Breakaway to Sg. Lembing – LaoZi Temple (Day 3)

It rained for day and night after all the rainbow thing. We woke at 4.30am to prepare for Panorama Hill but it was still raining. So we back to bed and hide under the sheet. Well, I’m okay with that since I already went up last year. So whatever…...But I couldn’t sleep well after that and I can’t sleep anymore.

So I went out to see the rain...walked around the village again in the rain, and see aunty make lembing noodles.

Then we checked out and went to visit the Sungai Lembing Mining Museum before we left this lovely town. Nothing special there.

Then we went to Lao Zi Temple.

Here are some photos of Lao Zi Temple. Let the photos speak!

Breakaway to Sg. Lembing – Rainbow Waterfall (Day 2)

Last year, when Isabella and I came to Sg.Lembing, my friend Hooi brought us to the Rainbow Waterfall after a hike to Panorama Hill. We actually wanted to enter the waterfall without a guide, but we didn’t know the path was so rocky and muddy, somemore have to cross stream (the aftermath of never find information of the place before we come). With his dad’s luxurious car, we cancelled the trip and turned back. But we found the very special Hot Spring and saw some deer~ hahaha!!


Why Rainbow Waterfall? According to previous studies, the tiny water droplets from this high waterfall will create a rainbow effect when the sunrise rays shine on it. Hence, this waterfall got its colorful name for this phenomenon. Rainbow colour, my favourite colour, yay!!


Since getting to the place was not an easy way, this time we hired a guide. We woke up very early to get ready to Rainbow Waterfall. Thanks to the Universe, NO RAIN!! Our 4-wheels jeep came to pick us up at 5.30am in front of the place we stayed.

We went to the market for breakfast first. We had the famous Yong Tau Fu as light breakfast.

After that, all of us boarded the jeep and start the journey on the rocky and muddy path. It’s fun when all of us talked crap and nonsense along the way, full of laughter.

Breakaway to Sg. Lembing – Day 1

I just mentioned I didn’t wanna go to any mountain/hill and sea/river/waterfall anymore in the previous post, but after a week, sigh…… I broke my promise~


Last Deepavali, me and some course mates went to Sg Lembing for a short holiday! That was my second visit to Sg Lembing since last year in early November. Wow, it’s already one year ago! And I kinda miss the people I met and friends I made during the days in Rompin.

It rained everyday in this monsoon. Every day we pray. We pray to every God and to the Universe for bringing us sunshine, at least on the day we go to Rainbow Waterfall. I always believe the Great Universe can hear my prayers. And yes, He did it again!!


We checked in Lembing Riverview Resort. I like the place because it is in a village, peace and calm. We were the only residents in the house for those days. So we turned the house into “our” house. We had games and karaoke in the night. We celebrated friend’s birthday there too.

Chin Swee Caves Temple @ Genting Highlands

On the way driving down from Genting Highlands, we went to this scenic place, The Chin Swee Caves Temple

I came here twice, and this place is still nice.

Those statues impressed me a lot....

The nine-color dragons welcome us~

The Pagoda. I didn’t visit the temple as I’m not really with it.

Sky Terrance (Tian-Tan) for leisure walk and the mountain view

 Large statues of Buddha and Kuan-Yin

Also with the statue of late Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong.

Write your hopes and dreams on the wooden tag and hang onto the wishing rack at Fulin Pavillion. (Fu-Lin-Ge)

I like this!!

The statues of 8 xian “the Eight Deities”

Feel nice to be surrounded by them. Haha!

You must visit this

the Journey to Enlightenment

You can see the depiction of ten Chambers of Hell.

I’m terrified, after watching from the first chamber to the last chamber.

I don’t wanna be sent to helllll~

I don't wanna be a chicken or snail

I wanna be sent for rebirth as a human being again...

so I help to carry the peach! :) see we all are happy

There are also 18 Lohans, statues of Sun Mm Hong, his sifu and buddies

the Mother Goddess (Huang-mu-niang-niang) and Seven Fairies

and Fok-Lok-Sau..! wHee :)

The next time you go to Genting Highlands, come here to pray before you enter casino....hahaha!

I think...it can bless you to win a lot! $$$$

strawberry vs Ms.strawberry

It’s December!! Time really flies... times have wings!!

Now, I give a FULL STOP for 5th semester of my university study and let’s enjoy the one month holidays until year 2011!


I went to Cameron Highland last week for a short break before back to KT for my last exam paper.

Haha, sound steady right? still can go jalan-jalan makan angin day before exam~~ ...

The main purpose of this trip is to bring my mom there for prayer. She always wants to go there but worry about carsickness due to the winding road. This is the Buddhist temple, Sam Poh Temple.

I like this “Si-Da-Jin-Gang”.....

how to say in English? the four “warriors” ?

Golden and sparkling

In Cameron, strawberry is everywhere, in any form...keychains, magnetic badges, pillows, bolsters, cushions........etc!

We have cactus

 And flowers! I love flowers...

But I don’t like gardening and planting =P hehehe

Actually I want to visit BOH Tea Plantation, but didn’t manage to do it because rushing of time...only went to pluck strawberries!

I have a nickname : strawberry, which I used it as my email ID.


Why? It doesn’t mean I’m sweet or cute like strawberry... Last time when I’m in primary school, a friend of mine “tiba-tibanya” called me strawberry, then lastly it became my identity. And this nickname follows me until today.

The experience of self-pluck strawberries...

Strawberries taste sweet and sour, the color is bright and attractive, but the outlook is exactly like blackheads on the nose!!! Uhm Yiak~~


These are the strawberries I plucked by myself...hehe~ satisfied =P

Hope to visit Cameron Highland again........and planning for another trip. Where to go? Any suggestion?

Sungai Lembing

I always see people recommend to visit Sungai Lembing for Panorama Hill, also known as 林明 (Ling-Ming). Since my friend, Hooi promised to bring me to anywhere I want to go, I make it as my must-go place.

Before I go, I browse through web for photos and reviews about Sungai Lembing. Sungai Lembing is a small town which used to be tin mine last time. Now, people claim that we can see the best sunrise view with sea of clouds below your feet on Panorama Hill.

photo from web

We went Kuantan right after our clams dinner! It was already 12am when we reached and checked-in Hooi’s “villa”. I was so tired and the next morning we have to get up at 2am.


HEY!!! I thought I was here for holiday??!!


Nobody wakes at 2am. Haha!! Ended-up we departed to Sungai Lembing from Kuantan at 3.30am. When we reached Sungai Lembing, it was around 4.30am, and the place was already full with tourist buses and people. The sky is still dark, the wind is so cooling. With our torches, we started to go up the hill.


I thought it was a tracking route, who knows, it was stair steps. To reach the top, we had to climb stairs!! Aiya...I don’t want to climb stairs la!! At first I was tired, but after a while, I felt so energetic!! So I rocketed myself up to the hill. There were also many people going up the hill, the most are aunties and uncles. I really need to salute them for having the will and stamina to reach the top!!


We reached the top at around 5.30am. And not long after that, many people reached and the place turned into a market with all the noises. People were eating, smoking, listening songs, shouting, talking like bargaining prices when buying vegetables in market...............very annoying!! They ruined the peacefulness and calmness of the hill.

I was very disappointed and unhappy with it.

The sky is still dark, the wind is so cooling

After an hour of waiting, the sky turned bright without sunrise view. The sun should be behind this mountain, but was too cloudy and the sun was blocked. Sigh...too bad!

All the people on the hill today don’t have the luck to see beautiful sunrise, but we had the sea of clouds. Look at the clouds under us...clouds, clouds, clouds.

Honestly, I do not have much feeling to the clouds. I was like “Uhm..so-so lor” when others cheering that how nice and how fantastic the clouds are. I guess, maybe because I had too high expectation on how beautiful it is, or maybe due to I go to Genting Highlands too often?

Traffic jam when we came down. Our legs were trembling when we reached the ground. I wonder why come down is more tiring than hike up the hill...


Then we went for breakfast. There’s a noodle stall here, Ah Fung Noodles. It is famous for its Yeong-TauFu and noodles which made with water from mountain. The food is not to say very good, but not bad also, if only it can be a little bit less salty.

Then we headed for Gua Charas at Panching near Sungai Lembing.

When we see the staircase, we opened our mouth big big and “HARRRR?!”... want to go home already la~~ Staircase again???! NO idea, still need to walk up the stair to get into the big cave.

There is a sleeping Buddha inside the cave.

It was dark inside the cave, lighten up by spotlights. The pathway was wet and there were bats in the cave. I love the atmosphere here! Quiet, dark, mysterious... I couldn’t explain my feeling to it. I just love the cave with stalactites.

Here’s the Sleeping Buddha. 

And a “Guan-Yin-Ma” look-alike statue, it was actually a small rock on the big rocks.

We actually want to go to Rainbow Waterfall. We drove on the very bumpy track full of stones until we reached a stream. To get to the waterfall, we had to ford the stream, hike and wade some rivers. Then we gave up. If only we know earlier, we will come with 4-wheel drive. And it was already too late to book a guide with transport, so ended up we didn’t go. Plus, I don’t think a cloudy sky can make rainbow to appear.

So, it’s okay! We see the scenery from web’s photo lorr =P

Overall, the trip was well worth, although we missed the sunrise and Rainbow Waterfall. But at least we found the lamest Kolam Air Panas!! Don’t wanna talk about this kolam larrr...

next time you go, then you will know!