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Langkawi,officially known as Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah (Malay: Langkawi Permata Kedah is an archipelago of 104 islands in the Andaman Sea, some 30 km off the mainland coast of northwestern Malaysia. The islands are a part of the state of Kedah, which is adjacent to the Thai border. On July 15, 2008, Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah had consented to the change of name to Langkawi Permata Kedah in conjunction with his Golden Jubilee Celebration. By far the largest of the islands is the eponymous Pulau Langkawi with a population of some 64,792, the only other inhabited island being nearby Pulau Tuba. Langkawi also an administrative district with the town of Kuah as largest town. Langkawi is a duty-free island.
Langkawi means reddish brown eagle in colloquial Malay. The Malay word for eagle is helang - shortened is "lang". Kawi means the colour reddish brown.
Langkawi, a cluster of 99 islands separated from mainland Malaysia by the Straits of Malacca, is a district of the state of Kedah in Northern Malaysia and lies approximately 51 km west of Kedah. The total land mass of the islands is 47,848 hectares, while the main island of Langkawi itself has a total of 32,000 hectares. The main island spans about 25 km from north to south and slightly more for east and west. The coastal areas consist of flat, alluvial plains punctuated with limestone ridges. Two-thirds of the island is dominated by forest-covered mountains, hills and natural vegetation.
The island's oldest geological formation, Gunung Matchincang, was the first part of South-East Asia to rise from the seabed in the Cambrian period more than half a billion years ago. The oldest part of the formation is observable at Teluk Datai to the north-west of the island, where the exposed outcrop consists of mainly sandstone (quartzite) in the upper parts and shale and mudstone in the lower parts of the sequence.
A sunny, hot and humid, tropical climate with an average annual temperature of about 32 degrees Celsius. The rainy season is during August/September, although there are occasional showers throughout the year.
Tourism
On June 1, 2007, Langkawi Island has been given a World Geopark status by UNESCO.[4] Three of its main conservation areas in Langkawi Geopark are Machincang Cambrian Geoforest Park, Kilim Karst Geoforest Park and Dayang Bunting Marble Geoforest park.(Island of the Pregnant Maiden Lake). These three parks are the most popular tourism area within Langkawi Geopark.
The Kilim Karst Geoforest Park (The Kilim River)
This area actually consists of three river estuaries that stretch from the Kisap village approximately 10km to Tanjung Rhu and they are all interconnected. They are rich in wild life and tourists may see hairy nosed sea otters, brown winged kingfishers, monitor lizards and swimming macaque monkeys. Limestone, inherently porous forms caves and there are several in the mangroves.
One of Langkawi's natural beauty spots is the Pirate Lagoon just outside the river. Technically this is a collapsed cave (hong) consisting of a cave entrance from the sea emerging into a hidden lagoon with towering, limestone escarpments and smaller caves. In the days when Kedah formed the gateway into China for the silk route, pirates on Langkawi used these caves to secure their profits.
Pregnant Maiden Lake
Pregnant Maiden lake lies on Dayang Bunting Island and is an extremely popular tourist attraction playing host to thousands of tourists a day. With most of the resorts and budget accommodation more readily accessible to the Southern islands this area receives the bulk of pressure from exploitative tourism.
Langkawi Islands
There are two island areas. The Southern Islands, with a heavy tourist population and the islands to the North East which are more secluded without tourist traffic. Langun Island has a fresh water lake like Pregnant Maiden Lake only without the tourists and has Sand Spit Beach on its South facing orientation. Dendang Island next to it form a spectacular bay popular with Langkawi sailing yacht tour operators who favour the area for its natural beauty and peace.
Some of the most popular beaches are Pantai Cenang, Pantai Tengah, Burau Bay, Pantai Kok, and Datai Bay.
Pantai Cenang is a picturesque beach with seemingly unending stretches of fine white sand.It has numerous restaurants and bars for evening entertainment, several hosting live music and for watching the sun set. The beach is contoured by tall coconuts and casuarinas. Pantai Tengah is separated from Cenang by a small cape. It too faces the setting sun and is populated more by hotels than bars making it less busy in the evening. Burau Bay, fringed by rocky outcrops, is the favorite place of migratory birds in Langkawi. Pantai Kok is a peaceful beach with the backdrop of limestone hills. Datai Bay has a combination of forests and sea. The milky beach is backed by lush forest.
The Langkawi Cable Car takes visitors up to the peak of Gunung Mat Chinchang, where the Langkawi Sky Bridge is located.
Tourists can enter the island via ferry from Kuala Perlis or by flight from Kuala Lumpur. AirAsia provides budget connections to the island.
The island of Langkawi can be reached through sea and air. The Langkawi Jetty Point connects the island to main destinations like Kuala Perlis, Kuala Kedah, George Town, Penang and also nearby towns in Thailand. The Langkawi International Airport is one of the 7 international airports in Malaysia and connects the island to Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Penang, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Phuket and also Subang. On the island, a main road runs through the whole island. Rental cars and taxis are available in Langkawi.
Travel Info At Langkawi
Private Tour (4-5 hours) RM200
Private Tour (8-10 Hours) RM 400
Eagle Feeding (5 Hours include lunch)
adult- RM135
kids - RM 115
Sunset Cruise Dinner(BBQ) RM 250
Coral Island - RM 130
(lunch On Pulau Payar and snorkeling equipment)
Mangrove -RM 299
(Story Cave Beach, Bat Cave, Crocodile Cave, Fish Feeding, Eagle Feeding)
Island Hopping - RM 30
(Pulau Dayang Bunting, Pulau Singa Besar, Pulau Beras Basah, Eagle Feeding)
*email me at: sinteong@gmail.com for any inquiry
Did u know, Hypocrite and Hippopotamus not only share the almost same name...but they also came from same 'gen'..same behavior, and maybe same 'habitat'. Now everybody wonder how can this two got connected.. I will explain how.. Before that lets take a look at the meaning of the words.
HIPPOPOTAMUS
The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" , is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae (the other is the Pygmy Hippopotamus.) The hippopotamus is the third largest land animal (after the elephant and the white rhinoceros) and the heaviest extant artiodactyl, despite being considerably shorter than the giraffe.
The hippopotamus is semi-aquatic, inhabiting rivers and lakes where territorial bulls preside over a stretch of river and groups of 5 to 30 females and young. During the day they remain cool by staying in the water or mud; reproduction and childbirth both occur in water. They emerge at dusk to graze on grass. While hippopotamuses rest near each other in the water, grazing is a solitary activity and hippos are not territorial on land.
Despite their physical resemblance to pigs and other terrestrial even-toed ungulates, their closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales, porpoises, etc.) from which they diverged about 55 million years ago.[3] The common ancestor of whales and hippos split from other even-toed ungulates around 60 million years ago.[4] The earliest known hippopotamus fossils, belonging to the genus Kenyapotamus in Africa, date to around 16 million years ago.
The hippopotamus is recognizable by its barrel-shaped torso, enormous mouth and teeth, nearly hairless body, stubby legs and tremendous size. It is the third-largest land mammal by weight (between 1½ and 3 tonnes), behind the white rhinoceros (1½ to 3½ tonnes) and the three species of elephant (3 to 9 tonnes). Despite its stocky shape and short legs, it can easily outrun a human. Hippos have been clocked at 30 km/h (19 mph) over short distances. The hippopotamus is one of the most aggressive creatures in the world and is often regarded as one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. There are an estimated 125,000 to 150,000 hippos throughout Sub-Saharan Africa; Zambia (40,000) and Tanzania (20,00030,000) possess the largest populations.[1] They are still threatened by habitat loss and poaching for their meat and ivory canine teeth.
Hippos spend most of their days wallowing in the water or the mud, with the other members of their pod. The water serves to keep their body temperature down, and to keep their skin from drying out. With the exception of eating, most of hippopotamuses' lives from childbirth, fighting with other hippos, and reproduction occur in the water.
Hippos leave the water at dusk and travel inland, sometimes up to 8 kilometers (5 mi), to graze on short grass, their main source of food. They spend four to five hours grazing and can consume 68 kilograms (150 lb) of grass each night.[42] Like almost any herbivore, they will consume many other plants if presented with them, but their diet in nature consists almost entirely of grass, with only minimal consumption of aquatic plants.[43] Hippos have (rarely) been filmed eating carrion, usually close to the water. There are other reports of meat-eating, and even cannibalism and predation.[44] The stomach anatomy of a hippo is not suited to carnivory, and meat-eating is likely caused by aberrant behavior or nutritional stress.[8]
The diet of hippos consists mostly of terrestrial grasses, but they spend most of their time in the water. Most of their defecation occurs in the water, creating allochthonous deposits of organic matter along the river beds. These deposits have an unclear ecological function.[43] Because of their size and their habit of taking the same paths to feed, hippos can have a significant impact on the land they walk across, both by keeping the land clear of vegetation and depressing the ground. Over prolonged periods hippos can divert the paths of swamps and channels.[45]
A submerged hippo at the San Diego Zoo. Adult hippos typically resurface to breathe every 35 minutes.
Adult hippos cannot swim and are not buoyant. When in deep water, they usually propel themselves by leaps, pushing off from the bottom. They move at speeds up to 8 km/h (5 mph) in water. Young hippos are buoyant and more often move by swimming propelling themselves with kicks of their hind legs. Adult hippos typically resurface to breathe every 35 minutes. The young have to breathe every two to three minutes.[8] The process of surfacing and breathing is automatic, and even a hippo sleeping underwater will rise and breathe without waking. A hippo closes its nostrils when it submerges.
HYPOCRITE
The word hypocrisy comes from the Greek hypokrisis, which means "Jealous" "play-acting", "acting out", "coward" or "dissembling".The word hypocrite is from the Greek word hypokrites, the agentive noun associated with "judgement", "critics", presumably because the performance of a dramatic text by an actor was to involve a degree of interpretation, or assessment, of that text.
Alternatively, the word is an amalgam of the Greek prefix hypo-, meaning "under", and the verb krinein, meaning "to sift or decide". Thus the original meaning implied a deficiency in the ability to sift or decide. This deficiency, as it pertains to one's own beliefs and feelings, informs the word's contemporary meaning.
Whereas hypokrisis applied to any sort of public performance (including the art of rhetoric), hypokrites was a technical term for a stage actor and was not considered an appropriate role for a public figure. In Athens in the 4th century BC, for example, the great orator Demosthenes ridiculed his rival Aeschines, who had been a successful actor before taking up politics, as a hypokrites whose skill at impersonating characters on stage made him an untrustworthy politician. This negative view of the hypokrites, perhaps combined with the Roman disdain for actors, later shaded into the originally neutral hypokrisis. It is this later sense of hypokrisis as "play-acting", i.e., the assumption of a counterfeit persona, that gives the modern word hypocrisy its negative connotation.
here is some opinion about hypocrite:
-A person who engages in the same behaviors he condemns others for.
-A person who professes certain ideals, but fails to live up to them.
-A person who holds other people to higher standards than he holds himself.
-The only reliable product of an organized religion is a flock of hypocrites
who feel that only *their* hypocrisy is divinely sanctioned.
-someone who complains about something but finds themselves doing
exactly the same thing
-A person who fails to practice what they preach
SO WHAT ACTUALLY THEY BOTH SHARE
Hypocrite or the easy word liar or actor..always condemned other for some behaviour that he also engages in..always complain about something while they also doing the same thing. While hippopotamus a big cute animal known as a herbivore..Like almost any herbivore, they will consume many other plants if presented with them, but their diet in nature consists almost entirely of grass, with only minimal consumption of aquatic plants.Hippos have been filmed eating carrion, usually close to the water. There are other reports of meat-eating, and even cannibalism and predation. U wont expect this creature would be aggressive..in other words, they also a good actor like hypocrite.
There is no doubt that u would love hippo at the first sight because of the cuteness and slow behaviour. Today some company also use hippo as a mascot of peace and happy. In human world, a Hypocrite also got a lot of fan..the ability to manipulate others for their own sake..ability to condemned others because of their hates. ability to control other people opinions so his actions will always be right. who knows Hypocrite will stab your back same as Hippo kill their family.
To mark territory, hippos spin their tails while defecating to distribute their excrement over the greatest possible area. Likely for the same reason, hippos are retromingent-- that is, they urinate backwards. Hypocrite also gonna 'spin' other peoples mind with their stupid or bad idea as long as they can get their territory. ( mmm...maybe hypocrite urinate backwards too, who knows.. hehe)..
For all the above reason, we still can accept Hippo behaviour because its an animal...they only got brain and instict..they dont have mind like us..but for a Hypocrite, well u decide it......peace.......
Cendol...mmm yummy...i call it green worm desert...hehehe...why? its not because its made from green worm..its because a worm-like jelly made from rice flour with green food coloring. The look, unique. Sometime scary..the taste, sweet, cold, bumpy...heaven..
Cendol is a traditional dessert originating from South East Asia which is still popular in Indonesia , Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines and Southern Thailand (where it is called lortchorng singapore.Cendol is a common and popular cold dessert sell at hawker stall or food court in Malaysia.Cendol are served in a cold mixture of coconut milk, brown syrup made from the local gula melaka, and shaved ice.
The dessert's basic ingredients consist of coconut milk, a worm-like jelly made from rice flour with green food coloring (usually derived from the pandan leaf), shaved ice and palm sugar. Next to these basic recipe, other ingredients such as red beans, glutinous rice, grass jelly, creamed corn, might also included.
In Sunda, Indonesia, cendol is a dark green pulpy dish of rice (sago) flour worms with coconut milk and syrup of areca sugar. It used to be served without ice. In the Javanese language, cendol refers to the green jelly-like part of the beverage, while the combination of cendol, palm sugar and coconut milk is called dawet. The most famous variant of Javanese es dawet is from Banjarnegara, Central Java.
The affluence of Singapore, as well as Western influence, has given rise to different variations of cendol. One can occasionally come across variants such as cendol with vanilla ice-cream or cendol topped with durian.
Cendol has become a quintessential part of cuisine in Southeast Asia and is often sold by vendors at roadsides, hawker centres and food courts.[6] Cendol vendors almost ubiquitous in Indonesian cities, especially Jakarta, Bandung, and Yogyakarta. Originally cendol or dawet in Java was served without ice, however after the introduction of refrigeration technology, the cold cendol with shredded ice was available and widely popular. It is possible that each country developed its own recipes once ice became readily available. This explains why it is most popular in Malayan port cities such as Malacca, Penang and Kuala Lumpur where British refrigerated ships technology would provide the required ice.
In Malaysia and Indonesia, cendol is commonly sold on the roadside by vendors. It is even dessert fare in Singapore, found in dessert stalls, food centres, coffee shops and food courts. Lets try it.....
DOUGH INGREDIENTS
150 gm green pea flour (hoon kueh flour aka lek tau hoon)
1 1/2 cup water
2 drops pandan flavor
1 tbsp lye/alkaline water/kan sui/air abu
1/2 tsp salt
PALM SYRUP
2 cup water
1 pack palm sugar,400gm
1 cup sugar
4-5 pandan leaves (screw pine leaves)
(1 can coconut milk,400ml)
METHOD:
1:Combine dough ingredients in a heavy base sauce pot,cook at low heat,keep stirring the flour mixture constantly,do not let the dough stick to the bottom .
2:When is mixture is thick and shiny,remove from heat immediately.Prepare a basin of ice cold water,place a cendol frame (any sieve with large holes) over the basin.
3 ress the flour mixture in the sieve and press with ladle.Work quickly by pressing dough through the cendol-maker with quick short strokes (keeping dough warm all the time) into a basin of ice water.Repeat the same procedure until dough finish.Then raise few time before sieve in a large bowl,set aside.
For Palm syrup:
1:Combine sugar ,palm sugar ,water and pandan leaves in a stock pot at medium heat.Stir constantly until thicken and lightly brown.Remove from heat and leave it to cool down.
In Malaysia, Cendol is normally served in a small bowl full of shaved ice and rich coconut milk. It is sweetened with thick brown coloured syrup made from palm sugar (Gula Enau or Gula Melaka). Apart from this serving combination, Cendol is also often served with glutinous rice, red beans and rich coconut milk.
In Malaysia, you can easily find Cendol served in small stalls along roadside. It is a perfect beverage, especially during hot days.
One of the best-loved local food in Malaysia is the Laksa, a spicy noodle soup made from fish broth. Though the origin is unclear, the locals have adopts this delicious dish and given the different states in the country (13 to be exact), also adapted it to suit their plate and style. Traveling up and down the country, from east to west Malaysia, visitors can expect to come across the laksa dish, be it the coconut-base curry soup type called curry laksa or the sour fish soup type known as asam laksa.
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Ais Kacang (Shaved Ice Dessert) - a favorite local dessert, also called ABC. Sweet red beans, agar agar [seaweed jelly], barley pearls, sweet corn and fruits are covered with shaved ice, then laced with rose syrup, brown sugar syrup and sweetened condensed milk. Great summer cooler!
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If Malaysia had a national dish, nasi lemak would be it. While Malay in origin, it is a dish enjoyed by all Malaysians, at any time of the day (breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner and supper) and is served in both fancy restaurants as well as at roadside stalls. Deriving its name (which means 'creamy rice') from the rice which is cooked in coconut milk, it is usually accompanied by fried peanuts, anchovies, hard-boiled or fried egg, cucumber and sambal, and can also be eaten with beef rendang, sambal sotong (squid) or any other curry that suits your fancy. You could almost say that nasi lemak is a lot like Malaysia itself - delicious, varied and potentially very spicy.
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