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Go Green Slippers at Jonker Street



pic from mysinchew here.

Slippers are famous in Malaysia because the weather here. Easy to wear it when hot or rainy day. It give comfort to your feet as your feet easy to breath the fresh air. Some say that slippers was introduce by Japanese during world war 2.

Ok this slippers here at Jonker Street sell by “Chin Collection” are made from recycled old tires costing only RM5 each pair. So you can expect such great grip if the slippers are made from branded tires such as Yokohama or Conti.

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— asmaliana

What is the Smallest National Park?



Pic from cuti Malaysia…

Malaysia have few national park that are listed as among the oldest in the world. Not just thousand years old but something like 100 million plus years old. The renowned one are like Taman Negara Pahang, Rompin and Belum. The Belum Forest Reserve are consider untouched and very rich in diversity.

However did you ever notice that Penang had a National Park too? Yup for a small state Penang Have a gazette National Park . Penang National Park,2,562 hectares and home of 417 flora and 143 fauna species. One thing special about the park is the only one in Malaysia that contains six different types of habitat. You can read the info here.

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— asmaliana

Vote for New World’s 7 Wonders



Guess you all already know that our Sipadan Island did not make it to the final.

The 28 finalists are: The Amazon, Angel Falls, Bay of Fundy, Black Forest, Bu Tinah Shoals, Cliffs of Moher, Dead Sea, El Yunque, Galapagos, Grand Canyon, Breat Barrier Reef, Halong Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeita Grotto, Jeju Island, Kilimanjaro, Komodo Park, the Maldives, Masurian Lake District, Matterhorn/Cervino, Milford Sound, Mud Volcanoes, Puerto Princesa Underground River, Sundarbans, Table Mountain, Uluru, Vesuvius and Yushan.

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— asmaliana

Student Discovery Malaysia programme



If you can’t bribe the parents, bribe their child….I don’t remember where I heard this quote but in business, sometimes we need to target on childhood thingy so we can get the money from their guardian. That’s why you are willing to go through another long way in a supermarket just not to past the toy section. Anything can happen when you past the toy section with the kiddy.

Now Tourism Malaysia is using this to tap into Parents in China. You know China is among Malaysia key Market for tourist arrival. The focus is not to small but 10 to 15-year-olds to visit Malaysia with their parents.

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— asmaliana

School Holiday, check out Melaka Zoo



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Melaka Zoo have provide many fun activities for visitors along this week as the Malaysia School Holidays already started until 21st June.

Among the activities your kids can participate are coloring contest for kindergarten, Kuiz for Primary and Secondary Students, gift for lucky visitor and more animal show.

The entrance fee to Zoo Melaka is really cheap, only RM8.00 for adult and RM4 for children. Surely will not burden your pocket for the whole family trip.

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— asmaliana

View Melaka on a Bike



No wonder I see people on a bike with complete gear sometimes in the village. Maybe is them, and they being around since 1999. It is a good activity and business. Nature friendly and step on the Melaka ground on your foot. Generally is safe to go anywhere by bicycle here in Melaka. Your may experience the unexpected at the friendly neighborhood like free lunch at a Malay wedding ceremony or eat fresh local fruit from the tree. No wild animal on the forest, but you can see monkeys, fox, squirrel, anteater, tortoise or maybe you must apply little cautions on wild boar.

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— asmaliana

Celeb choosen Vacation places…



Angelina Jolie…

As we speak, celeb here means some one from the Hollywood. Apart from the world leader, the Sultans and the Manchester United players, if Brad Pitt wants to sleep for one night at one of our local homestay, it will create a chaos with reporter and bloggers everywhere. The kind of tourist with bodyguard and traffic riders.

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— asmaliana




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