Railway station

This is the Kajang Railway Station which is situated at Jalan Bukit, near the main town of Kajang. After some renovation and touching-up had been done, we have more chairs to sit now, and a bigger place to hide from rain. As you can see from the picture, the blue-yellow train is called KTM. Its efficiency is slower compared with LRT, Starline and Monorail. If I happened to miss the train, I have to wait another 15 min or even more than that for the next train. It's not cool at all if you're in the rush.

selling flower

It's a hot day and I could hardly open my eyes. The lady was standing in front of the stalls and thinking about which flower she should buy. This is a stall beside of the Kajang Big Market. Most people are buying the flowers for praying purposes. Notice it's chrysanthemum- most of the Buddhist will use it during praying ceremony. And I'm really sorry about the overexposed part. Hope you guys wouldn't mind.

Wet market

I haven't been updating since last week because I've been busy studying for my mid-term test. Well, I think it's all good now. :)

So this morning, I went to Pasar Besar Kajang which loosely translated as Kajang Big Market. It's one of the wet markets situated in Kajang. Well, it's wet market so obviously the floor is REALLY wet. You have to be really careful when you're walking. And it's pretty smelly, too - with the smell of fish and chicken and vegetable, all blending together.

This is the first stall that I'd visited. I wanted to buy some ingredients for cooking like mushrooms, onions, garlics and etc. I DO cook - once in a while when my roommies is not around. Because she cooks better. :p

So, do you cook?

Pray to the best

The India man was praying and circulating around the statue at the Hindu Temple, Kajang.

I wonder what he's thinking and praying about?

Anyway, when was the last time you prayed to god? The last time I prayed to god was my previous final exam. I was hoping that my accounting subject would pass. And it did. =))

Hindu Temple

This is the Hindu Temple in Kajang. As you can see from the photo, it's an old building and the color of it has been washed out. More renovation need to be done in order to make it looks all new again.

Currently there are some construction going on at the outside of the temple, perhaps a better drainage system? I hoped the man in the photo didn't get scolded by the lady.

The famous food in Kajang

This is called Satay. It's consisting chunks of meats (chicken, beef, lamb & etc) on bamboo skewers, which are barbecued over a charcoal fire, then served with its special seasoning. In Kajang, It may be served with a spicy peanut sauce dip, or peanut gravy, slivers of onions and cucumbers, and ketupat. Kajang is famous because of that.

The photo was taken during me eating satay couple days before. The old uncle was grilling the satay with fully concentration. He knew I was taking his picture, but just look at me without saying anything. He's cool! :)

For Kajang Police Station, please call 03-87362222.

This is the police station situated in Kajang, my hometown. I bet this is the typical look of police station in Malaysia. Blue and white in colour. Of course there's a different in size of the building. Police station back in Kuala Lumpur would be much bigger, and maybe much better looking.

As you can see from the board there, it says "Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah". "Ibu Pejabat" is literally translated as the headquaters, "polis" is the malay pronounciation of police, whereas "daerah" is carrying the meaning of district. So it's District Police Headquarters in English. Hope you've learnt something today :)

By the way, our Royal Malaysian Police's motto is "Mesra, Cepat, & Betul" which means Friendly, Fast, and Correct.

But I think we as a Malaysian, we prefer the previous motto which is "Bersih, Cekap & Amanah" because we need it badly. This is literally translated as Clean, Proficient and Trustworthy. Well, better not to say too much here. All I can say is corruption still happens these day.

Stall lady

This is a typical look of Malay food stall in Malaysia. The photo was taken in the housing area of Kajang, which's near my house. I think they sell "nasi lemak"(a type of malay delicacies which consist of rice and chili, literally translated as "rice in fat") and also some other kuih-muih (Asian concept of "cakes" and "pastries" which are more often steamed than baked, so it's different in texture, apperance and taste from Western cake and pastries.). The lil' food stall is situated right beside the road, so people will just park their car beside the road. But it won't cause any traffic jam because there aren't much car passing by anyway.

Tomorrow I'll show you guys what I ate there. It's something nice to eat during this extremely hot weather. (Hint: It's iced cold but it's whole lot different from icecream.)

Evening

I took this picture back at home (Kajang) when I was roaming around the nearby housing area a couple of days ago. It was a rather hot evening and I couldn't stop sweating. But the sun looked just nice.

I couldn't stand of the hotness anymore. Rain please.

Kenderaan ringan sahaja

For those who doesn't read Malay, you might be wondering what is the meaning of that sentences. Well, it's basically translated as "Light Vehicle Only". The 5T numbering above the words I guess it means the vehicle's weight must be less than 5 tons? So technically the vehicle which is more than 5 tons will not be seen on this road. But, when I turned my head after the picture was taken, a huge lorry was just passing by. So I guess the signboard is useless. Nothing's gonna change. Anyway, I took this in Kajang and I thought it looked really old-ish. I think it has been existed since I was born. Literally.

Old tree

It's an old looking tree in Kajang. My sister was driving when I saw this tree and I asked her to stop the car. Like immediately. I took out the DSLR but heck, I couldn't take any picture because the memory card has been locked. I looked at my sis, and that impish smile crossed her lips - obviously it was her who has caused the stupid dysfunction of the camera. So I took out the compact digital camera [duh] and shot this old-looking tree. I think it gonna fall down anytime soon because it has already desiccated. So, you better watch out, passer-by.