Wednesday, 8 July 2015

Meeting week 4

Hello Time Travellers :)
The meeting of week 4 focused on the presentation of the blog to our lecturer, Mr. Krishna and the song of the club as well as the logo.
We also discussed about the completed paperworks from each group and we came on an agreement that the chosen place is "Pulau Pangkor".
The main comittee members combined for all of the club elected and assigned task for everyone.
Finally, the combined paperworks from all the clubs need to be combined and approved to complete the assigned task.
Here are some of the pictures during the meeting.

Saranya as the chairman

Alia explained about the "Pulau Pangkor", "Teluk Batik" and "Marina Island" 
; it's pros and cons of chosing these places

Saranya listened to the members' opinion about the places.

All the committee members selected and assigned tasks.

The final committee members and their assigned tasks. 

* The meeting held at Dewan Sri Kledang, PULAKO.
The meeting postponed to the next following week.

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Meeting week 3

Hello Time Travellers :)
Meeting Week 3 focused on the planning for the next activities of the club.
The activities planned should be the outdoor activities.
Our club, Time Traveller, decided to go for a few interesting activities such as "Treasure Hunt" and "Picture Puzzles of the Historical Places" and "Historic Quizzes".
The place that we chose is Taiping where we can visit "Taiping Lake", "Maxwell Hill",  "Taiping Zoo" and "Taiping Prison".
Luiza and Afifah as the secretary and the vice secretary of the club, need to prepare a complete paperwork to make the activities and join the other three clubs and join their activities as well.

List of blogs
1. snaptrackers.blogspot.com
2. timetravellerclub.blogspot.com
3. eurekastars.blogspot.com
4. thenightclub2015.blogspot.com


The meeting of the chairmen

The meeting of the chairmen held to finalise the activities and the place so that it will be suitable for of the club's requirements.

The meeting postponed to the next following week.

Meeting week 2

Day: Wednesday
Date: 24th June 2015

This week, our meeting, board of the  members, discussed about the song of the club as well as the logo.
Dayana, as the chairman, suggested that, we used the song entitled "Generasiku" by OAG. It is an inspiring and energetic song, suitable with our travelling club. Then, we discussed on the lyrics together and came out with a catchy-one-minute club song. The recording was made at a different place, and we managed to come out with our own minus one or the karaoke version of the song by using the software "Audacity".

the active members

Luiza looked so serious

This is how the original lyrics look like

Regarding the logo of the club, we decided about the design and the creative Aliff worked on the rough sketch of the logo. Basically, we had a small cute backpack as the main logo, and completed with the vision of Time Traveller's Club, which is "Fun, Historical, Travel". Stay tuned for the updated logo design.


Friday, 26 June 2015

Fun Historical Places: Taiping

 
        
    
        
 
        
 
         
 
         
 
          
 
         

Taiping

Location: Perak

Location Info

Address: Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
District » Taiping
 

Location

Taiping is situated in the north of Perak. Taiping is the second largest town in Perak after Ipoh, the capital of Perak. From 1876 to 1937, Taiping took over the role as state capital from Kuala Kangsar and was later replaced by Ipoh. Since then, the development of Taiping has slowed down but has picked up pace in the recent years.

Overview

Taiping is full of various tourist attractions. Of the many places of interest in Taiping, Maxwell Hill is one of them. The hill is a quiet one with an altitude of approximately 1000 meters. It can only be accessed via a long narrow single track road with the help of a four-wheeled ride vehicle. Other than the Maxwell Hill, there is also the Taiping Lake Gardens which is a garden for the public that was initially an abandoned surface tin mine.
If you are nature loving person, do not miss the chance to visit the Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve. This is a forty-acre area of mangrove forest reserve. Here, you will get to see numerous flora and fauna in its untouched habitat. Other than these tourist spots, there are plenty of places to find cheap hawker food in Taiping.

Transport

Taiping can be reached by getting on the North-South Expressway. One can also reach Taiping via express buses that will arrive and depart from the long distance bus station at Kamunting and Simpang.

Taken from http://perak.attractionsinmalaysia.com/Taiping.php
 

Fun Historical Places: Kuala Kangsar

 
 
 
 
 
 
     

Kuala Kangsar

Location: Perak

Location Info

Address: Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia
District » Kuala Kangsar

Location

Kuala Kangsar is the Royal Town of Perak which is peaceful and well taken care of. It is comfortably located at a crook of Perak River. Kuala Kangsar had caught the ruler at the time, Sultan Yusuf Sharifuddin Mudzaffar Shah of Perak who ruled from 1877 to 1887 who had built his palace just beside the riverbank where it was exposed to various threats. The palace was named the 'Istana Sri Sayong'.

Overview

Kuala Kangsar has developed much since then and has spread across the lands along the river bank to fit the growing number of its people. There are several places of interest in Kuala Kangsar. One of the places worth visiting would be the Sultan Azlan Shah Museum which is just further down the road from the Royal Palace. The museum used to be an older Palace which was named Istana Hulu which was built back in 1903. The palace was built with the Victorian architecture in mind and about five years ago, the palace was made to house the Raja Perempuan Mazwin School. It was just recently that the school moved out and the palace was left vacant. Transformation work then turned the palace into the Sultan Azlan Shah Museum.
Right outside the museum gates is a rubber tree. This is one of the two oldest rubber trees in Peninsula that have endured the years. The Resident of Perak at that time motivated the planting of rubber trees as the car industry progressed rapidly in the west. Many jungles were made into plantations to grow rubber trees.
In the older parts of Kuala Kangsar is the Ubudiah Mosque. The foundation of the mosque was laid in 1913 by Sultan Idris and Sir Hugh Low. The completion of the mosque was delayed because of World War I and was only completed a year after the death of Sultan Idris' successor.Other places include the Istana Kenangan and the Malay College.

Transport

To get to Kuala Kangsar from Kuala Lumpur, you will need to get on the North-South Expressway and head towards Ipoh. Kuala Kangsar is about 30 kilometeres from the north of Ipoh.

Taken from http://perak.attractionsinmalaysia.com/Kuala-Kangsar.php

Kellie's Castle: A must-place-visit!!!

     

Kellie's Castle

Location: Perak

Location Info

Address: Chalet Mdkb Kellie's Castle, Jalan Gopeng, 31000 Batu Gajah, Perak, Malaysia
Office Number: +605 3651 336
District » Batu Gajah

Location

Kellie's Castle is situated near Batu Gajah in Perak. It is about 20 minutes drive from the city of Ipoh, the capital of Perak. The castle is an unfinished mansion that was built by a Scottish planter by the name of William Kellie Smith. The castle was built according to some are either as a gift to his wife or a home for his son.

Overview

The Kellie's Castle was meant to be the center of the wealthy colonial planters and administrators to socialize. The mansion was built with a six storey tower, magnificent columns and even a wine cellar. There was also to be a rooftop courtyard for holding parties and an elevator which was at that time, the first in the country of Malaysia. Though plans were grand and full of luxury, the building was never completed. Construction began in 1915 but came to a halt in December 1926 with the unexpected death of its owner, William Kellie Smith. After the death of Smith, the estate on which the mansion was located was sold and the mansion, too became part of the deal in the selling of the estate.
70 workers mostly from Madras were hired to construct the mansion. The bricks and marble were all brought all the way from India. Unfortunately, during the period of construction, a mysterious illness broke out and caused the death of many of Smith's employees. Smith was told that he has to build a temple to appease the gods. With that, Smith quickly got his workers to build a Hindu temple nearby. Construction resumed after the temple was done. Unfortunately, the castle was never finished as Smith passed away due to pneumonia during his trip to Lisbon.
Today, the mansion had been rediscovered and is now famously known by the locals and the tourists as the Kellie's Castle. The mansion still stands tall through the test of time. This symbolizes the pioneering spirit of the early colonialists and the romanticism of a bygone era.

Transport

Kellie's Castle is located en route to Batu Gajah town at the Kinta Kellas Rubber Estate. It is approximately 30 minutes by car and about 14 kilometers from Ipoh.

Taken from http://perak.attractionsinmalaysia.com/Kellie-Castle.php