Freeze in the tropical forest (Taman Pertanian Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam) PART VI

By steven88net

Please do not feel weird once you hear that someone were freezing in the tropical forest in Malaysia. Anything could happen in "Boleh Land". Let me proudly introduce the final spot, the house of 4 seasons. It cost only RM 3 per person and only allow you to be inside for 3 minutes. So, try to take pictures as much as possible in this short period given.

Nice decorations, all this trees are human-made.


Penguins are in actions (toys)






Initially, we thought the house consists 4 different seasons but turned out to be only one particular season which European countries are having. Not only that, it also divided to several stages (eg: early winter, middle of winter, and so on).

We entered to early winter stage at that time but suprisingly, the temperature was already at -17 celcius. The good news was we were wearing short pants and a normal T. NO jackets or additional cloths given as you are only able to stay for 3 minutes only. As I mentioned earlier, the house of 4 seasons was the last spot we went. The Bukit Cahaya Trip's posts will officially ended here.
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Garden of Africa (Taman Pertanian Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam) Part V

By steven88net
This part is not following the actual sequence of the journey. I had accidentally misplaced this part. This part should be classified under part II.

This garden is located near to the stall where we hanged out for a momment. For your information, most of the plants in this garden are replicas. Basically this garden is built for pictures-taking purpose.

It looks like a desert

Screaming for nothing !


Where are youuuuuu ? (He was taking pictures by using handphone's camera)



The cameraman was andrew.


Upcoming post, freezing in the tropical forest.
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Amazon Lake in Malaysia (Taman Pertanian Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam) PART IV

By steven88net
We proceeded to the next pit stop, the Amazon Lake in Bukit Cahaya. According to the map, it takes approximately 2km to reach there. This time around, we were cycling down the hill and this means it will be getting dangerous where the speed could reach about 60km/h (that's considered fast when you are cycling).




Someone fell down resulted backbone injury and some minor scratches.




We stopped at the junction for a while. There was a serious discussion about the route to the lake. Picture above illustrates us were likely lost in the middle of the forest (but actually was not). The lake is located not far from there. It took us about 5 minutes to reach the lake from the junction where there is a public toilet located.





If you are interested in fishing sport, this place will definitely be the new hang out spot for you guys. However fishes in this lake are reserved which means you can't bring it to home or cook it. Basically, you will be paying a minimal fees to fish but not to get the fishes. You pay the fees for the sake to satisfy your passion in fishing and buy the environment. As you can see, this lake is surrounded by giant trees. You can't see any infrastructure at there. When I was sitting next to the lake, it gave me a homesick feeling.
Some of us managed to buy some soft drinks and even maggi cups (don't ask me why were there selling maggi cups)
That's all for this part.
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The Watch Tower (Taman Pertanian Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam) PART III

By steven88net
1.8 km, hm....looks like the watch tower is pretty near, huh?, confidence spoken by most of us.

The journey in looking for the watch tower was awesome. As mentioned in previous post, we really can't predict what was behind at the end of the road. Will there be a watch tower or just bunches of woods that scattered around, it was still a mysterious question. Road to the watch tower is getting steeper and steeper when we were moving forwards. There were moments when we felt that we were planning to give up as the atmosphere was unlikely giving us a fruitful ending.






Nobody was around as the road we taken was like one of the roads that is highly NOT recommended for beginners including us. It was totally silent area where you manage to hear some fishy sounds. Not only that, sky was getting darker and we were still in the middle of the forest. There was no alternative road that connected to the main entrance. What we had to do was just pushing ourself to move forward. I had a thought that our grandpas and grandmas were using this way once upon a time. I can feel how hard and pain that they went through at the age when there was no transportation system and totally relied on our legs.


We stopped quite a number of time. Energy were fully utilised and waters supplies were totally used up. We were desperately in need of water but there was no stall or even a passbyer around.




Finally, we saw something on the side roads




Some of us decided to keep move forward and some were taking rest.




AND FINALLY..............................





WE MADE IT TO THE WATCH TOWER!!!!







As you can see, we were like hundred meter higher from the ground. Imagine what will happen if you are accidentally slipped and fall down. The air was fresh as it was located outskirt of the city. One of my friend managed to have video conferencing with his girlfriend in order to prove that himself really came for outdoor activity instead of "lepaking" around mamak stalls. This journey took us about 40 to 50 minutes to complete. We felt very satisfying althought all of us were exhausted.


And, this two felle were got nothing to do and decided to take a funny shot.




That's all for this part. Coming up, I'm going to show the amazon river in Bukit Cahaya.
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Bukit Cerakah (Taman Pertanian Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam) PART II

By steven88net
The journey to the mother nature had begun. Giant trees are standing strong on the ground of earth. You will be feeling that you are lost in the middle of the city where giant trees are imitations of high buildings and infrastrutures, bikes are the replacement of a box with 4 wheels. Not only that, network coverage is not available as the signals are not strong compared it in city.

This time was my second trip to Bukit Cerakah. The first trip was a few weeks back which I went with some of them to make a survey before inviting the rest to join (white mice basically). On the half way of the trip, we managed to have some drinks in one of the stalls. As usual again, when comes to "yam cha" session, we get used to our culture where vulgar words are threw on each other regardless whether it touches sensitive issues or not (that's the reason we managed to get along).

After half-hour pit stop at the stall, we were back to the actions. We saw a short cut next to the main road and it was a bit bushy, hilly and uneven pathway. Without thinking rationally, we decided to take that shortcut; however, one of our friend decided to not to follow us as he suspected this shortcut leads to nowhere. He used the main road to back to the main entrance. According to reliable source (map given at the entrance), there are two pathways available, one leads to the top of the hill, and the another one leads to the main entrance. Again, rational did not come in during our discussion, and again we did a silly mistake by taking the first option.

As you can see above, we can’t really predict what is ahead. We did not even know how long does this road going to be. Someone claimed there might be “haunted stuffs” around that area. Some of our men were down as illustrated below.


Yet, we still unable to confirm whether there is a watchtower or not as the situation seems did not give a right indication of it.


That’s all for Part II. Coming up, I am going to express how worth was our efforts after went through so many constraints and conflicts.
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Bukit Cerakah (Taman Pertanian Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam) Part 1

By steven88net
After having a long discussion with one bunch of friends during "yam cha", we came out the idea of cycling at Bukit Cahaya Sri Alam Agricultural Park, one of the notable place for you if you are looking for beautiful sceneries, the power of the nature and adventurous activities.

At 9.00 am sharp on 16th of November 2008, we made our very first step into the entrance of the park. That day was overcrowded as there were a few buses that carrying hundreds of tourists regardless from local or overseas. 10 of us came in with a very "casual" attire and someone was wearing sandal for cycling (laugh). Each of us paid RM 3 in order to gain the access to the mother nature. Without wasting the time, we went to the bicycles' rental stores which known as "barn" for us. Hundreds of people, pushing here and there, and being picky for the conditions of the bicycles were surrounding the small barn which caused an internal traffic congestion.

There are two types of bicyles, one is the typical old bike with colourless costs RM 3 each, and another one is so-called a new bike which costs RM 5 each. If you are renting the bike for more than an hour, RM 1 will be charged for the subsequent hours. As the culture of "kiasu" brought over to Malaysia, everyone will be trying to get the best bike. Not only that, if the parts of the bike are spoiled, you are allowed to demand the mechanic to replace the specific parts, (sounds like sending a car for tuning, hahahaha). When the needle of my watch hit at 9.40 a.m, everybody started the one of memorable trip that will never be forgotten.


That's all for part I. In the next part, more pictures will be uploaded for better understanding & viewing purpose.
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What do you think when other branded companies come out a new product known as condom ?

By steven88net
When we are talking about safe sex, DUREX will be the first word comes to the mind.




We know that there are plenty of condoms' brands in the world. One the popular brand is Durex which have variety of designs and flavour (correct me if I'm wrong) . What makes them become one of the best selling condoms' company in the world ? Quality ? Or maybe affordable ?

I found that slogan does play an important role in promoting their products especially in condom production line. If I am not mistaken, in Europe, Durex has a slogan which is "feeling is everything". This slogan sounds like applicable to ages ago. In 22th century, people tend to have something "special" to spice it up. What happens if those branded companies come out condoms as their new product? Check the pictures below.


(Source: from annoymous email)

These companies came out with a marketable slogan on every products even in condom production line.

What happens again if companies below come out the similar products?


(p/s: Sorry for the quality of the edited pictures)

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