84GYNjH-uV2JNPVtRttm64BD_hNI7DPDOW8E8VcQAA7GFUs4M1RB6KOBX0ool96yrzqsJm8GFJ2d_pq_q1M9eHEuKkLwlirblVivTnPwzsKoBjjgQ7QYlpa3UADiaG0Cni/w640-h480/48169791_2184760101543246_7239572470133424128_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful isnt it? I mean, the room</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">We headed back to Taitung where our accommodation
was at around 7pm and arrived back in the city slightly before 10pm, all
exhausted. Husband decided to rest a little bit more at a nice house and we
shall started late for 4th day trip to Kaohsiung.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"> </span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-76348398584805391582020-12-25T06:15:00.001+08:002020-12-25T06:15:45.453+08:00Day 2 - Road trip from Taipei - Keelung - Jioufen - Hualien<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Travelling date: 10th December 2018</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm so much behind schedule in recording my trip to Taiwan in this blog. In a blink of eye, it's more than 2 years since we last visited Taiwan. Okay, we woke-up quite early in the morning on 10th December to get our rented car from the car rental company, Hotai situated in one of their branch in Taipei downtown Daan. The car, a white Toyota Vios was ready for pick-up and we took it back to the Airbnb apartment to collect our belonging. It was raining all the way from Taipei to Keelung where we targeted to stop for lunch. The drive on Taiwan's Freeway only took an hour to reach Keelung from Taipei.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPFfVtDukDKuCjNV2PlmYXH5JsjPd5G2w3JaJHli7bgmoi7hQUPWaENwgVY1hxslo01S5RaO9uEFWgblD-pAy6H-TTtK6AYTDcbWedyXoopVJIE-COvZOEfICcRl88XVdDcbzVC1MmfDe/s960/48372717_2182722848413638_3988801767780384768_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPFfVtDukDKuCjNV2PlmYXH5JsjPd5G2w3JaJHli7bgmoi7hQUPWaENwgVY1hxslo01S5RaO9uEFWgblD-pAy6H-TTtK6AYTDcbWedyXoopVJIE-COvZOEfICcRl88XVdDcbzVC1MmfDe/w480-h640/48372717_2182722848413638_3988801767780384768_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Infront of our homestay in Da-an District<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Keelung City is a port city near Taipei, in northern Taiwan. Surrounded by mountains, it is known for its sheltered harbor. Near the waterfront, there are street-food stalls at Miaokou Night Market that offers Taiwanese traditional snacks and seafood. There are several forts around the area including a hilltop Ershawan Fort where it has cannons and a Chinese-style gate, Gongzi Liao Fort and Dawulun Fort that offers view over the harbor and ocean which makes it worth to visit. However, the rain didn't stop when we reached the city. To make atter worst, we couldn't find any halal meal restaurant in the city. As a result, we had to leave the city with heavy heart with no food and no photographic record at the fort city apart from a photo below that I snapped where I stood deciding whether to wait for the rain to stop or proceed to the next destination.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9BC5jxlXLGJ9eJYeyNoB5abeja-XJBo0XO9J9lXdazFNY9SJu-ALlk7Ie7y2aoutlt-Ox9RUXfgskK6cQ0_RorPRLc6g2AI7V4hOQbV7i87YCOTsaz03pt2Efs6TaKkbKCrV8DAKVFuR1/s2048/IMG_2283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9BC5jxlXLGJ9eJYeyNoB5abeja-XJBo0XO9J9lXdazFNY9SJu-ALlk7Ie7y2aoutlt-Ox9RUXfgskK6cQ0_RorPRLc6g2AI7V4hOQbV7i87YCOTsaz03pt2Efs6TaKkbKCrV8DAKVFuR1/w480-h640/IMG_2283.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;">Using a google map, we found </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">the only halal meal nearby at the At-Taqwa Musolla and
Restaurant located <span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">in
Rueifang </span> district. It was half an hour drive from Keelung. We straightaway adjourned to fill our stomach and stopped for prayer. The place is run by the Indonesian, a bit cramp and small. Thinking that it's gonna be hard to find a halal meal in Hualien, we get the chef to cook a fried rice to pack for our dinner. After all, we were the only customer presence at that time. I discovered later that<span style="font-family: inherit;"> m</span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ining
was an important industry in Rueifang in the early 20th
century whereby gold was mined in Kyufun and Kinkaseki while coal was mined in
Kau-tong. I'm sharing below one of the photo download from the web and the few we took while standing in the rain not far from where we parked the car.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPidRs7m5aaBc0S7BYhhNiO25Aol-yT76HhSRZVeIZcI_SJaGtoBI3OoRQGeBnxvxJAUnMma2V8pxcg2lTUkrVuWGTPP0M0l-qKB3OZPo_VXDD4r0twrpUw7ZCd0UWt3EictzqXYsRZZ5P/s800/Ruifang+District.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPidRs7m5aaBc0S7BYhhNiO25Aol-yT76HhSRZVeIZcI_SJaGtoBI3OoRQGeBnxvxJAUnMma2V8pxcg2lTUkrVuWGTPP0M0l-qKB3OZPo_VXDD4r0twrpUw7ZCd0UWt3EictzqXYsRZZ5P/w640-h480/Ruifang+District.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rueifang town</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqOGabufgONI5LR7awiZpDioBHpMbQ0TRClBpfniM1X5w3cG9MiFwkhp4MXmpnx0gMY9hegCSMLnKaubF0BdwzRnYT-iukENyri1HqFj79GLz5WGJ6dTKO9NTdhGxM-ux1iVr_Q771_YR/s960/47688940_2182723028413620_8875523193897484288_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixqOGabufgONI5LR7awiZpDioBHpMbQ0TRClBpfniM1X5w3cG9MiFwkhp4MXmpnx0gMY9hegCSMLnKaubF0BdwzRnYT-iukENyri1HqFj79GLz5WGJ6dTKO9NTdhGxM-ux1iVr_Q771_YR/w640-h480/47688940_2182723028413620_8875523193897484288_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Posing in the rain in Rueifang town</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Thereafter, we adjourned to Jiufen which is a mountain town in northeastern Taiwan, east of Taipei. It's known for the narrow alleyways of its old town, packed with teahouses, street-food shacks and souvenir shops. Near central Old Street is the Shengping Theater, established in the 1900s and since restored. There is also the Gold Mine Museum </span><span style="color: #222222;">close-by</span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> that traces the town's history as a mining hub during the Japanese-era gold rush. I've seen how beautiful Jiufen is from the tourist shared photos in the internet. However, we </span>couldn't<span style="font-family: inherit;"> take even a single photo outside the car as it was a heavy downpour when we are about to park. It was a bitter moment when hubby asked me whether to proceed or to wait. I had to give-up, snapped below photo and deeply crying when our car turn toward Hualien city. What a day to remember.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLfSWbwlR0mUF75ZCoaHLlSV9FRF8jBQVs-6luefoLu4_Wok0gK3KgfZ9DgntoltQ2ZNJD1mOX7pfwXRi4ld19fcc3dnlGl26kIs5ZZQI5IR2iaqVfnSBvrPG8O256FPMySypynjIMedV/s2048/IMG_2300.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLfSWbwlR0mUF75ZCoaHLlSV9FRF8jBQVs-6luefoLu4_Wok0gK3KgfZ9DgntoltQ2ZNJD1mOX7pfwXRi4ld19fcc3dnlGl26kIs5ZZQI5IR2iaqVfnSBvrPG8O256FPMySypynjIMedV/w480-h640/IMG_2300.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What I captured</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-mhWuF55il-HTlW7MtJMLwMDuMnRsNGnx4uRpYGP-s8L61BvKqqHKhcxiBdKxtEDzLxqT0zMC3tZMGaYwmWlTRTncPIj4C8PhdCTnRgH5s04lwGgl05TjA8tdwukTY43SeIcgcWexyaO/s300/Jiufen+old+town.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-mhWuF55il-HTlW7MtJMLwMDuMnRsNGnx4uRpYGP-s8L61BvKqqHKhcxiBdKxtEDzLxqT0zMC3tZMGaYwmWlTRTncPIj4C8PhdCTnRgH5s04lwGgl05TjA8tdwukTY43SeIcgcWexyaO/w640-h358/Jiufen+old+town.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What I expected to capture... photo shared from the web</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">On our way to Hualien, we stopped
for toilet cum coffee break at a huge supermarket in Su-ao Township. We bought
a lot of foods including Ipoh Old Town Coffee (amazing right to find the product from your own country) for breakfast and snacks in times of emergency. The journey to
Hualien through the coastal road was amazingly beautiful although it was
raining throughout. We passed so many tunnels, a single and dual carriageway which
reminded me of my time in SMART tunnel from 2002 till 2007. My Gamuda colleague
were visiting Taiwan tunnels before we began our tunnel construction too.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8JKYpl-C5diA5Nhe10UjtJv_d9zzGe9gocFmit6aIyZeBaYHyEzfUz8yFiXagjxvKQdRP_aAcJrxNK1gIG9CAN4sowic9Rd_qFzIvLjZ8IKIyl6Mg91VN6-Ra9WAuPtK0zBpNsBoY3us/s960/48052569_2182723085080281_7328232320383582208_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8JKYpl-C5diA5Nhe10UjtJv_d9zzGe9gocFmit6aIyZeBaYHyEzfUz8yFiXagjxvKQdRP_aAcJrxNK1gIG9CAN4sowic9Rd_qFzIvLjZ8IKIyl6Mg91VN6-Ra9WAuPtK0zBpNsBoY3us/w480-h640/48052569_2182723085080281_7328232320383582208_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It makes me a proud Malaysian seeing these on the rack</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45Lbv4yCGt_TwWJIDz26naxM5SwqHses8Eg_uz-PNib9wpkidUsruKnR_XZy3p9SgyMlrTXdDRMlWf78BIlrdSrwnGMWrQ86CWVFeS22HOGJ-YZD9XraBa7fRKBtiti_OZBoWIvnZOMWU/s1024/Single+carriageway+tunnel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="1024" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45Lbv4yCGt_TwWJIDz26naxM5SwqHses8Eg_uz-PNib9wpkidUsruKnR_XZy3p9SgyMlrTXdDRMlWf78BIlrdSrwnGMWrQ86CWVFeS22HOGJ-YZD9XraBa7fRKBtiti_OZBoWIvnZOMWU/w640-h348/Single+carriageway+tunnel.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I couldn't share the video footage but I hope this single carriageway tunnel shot is suffice for now</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Hualien City is situated on the east coast
of Taiwan. The town has a few other attraction such as the Central Pine Garden, a cultural center set inside a former
Japanese military office. There are also the Hualien County Stone Sculpture Museum that showcases
contemporary and traditional stone carvings and the Tzu Chi Cultural Park, a
tranquil green space decorated with statues and a meditation hall. The town is facing the Pacific Ocean
coast, where you may find a Nanbin Park that features a popular night market. On the other hand, the apartment that
Syahirah booked was very nice even though it was located on the 3</span><sup style="background-color: transparent;">rd</sup><span style="background-color: transparent;">
floor without a lift. We arrived quite late in the evening and did not take much luggage to the apartment, instead an important items and a clothes to change into the next day.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhR2xZVVYzH6vIeBEDX2yU_Ij9O2PjFfd9AX8-869eW1PXIxEV6_HCoXCHfXHLG4XyxgjkKxaAhLXkCtD7jW9UkW3yLJt_lxByYWoGArNJwyr7GNto6MV4ATUiZKeYOyHtGTS77Nccpy2/s2048/20181210_193039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhR2xZVVYzH6vIeBEDX2yU_Ij9O2PjFfd9AX8-869eW1PXIxEV6_HCoXCHfXHLG4XyxgjkKxaAhLXkCtD7jW9UkW3yLJt_lxByYWoGArNJwyr7GNto6MV4ATUiZKeYOyHtGTS77Nccpy2/w480-h640/20181210_193039.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Us, 2</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq63vj7NDSDQL3IjlEFLQyU1aH-w0x5yfhmBNXZnQMkpBCqNGXjVWhWIe9oqB7D70TWQ0H3dUi922a_WdmtA7UZr3kAATyqL-xtnHGQpC2EYku-t8YdScehWL7lLWivCzAfsn_gyerrh0i/s2048/20181210_193417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq63vj7NDSDQL3IjlEFLQyU1aH-w0x5yfhmBNXZnQMkpBCqNGXjVWhWIe9oqB7D70TWQ0H3dUi922a_WdmtA7UZr3kAATyqL-xtnHGQpC2EYku-t8YdScehWL7lLWivCzAfsn_gyerrh0i/w640-h480/20181210_193417.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: transparent;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></span></div>We had dinner and headed out to
explore the Hualien city views at night which was beautifully light up. Hualien city is a famous place for shopping, especially sports related item. My husband has enjoyed
his time here so much. Let see how happy he was, able to shop in this city.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-xfbuPRPc8Pg0R9su6s8q7toujMvMlwoEmxEzZBFYoqVhmQQha3W3Fej6Kss8fNSGG26T56viSSI7mq3Ep_w_sggxv8cXybO7cAwDsddhdazV2zxlIMY0k9gBI1bj163MLI_XaFNOe3W/s960/47683507_2182723551746901_1388583937776812032_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV-xfbuPRPc8Pg0R9su6s8q7toujMvMlwoEmxEzZBFYoqVhmQQha3W3Fej6Kss8fNSGG26T56viSSI7mq3Ep_w_sggxv8cXybO7cAwDsddhdazV2zxlIMY0k9gBI1bj163MLI_XaFNOe3W/w480-h640/47683507_2182723551746901_1388583937776812032_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4F4Sz7pjYLGv8-rnizR3GNTfyaBLPA8oite_dyLngVpjcgGAoL6CmgOyG4m0q3CMbC7xTdswvWAQnQAq-C46kDnHHeYLzqkUqsr_fY8iPq8OwdMcoK7Khz-iV6VNfEyTAGZ0u7EhsAIE/s2048/20181210_194800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_4F4Sz7pjYLGv8-rnizR3GNTfyaBLPA8oite_dyLngVpjcgGAoL6CmgOyG4m0q3CMbC7xTdswvWAQnQAq-C46kDnHHeYLzqkUqsr_fY8iPq8OwdMcoK7Khz-iV6VNfEyTAGZ0u7EhsAIE/w480-h640/20181210_194800.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In my opinion, Hualien is a
really good place to stop and stay a night as you may explore it’s nearby beaches and a must visit
destination, Taroko Gorge National Park which we didn’t manage to include in our touring list due to time
constraint. You may also admire how the sea and sky merges at Qingshui Cliff located
around the southern part of the Suhua Highway. Qingshui Cliff is a collection
of coastal cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. There is a scenic viewing area
along the Suhua Highway where most tourists will make a stop at on the way to
Taroko National Park where one can easily spend close to half an hour at.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFlzudmHHg6TsVscjUYhmzeJIRGv_lFiD399mJ5UsU75PjA6Wyeb7c9i7CoV51enlw2jtYhqFh7YAhJ4Vrq6AfvuQ57e08gW1IXS07uHolTIyHB2Y8KFF7MOacpFPzGmWle4we4HYltop/s2048/Hualien.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFlzudmHHg6TsVscjUYhmzeJIRGv_lFiD399mJ5UsU75PjA6Wyeb7c9i7CoV51enlw2jtYhqFh7YAhJ4Vrq6AfvuQ57e08gW1IXS07uHolTIyHB2Y8KFF7MOacpFPzGmWle4we4HYltop/w480-h640/Hualien.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgkuBIjvX9KQFCJfoKNC3iCwIN1JN_i8tFkK2GXfpRIvGlruR1m2o6ZlDWrrEjOmTA71oyq6yTwbF8oR4iXIAPrtOj5ej7HahGHaGfDbiK7d969rVYtqZ8vpgWATSR-aPXHGlN0AKs4Gw/s2048/Homestay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgkuBIjvX9KQFCJfoKNC3iCwIN1JN_i8tFkK2GXfpRIvGlruR1m2o6ZlDWrrEjOmTA71oyq6yTwbF8oR4iXIAPrtOj5ej7HahGHaGfDbiK7d969rVYtqZ8vpgWATSR-aPXHGlN0AKs4Gw/w480-h640/Homestay.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm sharing the last 2 photos above that we we took at the homestay we stayed in Hualien. Last but least, among the tourist attractions in Hualien is its Dongdamen
Night Market, a small Al-Falah Mosque seated in a shoplot area (you may find
halal meal and a place to pray here), County Stone Sculptural Museum, Cultural
and Creative Industries Park, Martyrs' Shrine, Railway Culture Park, Pine
Garden, North Beach Park (Beibin Park), South Beach Park and Night Market
(Nanbin Park), Meilun Mountain Park and a few others. You may explored than should you are in Hualien town. </span></span></div>
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Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-25465591313334140462020-04-19T11:59:00.001+08:002020-04-19T11:59:14.491+08:00Do I have 100 friends?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The question pop-up last year when we were deciding of how many cards that we needed to print for Syahirah's wedding. It was at a family meeting. I said I need to reserve 100 card for my friends, alone. Do you really have 100 friends to invite mama? Asked Syahirah with her expressionless smile that I do not really like. In my opinion, we both are similar. She doesn't socialized as much as I do. We both stopped socializing due to the fact that we are not able to spend lavishly like we used to when we had our expatriate life. That's a fact of life. A sacrifice is necessary when we want to gain something that we currently are enjoying. Right! She thought she had more friends than me. Sigh!<br />
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Well, due to that I kind of asked Fadhilah my current BFF as we are working associate, to come. Fadhilah and I occasionally meet up for lunch and we honestly do gossiping a lot about our personal life and some office matters. She is currently the one that I'd be seeing almost every day at work. Therefore, she attended all events, Syahirah's engagement, solemnisation and reception. So I would named her as 1 out of the 100. My 22 neighbours are of course friends that are really close to me like sisters. Just like Fadilah, they were also attended all 3 events sharing my happy moments in welcoming a new family member. Them altogether is already 23.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With 5 out of my 22 neighbors on solemnization day</td></tr>
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Among my classmates who attended the wedding receptions are Zaharah, Mariam and Hazudin from University Malaya. Only Shahmoon, my best girl friend during my study time in UITM came apart from a bunch of guys that I really close, i.e. Zamri, Nasir Norizam, Zali, Zainudin, Megat, Shahrom, Roslan, Suhairy and Aturk. There were 13 good friends from SMTT (Teknik Terengganu) who came, Sureini, Ruzida, Lena, Nora, Nortie, Salwani, Hanim, Siti Habidah, Wan Aslah, Roslina, Wan Rafiah, Che Maznah and Shaiful. My hajj team that were with me in 2017 also attended. There are Robiah, Kak Hapsah, Laila, Intan, Zaleha, Zie, Kak Sal and Siti. This group makes another 35.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These boys were my classmate when I was doing my Diploma and Degree. At that time only 9 girls out of 89 in the Diploma class and I was the only ladies while I was pursuing my Degree in Construction Management.</td></tr>
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But the first who came was my best friend who I met when attending an International Course on Valuation at Inspen where she was working at that time. She was an organizer for the said course.Her name is Fong Suo Mein, she was in the first photo. I was working at Central Bank of Malaysia attached in General Services Department and my former boss sent me to enhance my knowledge in valuation. It was fun as I was the one in-charge on evaluating staff's housing loan application. Miss Fong & I clicked and hooked up since 1994. We have been a best friend for the last 16 years. While in Central Bank, I also get very closed with Hayanim who is still attached in Bank Examination Department until now. And she is a cousin to my cousin's husband. We rented an apartment in Kg Baru when we were single.<br />
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Nora, whom I met in 1985 was my roommate and best friend. We were studying in UITM, but at a different school. We were best friend since the last 32 years. After school, we happened to meet our spouse together. Her husband is my husband's good friend and we introduced the 2 of them till they get married and still together like we are. I hope our friendship last till very long time, till we are both old and kinky.<br />
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Besides, there were so many Malaysians that my family and I get to be so close with when I was working in Karachi. Julia, Shery, Shaiful, Hidia and Rizal came with all of their families. I'm still feeling very grateful and thankful for their presence that day as they were more important to Syahirah. Syahirah is very close with them and their childrens went to the same school with her. On most weekend we would hang out at each other's places for food and lots of parties. That was a precious friendship that we had with all of them.<br />
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There are colleagues from former work place and current work place. Few ladies and guys came from MMC, i.e. Iza, Jamilah, Ina, Sam, Alias and of course my best friend Adibah. Former colleague from IJM who were present that day are Idris, Hj Razin, Ridhwan, Amin and 2 of my best friends, Ila and Ili. 11 from MMC and IJM. I would say the whole village from my present colleagues at all 3 project sites, HQ and subcontractors who came over to make up more than the 100 list of friends that I have.<br />
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Finishing this entry made me realised of how lucky I am to have so many good people that I able to call them "FRIENDS". I'm so grateful for the blessing that I currently possessed. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for having me as your friend. I value you as much as you value me. Hugs!</div>
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Almost a week since the Malaysia's lock-down life activities begun. The keyboard warrior in the social media keep on cursing those who disrespect the Government's order to stay home. It is so unpleasant to read, so I stayed away from reading all those negativity. In addition, I change the way I see thing after my aggressive Facebook post on how an UMNO treasurer make tonnes of money and insulting most Malaysian saying that "<i>RM2 million is only his spending money</i>" received harsh racial comment by my dear close friend. I should be more careful in posting anything on my social media moving forward. For now I need to concentrate on other important things that lingers in my mind for months already. Let us see what had happened in 2019 before welcoming that important lingering thing in 2020.</div>
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January 2019 - There was a 10 year challenge being viral on the Instagram. So, I have to participated following Naim's challenge. Below photo was how I looked like when I was 42 and last year January when I was 52. Oh boy, I do age gracefully, I guessed. One thing obvious is that I now covered more and not too overly exposed or properly covered as a Muslim women, being a Hajjah.</div>
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February 2019 - Our youngest son, the apple of our eyes has finally graduated. He obtained a Diploma in Graphic Design from the same university that Naim graduated, Management & Science University (MSU), 2 years ago. I was so so proud of Nasrul despite of him not giving me a driving license yet after I gifted him a Polo car. I guessed I spoiled him unnecessarily and we both do not care much of that fact, after all. People may say whatever they wish to say but Nasrul do not even brag nor proud that I hopelessly loves him the whole milky way. He is a really cool.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">24th February 2019, Nasrul's conocation in MSU</td></tr>
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March 2019 - After 4 years of waiting, Dato' finally allowed me to participate in tendering. I was over the moon preparing and presenting him the 5 years Business Plan. Ismail and I flew to Kuching, Sarawak to do the market study. It was such a long time ago when I was last traveled to Sarawak. We rented a small car at the airport, headed toward the Pan Borneo road alignment till I felt satisfied. We had a late lunch but very heavy and I couldn't ate anything for dinner. Later that night we walked along the Kuching Riverside Majestic hotel to enjoy the night city life. The city has drastically change though it's still in-comparatively quiter than KL. Anyhow, I had my fun taking so many pictures that night with Ismail. </div>
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April 2019 - One of my husband cousin had his wedding ceremony in Singapore. We decided to enter Singapore on a day trip, riding Nasrul's Polo. Nasrul came along. We let him drove although we know that he doesn't have a license yet. Hoping that he will rush-up with his driving class and test. As I'm writing this post there's no evidence that he will get it any time sooner. Anyway, the wedding ceremony was very well celebrated. Nasrul took a couple of nicest photo of me and hubby. See below. The weather was extremely humid and I had to take shower and changed my Kurung into comfortable clothing at the R&R later that afternoon, on our way back.</div>
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May 2019 - I forced hubby and Nasrul to accompany me for a tender visit cum briefing in Kerteh. It was a productive trip as I was able to prepare a good tender briefing and proposals with Nasrul's help. The project is somewhere within Tasik Kenyir area. It was my first time arriving in Kertih and physically presence to see how huge is the Kenyir Lake. The PWD officer handling the project suggested that we stayed longer to enjoy the boat ride, to see more of Kenyir Lake beauty. I honestly feel very ashamed of myself. As a Malaysian, I never had actually properly visited all attractions in Malaysia. I have been and crossed the Ton Le Sap lake by large boat from <a href="http://aswana-cliche.blogspot.com/2015/03/boat-ride-siem-reap-to-phnom-penh.html">Siem Reap to Phnom Penh</a> but I didn't event take an effort to explore Kenyir Lake. It's a new wish-list added now.</div>
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June 2019 - Time flies very fast. It was already eid celebration and by June last year, I almost done with arranging for our family trip to UK for Nazhif's graduation. With positive mood, I cooked really a lot, all by myself and little assistance from Syahirah for the eid meal. I invited all my relatives in KL and neighbors to come over and share my home cook meal. I am so glad that I had a talent in cooking as everyone seems to be enjoying the meal, so much. Let's pretend that everyone is honest with what they told me... hehe!</div>
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July 2019 - 4 years ago, in September 2015 when Nazhif were about to fly to Glasgow I promised my brother that I will take him to UK for Nazhif's graduation. On many occasion I felt like cancelling the trip until the beginning of the year. I wanted hubby to fly alone for the graduation. Hubby disagreed as I was the one the support system for Nazhif. Judging on many facts and a way to become wiser in life, I let go of the unhappy feeling built over the 4 years and just go ahead with my original plan. So, here we were in University of Portsmouth celebrating Nazhif graduation while touring UK (Wales, Scotland and England), Ireland and Paris. It seems that I took the whole village to attend Nazhif's graduation whereby only Hubby and I attended Nasrul's convocation in MSU in February.</div>
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August 2019 - It was my actual 53rd birthday and Naim 24th. After so many years cutting the expenses at fine dining restaurant, shopping in high end shopping mall, I told my family that let's finally lifted the ban and just enjoyed the day. So we spent the whole afternoon in Pavillion, eating and shopping. I bought a Gucci purse as birthday present to Naim and he gave me a skincare products from Sephora in return. After all, Naim is earning quite good in Air Asia as a flight steward. I guessed, it's time that I am slowly getting back at my old former life before I sent Nazhif to UK.</div>
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September 2019 - Nazhif is back for good on 15th as he couldn't secured a job in UK. He received an offer from 1 of the top company in Malaysia, Top Glove. I'm glad he did not get so stubborn to continue staying there and return home to his root. He started working on 1st October 2019. As for Syahirah, her boyfriend has been sending message since the 2nd quarter of the year to me that his family is coming to meet us. As I was so busy with tendering and UK/Ireland trip, I asked them to come in September. Syafik and his family are a God sent. My family knew how much I wanted to see Syahirah getting married. The time is nearer and she is gifted with a good man and a good family.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nazhif is back for good and I was with them on late soccer night in Putrajaya</td></tr>
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October 2019 - Syafik's mother letting me do whatever I planned for the 2 of them. Therefore, the engagement date was set on 26th October 2019. We invited only relatives and neighbors for the event, about 200 pax. I let Syahirah use the french lace material that I bought for myself in Karachi for her engagement dress. She got it tailored in Merah Jambu boutique. I also allowed her to arrange her own dais. Hubby and I were not really happy with her choice so, we make sure that she will have no say on the solemnization and the wedding reception day. I becoming her wedding planner and it's not a joke. The first thing I did was spending unnecessarily for the textile at Jakel. To say I regret those expenses, I did have a little feeling of regret. But when the big day is over all of that feeling is gone in split second. She is after all my one and only daughter. I love her endlessly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alhamdulillah Syahirah was engaged on 26th October 2019</td></tr>
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November 2019 - I forgot another important event happened in September. Nasrul finally make-up his mind and chose KDU to further his Degree in Digital Media. It was his dream (latest and final one, I hope) to become a film director like James Wan. James Wan is a Malaysian born Australian that directed a movie Aquaman. Nasrul talks nothing but James Wan after we watched the Aquaman movie in the cinema. He even searched the university where James Wan was graduating at. He is so determine that after he finished his degree, he will enrol to the same university that James Wan attended, a Royal Melbourne Institute. Yeah... it's going to be another pricey journey for his mother. But I think when you love someone you will do anything for them, right? </div>
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December 2019 - To be honest, hubby and I were financially constraint after the trip to UK/Ireland/Paris but we had no choice but to prepare for Syahirah's wedding. We knew that Allah will somehow eases our financial burden. It is proven as I'm writing this post very late in March, the wedding was just over last month. And we managed to pay everything except my sister's credit card that I'm still owing. Not that much and not that little but within my means. </div>
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What I wish to conclude is that, 2019 was a year of challenge for my family. Alhamdullilah, at Allah's will, my family manage to surpassed all the challenge in life without burdening ourselves and other people. I am truly bless for a good support family that I had. I am blessed for everything Allah has given me, for all the love and protection that He showered me. I am more than indebted to Him, the Almighty.</div>
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Date: 13th September 2019<br />
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The important rule that we learned over previous family holiday trips is a meeting of mind. Holiday is supposedly to be in a happy environment where everyone are smiling joyfully even when at times, encountered difficulties along the trip. Since it is not a guided tour, arranged within 2 weeks time before departure, it's fairly expected of the hick-ups along the way. Yes we took an oath that we will not be distress with each other, quarreling over small issue, showing long faces, being selfish etc etc. Patience is a key word here and God bless we truly had an enjoyable trip. As a result, the 4 of us are now looking forward to our next adventures.</div>
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The apartment that Syahirah chose is neither bad nor good. It is a small apartment with 2 bedrooms, a toilet/shower, a balcony and a pantry with no cooking facilities. Suffice for us to make coffee and a cup of noodles. The Seven Eleven is just at the ground floor of the building and the morning market seated along the road behind. Very convenience to those who wishes to prepare their own meal. But what I like most is it's too conveniences to get a public transport. No problems in getting around the city in 1 day at all. After a light breakfast we took a cab heading to Zhongzheng Distric for halal meal. It's a local Taiwanese food which in our opinion is healthy, less salt added with lots of herbs to nourish your health. The place was full with crowds considering its lunch time. For the record, the holiday was free from cooking our own meal. We did not even bring a maggie mee like we usually did in all of our holidays abroad.<br />
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The taxi driver earlier on had advised us to walk through the district to see the nearby attraction as its not too hard to find your way by foot. <span style="font-family: inherit;">We
walked slowly using the google map to discover that Zhongzheng district is seated
so closely with the old street district and indeed it's true, zhongzeng is best explored by foot. We
found Futai Street Mansion without difficulties and at a huge intersection we saw
one of Taipei’s historic landmarks, Beimen or the North Gate. This beautiful
gate was built in the 19th century during the Qing dynasty rule and is today
one of the few buildings still standing from that era. The 2 interesting
buildings from the Japanese times; the old Beimen Post Office and the Futai
Street Mansion are excellent examples of early 20th century architecture that
was heavily influenced by European classical styles. </span><br />
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There was a line of camera shops on the left and right of the Beimen Photographic Supply street. We opted to take that route as Nasrul started pestering me to buy him the phone stabilizer for him to record his video shoot. After walking ahead and with google map as a guide, we were able to reach the 228 Peace Memorial Park without difficulties. Before reaching the park, we bump into so many attractive places, shops and temples but we did not spent much time lingering inside as we had many other places waiting ahead of us. You may see of what I'm referring to in below 2 photos.<br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The
228 Peace Memorial Park is a historic site and municipal park located at 3
Ketagalan Boulevard, Zhongzheng District. The park contains
memorials to victims of the February 28 Incident of 1947, including the Taipei
228 Memorial that stands at the center of the park and the Taipei 228 Memorial
Museum. The National Taiwan Museum stands at the park's
north entrance, </span>in a neoclassical palace. While
228 Peace Park is one of the oldest and most famous parks in Taipei city. After
much persuasion, my family agreed to enter the museum that shows Taiwan’s
achievements in botany and zoology, as well as in education, anthropology and
earth sciences. But firstly and highly recommended that is to take a walk in
the park and rest in one of the beautiful Chinese pavilions with the friendly
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Visitor must pay an entrance fee at the right corner of the museum. If I'm not mistaken it's 30 yuan per person. Rest assured, it's worth the fee. I'm sharing few more photos of the museum to justify my statement. The Monument is inscribed with an
exhortation for peace and unity and it said “<i>Mistrust between Taiwanese and
mainlanders, and the argument on whether Taiwan should declare independence or
be united with China, have become hot issues with potentially worrisome
implications. [...] the task of healing a serious trauma in a society must
depend on the whole-hearted collaborative effort by all its people. [...] It is
also hoped that these words will serve as a warning and a lesson to all
Taiwanese compatriots. Henceforward, we must be one, no matter which communal
group we belong; we must help each other with compassion and treat each other
with sincerity; we must dissolve hatred and resentment, and bring about long
lasting peace. May Heaven bless Taiwan and keep it evergreen</i>”. By the Trustees
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A visit to Taipei city is incomplete without visiting it's famous tower, Taipei 101 which used to be the tallest in the world from 2004 till 2009, preceded from Petronas Towers (1998 till 2004) and surpassed by Burj Khalifa. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Taipei
101 is owned by Taipei Financial Center Corporation. The skyscraper opened on
31 December 2004. The tower houses offices and restaurants as well as both
indoor and outdoor observatories. The tower is adjoined by a multi-level
shopping mall that claims the world's largest ruyi symbol as an exterior
feature. It features an Asian traditions in a modern structure architecture employing
industrial materials. Its design incorporates a number of features that enable
the structure to withstand the Pacific Rim's earthquakes and the region's
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lady that we met while waiting for the bus advised us to take Metro Red Line,
i.e. Xiangshan train to Taipei 101 station from the 228 Peace Memorial Park.
Alternatively, you may take the Blue Line to Taipei City Hall Station, located
beneath HanKyu Department Store and walk south to enter the Shin Kong
Mitsukoshi complex (known as the Xinyi Shopping District) towards 101. When we
embarked from the Taipei 101 station, Nasrul saw the Adidas shop at the ground
floor and managed to get a pair of new Adidas there. After a short shopping
tour inside the mall, we headed outside to explore some of the surrounding art attractions while taking more photos of the Tower's night view.</span></span></div>
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Our next stop was to find a halal meal near the Taipei Grand Mosque. While departing the Metro Station to Daan Park Station, we managed to have a nice night walks through the Daan Park, which was lovely. <span style="font-family: inherit;">The
Taipei Grand Mosque is the largest and most famous mosque in Taiwan with a
total area of 2,747 square meters. It is Taiwan's most important Islamic
structure and was registered as a historic landmark on 29 June 1999 by the
Taipei City Government. The cost of the construction was covered by the Chinese
Muslim Association with funding of $150,000 from the Shah of Iran and King of
Jordan, $100,000 loaned by the Kuomintang government and loan from the Bank of Taiwan.
The congregation had already repaid half of the bank loan by that time when the
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Some of the best attractions that one should not missed apart from what I mentioned above are <span style="text-indent: -1cm;">Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, </span><span style="text-indent: -1cm;">Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, </span><span style="text-indent: -1cm;">National Palace Museum, </span><span style="text-indent: -1cm;">Elephant Mountain and the 2 nights market in </span><span style="text-indent: -1cm;">Shilin and Raohe. </span>To those who are more adventurous
can hike up the Elephant Mountain, which is also an excellent place to catch
sunsets and night views. Foodies should definitely head to popular night
markets like Shilin Night Market and Raohe Street Night Market for a taste of
some of the best street food in Taiwan. As our time is short, we did not manage to cover these places. Till next entry... ciao!</div>
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I had a little bit of time to write this morning while waiting for Haziq to submit an ad-hoc tender that we were told to submit at a very last minute. God willing, within less than a week, our team managed to successfully submitted both technical and commercial proposal in time. And I had an urge to share in this blog the top 10 most beautiful cities in the world out of which, I have been to 6 i.e. Venice, Budapest, Rome, Florence, Paris and Amsterdam. I'll be visiting the 7th listed city next month, Edinburgh. Kyoto will be visited should hubby change his mind and agrees to my proposed destination of next year's family vacation touring Japan. Another 2 in the list was Praque and Rio de Janeiro. Some day perhaps.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the meantime, I would love to share some of the flowers photo that I snapped on 14th December 2018, using my old Nikkon DSLR while we were in </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Zhong She Guan Guang Flower Market in Houli, T</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">aichung, </span></span>Taiwan.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">The
farm had the flower fields of 6 hectares large which featured a myriad of
blooms throughout all seasons. Entering this flower market made me feel more
like attending a flower carnival where almost all corners are picture perfect. We came to know about this place from a Malaysian colleague that we met at Nantou county.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Only
Nasrul and I entered the flower park and the entrance fee was 120NTD/person.
The fee is slightly higher from January to March due to Tulip’s festival. Among
the flowers that were available from April to December are anemone, carnation,
gerbera, lupin, rose, and many other types of flowers which paint the fields
like a rainbow. However the main attraction of Zhong She Guan Guang Flower
Market is the tulip field. This market is the only flower market in central
Taiwan that succeeded in growing tulips in low altitude areas. Approximately
150,000 tulip bulbs with differing varieties are planted and in full bloom from
January to March each year. Unfortunately, we missed out on the tulips as we were
there in December.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Whether
you’re a travel photographer, a wedding photographer or a mere traveler like me, Zhong She Guan Guang
Flower Market is indeed a wonderful sight to capture. They even created a Wedding
Photo Backdrop Zone which features backdrops of European Fairytale Cottage,
Pavilion of Happiness, Wedding Gown Arch, and the White Piano, just to name a
few. More photos of the flowers from the farm that I captured below using my I-Phone 8 Plus. I let you decide should you wish to visit this place after watching them.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finally, I
wish to share the direction to reach this place should you interested to
explore. If you are driving like we did you may from the South on National
Highway No. 1 take Houli interchange, then travel along Houke Road Sec. 3,
make a left turn at Sanfung Road and continue for approximately 2km. And if you are coming from the North on National Highway No. 1, take Sanyi interchange, then
travel towards Houli for approximately 7km. If you are heading to the flower
market by train, take the West line trains to Houli Station, then take a taxi.
You can also take the West line trains to Tai’an Station, and walk around 20
minutes. Visitors from Taipei can take Fengyuan Bus and get off at Zhong She
Tourist Flower Market. Their address is No. 333, Sec. 5, Sanfeng Road, Houli
Dist, Taichung City 421, Taiwan. Opening Hours is from 9am to 6pm daily, contact
number is 04-2557-6926 and the website: http://www.flowerjs.com.tw.</span></span></div>
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Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-51945625527877503772019-01-09T09:18:00.004+08:002019-01-10T07:52:08.162+08:00Taiwan - the Itineraries<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Date: 10th January 2019</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We had an impromptu trip to Taiwan
in December 2018. It was because I came to realise at a very last minute that I had to spend
within 24 months of my RM6,000/yearly leave passage given by the company for
the year ended 2017 before its expiry. The leave passage is actually for the
top management of the company to use on yearly basis and claimable after a year
of hard work working for the company. I utilised all of that in my first year
during my last trip to Russia and claimed when I went for Umrah in 2016 of the 2<sup>nd</sup>
year of service. I thought of keeping it and combined 3 years for 2019 trip but it was
impossible as it will get burnt once it exceeded 24 months. Lucky that Ismail kept on reminding me to utilised.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On 28</span><sup style="font-family: inherit;">th</sup><span style="font-family: inherit;"> November 2018,
I get my family members to assist on the place to visit with that given budget.
Syahirah first suggested Vietnam and Taiwan but since I have been to Vietnam I
quickly agreed for Taiwan. Nasrul as usual kept mum about the trip refusing to follow using work as an excuse. Naim wanted to go to Australia or Japan and Hubby
chose New Zealand. Unfortunately the 3 countries required more budget and
longer time to enjoy the trip with the whole family. In addition my leave
balance was only 4 days and with public holiday on Tuesday, 11</span><sup style="font-family: inherit;">th</sup><span style="font-family: inherit;">
December (Sultan Selangor’s birthday), Taiwan seems to be a feasible place
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had prepared an itinerary using guides from the website; <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.tripzilla.com/taiwan-one-week-itineraries/64487">https://www.tripzilla.com/taiwan-one-week-itineraries/64487</a></span>
of what to do in Taiwan for 1 week. Being me, I managed to persuade hubby to
tour the whole island by car as its no point of revisiting Taiwan with many
more countries that we are yet to visit. Agreeing to my suggestion, he took
Nasrul to renew the passport on 30<sup>th</sup> November and get himself an
International driving license. Syahirah has helped me a lot with booking the
car and the accommodation with AirBNB. I just passed her my credit card and she did the rest. Naim
has utilised the family allocation under Air Asia travelling points benefit when booking for hubby and my ticket. Ticket for 2 is only at RM240. Whilst Syahirah and Nasrul's ticket cost me RM2,200. Our itinerary touring the Taiwan Island
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We landed in Taiyouan International day at
almost midnight where taxis are charged at double rate. As soon as we get a
local internet connection (purchased at only Taiwenese Dollar, TWD 450 @ RM55) we went
looking for a transportation to reach Daan District, where our accommodation is situated. The travel agent asked for TWD1500
as it already passed midnight hour. We decided to look around and by Godsent a local middle man approached us asking for only TWD1000 to take us to Taipei. We were his last customer for the night. Syahirah has guided him using Waze for his conveniences.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Day 1 - We explored the Taipei city by taxis, subways and foots starting with lunch at a halal restaurant somewhere in Zhongshan district. Taiwanese are healthy conscious people and their foods contain herbs and less salts. If you are not ready then better bring your own sambal belacan what not. Zhongshan district is so near to the Camera Street of which we got to enjoy taking a stroll to reach Peace Park and National Palace Museum. Thereafter we headed to Taipei 101 spending so much time inside, shopping and attempted to reach the observatory decks. We decided to had dinner somewhere near the Grand Mosque after Jamaah Isha prayer with the Muslim who resides in Taiwan.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toyota Vios that kept us save for 7 days 6 nights touring Taiwan Island</td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Day 2 - After we took a car that we booked and checked out from the apartment, we excitedly headed to Keelung Port city using Freeway. Saddened that it was raining all the way from Keelung city to the old street of Jiufen. I did not managed to get a single photo in Keelung nor Jiufen after busying looking for a halal restaurant. That resorted us to search for a halal meal in Riufeng using Google search and maps. At-Taqwa Mussolla Restaurant is happened to be run by an Indonesian community. After prayer and solat, we adjourned to Hualien city which in my opinion is a must city to visit when in Taiwan. We had a memorable time exploring Hualien at night time.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drizzling in Riufeng small town.</td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Day 3 - We continued to the lowest/southeast point of Taiwan, i.e. Kenting National Park not knowing that the best plan would be to stay a night there. We made a mistake booking an accommodation in Taitung. Should we know that we had to use the same way twice to reach Keetung from Taitung, we could have some journey distance, i.e. about 200km. After all, there's not much attraction in Taitung City apart from seafood and beaches which Keelung also has.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stopped for photo by the beach along the Coastal Road to Kenting</td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Day 4 - From Taitung we drove using the same coastal road and trunk road to reach Kaohsiung, the second biggest city in Taiwan. We firstly search the Kaohsiung Mosque for jamak prayer, Zohor and Asar and lingered longer for Maghrib prayer. </span></span>We had Subway as dinner in the biggest shopping mall in Kaohsiung, EDA after finding a money exchange to get more Taiwanese dollar to spend. <span style="font-family: inherit;">It was so difficult to find the apartment that we booked as we had to make a detour due to it's location seated adjacent to the night market. However, it was another pleasant stay just like when we enjoyed a stay in Taitung AirBNB. In addition, the locals are pretty amazing people, who helped and tagged along to ensure we safely arrived at our destination.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">EDA Shopping Mall, glittering all over</td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Day 5 - The google has directed us to Tainan to meet Ali who married a local Tainan and operated a small kitchen in front of their house. Both friendly couple has a heart as pure as gold. We exchanged contacts hoping to meet again in future. We headed straight to Sun Moon Lake which is so so beautiful and in my opinion, a must visit destination when in Taiwan. There are so many beautiful places to take nice photos. The nightlife in Sun Moon Lake was quite at the time we were there, maybe because it was on weekdays. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With Ali's Wife in front of their house in Tainan</td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Day 6 - Guided with places recommended in "Salam Taiwan" hosted by Malaysian actress Mira Filzah, we drove to Qinjing Farm located at the highest peak of Nantou county. It is only less than an hour drive from the Sun Moon Lake. The time we spent there with the sheeps are most memorable. The views are breathtaking too. We stopped for lunch at Seven Eleven Swiss Garden, a mini-park creation that requires an entrance free. Thereafter we set the Waze to Zhongshe Flower Market, which I mistaken for the flower farms that I saw in Chen Bolin & Song Ji Hyo TV program "We got married". However I still utilising the time inside to explore the man made flower farm taking photos and argued with Nasrul who commented on my bad acting skills. He is making a video for the Taiwan trip for your info.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the sheep at Qinjing Farm Nantou County</td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Day 7 - Syahirah had an accident while driving to drop off the rented vehicle in Daan district. What an experience when she did not even had an International Driving Licence. But the policemans are nice and treated us well. 2 hours later we were released and paid quite a huge sum of money to the Car Rental Company. Thereafter we stopped for lunch at Malaysian restaurant operated by a local Lady who married a Malaysian man from Kuching. After lunch we spent all our Taiwanese dollar leftover in Ximenting Youth Shopping District. By the way it was our last day in Taipei before catching a midnight flight to Kuala Lumpur.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stay in touch for the next entry of what to do when in Taipei. Thank you. </span></span><br />
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Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-62060227223932757602019-01-06T16:28:00.002+08:002019-01-06T16:28:12.296+08:00Hello 2019, Goodbye 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Date: 6th January 2019<br />
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I attempted to put a yearly post on 31st December 2018, the last working day of 2018 but to no avail. When the day was long and bored waiting for a new year count down, nothing positive would come, right? Suffice to conclude that in 2018, I stayed focus with finding funds to pay off Nazhif's university fees and recollecting myself to be what I used to be. At the point of writing, there are still 2 more months of university fee installment that yet to be charged to the HSBC credit, i.e. in early February and March 2019. I will be set free from Nazhif thereafter as he himself had promised that he will stop bothering me with funds. Oh dear, how time flies where I can finally remove the heavy burden off my shoulders with Nazhif. With that, I think I can make peace with my self without worry.</div>
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Bonus for year ending 2017 was too good, more than 3 months with good increment. But after the change in Government recently, our group of companies has been hit by cutting expenses, ending of the staffs contract employments and offering Employer's Separation Scheme (ESS). So many people from many industries losing their job and salary cutting but I wasn't affected that badly. Allah has been looking after me so well. I received the most highest bonus of one and a quarter month in December pay whilst other people ranging from 0.5 to 1 month. I also received a good salary increment due to grade upgrading though not as good as before the economy was impacted. A lot of our mega project being put held as KIV. Nevertheless I truly indebted and grateful with Allah's blessing. He heard my prayer and He knew that I am nothing without His blessing.<br />
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Not many people knew this. I was so confused since young age about celebrating my birthday. My birth certificate as being registered by my late father was on 2nd January 1967. By right, that should be the date that I would be celebrating my birthday. However my mother was telling me that father was away in Terengganu for works and she got her birth and maternity spent in our hometown. He only registered my birth at the Registry office when he took us back to Terengganu with him few months later. I was actually born a year after my brother was born. His birthday is on 16th August 1966. I do not like January as I wanted to be treated of my older age, so, I adopted my brother's birthday as my birthday. People closer to me knew that I only celebrated birthday in August month. It was too late to ratify. Few years ago, I decided to remove my birthday from the Facebook and no longer celebrating except with my very own family. Birthday supposed to be quite as you aged. <br />
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Nobody from the office knew this fact. They are sending me lots of message and wishes few days before my birthday. Though I keep on reminding them not to give me surprises, they still do. I was speechless and over the moon when at lunch break they called me to the meeting room with my favourite pizza, Domino and Secrete Recipe cake. I was feeling overjoy and appreciated with their kind thoughts. Since the pizza box was written "It's all about you", hence I wish to take that as my resolution. From now on, it's all about myself. I want to move from being despair and with doing that I will disregarded my past. I wish to be happy and content with my remaining years on this world. Most importantly I would be smiling widely when Allah has sent Angel Azrael, the angel of death to take me to reunite with Him.<br />
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I went out for lunch the next day with Ismail and Fadilah. Fadilah treated an apple pie (the last photo of this entry) as birthday treat. Though I put a distance from my former acquaintance and colleagues I still have a lot of them around me and I'm going to cherish them dearly. In 2019 I want to focus on being happy with my travel plans. But my future travel plan would only be with my dearest family. I will not be going for any oversea trip with friends anymore as family is where you should be at all times. Please get ready as in 2019 I will continue writing on my travelogue yet again. Please continue to support me by reading them ...<br />
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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. LOTS OF LOVE.<br />
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Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-33582341661841213862018-12-24T13:25:00.001+08:002018-12-24T13:25:19.894+08:00KL Forest Eco Park @ Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Date of visit: 21st October 2018<br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">First
and foremost the KL Forest Eco Park opening hours is from 07:00 – 18:00 daily. This place is located at Bukit Nanas, Jalan Puncak, Off Jalan P. Ramlee, Kuala Lumpur
with a KL Tower as its landmark. There are various ways to
enter the Park, either from the KL Tower or the entrance gates at Jalan Raja
Chulan or Jalan Ampang. The Raja Chulan entrance is the main entrance which also
houses a Forest Information Centre with a small gallery inside. As we couldn’t find a parking at either Jalan Raja Chulan or
Jalan Ampang entrance gate, we drove and park at KL Tower compound parking
area. Lucky there was 1 spot left for our car. Please take note that there's a prayer hall, toilet facilities and eating places within KL Tower, ground floor that the public may get to use.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We
came to know about the KL Forest Eco-Park when Nastja came to visit us in 2016.
It was saddened that she couldn’t visit the park due to her short schedule but we did
bring her up to have a closer look at the KL Tower for some night view on her
last night in the city. It is rather a small compact park, which is useful for
tourists who wish to get a taste of what a rainforest looks like, without
having to go out of Kuala Lumpur. But being in the heart of the city centre,
you will hear traffic noise and sky scrapper buildings all around, which may
take away a bit of the experience, but it make an enjoyable visit in that
combination with the KL Tower. Climbing up entails going up a spiral staircase
to the wood and steel aerial bridge that is quite a pleasant experiences.
Please note that there is no disabled access as it involves a lot of walk across
the steep hills. At the top, you will get a view of the forest canopy as well
as the towering buildings of Kuala Lumpur in the background.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The
KL Forest Eco Park, formerly known as the Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve, is one of
the oldest permanent forest reserves in Malaysia, located beside the Menara KL
Tower. The forest reserve covers an area of approximately 11,000 square metres
and was founded in 1906, making it the only remaining tropical rainforest in
the middle of Kuala Lumpur city centre. Visitors can find a variety of trees,
herbs, bamboo, and creepers, as well as well-maintained walking trails ranging
between 300 and 500 metres in length. All trails in KL Forest Eco Park are
fairly suitable for beginners and children, plus there are also several
facilities within the area, including a playground, campsite and a wooden
gazebo overlooking the Menara KL Tower. A must-visit here is the Canopy Walk,
which is a wood-and-steel aerial bridge that’s about 200 metres in height. The
bridge towers above the forest reserve, offering sweeping views of Menara KL
Tower, and the KL city skyline. The KL Forest Eco Park is open daily and free
to enter. It's popular to visit the park in combination with a trip up the
Menara KL Tower. A free guided walk is included if you have bought tickets to the
tower’s observation deck. You may click the <a href="https://www.menarakl.com.my/index.php/ticket-attraction">KL Tower Website</a> for the ticket reservation and other choices that you may like it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">History
wise, Bukit Nanas, which means "Pineapple Hill", is the last
remaining virgin tropical jungle located in the centre of Kuala Lumpur city. Originally
known as Bukit Gombak, its story is very much tied to the history of Kuala
Lumpur itself. Kuala Lumpur began when Raja Abdullah, a member of the Selangor
Royal Family and Chieftain of Klang, hired a Chinese prospectors to venture
upstream from Klang to open new tin mines in the Ampang area. Eventually mining
were successfully set up in Ampang but the tin ore had to be transported
downstream where supplies and provisions brought upstream by the boat.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In
1857, a settlement was founded at the confluence where the Gombak and Klang
rivers met. It was chosen at the nearest convenient point where boats could
disembark to service the upstream tin mines of Ampang area. This muddy
confluence of course became the settlement of Kuala Lumpur, which is now the
capital city of Malaysia. To strengthen his control over Kuala Lumpur, Raja
Abdullah sent his lieutenant Syahbandar Yaseh to establish a garrison in the
area. Syahbandar Yaseh selected Bukit Gombak as a base to build his enclosure.</span></span></div>
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later, an incident occurred whereby a villager of the Sumatran Batu Bara ethnic
community was killed by someone in Yaseh's Bukit Gombak's garrison. Raja
Abdullah refused to punish his ethnic Bugis men of the garrison for the crime,
which angered the Batu Bara community.Enraged by the incident, the Batu Bara
headman Mohamad Akib gave his backing to Raja Mahadi, a rival of Raja Abdullah,
to support Raja Mahadi should he wished to attack Raja Abdullah. There, the
seeds of the Selangor Civil War, were sowed at Bukit Gombak. Raja Mahadi
attacked Raja Abdullah in his stronghold in Klang. Mohamad Akib was killed in
the battle, and Raja Abdullah evacuated and retreated to Melaka, where he later
died. In 1867, Raja Mahadi took control of Klang. Raja Abdullah's son Raja
Ismail attempted to take back Klang but was unsuccessful.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In
1868, the Sultan appointed his son-in-law, the Kedahan Prince Tunku Kudin to
attempt to mediate between the Raja Ismail and Raja Mahadi factions. However,
Raja Mahadi flatly refused Tunku Kudin's mediation attempts. Offended by Raja
Mahadi's rebuff, Tunku Kudin chose to side with Raja Ismail. In 1870, Raja
Ismail with the help of Tunku Kudin, attacked and besieged Klang and this time he
was successful. Raja Mahadi then fled to the stronghold in Kuala Selangor. This
lasted only until 1871, whereby the British used the excuse of pirate attacks
in the Straits of Melaka by Raja Mahadi to attack and capture Kuala Selangor
from Raja Mahadi who then fled. The British handed over control of Kuala
Selangor to Tunku Kudin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">In
1872, the exiled Raja Mahadi gained support from Mandailing chieftains Raja
Asal and Sutan Puasa, and launched a new attack on Bukit Nanas, now under the
control of Tunku Kudin. Bukit Gombak had been renamed Bukit Nanas as apparently
pineapples had been planted around the stockade as a form of deterrence to
potential attack. Raja Asal attacked the garrison and Tunku Kudin's forces at
Bukit Nanas were decimated and Kuala Lumpur razed to the ground, and its
Kapitan Cina Yap Ah Loy fled to Klang. </span>The
Selangor Civil War would continue on until 1874, with Tunku Kudin eventually
becoming victorious with the help of Yap Ah Loy's men and an army from Pahang
as well as the backing of the British. Raja Mahadi was defeated and fled to
Johore, where he died in Singapore in 1882. The Selangor Civil War and other
conflicts like in Larut, were the catalyst for the British to interfere and
engage in local affairs; and set into motion the beginning of British
Administration in the Malay states. In 1875, the Selangor Sultan accepted James
Guthrie Davidson as the first British Resident of Selangor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As for Bukit Nanas, in 1909 the
British administration gazetted 17.5 hectares of land as a forest reserve and
named it after Sir Frederick Weld, who had been the Governor of the Straits
Settlements. Known then as the Bukit Weld Forest Reserve, it is the oldest
forest reserve in the country. After Malaya's independence from the British and
the formation of the Federation of Malaysia, the name of Bukit Weld reverted to
its previous name of Bukit Nanas. Development has chipped at the edges of the
Forest Reserve and today only 9.3 hectares remain. Should you wishes to know more about the history of Kuala Lumpur, please feel free to read of what <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Kuala_Lumpur">Wikipedia Website</a> has written about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I was supposed to share photos of my new group of friends at this neighbourhood on 5th November 2018, Monday morning. As usual first day at work after a weekend was a really busy day, hence only today, 20th November I remember to write about it. It was 2 weeks ago that my neighbour Husni held a wedding reception for her only son in Putrajaya Convention Centre. Mostly all of our neighbours were gathered for the reception. She had arranged for our group to sit in the same tables of 4. The 11 ladies in below photos were all close to me now. Though we seldom meet but once we did, we were inseparable.</div>
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I can now name them one by one. Kak Asmah standing on the left side, becoming a dearest person to my heart as she was dragged by Kak Kamariah (in pink dress on 2nd from right) to hang out with me often over tea, talking about plants and her grandchildren. Nonie, second on the left is younger than me, a pioneer in the neighbourhood. I've been to her house only once for a community meeting before we shifted. Yan, stand next to her is Rashid Sidek's wife who operate a special child school in Kajang and Ayu, next to her claimed that I look a lot like her best friend. Therefore, I told her that I am. Standing next to Ayu is Hana who is a close friend of Mas, stand in the centre with her daughter Keisha. Jue Salam is most friendlier among all. She was supposedly to be my left side neighbour but she sold her unit and built 2 storey bungalow next to Yan's house. She has 3 daughters and I have 3 sons of whom we taught can match. Next is Liza who used to live in Islamabad when her husband was working with Petronas way back in 2008. Standing next to me is Aidea, who is my friend since Karachi time. Aidea and Amran bought the house in front of ours when I told her that the plot is up on sale when she came for our house warming party. It's fated that we became neighbour. I love her, pull stop. Kak Datin Kamariah and Kak Zai's house is separated by the small hill and the water tank on top. I have not been to Kak Zai's house as yet. Kak Zai and husband bought 2 plot of land and built a Balinese concept houses inside and I wanted so much to be invited. 1 day perhaps. Kak Kamariah is my right side neighbour, the closest family of ours of whom my unconditional love is set upon.</div>
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The beautiful lady above is Kak Sharifah who has a heart of precious gold. I love everything about her. Hana made the above photo as WhatsApp sticker photo later on. Kak Sharifah house is seated behind Aidea's house and 1 of the pioneer in this neighbourhood too. </div>
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Please take notice of Jee wearing green baju kurung in above photo as she wasn't inside the first group photo. Her family stays on the second house after the entrance gate next to Nonie's house. His son is Nazhif's school friend and Nasrul was attending a tuition at her house way before we move into the neighbourhood. Her husband is the imam at the nearest Surau where most of us gathered for Terawih during fasting month. I'm indeed being very bless with the new surrounding.</div>
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One last photo with Husni, the host of the wedding reception. She had been working hard for the party of the only children they had. She look so very pretty and radiant that clearly reflected her happiness that night. I hope I will look the same when Syahirah is getting married. We all know the date already, I mean the date for Syahirah to get married. It will be on 2nd February 2020 @ 02022020. I'm so looking forward as it will be another 14 months to go. Alhamdulillah as the date has now been set.</div>
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Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-37818267024607736592018-10-28T11:10:00.000+08:002018-10-28T11:10:21.262+08:00Nasrul and His Polo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Date: 28th October 2018<br />
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How time flies. Nasrul has moving from another comfort zone, a big boy or rather an adult now I would claim. He agreed to a lot of thing after I shared about Volkswagen's promotion on 21st June 2018 in the family whats App group. It was on Tuesday that the red Polo car appeared in the group. No response from him on my question whether or not he likes to have that Polo as his first car till Friday night. He said okay to visit the Volkswagen sales gallery somewhere near our area the next day, i.e. on Saturday, 23rd June. Everyone except Nazhif who is in UK tag along. Four of us were more excited than the "Apple Boy" turned "Polo Boy".</div>
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The whole family accompanied him for the test drive within the Volkswagen compound even though it was Naim who drove. To everyone's surprised, I paid a booking fee of RM500 immediately after everyone convinced that the car is suitable for him and after he, while kissing my face whispered YES, he likes it. The loan was arranged immediately after by a beautiful petite sales girl, Sam Moo. My family never expected that I was serious nor did I expected Nasrul to agree. But I announced publicly that I want him to get his driving licence firstly and secondly he must continue his degree in University Tun Abdul Rahman (UTAR) by October. But none of that important to him anyway. He wouldn't be bothered to entertain to my 2 conditions. He took his own sweet time to take a driving class. When the car is ready to be collected on 13th July, Nasrul did not even sit for the driving test yet.</div>
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Naim was the one who drove the car for more than 2 months since his own car was at the workshop due to the accident. Those days when Naim was a teenager, he always hinted that he either want Polo or Golf as his first car. But when the time came for me to buy for him, I wasn't ready to take a loan, hence I bought cash a second-hand car, Peugeot 206 for him to go to college. Indirectly, by letting him drive the Polo while his car is out from the workshop is like fulfilling his old dream. Nasrul doesnt make noises too as he knew he has no bargaining power without a driving licence in his plate (p/s: until to the day I'm writing this, that boy hasn't had his licence yet). </div>
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As for me and hubby, we felt so much content to see Syahirah's and Nasrul's car parked side by side at above photo. All we want is the two of them to have such a harmony living together as we wish them to share the blue house when we are no longer in this world. At present we no longer have any issue of not having transportation of disturbing anyone to drive for as everyone has their own vehicle.<br />
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On separate note, Syahirah's first car for her to attend college was Hyundai I10 way back in year 2011, of which she sold off as downpayment early this year as to get herself a new white Axia. That girl made her own living, capable of getting a loan under her own name without a need for guarantor. That girl has her own pride. I wasn't able to shape her life as I wanted. I rest my case whenever it came to her matter.<br />
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Well, the children are busy with their own dreams. Syahirah is preparing for her wedding, Nazhif with working part time, studying and living his own life afar, Naim struggling to have his own business while being an Air Steward, figuring out to change to an International Airline after finishing contract with Air Asia in March next year and Nasrul is busy creating his name as YouTuber and video making. Hubby on the other hand, living peacefully enjoying a heavenly place of our blue house. Suffice to him being surrounded with nature and simple life in this home of ours.<br />
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I, in the period of having menopausal state kind of thing, still figuring out of what will I want to do apart from having a secured career life in Gamuda's group of company. Sometimes, I miss those dreams that I created. Despite a busy schedule, I have started writing a book, this blog has been abandoned at one point, cooking is still to be out of context, travelling, chasing trains etc etc.... Gosh, there is so much that I wanted to do but my heart is so at peace as what is important to me is to have only Allah in my heart. The great attainment that I'm chasing now is that Allah is pleased with me. It's the meaning of Surah Al-Maidah verse 119 "Allah will say, "This is the Day when the truthful will benefit from their truthfulness." For them are gardens (in Paradise) beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever., Allah being pleased with them, and they with Him. That is the great attainment."<br />
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Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-64339163830109792302018-09-11T08:55:00.000+08:002018-09-11T08:55:17.577+08:00Detachment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I choose to love you in silence....</div>
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For in silence I find no rejection,</div>
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I choose to love you in loneliness....</div>
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For in loneliness no one owns you but me,</div>
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I choose to adore you from a distance....</div>
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For distance will shield me from pain,</div>
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For in my dreams, you have no end.</div>
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Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-76476024120094894432018-08-29T16:31:00.001+08:002018-08-29T16:31:37.918+08:00External Course of Jurisprudence, the final year, I hope...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This post is recalling to the time when I was a student again, <a href="http://aswana-cliche.blogspot.com/2013/10/back-to-school.html">back to school</a> on 24th October 2013. For the record, I didn't completed my 2nd degree in Jurisprudence in 3 years time as originally intended. It was due to many reasons. The first reason was because I, a General Manager in Contracts & Commercial has failed her Contract Law on the first year. Do not worry should you want to laugh at me for failing the paper that I supposedly majoring at as I too laughed a lot for being over confident in the Contract Law. By not passing all 5 papers in the 1st year, a student can either obtain the degree in 4 or 5 years. Unfortunately, I failed 3 papers in the second year, that was for Equity and Trust, Criminal and Company Law. Luckily I passed all 5 papers in the 3rd year that concluded all 11 papers, left with 6. </div>
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I could have taken all 6 papers last year and graduated within 4 years but the <a href="https://aswana-cliche.blogspot.com/2017/10/hajj-1438-story-told.html">Hajj</a> took priority over everything else. So, I was so determine to still do it this year and started early in preparing for the exam, as early as January 2018. But reading law is unlike studying for any other subject. It requires dedication, memorizing cases and attempting the past year question as if you are a lawyer debating the case in front of the judges in the real court room. The more I studied the freakier I became. It was tough and I do not think to continue studying anymore after this. I should focus on spending the remaining of my time doing something else that could be more meaningful. </div>
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There is no better word that could rightly expressed how I was feeling 2 weeks before the exam. I couldn't go to the library worried of seeing other people study therefore, I chose to study at the house living area and sometimes in my bed during exam weeks. Once in a while I did joined Zaharah at the UM's library for discussion on subject that I thought I was weaker and she is better. But later I discovered that the best place for me to study and had concentration at, was in my office, alone in my room after an office hour has ended.</div>
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The last year in UM was quite an emotional journey for Maryam, Zaharah and myself after spending the last 5 years of our quality time together. The 3 of us became inseparable. Two photos below were snapped when we were having our last class this year. It was taken at 15 minutes break while having an International Law class on 3rd June 2018 with Puan Nur Halida, that was the last subject that I sat on 13th August 2018. This 2 ladies are my true best friend that I wish to stay truthful as I found a real friendship meaning with them. Yes, we had too much of good memories together. We are so free to speak up our mind without worrying of getting hurt or be hurt with the spoken words. For example, Zaharah though reluctantly gave away her Telekong when I said I wanted it as it's so unique and seems comfy. Days later I reminded her that she is indeed very lucky because I asked her Telekong for me to use and be reminded of her whenever we are apart. She said I was being funny but hey, "true friend is a person who made you feel so comfortable being yourself without the need to change yourself to be their friend". We are a friend in good and bad time. Hehehe, you better agree to disagree with what I wrote here. Very domineering person right?</div>
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Next on the plate I guessed, since I've been reading and watching too many good stories, it is now my turn to start writing a good story too. That's the challenge I must focus from now on . Life is indeed so good! To the rest, I wish you all could take this opportunity to spend the remaining days of your life to achieve things that has not been achieved yet. Therefore, when you are finally rested in the permanent life, cold in the coffin, you knew that you have done it all.<br />
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Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-49118751709528976442018-08-18T22:44:00.002+08:002018-08-18T22:44:45.746+08:00Mamma Mia 2 "Here We Go Again" - Time to celebrate<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was just celebrated my 52nd birthday and its a real celebration this time around. My exam was over on 13th August with 2 law papers back to back. It was a horrible feeling as I went blank when listening to my colleague discussing the afternoon paper, an hour before I entered the exam hall. But I tried my level best to answer till my hand couldn't continue writing no more. I decided to stop 20 minutes before the exam time was over. </div>
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The exam aftermath was amazing. I slept, slept and slept. There's a long to do list but I chose to take thing slowly. I'm recovering well and it's all a good feeling. A day after my birthday I invited my sister to go out for a movie. It was a Mamma Mia the 2nd movie of which Syahirah and I waited so long to watch after the 1st Movie was screening in 2008. We felt in love with the 1st movie that we watched 10 years ago as we joined the rest of the audience singing along in this jukebox musical film. It was fun. It was worth to celebrate with, i.e. a real celebration.</div>
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The story line this time is even more beautiful than the 1st movie, in my opinion. Syahirah and I both cried on the last scene when Sophie's at her son's christening, felt her late mother's presence while singing "my love, my life". It was a touching moment as I felt my late mother's presence with me too. Everything about the film and how the set was decorate are so soothing, so beautiful to my liking. Unbelievable that the principle photography of the film set in Croatia including the beautiful island, Vis said to be a must visit place when in Croatia.</div>
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And below trailer is with the lyrics of the song that reminded me of my late mother and the feeling of love that I have over my daughter, Syahirah. May the 3 of us shall be reunited in the after life as I love to see my late mother again and I'm sure I would miss my daughter Syahirah when I passed away. Amen!</div>
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Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-88673271112641762942018-07-02T13:39:00.000+08:002018-07-02T13:39:52.721+08:00Eid 1439, 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well, today is the last day of June 2018. People in Malaysia, especially Muslim are still celebrating a month of Eid celebration which is a norm thing in here. There's an open house everywhere. As for me, I celebrated eid for only 2 days. The first day of my eid was well spent with neighbors, families and friends. On second day, we visited our dearest aunt in Mantin and dropped by to see Harraz, my cute nephew. </div>
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What make this year's eid special was because my husband and I received our first eid angpow for the first time in our life. The children used to see us passing angpow to the elders at each eid throughout their life. Since Naim and Syahirah has both earning salaried job, they decided to start their own custom. We were surprised as we never thought they would be sincerely enough to give that token of appreciation. The best feeling ever. Even their grandfather also receiving from them both. My father in law was beaming with happiness when Syahirah passed her angpow packet.</div>
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We chose dark blue color for eid attire. I bought mine and Syahirah's suit from Ariani and the boys had theirs from Jakel. Next year, we decided to have a custom made tailor. For the record, the second year celebrating eid in the new house felt even better. Hubby and I still recall of what had happened to us both, a year before. Like last year, my one and only loyal sister came to my rescue again this year. She helped me with the cooking and celebrated the first half of eid with us before adjourned to reunite with my brother in-law's family side in Malacca. Unfortunately I did not snapped any of the food photos for me to share with you of our eid meal. Next year, perhaps, I will share a lot more details.</div>
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Well, exam is just around the corner and I sat busy at home and in the office since early morning getting stressed up with the 6 law papers. Exam will begin on 2nd August and ended on 13th of teh same month. It's quite tough as I wishes and pray to finish-off everything in August 2018. A lot of other things waiting after 13th August 2018. The first in line was the list that I promised the Almighty to do when I was in Mecca last year. Second priority thing to do are to focus on the house the gardening and the cooking. Thirdly is the family trip for Nazhif's graduation in July next year. I had to stop for now and hopefully would be able to catching up with writings after August. Ciao...</div>
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Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-16694826376133144562018-05-13T13:43:00.000+08:002018-05-14T13:04:18.015+08:00What matter is “The Unity of Malaysian People”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Date: 13th May 2018</div>
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I have been voting since PRU13.
It must be shocking to some but I have my reasons for not doing so before. I
grew up in rural Kelantan where the people are being divided into “BN” or “PAS”.
Everything has been separated in the name of the political parties. There are 2
mosque, 2 surau, 2 community hall and even the families argued over political
disparity in my village. My family for instance has similar problem. Both of my
parent are PAS members but our 2 neighbours (both are mother’s cousin) are not.
BN sides are more liberal whilst PAS supporter being seen as traditional,
conservative. Since young age, I hate the fact that the politician’s malicious
act that separated the nation, the states, the villages, the families and the
unity of the people. They doing so for their own benefit, to attract voters and
as soon as they being elected as leaders, they ended up being so corrupt in managing
the countries.<o:p></o:p><br />
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My father brought us up with just
and moral values. He never take advantages of him assisting PAS party for his
family benefit. He sponsored our studies with his savings. I did not enjoy any
scholarship from the government except some small assistance from JKR, where he
worked. I received minor compensation when I excel in my studies from JKR. So,
I never expected to get support from the Government hence I do not any
relevance for me to involve in voting at all the election.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In 2007, while waiting for travel
arrangement to Karachi, I was for a short while station in IJM Headquarters. I
started to buy newspaper reading about Altantuya’s murder case. Dato’ Seri
Najib (hereinafter refer as DSN) and the wife were both linked to the case. I
started to focus to this couple and little did I know at that time that the
couple has a gut to do a lot more harm to the nation. What was concluded at
that time was; DSN has misused his power being a Minister of Defence in getting
his political aid, Abdul Razak Baginda freed from all allegation relating to Altantuya
case. DSN and his political aid were clearly involved in the dealing to
purchase the Scorpene submarines from France for the Malaysian government.
Altantuya, who being filled with greed had threatened Abdul Razak Baginda only
over USD11,000 and that caused her death. I personally concluded that the case
is too big for DSN to clear his link to the murder case and will no longer has
any privileges in the party.<o:p></o:p><br />
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However, after the election on
2008 (PRU12), DSN star started to shine brightly. Never in my rational thought could
imagine that he would be elected as the Prime Minister of Malaysia and serve
the country from 3<sup>rd</sup> April 2009 till 10<sup>th</sup> May 2018. How
could, the only person that can authorise the 2 Government officer’s Azilah
Hadri and Sirul Azhar to take out an explosives in the stock of federal police
headquarters in Bukit Aman to be used in the murder of Altantuyaa being trusted
with the most scared position in Malaysia. He is in power for 9 years where a
lot more bad incidents happened to Malaysia. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Thereafter, I enrolled myself in
University Malaya to take up a Degree in Jurisprudence to understand more about
the rule of law and the governing matter. The only way to outcast the sacred
post, Prime Minister is through exercising my right as Malaysian. I registered
and started voting in 2013. Unfortunately DSN star was at his peak. Allah
wanted to punish the Malaysian as we, the pupils are deserving to have DSN due
to our ignorance too. Not long after, everyone started to change including Tun
Mahathir. That was the results of 2018, i.e. PRU14. Now, as I’m writing this, justice
started to surface one by one, including the truth about the RM2.6Billion
scandal. But be careful, politicians are still politician. Not many people can
put aside the temptation of “cash is king”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Moving forward, though my prayer
has been answered when DSN was overthrown and prohibited from leaving the country,
I continue my prayer daily, seeking Allah’s assistance to guide all of
Malaysian to gradually change for the better. Once we change, people around us
will change too and who knows that one day the whole politician who is
entrusted with power will carry duties following the Holy Book and the Rule of
Malaysian Law. I would end this entry with small portion of Rumi’s quote of “Pity
the Nation”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>Pity
the nation whose statesman is a fox,<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>whose
philosopher is a juggler,<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>and
whose art is the art of patching and mimicking.<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>Pity
the nation that welcomes its new ruler with trumpeting,<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>and
farewells him with hooting,<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>only
to welcome another with trumpeting again.<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>Pity
the nation whose sages are dumb with years<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>and
whose strong men are yet in the cradle.<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>Pity
the nation divided into fragments,<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b>each
fragment deeming itself a nation"</b><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-83827421311503848612018-03-23T07:27:00.000+08:002018-03-23T07:27:01.085+08:00The best burger at Big Bob Burger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Long outdated post!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I came to know about the Big Bob Burger when Atria Damansara re-open after a long renovation of its shopping outlet. The restaurant open its chain on the 1st floor just opposite Nando's. And Nasrul is a huge fan of burgers, so I thought that I should brought him one day to experience the burgers that he would definitely enjoy. True enough, not only Nasrul, hubby and Naim enjoyed it too. There was once I ordered a takeaway burger for Nazhif during iftar so he too would taste how good it was.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Big
Bob Burger brings together a combination of international flavors as a result
of years of research and a careful selection of choice ingredients from it’s
founder. They presents its unique blend of barbecue sauce, fresh patties and
all the right toppings to make their burgers not only look perfect but the taste that valued for money. Big Bob Burger is a truly
home-grown Malaysian company that serves quality food whilst preserving
original flavors. Beside their signature burgers, they have many other choices menu to your liking too. Breakfast selection menus range from sandwiches, french toast, egg Benedict waffle while for lunch you could also opted for Italian Pizza and Pasta. Only 2 choices of freshly salad are available, i.e. Bob's Salad and Grill Chicken Creaser Salad. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nasrul choice "The Combo"<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">made of; a homemade Burger Bun, Cheddar Cheese, Cheese
Sausage, Beef Breakfast Sliced,Tomato, Romaine, Hand Made Patties, Bob’s BBQ
Sauce, Mustard & Ketchup</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another big eater that can eat real a lot, especially dessert</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 4 of us who enjoyed a dinner sometimes back</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A broad menu presents a good selection
of pastas, pizzas, bread and tantalizing side dishes, accompanied by the best
coffee brew in town. True, their coffee selection is another killer menu for
coffee lovers, must try. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A closer look of Super Duper, a h<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">omemade
burger bun, Cheddar cheese, beef breakfast sliced, tomato, romain, handmade
patties, Bob’s BBQ sauce, mustard, egg, fried prawn & ketchup</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A must have dessert - <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Fluffy Buttermilk Pancake with Vanilla Ice Cream, Blueberry and Pinenuts</span></td></tr>
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Aswanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07387288365723236681noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596826593013987823.post-20740467383917951342018-03-04T20:54:00.002+08:002018-03-04T20:54:28.249+08:00Batu Caves - Part 2 (The Dark Caves)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Date: 26th December 2015<br />
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Dark cave in the Batu Caves complex is a conservation site where the natural history gallery is been place for tourist viewing. It is open to tourist who wishes to explore every day, from 10 am till 5 pm, Monday to Friday and 30 minutes late on weekends and public holiday. It has been operated by the Cave Management Site and more information about the place can be access from their website <a href="http://www.darkcavemalaysia.com/next/">"Dark Cave Malaysia"</a>. This site contains a diverse range of cave faunas. It is among the most researched tropical caves site in the world where a number of renown scientist and researchers conducted their major research in this place. So, make sure to explore should you keen to go for an adventure tour of RM80/pax (RM55 for Malaysian) that lasted for about 3 to 4 hours and/or a 45 minutes educational tour of RM35.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While waiting for your turn to arrive, please enjoy the gorgeous view of the KL city from the dark caves waiting area</td></tr>
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Dark caves is said to be a must see attraction for travelers who has reached the Batu Caves complex. It is a home to an ancient animal community of 100 million years old, including the rarest spider in the world named the Trapdoor Spider. It has a unique guano-driven ecosystem, which sustain a tremendous ecological significance of rich scientific and educational interest. Besides, Dark Cave has its own special features of magnificent cave formations, i.e stalactite, stalagmite, flower stone, cave pearls, cave curtains, column and gour pools which has taken mother nature eons to form. The management who has been in-charge of operating this place has protect the cave as part of their conservation efforts.</div>
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I'm sharing only the photos that we snapped at the natural history gallery while playing with lots of monkeys who has a home in this place.</div>
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