WESAK DAY 2011

17th May 2011, Tuesday

A card Zhen drew for Wesak Day to Bhante Dhamma Sakkaro...

TEACHERS' DAY 2011

16th May 2011, Monday

A card Zhen drew for her teachers in school...

 

 

 

CHEN-XIANG, 沉香, (AGARWOOD/GAHARU) PLANTATION, GOPENG, PERAK

2nd May 2011, Monday

Our plan is to visit a muzium in Gopeng but it was closed.  We asked the locals where else shall we visit in Gopeng and they told us about this place ~ The Great Wall of Gopeng.  It is an Agarwood/Gaharu/Chen-Xiang (沉香) Plantation.

Visiting hours is from 9am-6pm daily.

For the view of the Gaharu valley and hugging the trunk of an old Gaharu tree which is believed to be auspicious, one can purchase the shuttle bus ticket from the shop's counter at RM10/pax.

This Gaharu tree is 19-year old and is 50 feet tall.

This Gaharu tree is full of bird's nests.  According to our guide, this tree is standing at a slope, thus these 'clever' little birds (Murai Kampung/Magpie Robin) chose it to build their nest.

The fruits

TIN DREDGE HERITAGE, TANJUNG TUALANG, BATU GAJAH, PERAK

2nd April 2011, Saturday

A visit to the Tin Dredge Heritage in Tanjung Tualang, Perak.
Contact: 05-370 2253

View from the front of the Dredge

Operating Hours:

Monday to Sunday, 8:30am to 6pm

Admission Fee:

Adult - RM5.00, Children - RM3.00

View from the back of the Dredg

Getting There:

On the road from Batu Gajah to Tanjung Tualang - 5km after Chenderong - turn in to the road on your left.

A 1900 Dredge

Tools

Tools

An old notebook

Workshop Job Order

Signing the Guest Book

MUSICAL GLASSES

27th March 2011, Sunday morning

Tried 'Musical Glasses' experiment with Zhen.  I showed Zhen 3 glasses of water, with different amount of water and explained to her that each of the glasses will have a different tone when hit with a chopstick.

Min wants to play some music too!

I left her with 8 empty glasses, 2 small bottle of water for about 30 minutes, to 'invent' her  muscial notes.  When I returned, she had lined up all the 8 glasses, fill them with different amounts of water.  The first with just a little water while the last almost full, and the ones in between slightly more than the last.  HEY, SHE'S GOT IT!

She even sang a few songs with her musical glasses!

PENANG BATIK FACTORY, TELUK BAHANG, PENANG

16th March 2011, Wednesday

Zhen & Min went for a tour at Penang Batik Factory situated at Teluk Bahang, Penang.  Zhen gets to batik paint again!

You actually need to call in to pre-book 1 day ahead for the batik painting.  But Zhen was lucky that day as there were not many visitors around, the staff drew a piece of 14" x 14" (RM25) picture for her to paint.

Penang Batik Factory & Showroom

669, Mk. 2, Teluk Bahang,

11050 Penang.

Tel: +604-885 1284

Opens Daily from 8:30am to 5:30pm