Sunday, March 11, 2007

What Carlos says about Janda Baik

Not far from Kuala Lumpur but away from the urban rush of the city, surrounded by countless hills covered with the luxurious green of beautiful secular vegetation and crossed by a number of small jungle streams that sometimes turn into wild rivers after the pouring afternoon rain… Janda Baik spreads itself, as if hiding in the middle of the nature.

It is quite a wide and spacious village with plenty of green, amidst which the most simple houses can be found besides extraordinary mansions, which I believe, might be just weekend retreats for those, who can afford escaping the stress of the city and come here, to forget the world and hear the wind whisper softly with thousand tongues, on top of the trees.

Nature has been very generous with Janda Baik and offers nice places to relax and exercise.

As for myself, I like jungle tracking and hiking in the area and have seen beautiful spots with centenary trees and cooling waterfalls.

And for the best of all, I love to cycle on the winding and hilly roads around here, enjoy the healthy benefits of the “except for the motorbikes” clean and oxygen rich air.

In this fast moving material world, time seems not to matter much in Janda Baik and I hope, it will be able to continue to find the balance between progress and nature….

I hope the occasional noisy morning fights of ape family’s, as well as the songs of countless birds and insects and the remarkable screams of the Hornbills, will continue to borrow a sense of wildlife to the local atmosphere and be a reliable wake up call in the early hours of each new day.

And I hope, Janda Baik will not change much in the next years to come, as it hasn’t changed much for the last 10 years I’ve lived here!...

Article and photos from: Carlos Bizarro

Sunday, March 4, 2007

Orphanage Home Janda Baik in a new place

Saturday morning 3 March 2007 my friend Nor and I went to the orphanage home in Janda Baik - Rumah Kebajikan Nur Zaharah. Previously, their place was at Sum Sum Hilir, Janda Baik. But due to the increased of rental by the landlady, they have to find another place to put the children. It was quite troublesome for them actually, but they have no choice.

Even though somebody has donated a land to build a new home for them, but the construction will take time. At the moment, the earthwork in already ongoing. There are kind people who have provided the fund to build up the buildings for them. How I wish I'm very rich so that I can contribute to them too... At the moment, my contribution is only to visit them once a month... that's the least I can do now.

This new place that they are renting is farther inside the village of Janda Baik. But it's quite a nice place. Formerly was a resort - a longhouse style with fish ponds and fruit orchard around. I love to see the greeneries around the place. But nearby the area, the landlord is also rearing goats. So it will bring some uncomfortable smell, especially after rain.

But that's the best place they can get at the moment... Hope they'll make do with it. If you have time, and feel like visiting them, or want to send some contribution, please call Encik Yahya bin Yusof tel. 012-627 1549.