tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12260721929443083982024-03-13T19:33:37.898+08:00Shaik's Kuala LumpurAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00052931153170484963noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226072192944308398.post-84491164392695517692011-01-26T10:46:00.000+08:002011-01-26T10:46:44.233+08:00Thaipusam 2011<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Thaipusam this year was on January 20. I thought that I should visit the Batu Caves to share some of the photos here.</b></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEP6whGNmrzYj5Sjlzu3g0SPEsYGObcEEq6G4Cu3oQ15EkeUV1_qSyOXew9QQjt6kfAoiy5T1ULFz72GWPFhSFgz9tOzhzxnDa9mKf-rU5GD5su3p6kOu-YtmarOIl75V-8It1zb4a1w/s1600/f007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEP6whGNmrzYj5Sjlzu3g0SPEsYGObcEEq6G4Cu3oQ15EkeUV1_qSyOXew9QQjt6kfAoiy5T1ULFz72GWPFhSFgz9tOzhzxnDa9mKf-rU5GD5su3p6kOu-YtmarOIl75V-8It1zb4a1w/s320/f007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>This is only my 2nd time at the Caves and I could recognize some of the devotees from last year fulfilling their vows again this year. </b></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJozk3W4M7MkzYOIl0btxZqrB-lzW-zrUYXOiLeAPuR9SveD3tfNhavYyKhDJP-uXaOrIJs2NAGZERO14zB0alXEEh1IjqmmwHGxYMlZbfID2B-0oqEialqM24_tfG8MC5Li06mPJOvE/s1600/f008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJozk3W4M7MkzYOIl0btxZqrB-lzW-zrUYXOiLeAPuR9SveD3tfNhavYyKhDJP-uXaOrIJs2NAGZERO14zB0alXEEh1IjqmmwHGxYMlZbfID2B-0oqEialqM24_tfG8MC5Li06mPJOvE/s320/f008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>This lady was sitting there seemingly oblivious to the crowd. At places like this, one is never sure if the person is fulfilling their vows or just plain loony.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbE6DYYuZdhDML7_e-hYbK8ONAu5nQc7LlwKrbtbwUrkAHZryAIsNWM6AEDy2mceH5wZ_X8TUMTnWljpLu1A0SGgTI7uBeLQi7bcJd0tnXSkytAiZk3UNfyAc1kxnC0M8OSIYNc-VgVQ/s1600/g001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbE6DYYuZdhDML7_e-hYbK8ONAu5nQc7LlwKrbtbwUrkAHZryAIsNWM6AEDy2mceH5wZ_X8TUMTnWljpLu1A0SGgTI7uBeLQi7bcJd0tnXSkytAiZk3UNfyAc1kxnC0M8OSIYNc-VgVQ/s320/g001.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Having said that, I need to add that the energy, exuberance, music and chants that take place there can cause some people to get into a frenzy, or enter into a trance, and become unconscious of their surroundings as I witnessed happening to the young lady below:</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>"Cleanliness is next to Godliness," they often say, but even a religious function such as this generates so much litter. Hindus are not alone in this. Muslims, Christians, Buddhists in fact any religious function where crowds gather generates large quantities of litter, what more non-religious ones.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>One of my current daily routines is an early morning walk around the lake at <i>Taman Tasik Titiwangsa</i> (Titiwangsa Lake Gardens). The view is fabulous. I brought my camera along the other day and these are some of the shots I want to share.</b></span><br />
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiz6aX_GJfzG4KjFSEtxRfl80vqR8tX2olcthA1iwAOKJzeKoyadZCTkqDvGaJCTHa3A86xgsNn7icHSKltFlIx8HJejsJW-gqpqE1dXkn-j0X-1bzDU8Lu-upvq1gJQVrUCZ6rjJoIo0/s320/a030.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>There are a lot of people at the gardens at that early hour. These include those who use it as a short-cut to get to their places of work; workers of the local authority (DBKL) who are there to maintain and up-keep the gardens; and people who use the tranquility offered by the gardens at that hour to exercise, to socialize (this is particularly true of the older visitors), and generally to have fun.</b></span><br />
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Based on my Bukit Tabur experience, I realize that people who take care of themselves are also the ones who will take care of the environment and everything else around them. Those who 'couldn't care' are those with a low self-esteem and low self-respect. Maybe some of the NGOs who are shouting about this and that 'rights' should actually be looking into these two aspects of Malaysian life. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: x-small;">This reminds me of a Tamil song I heard long ago, where part of the lyrics translates something like:<b> 'before you start demanding your rights </b>(<i>urimai</i>)<b>, look at how well you are discharging your responsibilities </b>(<i>kadamai</i>)<b>'.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChfddE_jcQcFj-DcOXeKaGDYcCI9RZJvwRX3Pd4qhmTx8NTxssQRZp5DwuupYr3EuAh91VggfJ8-3cXuUjObhR0wf5OgIxxlTwWAWnQaAKkal-6gyQO0PHOQkJAcMF2yJkBgxOIfSYDA/s1600/b074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChfddE_jcQcFj-DcOXeKaGDYcCI9RZJvwRX3Pd4qhmTx8NTxssQRZp5DwuupYr3EuAh91VggfJ8-3cXuUjObhR0wf5OgIxxlTwWAWnQaAKkal-6gyQO0PHOQkJAcMF2yJkBgxOIfSYDA/s320/b074.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtv42emGurXu8rsTnF_wWb41sE5aRk4eHYSOlGKfKN-E0oC4nFkPhLon_v3TnBuQuC2Sn7b6a2jtOx8oClQqwE9WKxkOwnY9X0WSgsp4pvzLsm-4_OD-LndRxe7hckMINPagSXIoN2nzU/s1600/b087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtv42emGurXu8rsTnF_wWb41sE5aRk4eHYSOlGKfKN-E0oC4nFkPhLon_v3TnBuQuC2Sn7b6a2jtOx8oClQqwE9WKxkOwnY9X0WSgsp4pvzLsm-4_OD-LndRxe7hckMINPagSXIoN2nzU/s320/b087.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZp0OX4s53hWmTOzaMueeuPCsSbenPEGYkzkAwzZKtCo1TArCiqKx2MEWOyVqWkNR7cxhsLEVEYqhXN5m-ROVn5eKWFqPipyqytcS4Q-kFsjncFGOZByD6MD3oy2HhwcNpkAxWEPR2Bpg/s1600/b112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZp0OX4s53hWmTOzaMueeuPCsSbenPEGYkzkAwzZKtCo1TArCiqKx2MEWOyVqWkNR7cxhsLEVEYqhXN5m-ROVn5eKWFqPipyqytcS4Q-kFsjncFGOZByD6MD3oy2HhwcNpkAxWEPR2Bpg/s320/b112.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The above are just some of the 'less distressing' shots of the littering problem there.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>I'm so looking forward to Phase 2.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00052931153170484963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226072192944308398.post-78326645270782355642010-12-08T21:29:00.000+08:002010-12-08T21:29:59.126+08:00Pesta Chow Kit Kita (part 2)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>At about 11.30 a.m a street parade was held to promote the Pesta and to invite the local inhabitants to the event.</b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RkNi4I-9LyTgs55ZuQ1tqM6zCM0BRN5nUHDP2nd47BQ3kUIJ62-m2Ist4yog20fzU2v09aX9BWgxFPTqN9JrXoT6SvO4T9HFSpExFymRAN4SJAR8zUk4D1FaUGOfBwBrfJrTmI3nJ3k/s1600/b001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RkNi4I-9LyTgs55ZuQ1tqM6zCM0BRN5nUHDP2nd47BQ3kUIJ62-m2Ist4yog20fzU2v09aX9BWgxFPTqN9JrXoT6SvO4T9HFSpExFymRAN4SJAR8zUk4D1FaUGOfBwBrfJrTmI3nJ3k/s320/b001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>This is part of the Faces of Chow Kit photo exhibition.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: x-small;">Chow Kit is more than just Malaysians of Malay, Chinese and Indian origins. It includes the various groups from Sabah and Sarawak such as Kadazan, Dusun, Iban, Penan and others. A sizable community of peoples of Indonesian, Thai, Myanmar, Nepali, Bangladeshi and other Asian nations also exist here. Of late peoples of African and Middle Eastern countries can be seen here. Chow Kit is a true melting pot of all peoples of the world.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09ZFDXMLq07Rqo7dPir9G2J0Cu1LeZER-C96_2yHSnOEsagISv5-OX1wYlcbNWcaZC89qggLXJVAHZ8wS22_5Lf-F04zO7Ro7BQw-5-ULO8-vEKHBYMYDJbvfMitx2KInTU_nkkGsRi4/s1600/b002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09ZFDXMLq07Rqo7dPir9G2J0Cu1LeZER-C96_2yHSnOEsagISv5-OX1wYlcbNWcaZC89qggLXJVAHZ8wS22_5Lf-F04zO7Ro7BQw-5-ULO8-vEKHBYMYDJbvfMitx2KInTU_nkkGsRi4/s320/b002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The street parade was lead by the White Percussion Unit who had volunteered to perform at the Pesta.</b></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskwmh5I-SlScFBZuMOiNST8XmdGGJ2FQ8FzVnrvjpiv6rDvkKqN-donIMpgPoFCV6ap80FLeZAmgGBYbd4dT89plhrp83WWb2D1_DE8ehXEO0fkJRU-_NZBkiWD5gbdL5ZbqHoJmrt3M/s1600/b005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskwmh5I-SlScFBZuMOiNST8XmdGGJ2FQ8FzVnrvjpiv6rDvkKqN-donIMpgPoFCV6ap80FLeZAmgGBYbd4dT89plhrp83WWb2D1_DE8ehXEO0fkJRU-_NZBkiWD5gbdL5ZbqHoJmrt3M/s320/b005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The parade went right through the Chow Kit market. Here the volunteers are handing out leaflets about the Pesta.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: x-small;">Leaflets and posters had been distributed in the area during the past few days, however it was not as 'noisy' as today's distribution.</span><b style="color: blue;"> </b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNI5HDXq59Iw79kg3iQFs1lcydg8VZH0kOJ9yjqBtSMKPYFcd4UwWQp2vBK66-qweiuyXYMaObUfEZtqk7MqS778Iwhv4I-NKksCUMwvsBX25W4uEFp-Nnted-GRd3d2I4NrHOXtygvos/s1600/b006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNI5HDXq59Iw79kg3iQFs1lcydg8VZH0kOJ9yjqBtSMKPYFcd4UwWQp2vBK66-qweiuyXYMaObUfEZtqk7MqS778Iwhv4I-NKksCUMwvsBX25W4uEFp-Nnted-GRd3d2I4NrHOXtygvos/s320/b006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>This is the way '<i>ayam pencen</i>' (</b><i>lit. pensioned or retired chicken - layers that are past their prime laying age</i><b>) is prepared for sale.</b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydi8Q19ll7Hco0cybgdy_fZamumcMvWySYAeVQLlROmnhZLn8n8l-JrQyr6BIALBcBZM09XAUweYAKqh9BdtnWraC7dKuMOEmXylq_jng3lRYd5dVmR0HwE5nYd3Q4T7pJQtGHq4tlbk/s1600/b007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydi8Q19ll7Hco0cybgdy_fZamumcMvWySYAeVQLlROmnhZLn8n8l-JrQyr6BIALBcBZM09XAUweYAKqh9BdtnWraC7dKuMOEmXylq_jng3lRYd5dVmR0HwE5nYd3Q4T7pJQtGHq4tlbk/s320/b007.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>My friend, Farook, who has a '<i>teh tarik</i>' (tea) stall in the vicinity of Masjid Pakistan came out with his son to check out the 'commotion'.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/features/article/chow-kit-teens-share-their-home-with-public/">The Malaysian Insider</a> was among those who covered the event. I especially like this article as I'm visible in the last photo. </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://sayaanakbangsamalaysia.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=491%3Asaya-sayang-chow-kit-kita&catid=40%3Atale-in-ten&Itemid=76">Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia</a> also has some excellent photos of the event. </b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFvmqTAzB7p_a6nhDd6IHxXSWc7H4DKcQ82Y2jXJR6rx1pkuIe79U5aNs8O5i7DkxZKYW9rMaKiquhFT4E8ZlKWEGvRd0zsfLALZj7WP3Pjqig_vS22nFTJCDsQCK6J7WK6ir6XSKcrk/s1600/a001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFvmqTAzB7p_a6nhDd6IHxXSWc7H4DKcQ82Y2jXJR6rx1pkuIe79U5aNs8O5i7DkxZKYW9rMaKiquhFT4E8ZlKWEGvRd0zsfLALZj7WP3Pjqig_vS22nFTJCDsQCK6J7WK6ir6XSKcrk/s320/a001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The event was to start at 2.00 p.m. but the place was a hive of activity when I got there about mid-morning.</b></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMG0qphg0zyrlkUBJ4cgzR0C-l239tzHs4tQKW_zfLdEFnGl18p3WZIkKLT2RpJIrGAfT46wx7vjBQuOH9dAfn17AfYYJFxnEgIDscQf_o0WIMCH34QKfAwLvBP1QnKvf2pHczEaKD27w/s1600/a004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMG0qphg0zyrlkUBJ4cgzR0C-l239tzHs4tQKW_zfLdEFnGl18p3WZIkKLT2RpJIrGAfT46wx7vjBQuOH9dAfn17AfYYJFxnEgIDscQf_o0WIMCH34QKfAwLvBP1QnKvf2pHczEaKD27w/s320/a004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>A bit about the project, taken from a banner hanging there. For more information visit <a href="http://chowkitkita.com/">ChowKitKita.com</a></b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9nkyEyhATo0a_N6rjLxjkvK2OZ5YOiMDsz5KWnJkjTCgb2DqM_2Yfh_YYb4BylkDe7q9wPnovUd5qO7Mp3d8SNuhHxoFe_uyE2GhuDJKB6KGDgoWJ-SYyJ97oljmz4dy3Oigy7ejGM0/s1600/a005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9nkyEyhATo0a_N6rjLxjkvK2OZ5YOiMDsz5KWnJkjTCgb2DqM_2Yfh_YYb4BylkDe7q9wPnovUd5qO7Mp3d8SNuhHxoFe_uyE2GhuDJKB6KGDgoWJ-SYyJ97oljmz4dy3Oigy7ejGM0/s320/a005.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>One of the facilitators/volunteers busy on a display.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: x-small;">There are even a couple of churches in the area, but due to the sensitivity of the parishioners they cater to (including guest workers, sex workers, reformed addicts and other 'out-casts' of society) they requested that their privacy be respected. </span><br />
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</b></span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00052931153170484963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226072192944308398.post-9799227844166688932010-11-18T11:27:00.000+08:002010-11-18T11:27:33.556+08:00Eid-ul-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>On Wednesday (17NOV10), Muslims in Malaysia celebrated Eid-ul-Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice. It is the greater of the two Eids celebrated by Muslims (although it doesn't appear that way here in Malaysia) and commemorates the sacrifice of the Prophet Ibrahim AS (Abraham). It also marks the end of the Hajj or annual pilgrimage to Mecca.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Here as elsewhere in the Muslim world, animals are slaughtered as sacrifice and the flesh is distributed amongst near of kin and the poor. I was at a surau near my house to witness the event.</b></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITolHXlrXYtlZ_u91jpUvaJ35wzoXNqn5zygX2C3v1eN3F11mN9NC2DAZ5k4LZn7jbEVuTL46jidOWbYWUjRd_PMxd92yKBPOoUjRNhDl9nPjmBN7Y6JIgYQBRMeB42a5YdvlcN5Ci3I/s1600/a003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITolHXlrXYtlZ_u91jpUvaJ35wzoXNqn5zygX2C3v1eN3F11mN9NC2DAZ5k4LZn7jbEVuTL46jidOWbYWUjRd_PMxd92yKBPOoUjRNhDl9nPjmBN7Y6JIgYQBRMeB42a5YdvlcN5Ci3I/s320/a003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The surau at Medan Idaman is also known as the Surau Arab due to the large number of Middle Eastern worshipers who come here. The Eid khutbah (sermon) here was in Arabic and English. </span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The two older boys were teasing the younger one for being dressed like a Pakistani. I don't understand Arabic but I could feel the essence of the teasing and it also helped that among the words used was the word 'Bakistani'.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">A total of 8 cows were slaughtered here, a relatively small number when compared with the Masjid Pakistan in Sentul where over 20 cows and a similar number of goats were sacrificed. The crowd witnessing became less and less for the subsequent cows as people began to get involved in the skinning and preparation of the meat for distribution. I did take photos of the whole event, however I think it best not to display them here as there may be those who find it offensive.</span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGs210Zr-sijBHJT8EU-klTvD0MoIMXjEAQJ33A8mOqDeb7SOJBUd0ADLNwQj0YtPbWSQv73VY_88T6SG0lOj_JnBtu4bqE6TPACagcMEGV4Y1MbV-14RgpvJXkQHPf13UH17YBxRU2g/s1600/b001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGs210Zr-sijBHJT8EU-klTvD0MoIMXjEAQJ33A8mOqDeb7SOJBUd0ADLNwQj0YtPbWSQv73VY_88T6SG0lOj_JnBtu4bqE6TPACagcMEGV4Y1MbV-14RgpvJXkQHPf13UH17YBxRU2g/s320/b001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The toddy shop is a little nondescript place at one end of Jalan Berhala.</b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxdeM0RnDoEBpBQk6eQDEUMKuLFrMyPkxwIdlXRXOGtP2d1IV1yfyCA-7AoV5YPDbk9L1AmJ5dix1NM9rm1zbzU-a2P4Tq2uI7EB4vGJYOaKnQ_0wgSAfTgLacGcQZpk1vOO8hbvOKYI/s1600/b002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxdeM0RnDoEBpBQk6eQDEUMKuLFrMyPkxwIdlXRXOGtP2d1IV1yfyCA-7AoV5YPDbk9L1AmJ5dix1NM9rm1zbzU-a2P4Tq2uI7EB4vGJYOaKnQ_0wgSAfTgLacGcQZpk1vOO8hbvOKYI/s320/b002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>I have passed here a number of times on my walk about, but as the place only opens at 10.30 a.m. I didn't notice it before. The building looks similar to the one in Chow Kit that was around many years ago.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is a Government Toddy Shop i.e. not just licensed, but <b>owned</b> and <b>operated</b> by the Customs' Department, a relic of our colonial past.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">By the way operating hours are between 10.30 a.m. and 5.00 p.m., so don't think of trying this place for some late night boozing session.</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-uQTkjx3vNikayECeFTpBozl0gHV3GcfE_fahNPvFtlck0Ytyg_zyXmgY2W26CFjGkhTTBptsEWWBXC3XwZDcCPNHpL_Bo7VzUMSAncRafJBuhiW054ZUz305ST448XQVobtxeR_xdU/s1600/b003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-uQTkjx3vNikayECeFTpBozl0gHV3GcfE_fahNPvFtlck0Ytyg_zyXmgY2W26CFjGkhTTBptsEWWBXC3XwZDcCPNHpL_Bo7VzUMSAncRafJBuhiW054ZUz305ST448XQVobtxeR_xdU/s320/b003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The furniture consists only of long wooden benches and table.</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I suppose if regular chairs were provided, it would be easier to throw them at each other. (I know I'm being judgmental here, but hey, I'm no saint.)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I recall that in those days in Chow Kit, there used to be some enterprising people who used to rent out enamel mugs of various sizes. The owners' sign and the rental price (5c, 10c etc) used to be painted prominently on the mugs. Business was brisk during the evenings and every morning they had to pick up the mugs belonging to them </span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_vR1Fa5rx3vfS0kgnArjtd8ISihRODHVezsMXPwNuisl_OP0F12pcsqq7cuA17LmZQJ24tMIY73kMcqDxQM9TrC5Ahp3LNvBE__9LIUImjVHVmXKnUi_rzQ6uhcD4jEYz1kmUdoh0Jw/s1600/b005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_vR1Fa5rx3vfS0kgnArjtd8ISihRODHVezsMXPwNuisl_OP0F12pcsqq7cuA17LmZQJ24tMIY73kMcqDxQM9TrC5Ahp3LNvBE__9LIUImjVHVmXKnUi_rzQ6uhcD4jEYz1kmUdoh0Jw/s320/b005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>There is a little temple attached to this toddy shop.</b></span><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Toddy is made from the sap of that oozes from the coconut inflorescence and is allowed to ferment naturally. There is no distillation process involved. Click <a href="http://www.bicycletouringmalaysia.com/Site_Seeing/Toddy_Plantation.htm">here</a> and <a href="http://www.downtheroad.org/Asia/Photo/a5Malaysia_Asia/a2Indian_Toddy_Plantation_Farm.htm">here</a> for some interesting photos.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Toddy is cheap, about RM1 per liter, cheaper than what plain iced water (ais kosong) costs in some restaurants and definitely much cheaper than bottled water. Is it any wonder then that it is the poor man's alcoholic drink of choice.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
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</span></b></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00052931153170484963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226072192944308398.post-67886697001644378882010-11-03T21:30:00.002+08:002010-11-03T21:34:53.549+08:00Brickfields Revisited - Little India<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>When talking of 'Little India' in KL, the Jalan Masjid India area comes to mind. Maybe we can include Lebuh Ampang as well.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>However, of late, there has been a lot of fuss about Brickfields being 'Little India'. There is a sizable Tamil population in the Brickfields area, but that is also true of Sentul and there are 'Indian' settlements in Kampung Pandan, Air Panas and Selayang/Batu Caves areas among others.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Anyway, its been a while since I've been to Brickfields, so I decided to pay the place a visit.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Although, the Prime Minister of India has already visited and officiated the area together with our own Prime Minister, the area still seems very much a 'work-in-progress'.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kolams are usually done in front of Hindu homes especially in South India. It is traditionally done using course ground rice flour and provides food for ants, birds and other small creatures.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Personally, I think that these are a waste of money and will soon turn into an eyesore with bills and posters plastered on them and unlicensed traders using them to display their wares.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The GIIS is established by the Global Indian Foundation, a Singapore based non-profit foundation. Click <a href="http://www.globalindian.org.sg/">here</a> for their website.</span></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">It is therefore not surprising that there are branch campuses of 3 universities (UUM, UKM and UTM), a school and teachers quarters along this road commemorating the late Sultan as Crown Prince.</span></b><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) City Campus is located at the Selangor Foundation (Yayasan Selangor) building.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When Kuala Lumpur was still a part of Selangor, the Mentri Besar (State Chief Minister)'s official residence used to be along this road. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqmdg0jEXv9n5PR0OvLp3D5qlXaftfOpq8rW4zX3X7L1B5oJgFUVWhP8xaDcToN1-sO1ClqDkyRTxQg8ORbU256Cl6m_IUy1Um1gtA0Uj8zpyfamos8Je3y0nn1cv2M8ahJvq0SJ_-bWM/s1600/a071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqmdg0jEXv9n5PR0OvLp3D5qlXaftfOpq8rW4zX3X7L1B5oJgFUVWhP8xaDcToN1-sO1ClqDkyRTxQg8ORbU256Cl6m_IUy1Um1gtA0Uj8zpyfamos8Je3y0nn1cv2M8ahJvq0SJ_-bWM/s320/a071.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>A block of UKM Students' living quarters.</b></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-ZdExsUZKxojdN3hgxJX-CWyVH1Ttlh-7HNBDqGAqCdph8V65uN9dADFNKaIgHrXjy1xPZIAqcdIH4wG-NM3QJiUeJ_HBOTJJlTX5QLqKyJjiQE7MCbB-nNdHXupgOSon_vs3ZU7pLU/s1600/a001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-ZdExsUZKxojdN3hgxJX-CWyVH1Ttlh-7HNBDqGAqCdph8V65uN9dADFNKaIgHrXjy1xPZIAqcdIH4wG-NM3QJiUeJ_HBOTJJlTX5QLqKyJjiQE7MCbB-nNdHXupgOSon_vs3ZU7pLU/s320/a001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>This used to be Princess Road, later renamed Jalan Raja Muda before it's present name to commemorate HH the Late Sultan of Selangor when he was crown prince.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9O-JrCJnaUsFh3TzgXWKPoDbTS85_Vo_JrG88yOmftfXMJHWP9SBvJDPjxU-AZHHSk6rn3tIWtNvODCmDhB0mmsrqbwiNgJtOvL39dYijkYnpNz8CEog1H6gqmI8ubuCk6x0Ibn-oIE/s1600/a024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9O-JrCJnaUsFh3TzgXWKPoDbTS85_Vo_JrG88yOmftfXMJHWP9SBvJDPjxU-AZHHSk6rn3tIWtNvODCmDhB0mmsrqbwiNgJtOvL39dYijkYnpNz8CEog1H6gqmI8ubuCk6x0Ibn-oIE/s320/a024.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibb7halLozfHZSTUStOOBNneea7rmjNDm44YBc75LtoT1fbF3oHaASwkTBc9EpOMJf3vdda2qyN0LevSS6wgBAKhTSBV90-xZsTRcCQHrtWQ-YPtTF7oy2fDqs0kG8nXz3fUzE2Zf_bWw/s1600/a025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibb7halLozfHZSTUStOOBNneea7rmjNDm44YBc75LtoT1fbF3oHaASwkTBc9EpOMJf3vdda2qyN0LevSS6wgBAKhTSBV90-xZsTRcCQHrtWQ-YPtTF7oy2fDqs0kG8nXz3fUzE2Zf_bWw/s320/a025.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Universiti Utara Malaysia or the Northern University of Malaysia, one of our public universities, has it's main campus in a little town called Sintok in the northern state of Kedah.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Before this building was erected at this site, there used to be a Pakistani food stall selling chapatis and an open-air badminton court with little wooden building attached where many taxi drivers used to meet. I also remember seeing many of the artistes of yesteryears like SM Salim, Mak Enon and others, whose names I cannot recall, in that area.</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhKgT7bKcFwc7rs3IAb6uFPkigXY9zqFMDqX313Gfq7n9wPkX0sDEIN0K3XAlcTmuDsPC55V_eWGEnpkQHz1nFYaI6BJoutLFgQjce9WsYHUxCFoGWpN3vVYgKle_QpI__fWmCbMD5wI/s1600/a026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhKgT7bKcFwc7rs3IAb6uFPkigXY9zqFMDqX313Gfq7n9wPkX0sDEIN0K3XAlcTmuDsPC55V_eWGEnpkQHz1nFYaI6BJoutLFgQjce9WsYHUxCFoGWpN3vVYgKle_QpI__fWmCbMD5wI/s320/a026.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>This is an old building belonging to a co-operative (notice that many of the alphabets naming the building has fallen off). It has always had a Malay restaurant operating here.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqsYP54AuWTQJ0tnaRfCVXGyEv00mfV7AuexnPJB4vEmBDzkjTyriP89AW0dHtMZ16rylI2Y_N8mkp99Viuj4kqfC6U4sk0KAUwNzCX8_Y8PR_0BGUVJdO6yXdXvsWTXwxE1eqEsGeso/s1600/a027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqsYP54AuWTQJ0tnaRfCVXGyEv00mfV7AuexnPJB4vEmBDzkjTyriP89AW0dHtMZ16rylI2Y_N8mkp99Viuj4kqfC6U4sk0KAUwNzCX8_Y8PR_0BGUVJdO6yXdXvsWTXwxE1eqEsGeso/s320/a027.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLahF30tnea1aCtZ109UYvARqUWdMYn-c36odshyqE6-I-sKgpmvbEKCwdhY9ZVc6plUlmMvYtN3VTPlndYjryDQW7uZL1nzz7QHEKOf24m7gpxYGbd6Fty7_dwIe3iBKbygZhmKN1iW8/s1600/a028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLahF30tnea1aCtZ109UYvARqUWdMYn-c36odshyqE6-I-sKgpmvbEKCwdhY9ZVc6plUlmMvYtN3VTPlndYjryDQW7uZL1nzz7QHEKOf24m7gpxYGbd6Fty7_dwIe3iBKbygZhmKN1iW8/s320/a028.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirs9XqumtjChqjSd41HTuWoZYYQM9OvyvKl6PmqyKSV3-4ppCjxHiDHq8NWpvGAHA7h_BW4w3nO_VoXnAJhfTNqd3YEgQsqno_g0-zEFMo0VHVyksRZZ0tF8dgSfcjElcvReBBbYAiy-U/s1600/a029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirs9XqumtjChqjSd41HTuWoZYYQM9OvyvKl6PmqyKSV3-4ppCjxHiDHq8NWpvGAHA7h_BW4w3nO_VoXnAJhfTNqd3YEgQsqno_g0-zEFMo0VHVyksRZZ0tF8dgSfcjElcvReBBbYAiy-U/s320/a029.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jYKkfTOFf-CH6OpNqY_UUN0CqWASar76AM8pcpB_OrpqXXrPF03q-0zi3BIyOx1Xq3nIUkcpRDbSs-IlbUYHY6unc7HRT-aUFosP3cggjBE4-BEm5EZxZcIi_jh50PiuGw1wHs6vG8E/s1600/a031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jYKkfTOFf-CH6OpNqY_UUN0CqWASar76AM8pcpB_OrpqXXrPF03q-0zi3BIyOx1Xq3nIUkcpRDbSs-IlbUYHY6unc7HRT-aUFosP3cggjBE4-BEm5EZxZcIi_jh50PiuGw1wHs6vG8E/s320/a031.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia or the National University of Malaysia also still maintains a campus here.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When UKM started their medical faculty, HKL, or the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital then, was their training facility. They have since moved to Cheras at the site where the former Lady Templer Hospital used to be. The new hospital there is the Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia or HUKM for short.</span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72j8bQj_fHMddhJlrjSNAWcDz5Uv7Q_L7NfeN26S0xkrexyZbwRLD0ABWqzPCjv_Rm2x5lttsqb4pUEJ4e2q87YT8VsaZG-sQySjF8nx9AwEgijsF15NsHcQWuVZbFC1ELLX4zan54SA/s1600/a041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72j8bQj_fHMddhJlrjSNAWcDz5Uv7Q_L7NfeN26S0xkrexyZbwRLD0ABWqzPCjv_Rm2x5lttsqb4pUEJ4e2q87YT8VsaZG-sQySjF8nx9AwEgijsF15NsHcQWuVZbFC1ELLX4zan54SA/s320/a041.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>This is the Jalan Raja Muda Stadium, formerly known as the TPCA Stadium before it was acquired by the Government in the early 1980s. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Tamilian's Physical Cultural Association or TPCA was founded in 1914 by a group of Tamil government servants. For more information visit their website<a href="http://kelabsukantpca.com/"> here</a>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgpAMb5nWpoI679hMYax-ywoENMa13LjkJ-DCpSggB5WsBaoX0rVShMD1P2bhYNbevqiW1BBzRQhtpr69vxRkQD7HbKGgoWPZWhweqUiZxCuifaY558djnVZOWQQPJjGD4IoycaOhy1o/s1600/a042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgpAMb5nWpoI679hMYax-ywoENMa13LjkJ-DCpSggB5WsBaoX0rVShMD1P2bhYNbevqiW1BBzRQhtpr69vxRkQD7HbKGgoWPZWhweqUiZxCuifaY558djnVZOWQQPJjGD4IoycaOhy1o/s320/a042.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The food court next to the stadium is very popular. Parking is limited and double parking is common. So if you visit here and find yourself unable to move out, just be patient, or blast your horn ;-).</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EFZaCXeVug3AWqzztXfwkmrWLrw2LKep0bToUXPIN2vLNkefNzaJFRM_f7O1PdF2lJ0jr0TbpuDbJU34S4cvDNS2fHfJtcSgLyLrAHmWFzTOEI1zmWauSO1r09LexDNTiF5PveVst2c/s1600/a043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EFZaCXeVug3AWqzztXfwkmrWLrw2LKep0bToUXPIN2vLNkefNzaJFRM_f7O1PdF2lJ0jr0TbpuDbJU34S4cvDNS2fHfJtcSgLyLrAHmWFzTOEI1zmWauSO1r09LexDNTiF5PveVst2c/s320/a043.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyF_2Iam6sePH5Io4CR0Nwr5dXgDOY7aCWGHxSXdMJ53IaBtu3NM2ov6onkY9LiPdS-XMT6HA2xidvXGIwhrkSdGcyCqeLHDOk5IpfdXtlzqahEPzPxMJ6qz_eroC9971aiFXk0R-n_BE/s1600/a044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyF_2Iam6sePH5Io4CR0Nwr5dXgDOY7aCWGHxSXdMJ53IaBtu3NM2ov6onkY9LiPdS-XMT6HA2xidvXGIwhrkSdGcyCqeLHDOk5IpfdXtlzqahEPzPxMJ6qz_eroC9971aiFXk0R-n_BE/s320/a044.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The National Cancer Society, Malaysia is located along Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is not the same as MAKNA, Majlis Kanser Nasional or National Cancer Council. I mention this because I was previously under the impression that NCSM and MAKNA were the English and Malay acronym of the same organization.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For information on NCSM, <a href="http://www.cancer.org.my/">click here</a>. For information on MAKNA, <a href="http://www.makna.org.my/">click here</a>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5Om-azG16aMiwO4gj6uYZpZUsOYKzWmuL9Nxdz4uTxoXTzrlmihUKpRa5s37-JRr9yNSRwzqHv7Ze7ZJnOHkuIqUFTb1voIpnNLqrvrfc04xlfv91uiVnBql7zHeSPuViiVyjBuFjjM/s1600/a045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5Om-azG16aMiwO4gj6uYZpZUsOYKzWmuL9Nxdz4uTxoXTzrlmihUKpRa5s37-JRr9yNSRwzqHv7Ze7ZJnOHkuIqUFTb1voIpnNLqrvrfc04xlfv91uiVnBql7zHeSPuViiVyjBuFjjM/s320/a045.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Medicine has come a long way since Avicenna (Ibn Sina).</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlJ4jUot76wD6_wT4u_54fdCoix2i-O2h0q-MrMmTrhjvst-WbLYTQm0KJDGuKGWuqzRfweueSJs7Sb9xzThpolKPbMQCt0eAVZ_gJ8KQe4dFoWNpfUkc-53ytTrINUp92rb1O02O9T4/s1600/a047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlJ4jUot76wD6_wT4u_54fdCoix2i-O2h0q-MrMmTrhjvst-WbLYTQm0KJDGuKGWuqzRfweueSJs7Sb9xzThpolKPbMQCt0eAVZ_gJ8KQe4dFoWNpfUkc-53ytTrINUp92rb1O02O9T4/s320/a047.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Sungai Bunus cuts across Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9g_LSsLS0c0tzjePS7Qdg-IbYAPHHyXyLPoyVmQSrnPyD3ish_4uPg4KXk2Hv98a8GGgMtBpncaymS7-cKI4IBWWADAtV7Ss6yt7D9K5iayA1qBe3d96Z497Vs7_Lz8TDjn7dH894i9s/s1600/a048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9g_LSsLS0c0tzjePS7Qdg-IbYAPHHyXyLPoyVmQSrnPyD3ish_4uPg4KXk2Hv98a8GGgMtBpncaymS7-cKI4IBWWADAtV7Ss6yt7D9K5iayA1qBe3d96Z497Vs7_Lz8TDjn7dH894i9s/s320/a048.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>At this point, the river looks just like a monsoon drain. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAYtACEREhmsLhxRg_9igaZzINN2vsuCGjaQNyPdwYk21hWjla8ToCiQfd-88dv0ntsq4hkhnRbeGFtje0ItM8kvCEt6V7jW8vvbMEWUXKNF7TT9CE9G0SzBZ9sNY2Q4RQNh4nAKl5Hc/s1600/a053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAYtACEREhmsLhxRg_9igaZzINN2vsuCGjaQNyPdwYk21hWjla8ToCiQfd-88dv0ntsq4hkhnRbeGFtje0ItM8kvCEt6V7jW8vvbMEWUXKNF7TT9CE9G0SzBZ9sNY2Q4RQNh4nAKl5Hc/s320/a053.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>There still are a few such houses still standing along this road. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdaniGvqk9qptxVsRrknFVRiL5NTfVb9ZFTAVIrwFI7dQweLeYMTTQ2pzSRls1tI9zh_f9XBQ7vJePFziNFXtypAYt04PUz6pyTA_eKD_MYOgzpaVhxGiqPHsXvPGHUl-uc_UyVUPOKs/s1600/a050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGdaniGvqk9qptxVsRrknFVRiL5NTfVb9ZFTAVIrwFI7dQweLeYMTTQ2pzSRls1tI9zh_f9XBQ7vJePFziNFXtypAYt04PUz6pyTA_eKD_MYOgzpaVhxGiqPHsXvPGHUl-uc_UyVUPOKs/s320/a050.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">NAZA, a local conglomerate, has a strong presence along Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz...</span></b><br />
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</b></span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00052931153170484963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226072192944308398.post-86620248108637118592010-10-21T22:52:00.000+08:002010-10-21T22:52:25.539+08:00Hadramawt<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The other day, some of my colleagues gave me a lunch treat. As I do like lamb, they decided that middle eastern fare would be the best option.</b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumaSa6UGLNmF-6dzh70zXerriVIUdihcMrZ3QnEqAOhi1rTeBqW8Sy-7RnXL1RPL_kRgpGbyRbeWOJ33Tdapf10FAF1kmjJmdJ5IiV4qa108WDO44uJFdjMKOWIPnG9D6aaxjkO-o1o8/s1600/a002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumaSa6UGLNmF-6dzh70zXerriVIUdihcMrZ3QnEqAOhi1rTeBqW8Sy-7RnXL1RPL_kRgpGbyRbeWOJ33Tdapf10FAF1kmjJmdJ5IiV4qa108WDO44uJFdjMKOWIPnG9D6aaxjkO-o1o8/s320/a002.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>So we headed for Hadramawt in Chulan Square. The restaurant claims to be the first Yemeni restaurant in Malaysia.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Z_v8-Ytmj7CKbY-saZ2CNybI5cCskAPv5iWwsn3WQvQByCxxF7AavFWcErIvyxnbOLIf0ChBOXtRoxC8YWS4_puMvuAyCrAnBZSSOunWdiDktMyKz8SnTyEBVi4xTqnhVDcqoc7-Li0/s1600/a003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Z_v8-Ytmj7CKbY-saZ2CNybI5cCskAPv5iWwsn3WQvQByCxxF7AavFWcErIvyxnbOLIf0ChBOXtRoxC8YWS4_puMvuAyCrAnBZSSOunWdiDktMyKz8SnTyEBVi4xTqnhVDcqoc7-Li0/s320/a003.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniSBg6jCWWW33nOyfNB_uFNyGWYn36bJXV8gEJuigQl-YH7Vz4ZctH71omj6mw9SWsItncpAX91v_v4ORbhwJLVEmV03O4GM7aIJMaG1sp2a31DlsYTOljBiM__gxAHWAUxiNd6HGHP4/s1600/a005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniSBg6jCWWW33nOyfNB_uFNyGWYn36bJXV8gEJuigQl-YH7Vz4ZctH71omj6mw9SWsItncpAX91v_v4ORbhwJLVEmV03O4GM7aIJMaG1sp2a31DlsYTOljBiM__gxAHWAUxiNd6HGHP4/s320/a005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Hadramawt (or Hadramaut) refers to the region at the south of the Arabian peninsular including Yemen.</b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXvXq6KiBZl6lRyU95AfoW08zCusSWZh6wGtR-b5oCiSaJyLAKG3gQZPIGLM2iW5NFRsxMWbe3df_9m5D1AKKF35IZcpI9-GSaZfPDg7DIwbRl1u4b92JKspcCzje-_DEjjFEkoZOhu8/s1600/a008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXvXq6KiBZl6lRyU95AfoW08zCusSWZh6wGtR-b5oCiSaJyLAKG3gQZPIGLM2iW5NFRsxMWbe3df_9m5D1AKKF35IZcpI9-GSaZfPDg7DIwbRl1u4b92JKspcCzje-_DEjjFEkoZOhu8/s320/a008.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXoivJxC5GfUqdwbWOqGiSv6n7PJQHS3d91p_Huj5pHWMgFWwPNk_hcRckiHzxbHIwerah3d7wKHk7zW6huF7AHDo3Aj9Q14ODT4wmuweBU8yjKjX1JVl6RRF7iQx1ewKT1JT1cyr5F8/s1600/a009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXoivJxC5GfUqdwbWOqGiSv6n7PJQHS3d91p_Huj5pHWMgFWwPNk_hcRckiHzxbHIwerah3d7wKHk7zW6huF7AHDo3Aj9Q14ODT4wmuweBU8yjKjX1JVl6RRF7iQx1ewKT1JT1cyr5F8/s320/a009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>There are pictures of Yemen on the wall.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtc4dX-ZXGAB0mxB__UIxahyphenhyphen_ebhZzznw7co1JRX7DxIbuqsXSWRp1mezJaS8-GY_pF2f-cRreQcdk4u4Q8dsF2nJW1dmmnuvUcJeSJ81pRIBcNmAkEIK0JB3gP-0Xdxgrgzdrm-B2y8/s1600/a013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtc4dX-ZXGAB0mxB__UIxahyphenhyphen_ebhZzznw7co1JRX7DxIbuqsXSWRp1mezJaS8-GY_pF2f-cRreQcdk4u4Q8dsF2nJW1dmmnuvUcJeSJ81pRIBcNmAkEIK0JB3gP-0Xdxgrgzdrm-B2y8/s320/a013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>There is ample dining area on the ground level...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqR26yrf-PGz3MybzUN3hHjT4BkQ_7MAqbvc_WonqkeIVVEl5gpo5Gwds4kigoZX6ShG6oHAPorM_pZ27-1LfFx-NOKz6ST2xrx6aZKwi-s3T-oyMOjXTZbLIE3onNZxcXs8ZZ2OaEOus/s1600/a004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqR26yrf-PGz3MybzUN3hHjT4BkQ_7MAqbvc_WonqkeIVVEl5gpo5Gwds4kigoZX6ShG6oHAPorM_pZ27-1LfFx-NOKz6ST2xrx6aZKwi-s3T-oyMOjXTZbLIE3onNZxcXs8ZZ2OaEOus/s320/a004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>...but they also have dining upstairs...</b></span><br />
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</b></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00052931153170484963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226072192944308398.post-64849376616183187292010-10-19T20:56:00.000+08:002010-10-19T20:56:59.720+08:00Klang Gates Dam Recreational Park<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>When going mountain hiking or jungle trekking, a good pair of hiking/trekking shoes is very important. I choose to wear a pair, which I have not used in years, for my hike up Bukit Tabur. As you can guess, the sole decided to divorce itself from the rest of the shoe. Fortunately for me this only happened when I had descended from the hill. Before I walked to my car to change into my spare shoes, I noticed this sign.</b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnOREWj9e1_KsRWvpsCuRHe6M8OJ38IA2sBvqqNViukf3z_vhGPtG2kBT61tAuG25g4AQwnUNjPJMybkPqg4-zORv-fdb-XWxlJqemdvXCjBzj09b2iYtbaQjEwF4eZeMKY8GYywGVz4/s1600/a272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnOREWj9e1_KsRWvpsCuRHe6M8OJ38IA2sBvqqNViukf3z_vhGPtG2kBT61tAuG25g4AQwnUNjPJMybkPqg4-zORv-fdb-XWxlJqemdvXCjBzj09b2iYtbaQjEwF4eZeMKY8GYywGVz4/s320/a272.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>A recreation park so close to home! Let me check out the place. So after changing my shoes and with Eugene and Mike in tow, I entered what is the Klang Gates Recreation Park.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7X7RNp6bhKYXnXT7DNQMEJVJDtw1TDTzwweZIiDkctubJo7tcZmCb95euq5dQxHbk1VXTTGfV1Tl_YXJ18WKH-aybPotoZj6NdhfOuDTsAJ9ovey7ywhv-fzWWiWerL7fn2H1-AXrUlY/s1600/a273.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7X7RNp6bhKYXnXT7DNQMEJVJDtw1TDTzwweZIiDkctubJo7tcZmCb95euq5dQxHbk1VXTTGfV1Tl_YXJ18WKH-aybPotoZj6NdhfOuDTsAJ9ovey7ywhv-fzWWiWerL7fn2H1-AXrUlY/s320/a273.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>First we had to descend a long flight of stairs which has not been cleared in days.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08t_zs9u6Ltb1pJjoi1X149cIaGA_G89hTir0uSVjcSr4uloSyBoV4qZRtnxT9tPU-wftC7SYo-cFHJUzwxAxNCF4ZqzWVa-V_X3eDa3SIJK4nCpJFVGnJcKy5FZtV5vRNtYijQWh_vc/s1600/a277.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08t_zs9u6Ltb1pJjoi1X149cIaGA_G89hTir0uSVjcSr4uloSyBoV4qZRtnxT9tPU-wftC7SYo-cFHJUzwxAxNCF4ZqzWVa-V_X3eDa3SIJK4nCpJFVGnJcKy5FZtV5vRNtYijQWh_vc/s320/a277.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>At the foot of the stairs, we are greeted by a wide field with 2 make-shift goal posts, probably erected by the local boys. The grass had been recently cut, but not completely, we can see the at the far end.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgznAEvw8XcYFZ3q1bqizQCheExteX2UQNMU5MY8IB3_eBudKXE9kGeFVr4f7ZKQUb57vmHzNm-v8t9LOMABl4FjNdZUcH_bZG71fJ9PFT4HMmhupsQ3z3ZvFtLRBk-_iTtgY4xvtzjvVk/s1600/a279.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgznAEvw8XcYFZ3q1bqizQCheExteX2UQNMU5MY8IB3_eBudKXE9kGeFVr4f7ZKQUb57vmHzNm-v8t9LOMABl4FjNdZUcH_bZG71fJ9PFT4HMmhupsQ3z3ZvFtLRBk-_iTtgY4xvtzjvVk/s320/a279.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Another signboard greeted us as we got closer to the stream.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqewXNkrrwZZnurp935shd6Zsb587Fp5gjeOFsAxSnd9gyNDRIg9G6B95GESwZNC0Bd2QDzGOYNrI7Dj3ivLLoukc0PtAR7bVv53hRBPZ8Hf2SNVvJ-yBL3rsmkHiNjcBvXIF3kpiemc/s1600/a281.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqewXNkrrwZZnurp935shd6Zsb587Fp5gjeOFsAxSnd9gyNDRIg9G6B95GESwZNC0Bd2QDzGOYNrI7Dj3ivLLoukc0PtAR7bVv53hRBPZ8Hf2SNVvJ-yBL3rsmkHiNjcBvXIF3kpiemc/s320/a281.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZs43z3JC1oUbxlk5Q0u_sKbIcOe5DWRWqw6rtCSTj_nbIc3UYVXvj3JwF3Z88-pkN8q37A_AJ7QeLuGRugA1SQFXwZiFEFACdpkhqUsDYLAVR5mLIQBbWjQc-vjtZQTGN7Md-a8EZhbA/s1600/a282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZs43z3JC1oUbxlk5Q0u_sKbIcOe5DWRWqw6rtCSTj_nbIc3UYVXvj3JwF3Z88-pkN8q37A_AJ7QeLuGRugA1SQFXwZiFEFACdpkhqUsDYLAVR5mLIQBbWjQc-vjtZQTGN7Md-a8EZhbA/s320/a282.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLb2o7mPHLFU3cX9J17rD9Oz-I9oA2iYWZLD2Jx8HQ6vTIJfmdVqhUFY1vEA3EXqr3TLgMG_rrXx1iupntGyxaX8DAvW4r67kyVavSs3jJ6xXcQw5C9S7WJE5ZKuRWR1QL0C5B2JUDF4U/s1600/a283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLb2o7mPHLFU3cX9J17rD9Oz-I9oA2iYWZLD2Jx8HQ6vTIJfmdVqhUFY1vEA3EXqr3TLgMG_rrXx1iupntGyxaX8DAvW4r67kyVavSs3jJ6xXcQw5C9S7WJE5ZKuRWR1QL0C5B2JUDF4U/s320/a283.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The place is unkempt and rubbish is disposed of irresponsibly - a vast difference going up Bukit Tabur and going down to the Recreation Park.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBIRhk4Iolrc1BBtu-kAkY-YfeYBoImF_CaiWYXN_TgUJlIy0kYZuJA6mtu_reKZ8lEauCz18HA_0ZZslstAc3caB-cgQtm3kcL48oskspDF65FfNPR6tFYxzFSVydnAHqGovUot30Nc/s1600/a285.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBIRhk4Iolrc1BBtu-kAkY-YfeYBoImF_CaiWYXN_TgUJlIy0kYZuJA6mtu_reKZ8lEauCz18HA_0ZZslstAc3caB-cgQtm3kcL48oskspDF65FfNPR6tFYxzFSVydnAHqGovUot30Nc/s320/a285.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">A group of youth had gathered there to cool off on that hot afternoon.</span></b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJgsONEuxELfFMMlkuMwm9FT6bDONTSncvTHFxhC-K3aUdAZAPz6BOxp1JGLR6zWO4y-LWcMxqHj9lTMf1r-zLpTbcesi97uByxPdjsvUvPhuwSDKByXhIOImZ1yyb8Mzq-wywnZokc4/s1600/a297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJgsONEuxELfFMMlkuMwm9FT6bDONTSncvTHFxhC-K3aUdAZAPz6BOxp1JGLR6zWO4y-LWcMxqHj9lTMf1r-zLpTbcesi97uByxPdjsvUvPhuwSDKByXhIOImZ1yyb8Mzq-wywnZokc4/s320/a297.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Just then another group of cyclists passed by that area.</b></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KdaNUvwNiqpIwxcrH6ZGa2UH4JaeDlWdyYVWaG-YmgloV5WCsyevmBLWC8wbxaXgkUZlI5LhJ4VUXXwUtVO51pGEgyZDgBiwYWu0HVE3NkCVXAau93L3c5Zdgt2hpc72UvBIz65VCqg/s1600/a299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KdaNUvwNiqpIwxcrH6ZGa2UH4JaeDlWdyYVWaG-YmgloV5WCsyevmBLWC8wbxaXgkUZlI5LhJ4VUXXwUtVO51pGEgyZDgBiwYWu0HVE3NkCVXAau93L3c5Zdgt2hpc72UvBIz65VCqg/s320/a299.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>They stopped to pose for me.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KdaNUvwNiqpIwxcrH6ZGa2UH4JaeDlWdyYVWaG-YmgloV5WCsyevmBLWC8wbxaXgkUZlI5LhJ4VUXXwUtVO51pGEgyZDgBiwYWu0HVE3NkCVXAau93L3c5Zdgt2hpc72UvBIz65VCqg/s1600/a299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzVgEx0dMc3zvBOcdhI4vHYb1yO4AE7MC2pVRxxGTsvOMPWxuPIrZw6Xs-qFyec0ZUL4y04cIoewyrpFW4uxSnrdweVlYLqOLPMgcpVU8jHdX5NYVonu0ByBDy7kPukjgxdyOisZKVqo/s1600/a298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzVgEx0dMc3zvBOcdhI4vHYb1yO4AE7MC2pVRxxGTsvOMPWxuPIrZw6Xs-qFyec0ZUL4y04cIoewyrpFW4uxSnrdweVlYLqOLPMgcpVU8jHdX5NYVonu0ByBDy7kPukjgxdyOisZKVqo/s320/a298.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>He had already crossed the stream, but he too wanted to be photographed.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPY0QrnrKnW5qgD8QnSOax55z2gl_42k34GQ5K8c5wtlGscVtSht7ScEu9EZA1bzkkbeAU6n1EufS2ZZrpo6tqNBJmRhmA0yLGpePTu21zBncHBapKATG26EWu6VAhO6rmaPM23Ukr3BY/s1600/a294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPY0QrnrKnW5qgD8QnSOax55z2gl_42k34GQ5K8c5wtlGscVtSht7ScEu9EZA1bzkkbeAU6n1EufS2ZZrpo6tqNBJmRhmA0yLGpePTu21zBncHBapKATG26EWu6VAhO6rmaPM23Ukr3BY/s320/a294.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Then they made their way across one by one.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00052931153170484963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226072192944308398.post-82214889862327856142010-10-19T13:55:00.000+08:002010-10-19T13:55:01.478+08:00Bukit Tabur, Kampong Klang Gates 2<span style="color: blue;"><b>It's times like these that make me realize that I'm not as young as I used to be. I only managed up to point 2 of the trail before suggesting that we head back. Nevertheless, I hope to return soon to complete the full track across all points.</b></span><br />
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Much of the rocks we see there is actually quartz as can be seen from this broken piece.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtcmfkipyY3TCcPm1IIv2TEADW9AIMDDuL6vG-9gmrLdMkopwLobhw_0hIMC5np7qTGKHJxk_V70MTUyqbO6VwShW38eY7-cdNlj5vc-8Hog9h7Iskyrj-lA_ZHzpfIgkrvUdwpaIeiU/s1600/a30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtcmfkipyY3TCcPm1IIv2TEADW9AIMDDuL6vG-9gmrLdMkopwLobhw_0hIMC5np7qTGKHJxk_V70MTUyqbO6VwShW38eY7-cdNlj5vc-8Hog9h7Iskyrj-lA_ZHzpfIgkrvUdwpaIeiU/s320/a30.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Although we didn't track all the way to the peak of the hill, the view even from where we were was spectacular.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9_eVLb5qW2QNEK0JiIs5mdOUBfKUrnII6ZWTjMWo7Gi3-SvSTzozvbxV6DydvIDaVD3UMYho87cMEGN6k37uDjZox2v4lMYav-2vm6ikMQko1FHoqr4SEDtjKm8f0qdvq9yYExlcvAw/s1600/s038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9_eVLb5qW2QNEK0JiIs5mdOUBfKUrnII6ZWTjMWo7Gi3-SvSTzozvbxV6DydvIDaVD3UMYho87cMEGN6k37uDjZox2v4lMYav-2vm6ikMQko1FHoqr4SEDtjKm8f0qdvq9yYExlcvAw/s320/s038.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6se6JtcZAe1kNsZLCwHLgA_rl2NuKSC5a45KXceLEg2ZwGRR4HIu3BUI9PrxXWsxR727e_93kSozDRtaMe5kSo0ZZFoBupDJtJXTWcsfmJ4LLWbLbYcOyc9z4TY6Uwjg4oRXEyrxZWc/s1600/s053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN6se6JtcZAe1kNsZLCwHLgA_rl2NuKSC5a45KXceLEg2ZwGRR4HIu3BUI9PrxXWsxR727e_93kSozDRtaMe5kSo0ZZFoBupDJtJXTWcsfmJ4LLWbLbYcOyc9z4TY6Uwjg4oRXEyrxZWc/s320/s053.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4AkYdqNR2Pj3ITx980wKFqY-YKGi5j6xLveRL4ZBiGWXZBZP9oJmJOTxZQFD512H911LpHQa5DdtwDV4AeT4_KoCGIvHof-8_uPm-Euts6kHSq_oeVh17Dr3PyU1j3pyx5rVm07J5Wc/s1600/s059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4AkYdqNR2Pj3ITx980wKFqY-YKGi5j6xLveRL4ZBiGWXZBZP9oJmJOTxZQFD512H911LpHQa5DdtwDV4AeT4_KoCGIvHof-8_uPm-Euts6kHSq_oeVh17Dr3PyU1j3pyx5rVm07J5Wc/s320/s059.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ofoZ2rQcnXW7L7pcfkAcnZrS3i61dNe6FHeW6TZniMvtV4gtXGvftfvO0DR49K-ZylPYwhePOqcgq2X_QrgaYwOuwi7XxH1NXaqYNb0ufPNOjbUCG_9ZaR9nelST2T-Z6GF7sZMht9E/s1600/s062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ofoZ2rQcnXW7L7pcfkAcnZrS3i61dNe6FHeW6TZniMvtV4gtXGvftfvO0DR49K-ZylPYwhePOqcgq2X_QrgaYwOuwi7XxH1NXaqYNb0ufPNOjbUCG_9ZaR9nelST2T-Z6GF7sZMht9E/s320/s062.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ20j8eH3XyyC0NvkxIVtNfEIhNz0yq6X5JBtokFX_4XqSNRVNffL6zLDBcDff7OwxONkUTlxZyZKVEKzB-jf63ipXl8w75wgShd3rVpoStvamyMROaQRanqOy_ZNxJ8631rv0viIIT0M/s1600/s070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ20j8eH3XyyC0NvkxIVtNfEIhNz0yq6X5JBtokFX_4XqSNRVNffL6zLDBcDff7OwxONkUTlxZyZKVEKzB-jf63ipXl8w75wgShd3rVpoStvamyMROaQRanqOy_ZNxJ8631rv0viIIT0M/s320/s070.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFg_-uJ3g3Q4Pl1CyDFdV9KC4zu-iLplDyjtmiWnILxuCXqKcfjMJhIacdJ2emyJJF72xiJodFKrqGp0q7YRYcS93IvKIaZaO-wPZVua-6UxQGIByaCwRi-Yj8jAIQ8OBow3CfpE5l_k/s1600/s080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFg_-uJ3g3Q4Pl1CyDFdV9KC4zu-iLplDyjtmiWnILxuCXqKcfjMJhIacdJ2emyJJF72xiJodFKrqGp0q7YRYcS93IvKIaZaO-wPZVua-6UxQGIByaCwRi-Yj8jAIQ8OBow3CfpE5l_k/s320/s080.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b> </b></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00052931153170484963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226072192944308398.post-13037769364040943072010-10-18T17:38:00.000+08:002010-10-18T17:38:10.058+08:00Bukit Tabur, Kampong Klang Gates<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>A few weeks ago, I attended a photo walk organized by Nikon. There I met Eugene, a fellow photo enthusiast.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>I have always heard of some hill in the Klang Gates Dam area, more so since the fatal accident involving some doctors from Ampang, but I have never been there nor do I know it's location. So when Eugene suggested that we hike up there and catch the sunrise, I accepted.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Last Saturday morning I met Eugene and another friend, Mike, at the MRR2 junction with Jalan Genting Kelang, and proceeded though Taman Melawati to the Klang Gates Dam entrance.</b></span><br />
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXEDYu8plcXWbKzsZoRVJ6JbFYsPbwU_C5tutI7hqRNRU6Yku1LeopNMZyRpQVd-X07WcFliI9_BsnfwObk9-wbbMBQBFnD1FN7qybzP1eC-Eg8HUAURYDnJ5NlYH-r05Gmkp4DU-0dM/s1600/a003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXEDYu8plcXWbKzsZoRVJ6JbFYsPbwU_C5tutI7hqRNRU6Yku1LeopNMZyRpQVd-X07WcFliI9_BsnfwObk9-wbbMBQBFnD1FN7qybzP1eC-Eg8HUAURYDnJ5NlYH-r05Gmkp4DU-0dM/s320/a003.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The original entrance to the trail has been eroded, and in it's place is a gully.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I was expecting a highly commercialized spot, being so close to the city, but I was pleasantly surprised that it was not so. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC56xC-DqaJu1hDWa7MIPXYRcaKNIXMpSUDwiXti0vltHak6Qb43XRrFPrK-gVNgXxIXReyCrj4Ze6fveK4pb7MJSmh_T_Iz6qdrnm6c7C_RO4vemHlqid15sF0yC1N4kNjidK-q0jcxw/s320/a008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>I couldn't help noticing the absence of plastic, paper and Styrofoam rubbish which usually is associated with many of the 'nature' trails that I've been to.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLFVp-VHfJ0Wq8hyphenhyphenuxFAiFfTBcWErSc7xteiNtzYDFA6QD6I2x2cGcSSjQ6_IRZASwG4-JfnLlB40pxwZfdfFgaLnXQIVbgZbpIlwyneDumXvUSscQk3A-Q-RWI9j2lHgxHYll8A-nmg/s1600/a009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLFVp-VHfJ0Wq8hyphenhyphenuxFAiFfTBcWErSc7xteiNtzYDFA6QD6I2x2cGcSSjQ6_IRZASwG4-JfnLlB40pxwZfdfFgaLnXQIVbgZbpIlwyneDumXvUSscQk3A-Q-RWI9j2lHgxHYll8A-nmg/s320/a009.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQMWjqAaxrNBMMXaqhsnvsXKoD939l5Hovz5sHk0H9srXHRsRFPqKtt0ABF1x8a1X5sDkZEUreJyLUlBWmKaIaOHF7VdmsWF5siDQEEXpX6nGa9MTdJmza9soQvT-5mpc3Q5FucJedqU/s1600/a010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQMWjqAaxrNBMMXaqhsnvsXKoD939l5Hovz5sHk0H9srXHRsRFPqKtt0ABF1x8a1X5sDkZEUreJyLUlBWmKaIaOHF7VdmsWF5siDQEEXpX6nGa9MTdJmza9soQvT-5mpc3Q5FucJedqU/s320/a010.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Although the area would come under the Ampang Jaya Municipality, I could not see it being maintained by them.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My theory is that hikers are a special breed of Malaysians who know how to take care of their environment, like keeping it clean, so that everyone can enjoy the beauty of nature.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</b></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00052931153170484963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226072192944308398.post-83505140604132471912010-10-13T21:32:00.000+08:002010-10-13T21:32:34.905+08:00People, People, People - Part 2<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Here are the rest of the stolen shots:</b></span><br />
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To me, it takes all kinds to make KL what it is.</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
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</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Here are some stolen shots on a Sunday morning (10.10.10) in the vicinity of Imbi, Bukit Bintang and Berjaya Times Square. I was taking part in a Charity Photo Hunt organized by Nikon Malaysia in aid of the Malaysian Association for the Blind. These shots are not part of the hunt.</span></b></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCp97GrWfsCyFc91b9z9iOBA_OYNkWCZcM1CN96LXqh0NhXGu01r2KtT6_HolWngqPPNE5P6MC0cMKS4Eovo2UpYWlmsWbpkx1Dayxa1uEjUXwMAZ7Tu4x1zZ9_lW5B_Ha3vKkQJv53go/s1600/KL-People+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCp97GrWfsCyFc91b9z9iOBA_OYNkWCZcM1CN96LXqh0NhXGu01r2KtT6_HolWngqPPNE5P6MC0cMKS4Eovo2UpYWlmsWbpkx1Dayxa1uEjUXwMAZ7Tu4x1zZ9_lW5B_Ha3vKkQJv53go/s320/KL-People+(1).jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nGFRxGnI7MPzpKMugq9VXHm6-wvwNGw0qw8xf4Yry4y0yRnGVz5QC6Mcx6O5j-cRGCnM2hlrvLERBaKZ6jAYGwlpkaaMImWZ-JRtgIlr3uG17hjrUK2wOUkLVmK-WrBL2PfsnCx0dKc/s1600/KL-People+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00052931153170484963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226072192944308398.post-9291217863890016582010-10-06T19:52:00.000+08:002010-10-06T19:52:49.827+08:00KL KrashPad - Chow Kit Kita (Part 8) - Final Part<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>As I mentioned earlier, this was my first visit inside a Gurdwara. Just like all the children, I too was interested to find out how Sikhs worship. The priests who were taking us around were ready to oblige.</b></span><br />
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The language was foreign, but being mostly Muslims (who are used to the Quran being recited in Arabic) it wasn't wholly strange.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><i>(In case you're wondering, I did have permission to take the above close-up shot.)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Based on Wikipedia, I gather that the 'root statement' of Sikhism is the <b><i>Mul Mantra</i></b> which roughly translates as "<b>There is one God, truth by name, the creator, without fear, without hate, timeless in form, beyond birth, self existent, (known by) the grace of the Guru.</b>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0WjHdQNHcf6ZD7P4prXilLXIcQqDr7mYh6DcAQ2OhJ7-Tu-cxffuGdQfqeiTnUvJCOvbis5ccIo6eeVrmnH-tFS5l22WaCYrS7WfloPV9MFwTd7eY7OxCzfY3ky26-J5OsfaDaGjydk/s1600/z711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0WjHdQNHcf6ZD7P4prXilLXIcQqDr7mYh6DcAQ2OhJ7-Tu-cxffuGdQfqeiTnUvJCOvbis5ccIo6eeVrmnH-tFS5l22WaCYrS7WfloPV9MFwTd7eY7OxCzfY3ky26-J5OsfaDaGjydk/s320/z711.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVQhOJldm_QDi4QM2jo_1qoZDpNXFicomv4kcIyr24rnNbP07Zgq1US4rTZJO33ekeJrCWbGH7LD010_8eaofKJh6_C6s9GozLW5UUn9GBALIRZhMTuicI0du4hn78dYgl76y9xvjQZI/s1600/z721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVQhOJldm_QDi4QM2jo_1qoZDpNXFicomv4kcIyr24rnNbP07Zgq1US4rTZJO33ekeJrCWbGH7LD010_8eaofKJh6_C6s9GozLW5UUn9GBALIRZhMTuicI0du4hn78dYgl76y9xvjQZI/s320/z721.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYdU2zDlTS0-2yhdtW5aO0GhEOz6fUlQ7ET5C3vbusEzpWThoSoMqhglj-yx3cHQXErUm97SIh7JN-9vCViNd_4Zq-aIecgRCsTHiAklkzZ6DPWKjGy-jT_OMjbaDjhwMeVzV5VOecjU/s1600/z727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYdU2zDlTS0-2yhdtW5aO0GhEOz6fUlQ7ET5C3vbusEzpWThoSoMqhglj-yx3cHQXErUm97SIh7JN-9vCViNd_4Zq-aIecgRCsTHiAklkzZ6DPWKjGy-jT_OMjbaDjhwMeVzV5VOecjU/s320/z727.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Similar to the commencement of the recitation, the ending is also full of rituals.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><br />
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DwSxt0Ok2dxid6OjA48LhOOA2BU0dLd43Neb8ac4CKHb5LroQw1NyOk56nX8aIdhCFSX-7Yf5m_JFE92yrpRwrCjJvb-NrFqeSPmwcM1HR2mdDjFQPGSEf9_E0H2aUJZGa7tkcZ1-Kk/s1600/a003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DwSxt0Ok2dxid6OjA48LhOOA2BU0dLd43Neb8ac4CKHb5LroQw1NyOk56nX8aIdhCFSX-7Yf5m_JFE92yrpRwrCjJvb-NrFqeSPmwcM1HR2mdDjFQPGSEf9_E0H2aUJZGa7tkcZ1-Kk/s320/a003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>...and then we reach our destination.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiZiXEE62fFUvu7nwM5GVNx56Kn7e2HOxsZKrFHXHxv87BtTsjIGw1zc5TU5Cf0pqcZ3_M-ZazESkBqtNY3tFY9ss-0NB0g5VX1yuvQG0_SABNhpCJV4GCkctlo8SXFH4apAJ8j-_wtw/s1600/a004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiZiXEE62fFUvu7nwM5GVNx56Kn7e2HOxsZKrFHXHxv87BtTsjIGw1zc5TU5Cf0pqcZ3_M-ZazESkBqtNY3tFY9ss-0NB0g5VX1yuvQG0_SABNhpCJV4GCkctlo8SXFH4apAJ8j-_wtw/s320/a004.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The basic rules about entering the Gurdwara are clearly displayed.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">This is also my first time visiting a Gurdwara, I was definitely excited.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3ZivgKoLP6gmXH9VrQ2FuLfRAkbrRr8OA4g-U0nnU4wuJjifnhXhwginhKSEQ_UzblY1e-EPaUBynE_Diq_Z6NHebPX1SpxS89kONp4sMFvLgPhf8nBn5ItlA5UYN4Z8IEkDTgpfVH0/s1600/a005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3ZivgKoLP6gmXH9VrQ2FuLfRAkbrRr8OA4g-U0nnU4wuJjifnhXhwginhKSEQ_UzblY1e-EPaUBynE_Diq_Z6NHebPX1SpxS89kONp4sMFvLgPhf8nBn5ItlA5UYN4Z8IEkDTgpfVH0/s320/a005.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Fahmi had made prior arrangements and we were met my one of the priests at the Gurdwara.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gg4lFCLw8Ny-vgkVFBDwpy3PNMx_cYd0JY7n63w93QASFMGz8Fjw9NY-hSxeuoNXcjrTI7qBAkJ4KVVv0P0VnvFoMtgsHpYxYtlM6jgLvN4vAVhs-f2AQYWHoV4JtkGDuvhTUdAYVOU/s1600/a008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2gg4lFCLw8Ny-vgkVFBDwpy3PNMx_cYd0JY7n63w93QASFMGz8Fjw9NY-hSxeuoNXcjrTI7qBAkJ4KVVv0P0VnvFoMtgsHpYxYtlM6jgLvN4vAVhs-f2AQYWHoV4JtkGDuvhTUdAYVOU/s320/a008.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>I wondered about the taps, similar to those found at Masjids, that were available at the entrance of the Gurdwara. We are to wash our hands and feet before entering.</b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2M3H8tUEwqP9qq2PgvHShD16zZBaDFQZkzkJ_bt4LNL6fgyShutNWvPf0-RF2_ZGK2-w-cQezO9R0tvfBuap-S7y-Hi_IjgUmc5Tag6TgBJxMPaTFCYD0nqOnduxywcOULqob84FPUJw/s1600/a009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2M3H8tUEwqP9qq2PgvHShD16zZBaDFQZkzkJ_bt4LNL6fgyShutNWvPf0-RF2_ZGK2-w-cQezO9R0tvfBuap-S7y-Hi_IjgUmc5Tag6TgBJxMPaTFCYD0nqOnduxywcOULqob84FPUJw/s320/a009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>On the way to the main prayer hall, we passed some smaller halls which we were informed are used to hold smaller functions.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdbEWY1JNuXb2rgq_hdZWxXa7Qrgl83P9x5L7mtH2jehIY0cPkRhMzRjuJFS5be1FsYIvleCYS_nOef8mt67abWQsddLLO-dpPF4hVgjbCJla2baqUUdExgmL_0mdo1cD0TZqq36HPWM/s1600/a010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdbEWY1JNuXb2rgq_hdZWxXa7Qrgl83P9x5L7mtH2jehIY0cPkRhMzRjuJFS5be1FsYIvleCYS_nOef8mt67abWQsddLLO-dpPF4hVgjbCJla2baqUUdExgmL_0mdo1cD0TZqq36HPWM/s320/a010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Even in the smaller hall, there is the 'alter' holding the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy scripture.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGo_-WUg1yxsOqYthTQiem0_224cqXUbvHE4wK4S_0fXNdi6ppuUmr8ZrBUbcMj7cQK-QnofTkOGTa01I1XqYi5dId-MVSk5n3lko68ziJRNxZWqfMRx9vOWEunTyUgANdb8gkML7lawQ/s1600/a013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGo_-WUg1yxsOqYthTQiem0_224cqXUbvHE4wK4S_0fXNdi6ppuUmr8ZrBUbcMj7cQK-QnofTkOGTa01I1XqYi5dId-MVSk5n3lko68ziJRNxZWqfMRx9vOWEunTyUgANdb8gkML7lawQ/s320/a013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The main hall is huge. This is said to be the largest Gurdwara in South East Asia. Traditionally, ladies and gentlemen sit on their respective sides of the hall.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQpJGlMMkOqXVdp3ZeXFdTJnVSgxGpVkiIVdjZZ-jNcJz8usAf6vUzNnJivewpuuedgUyf_qmUKVZQkXzQBfsqUCuPQpkk-fpnGQBW_Rxb9RAVNPRjrjev8DUSTvjZSBL8c8nnJAV4I8/s1600/a011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQpJGlMMkOqXVdp3ZeXFdTJnVSgxGpVkiIVdjZZ-jNcJz8usAf6vUzNnJivewpuuedgUyf_qmUKVZQkXzQBfsqUCuPQpkk-fpnGQBW_Rxb9RAVNPRjrjev8DUSTvjZSBL8c8nnJAV4I8/s320/a011.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>Directly opposite the entrance, at the far end, is the Guru Granth Sahib. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">We were witnesses to the reading of the Guru Granth Sahib by the Chief Priest - it will be the next and last post in the Chow Kit Kita series.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMF1XSKvSqPlnWN8CZYwWaHqBxCSIww7lrYTmy76nxnU33T3Bi9aTQAuCHrpcxmDWQ-8_J6n2dcHMrFyn5loucJyImZEQd_s9SORtFUoaTffwOH_hfswJOz3n58ENq1gM_OGeLqgKT5E/s1600/a014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMF1XSKvSqPlnWN8CZYwWaHqBxCSIww7lrYTmy76nxnU33T3Bi9aTQAuCHrpcxmDWQ-8_J6n2dcHMrFyn5loucJyImZEQd_s9SORtFUoaTffwOH_hfswJOz3n58ENq1gM_OGeLqgKT5E/s320/a014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>This is a view of the outer corridor of the main prayer hall.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihLjZs0hD9S-mURsWeTuxlnxPolptrjjaKO2BXOTtnHxnaY2dwZCIYfcHhFcd1LtzcbW_9_YHzPfoS_TTIWxdjT2O0izMnFC8-pYQLXHD7JcookNVVBdaV9_Zr9Z1gThfD6nCI1QYXPI/s1600/a012.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihLjZs0hD9S-mURsWeTuxlnxPolptrjjaKO2BXOTtnHxnaY2dwZCIYfcHhFcd1LtzcbW_9_YHzPfoS_TTIWxdjT2O0izMnFC8-pYQLXHD7JcookNVVBdaV9_Zr9Z1gThfD6nCI1QYXPI/s1600/a012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The prayer hall is generally bare but this framed image of the <i>Khanda</i> did catch my attention.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Khanda</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is one of the most important symbols of Sikhism and is commonly found on the flag of the Sikhs.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It contains a double-edged sword, a </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Khanda</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, in the centre representing knowledge of God. The circular </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Chakkar</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">represents the eternal nature of God and oneness of humanity. It also means there is only one God, never beginning and never ending. The two single-edged swords, </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kirpans</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, represent </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Miri</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, temporal power or political sovereignty, and </span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Piri</span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, spiritual sovereignty.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Source: Wikipedia </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapBMnF85F4StECp3JdyRIUsMNmf-dOrTkFGrxXJR7t4NgP3dbW-Zw57qjM6CM_KtECUXUcuPmnlKjmh3edy4PtY4lokzA4-yFjUQ3gTffQk0vE8ZXdU4J4FbuIQWlqkujwdwxtG3gsao/s1600/a507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapBMnF85F4StECp3JdyRIUsMNmf-dOrTkFGrxXJR7t4NgP3dbW-Zw57qjM6CM_KtECUXUcuPmnlKjmh3edy4PtY4lokzA4-yFjUQ3gTffQk0vE8ZXdU4J4FbuIQWlqkujwdwxtG3gsao/s320/a507.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SjT2rVCg1WYH2an762Ktu3GxVsc37HmHboCDZSM49lKhIqfRGOpYlk7X3IhnA7x5-_OiaI1XNozceNXHUCG-ZHAz8D7qC65Zt_hmPi0aXsWA6kKIjSEzyJBwvootBnYbXevCBjQGzPU/s1600/a502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SjT2rVCg1WYH2an762Ktu3GxVsc37HmHboCDZSM49lKhIqfRGOpYlk7X3IhnA7x5-_OiaI1XNozceNXHUCG-ZHAz8D7qC65Zt_hmPi0aXsWA6kKIjSEzyJBwvootBnYbXevCBjQGzPU/s320/a502.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNNICsHq9wG2zUnAzl03LnIqZk6DVYTHarQt9pzFnLH2jSDsaiN8dVJitmCMkeIFYsyxa7dTJiDxs0gMuKXXyuNoY1uTUy-HEn_1-GSzwxXU9CdLi5Xy8RP1HoD_0E8XTgWR1ImozDY4/s1600/a504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNNICsHq9wG2zUnAzl03LnIqZk6DVYTHarQt9pzFnLH2jSDsaiN8dVJitmCMkeIFYsyxa7dTJiDxs0gMuKXXyuNoY1uTUy-HEn_1-GSzwxXU9CdLi5Xy8RP1HoD_0E8XTgWR1ImozDY4/s320/a504.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There, we were introduced to Mr. Shah Mohamed, a member of the Masjid Committee. Mr. Shah is a veteran at the Masjid and is fondly referred to as 'Chacha' which means uncle or more accurately 'father's younger brother'.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> According to Chacha, the original masjid was in High Street (now Jalan Bandar) near the police station. The current location was offered for the Masjid when the Government acquired the original site for road construction works. The Masjid was completed in 1963, funded by the Pakistani community here.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLwumWSgGStl_plHvAJZnAnsz1XceE1d5Qq3pl-yYtSpxMmvRAQDiezPe5TM5BMPf-yeNGO-8aVQN1Gzy-X_kD0ydr4TnqHl7W0NFr54POuEz6ZyMgVbEMgcNBD4EcRM4UHCoVXzv9Xc/s1600/a508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLwumWSgGStl_plHvAJZnAnsz1XceE1d5Qq3pl-yYtSpxMmvRAQDiezPe5TM5BMPf-yeNGO-8aVQN1Gzy-X_kD0ydr4TnqHl7W0NFr54POuEz6ZyMgVbEMgcNBD4EcRM4UHCoVXzv9Xc/s320/a508.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMJMof31YcAPiI1l_Uh2n4rjOlqCXS6oBfkc4wXMUOlxBSBD6isW2CjvtfObPkHpDuPRcRji3uV7NggG2CM474plDRVNzU06FUB74hzaCJULyPNI5DDq74VSyu7uXKzZzriIctd5Lass/s1600/a501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMJMof31YcAPiI1l_Uh2n4rjOlqCXS6oBfkc4wXMUOlxBSBD6isW2CjvtfObPkHpDuPRcRji3uV7NggG2CM474plDRVNzU06FUB74hzaCJULyPNI5DDq74VSyu7uXKzZzriIctd5Lass/s320/a501.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The main prayer hall on the ground floor. Notice the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">mihrab</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (prayer niche) and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">mimbar</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (pulpit).</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I remember worshiping at the masjid during the early days. In those days, the main prayer hall was on the first floor. The ground floor was without walls and used for feasts and other such activities.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCR8iGCmPFGOt8gu63RNDHLJiRRezn_mll_1rk6_TbX_FoJM3MjHDt5ZznI7hrmYZcQ4tLOMDhU2_N1ymh0idFWL7sH_oKCPHM4Gytl3RP1HU896IyFMnPzWehAdhBptVriIqPKlOpMMM/s1600/a002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCR8iGCmPFGOt8gu63RNDHLJiRRezn_mll_1rk6_TbX_FoJM3MjHDt5ZznI7hrmYZcQ4tLOMDhU2_N1ymh0idFWL7sH_oKCPHM4Gytl3RP1HU896IyFMnPzWehAdhBptVriIqPKlOpMMM/s320/a002.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsfp0S_J5A06GTs2qI6gRRQgzx6NVaKFlf1q4AvXiVrFVHc_UaSiubEfSHx0Igl3wDktpdwmRK4zjInY6wvS-q5NHjx5m3RNBpKPQrrBCiUWigolyhWj-Od1Eh961P5qq8ytdy6WrUGg/s1600/a003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsfp0S_J5A06GTs2qI6gRRQgzx6NVaKFlf1q4AvXiVrFVHc_UaSiubEfSHx0Igl3wDktpdwmRK4zjInY6wvS-q5NHjx5m3RNBpKPQrrBCiUWigolyhWj-Od1Eh961P5qq8ytdy6WrUGg/s320/a003.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The prayer area on the first floor. The top floors are only opened on Fridays and other occasions like the two Eid's (Hari Raya Puasa and Hari Raya Haji).</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25evGpHBIxw-olZ5v2r2VKNybvLfic-3xq6Z4xxaQpNsJmIN04S7GNkdfVs5ufbGjANgMkN-_e5gNGi6rRApNjYxt0R4araAaFX2WAJgiO21A0ZnzylG0GhI5EIOZ9rX_TEV4qPn3DFU/s1600/a004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi25evGpHBIxw-olZ5v2r2VKNybvLfic-3xq6Z4xxaQpNsJmIN04S7GNkdfVs5ufbGjANgMkN-_e5gNGi6rRApNjYxt0R4araAaFX2WAJgiO21A0ZnzylG0GhI5EIOZ9rX_TEV4qPn3DFU/s320/a004.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNKWZiDoEpx4zDyzJ5ZkAx0GaryfaNUMWpNKzrwnqs-bIu4Pqm-YKRDiJkmw_xn00DLC9IczfNMejvX9ZMQrurVBwYXQm_pMN9Qaw9UVnLhwtQHe332nK2BHRd8qnlbiMeVU4uAmIiF8/s1600/a005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNKWZiDoEpx4zDyzJ5ZkAx0GaryfaNUMWpNKzrwnqs-bIu4Pqm-YKRDiJkmw_xn00DLC9IczfNMejvX9ZMQrurVBwYXQm_pMN9Qaw9UVnLhwtQHe332nK2BHRd8qnlbiMeVU4uAmIiF8/s320/a005.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The place for ablution on the first floor which is now the storage tank supplying to the many faucets on the ground floor.</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNjZCO8fSMhXB0hpy4tKfwKYhQZ-19wTV4FXlo9L5PWwCI6IBaUADFwt28zgxdDFttjFQqymfkogc0PsJFowuz2JsH1g-76FNby_SZX8xKIDd5fYONrznVR9npy5aIH4fYQ8R-9zQEkM/s1600/d634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNjZCO8fSMhXB0hpy4tKfwKYhQZ-19wTV4FXlo9L5PWwCI6IBaUADFwt28zgxdDFttjFQqymfkogc0PsJFowuz2JsH1g-76FNby_SZX8xKIDd5fYONrznVR9npy5aIH4fYQ8R-9zQEkM/s320/d634.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The children interviewing Chacha (holding on to the gate standing, next to Fahmi)...</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXcBc48S3Thdyei_1M6rMN_rxOv_tNJ-hsORoWgxL141pWbnsz3zrMwNUllWSL5u8TJX_G_diN2g4NZxYk0Nmor8Et_W14rBBEl4zk1FAunmFFiUNGM7IUF4x-iolcKZI_bzr70TmsXA/s1600/d639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXcBc48S3Thdyei_1M6rMN_rxOv_tNJ-hsORoWgxL141pWbnsz3zrMwNUllWSL5u8TJX_G_diN2g4NZxYk0Nmor8Et_W14rBBEl4zk1FAunmFFiUNGM7IUF4x-iolcKZI_bzr70TmsXA/s320/d639.jpg" width="212" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0iF8njG9EkcgVgpQEGgJ0_NmvpppNC7q_zjZd0DoyjO3XeeZ_7Oc_hLAxY3k_7slzzQSQvksJsvYwGHCkAh9JheKhaZjoB0i1uzLQ1Itun-Oe2Ui5grMLVm5h2N-_BQaqEB-uD-UIW0/s1600/d640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0iF8njG9EkcgVgpQEGgJ0_NmvpppNC7q_zjZd0DoyjO3XeeZ_7Oc_hLAxY3k_7slzzQSQvksJsvYwGHCkAh9JheKhaZjoB0i1uzLQ1Itun-Oe2Ui5grMLVm5h2N-_BQaqEB-uD-UIW0/s320/d640.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">... and posing for a group photo before we head for our next and final stop.</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <b>A</b>s the majority of Muslims in Malaysia belong to the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Syafie Madzhab</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (School of Jurisprudence) most masjids here will also be of the same school. Masjid Pakistan belongs to the</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Hanafi Madzhab</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, as does Masjid India.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <b>B</b>oth the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Syafie</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hanafi</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> schools belong to </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sunni</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Islam together with the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Maliki</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hanbali </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">schools, however, the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Maliki</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hanbali</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> schools are not very common locally but one can still meet persons belonging to these schools with the increasing number of Middle Eastern and African communities visiting and residing here.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <b>W</b>hile there are differences in the judicial interpretations of the various schools, it is not so apparent in practice, but </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Syafie</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">s visiting </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hanafi</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Masjids do need to be aware of the following:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- There is no recitation of </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Doa Kunut</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> during </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Subuh</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> prayers;</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- The time for </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Asar</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> prayers commences about 40 minutes later then that for <i>Syafie</i>s.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <b>O</b>ther things to note, which is probably due to the culture in the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent, and not to differences between the schools is:</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- The</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Iqamat</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is usually 20-30 minutes after the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Adzan </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(except for </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Maghrib</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">);</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- There is no long <i>wirid</i> after the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Subuh</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> or </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Maghrib</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> prayers.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismdPMHeLcS_73fJxJgDCKHk7aGn-TqxE4dn64Xrfow-UkGFN1p7MZ6UjnckGelArf2vZyYkdMVwPhNnCRTXgj2ZNPJZCfrQW1VXF0E-DSciODujHov6KCCXCGL_I03SSPgt01R5vhGgo/s1600/d08-12-31+283+chow+kit+sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="61" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismdPMHeLcS_73fJxJgDCKHk7aGn-TqxE4dn64Xrfow-UkGFN1p7MZ6UjnckGelArf2vZyYkdMVwPhNnCRTXgj2ZNPJZCfrQW1VXF0E-DSciODujHov6KCCXCGL_I03SSPgt01R5vhGgo/s320/d08-12-31+283+chow+kit+sign.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>We now come to Jalan Chow Kit proper, the road/street after which this whole area is known by.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HtpoybqQFApUeAndPKjybOQimP1WMCyQauqtC558ezh3OvlXd2wUD7bAkmw_imhEHkxWEB9St7OR9nDjsL0gHRGkpcZ88PyLiHtgdtbscTR55g4kiAY-32rp75qoVBtLsvJ9oJt7Kq8/s1600/d632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HtpoybqQFApUeAndPKjybOQimP1WMCyQauqtC558ezh3OvlXd2wUD7bAkmw_imhEHkxWEB9St7OR9nDjsL0gHRGkpcZ88PyLiHtgdtbscTR55g4kiAY-32rp75qoVBtLsvJ9oJt7Kq8/s320/d632.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>While the buildings along the road are multi storied buildings and the area has a ethnic Chinese character (now days the area looks like it belongs to foreigners - Indonesians and Africans amongst others) this was once a Malay area. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QlCDiH3Yn4ScieX7P2Oj5Axcl1E2JAFYKJC5q_pa6xJZcICxs7kzvXFtPOQ1RRPshPBtrGGor9F7zHM-uG0hE3Try2M3-UUgK6ls4Qul_W3n-rYQmADODRF9fXmY1d0bGXX868XiSjE/s1600/d08-12-31+255+chow+kit+wooden+house+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5QlCDiH3Yn4ScieX7P2Oj5Axcl1E2JAFYKJC5q_pa6xJZcICxs7kzvXFtPOQ1RRPshPBtrGGor9F7zHM-uG0hE3Try2M3-UUgK6ls4Qul_W3n-rYQmADODRF9fXmY1d0bGXX868XiSjE/s320/d08-12-31+255+chow+kit+wooden+house+1.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJMR-L4_VdDqu5AAW8g0qPrL2HqFk-av3WT6LNc38JghjgeE0bbiVvP0EJbqD6NpjgsIkT22CPri5aFUG3bMoLSGUAKvq0GHbvU_BmnKSKmWzi223nMAIOfzB1sxEy7WE5CUkYMKyl0Q/s1600/d08-12-31+256+chow+kit+wooden+house+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJMR-L4_VdDqu5AAW8g0qPrL2HqFk-av3WT6LNc38JghjgeE0bbiVvP0EJbqD6NpjgsIkT22CPri5aFUG3bMoLSGUAKvq0GHbvU_BmnKSKmWzi223nMAIOfzB1sxEy7WE5CUkYMKyl0Q/s320/d08-12-31+256+chow+kit+wooden+house+2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>This is the only house left from that era.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Jalan Chow Kit is named after Loke Chow Kit, a famous tin mine owner and industrialist in KL.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaQlS-ftw250AW2EuV4n9L3BV2UC9lRP_pPb8HG5-zoYbB7oyGjVhpfg6H06DCSFoPRAetDfguFdAncoLQYRFUDU32gaaHnD_30VAk_552SATqS2I0UOXt71PWt8fAmV7f-u8bNYX7OQ/s1600/SunYatSenNanyangMemorialHall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaQlS-ftw250AW2EuV4n9L3BV2UC9lRP_pPb8HG5-zoYbB7oyGjVhpfg6H06DCSFoPRAetDfguFdAncoLQYRFUDU32gaaHnD_30VAk_552SATqS2I0UOXt71PWt8fAmV7f-u8bNYX7OQ/s1600/SunYatSenNanyangMemorialHall.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Photo from Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">He also had what is probably the first departmental store owned by a local businessman, Chow Kit & Co.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIlM6sN6G04Xvb5HshJ4coGf2DUPT8APiC17v527n1weoO9E-hF-iX84thdVwv3yI8Fcb6KFbONUZCZU_N788yZw_BsZwQJS91Q0ystYBokqlS-DRArxQlmayHfYkbYatqaqwS1C-I8A/s1600/d004chowkitcompany.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIlM6sN6G04Xvb5HshJ4coGf2DUPT8APiC17v527n1weoO9E-hF-iX84thdVwv3yI8Fcb6KFbONUZCZU_N788yZw_BsZwQJS91Q0ystYBokqlS-DRArxQlmayHfYkbYatqaqwS1C-I8A/s320/d004chowkitcompany.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo from: MALAYSIA a pictorial history 1400-2004 by Wendy Khadijah Moore</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjHC6IbRdWvX4x4iaI8f03MmeA-lLHu2jocR4GetsUIpoxYCBBf08p79rDBRzIawQQzd-V02GTFbePp1QyZJySRpm7yWvQtiqVcw9WIp5N903eSzvk6HbiQ88gi1cWebO_ZucRrmaGNA/s1600/d004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjHC6IbRdWvX4x4iaI8f03MmeA-lLHu2jocR4GetsUIpoxYCBBf08p79rDBRzIawQQzd-V02GTFbePp1QyZJySRpm7yWvQtiqVcw9WIp5N903eSzvk6HbiQ88gi1cWebO_ZucRrmaGNA/s320/d004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">The building now houses the Industrial Courts. Chow Kit's one time residence is now the PAM (Persatuan Arkitek Malaysia) building near Jalan Tangsi</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Therefore on the appearance of the new moon of Shawal, Muslims rejoice and celebrate Eid'l Fitr or better know locally as Hari Raya Puasa.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">One of the truly Malaysian ways of celebrating is by holding 'open house'.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"> The 'open house' concept is probably an expansion of the 'mutual visitation' (</span></i><span style="font-size: small;">ziarah menziarah</span><i><span style="font-size: small;">) tradition of the Malay Muslim community which has been embraced by every community here in Malaysia. We visit friends and relatives on all festival days, be it Hari Raya, Chinese New Year, Deepavali or Christmas. No invitations are necessary, only make sure the person you are visiting will be at home and not '</span></i><span style="font-size: small;">balik kampung</span><i><span style="font-size: small;">' (gone back to their hometown) or themselves gone visiting.</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"> Politicians, never ones to not capitalize on a good thing, advertise their open houses through the local media. These are the ones which attract both foreign tourists and other local visitors.</span></i></span></span><b><span style="color: blue;"> </span></b><br />
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</span></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00052931153170484963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226072192944308398.post-54706708792804204252010-09-05T21:06:00.000+08:002010-09-05T21:06:01.857+08:00Sentul Raily Station - Revisited<span style="color: blue;"><b>Remember <a href="http://shaikskl.blogspot.com/2009/10/sentul-face-of-things-to-come.html">this</a>:</b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVWWUuTf9acYtEfTC1yNYxjwI1VrIbyIfZjcWtYn9SYD3WUwYngSteiBLFYuq9RIyXPxLK6aYha8JBc6Ve8DqdiqtEwoDuMZlq0yD6nmRLOlPJ4KYD2mx889UzEpvn5O2FhbZaj9j8WY/s1600/02DSC_0011_3409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVWWUuTf9acYtEfTC1yNYxjwI1VrIbyIfZjcWtYn9SYD3WUwYngSteiBLFYuq9RIyXPxLK6aYha8JBc6Ve8DqdiqtEwoDuMZlq0yD6nmRLOlPJ4KYD2mx889UzEpvn5O2FhbZaj9j8WY/s320/02DSC_0011_3409.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>This is what is left:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckyGZKH458KlWz0DXX3lu6AcVRhgk_hb0A86D3s4zdELtjjHneXAqLkWi48g6VDFks3AvFHA4M-TA-iBsDbgHO1qc3AeBoRCN3t9dXxowZRVZSgKTFqfxXBOo8uZZxy-wjTRDi12brSk/s1600/a001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckyGZKH458KlWz0DXX3lu6AcVRhgk_hb0A86D3s4zdELtjjHneXAqLkWi48g6VDFks3AvFHA4M-TA-iBsDbgHO1qc3AeBoRCN3t9dXxowZRVZSgKTFqfxXBOo8uZZxy-wjTRDi12brSk/s320/a001.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">My regret is that I did not fully document the Station while it was still there. The top photograph is the only one I took.<b> </b></span></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: blue;">The station has been replaced by this new one.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBCVnNCJIylYpmaFlIUl9xi2S4nHDRTKIkNcgN4wfOTsrI_G8x_teCp8GaOVHl0lMqY2qWfflMpSAXEMVChwhyIbJmOAwksYoqio03H7ndj9pOLiZ_WPlCvsj8W8FXzzAWiUcNuhXOwI/s1600/a002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBCVnNCJIylYpmaFlIUl9xi2S4nHDRTKIkNcgN4wfOTsrI_G8x_teCp8GaOVHl0lMqY2qWfflMpSAXEMVChwhyIbJmOAwksYoqio03H7ndj9pOLiZ_WPlCvsj8W8FXzzAWiUcNuhXOwI/s320/a002.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-rGrm_HPItqv1lzrZGlrqnow_zmLxfo0cv-4BFY3VZnmqTKmsAk8lkKao-NXrancg754Hxlyozz4fPue9Kxni13L6F933H7fkhZp4JFvuZYtRqzcjy0_GsKs7PeFfUNnMXv__Atd6odE/s1600/a003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-rGrm_HPItqv1lzrZGlrqnow_zmLxfo0cv-4BFY3VZnmqTKmsAk8lkKao-NXrancg754Hxlyozz4fPue9Kxni13L6F933H7fkhZp4JFvuZYtRqzcjy0_GsKs7PeFfUNnMXv__Atd6odE/s320/a003.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: blue;">It is big, it is bright, it is spacious. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FRnzpN5ok-ZSdTrU10TioVH1cyspmqQ7CH0FYwFoqt_HWU6TAYRtozMyF7z0PQOCZw4c4wYhu-sg5BdHQZfKktYNjA5C4WYJ5cs6fMIhWeePhCyHL02TKweED30aSDkDVK9Jc5qLbBo/s1600/a004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FRnzpN5ok-ZSdTrU10TioVH1cyspmqQ7CH0FYwFoqt_HWU6TAYRtozMyF7z0PQOCZw4c4wYhu-sg5BdHQZfKktYNjA5C4WYJ5cs6fMIhWeePhCyHL02TKweED30aSDkDVK9Jc5qLbBo/s320/a004.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3jUz52vCQhS0IR-E83OOAaROe-zIwU10Gx33dGVlwVYrXzVpmY468lpwH6JYYGPpumS9GQaV_Xfub2DauL_xgRS5cw30Aaaiji_goi_-79qN4F1uvM0iqQgOyc2ml8G45bMmvtao7Mc/s1600/a005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3jUz52vCQhS0IR-E83OOAaROe-zIwU10Gx33dGVlwVYrXzVpmY468lpwH6JYYGPpumS9GQaV_Xfub2DauL_xgRS5cw30Aaaiji_goi_-79qN4F1uvM0iqQgOyc2ml8G45bMmvtao7Mc/s320/a005.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7A2eZyORoWjpLIcxGSNJlP2v6DM-yshVcOCQ66vMjhj2HgbrOZzzt21CSZJDEqHu9bqWzzKGnRbHVF4gaPiOv6ShCMTKkFN9r_C6D8qExJkimVDEi0GtuUOByYTCYnn27dlfRX-aPfq4/s1600/a006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7A2eZyORoWjpLIcxGSNJlP2v6DM-yshVcOCQ66vMjhj2HgbrOZzzt21CSZJDEqHu9bqWzzKGnRbHVF4gaPiOv6ShCMTKkFN9r_C6D8qExJkimVDEi0GtuUOByYTCYnn27dlfRX-aPfq4/s320/a006.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: blue;"> The train route has also been extended.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiv1KRIAQ6YGmDVvHEZsdlLgRKdHn0lAqw4lFiKNUqHdN648jiyiNgMkN6MLjDA-KJQyhytp6msWaKW2nEkWzKHzXtciTCQmKM6ubZe5ww33zXErzOygTrRI1dj3FihQa9viKOElxXcM/s1600/a007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiv1KRIAQ6YGmDVvHEZsdlLgRKdHn0lAqw4lFiKNUqHdN648jiyiNgMkN6MLjDA-KJQyhytp6msWaKW2nEkWzKHzXtciTCQmKM6ubZe5ww33zXErzOygTrRI1dj3FihQa9viKOElxXcM/s320/a007.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy2ORWCS50Pbcriech_xuhP_z3ZHkJP9Nk8wVgdzUJ4BxeRJzLlnR2tF4YO3uNhIRTLk15ulGRxFyz4tyO-o15cjLjurXS2afLdSE4oCDTkoZ-zuVroBOpC4r3UHi8vpHnTrNChM0qXVg/s1600/a008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy2ORWCS50Pbcriech_xuhP_z3ZHkJP9Nk8wVgdzUJ4BxeRJzLlnR2tF4YO3uNhIRTLk15ulGRxFyz4tyO-o15cjLjurXS2afLdSE4oCDTkoZ-zuVroBOpC4r3UHi8vpHnTrNChM0qXVg/s320/a008.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: blue;">A lot of effort has been put into the aesthetics of the building and surroundings.</b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">No need to guess, Jalan Putra is named after our First Prime Minister.</span></span></i><b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: purple;">Reminiscence of Mr R Thampipillay'</span></span></span></div><div style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> K. Thamboosamy Pillay</b> was a prominent Malaysian during the pre-independence years and was considered the leader of the Tamil community. </span></div><div style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Born in Singapore in 1850, he received his early education at Raffles Institution. He sailed to Klang in 1875 with James Guthrie Davidson, when the latter was appointed Malaya's first British Resident. </span></div><div style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> He was later transferred to the Treasury where he eventually became chief clerk and acted as State Treasurer on a few occasions. He was sent to India by the Malayan Government to bring over the first batch of Indian immigrants for the Railway and Public Works. </span></div><div style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Thamboosamy resigned from Government service in the 1880s and, going into partnership with Towkay Loke Yew, managed the New Tin Mining Company in Rawang. </span></div><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-small;"> He was one of the founders and one of the original Trustees of Victoria Institution as well as the founder of the Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Kuala Lumpur.</span><br />
<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-small;">(source: Wikipedia) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKArUFtLd8Ff-m03jrhPqBd7NDkUVf2QbwGrUqyVSlZB0ubg0pMvvEmjWw11Cea2X5yUisMbzdM-rUY1dz6I1QdMWoS70kayanDQuQdOebnbBKyj4I7AMXK5dGpwFX1Yan6_-t9wzrp40/s1600/c598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKArUFtLd8Ff-m03jrhPqBd7NDkUVf2QbwGrUqyVSlZB0ubg0pMvvEmjWw11Cea2X5yUisMbzdM-rUY1dz6I1QdMWoS70kayanDQuQdOebnbBKyj4I7AMXK5dGpwFX1Yan6_-t9wzrp40/s320/c598.jpg" /></a></div> <span style="color: blue;"><b>We then come to this temple along Jalan Tiong Nam 5.</b> (<i>This is the temple where I first witnessed Chinese Opera during the Hungry Ghost Festival many, many years ago. The temple was just a wooden structure and not so grand in those days.</i>)</span><br />
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There was also a steady stream of worshipers coming in to pray. </b> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyJczi_C2L5qPftrok4l3uh2OkYBaS0nk0Qmhm8siyBvRtmNIUFzdeDPuzU-jnl_UZ4UmWxVO-J1uA4G6vdtzPAj8Bsh0r_ag9cFS1cPFiF4WglpBmyzcPTP-cMfBDmK72dfVvwKJ1p8/s1600/c610.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyJczi_C2L5qPftrok4l3uh2OkYBaS0nk0Qmhm8siyBvRtmNIUFzdeDPuzU-jnl_UZ4UmWxVO-J1uA4G6vdtzPAj8Bsh0r_ag9cFS1cPFiF4WglpBmyzcPTP-cMfBDmK72dfVvwKJ1p8/s320/c610.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>One of the Elder Volunteers at the temple had earlier agreed to meet with the children to brief them about the temple and answer any questions that they may have. See how keen the children are in learning about other cultures.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KbRIKD_hgJJSHCkL1kiMQsotzHQwSHs-Q6HaIZ3YJR0WSRdSIBlRXZ3jp0Cw8_m89yCoSc9uwp-79MQ7uSNU-pqPz3j_uA-cEwKe4btFgMMJ0jHsTrtjwiPgN5H6KhFGwQKM0c6wPes/s1600/c613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KbRIKD_hgJJSHCkL1kiMQsotzHQwSHs-Q6HaIZ3YJR0WSRdSIBlRXZ3jp0Cw8_m89yCoSc9uwp-79MQ7uSNU-pqPz3j_uA-cEwKe4btFgMMJ0jHsTrtjwiPgN5H6KhFGwQKM0c6wPes/s320/c613.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Something I never knew, a news paper clipping at the temple.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="color: purple;">A Spider Did It</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple;">On a cobweb - Merdeka</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple;"> Crowds are flocking to a Chinese Temple in Tiong Nam Settlement Kuala Lumpur to see the word "merdeka" spun by a spider on the web in a palm tree.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple;"> It was first discovered by elderly Chinese devotee who gasped with excitement as he say the spider complete the word.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple;"> This was shortly after morning prayers on Sunday.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple;"> Since the discovery, hundreds of people in Kuala Lumpur have rushed to the temple to catch a glimpse of the spider at work.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple;"> Threads of many other unreadable letters also hang on the cobweb.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple;"> To protect the palm tree from being trampled by the crowds, the temple authorities have erected a wire fence around it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple;"><i>(No source or date of the clipping is available.)</i> </span><b><span style="color: purple;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCl7rUPwct17Nti178f1mV88K5QTKVRT_KrauS86GNk6jEbZO6FablJgAh8AvEMFJBOF0WJs8HNTHEXUR1mHozSfWL7bd9L3EchYkcbJYb13xF9_O53Ruci5hXgMXeTPEfrIJmjz-8PS4/s1600/c627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCl7rUPwct17Nti178f1mV88K5QTKVRT_KrauS86GNk6jEbZO6FablJgAh8AvEMFJBOF0WJs8HNTHEXUR1mHozSfWL7bd9L3EchYkcbJYb13xF9_O53Ruci5hXgMXeTPEfrIJmjz-8PS4/s320/c627.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Posing for a group photo before leaving the temple.</b></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00052931153170484963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226072192944308398.post-54176309722842684872010-08-31T08:38:00.001+08:002010-09-01T22:00:59.443+08:00KL KrashPad - Chow Kit Kita (Part 3)<span style="color: blue;"><b>From Jalan Sri Amar, we move along to Jalan Raja Laut.</b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpr0hS2Q39yREYKKrYuJ2cdw92vGngDcJ0HEuvF0NvRL4c6XZZT_UKLnx9lWDHo9sOX7hGal54hnBYIRfT9SHmiN1A-NpiWKEvbnHCJHVNh3Aq8aISe3o9vtCazg6-GwxHc6WAGq5jHYY/s1600/b007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpr0hS2Q39yREYKKrYuJ2cdw92vGngDcJ0HEuvF0NvRL4c6XZZT_UKLnx9lWDHo9sOX7hGal54hnBYIRfT9SHmiN1A-NpiWKEvbnHCJHVNh3Aq8aISe3o9vtCazg6-GwxHc6WAGq5jHYY/s320/b007.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>The children at the overhead bridge, waiting to cross the road. They are in for lesson number 2.</b></span></div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple;">Question: Who was Raja Laut?</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple;"> YTM Raja Laut ibni al-Marhum Sultan Muhammad Shah, born in Kuala Selangor in 1850. Penghulu and Magistrate Kuala Lumpur, member of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board, Chairman of the Kampung Bahru Agricultural Settlement.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple;"> Appointed Raja Muda in 1899 but superseded in 1903. However, allowed to keep the title until his death in 1913. (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Source: royalark.net</i></span>)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: purple;"> When Sultan Muhammad died in 1857 without appointing an heir, Raja Laut, while being competent, was not able to succeed his father as he was the son of a concubine (Raja Asiah). (<span style="color: purple; font-size: x-small;">Source: http://yapahloy.</span></span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">tripod.com/the_death_of_sultan_muhammad.htm<span style="font-size: small;">)</span></span></span></div><br />
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I think that this is becoming a vicious cycle - more people - more help, more help - more people....... but to paraphrase the words of the late Mother Theresa, 'do it anyway.' </span></i></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8d3bt5sgmfZD3__gifxmJwLUukwbOS9r1mA-rsPXecY4e-gQBqJ-3Zl0WXKRHQdJxAu0X6zGmVAtz-q-qaHF731AOykAGV9zGQS9Oxodl4Xv8zN0Wp2V503hQ11QpGWI_f7YLe3RNbc/s1600/b011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8d3bt5sgmfZD3__gifxmJwLUukwbOS9r1mA-rsPXecY4e-gQBqJ-3Zl0WXKRHQdJxAu0X6zGmVAtz-q-qaHF731AOykAGV9zGQS9Oxodl4Xv8zN0Wp2V503hQ11QpGWI_f7YLe3RNbc/s320/b011.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;">Passing the Thakardas building. The National Library used to be located here before moving to its own premises at Jalan Tun Razak.</span></span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-KQdnl6mPeeFMVmgC9xq9qRUSQPe4shsjyfIQm14Vs7R83Q_hHeHw-Jj4g_HwsiBB22-3NVlZqZdhdMUlIVCM6p4pQ9529k-RRwW_M7O0G9zIz7Sub8M_PU-EiNMTu7vDc6gfnLEToI/s1600/b012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-KQdnl6mPeeFMVmgC9xq9qRUSQPe4shsjyfIQm14Vs7R83Q_hHeHw-Jj4g_HwsiBB22-3NVlZqZdhdMUlIVCM6p4pQ9529k-RRwW_M7O0G9zIz7Sub8M_PU-EiNMTu7vDc6gfnLEToI/s320/b012.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>I never noticed it before, but there is a Gurdwara (Sikh prayer house) located in this building.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWszC0Z0rQFE3WQZksYeQpKEQanKa8giLojTnjL90YFaJbHhXB9_RhK_rZxiITh9PlXumjd2gYvIe5GD3z-5QfWHIqdMuaJHudzlp3oR9JmRoCBxoMtmAgdRN0PIIWPiHYYe1nx5ljBks/s1600/b013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWszC0Z0rQFE3WQZksYeQpKEQanKa8giLojTnjL90YFaJbHhXB9_RhK_rZxiITh9PlXumjd2gYvIe5GD3z-5QfWHIqdMuaJHudzlp3oR9JmRoCBxoMtmAgdRN0PIIWPiHYYe1nx5ljBks/s320/b013.jpg" /></a></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: blue;">We now arrive at Tiong Nam Settlement.</span></b></span></div><div style="color: purple; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> In all my years of growing up here, I never once wondered about the origins of the name. I just assumed that it was the name of the developer or something. It is one of the earliest Chinese housing settlements in KL but it is now considered a slum according to this <a href="http://www.mmail.com.my/content/6447-tiong-nam-redevelopment-facelift-slum-area">article</a>.</i></span></div><div style="color: purple; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> According to the same article also the Chinese community refer to this as Tiong Nam Ku meaning the Middle South Area.</i></span></div><div style="color: purple; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> According to an interview with Mr. Ong Yoong Nyock, founder of Tiong Nam Logistics Holdings Bhd (I don't think there is a link between the company and the settlement, I was just looking for the meaning or origins of Tiong Nam) published in www.frost.com, he said that the name carries the meaning of East (Tiong) and South (Nam) in Hokkien.</i></span></div><div style="color: purple; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> Middle South or East South, either way it baffles me as the area would have been North or North West of KL Town Centre not the South East. </i></span></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: left;"></div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: blue;">I only remember one Chinese Temple at J</b></span><b>alan Tiong Nam 5. Over the years, a number of residential houses have been converted into Temples.</b></span><br />
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