After having stayed 2 nights in Hadyai and exiting from the Bukit Kayu Hitam border, hubby decided that we visit G. Jerai again to enjoy some cool weather after the scorching heat in Hadyai. Without any prior booking and not knowing the condition of this resort as the last time we came here was 9years [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Gunung Jerai – 9 years later
Posted in Mountain climbing and trekking, Travels, tagged Batu Kapal, Gunung Jerai, Padang Tok Sheik, Telaga Tok Sheik, The Regency on May 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
South Thailand
Posted in Temples, Travels, tagged chicken rice in Thailand, Hadyai, Stainless Steel Temple, Thailand, Wat Khao Rup Chang on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Most people just cannot wait for the day of their vacation to come but for me and hubby we wished that the day of our vacation to Bangkok will move slowly. But as May 11th got closer we asked ourselves, to go or not to go? It didn’t help that we got conflicting views from [...]
Sanctuary on a hill
Posted in Thoughts, Travels, tagged meditation, retreats, Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary Taiping on May 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
When we first reached the summit of this hill we thought we had entered a lovely and tranquil resort as there were not a lot of indications of it being a Buddhist retreat. That was the first impression that the Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary Taiping gave us when we visited during the last Labour Day holidays. [...]
My Father’s Relic
Posted in Family, general, tagged old documents, old saw, relics, Tronoh Mines on May 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was back home for the Labour Day holiday recently. Going through my parents’ cupboard after being asked to help them rid it of unwanted items and documents, I found some interesting items and documents dating back to the 1940s. The above two cards were compulsory documents like our IC which all Chinese had to [...]
