Grey November

A shot on the way to Bentong, Pahang.

Truly a sight for sore eyes.

A random picture at USJ 21.  Pigeons near the rojak vendor were taking shelter under a pokok kecik from the hot sun.

Got my name in the papers but yet the RM 50 remains elusive to me.  Btw, I had 18 votes while the others had 12.

During the weekend, my company organized a little recreational trip under the sports club’s activities to one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the state of Selangor.

Chiling Falls is located in Kuala Kubu Baru.  Road signs can be found on the trunk road from Rawang to Frazer’s Hills or from Kuala Kubu Baru to the Gap.

The Chiling Falls is considered to be of moderate difficulty as it requires an amount of hiking into the forest trek before actually reaching the famed waterfalls.  Please note that Kampung Adidas (tapper shoes) and sandals/water shoes are more appropriate footwear.

Along the way to the falls itself, one has to transverse through the river 5 times in order to get to the picnic area.  Depending on the weather, water height may vary from knee height to chest height.  Take caution as flash-floods do happen.

The hike takes rougly an hour from the entrance to the waterfall, with several obstacles here and there but the view of the Chiling waterfalls will definately be worth the time and effort put in.  One can also hike to the second fall and the upper falls to get a better view!

Chiling Falls is approximately 80 km from Kuala Lumpur minus traffic.  Its a perfect getaway for those who are sick of the concrete jungle.

This week I was invited along to the Bukit Tagar Sanitary Landfill which is situation along the NSE, exiting at the Bukit Tagar/Batang Berjuntai exit.

[Warning : This is a simplified technical post to suit the majority of my readers]

This brainchild of KUB Malaysia and BERJAYA Group is situated in the middle of an oil palm plantation and is roughly 50 km from Kuala Lumpur.  It serves as a waste management solution for the Majlis Perbandaran Selayang and Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur for a design life of 40 years.

Now most of you most be wondering, what is a landfill?

A landfill is a site for disposal of waste materials by burial means.  Waste/Refuse we produced are buried at these sites and biodegraded for a period of time.

The Bukit Tagar Sanitary Landfill is one of the premier landfill in the region, being a Level IV landfill that proudly manages to treat raw leachate (toxic liquid that drains ‘leaches’ from landfills) to comply with the Standard B requirements via a complex treatment system that comprises of holding ponds, sequential batch reactor lagoons, dissolved air flotation tank, fragmitis plant reed beds and a “zero-discharge” policy.

Now who says Malaysia Tak Boleh?