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Jus buah

Nisha — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:51:52 +0000

In Malaysia, my way of trying a juice was to put my finger on a name and ask for it. I refused to see a dictionary for its meaning or ask somebody who knew English. I wanted to know them by taste.
At times it resulted in disastrous distasteful situations but I was also glad that I could pick up some names. Also, I paid attention when they pronounced the names.

I have tried each one of these and a few more which are not mentioned in this list. My favourite was Jus Tembikai.
The locals were quite surprised to see me pronounce it correctly. For your information, it sounds like a Tamil word.

Jus Buah-Buahan.

Jus buah = Fruit juice

Now it is your turn. Can you tell me all names correctly ? What do they mean? Fairly easy, I must say.
Ok, no cheating. No Google. Let’s see who comes close to correct answers.

P.S.- I am travelling right now. The previous post was scheduled one and so is this. Some more posts are scheduled which will keep popping up.
Please be punctual and regular till I come back. And remember, I am going to peep in between.

Till then ciao ! Terima kasih.
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‘Dragon’ Pure Water Wells

Nisha — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:46:09 +0000

Within the famous Snake Temple in Penang island, there are two wells called the two Dragon Pure Water Wells. These wells represent a pair of red eyes of an auspicious dragon. When the temple was being constructed, it is said that the door of Heaven was opened and a fierce dragon descended and landed in front of the temple with its tail facing west.

Notice board telling the history.

The two eyes of the dragon transformed into two wells. One is 10 feet deep and 3 feet in diameter while another is 10 feet deep and 2 feet in diameter.

One of the eyes of Dragon ….

The well provided fresh water for the surrounding village. According to local belief, those who drank from the well attained good fortune, health and longevity.

Under the same roof there is a small restaurant near this well, which serves hot delicious Chinese food and if you want, you can have water from this well to drink.
You can also see a portion of a shop selling freshly made cookies, pancakes and Dodols, yes same famous Goan Dodols. I will show you a picture some other time.

Guiding us to stairs that lead to one of the wells.

Near the stairs, there were nice colorful clothes in a shop which definitely was successful in luring the tourists. Not me but V, my dear husband was also trapped and he bought me a very beautiful turquoise blue beach dress. No doubt, he pampers me a lot.

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Wandering Wednesday – Burmese Buddhist temple

Nisha — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:11:51 +0000

A Burmese Buddhist temple in Penang Islands.

Gleaming golden or glinting white symbolizing the firm faith in Theravada Buddhism…

In looks, there is noticeable difference between a Thai Buddhist temple and a Burmese Buddhist temple. And I thought Buddhist temple is just a Buddhist temple ! Not Thai, Burmese or Chinese etc.

Main gate of the temple…

People create garden temple and pagodas for decorative purposes also.

A Buddhist temple and pagoda is almost always of golden, yellow or white color.

P.S.- All four photos have been watermarked (©Le Monde) besides putting a copyright sign on them. Can you tell me where are those watermarks hidden?

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Everyone has his freedom

Nisha — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:25:10 +0000

As I said earlier, the main religion of Malaysia is Islam but other religions are also respected and have their own place. On the same note, one can see school going kids of different religions going to same school donning uniforms as per their own choice.

Where they have Muslim girls covered from head to toe….

They also have girls studying in the same standard wearing shorts and a T-shirt.

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