Vervain or Verbena

Verbena is a slender perennial herb, 30-90cm tall, with a woody stalk and several stiffly erect stems. The lower leaves are obovate, deeply divided and stalked, the upper ones lanceolate, slender, sessile and toothed. Tiny blue flowers appear in long slender spikes in the axis of a bract, becoming denser higher up each spike. The fruit comprises four cylindrical nutlets enclosed in the calyx. Verbena is indigenous to England, central and southern Europe, North Africa and Asia, and has been introduced into North America. It grows in waysides and waste places.

Lupinus Plant

Lupinus, commonly known as Lupins or lupines (North America), is a genus in the legume family (Fabaceae). The genus comprises about 280 species (Hughes), with major centers of diversity in South and western North America (Subgen. Platycarpos (Wats.) Kurl.), and the Andes and secondary centers in the Mediterranean region and Africa (Subgen. Lupinus).

My Trip To Dubai

迪拜是一个奇妙的的国家。它已使许多怪异的形状和大小的建筑物。那里的人民从马来西亚人有点不同。但他们都非常有礼貌，大方。我哥哥说，我们是不允许离开成人的任何地方的儿童。我真的很尊重那里的人民。 我是在月球上时，我和我的家人到机场的道路上。我们将在迪拜度过假期。当我们到达机场时，我们说再见我的弟弟和妹妹。我们检查，并等待约半小时。一旦我们登上了飞机，我们把我们的座位和穿着我们的安全带。 我们八个小时抵达阿布扎比，阿联酋的阿布扎比​​国际机场，在飞机上。我们签出，并等待司机到达，给我们带来我哥哥的家在迪拜码头。我们的道路上，约1小时，直到我们达到我们的目的地。我完全高兴地看到我的兄弟，我的嫂嫂和我的侄子。我们解压我们的东西，睡觉去了。 在第一个星期，我的兄弟把我们带到了许多地方，如亚特兰蒂斯水族馆，阿拉伯帆船，逃离市场和迪拜购物中心，世界上最大的商场。第二个星期，我，我的父母，我的兄弟和我的姐妹们逛到迪拜码头附近。我们采取了单轨去迪拜码头购物中心。在第三个星期，我们去阿曼采取了各地的海上乘船。在海中，我看到这么多的山。山的斜坡上，有几个村屋。我也看到了一些与欢乐歌唱不是那么非常漂亮的旋律跳跃的海豚。我什至在大海中游泳。这些经验是令人咋舌！ 在第四个星期，我的哥哥参加了晚餐，我们在一个餐厅在这个星球上最高的建筑迪拜塔，。餐厅优雅和豪华。各种食品供应美味！我们观看了水喷泉表演。有音乐，一些人跳舞，优雅和风度。这是一个不平凡的经历。在我们此行的的最后一天，我们去Jumeirah海滩。它是仅一箭之遥离我弟弟的房子。我几乎每天散步有。当它是回家的时候到马来西亚，我们在客厅收拾我们的东西，花了最后一个小时。我们半夜到机场，并在中午到达马来西亚。我哥哥接我们在机场，我们回家。我会永远记得我在迪拜的美妙的体验。

The Vampire Diaries The Return: Shadow Souls

"A second chance? I've spoken to her about it." "She won't remember anything." "It doesn't matter whether she remembers. Everything will remain inside her, if unawakened." "It will germinate inside her... until the time is right." Elena had no idea of what any of it meant. And then this mist was thinning, and clouds were making way for her, and she was drifting down, more and more slowly, until she was deposited gently on a ground covered with pine needles. The voices were gone. She was lying on a forest floor, but she wasn't naked. She was wearing her prettiest nightgown, the one with real Valencienne's lace. She was listening to the tiny night sounds all around her when suddenly her aura reacted in a way that it never had before. It told her someone was coming. Someone who brought a sense of safety in warm earthen hues, in soft rose colours and deep, blue violets that enfolded her even before the person arrived. These were... someone's... feelings about herself. And behind the love and soothing concern she experienced, there were deep forest greens, shafts of warm gold, and a mysterious tinge of translucency, like a waterfall that sparkled as it fell and foamed like diamonds around her. Elena, a voice whispered. Elena. This was so familiar... Elena. Elena. She knew this... Elena, my angel. It meant love.

Sifat Allah

Pada cuti penggal kedua yang lalu, murid-murid tahun lima Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Bestari mengadakan lawatan sambil belajar ke Petrosains, Kuala Lumpur. Semasa perjalanan pulang Ustaz Dahlan bertanya, "Apakah perkara yang menarik semasa lawtan tadi?" Fikri menjawab "Saya amat tertarik dengan simulasi helikopter dan proses cari gali di planter minyak. Pada masa itu, saya berasa seolah-olah berada di dalam helikopter dan melawat planter minyak yang sebenar."

Mempertahankan Madinah

Kedudukan Madinah yang terletak di antara Sham dengan Mekah dijadikan sebagai tempat persinggahan para pedagang. Kedudukan yang strategik ini menjadi faktor utama penyebaran Islam. Perkembangan ini membimbangkan kaum musyrikin Mekah. Mereka merancang untuk menyerang Madinah dan meruntuhkan kerajaan yang dibentuk oleh Rasulullah S.A.W. Demi mempertahankan negara Madinah serta kemuliaan Islam dan umatnya, Allah memperintahkan supaya umat Islam bersedia mempertahankan negara mereka walaupun dengan cara berperang. Firman Allah Subhanahu Wata'ala: "Diizinkan berperang bagi orang (Islam) yang diperangi (oleh golongan penceroboh) kerana sesungguhnya mereka telah dianiyai dan sesungguhnya Allah amat berkuasa untuk menolong mereka (mencapai kemenangan).

Night World: Huntress

The fire-hardened end was very pointy. He wouldn't try to use that first, though. first, he would go for disarming her. The simplest way to do this was to break points and nerve centers. He didn't play around at this. A minute change in Morgead's posture alerted her, and they were both moving. He swung his stick up and down in a perfect arc, aiming for her right wrist. Jez blocked easily with her own stick and felt the shock as wood clashed with wood. She instantly changed her grip and tried for a trap, but he whipped his stick out of the way and was facing her again as if he'd never moved in the first place. He smiled at her. He's right. He's gotten better. A small chill went through Jez, and for the first time she worried about her ability to beat him. Because I have to do it without killing him, she thought. She wasn't at all sure he had the same concern about not killing her. "You're so predictable, Morgead," she told him. "I could fight you in my sleep." She feinted toward his wrist and then tried to sweep his legs out from underneath him. He blocked and tried for a trap. "Oh, yeah? And you hit like a four-year-old. You couldn't take me down if I stood here and let you." They circled each other warily. The snakewood stick was warm in Jez's hands. It was funny, some distant partof her mind thought irrelevantly, how the most humble and lowly of human weapons was the most dangerous to vampires. But it was also the most versatile weapon in the world. With a stick, unlike a knife or gun or sword, you could fine-tune the degree of pain and injury you caused. You could disarm and control attackers, and - if the circumstances required it - you could inflict pain without permanently injuring them. Of course if they were vampires, you could also kill them, which you couldn't do with a knife or a gun. Only wood could stop the vampire heart permanently, which was why the fighting stick was the weapon of choice for vampires who wanted to hurt each other... and for vampire hunters. Jez grinned at Morgead, knowing it was not a particularly nice smile. Her feet whispered across the worn oak boards of the floor. She and Morgead had practiced here countless times, measuring themselves against each other, training themselves to be the best. And it had worked. They were both masters of this most deadly weapon. "Idiot!' Jez didn't have time to say that Claire couldn't help her: could only hurt her. The vampire had recovered and was moving toward her in fighting position. He was big, probably over two hundred pounds. And he was a full vampire, which gave him the advantage of strength and speed. And he was smarter than the 'wolves; he wasn't just going to lunge. And Jez didn't have a weapon. "Just keep behind me, okay?" she snarled under her breath to Claire. The vampire grinned at that. H e knew Jez was vulnerable. She was going to have to keep half her attention on protecting Claire. And then, just as he was about to make an attack, Jez heard the smack of footsteps on concrete. Running footsteps, with a weird little hesitation between them, like somebody with a limp... She flashed a look toward the stairs. Hugh had just rounded the top. He was out of breath and bleeding from cuts on his face. But as soon as he saw her and the vampire he waved his arms and yelled. "Hey! Ugly Undead! Your friend missed me! You want to have a try?" Hugh? Jez thought in disbelief. Fighting? "Come on, hey; I'm here; I'm easy." Hugh was hopping toward the vampire, who was also flashing looks at him, trying to assess this new danger while not taking his focus off Jez.

Istana Iskandariah

Istana Iskandariah is the official residence of all the Sultans of Perak who have been installed since its completion in 1933. The palace is named after Sultan Iskandar Shah (1918-1938) who initiated its construction.

Istana Iskandariah is located at Bukit Chandan on the left bank of Sungai Perak upstream from Hilir Perak on the site of the former Istana Negara which was built in 1895 by Almarhum Sultan Idris Murshidul'adzam Shah (the late Sultan (in 1887-1916). It occupies an area of 10,435 square meters.


Upon the demise of Sultan Iskandar in 1938, Almarhum Sultan Abdul Aziz (1938-1948) succeeded him and moved into the palace. In 1948, Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah (1948-1963) moved from Istana Kota (Istana Hijau) to Istana Iskandariah to succeed Sultan Abdul Aziz and in 1963, Sultan Idris Shah II (1963-1984) ascended the throne and stayed there until his demise in 1984.

The design of the palace is based on the architecture of West Asia which is famous for its pointed arches and onion-shaped domes. The building is rectangular in shape and faces the sunrise and the river.

The roof is designed with one main dome in the centre and four subsidiary domes, one on each of the palace.

The palace is of there storey. The ground floor houses The Royal Dining Room, two Audience Halls, Reception Area, the Royal Rest Chambers, Ladies' Cloak Room, Aide-de-Camp's Office, Music Hall and the Royal Council Chamber.




On the first floor are located the Princesses' bedrooms, two Royal Guest Rooms and Their Royal Highnesses' suite; while the second floor houses of the Princess's bedrooms and another Royal Guest Room.


Above the second floor and under the main dome is a minaret. Here the hall measures 9.8 square meters and is used by the Royal family as a family hall.

In 1984, Istana Iskandariah was extended towards the rear by an additional 11,468 square meters, at the same level ass the main palace and is connected to it by a covered bridge at the first floor level.


The architecture of the extension is similar to that of the main palace so that it appears as if it were one building constructed at the same time.

The extension which measures 99 meters by 38.7 meters is rectangular in shape with one main dome and four smaller ones, one at each corner. AS can be seen now, the palace has two main domes and eight smaller ones located at each corner of the palace.

The ground floor of the extension is the garage for the Royal cars, the first floor is the new Banquet Hall, while the second floor is the new Throne Room (Balairong Seri).

The Throne Room and Banquet Hall are decorated with carvings of BUNGA KELUMPANG.

How do animals survive?

Animals survive through instinct and living in the natural environment that evolution has designed them for. When animals are born into their natural habitat, they are born with natural instincts inherited from their species that can be compared to the programming of a computer when you buy it (in this case when their born) that directs their actions for what they need to do to survive. Some creatures are left on their own to do this and some have their parent available to guide them and show them the techniques they need to survive. Sea turtles lay their eggs in pits dug on a beach and leave them to survive on their own. When the eggs hatch, the babies already have the instinct to dig out of their pit, crawl to the water and swim. Baby eagles or baby lions have instincts to fly or run and hunt but while they are maturing, they watch their parents to learn the tricks to being successful. Many types of creatures, like the sea turtles, need no example or instruction to survive and some need nurturing and training by parents but they are all born with the instincts that will take them into adulthood to reproduce themselves.

The Jackson 5 - The Motown Years

The Jackson 5 were more than a huge hit recording act. They were an international multi-media phenomenon who ushered Motown into its second decade with a stunningly fresh sound that has often been imitated but never duplicated.

Look beyond their unequaled chart success – their first four major label singles all reached No. 1 on the pop charts, they had a run of three years in which every single they released made the pop Top 20 and every single they released during their tenure on Motown reached the top 10 of the soul charts – and you find hour-long TV specials, an animated TV series, a extensive line of merchandise with the ubiquitous “J-5” logo in which both characters tailed into hearts, the popularization of the “robot” dance routine and regular cover stories in teen magazines. They rapidly became the pop sensation that Motown specialized in creating – and then reached new heights.

Most importantly, people loved them. “Words fail miserable when it comes to describing how instantly the flashy family captured hearts of all ages,” wrote music journalist A. Scott Galloway. “Grandparents wanted to adopt ’em and kids wanted to be them.” But the foundation for it all was great music, for which Motown is unmatched, and a stagecraft, which made them the rightful heirs of Sammy Davis, Jr., Jackie Wilson and James Brown.

Jackie (born May 4, 1951), Tito (October, 15 1953), Jermaine (December 11, 1954), Marlon (March 12, 1957) and Michael (August 29, 1958) hailed from Gary, Indiana, where their father Joe, a crane operator at a steel mill, had played blues guitar at local clubs; he began marshalling his sons into a family music group as far back as 1962. They played talent shows and amateur contests and continued to polish their act when about five years later, Gladys Knight first encountered them and recommended Motown take notice.

It would be Motown singer/producer Bobby Taylor who brought the quintet to Detroit not long after, began recording them, and alerted Berry Gordy’s assistant Suzanne de Passe of their immense abilities. She in turn told Gordy, whose initial response was, “I hate kid groups.” But once he saw these kids go through their routine on film, he whisked them to Los Angeles in the summer of ’68. Gordy set up old-style Motown Artist Development classes to refine their act and helped create a writing team – Deke Richards, Alphonzo Mizell, Freddie Perren and himself – dubbed “The Corporation,” to craft a smash debut record.

That song was “I Want You Back.” Motown historian Don Waller called it “probably the best pop record ever made.” Michael, the obvious centerpiece, conveyed an electric maturity well beyond his years. The B-side covered the Miracles’ “Who’s Loving You” from a decade earlier. It paired the type of vocal harmony that vocal groups would try to emulate decades later with Michael’s incredibly convincing plea, belying his pre-teen status; years later both Gordy and Smokey Robinson, its songwriter, would continue to marvel how Michael kicked Smokey’s original in the rear.

The group’s first LP, Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, linked the boys with Motown’s biggest star and hit the top 5 of the pop album charts. In short order, the J-5 began cranking out more Number 1 singles – “ABC,” “The Love You Save” and the mighty ballad “I’ll Be There,” which topped the chart for six weeks and became Motown’s biggest selling single to date. Their next two LPs each climbed to Number 4. In less than a year, the Jackson 5 had stormed the world.

Their image soon took hold across the media: Five fun-loving kids with prominent afro hair styles wearing brightly colored patterned shirts and bell-bottomed pants who moved on stage in perfect synchronicity – Michael singing and dancing with furious control, shadowed by Marlon and Jackie while Tito on lead guitar and Jermaine on bass moved with them. Their drummer Johnny Jackson (no relation) and keyboard player Ronnie Rancifer, both also from Gary, rounded out their stage act.

On record, their direct and instantly recognizable energetic sound was built around funky rhythm tracks with Michael’s high pitched vocals offset perfectly by Jermaine’s huskier second lead and soulful harmonies. Two more huge hits followed in “Mama’s Pearl” and the sophisticated “Never Can Say Goodbye.” And even though “Maybe Tomorrow” didn’t crack the upper reaches of the pop chart, Motown launched solo careers for both Michael and Jermaine and they each had scored big hits by 1972.

There was a Christmas LP and a soundtrack album from their TV special. As the boys (and their fans) started to mature, so did their material. On 1972’s Lookin’ Through the Windows album, their seventh in less than four years, the title song and “Little Bitty Pretty One” were big hits and each showed the group wasn’t dependent on any formula to find an audience. That album featured more of Jermaine’s vocals than previously, but Michael was still ever-present and riveting as always.

The transition continued as the group moved increasingly toward dance music on the Get It Together LP, when producer Hal Davis matched the Jackson 5 with some of Norman Whitfield’s earlier material for the Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips and Undisputed Truth. The result was a danceable groove that proved very popular in 1973, the title track especially becoming a favorite for Soul Train dancers on TV.

Sisters Janet and LaToya joined the stage act around this time and younger brother Randy became a permanent member of the group on percussion.

A year later, the metamorphosis was complete. The Jackson 5 had been guests on Stevie Wonder’s hit “You Haven’t Done Nothin’,” a musical indictment of political hypocrisy and soon returned to the top of the charts on their own. “Dancing Machine,” plucked from the Get It Together LP, and remixed for single release and its own LP in ’74, went to No. 1. It inspired the robotic dance craze that really has never entirely died. The LP also had the cutting edge song “I Am Love,” as adventurous as anything Stevie was recording.

When their Motown contract expired, the group elected to sign to Epic Records, although Jermaine, who had married Berry’s daughter Hazel, stayed with Motown as a solo artist. But before the group moved on, they released one final LP, Moving Violation, in 1975 which contained the type of music that would usher in the disco era. Their version of “Forever Came Today,” an extended version of the Supremes hit packed dance floors when it was released in 1976 and became a No. 1 disco hit. Following the success of the Jacksons at their new label, Motown also issued two albums of vaulted tracks, Joyful Jukebox Music and Boogie. The J5 were inducted the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.

The Jackson 5 had grown up before our eyes and their musical legacy remains a remarkable testament, not just to Michael’s greatness, but to their collective talent.

Baby Face Nelson

Born in Chicago, IL, as Lester Gillis, on December 6, 1908, he grew up on the streets, already an accomplished car thief and petty criminal by the time he was twelve years old. He was arrested for the first time when he was 13, and sentenced to a year in a juvenile correction facility. Soon after he was released, he was arrested again, and sentenced to 18 months incarceration. In 1931, Gillis, who had a number of aliases by this time, was convicted of bank robbery, and was sentenced to 1-10 years in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet. While in jail, he was tried and convicted of another bank robbery charge, and was sentenced to a year to life in prison. While being transported between jails, the prisoner, who was calling himself George Nelson at that time, escaped. He hooked up with John Chase, and would continue in partnership with him until their deaths.

In 1933, Nelson shot and killed a man during a robbery. He went on to murder several others, including some FBI agents. By this time, Nelson was working with John Dillinger's gang.

During a chase in 1934, Nelson was shot and mortally wounded. Acting on a tip, FBI agents found his body wrapped in a blanket at the side of the road near a cemetery in Illinois.

Nelson was married to Helen Wawzynak, and they had two children.

Pedro Flores The Inventor of Yo-yos

Yo-yo has been played in the Phillippines and many parts of the world for hundred of years. The word yo-yo means "come back" in Tagalog. The modern yo-yo was developed and introduced by a Filipino, Pedro Flores. It was his favourite game that he played during his childhood days.

Pedro Flores came to the United States in 1915. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley and the Hastings College of Law in San Francisco but did not complete his law degree for reasons unknown. He did not go back to the Phillippines and decided to stay in California, America.

It all started when he read about a man selling a ball attached to a rubber band in the newspaper and became very rich. It reminded him of the game yo-yo which was played in the Phillippines. He decided to improve it. He made a dozen yo-yos by hand and started to sell them to the children in his neighbourhood. The response was good. In 1928, Pedro set up a company to produce yo-yos. After about one year, he managed to set up three factories and employed 600 workers to produce 300000 yo-yos daily.

The yo-yo was then promoted as the Flores yo-yo. Many competitions were held throughout America. Since then, the yo-yo game became popular.

Yo-yo now had become a very popular game all over the world. It is a game that generates children's creavity in performing and creating new tricks. Thanks to Pedro Flores for inventing such a wonderful game.

Why Can't We Swallow Chewing Gum?

This question has troubled me for some time now. Its an absurd question, I was like you ignorant fools once, but then one day it hit me, obviously an individual can swallow chewing gum otherwise it would not be distributed in retail markets. Are you seriously accusing your local retailer of trying to cause harm to your temple like body?

One day a man walked down the road, he purchased a packet of Adams Old Time Classic Chiclets Chewing Gum - Mint Flavour. He thought that if he swallowed the gum then he would surely die, so he tried so hard to avoid this that it became inevitable that it would happen. He swallowed it, but still in the spirit of trying to avoid such an occurence he choked and died.
This story carries the moral that you should infact always go out to swallow the gum that you purchase, then you won't choke to death.



NO YOU SHOULD NEVER SWALLOW CHEWING GUM YOU CAN DIE FROM SWALLOWING IT DONT KILL THE WORLD YOU IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!11



One time i swallowed half a roll of bubble tape and it didn't affect me one bit. It doesn't matter.

to be honest it all depends on the size of the gum and how you swallow it, if its big then you could choke, if its small you should be fine. it also depends on the shape.


I only swallow the gum thats like really moist and slimey. not slimey LOL but you knoww. gooeyy. really wett. soaked in saliva IDUNNO xD

Why Can't We Swallow Chewing Gum?

This question has troubled me for some time now. Its an absurd question, I was like you ignorant fools once, but then one day it hit me, obviously an individual can swallow chewing gum otherwise it would not be distributed in retail markets. Are you seriously accusing your local retailer of trying to cause harm to your temple like body?

One day a man walked down the road, he purchased a packet of Adams Old Time Classic Chiclets Chewing Gum - Mint Flavour. He thought that if he swallowed the gum then he would surely die, so he tried so hard to avoid this that it became inevitable that it would happen. He swallowed it, but still in the spirit of trying to avoid such an occurence he choked and died.
This story carries the moral that you should infact always go out to swallow the gum that you purchase, then you won't choke to death.



NO YOU SHOULD NEVER SWALLOW CHEWING GUM YOU CAN DIE FROM SWALLOWING IT DONT KILL THE WORLD YOU IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!11



One time i swallowed half a roll of bubble tape and it didn't affect me one bit. It doesn't matter.

to be honest it all depends on the size of the gum and how you swallow it, if its big then you could choke, if its small you should be fine. it also depends on the shape.


I only swallow the gum thats like really moist and slimey. not slimey LOL but you knoww. gooeyy. really wett. soaked in saliva IDUNNO xD

Kuala Kangsar

Kuala Kangsar (population about 165,00) is a well preserved old Royal Town where its serenity and its well-maintained old palaces are worth a mention. Located 60km Northeast of Ipoh at the mouth of Kangsar River, where it flows into the Perak River, It is home to generations of Sultans and their families. The sultan of Perak officially resides in Kuala Kangsar, and it has been Perak's royal seat since the 18th century.



It was the administrative seat of the first British Resident in the Malay Peninsula, James W.W. Birch, from October 1874 until he was murdered on November 2, 1875. Kuala Kangsar is known in Malaysian history as the site where the first Conference of Rulers, the Durbar, was held in 1897. By the 1890s, the growth of the tin mining towns of Ipoh and Taiping had eclipsed Kuala Kangsar, but it remains to this day one of the most attractive of the Malay royal capitals.


The name Kuala Kangsar is believed to be derived its name from the “kangsar” tree (hibiscus flocossus) which grows in abundance along the banks of the Sungai Kangsar, a tributary of the Sungai Perak. Another says the name was handed down by explorers who established a settlement at the mouth of the river. They had called the place “Kuala Kurang Sa”, short for “Kuala Kurang Seratus” which means “one short of hundred” because there are 99 tributaries there.


Perak River Safari
The River Safari along the Perak River offers sights of riverine villages, domestic buffaloes, terrapin and other inhabitants, birds and insects, tropical rain forest that reach down to the water’s edge and agile monkeys playing catch-me-if-you-can in the forest cover. Malaysia’s river eco-system is open for your exploration. The eco-tourist will definitely experience an unforgettable adventure as the trip

River Safaris are conducted by several experts who have reservation booths along the Perak River at Jalan Tebing, Tepi Sungai. A 25-minutes ride to Jawang is followed by a two hour river cruise. The activities in which you can participate in Jawang include bird watching, jungle trekking, rafting, canoeing, fishing and visits to limestone caves. You can even arrange to spend a few nights in an Orang Asli Village.


Suka Suka Lake Resort
Sukasuka is a small private island in the middle of a Lake situated about 18km from Kuala Kangsar. Nearby are the villages of Batu Reng and Kg. Kelantan. The artificial lake caused by the hydroelectric dam is a place to just lay back, chill and relax. You will meet your very hospitable hosts, Aziz and Aisha twhom will make you feel welcome. A great way to experience traditional Malay living - eating good Malay dishes, wear traditional Sarongs and learn about local village customs. You get get to also play card games or learn to play the a fun and addictive local game called Chongkak. If offers basic A-frame bungalows with communal facilities and en-suite facilities. You can swom at the lake or also head to the nearby waterfall (mind the leeches though). Hosts were Muslim - no drink whilst on the Island.

Activities - Touring Kayak / Fishing / Jungle Trekking / Mountain Climbing / Waterfall walk / Boat tour / rafting / Playing Congkak - Indoor / Fruit picking ( season only)

For those who drive, it take around 45 min from (Ipoh) Jelapang Tol Plaza, you will reach Kuala Kangsar Plaza tol and take a straight way to Grik, which is abt 15 min form the Tol Plaza you will see Kampung Kelantan signboard and turn right - you can find the jetty to Sukasuka Island by end of that road. Boat ride to Suka Suka Lake Resort takes about 20 minutes


Oldest Rubber Tree
Also here is one of two oldest rubber trees in Peninsula that have survived the years.Of the first nine rubber trees planted with seeds from the Kew Gardens in London brought by first Perak Resident Sir Hugh Low in 1877, only one still stands next to the Kuala Kangsar Municipal Council building.

The tour of this royal town does not stop here with so many other old buildings worth visiting like the Clifford School and the Victoria Bridge.



Handicrafts
Kuala Kangsar is also known for its handicraft industry.
Sayong, about 10km away across the Iskandar Bridge from Kuala Kangsar, is home to the labu sayong or earthen water pitcher. Makers of the labu sayong, be it those who adopt the traditional way of moulding with hands or using casts to set in, are aplenty at Kampung Kepala Bendang where this particular type of water pitcher originated.

The craft bazaar along the Sungai Perak offers local handicraft items such as “bubu hiasan” (decorative fish traps), “tikar mengkuang” mats, tekat benang emas (gold embroidery) and “anyaman rotan” (rattan woven) items.


Food
Kuala Kangsar is also known for its food, including the “laksa gandum"
made of wheat flour as compared to the northern “laksa” of rice flour, which goes along well with the “cendol” or “ais kacang” drink at the riverside stalls.
The traditional kuih (sweet cakes) of the town are still prepared in the traditional way. A popular delicacy is the kuih apam tepung beras, and Kuih Labu’ (pumpkin cakes wrapped in banana leaves). The town is also famous for its gulai tempoyak (fermented durian dish) prepared with the patin, baung or other river fish. Food stalls at Dataran Sungai Perak offer famous local delicacies like gulai tempoyak ikan patin, laksa kuala and grilled fish.

Negeri Sembilan

History: Negeri Sembilan was settled between the 15th and 16th century by the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra who migrated to the region during the Malay Sultanate in Malacca. In its early history, it was a loose confederation of nine fiefdoms, hence the name "Negeri Sembilan" or "Nine States". Negeri Sembilan emerges as a politcal unit in 1773 when Raja Melewar, a prince of the Minangkabau ruling house at Pagar Ruyong, was invited to become ruler, the Yam Tuan, and founded the dynasty which still occupies the throne. The history of modern Negeri Sembilan began with the discovery of tin in the state. This led to minor wars in Sungai Ujong, Rembau, and Jelebu, which led to British intervention and British power in the state. Martin Lister was appointed the first British Resident. In 1889, the Yam Tuan Seri Menanti was installed as the ruler of all Negeri Sembilan. Today however, there are only seven districts.

Bali Tourism

One of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, Bali for few years awarded as the world best island by The International Travel Magazine. There, however, are still many people who do not know in depth about the uniqueness of Balinese culture. Life in Bali is always related to "Tri Hita Karana" or a tripartite concept that include the spiritual relationship between human and God, and their environment.

The rapid growth of development in tourism has had a big impact and influences to Bali tradition and lifestyle. Interestingly, Balinese culture is still as what it was, growing along with the of globalization. It is the Balinese civilization what makes the island different from other destination.