Orang Asli Jahai at Sg Kejar Hilir, Belum, Perak 30 August 2011

 

Our boat stopped here at the village of Orang Asli Negrito, for us to buy some grocery for the Orang Asli children at Sg Kejar Hilir, where we are heading to. 

 

It's situated beside the lake.

 

The houses. 

Orang Asli Jahai's village.

Women were seen washing clothes by the tiny jetty whereas the children carried buckets of water home.

We stopped here, and climbed up the muddy steps to the village.

A shy little toddler hiding behind the door and smilling to me.

Bench made of bamboo strips and straight sturdy branch or young tree.

Their mode of transport, sampan and bamboo raft.

 

Mothers looking after their young ones. 

A typical home of Orang Asli Jahai.

 

The little children used to visitors in their village.

 

Hunting tool on sale.

What is my stress level being an unschool mom? 19 September 2011

I was asked by WY, whom I spoke to for a while and she has decided to join the homeschooling wagon.

What is my stress level?
I would say it is the same stress as you would get as you go through your life. Living is homeschooling. Homeschooling is living.

En Hui @Negombo, Sri Lanka.

Belum Rainforest Resort, Pulau Banding 28 August 2011

 

Next to the entrance of the room, is the crystal clean bathroom. 

Very cozy and neatly arranged room.

 

There is no TV in the room. 

 

View of the backyard and the Temenggor lake.

 

My travel crockpot which I canned cook pasta and heat up tomato sauce for my children. 

I used to use it very often to cook some rice and heat up can food during my globetrotting career.

At the backyard. The resort has two floors. We are at the ground floor, located near to lobby which enable us to access the free Wi-Fi from room.

The pristine looking lake from the backyard.

You may also stroll the herb garden nearby.

Perak Man at Archaeology Museum Lenggong, Perak 29 August 2011

 

The entrance is free. 

 

The exhibitions of traditional musical instruments is located next to the museum. 

Rebana.

 

Orang Asli's wind instrument.

 

A photo showing the posture of the Perak man when he was buried.

The Perak Man was buried along with foods of all sorts.

The remains of the Perak Man.

Dont' forget to recce the small Geology park behind the museum.

Pertubuhan Amal Seri Sinar Recycling Centre, Hulu Langat 23 August 2011

Pertubuhan Amal Seri Sinar at Hulu Langat

It was a great pleasure meeting Dr. Eadon Ching, who exudes a highly calm demeanour. This is the trait I have yet to grasp and how I wish I could just absorb it all from him.

You can donate - wearable clothes, shoes, bags, toys, newspapers, magazines, plastic, glass, aluminum cans, electrical items, usable furnitures. There is also pick up service for bulky items.

Great, I found another trustable option where I can drop my collection of recycleable items, besides Tzu Chi.

Tradition and Custom Museum, Alor Gajah. Melaka 21 August 2011

RM2 for adult. RM1 for child.

9am to 530pm. Closed on Monday.

Located at Alor Gajah  town.

Direction - North-South Highway and exit at Simpang Ampat Interchange. It is the 1st exit in the state of Melaka. After toll, turn left at a roundabout towards Simpang Ampat and follow signboard to Alor Gajah.

The side view.

The exhibits consist of traditional customs of malay weddings.

Minangkabau wedding.

Malay wedding.

Collection of Malay archipelago's bridal costumes.

Turtle Management Centre, Kg Padang Kemunting, Melaka 20 August 2011

The walk from Ismah Beach Resort to Turtle Management Centre. Both are situated next to each other.

We were here with MNS, to watch turtle lays eggs. The lay-eggs season is from April to September.

Hatchery which is just next to the beach. Lovely.

Spotted the hole !

The entrance to the centre.

A small gallery inside the centre.

A talk was given by the MNS and WWF staffs.

Tools for measuring the hatchlings before releasing them. 

Released hatchling at the beach. We were told to form two lines on the beach, perpendicular to the sea. The hatchlings were released by the MNS guides. The torch light was shone to guide the hatchling to the sea.

At about 1115pm, a hawksbill, the only turtle species in Melaka was spotted laying eggs on the beach front of the centre.

Releasing Hawksbill Hatchling at Ismah Beach Resort 20 August 2011

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At 645pm, the staff brought some hatchlings for the resort guests to release at the beach in front.

Hawksbill hatchlings are almost black in colour.

En released her hatchling.

The hatchling crept toward the open sea.

Sunset at the beach.

Pantai Padang Kemunting, Pengkalan Balak, Melaka 20 August 2011

Wide beaches.

It's not white soft sand but it's clean and quiet.

Sea water is like in the last stretch of PD beaches.

Dad digged the sand for making a fire.

It drizzled and the ground sheet was put to good use.

Cooking. Noodles with eggs, sweet potatoes, corn and asparagus. 

Asparagus marinated with olive oil only.

I found this organic instant noodles from BMS organic shop.

Noodles are made from wheat flour and sea salt. They are steamed, not fried.

Powder ingredients - sea salt, cumin, coriander powder, sugar, pepper, leek, ginger, garlic and soy sauce powder(GMO free).