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  • Broga: Sak Dato (Sak Nato) Temple (石拿督庙)

    Broga: Sak Dato (Sak Nato) Temple (石拿督庙)

    Broga: Sak Dato (Sak Nato) Temple (石拿督庙) – It’s not just hiking and eating breakfast at Broga that morning, there’s one attraction that should not be missed and that’s the Sak Dato Temple, the local at there call it the Sek Nato Miao. I do not know much about Taoist deity, God, Goddess but from what I see here, the temple worships the famous mighty Monkey God – Sun Wu Kong. No matter what God or Goddess it is, they are still the guardian of all, bringing the best of lucks to everyone.
    It’s pretty surprised to see such beautiful and nice temple at a very rural and small town. It’d been some times I see good temple. Penang has the Kek Lok Si, the Broga Hill has the Sak Dato Temple. Although it’s not very big, but the compound itself is huge where you can do a little bit of hike up to the top to see the huge Sun Wu Kong (Monkey God) statue standing at the topmost of the place.
    Actually the initial plan was to just passed by the place, maybe get town to do a little prayer. But then there’s this curiosity urge to explore the place and lead us to another hike to the top for the Sun Ku Kong. Tiring max but how can me being a Monkey horoscope guy not meet the mighty Sun Ku Kong? HA!
    There’s a suspension bridge connected to the other side of the hill, and the short trail up to the Sun Ku Kong starts at the other side of the bridge. No worry that I have tested the bridge, it won’t break because I jumped and it doesn’t shake at all, probably because of the strong steel structure. Not chi kek at all. HAHA.
    Ling Jia & Connie.
    Wow, GARY!
    Tai lou Wei Kean!
    Quenna… wearing shoes.
    Found the other side which is pretty interesting! Very not Malaysia.
    Anyway, good place to pray after a tiring hike. If you are not Buddhist, nevermind, not bad to explore other culture too.
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  • Semenyih: Hiking The Broga Hill

    Semenyih: Hiking The Broga Hill

    Semenyih: Hiking The Broga Hill – Finally, I hiked the Broga Hill. I have always wanted to hike this little hill at the small rural town of Semenyih for a long time. 2 years ago, I planned the trip, but it never fulfilled. Now, with 6 more months left in Kuala Lumpur, I have to explore the places around as much as I can and never come back. Haha, just kidding. It’s just that my diploma studies is ending in August and that’s why.
    Beautiful trail with twinkle twinkle little torch.
    Back to Broga Hill, the famous hill for hiking to the people in Klang Valley and Seremban as it’s at the border of Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. It’s located very far away from the city, about 50 minutes drive from Bandar Sunway. So last week, me and friends gathered at Taylor’s University as early as 4.30am, set up the GPS and followed the navigation and GO! I’ve got to tell you, prepare to meet 4-5 tolls before reaching Broga Hill, gosh, road tolls are killing my wallet. It’s very near to Nottingham University, passed the uni and drive for another 5 minutes then you will arrive then.
    We reached the place about 5.45am, there’s already many car parked at the palm plantation area (the entrance is right opposite the Rabbit Fun Land). RM2 for parking and I am not sure whether the person really own the place. Just to be safe, pay for the RM2. It’s pitched dark, and very chilly early in the morning and many people were already there for an early hike waiting to see the sunrise!
    At the top! Waiting. It’s still very early.
    The leak of twilight. Lovely.
    I relies on my phone’s flash light as guide, but my friends brought actual flash light to light up the hiking trail. It’s not a tall hill, but I’ve got to say, the hike is pretty challenging at some point because there’s no proper hiking steps. The hardest part is when reaching the first station where the hike gets exciting because the way up is very slanted. Be sure you have a good pair of shoes or you would just have to climb it, with hands on the floor too. HAHA.
    Gary gor!
    Henry gor!
    Lin Jia and Wei Kean dailou. Nice to meet you new friend.
    Quenna and Siyi. =)
    Xinli and Hooi Pheng. =) Nice to meet you new friend.
    Quenna, Connie, Wei Shi and Wei Kean.
    Reached the first station at about 6.45am and there’s so many people up there already! Everyone was just chatting around, taking photos, and waiting for the sunrise! What you see up there is just another hill and the small little town of Broga and Semenyih. It’s interesting that the top of the hill has no tress and it’s all couch grass.
    TWILIGHT ZONE. Oh my lovely nature.
    Ghia Jun & Zee Yin.
    Google told me that 7.24am was the sunrise time at Semenyih, but the actual sun rise above another hill was at about 7.40am. It takes some times for the sun to get up the hill. HAHA.
    Hello my lovely SUN.
    Ah, I just love waiting for sunrise so much, it’s my new hobby lately! After that we just went down as we were hungry and it’s getting warm. Getting down seems to be more difficult than going up as it’s so steep and really have to be careful, my friend had a small bruised on her knee. Just have to be really careful, help each other at there, or just wear a tracksuit to prevent cuts and bruises from small fall.
    ME, the blogger.
    With the girls.
    Love this picture a lot. Thought it would turned out silhouette, but a nice over exposed of the sun and nice composition of beautiful us. By the way, it’s all interior designers here in the photo. =D
    Little stalls selling coconut and soft drinks await you at the foot hill. HAHA.
    Carpark.
    Afterall, it’s a very nice and exciting hike. Sorry for writing the post that long, I will bring you to Kampung Broga and an awesome Chinese Temple with Shun Yu Kong Monkey King in the next posts. =D
  • Seremban: Empayar Seremban Siew Bao City 芙蓉烧包城

    Seremban: Empayar Seremban Siew Bao City 芙蓉烧包城



    Seremban: Empayar Seremban Siew Bao City 芙蓉烧包城 – Every time you drive passed Seremban toll, confirm you will notice a big building writing EMPAYAR SEREMBAN SIEW POW or in Chinese 芙蓉烧包城 which literally means Seremban Siew Bao CITY! You think it’s huge right?



    I went there while on the way back from Muar to buy a couple of Siew Bao to eat as I’ve never tried before. Moreover, Seremban is super famous for their Siew Bao. Siew Bao is barbecue-pork-filled crispy Chinese biscuit. Surprisingly, upon arriving here, the Siew Bao section is just a small part of the place and the place sells more than just Siew Bao. They have Chinese seafood, and some other local confectionery, it feels very weird to me.

    Anyway, bought Chicken Siew Bao and Pork Siew Bao from there and ate it on the spot since it’s still freshly baked and hot. They both tasted very yummy. It’s not so awesome when it’s cold so I recommend that if you can, eat it right away, either way, heat it when you got back home.

    Empayar Seremban Siew Pow
    Pasar Besar Negeri Sembilan
    (LG1-57, Tingkat Bawah Tanah),
    Seremban, N. Sembilan 70200.
    Telephone: +606-6016-308


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  • Seremban: Good Lao Shu Fen @ Pasar Besar

    Seremban: Good Lao Shu Fen @ Pasar Besar

    Seremban: Good Lao Shu Fen @ Pasar Besar – Last weekend, I went down south for a little food and getaway trip with Clarice. The first stop of the trip was Seremban, hoping that I could get my mouth on the famous Hakka Mee at the Pasar Besar Seremban which I missed out last time.

    Very big market. Pasar Besar Seremban.
    The wet market area on ground floor.
    Famous Tow Kee Hakka Mee, so sad, sold out already.

    I arrived there about 11.30am with the help of GPS. I wander my way to the first floor of the big market where all the food stalls are and search for the Tow Kee Hakka Mee among the super many stalls, very sad, very unfortunately, the friendly staff told me that it’s sold out, oh that’s sad. It’s not only us that got dispersed away, there’s some other people who was looking for Hakka Mee too.

    Stall 735 is the Ah Di Lao Shu Fen.
    Lovely and small small bowl of dry lao shu fen.

    Nevertheless, I went to look for some other food, asked around and found out the the Lao Shu Fen is good too! So we went to order a bowl to try it out. It’s just a small meal before heading to Malacca for more good Malaccan food.

    It was a small bowl of Dry Lao Shu Fen (silver needle noodle) with plenty of minced meat, a bit of welsh onion, and their special soy sauce. It’s quite nice in my opinion, not too salty and just nice. Best of all, it’s only RM3 per bowl. Awesome.

    Pasar Besar Seremban
    Jalan Pasar,
    70200 Seremban,
    Negeri Sembilan

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  • Quiet Seremban Town

    Quiet Seremban Town

    Quiet Seremban Town – Two weeks ago, I drove all the way to Singapore with my family. It was lunch time and we passed by Seremban, wanting to go into the little town to look for lunch. It’s actually my second time visiting Seremban. We went there before few years ago but couldn’t find any good food and this time, we went there to have a try again.

    Quiet Seremban Town

    I’ve heard that there has good Hakka Mee @ Tou Kee, I followed the GPS to the place. Unfortunately it’s not opened. We tried to look for other food around the town but still there’s nothing look interesting and most of the shops were closed, on a Friday afternoon. I wonder why the town is so quiet during a weekday?

    Seremban is really very small and under-develop in my opinion. Anyone from there or know about there would like to introduce some nice good eating place? =D

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