• Family travel,  Malaysia,  Selangor,  TRAVEL/HOLIDAYS

    Chongkak Park

    Sitting in front of a laptop everyday is not that good as the radiation somehow gets to you and your health. Realising this, my husband and I make it a habit to be with nature during weekends and just go somewhere near. Yesterday, we took that 30 minutes drive to Chongkak Park. Chongkak Park is located in Hulu Langat, Selangor; not that far from our home. We love the fact that we are so close to nature.

     

    Chongkak Park is also a resort and it is managed by Tourism Selangor Sdn Bhd. This park is nestled within a tropical forest and is a popular retreat for the locals. Those who just come for a picnic, the entrance fee is only RM1 per adult. Kids below 12 is free. Parking outside the park area is RM3.

    For those who wish to stay here, there are chalets for rental ranging from RM60 – RM350. For those who wish to be adventurous, a spot at the campsite can be rented at RM10. Don’t forget to bring your insects repellent. Activities here include jungle trekking and night walk. Fee is RM10 (minimum 10 pax) for jungle trekking and RM15 per person for night walk.

    One thing I like to visit this park is because I get to learn tree names. I only went to the front part of the park and I bet if I explore the whole park area, I’ll get to learn more. Definitely will come back again to explore this place.

    Here’s the area map of the park.


    Click to enlarge.

    Anyway, I took a flyer and if you want to enquire about the chalets, please e-mail to: info@tourismselangor.my. But if you want fast information, please call 013-3114822 – Sani or 013-3869723 – Shahrehan (after office hour only).

    Here’s a video captured from our Lumix (DMC-FT3 0 12mWaterproof). Enjoy the view, the nasi lemak (hehe) and the fish! You can view the full HD in 1080p. The music is from YouTube Audio Swap library.

  • MISC,  my books

    Project Marine Life done!

    Just finished creating a book in the Seni dan Kraf bersama Kak Emila series. I am too slow. With house chores and online commission jobs, I find it very hard to create books. I had to turn down few illustration jobs for few writers as I need to concentrate on my own books. I am now working few items on my Lil’ Guardians. Going to draw new ones for A to Z flash cards. Also working on the possibility to make dolls out of few of them.

    Anyway, here’s a book just I just finished doing; Mari Melukis Kartun Hidupan Laut. Going to dispatch the CD tomorrow morning.

    This book is a step-to-step guide on how to draw marine life. Previouly I have done the dinosaurs. I created these two books from A to Z; from drawing the subjects to making the layouts. Drawings are fully in watercolor. Unlike 5 other published books in the series, these two have less texts. If previously I explained the steps, but now I just provide basic tips. This is because the steps are very easy to understand and furthermore it’ll be easier for me to translate in case the publisher need to bring them to international bookfairs.

    With these two books, I will have 7 books in the series. Yay, 7 is my favourite number.