周末出走记之景德果园度假村 Weekend Getaway to Kin Tick Orchard Village

The hustle , bustle city life make us hard to breathe, so back to the nature is the best way to rejuvenate the mind, soul and body.
城市繁忙的生活总让人透不过气，所以贴近大自然是一个从新回復，放松身心的好方法。

We decided to spend our weekend in the Kin Tick Orchard Village,  Bukit Tinggi,  just an hour drive from Kuala Lumpur. Kin Tick Orchard Village is very near to Betong town ( about 15 minutes).
我们一行人决定到景德果园度假村去度过周末。这度假村位于 Bukit Tinggi, 从吉隆坡约一个多小时的车程。这地方也非常靠近文冬市区，大约十五分钟。

Kin Tick Orchard Village 景德度假村

Depart from KL in the early morning and have our breakfast in Kepong, then continue our journey to Betong town to taste the homemade ice cream , we ordered the ABC plus ice cream which is famous, but for me.....the ABC plus ice cream just taste normal, nothing special......
一大早从吉隆坡出发，先到甲洞吃早餐，继续驱车到文冬大街吃自制的雪糕。 我们点了出名的杂果雪糕，但我个人觉得并不是特别好吃，满普通的。

ABC Plus homemade ice cream in Betong  杂果冰加自制雪糕，文冬  

We  reached The Orchard Village before the check-in time but luckily we are allowed to check in early. What surprising us is we need to cross a river before reach the village, so no choice we have to park our car outside and take a ride on the four wheels drive.
比预期的时间早到了，幸亏获得通融可以提早拿到房间。
让我们预想不到的是在到达度假村前，得先经过一条河流，别无选择，只好把车停在外边，搭上四轮驱车前往度假村。

Check-in  登记

There are three themes of room available, Bali house, Stone House and Hill house.  We rent a stone house, the room is spacious even though it is equipped with 4 queen side beds， a cupboard and a set of bamboo sofa, a long table. The room is far more better than what we imagined and is enough to fix eleven of us.
度假村内有三种不同的主题的房间，巴里屋，石头屋，山上小屋。 我们租了石头屋，虽然有四个双人床，，一个厨，一套竹沙发，和长桌子，但是房内还是显得非常空阔；足以容纳下我们是十一个人。

Here is Stone House 这是石头屋

Finish check in, put all luggage in the room and take a rest.  Then have a lunch in Valley Resort which is about 20 minutes from Betong town. Our lunch:  Nyonya steam Tillapia, Valley Resort's Chicken, Taufu， belacan paku pakis(Fern)  seaweed egg soup and coconut  water.  
完成登记， 放下行李 ，休一休息。 过后，我们便到离文冬市区大约二十分钟的山寨谷去吃午餐。我们的午餐：娘惹式蒸非洲鱼，山寨鸡肉，豆腐, 辣椒炒蕨类，紫菜蛋花汤 和椰水。

Valley Resort ， it's location is quite unique as we need to drive through the rubber estate before reach the restaurant.  

山寨谷，它的位置蛮特别的，我们需要经过一大片的橡胶园才能到达这餐馆。 

                                                       

The first activity in the orchard village was cycling. There are free bicycle provided. From my experience, it was a bit hard to cycle around because the place is hilly and there is also limited compound for us to cycle around. Most of my friend did a good try to cross the river by cycling, it really work as there is a "flat" road built  and  the river is not very deep.
在度假村的第一个活动是骑脚踏车。他们有提供免费的脚踏车。从我的经验，在度假村内骑脚踏车还满吃力的，因为那地方有小山坡，平地确满少的，所以无法很过瘾的的骑。
朋友们都 尝试了骑脚踏车过河流，结果都成功了！不错不错！


The next activity was a short jungle trekking. The trail is short but nicely built with used tyres.
下一个活动是短短的森林徒步。一路上的小路都用轮胎铺好了，非常好走。


It is time to reward ourselves with food after a tired outdoor activities !  We have a yummy yummy dual soup steamboat as dinner. I liked Tomyan steamboat so much even though it was very spicy.(the steamboat is prepared by our own, don't worry there is a cafeteria near lobby for those didn't prepare own dinner)
经过了累人的户外活动，最好就是用食物来赏一赏自己！我们自己在房内弄了双汤火锅晚餐。我喜欢东炎味的火锅，虽然辣是辣了点，不过好吃！（如果自己没有准备，也可以到再柜台旁的餐定吃。）
 

At night, there is a karaoke session in the middle of the lobby. The karaoke is open...... really need courage to sing in front of so many people, luckily my three bravest friends managed to do it, even though the first song was out of pitch..hahahaha! (Anyway,  big claps to them ) .  We got belated birthday surprise for a friend after the karaoke session, he was really in surprise, yeah the plan work! Poker cards and Lami games (very similar to mahjong) are another activities that fill up our night.
晚上的活动有卡拉Ok。 这卡拉ok 是在大厅中央，真的是需要勇气才敢在大庭广众下高歌一曲。我那三个勇气可嘉的朋友成功的做到了。 哈哈！虽然第一首歌，跟不上节奏，有点走音，还是要给他一个大大的掌声！肖后，我们也准备了惊喜生日给其中一名朋友， 他那错愕，惊喜的表情 ，yeah， 我们的计划成功！扑克牌和Lami 是我们的后续活动。

   

The next morning, i woke up at seven and walk around the orchard village by myself. It's very relax with fresh air, listening to birds and insects chirping.... what a wonderful morning!
隔天一早，我七点起身后，便到度假村内溜达溜达。安静的清晨， 听这虫鸣声，鸟叫声，呼吸着新鲜的空气，是个多么轻松舒服的早上啊！

Morning View 

                                                                       Bali house


We went to Chamang waterfall after breakfast, the waterfall is beautiful. We have spends hours in this place.
吃过早餐后，我们便出发到 Chamang 瀑布。这瀑布还满漂亮的。我们大概花了一个多小时在这儿戏水。

                                                                 Hanging Bridge 吊桥

                                      Look! how enjoyable they are having a "fighting" in the water !
                                                          看！他们多“享受” 水中之战！


Backed to orchard village, take shower, lunch, packed up , check out and back to KL. A wonderful weekend getaway !
回到度假村，冲凉，吃午餐，收拾，退房，便驱车会吉隆坡。 真是一个轻松好玩的周末游！


For more information about Kin Tick Orchard Village : 
http://kintickvillage.com/

(There are some construction still undergoing in the orchard village.  so this has make some parts of the orchard village look messy.度假村内还有一些工程在进行，所以有一部分地方还满凌乱的）     

澳门,半个背包客之行 Macau,half backpacker trip

This post suppose to write in past few months, but again laziness keep me postponing the post for more than half year.

I visited Macau during July with my buddy, Mun. This trip was booked half year before depart. We got a very  cheap Flight Ticket during Air Asia 0 Fares promotion.

The trip is first free and easy trip for us. It is first time fully self planning trip, not following any travel agencies or group. So, we considered  it as a half backpacker trip, =P  Anyway, Macau  is a wonderful and full of excitement experiences for both of us.

The excitement has over the tiredness for not sleeping well the night before in LCCT.  Once reach  Macau, we took a free bus to Venetian Hotel. (There  are different free bus available to different casino in airport, so those wanna save money can fully utilize these free bus services). Reach Venetian, we just have a short visit to the casino, then continue with our first destination...which is Casas-Museu da Taipa.

Gondola ride in Venetian Hotel 威尼斯人酒店-伐舟   

Casas Museu da Taipa  was built in 1921, was once residences for high superior and macanese families.
This place was officially transform into museum in year 1992. There are five houses here presented different themes, namely "Macanese House", " House of the islands","House of Portugal Regions", "Exhibition Gallery", "House of Receptions"  Houses in this museum are painted in pale green, will give a kind of  fresh feeling when you are here.
The Entrance fee is only hk $2 ( student price), about 15 minutes walking distance from Venetian Hotel .

Casas Museu da Taipa 九环葡韵住宅博物馆，氹仔

Various Portuguese costumes  from different regions  各式各样少数民族的服装和手工艺品 

                                                         
There is a famous Carmel Church next to the museum. Continue with 10 minutes walk, we reached Ruo de Cunha, famous souvenier street in Taipa. We bought our first Portuguese Tart here ...the tart is crusty ..yummy! yummy!

Ruo de Cunha 官也街

Portuguese Tart  葡挞

We planned to eat the famous pork burger in Taipa in Cafe Tai Lei Loi Kei , but it only starts to sell in 3pm , so we choose to try the pork chop Vermichelli (bihun). Credit to the Cafe is the Pork chop is quite big and worth to give a try. (hk$ 22)

Pork Chop Bihun  猪扒米粉 

Next, we took public bus no.33 to  Macau main island. We stopped near Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro. This is a busy street , crowded with people , various restaurants, banks , shops. It is convenient  and easy to get various local foods here.

We took bus to the famous Ma zhu Temple and Mariteime Museum. There are only three bus rates; hk$ 3.20( within the island) or $4.20 ( taipa-Macau penisular) or $5.00(coloane).It's convenient for sightseeing around Macau using Public bus, bus services is efficient but the attitude of some bus drivers were rude and unfriendly  =(

Make  a wish 许个愿 

Inside Ma-Zhu Temple  妈祖阁里面 

Ma-Zhu Temple was the oldest temple in Macau , existed since 15th century, before Macau was formed.    

农家乐之金马伦高原 Agritainment in Cameron Highland

趁周末，我和一群友人到金马伦高原去避一避署，并体验下住在菜园小屋的感觉。这一次的行程和以往有些不一样，我们并没有到任何旅游观点去，而是到菜园去享受那悠闲的周末。

My friends and i went Cameron Highland   for a short holiday during weekend. Different from previous holiday in Cameron Highland , this time we decided to stay in a cottage in the vegetable farm, get a farm stay experience and we are not including famous tourist spots in this trip.   

我们第一站就停在 Ringlet 的苏丹阿布巴卡湖。这里除了湖之外，还有一间很英式格调的旅馆， The Lakehouse Resort。

Our first station is Sultan Abu Bakar Lake which located in Ringlet. There is a classic English country style Resort，The Lakehouse Resort opposite the lake. 

                                   

                                                        就是这旅馆，很有英式田园风格吧！

                                                      Here is the Resort, with country style design. 

                                    

旅馆对面就是苏丹阿布巴卡湖。这里有山有水，形成了一幅漂亮的风景图

（ 只怪傻瓜相机及我的烂技术无法完全拍下这美丽的景色)

Lake and hills have formed a beautiful scenery in this place

(but with my weak photography skill and digital camera, i failed to capture the real scene in  a beautiful way)    

在湖边散步，吹着徐徐的冷风，让人精神一振，所有的烦脑都抛在脑后了！

Walk along the lake, with breezing air plus beautiful scenery, so refreshing, all stress and tension have gone away.  

             

                             

逗留了一会儿，我们继续驱车到 Tanah Rata, 并在那里喝下午茶— Teh Tarik (拉茶）。这里的拉茶味道香浓，比起早上在吉隆坡喝的香浓可口多了。

Then， we continue our journey from Ringlet to Tanah Rata. , and have our Teh Tarik in a small stall near Tanah Rata. The Teh Tarik here is  more aromatic than Teh tarik in KL. 

                           

由于从Tanah Rata 到 Kampung Raja 的路段蛮塞车的，所有到达Kampung Raja 时已接近傍晚了，于是我们便到关帝庙旁的餐馆去解决我们的晚餐。

The traffic was a bit heavy from  Tanah Rata to our destination, Kampung Raja. When we reached Kampung Raja was already late evening, so we went for dinner in a restaurant beside "Guan Di" Temple. 

这就是我们的晚餐-有炒菜胆，炒菇类，豆腐，扣肉 和酸辣汤。 这里的菜胆很脆很新鲜，而我的最爱就是炒菇类，各式不同的菇类一起炒，味道并不冲突，反而好吃。

This is our dinner，vegetable，mushrooms,braised pork and spicy sour soup.  The vegetable here is fresh and delicious. My favorite is stir fry mushrooms, mix of different mushrooms ,the taste wasn't weird but delicious.

接着，我们便去所谓的菜园小屋。 这就是菜园小屋内，简简单单，仆仆素素 的设计，另有一番风味。大伙儿坐在客厅，看看电视，聊聊天，加上天然的冷气 ，新鲜的空气，舒服极了。

不过，，半夜时这木板屋格外的冷，我用了三件棉被才足以让我温暖的入睡。 

After that, we went to the cottage in vegetable farm. This is the how the cottage look like, very simple design. Sat in living room, chit-chatting, plus fresh air and the natural air-con , it's so comfortable.

But , this wooden cottage is super cool especially during mid-night, i have to use three blankets to keep myself warm . 

                               

                                                                           

                                                                    早晨的景色

                                                                   Morning view  

准备出发到菜园了，虽然我们住的地方后面也是菜园，不过 uncle 说要带我们到另一个在山内菜园。好期待哦！为了要霸后面开蓬的座位，我第一个爬上车....哈哈哈！

出发了！

We were preparing to go to vegetable farm. Eventhough there is a farm behind the cottage, but uncle said he will bring us to another farm that located a bit inside the hill.   I was the first to get into the car because i want to sit at the  back of the car. Hahaha!

Let's go!

要到达这山内的菜园，我们必须经过崎岖的小路，站在四轮驱车的后方，经过这凹凸不平，弯弯曲曲上山下山的路，总觉得一松手，整个人就会飞出车外了。不过，这路程还蛮刺激，超爽的体验。

To reach the farm, we need to pass through narrow and rugged path.. Stand behind the uncover seat in  Toyoto Hilux, it's so bumpy and i feel that i will fell from the car anytime if i didn't hold tightly. But, i enjoy this bumpy ride so much, what a wonderful and exciting ride.    

终于到达了菜园。

Finally, we reached this vegetable farm

                                            

  绿油油的菜，一排排的排列着！美吧！

                      Greenish vegetables planted accordingly ,  formed another beautiful scenery in the farm.

看，这位先生很“卖力”的在学习翻土种菜，不过我看还是算了吧，感觉像是在摆“埔士” 多过要体验农家乐。

Look, he said he want to experience the farm life, learn to plant vegetable, but i think just forget it. He is like posing rather than learning to plant vegetable.  hahahahaha

这是小番茄园，我直接採下小番茄来吃，很鲜甜！好吃！

This is cherry tomatoes farm, i picked the cherry tomatoes from the tree and eat on the spot, it's so fresh！  

                                   

      接下来，我们也到Kampung Raja 的新村去走走。几乎每家都有一辆类是这样的Land Rover. 很可惜，这次我们没有坐这车进菜园，不然我相信会更刺激。

Our next destination is village in Kampung Raja. Almost every house  has a land rover here. But we didn't manage to get a ride on Landrover this time, if yes, i think the journey will be more exciting .

  

                                                                猜一猜，这是什么？

  这是芋头，这芋头重达五十公斤，整整一个人的体重，神奇吧！ Uncle 告诉我们这巨大芋头是在他的菜园发现的，还上过报纸呢。

Guess, what is this?

This is a giant yam, weigh up to 50kg, almost equal to weight of a normal lady. So amazing!  Uncle told us this giant yam was found in his farm, and been published in newspaper before.

                             

 叮咚，午餐时间到。 Uncle 介绍我们到一而茶餐室去吃咖哩面 。不失所望，这咖哩面还不错。    如果下次你到这里，不妨试一试当地的咖哩面。

Ding dong, again time for lunch. Uncle introduced us to give a try to curry mee in Yat Yee Restaurant. The taste of this curry mee was not bad, worth to give a try if you are here.

就是这咖哩面，外表普普通通，不过味道还不错

                                      This is the curry mee, it's looks common, but taste not bad.

小村落里的包 Bao in a small village

包，一个再熟悉不过的词，一个极为普遍的食物，随处都可以看到和吃到。但是，要找到有古早味的包已经是越来越难了。今天，我要分享的是来自一家经营了将近半世纪咖啡店的包。这家咖啡店坐落于吉打南部的一个小村落，店名为甘泉。老板的父亲早年从海南岛飘扬过海到这来经营咖啡店，（早期马来西亚的咖啡店多数都由海南人经营)，从摸索，改良，融合当地人的口味，到今天，这包已传承了两代人。

Bao (Bun)  , a very common food, can easily find it almost in every place. But, now it is getting harder for us to get  bao in an old style coffee shop.Today, I would like to share about  bao from a coffee shop that run for nearly half century,Kam Chuan Coffee shop. This is  a traditional coffee shop , located in a small village at southern Kedah.    The shop owner's father came from Hainan,China（ in early days, most of  Hainanese run coffee shop as their business).  From trying，adapting, and fused with local favor, this bao has "goes through" two generations. 

这里的包与我们常在外头看到的有些不一样，它的外皮较偏黄，并带有稍微的 Q 感。而内层带有质地感，一口咬下去这包的感觉就是适当的蓬松中带有多层次的口感，第一口吃下去，并不会顿时爱上他，而是在过后 慢慢一口一口吃的过程里发现它的特别之处。面粉，盐与糖，加上内馅，多么普通的组合，店家却能让它融合成为一个好吃的包。

The Bao here is slightly different from other Bao. Its outer skin is a bit yellowish, and slightly chewy. While the inner part of the Bao , you will feel the suited spongy feel and multi-layers taste when bite on it. You will not really in love with this bao in first bite,but after that you will  slowly discover its specialty.  With flour,salt, sugar plus filling, what a simple common combination, the owner still able to integrate all and come out with a tasteful bao.

这里的包有三个内陷可以选：红豆沙，咖瑘 和椰丝。值得一提的是咖瑘，其特别之处是老板没有加椰奶，但混合了鸡蛋和鸭蛋来做出这咖瑘，老板说这样咖瑘的味道会较香，颜色也比较好看。我个人最爱红豆沙内陷的包，红豆沙加上炒过的白芝麻，香！赞！

There are three options for the bao filling: red bean,kaya and coconut. What unique here is the Kaya, the shop owner doesn't mix  coconut milk in making Kaya like others usually do, and  he uses both chicken and duck eggs in making the Kaya. According to him ， this will improve Kaya taste and at the same time let the colour of Kaya look brighter and more beautiful. I personally prefer Bao with red bean filling. The red bean here is mix with white sesame, thumb up ! 

这是蒸包的炉。由于，村里的人数越来越少了，所以老板做包的数量也减少了。如今大概每个月只做三到四次，或是在特别酬神的日子才会做。如果你刚好经过或在双溪吉舌以列，那不妨到甘泉咖啡店，然后问老板：你今天有做包吗？幸运的话，你也许可以尝到这满古早味的包哦！

This is the stove used to steam bao. Villagers are getting less now, hence the shop owner also reduce his frequency of making bao. Now, he will only make bao three or four times a month  or during special occasion. If you pass by Sungai Kecil Ilir, do go into the shop and ask the boss: Do you make bao today? if lucky, you might able to get a taste of it.


地点： 甘泉咖啡店，双溪吉舌以列（吉打南部）
Location:   Kedai Kopi Kam Chuan, Sungai Kecil Ilir, Bandar Baharu.
   

Kerachut Beach 可拉竹海滩

Have been thinking which location should i write as my first post here. And finally i decided to blog about one of the famous beaches in Penang Island, Kerachut Beach.  This beach is really a good place to go during weekends for Penangites, and for tourists , you can include this beach in your trip other than Batu Ferringgi beach, i am sure you will have surprise on this. This beach located in Penang National Park, Teluk Bahang.

想了好久，我的第一篇文章到底该选那一个地方或景点来写呢,于是我决定先由槟岛的其中一个著名的海滩写起，那就是可拉竹海滩。对于槟城人，这海滩是不错的周末之选，而对于游客，除了巴都丁宜海滩，也可以考虑将这海滩列为旅游的其中一个景点，说不定会有意想不到的惊喜哦！ 可拉竹海滩座落于槟岛直落巴巷的国家公园。


Now let's us have a peep on Kerachut Beach.
现在 就让我们一同看看可拉竹海滩：

Here is the entrance to Penang National Park ,remember to register at the counter before enter the national park. It is free of charge. We have taken around one hour jungle trekking before reached Kerachut Beach. There is a ready trekking  path provided along the way, so it is not hard at all for this jungle trekking. You also can enjoy the beautiful scenery of jungle on the way to the beach  and listen to "symphony" of ocean waves and insects.   

这就是国家公园的入口处。记得进去之前到柜台去填写资料.值得一提的是，这国家公园是没有收费的。 我们大概走了一个小时左右 ，才到达可拉竹海滩。沿途都有完善的徒步径，所以一点都不难走。同时，沿途可以欣赏森林的美丽风景，及聆听海浪和昆虫的交响曲!

Here is the view of  Kerachut Beach, with blue sky, clean sea and beautiful  beach . There are camping sites and some other facilities provided here. ( but we are not allow to stay overnight on the beach during the turtles nesting season -you have to double check with the park office)

这就是可拉竹海滩的景色，蓝天，清澈的海  和美丽的沙滩。可拉竹海滩这儿还设有露营区及一些设施。（不过，如果遇上海龟下蛋的季节，人们是不能在这里过夜的，关于这，你可以 询问园内的工作人员）

Look, what is it? Yup , it is baby turtle. There is a Turtle Sanctuary Center on Kerachut Beach. The Center is actually very small and only in charged by few workers. After ask for permission from "Abang" in the center , he let us entered and also allowed us to take photo with this cute baby turtles. （ turn off flash when you capture photo inside the center) I'm so excited when look at this baby turtles, they are so cute.    "Abang" told us that it is Green Sea Turtle, and they are becoming less and less nowadays, they will come to the beach to lay eggs around April to August .

Apart from Turtle Sanctuary Center, Another attraction in Kerachut is Meromictic lake    ( but i forgot to capture the photo of the lake).    Meromictic lake is unique because there is two layers of water, upper layer is cool  while lower layer is warm, these two layers do not mix up. And, this Meromictic lake in Penang is  one of the two Meromictic lakes in the world, another one in Australia. During  our visit to Kerachut Beach in May, the lake still dry , what we can see was just a "muddy" lake. So if  you want to see a beautiful meromictic lake, do come during moonsoon season, either March and end of the year.  

看! 这是什么？对，这就是海龟宝宝。在可拉竹海滩上有一所海龟保育中心。这中心的规模还蛮小，只有几位工作人员。获得他们的许可后，我们便进去保育中心，并和小海龟们拍照。(记得关掉闪光灯）我非常开心可以看到这些小海龟，它们好可爱哦！工作人员告诉我们这些都是绿海龟，如今这种类已日益减少了。通常绿海龟都会在每年四月到八月份左右会到可拉竹海滩来下蛋

除了海龟保育中心之外，可拉竹的另一个卖点就是半对流湖(meromictic lake) （不过我没有拍下这湖的照片）。 半对流湖的特色是 它有两层的水；上层是冰冷的，而下层是温的，这两层水是不会混合的。还有，这可拉竹的半对流湖可说是世上其中两个半对流湖之一，另一个坐落在澳州。我们去时是五月份，所以那湖是干干的，所见的是一片烂泥。如果，你想欣赏美丽的半对流湖，可以季风季节前往，大概是在三月份左右及年尾。

 

How to get there:  

如何前往此地：     

You can take Rapid Penang B101 from Jetty  to Teluk Bahang, the journey takes about one  to one and the half hour, only get down from the bus  when you reach the last bus station in Teluk Bahang. Less than 10 minutes walking distance, you will reach the entrance of the National Park. You will pass by a fishing village, which is just next door to the park.  

If you do not want to go to the beaches through jungle trekking, there is another option, go to get a boat ride from local fisherman  , remember to bargain the price. if you are lucky you may get a boat ride around Rm 50 per boat . The usual price for boat ride is from Rm50-RM100 per boat.

你可以搭 Rapid Penang 101 的巴士，从码头去直落巴巷，路程大约是一个到一个半钟，记得在直落巴巷最后一个的巴士站才下车。过后，大约步行少过十分钟，你就会到达的国家公园

入口处。途中你会经过一个渔村，这渔村就在国家公园入口处附近。


如果你不想走路到达可拉竹海滩，你可以到渔村里去搭船，记得要商量价钱哦！如果幸运，你可以大概用五十零吉就可以雇一艘船。通常一艘船的收费是从五十 到一百零吉。

For more information,   

欲知更多详情，  

Website: http://www.travel-penang-malaysia.com/penang-national-park.html

or

Department of Wildlife and National Parks Penang

40th Floor, KOMTAR Complex

Penang Road

10000 Pulau Pinang,Malaysia.

Tel.  04 - 2613039 Fax.  04 - 2610330

E-mail:  jphltnpp@tm.net.my

 

'潓" 游集 ，开张了！ Opening of "hui" you ji

想了好久，也讲了好久，要开一个分享美食与旅游的部落格， 但总是一拖再拖。终于，在这个美好的星期天，我的“潓” 游集 开张了。接下来的日子，我会定时与和大家分享我的游记及美食之旅，希望大家多多捧场及支持 “潓”游集。 谢谢啦！ 


ps: 我决定以双语来经营 “潓”游集，如有错别字和翻译的问题，请告诉我，我会努力改进的。 谢啦！


Have been thinking and talking for long time, i want to create a blog for travel and food but this idea keeps postponing.  And finally, in this lovely Sunday, my blog 'Hui" You Ji -Mini notes of Hui officially born。（ “ Hui” is my name and You Ji in mandarin means collection of journey" ). I will share my travel and food post here in coming days, hope to get support from you all. Thanks !


ps : I decided to write in dual-language, so do let me know if i have make mistake in translation. I will try my best to improve. Thanks again !        

Petaling Street One day trip by Um Societal Unit

马大社会服务组（社服）在上个星期六举办了茨厂街探索之旅。我们一行人就这样浩浩荡荡的乘坐轻快铁到PASAR SENI. 可能是太早出发了，大家脸上都还浮着睡意。哈，哈 ，竟然还有一位参与者睡不醒而赶不上我们，最终他得独自到茨厂街和我们会合。

一到茨厂街，我们就一窝蜂的去找食物吃了。最后被我们相中的就是这间叫王金莲记的小摊口。整体来说它的食物还算可以啦（虽然不是非常好吃）。我们还是吃的津津有味也许是大家都很饿了吧！

Yeah...我们开动咯！吃早餐了


吃完早餐，加上简短的briefing后，我们就分成两组，然后以不同的路线到所指定的地方去探索及看看。我们探索的地点包括中央艺术坊，先四爷庙，关帝庙（广肇会馆），陈氏书院，印度庙 。


出发前，大家来个大合照（相片里没出现的人就是那位迟到者。。哈！哈！）




中央艺术坊（Central Market)


这里过去是一间湿市集（ Wet Market ）的地方，如今已改头换面成为现代化及具有冷气设备的购物市场，售卖着琳琅满目的本土手工艺品，纪念品及古董等







Central Market 是我们组的第一个探索的地点。由于我们到达时才九点左右，所有很多商店都没有开，因此，我们没有机会正正的目睹其多元文化和艺术的物品。真可惜啊！我们在那里只是停留一下就走了。在那里我发现了一样事，那就是在正门入口写着PASAR SENI 而在后面的门口则写着 PASAR BUDAYA，我就觉得很奇怪所以就问组员们，结果征龙（其中一位组员）说那是因为他们忘了换掉名字，才会造成现在budaya 和seni的混淆。我们都不满意他的答案，结果跑去问一名警卫，他却说不懂因为他是新来的！ 　　　　　　haiz..．正确的答案是什么呢？



虽然在我们组在中央艺术坊探索的收获不多，但是佩佩及锦鸿的组却大有所获，他们目睹了许多有历史性的东西，还有非常有趣的古董。你看锦鸿拿着墨镜在扮酷，而佩佩却在玩着黑胶唱片播音机。



陈氏书院

成立于1896年(清光绪 丙甲年), 由锡矿家秀连, 新禧, 陈春及在田等四位先贤,聚合陈氏宗亲 在吉隆坡创立的。其建筑结构规格设计皆仿自广州的陈氏书院, 唯规模较小.陈氏书院 建筑工程达十年之久, 至到1908年才正式获得入伙纸. 书院的宫殿式建筑雕梁画栋, 美仑美奂, 是中国境外难得见到的古粤建筑物，并被马来西亚政府列为 历史文物重点 保护古建筑。书院正庭的德星堂主龛位供奉太始祖舜帝重华公，始祖 陈胡满公及开漳 圣王陈元光公等圣像，四周县挂名人对联，书香满堂，古意盎然，吸引了无数的游客。





陈氏书院给我的感觉是非常的特别的，它古老的设计让它在高楼大厦的吉隆玻里显得格外的显眼，特别。有位aunty告诉我们每晚这里都有活动如太极班，水墨画班等在进行，所以是非常热闹的。

　　　　　　这是一个小型的人力拉车，它就摆在书院入口处的后方。

这个又是什么呢？　这是以前的人用来耕田的工具。前方会绑着只牛，后方则会由人来推，就这样可以开始耕田了。



关帝庙

关帝庙，其实它真正的身份是广肇会馆。这一间庙已拥有百年的历史，每一次华人节日都香火鼎盛、人山人海的广肇会馆，是因为供奉关帝而广为人之。和陈氏书院一样关帝庙都是南岭式的建筑物，其一砖一瓦都是在中国采购然后送抵这里的。除了供奉关帝，庙内还有许多神明，因此吸引到许多信徒来。关帝庙前有许多乞丐，所以会让人感到杂和乱，不过一切要小心就好。






在这里就跟大家分享一下我的经验。那天我们要拍合照所有就在附近找了一个人来帮忙，就找了一个不懂是外国佬还是本地佬的人来帮忙。结果他拍完后便向我要两零吉，我犹豫了一下，最后还是给他了。Haiz.........就这样两零吉没了。要奉劝大家，如果去这些地方，尽可能不要随便找人帮忙拍照了！



仙四爷庙


仙四爷庙是吉隆坡开功臣埠叶亚来建造的。位于Tun HS Lee和 Lebuh Pudu交界处的仙四爷庙，有着很独特的地理位置。它藏身于店屋后面，除了两个出入口可让外头看见。而里头所供奉的主神，仙师爷盛明利和四师爷 叶四。
在这里，有位负责人告诉我们关帝就是文昌，文昌就是关帝。这还是我们第一次听到的，对于这个点，大家都怀着半信半疑的态度。还好最终我们到关帝庙时就问了一名uncle, 他就长篇大论 的和我们解释，并告诉我们关帝并不是文昌，两者是不一样的。幸亏，我们的疑惑就此得到了答案。还有，如果要求考试顺利，获佳绩，那可以到四仙爷庙去做个福。那里的负责人还交待要做福者，需要带同考试时间表并一同写在庙里准备的纸上。他们就会在我们考试时间的前后十天帮忙念经，祈福。当然这一切是收费的哦！信不信是因人而异啦！

印度庙

兴都教神庙 Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Dhevasthanam建于1873年,吉隆坡国内最古老的兴都教神庙 Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Dhevasthanam。印度人的寺庙，是容纳度很高的寺庙。这里随时都欢迎众人进入，朝圣也好，参观也罢，没有限制。虽然处于闹市中，这里却创造出自成一个的独特氛围。Sri Maha Mariamman 庙，这里是庆祝大宝森节（Thaipusam）的重要地点之一。每一年的大宝森节游行，参与者会从这里及其他印度庙出发，游行至黑风洞。神庙的结构犹如一个仰躺着的人，而这 一片高高的“塔”面，就是人的脚板部分。这庙的名字来自这里所供奉的主神 Maha Mariamman，有着幸福女神的意思.。

大部分的参与者都认为这间兴都庙最让他们觉得新鲜。因为大部分人都没有真正的踏进类是的庙。幸运的是，我们也亲眼目睹了他们的祈祷仪式。很开心可以看到一些平时看不到的东西。





谢谢大家来参与社服的茨厂街探索之旅，虽然人数并没有达到我们的target ,可是我还是很开心看到大家的参与。希望这次的探索之旅能让大家开始去认识这个多元文化聚集地-茨厂街，并能 初步的了解吉隆玻社区的文化根源。希望这次的旅程不会让大家失望啦！我本身是有些遗憾，因为不能准备好更详细的资料给大家。
还有锦鸿，成凯和佩佩，我真的要谢谢你们的帮忙。 希望我们下次也会合作愉。（佩佩，锦鸿不好意思没有和你们的合照所以没能放）