When we say trip, is all about exploring and understanding. Somehow is not about how far you could go but how deep you could see. After exploring London and Paris (Experiencing Culture 01) last year, I step up to Minor 04: Experiencing Culture 2, and this time we are going to explore a nearer place to our campus in KL, Selangor. As usual, I'm given the task to write about the trip.
When we were told that we are going to experience in Selangor, is quite a surprise and we are wondering what can we do at there, plus we are spending 3D 4N there. Even my friend who home town is Kuala Selangor is curious about the activities that we could explore and enjoy at there. But, after doing research about the areas and stuffs, is just sound fun because the best thing that I really like to explore is FOOD! Selangor has the largest population within Malaysia, and they are mostly Malay. However their cultures are influenced by the Javanese, Bugis and other ancestry that makes the uniqueness of the state to compare to the others. That's why ---------- FOOD !!!!!!
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| Ah Mak House |
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| Factory Display |
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| Bald paddy field |
The very first stop of our trip is [Commercialize] Paddy Factory. Although is fun, but I rather choose to visit the traditional one. But, ya, as part of the journey, this is a must visit place as that area is the main economical income for Selangor state. In the factory, we have a short lecture about the process from the seedling to rice. Unfortunately, when I visit there, is the after harvest period where all of the paddy field are 'bald'. After awhile we went to Ah Ma House to have a look. The house was well design in a retro style but modern way. Other than reshaped the traditional look of the building, they sell a lot of 90's kids snacks and toys which bring back all of my young time memory.
' When we are young, sometimes we don't follow what the elder said,
we make mistake, we learn from it and nothing stop us on moving and growing.
Flip back my young-thought and I think... maybe...
we should think young and have fun, just like a designer.'
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| Baaaaaaaa! Journey START!! |
THEN.. The food journey START!!
Having very first lunch in Sekinchan, we search the location thru 4 square, and they bring us to a Chinese coffee shop, Restaurant The Family. We try their coffee bread, soft bread. I order a plate of Ginger Duck rice and coffee, it's just taste awesome. The taste of home cook. Brown colour sauce with ginger taster, slightly salty but the sweetness of the duck meat. Smell it, is ginger and soysauce, I'm wondering, how long can this be done to get this perfect taste. Awesome!
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| Coffee Bun @ The Family Restaurant |
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| Ginger Duck Rice @ The Family Restaurant |
Back to the path, with the fried prawn cracker that I bought. I share with most of them in the bus. Doesn't this sounds sweet? <3 hahaha.. Well, when come to food, taste get better when you share! Haha! Next stop, Nan Tian Temple. A chinese temple in Sekinchan. We spend around an hour plus minus at there to have a casual talk with an artist that draw the float for the parade. This is a kind of traditional business however in Malaysia is not really popular.
Container Hotel, Farm Ville cafe & Homestay. We mingle around for 15-20 min. Too bad that is not totally open to public. We can just enter to the cafe and take photo form the glass door. But is just so cool even is just a 2-month-old hostel. Along the road to the next stop, Mango King, you can just found out the new coming container hotel is just all around. We call this commercialize.
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| Farm Ville cafe & Homestay |
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| Nan Tian temple |
Hmmm... Seems like we are not really lucky. Two bus with full of passenger just stop by at the shop roughly 20 minutes earlier than us and they had bring all of the mango king away. We can't even find one which is sad. But still, I have bought 1 tiny piece to share with my friend. Taste not bad. The man and lady in the shop keep let us to try their fruits. Mango, guava, ciku and so on. Some of it taste really really good. The original fruit taste is just so refreshing.
Spending whole day to walk around, we finally check-in to SEKIN hotel resort.A very nice environment to take photos and also a 5-6 floors tower to enjoy the sunset. Isn't this nice? We walk to the seaside nearby and explore at there. We try to make wishes to the big tree by throwing the red cloth, having dinner at the seaside's hawker. AND! Best moment of the trip, BLUE TEARS. We are so lucky that we could see the blue tears. Even is just thru the waves, but is so nice. All of us are shouting at the seaside when we see the blue tears. Is just so excited and so cool.
Although we tried to take photo or video. And the first day end after spending few hours with juniors playing card games until midnight.
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| Fishing Village opposite Sekin Resort entrance |
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| Fishing Village opposite Sekin Resort entrance |
Back to the journey in the morning after having Nasi Lemak as breakfast in resort. This time, we head up to Sabak Bernam and explore around there. The first stop is Kelong Paradise. We didn't grab the change to go to the outer sea but explore at the seaside.
Sometimes we look further to get the overall view.
Sometimes we look deeper to get to know the details and mini creature.
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| Bagan Nakhoda Omar |
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| One kind of RELATIONSHIP |
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| Cool about NATURE |
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| Find a path and make it yours |
Spending time around the seaside, have a short talk with a local clam-digger lady. She is quite surprise that we can find this place as this is not a tourist spot. She dig some clam, a normal clam in a green-grayish shell. From her information, there is a seaside which is further up, have a cleaner and nicer seaside which have more clam to dig and is a better variety of clam. After walking around seaside, we walk in to the fishing village nearby. Walk on top of the pranks and concrete blocks flooring, with the smell of fisheries, we stop by in a hut and have a talk with the son of the sea--fishermen. Is just so cool. We even experience climbing down to the fisherman boat. Takes me long time to climb down, makes me feel so dangerous O.O but for those fisherman just takes a second and pung! pung! pung! down to the boat. So cool~! One the end of the 'street', there is an uncle are making fish net with the others family members. We have a short talk with him and found out that he have a lot of kids and some of them are still studying, he have to pay for their fees and also for himself even some of the kids had start working and did give him some pocket money monthly but he have not spend much time with them as some of them are working in other state. To understand and explore Selangor, I will recommend to have some interaction with the local fishermen to find out the uniqueness of Selangor. If you are lucky, please grab the chance to go out to the sea to get fish with those man.Again! Lunch time, I have lunch with the lecturers, tried some prawn noodles (Mee Udang), is just so nice. The taste of their soup definitely makes you feel like is 100% make from the real prawn. The sweetness of the prawn, a little bit of spicy, it just taste so nice and hope to have it again. Here comes the funny things, some of the students went to Raya Open House nearby to enjoin the feast, and through the phone, we know that they have mutton. The lecturers were so excited and wanted to try so much however we couldn't make it.
After lunch we visit the Sabak Bernam District Museum which is recommended from some of the blog. however I think is not really necessary, due to the less information in the space. But if you are interested with the history of Sabak Bernam and the way to fish and plants, you can spend around 30-45 min and have a look at there. Here comes the foods that I highly recommend--- LELA BEST NASI AMBE'NG, a long the road of Kuala Selangor-Teluk intan, opposite Sabak Bernam District Majlis. Nasi Ambe'ng is a kind of Javanese food, is a disches where they mixed the rice, fried noodles, fired chicken/ soy sauce chicken, vegetable and some coconut flesh. Is really big portion for me and is just RM5.00 which is super cheap.
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| Lela Best Nasi Ambe'ng |
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| Riverview Seafood Restaurant |
After this heavy tea-time, we went back to hotel and I accidentally slept while my classmates next door are playing the watermelon MOLE game. Is super funny because one of the cute lecturer couldn't find out their differences before and after the mole is drawn as punishment. After that we have dinner at the seaside where I have the breakfast sketch club with some of them few months ago. Quite lack of budget due to the price for the seafood in the RIVERVIEW reastaurant is sort of expensive. We just order few dishes and it cost around 200+ for 10 of us with only fried prawn, 2kg crab, beancurd and bun. I don't recommend this restaurant but can try another one around there which is 5 minutes driving distance from there. You can have fullsets of seafood that you like includes a fish, crabs, mantis shrimp, prawn, squid for only not more than RM300 for 10 with all the drinks, rice and bun+ river view too.
After that we went on boat and check out the firefles. Kind a sad because the fireflies actually get lesser to compare to few years ago due to the pollution around the areas. But still, we get the chance to have a look too. I quite recommend this activities as fireflies is getting lesser nowadays, so maybe can bring your kids to have a look on these wonderful creature. BUT! Remember, not to use any flash light while you take photo AND actually is quite hard to get the photo of fireflies.
Back to the hotel, some of us, Sem06 students have decided to have an ice-breaking session for all of us and thank you so much to all the juniors that willing to join although only 4 out of 10 seniors joining due to the tutorial for final semester. We start the session with simple introduction like names, nicknames and where we from to have a simple introduction for all of us to know the others a bit more. Some small games are arrange to makes the atmosphere looks slightly better, just spending roughly 45 minutes to get this done to makes the juniors know us more. Quite a lovely and peaceful night. Then, again Cards games time in Junior's roomXDXD hahaha~~ 3am is just nice to end all this up~~ so lovely~
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| WAITING with smile on face |
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| Semester 06 Tutorial |
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| Pass-MESSAGE session |
After breakfast, we check out hotel and meet with the tour guide of Homestay Sungai Haji Dorani. By bringing us to the Light Industry and Nata de Coco Factory. After all of the factory visit. we have a light meals at Homestay Sungai Haji Dorani and continue to experience the batik drawings. They have draw the pattern for us and provide us all of the brush and paint to paint. All of us having great time, even the lecturer try out on that too. Spending time with all the artistic fellows and so do the lunch. Thanks for all of the food, is really really nice and yummy. Here comes the best part of the tour!!! Fish catching in the paddy field. It looks easy but really take time to get used to it!! I have caught 1 by my own!! is it cool~~! <3 Highly recommend this wonderful activities and I swear that most of you guys will definitely get excited and can't stop when you catch 1,2,3... more and more~Thank you so much for bringing us around!!
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| Colour your life with MUD. Fish Catching session |
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| Batik Experience |
Guess what's next? XD Yup is DINNER TIME... This time we are doing BBQ D.I.Y., we went to the market before we back to hotel, we spot one shop and buy all we need at there. Squids, prawns and fish. Doesn't this sounds wonderful. Don't miss out trying all of the seafood at there, never miss
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| the KABIN |
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| Fishing Village @ Pantai Remis |
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| 2nd last meal: Kuang Hwa Seafood |
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| Last stop: CENDOL BAKAR |
2nd last meal in Kuala Selangor, Kuang Hwa Seafood which is few steps away from the fish market, this time we order full sets of seafood( as mentioned in the first few paragraphs) Nice taste and a friendly uncle that serve us. After spending a wonderful and lovely lunch at there, we hop back to the bus and went to the last stop, Cendol Bakar, direct translate will be Grilled Shaved Ice, only spend few bucks for a lovely dessert as the ending of the trip is just wonderful and I even have another cup with me on the bus.
Then the trip, and I realize,
This trip will be the last trip in my uni life as an IA students in UCSI.
Although is short but I have enjoy a lot while playing and get along with all of the friends.
Trip,
no matter where we go, sometimes is about who we go with.
Thanks to everyone for making this wonderful trip, I just like it and love it so much.
What a precious memory that I have for this last trip.
Hope to spend more time with you guys too.
Chill!! Let's young and fun!!
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| One more photo before leave |
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| UCSI IA EXPERIENCING CULTURE 02 |
For those who are reading, and if you are planning to pay a visit to Selangor, enjoy your trip and take good care of yourself as you will be having a lot of skin contact with the UV ray from the lovely sun. For those that didn't plan to go to Selangor, do have a try at least once to this wonderful place. Thanks for reading my blog, hope you enjoy and get the information that you want. Bye!
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