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17 Sep 2013

Hiking up Bukit To'kun (Bukit Mertajam)

Husband and I had been planning to climb (more to jungle trekking, actually) to Pantai Kerachut at Penang National Park for quite some times. So as we decided to go last Sunday, husband made me go for a walk/jog every morning to warm ourselves myself up for the activity since last two weeks, since I have not been exercising for a long time. And my last hiking trip was to Broga Hill, Semenyih - that was in February 2011! Well yeah, good luck for me!

However, we found out that it was raining in Penang on that Saturday evening. I told husband that it was not a good idea to go hiking after the rain. It would be very slippery and all. But since we’ve already made up our mind to go hiking, I Google-d to find any hiking places in Seberang Perai instead and I found out about Bukit Mertajam @ Bukit To’kun. That place is really near to our home and we didn’t even know there’s a hill to climb! So we decided to go there the next day.

Bukit To’kun, or some people call it Bukit Mertajam, is located at Cherok To’kun in Bukit Mertajam. It is part of the Bukit Mertajam Recreational Park where locals bring the children for a picnic and swim by the creek. Bukit To’kun has two paths for hiking – the jungle track and the tar road track. Since it was drizzling before dawn at the area, we had to choose the tar track to avoid the slippery path, again. 

3 Sep 2013

The bookshelf project

When we first moved to our new home, we didn't really fill it up with furnitures and cabinets and extra decorations. We only brought the furnitures we already have, the ones we bought when we were renting in Puchong, Selangor. We were kinda tight on budget as we needed to prioritize i.e. the grill, awning, tiles etc. So after weeks and months, we started to think about decorating our home sweet home. As the books were brought from the old house are  a lot, therefore, one of the important furniture that we need to set up is a bookshelf. And man, nice bookshelves are not that cheap! So we came up with the idea to do it ourselves using old, unused cabinet and shelves.

Basically we have three different cabinet and shelves. One is the green DIY cabinet bought at hypermarket and another two are the IKEA white shelves. Since the study table which would be placed near the cabinet is dark brown in color, we decided to paint our bookshelf dark brown too.


27 Mac 2011

Sunway Pyramid lights off for the Earth Hour 2011

It is an annual campaign on conserving the earth through the Earth Hour program. Every year in end of March, we are called to switch off the lights as a support to the Earth Hour awareness campaign. This year, the Sunway Pyramid mall together with the Malaysian WWF celebrating the Earth Hour 2011 at the main entrance of Sunway Pyramid.

 

I wished to go, but didn’t have proper plan. Not until the afternoon on the 26th March itself that me, Khairil, Een and Andy decided to hang out at Empire Subang, which turned out to be a bit bored so we headed to Sunway instead to spend the evening. Since we were already there, we stayed for the Earth Hour countdown as well.

 

Too bad with no plan, no camera was brought, so all pictures are captured only by our phones.

 

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22 Apr 2010

Earth Day 2010 – 22nd April 2010

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Hello everyone. Do you know that we’re celebrating Earth Day on 22nd April each year? It was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in held on April 22, 1970. And this year, 2010, we’re celebrating the 40th Earth Day.

Ask yourself. What have you done, to date, to save earth?

This is the least i do to help in saving the earth:-

  • I sell recycle paper, plastics and cans.
  • I reuse plastic bags from the supermarket, instead of buying trash bin plastics.
  • I bought environmental-friendly, reusable shopping bags from supermarkets (i.e. Tesco, Giants, The Store) and use it when i go there to buy groceries.
  • I bought my own Starbucks coffee tumbler, so the each time I buy coffee from Starbucks, I help saving the paper cups.
  • I read the journals from the laptop, instead of keep on printing and use a lot of papers.
  • I requested for online bills, instead of receiving 2 or 3 bills by mail each months – to reduce paper usage.
  • I have my own mineral water bottle, and bring drinking water to wherever i go, instead of buying mineral water each time I’m out.
  • I did support the Earth Hour 28.03.10 (was at my uncle’s place – and yes, we switched off all electrical appliance).
  • I do not litter. I throw rubbish in the bins.
  • I unplugged cables for electronic devices when not in use.
  • Last but not least, I spread the words!!

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“Forty years after the first Earth Day, the world is in greater peril than ever. While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity – an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean energy economy now and for the future.”

 www.earthday.org

 

google ed Check out Google today!!

 

p/s:

to show your support for the Earth Day, lets wear something in GREEN today!!!

peace & love.

22 Mac 2010

Sedih…sedih…..

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cantik x permandangan macam kat atas ni?

ini lah pemandangan tiap2 pagi dari tingkap bilik hostel skarang ni. klau klau awan x tebal, boleh nampak matahari terbit yang sangat laaaa cantik :) terasa seronok je klau pagi2 tengok pemandangan macam ni kan. masa zaman undergrad dulu, pemandangan x best. pagi2 nampak samada blok lain, atau tengok kereta2 parking,, atau tengok pokok2 kelapa sawit yang banyak. sebab tu mmg suka sangat duduk bilik skarang walau pun jauh terpelosok di hujung-hujung.

tapi…..

 

bila petang2….. kadang2 rasa sedih je bile tengok luar tingkap….

 

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kawasan Nibong Tebal yang banyak kilang ni agak x sihat udara petangnya. pencemaran dari kilang-kilang di kawasan berhampiran.. menyedihkan sangat.. :( kadang2 bukan setakat pencemaran udara, tapi dengan pencemaran bau juga… semoga pihak2 terlibat ini akan ada lebih rasa tanggungjawab terhadap alam sekitar. 

Jom layan jap.

 

Hijau

Bumi yang tiada rimba, seumpama hamba
Dia dicemar manusia,yang jahil ketawa

Bumi yang tiada udara,bagai tiada nyawa
Pasti hilang suatu hari ,tanpa disedari

Bumi tanpa lautan, akan kehausan
Pasti lambat laun hilang, duniaku yang malang

Dewasa ini kita saling merayakan
Kejayaan yang akhirnya membinasakan
Apalah gunanya kematangan fikiran
Bila dijiwa kita masih lagi muda dan mentah
Ku lihat hijau

Bumiku yang kian pudar, siapa yang melihat
Di kala kita tersedar, mungkinkah terlewat

Korupsi, oppressi, obsessi diri
Polussi, depressi di bumi kini

Oo… anok-anok
Tok leh meghaso mandi laok,
Bersaing main ghama-ghama

Ale lo ni tuo omornyo berjoto
Koto usoho jauh ke daghi malo petako

Ozon lo ni koho nipih nak nak aghi
Keno make asak hok biso, weh
Pase maknusio
Seghemo bendo-bendo di dunio
Tok leh tahe
Sapa bilo-bilo

-Zainal Abidin-

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