1st Canon 500D Family Photo

Ever since Daddy bought the new Canon 500D, he likes to carry his new ‘pet’ to snap his photo. And, this is the first time he used his ‘new tripod’ to snap official family photo,as previously he just took our photos only. Ok, official launching and opening!

Taman Pertanian Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam 29 Nov 2009

This is our second trip of the year to here. Last time during our visit, we only manage to go the east side of the park, that is a few places like Taman Padi, Taman 4 Musim, Taman Burung only. And, this time we choose taking the bas Taman due to the last time walking experience. But, in the end we have to walk on our way back from the Empangan Air Kuning, as all the bas Taman is filled with the tourists. This time, we walked longer than the previous one.

But, we found out that actually the Agriculture Park not really maintain well, because during our bus journey to the deepest part of the park, Empangan Air Kuning, we did pass by Taman Orchid, Perkampungan Budaya, Taman Cendawan, Taman Hydroponic, Taman Rempah Ratus & Minuman. All those areas seems not well maintained.

On our way out, we stopped at Taman Haiwan to see Kancils, rabbits, turtles, ponies, porcupines, etc. Actually, it is not much animals that we found here. We ended our trip after that. This second trip do not really surprise us much and a bit of disappointment. The biggest surprise that we found was at the Empangan there, whereby close to the nature, water, trees, and a lot of fish too. Any how, it is really a good outing too…

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Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park 27 Nov 2009

This is too an unexpected trip, as today is the Hari Raya Haji national holiday which so-coincidently fall on Friday, and forms a long weekends to all of us. Last 2 weeks Daddy and Mummy were talking about wanted to go to Malacca for the holidays, and can visit the Mini Zoo, Reptiles Farm, and Mini Malaysia, etc.

Eventually, Mummy was too tired on the office works last 2 weeks and forget to book the hotel. Yesterday night, when Mummy called all the budget hotels in Malacca, there were no more available rooms as all had been fully booked, due to the festive season. 15 minutes later, your Daddy called Mummy and mentioned that he could not make it to Malacca because Saturday have to work. Thus, we got to ‘Cuti-Cuti Kuala Lumpur’ or ‘Cuti-Cuti Selangor’.

We waked up, take bath and departed around 10:00am. We had been searching the Butterfly Park. it is only a stone's throw from the Bird Park is the colourful and beautifully landscaped Butterfly Park where over 6,000 butterflies from 120 species roam and fly freely in a simulated natural rainforest environment. The fees is RM8.00 for adult and RM4.00 for children. Bringing camera in will charge for RM1.00.

Here we can learn about the life cycle and mating habit of the butterflies. The park is an imitation of the butterfly's natural habitat. It includes more than 15,000 plants from 100 species that has been painstakingly landscaped to resemble a Malaysian rainforest atmosphere. Comprising the beautiful landscape are flower and fruit plants and some rare herbs essential in the diet and pollinating activities of the butterflies.

Once we entered the space, we were so excited seeing so many butterflies flying around you. There are many types of butterflies, Rajah Brooke, etc. There is one, which the outer wing looks like a dried leaf, but in the inner wing it looks vice-versa, marvellous beautiful. When you sees this, you will be praising about how the God created this world.

Contributing to the Butterfly Park's beautiful landscape is a uniquely designed hydro-pond built with a limestone path right in the centre. Surrounding this hydro-pond is a gazebo, commanding a breathtaking view. It is a cosy place. Just like in the natural environments.

Underneath one of the Japanese bamboo bridge, there are an area where have the displays of various of turtles and lizards and frogs which habited in Malaysia. We saw a few that caught our eyes, such as long neck turtle, alligator turtle, Asiatic soft-shell turtle, and the big Malaysian Jungle Frog.

There is a nursery and breeding area for the butterflies. The park includes both preserved and live specimens, totalling 1,230 species in all. It is a live education centre which tell us the life cycle of the butterflies from egg, larva, pupa and adult. The facilities include an informative insect museum to enhance your knowledge about these creepy-crawlers. There are beetles, moths, frogs, mantis, katydid, walking sticks insert, tarantula, millipede, etc. The preserved specimen looks amazing.

We had visited also a souvenir shop near the exit selling lots of local handicrafts and framed butterflies and beetles. Daddy had bought each of us, one nice shirt and some butterflies magnet.

We really enjoy a glimpse of butterflies at this unique park! We just spend 1 hour and 30 minutes here, but really enjoying.

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Tadika Brainchild Hari Raya Party 2 Oct 2009

It seems like Issac had been settled down and started to enjoy his school. Again, the Hari Raya Party, this time you choose your favourite T-Shirts and pants. As usual, there was a lot of titbits and drinks for all the children in the school. Just that, the long tables is for the 3 Year and 4 Year kids celebration.

You do really enjoyed your party with your friends…

Putra Mosque 22 Nov 2009

Putra Mosque steals the limelight as one of the must sees when in Putrajaya. Three quarter of the beautiful dusky pink mosque floats on Putrajaya Lake, at a choice location that can be easily accessed by congregants and other visitors.

The architecture of the mosque is commendable. It reflects the evolution of mosque designs in Malaysia, with its Islamic-inspired architecture taking into account traditional design elements and craftsmanship, local materials and weather conditions.

The mosque is modelled after Persian Islamic architecture of the Safavid period with several elements derived from other Muslim cultures.

The main entrance to the mosque is patterned after gates to public buildings in Muslim Persia. The building was constructed mainly with rose-tinted granite, which is offset by brown-stained cengal woodwork to enhance the decorative features on the doors, windows and panels.

In addition, the mosque boasts three main functional areas such as the Prayer Hall, the Sahn or courtyard, with the minaret and learning facilities and function rooms.

We are unable to go in, but it is really nice architecture…

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Perdana Putra Building 22 Nov 2009

The Perdana Putra Building is located in Precinct 1 and overlooks Putrajaya Lake, Putra Mosque and Dataran Putra. This six-storey natural stone clad office complex comprises the Prime Minister's Office, the offices of the Deputy Prime Minister and Chief Secretary to the Government.

The two lower levels of the building sit on a strong perimeter base which supports fluted columns rising across the remaining four levels. The base symbolises the strong and stable foundation that is necessary to administer a dynamic and prosperous country such as Malaysia while the series of columns denote the orderly and united people that support the sovereignty of Malaysia.

The design of the Perdana Putra Building incorporates elements of Islamic-Mogul architecture. Its green pitched roof converges at the onion-shaped glazed mosaic main dome - a replica of Masjid Zahir in Alor Setar, Kedah - and surrounded by four smaller domes denoting iron bunga raya motifs and water jet stone carvings decorate the Main Block.

We did not manage to get in as it is close on Sunday, but manage to take a snapshot!

Source from http://www.virtualmalaysia.com/ & http://www.cuti.com.my/