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Mount Kinabalu

This week, I’m gonna talk about Mountain Kinabalu. It located in a state of East Malaysia which is called Sabah.

Mount Kinabalu’s height is about 4096 meter, is the highest mountain in Malaysia.  Many tourists like to climb Mount Kinabalu when they travel in Kota Kinabalu (is the capital of Sabah). They climb the Mount Kinabalu for seeing the gigantic Rafflesia and orang utan (man ape). The name kina from Kinabalu means China, while balu means widow.  About its legend, there was a merchant who came from China came to Sabah and he met a beautiful local populace. Then, they were married and lived together. However, after that, the man decided went back to his country to visit his family but after he back to China, he never came back to Sabah. The girl stayed on the peak of Mount Kinabalu to wait for him coming back. Until she death, the man still never came back. So, futurity name this mountain as Mount Kinabalu. Another incident of Mount Kinabalu is the earthquake. Logically, this is impossible that earthquake will happen in Malaysia but it still happen once in 2015. Local populace said that the God which stays at this mountain was angry. This is because of the behavior of some tourists. Few days before the earthquake, there are 10 tourists who came from western country had stripped and urinated at this scared place. So, the god was angry and the earthquake happens.

View from the peak of Mount Kinabalu

Petronas Twin Towers (KLCC)

This week I gonna talk about the tallest building in Malaysia. That called Petronas Twin Towers. It located at Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡). We can call it KLCC too.

It is 452m height and 88 floors including 5 ground floors. However, Taipei 101 is higher than KLCC. Inside KLCC, there is Suria Mall. There are so many tourists go shopping at the mall.

Besides, there is also Science Museum inside KLCC. It is very suitable for children visiting there. They can know and learn many things from Science Museum. There also have some interesting activities for the children having fun at Science Museum.

The bridge between the towers is Skybridge. It is at the 41th floor and 42th floor of the tower. We can see the view of Kuala Lumpur at there. I had been there once. I joined a trip that was hold by my secondary school before. I recommend you all can go to Skybridge at night, the scene will more beautiful.

Outside of KLCC there are water fountains. It is very beautiful and attractive. At night, the fountain will full of colours. It is really gorgeous. KLCC also features a wading pool for children having fun there. I think most of the foreign tourists will come there if they travel in Malaysia.

Pulau Pinang

Pulau Pinang is a very small state in Malaysia but there are so many interest places I may recommend you to travel at there.

The most popular thing of Pulau Pinang is the street art in Georgetown. Georgetown is the downtown of Pulau Pinang. There are so many beautiful wall paintings in the city. In 2014, I had joined a trip to Pulau Pinang with my friends. In this trip, I had taken photo with 40 wall paintings. We found the wall paintings by walking around the Georgetown. That was a quite special experience for us. There are about 60 wall paintings in the city. But now, there are some artists will draw new wall painting at there. So, the number of wall paintings is still increasing.

Besides, there are a place where many traveler love to go is Escape. Escape is a theme park for having fun and challenging some difficult games. The games are designed for any range of age groups. There are so many level can be chosen in a game.

The last place I want to introduce is the upside-down museum. Although I never visit there, but from the picture I show below, we can know that it really is an interest place to go.

Melaka

Let talk about Melaka this week. Melaka is one of the states in Malaysia. Even though my hometown is not in this state, but it is quite nice place for tourist to come. 

There was an interest story about how Melaka this name came. Long time ago, Parameswara who was a king rest under a tree beside a river. Suddenly, he saw a mouse deer was chased by his dog. When the mouse deer was in danger, the mouse deer kick the dog into the river to self-defense. This scene was seen by Parameswara and he felt impressed. So, he decided to find an empire here and named the tree which he rest under as Melaka Tree.

Now, Melaka is a famous scenic spot. Many foreign tourists will come here too. Many historical building is located at Melaka. For instance, there are A Famosa, Red House and other.

A Famosa

Red House

Many teenagers like to come to water theme park of Melaka.

Water Theme Park (1)

Water Theme Park (2)

Moreover, the place I love the most is Jonker walk. Night market is at Jonker walk. There are so many delicious foods at there. If you are interest to travel in Malaysia, I recommend you all come to Jonker Walk.

Jonker Walk

Deepavali

Last two weeks, I had post about festival of Malay. So, this week, I’m gonna talk about Malaysian Indian’s festival which we call Deepavali. 

Long time ago, there was an evil god. Its name is Narakasura. Narakasura liked to torture people who were at low hierarchy. Besides, Narakasura was greedy. When he came to a place which had many foods, he would finish all the foods and didn’t leave any food for villagers. No matter how many foods there had, he wouldn’t leave any foods. In order to save the villagers, there was another god fight with Narakasura. Narakasura was defeated in this war. The villagers were very happy and defined the day as Deepavali’s day.

Narakasura

When Malaysian Indians celebrate this festival, they will use colorful rice flour or powder to make kolam(a form of drawing) on the floor in front their home. My Indian friends told me that kolam will bring good luck and benediction to home. He says the god who had defeated the evil god will come to the homes which have make kolam in front their homes. They will leave the kolam eat by bird.

Kolam

Kolam

Nasi Lemak

This week I’m gonna talk about food again. What I want to introduce is Nasi Lemak. Nasi Lemak is a Malay cuisine that rice are cooked in coconut milk and pandan leaf. Many Malaysians love to eat Nasi Lemak. It is considered one of the most famous dishes for a Malay-style breakfast. Nasi Lemak usually sold by Malay. It generally served with peanuts, boiled egg, cucumber, anchovies and sambal (a type of chili sauce).

Nasi Lemak

But now, Nasi Lemak has sold in small pack by using pandan leaf to pack Nasi Lemak. Inside only have sambal, boiled egg and peanuts. It is very cheap and available at stall beside the street in Malaysia.

Nasi Lemak which packed by pandan leaf

However, there are some Nasi Lemak are very expensive. It usually served with fried chicken, beef and seafood as sold at restaurant. People can choose anyone they want to eat.

Nasi lemak served with fried chicken

Nasi lemak served with seafood

Some Chinese will call it ‘辣死你媽’. It is because of Namewee (黃明志) had directed a movie which call ‘辣死你媽’. If you are interesting in his movie, you can watch his movie. It is quite funny.

Movie which directed by Namewee

Source:Wikipedia(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasi_lemak)