Genting in a different light (18th July 2009 - 21st July 2009)

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Genting in a different light (18th July 2009 - 21st July 2009)

extracted at 6:50:00 pm Labels: Travel

Usually people link Genting to casino and theme parks. Well because I don't really like 2nd-hand smoke thus I tried to avoid the stuffy indoors.. so begin my trail of a different Genting... (Okok, I know that I'm not the first to showcase that, but at least this is an update of the different Genting as I met with a few disappointments while in Genting.)

While checking into Genting Hotels, I saw this picturesque wall scene.

Afterwards I went to check out the Awana Skyway but found out it was closed for maintenance, together with Genting Skyway. That was the first disappointment.. and I ended up taking lots of models to indulge myself with the skyway haha.

The second disappointment is that the 18th floor observatory is no longer available and thus I did not have a topdown view of Genting. Although I am already very high up in Genting, but I guess it never hurts to get higher right? Besides I do have a penchant for

逃到很远的地方前
先逃到很高的地方
- Source: My Girl

The next day, I went to visit the Chin Swee Temple which seriously took me half a day (and can still be prolonged if I was reading everything on the spot). Took alot of photos of the main attractions e.g.

如来佛祖 is the main attraction because it was really very gigantic. I went behind the statue to find out what is the feeling of being able to hide behind the Buddha. Ozz.. a very warm and fuzzy feeling..

观世音神像. I took different angles but am lazy to upload haha.. Each angle presents a different feel.. but I like this best because of the herons.

九层高的万佛塔. Upon reaching the top level, you will be greeted with this sign - 九重天.

I find that such places seem to attract a lot of birds flying around too. At the top level of the pagoda, I saw this bird and its nest. Then while roaming around, I saw another species of the bird in the evergreen trees.

I like the leaves...

Turtles and their pond is another main attraction.

给我一杯孟婆汤，
让我忘却过去。
Sometimes I really wish to meet 孟婆婆 ... because I'm too backward looking for my own good.

清水祖师神座 - The dragon pillar in front. I did take photo of the 祖师神 but because I don't really have the habit to use flash especially on deities statues so the effect isn't good. The dragon pillar on the other hand, looks good haha.

I was searching for the 24 Filial Stories wall too but it was only after lunch while I was randomly climbing down stairs that I caught sight of the wall. So happy. Sharing Story 19 - Cooling and warming the bed as it was mentioned by BJ's sis when she was telling me about 弟子规 and that she forgot what he did in summertime.

Han Dynasty - Huang Xiang, aged 9, lost his mother at an early age, he frequently lamented how much he missed his mother. In summer, he would fan his father's bed to keep it cool. In winter, he would sleep on the bed first so that his body heat would warm the bed.

I always like the intricate design of the window "grills".

The spiral incense and the humungous incense stick ..

Then is back to explore Genting.
After seeing the Energizer model, I went up and down to search for a good view to capture the real thing. Unfortunately on my last day when I did find a full frontal view of Energizer, the weather has turned cloudy (and rainy later on). So this is the next best shot.

There is the Outdoor amusement park.

And the Indoor amusement park where I like this Eiffel tower lookalike best haha. Of course, I still wish to go Paris.

I had planned to visit the Snowcity actually but I ended up having not enough time to go in haha..

I did however made time for a movie session to watch Harry Potter - The Half Blood Prince. It is amazing that when I first watched it with my then best friend, it was a decade ago already. With each subsequent sequels, I watched with different people and this time I watched in a different country even haha. I wondered the last 2 sequels, where will I be?

And I visited Ripley's Believe it or not. Saw alot of interesting exhibits (I had at first thought it would be a waste of money but thought otherwise at the end). E.g. the sidewalk telling you not to spit on it, the luckiest chair in the world because it is made purely from horseshoes or a coconut letter without a stamp.

Activities I do regularly in Genting include swimming, shopping (lots of stuff to see.. and there is this long stretch of Vietnamese products e.g. these smileys haha)

Drinking cooling tea (bitter)...

Eating buffet or in mushroom farm.

But I find it a waste of food to use as display in such long cylindrical casings. Tsk tsk!

Taking photos of rubbish bin... I always have a tendency to take photos of rubbish bins haha.. (I have a friend who likes to take photo of toilet signs too.. at least I'm not the only weirdo hahahaha.)