Terenggun Reserved Forest.

This lake is located in Terenggun Reserved Forest, 7 km from Kuala Lipis town. A breathtaking place for family recreational activities such as fishing, jogging, bird watching, sampan rowing or jungle trekking.

Trees here, which are protected and well preserved, create a serene and undeniable spectacular view. There are rare precious species of trees like chengal and meranti, to name a few.

evening view

* location: under the bridge, Padang Tengku

R.I.P

A historical grave located at the heart of the town- Centerpoint Lipis building.

"To the memory of William Solomon Chapman who died on the 28th February 1894, aged 40 years"- please click picture to enlarge.

The late WSC is still a mystery. I'll update this entry again after i get the information from a reliable source.

*org lepih yang ada info pasal kubur ni, sila kongsi di ruang komen. nanti keh update sebagai entri-tq

Welcome to Little London

"Kuala Lipis as a Little London" - a new slogan which was introduced by Majlis Daerah Lipis (local council authority) in order to attract more tourists to Kuala Lipis.

The above photo is a cafe that run by MDL.

green lover

a reality as if it's painted

*location: Kg.Terap
**those two pictures were photographed by ubilepih

kampung girl

I snapped this little girl's photo at a roti canai stall in Kampung Terap, Budu. At that time she was waiting for her father (the stall owner) to send her to a kindergarten.

Sweet kitchen helper.

*roti canai (prata bread) is a flatbread that becomes a main dish in Malaysia especially during breakfast.

skywatch @ 9am

kampung boy

the eyes behind the fence
looking for a bright future

*location: Kampung Gua

wooden houses

*location: benta estate

padang tengku train station

*Padang Tengku is a small town located about 16km from Kuala Lipis town. Train was a main transport for the villagers in 1920's-1960's.

dead tree part ii

@8am

@11am

Memoir of my dying tree

Through the passing days

Drought, stormy, cloudy and rain

By that lonely lane, he stand tall

And make hey!!!

Notice not by who passed by

In his silent and wisdom

Thousand stories kept untold

Death!

May come..to the ground he shall fall

Sorrow must not count

Cause the beauty and his bold

Remain linger much more tomorrow!!!

- ubilepih 7 apr. 2010

*location: jalan lipis-benta

dead tree

a dead tree proudly standing

with so many green memories

*location: jalan lipis-benta

old police station

These two houses were used to be a police station in Benta Estate. This police station had been abandoned for more than six years ago. All of the officers were transferred to a nearby police station at Benta or Kuala Lipis.

*Benta Estate- located about 16km from K.Lipis town.

skywatch @ 7pm

*location: kampung bapong

Tapai

Tapai is made from steamed glutinous rice with an addition of yeast and glucose. The concoction is packed and then incubates to fully fermented prior to serving. Traditionally offered during the wedding banquet, or taken as a snack at home.

Glutinuous tapai is one of our traditional food. This kind of food/snack is very popular in the east coast of Malaysia.

The taste is very sweet.

*aku sebut tapai. ada setengah kawasan kampung di lepih ni panggil tapei(tapir). macam-macam bunyi! haha!

skywatch @ 10pm

*location: kampung tempoyang

Merapoh Mosque

Merapoh is a small town situated near Pahang-Kelantan border. It takes just 30 minutes of driving from Gua Musang, Kelantan. The residents in Merapoh use Kelantanese dialect in their daily communication. The Merapoh mosque was officiated on 25th of Setember 1985. It is quite a small one and can only accomodate about 200 people performing daily prayers at one time. Despite it's small size, this mosque is well equipped with basic facilities.

PM is coming to Kuala Lipis

Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato` Seri Mohd. Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, was born in Kuala Lipis. He is the eldest of Prime Minister Abdul Razak's six sons.

This Saturday (20th March) he will come to Kuala Lipis to officiate the 50th anniversary of the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development.

The event will be held for three days effective from 19-21st march 2010. Kuala Lipis will be packed with the outsiders from all over Malaysia to celebrate this anniversary.

By the look of the tents, Kuala Lipis is fully ready to welcome other Malaysians to this town.

* sadly i won't be here to capture this historical moment.

weaver ant - kerengga

(since i don't have a good camera to get a close-up capture of the weaver ants, i took this pic from google image)

the nest

Weaver ants or Green ants (genus Oecophylla) are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae (order Hymenoptera). Weaver ants are obligately arboreal and are known for their unique nest building behaviour where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. (wikipedia)

Because of their aggressive behaviour, weaver ants are sometime used by indigenous farmers, particularly in southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although Oecophylla weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort.

In our language we call the weaver ants as KERENGGA.

*location: smk seri lipis

An evening view from my window

*location: kuala lanar

bloodsucker

before

after

a leech happily sucking my blood.

rubber estate

Every tree of a rubber estate is carefully looked after. Rubber is planted from the seedlings, and becomes ready for tapping in 6 or 7 years.

Tapping is done by wounding the bark of the rubber trees. It is done by making a cut at between one and a half metres from the ground at an angle of about 30° to the horizontal. The cut is about 2 mm. deep.

Tapping starts before six in the morning, and the collection of latex is completely before noon.

an old malay woman