Showing posts with label Kajang Semenyih. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kajang Semenyih. Show all posts

Monday, April 05, 2010

Ding Ding Mint Candy

At one day, I suddenly heard a familiar sound, ding-ding-ding sound. I immediately knew what the sound was. Then I dashed out to search for it. Eventually I was able to find it at Semenyih Sentral area. It was mint candies. I had been for years not hearing this sound and the sweet and special mint candy which was sold by this guy with his old bicycles. When I was a child, I I always bought this whenever I came across this sound because it needed perfect timing, he coming on irregular time.


The equipments and setup are exactly the same as I had seen during my childhood

I think not many children nowadays have tasted it before since there are many choices as compared to my old days. I am not sure whether this traditional candy business can be survive in this competitive world. I really hope that I'm still able to enjoy this traditional home made mint candy in my future.

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Thursday, September 03, 2009

Increase criminal rate in Semenyih

Last month, two tyres of my sister in law car (Kelisa) were stolen. According to neighbour, he saw two Malay guys unlocking the typre at around 5am in the morning. Then the two guys ran off quickly. Luckily my neighbour noticed them, otherwise the other two typres would be gone. See how proffesional the theives were. They replaced the typres with cubic bricks. According to neighbour, it was not the first case. Few similar cases were happened around Semenyih and my residential area. Too bad!! Need to protect the types with special nuts!


More than half year back, my father lorry battery was stolen too. The thief cut off the lock to take out the battery. The criminal rate is increased a lot after the economy downturn. Hai... there is no sense of security over here. What happens to our society?


Tuesday, August 18, 2009

親近大自然:漫山遍野的茅草啊!


Taken from: 星洲日報/快樂星期天‧文:林悅‧2009.05.17
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烈日當空,我喘著氣走在上山的小徑上,汗流浹背。那陡峭的泥路,阻礙著我前進的速度,有時候還迫使我不得不手腳並用爬上高處。老遠跑來這裡,為的是甚麼呢?你聽了一定笑——就為了看茅草!




對啊,就為了看漫山遍野的茅草!

我身邊有朋友是“花癡”,為了尋花、賞花,不惜舟車勞頓,非找到看花的目的地不可。“花癡”每一次吐出“漫山遍野的花啊”這句話時,總是充滿感動,並陶醉在自己的浪漫遐想中。

“漫山遍野”,仿佛有巨大的渲染力,叫人一聽,就浮想翩翩。想想,整座山頭被某種植物和色彩覆蓋,能不撼人嗎?

老早就聽說武來岸有座茅草山(正確名稱是武來岸山,但別名茅草山更富盛名),山頭長滿了隨風搖曳的茅草,蔚為奇觀。我不是“花癡”,我願意為看茅草而走一趟。

入口在油棕園

出發那一天,天氣好得不得了。雲朵分明,天空湛藍,連影子都被照射得分外清晰。

我從吉隆坡開車,取蕉賴/加影大道走,然後轉進士毛月方向,跟著Broga的指示牌,大約1小時,就到了武來岸。

這是一個很小的鎮,位於森美蘭和雪蘭莪之間。先是找了一家熟食檔,叫了一碗咖喱面,再加一杯煎堆飲料。大熱天,充滿碎冰的煎堆,真是好味,喝個見底還意猶未盡。

向幹活的年輕美眉打聽茅草山在哪裡,她指出方向,原來必須回頭走出大街,直到看見一家兔莊就可停車了。而茅草山的進口,就在兔莊對面的油棕園。

跟著她的指示,我輕易找到了兔莊,也發現對面的油棕園,以及清晰的路徑。

沿著泥路深入油棕園,陰沉的環境讓人感覺一絲不安,但短短的一段路之後,就走到了油棕園的盡頭,看見了岔路。我選擇了往高處去的那條,那是正確的。擺脫陰沉的油棕園,我處在了陽光暴曬下的環境,偶爾有樹陰,卻蚊子特多。那段期間武來岸染上基孔肯雅症的人共有4人,而我被無處不在的蚊子叮咬,還真是有點冒險。

路徑一直很明顯,雖然有的地段還蠻陡峭,但基本上不難走,充其量是行山,不是爬山。



在還未抵達山頂之前,綠茵的樹木和植物,以及嬌艷的花朵隨路可見,但等到茅草開始出現之後,就再也沒有樹木可遮蔭了。大片的山頭,頂著大藍天,開闊無比,而綠樹則慢慢退到腳下,必須以俯視的角度觀望了。

春風吹又生

茅草開始多了起來,在路徑兩旁,在山崖邊,最後是一大片地出現。這種根系不易根除的植物,生長力特強,一但蔓延開來,就瘋長似地攻占土地,它那頂部的白色的穗狀花,像棉花般,彎彎的,輕盈如雲,風一吹,一同順著一個方向擺去,搖曳出詩意。

密集相連的茅草,白茫茫成海,那是溫柔的花海,更像是一副渲染了白紙的水彩畫。茅草沒有鮮艷的色彩,它一身素淡,簡樸平實,一如它的身份,是草芥,不是瑰寶,更多時候,它只會惹人厭,就因為它生長的速度,實在太快了。

“斬草不除根,春風吹又生。”正好是茅草的比喻。

從山上往下看,油棕園平靜地徜徉在陽光下,山坡一層接一層,可看見游人慢慢從樹陰走了出來,穿梭在茅草之間,緩慢登高。他們帶著相機、水和歡樂,趁週末的到來一同去郊游,不起眼的茅草,就因為游人的口耳相傳,美名傳播出去,像我這樣慕名而來的游人,其實不算少。茅草,如此平凡的植物,因此有了不同的價值。美景,其實還真不一定要多壯闊或璀璨,只要懂得品味,我們周邊的好山好水,也有獨特的氣質與個性。

絡繹不絕的游人

前來茅草山的人,一是大清早就登高看日出,一是前來看日落的。我是午後才來的,當準備要下山的時候,正是太陽斜射,照射出一片金黃光芒的時刻。

那真是美麗的時刻,山坡、樹林、茅草,全都浸淫在亮錚錚的金光中,乍看之下,茅草變成了稻穗,垂著頭,一道美麗的弧線附上了邊緣光,如此細,如此亮眼。

一面下山,一面忍不住回頭望,那漫山遍野的茅草,逐漸隱退,我再次走進了綠茵的叢林,向地面貼近。而這個時候,還有人陸續的前來,與我持相反的方向而去。我與樂融融有說有笑的家庭成員擦肩而過,做爸爸的那個手裡抱著孩子,他還叫孩子跟我說“哈羅,姐姐”;還有其他上山的人,是一幫朋友,他們搬了食物和帳篷,準備在山上過夜。

茅草山,原來這麼受歡迎。

那天,我帶著發燙的身體離開茅草山,一回到家,迫不及待地處理之前拍攝的照片,在黑夜中,一盞暈黃燈光照明之下,我再次看見連片的茅草,發出柔光,如此淡雅,如此樸實,卻瘋狂地霸佔了整個山頭,既蠻橫,又美麗。

如何前往:
朝士毛月(Semenyih)去,進入市區之後(Jalan Semenyih),留意Broga(武來岸)指示牌,在Petronas油站前的紅綠燈轉入Broga。一段路之後,會看見Nottingham大學出現在左手邊。再往前走3公里,東亞兔莊出現在右手邊,對面是油棕園,那即是茅草山的入口。

認識白矛(茅草):
學名:Imperata cylindrica(L.)Beauv.
科名:禾本科(Poaceae)
俗名:茅草、絲茅、茅柴、地筋。
莖:地下莖發達,長而多節,地上部莖直立,簇生。
葉:葉片狹長,呈線狀,葉緣粗糙。
花:總狀花序聚集成緊縮的圓錐花序。
果:披針形的穎果,1有白色絹毛。
鑑定特徵:草本,發達的黃白色地下莖及白色穗狀花序。
分布:低海拔至平地的向陽開闊地、海濱、田埂等
用途:藥用、建築材料。
星洲日報/快樂星期天‧文:林悅‧2009.05.17

Sunday, July 12, 2009

2男女困茅草山30小時 (lost in Broga Hill)

其中一只跟失蹤者一起上山的黑狗,過后竟然自行走下山,跳上主人的車休息。(圖:星洲日報)

taken from http://www.sinchew-i.com

2 hikers lost in Broga Hill


(雪蘭莪‧加影)一對份屬上司與下屬關係的華裔男女,週六(7月11日)早上攜5隻狗兒登爬武來岸茅草山後迷途失蹤;兩人受困山上逾30個小時,過了漫長一夜後,今日(週日,7月12日)下午終被搜尋隊伍發現,處境安全。

這座位於武來岸打侖新村的茅草山在當地非常出名,有許多外地人慕名而來,據悉,這次是首次發生登山者失蹤事件。此山共有2個出口,一處是出雪州森林,另一個出口在森州地區。

警方及民防部隊等單位於週六晚上11時許,接獲失蹤者家人的投報後,趕到現場展開尋人行動。

一度失蹤的黃繡燕(26歲)來自沙登怡觀園,職業是會計,她近年來愛上登山,最近曾到茅草山開辟新的登山路;與她一同失蹤的50歲林姓男子,相信是她的上司。

據瞭解,林姓男子是蕉賴某登山協會的資深會員,他性格較內向,只喜歡少數人登山。搜尋隊伍週六晚上在新村通往茅草山的路口,發現他的豐田HILUX四驅車。

週日早上有一名來自登山協會的男子,聽聞林姓男子失蹤後,也進山協助尋人。

負責搜尋行動的蘇谷警曹表示,女方於週日早上10時許已撥電向男友報平安了,男方過後也已聯絡搜尋隊伍,並形容兩人身處的位置。

他說,失蹤者聲稱被竹林及椰樹圍繞,於是搜尋隊伍向當地的原住民瞭解,得悉類似環境共有3處,馬上派出35名搜尋人員及數名熟悉山上環境的原住民,一起上山救人。

“首批搜尋隊伍進山後,通報指在遠處發現兩人的蹤影,但尚未把他們帶出來。”

由於兩人都沒帶指南針,因此搜救人員須費一番功夫才能把他們引領到會合地點,至下午截稿時間為止,他們還未從山裡走出。

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Direction / Map to Semenyih

This post is to provide some guidance to Semenyih town. As long as you reach Semenyih town, you could easily navigate to other towns around Semenyih, like Broga, Khacau (Sungai Lalang), Beranang, Bangi (the old Bangi town).

There are several ways to Semenyih. Each route has its own pros and cons. So you could choose your route wisely, Trade-off between Time, Distance, Money (toll + fuel), and Accessibility (newbie?).


Route1:
1. From North-South Highway, take exit to Kajang. Follow Kajang signboard (blue colour) if you do not want to pay 2 tolls in Silk Highway. However you will pass through all the traffic jam along Jalan Sungai Chua and Jalan Semenyih. There are numerous traffic lights in Kajang towns. See the map below:


Route2:
If you come from North-South Highway, you could follow the direction below with minimun hassle. Take an exit to Kajang from North-South Highway, then go straight all the way (follow main road), reaching Silk highway. You will have to pay two tolls in Silk Highway, then you could take an exit to Jalan Semenyih right after the 2nd toll.

(If you miss, dont panic. You could drive straight, reaching to Kajang-Semenyih bypass road, just look for Semenyih sign board to exit, you will eventually reach Jalan Semenyih as well. Do not drive to KASEH highway, otherwise you need to pay another expensive toll)


Route3:
From North South Highway, take an exit to Bukit Mahkota and Bandar Sri Putra (near to Nilai rest station). After that you will pass a Petronas station after the toll. Just go straight to pass through a narrow bridge which underneath is a railway. After that turn right at the T juntion (Turn left to Bangi old town). After that you will reach another T juntion to Jalan Bangi. Take right turn again to Semenyih direction (Turn left to Bangi old town). Then drive toward Semenyih town, the road is winding.

If you are not familiar, do not use this especially at night. The connection in between Sri Putra and Jalan Bangi is not well constructed and less signboard. So it is not recommended to those who are new to Semenyih. It is the shortest route to exit North-South highway from Semenyih (10 minutes drives).


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Route4:
From Jalan Loke Yew, take the Kajang-Cheras highway. Passing two Cheras Tolls, and drive toward Kajang/Semenyih. At the end of Kajang-Cheras highway, do not exit to Kajang, because Kajang usually has heavy traffic. In other words, just drive straight toward Saujana Impian / Semenyih sign board. You will pass through Tesco at the right hand side and you are now in the Kajang-Semenyih bypass road (no toll). After that you will pass Giant at the left hand side. Just go straight until you see a Jalan Semenyih sign board and take the exit. I uses this route to KL centre.
(Note that if you continues go straight after the exit to Jalan Semenyih in Kajang-Semenyih bypass road, it will lead you to KASEH highway to Seremban/Nilai, there is a toll at the entrance to KASEH. If you accidentally drive into KASEH, immediately take the Semenyih/Bangi exit or the 1st exit from the KASEH toll. After that turn left after the toll. )


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Route5:

From Puchong (Cyberjaya /Putrajaya) take the LDP Highway route. After the last LDP toll, go straight and take a left turn to Kajang direction. (keep on going straight will reach Cyberjaya). After that, you will pass through IOI Resort at the right and UPM at the left. After that you will reach to Silk Highway (note: if you dont want to pay Silk Highway Toll, you could take Kajang town road, see route 1). After paying 2 tolls in Silk Highway
, then you take an exit to Jalan Semenyih right after the 2nd toll. (please refer to route 2)

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Roti Canai / Dosai for Breakfast

Indian roti canai

Normally I will have roti canai & Dosai as my breakfast. I prefer to have it in Indian stall/shop because Indian curry is much better than others. How about you?

crunchy dosai

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Semenyih Taufu & Udang (beancurd & prawn fritters)





If you feel like eating while you are in Semenyih, then you probably can try these Semenyih Taufu (beancurd) and Udang (prawn fritters). It is famous Malay food in Semenyih town. I normally treat them as snack at the afternoon or tea break. The beancurd and udang are specially made and must be eaten together with the given reddish chilli source. Without the chilli source, the taste is absolutely incomplete. The taufu and udang are RM1 and RM0.60 per pieces. The taufu is a bit expensive in my view.

Special made taufu/beancurd

crispy prawn fritters

Almost finished while I was buying

The restaurant is just opposite to the Semenyih field

The restaurant can be easily found because it is just opposite to Semenyih field. The field is near to Sin Min primary school and Kampung Baru Semenyih primary school, therefore it is impossible of not getting the restaurant.


dunk the beancurd into chilli source

Udang + taufu

savouring my snack


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Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Direction to Nirvana Memorial Park Semenyih


Qing Ming Festival 清明节 is coming very soon, usually falls on around 4th or 5th of April. This blog provides a simple direction to this auspicious Nirvana Memorial Park Semenyih (士毛月富贵山庄).

The google map below shows the simplest and the fastest way (min toll) from Jalan Loke Yew (pointA) to Nirvana Memorial Park (pointB). Take the Kajang-Cheras highway from Jalan Loke Yew, passing two Cheras Tolls, and driving toward Kajang/Semenyih. At the end of Kajang-Cheras highway, do not exit to Kajang, because Kajang usually has heavy traffic. In other words, just drive straight toward Saujana Impian / Semenyih sign board. You will pass through Tesco at the right hand side and you are now in the Kajang-Semenyih bypass road (no toll). After that you will pass Giant at the left hand side. Just go straight until you see a sign board to exit Semenyih to the Jalan Semenyih.




(Note that if you continues go straight, it will lead you to KASEH highway to Seremban/Nilai, there is a toll at the entrance to KASEH. If you accidentally drive into KASEH, immediately take the Semenyih/Bangi exit or the 1st exit from the KASEH toll, basically you will come to Semenyih town after that)


After that, just follow the main road, passing a BHP station and Semenyih Kampung Baru. There is a traffic light before Semenyih Police station (check on the google map below), take a left turn to Jalan Sungai Lalang (previously called Kachau). At that traffic light, there is a mosque and school at the right hand side. After that you follow the main road until you see Nirvana Memorial park at the left hand side.

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If you come from North-South Highway, you could follow the direction below with minimun hassle. Take an exit to Kajang from North-South Highway, then go straight all the way, reaching Silk highway. You will have to pay two tolls in Silk Highway, then you could take an exit to Jalan Semenyih right after the 2nd toll. Otherwise, you will reach to Kajang-Semenyih bypass road, just look for Semenyih sign board to exit, you will eventually reach Jalan Semenyih as well. After that, please refer to orange color text above.


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Monday, February 23, 2009

Semenyih: Yap Choon Kwai Kon Loh Mee 干捞面

In Semenyih town, there is a place famous for breakfast. The place is just beside to S. J. K. (C) Sin Ming or Sin Ming primary school (新民国民型华文小学). The shop name is called Yap Choon Kwai restaurant 春贵茶餐室. This restaurant has been here since I was young.




Sin Ming primary school

Yap Choon Kwai restaurant, famous for Kon Loh Mee

Normally the residence of Semenyih just call Yap Choon Kwai. If you are not a local residence here, you most probably will not visit this restaurant because the shop is very old and unattractive. However it is famous for Kon Loh Mee (noodle) 干捞面 and Laksa (curry mee). Due to limited seats, most of the time customers have to wait especially during Sunday. Besides this, if there are too many customers, then you are not allowed to take away to reduce waiting time of seated customers.

The shop looks old and unattractive



This restaurant is managed by Mr. Yap Choon Kwai and his wife as shown in the figure above. With their more than 20 years skills, the Kon Loh Mee is very delicious, filled with black soy sources. There is an option for customer, you could choose either char siu 叉烧 or fish balls / fu zhou. I normally choose fish balls and fu zhou. Besides the Kon Loh Mee, I think the Laksa here also taste superb and wonderful. The santan in the Laksa is just nice in the quatity, does not taste too sweet or too plain.

Kon Loh Mee with fish balls (RM4.50)

Laksa Mee with fish ball

Laksa Mee with fish ball and cockle

The noodles here come in two sizes, either small or big size. The small and big size cost RM3.80 and RM4.50 respectively. Apart from this option, grilled chicken wing and curry chicken can be an additional side dishes, which making you awesome!

Grilled chicken wing

my mother savouring her breakfast

Laksa & Kon Loh Mee

The map of the restaurant as shown below:

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Tesco Semenyih

Tesco Semenyih in Wikimapia

A very good news to Semenyih residence that Tesco Semenyih has been opened today morning. For those planning to purchase some stuff for Chinese New Year, you might opt for this new option which always provide low price. It might give stiff competition to The Store in Semenyih.

Tesco Semenyih @ Taman Pelangi Semenyih

Here is the map to Tesco Semenyih. It is situated to Taman Pelangi Semenyih entrance. Near to the Tesco, there will be a giant police station, still under construcion. Someone said it will be a police headquater or training center.
The blue rectangle shap is Tesco Semenyih, while blue icon is giant police station

This new open Tesco will definitely provide an alternative choice to Semenyih residence and of course students in the University of Nottingham. But will it make the traffic in Jalan Semenyih worse!! OMG!

drive-through KFC and Pizza Hut

I nearly forgot to mention that beside the Tesco Semenyih, there is a drive-through KFC and Pizza Hut. Wahh, the second KFC restaurant in Semenyih. Great!

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Updated (May 09)

At the Tesco Semenyih, there is a KFC restaurant also although a drive-through KFC and Pizza Hut are located at the outside of the Tesco . Besides that, Old Town White Coffee can be found here too. It provides a good place for local food like Laksa, prawn mee, toast and its famous white coffee.


Malaysia style Kyros Kebab

I like this Old Town White Coffee restaurant

Tesco food court

The nearest Bata shop from Semenyih

a variety of mee/noodles

a number of goods

vegetables + meats

Friday, January 02, 2009

Oriental Crystal Hotel @ New Year Dinner

Oriental Crystal Hotel Main Entrance




In order to celebrate new year 2009, my family decided to have scrumptious dinner at Oriental Cyrstal Hotel, situated in Kajang town, near to Jalan Bukit. It was a 4 stars new hotel in Kajang town, creating stiff competition to Prescott Metro Inn (previously was Metro Kajang Inn). If I was not mistaken, it was established in 2007. I had never been to this hotel before.

Lobby hall

The Oriental Imperial Chinese Restaurant was on the first floor with splendid view. It was renowned for its Peking duck with BBQ sources. As a result, it was the first order we made, a must-try dish. Then we also ordered the other 5 dishes.

Peking Roast Duck @ Oriental Imperial Restaurant

Slicing the duck skin with skillful knife kung fu

The most impressive dishes was, of course, Peking Duck. A chief served us a well roasted Peking duck, putting on a small trolley. After that, he was demostrating his skillful knife kung to show how to cut the duck skin in the finest pieces. The other helper rolled the sliced skin with pancakes 荷葉餅. The total process was swift and did not make us impatient. Besides the rolls, it also came with prawn crackers. It also came together with special-made BBQ source, making the dish to perfect. Needless to say, the taste was fantastic and luscious.

Rolling the duck skin with pancake 荷葉餅


Peking Roast Duck served with pancakes and prawn crackers

closer look on Peking Duck rolls

Peking Duck meat was served too

Besides enjoying the duck skin, we were also served with the duck meat, otherwise it was quite a waste. The other dishes that we ordered were as below:

Kai Lan vegetables, topping with crispy Kai Lan vegetables

I found the crispy Kai Lan very good (the topping part). I had tasted it before in Penang :P

Special home-made bean-curds (so so only..)

草湾鱼 Fish served with gingers

served with dried shrimp

Sushi-like dishes- very yummy & special

As an overall, we were quite satisfied with the dishes. How much did this dinner cost? haha.. it was around RM330 in total, including taxes. I felt it was a bit expensive but my father said it was ok as compared to the other restaurant in Taman Kajang Prima....
Fortunately, we had special discount on that day..

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