Monday, October 10, 2011

Berembun Forest Reserve, Seremban 25 September 2011

It was an outing with Malaysian Nature Society. If you are not a member yet, check it out!.

Our first stop, is to view a show house constructed with interlocking bricks by Genius Greenway
The show house is located along Jalan Jelebu @ Pantai, shortly after the Veterinary Department & Ostrich Farm, Jelebu.  Look for the signage and the house is located on the left.

A closer view of the sign.

Front view of the house.
There are no nails and minimum cement involved.

The interlocking bricks.
The owner, Encik Zaman gave us a tour and explanation of the construction of the house.

Thereafter, we drove towards Pantai and took a right turn at Kampung Baru Pantai, to Berembun Forest Reserve.

We parked our car along the roadside adjacent to Pantai Hill Resort and walked in.

Edible Ubi Gajah.

Hui went zigzagging among the participants while Kok gave us a briefing.

Walked to the end of the road where the entrance to the forest is located on the left.

Hike uphill at some parts.

At the trail road, we saw some bits paper marking the trail.

Yellow roots!

There were many fallen thick tree trunks along the narrow single lane pathway into the jungle.

At some points, we needed to climb over fallen branches and leaves.

Narrow single lane pathway. At some parts of the trail, the soil at the edge were loose. Hui slipped once and dad managed to hold onto her.

Trunk broken into three parts along the way.

There were varieties of funghi along the trek. 

En could easily walked under the fallen trunk and she told uncle Grass and me to do a limbo rock.

Crossing huge roots.

Mossy area near to the stream.

We had a lunch break by the river. After the break, we proceed to the wider river above.

This funghi infested trunk caught our eye. There were three perpendicularly fallen trunks above us.

At this point, everyone came to a halt and those who queued behind were wondering why the trekkers in front took such a long time to cross over the fallen tree.

When it was our turn, we saw that there was no clear pathway and we had to cross and by climbing and balancing ourselves on the freshly fallen tree trunk and its branches. It slowed all of us down.

En said "She loves this part. It was challenging"

Funghi again.

And again. Do they look like Ling Zhi?

Finally, after a strenuous hike, we arrived to our final destination. Without much ado, En took her shoes and socks out, and leaped on the rocks and soaked in the cooling water.

KL Design Week @Publika 23 September 2011

On Hui's request, we dropped by to have a look at the exhibits. It was on a quiet Friday afternoon.

Cats, EnHui's favourite.
  
Here is the little fellow on her mission to find out whatever is on her mind.

I have no idea what this is. It looked really cool.

Hui's drawing. It's me she drew.

Another me. :)

National Horse Show @Selangor Turf Club 23 September 2011

When Hui saw this.. she smiled a happy smile, thinking this is the Cinderella's horse carriage.

Hui diligently checking on each and every horse breed. The horses looked unhappy and I hope my comment is untrue.

Brief info provided for each horse breed.
I have just learnt what gelding means.

Horse food.

Just a dream. The green play. 23 September 2011

This performance was simply superb and interactive. The kids responded well to the cast and enjoyed the show tremendously. So was I : )

It has been ages since we last watched a performance at KLpac. The seats have been refurbished. We sat four rows from the front. First row seats looks good too, as it is on the  same level as the stage.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Post Office, National Mail Centre @Shah Alam 21 September 2011

Lot 1 Persiaran Perkilangan, Seksyen 21 40300 Shah Alam.
Direction Federal Highway from KL to Shah Alam - Istana Kayangan exit. Turn left at exit. Go straight. Hit roundabout. Go straight. First left turn.

For a visit, email Muhammad Hafiz hafiz.kadir@pos.com.my , from the Communication Dept at Daya Bumi. Contact 010 528 5826.

We have not been having such a lengthy information-filled tour for a while. At 11am, you will be able to see most machines in operation. But to view all machines in operation, 2pm is the best time.

We were served continental breakfast before the start of the tour.

Rows and rows of empty boxes waiting to be filled with letters.

The collection of letters from post boxes will be processed by this very first machine. It will cancel off the stamp postage on the envelope.
We were told that this machine will run at 2pm.

This machine will print post-paid stamp for company mails.
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This is the stamp print. 

Stamped by hand.
The friendly staffs are so kind as to give hands-on opportunity for the curious children.


This machine sorts the letters into different area by reading the number code on the letter.

The box of sorted letters goes up the spiral belt caught the kids' attention.

Some boxes came to a halt on the belt above.
The technician arrived immediately and rectified the problem.

Our souvenir. Each person receives one set of stamp.

Our souvenir.

En has requested to see how the letters are processed at the post office about a year ago.
Today, it was the little curious Hui who found the trip interesting. A grown-up En had a fabulous time playing with her best friends instead.