MY BANGI GASTRONOMIC ADVENTURE WITH FRIENDS AND THE CAFE OWNER

4th NOVEMBER 2022 ~ A lunch date was set with [old] friends [of UPM TESL class of 1993] when I was in Bangi and one of them was the owner of the cafe of herself. I had been seeing other friends eating here and finally it was my turn to dine in at Taqisah Cafe.

First, there were only Dr. Hayati Ismail, Mr Faizam the husband and her daughter, who had come to fetch me at Putrajaya Terminal earlier.

Then the owner of Taqisah Cafe, Puan Rozida Ramli, arrived.

The last two to arrive were Puan Azwan Shaiza Nizam and Puan Salmiah Mohd. Ghazali.

Delicious food, awesome restaurant and great company of friends which had made the gathering a perfect one.

Thanks to all my friends for spending your time with me in Bangi. Good luck to Puan Rozida Ramli with her F&B Business.

Do visit Taqisah Cafe when you are in Bangi for a variety of amazing Malay and Western delicacies, operating daily from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

TRAVELLING ON BATIK AIR FROM SUBANG AIRPORT FOR THE FIRST TIME

I had to fly back home from Subang Airport after attending a housewarming party as it was nearer to my friend's house. The flight I had to choose this time was Batik Air, which was known as Malindo before this.

Subang Airport [a.k.a Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport] was one small airport so checking in and boarding process were done very quickly. There was no need to walk long distance to get to the gate so one could save a lot of time. The aeroplane was small so there were less people - disembarking was also very fast. 

However I had an unpleasant experience flying with Batik Air. My flight to Kuala Lumpur in the morning was rescheduled [READ: cancelled] to the other flight at night. This would be very inconvenience and cause a lot of trouble to the passengers as we all had plans and important matters to attend to. I had no choice but to cancel the flight and luckily managed to get a ticket on another budget airline.

Nevertheless, I will still consider flying to and from Subang Airport again in the future, especially when I will get a travel voucher from Batik Air as a refund of the cancelled ticket.

SERIOUSLY GETTING INDULGED IN THE COFFEE CULTURE

2nd NOVEMBER 2022 ~ Initially it should be some kind of a reunion date with three ex-students [of SMK Taman Universiti]. Then I was informed by the moderator we were going to have coffee at someone's place who was a roaster. Never did I expect the gathering this time would be something very educational yet interesting.

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ARRIVING AT BAKO NATIONAL PARK

 7TH SEPTEMBER 2022  ~ We finally arrived at our destination after the short boat ride. The boat stopped and we had to wade through the knee length water to get to the beach.

Here is the map of Bako National Park so you could visualize the route taken from the terminal to the beach.

The beach was indeed white and long but it was meant for any picnic activity.

GOOD NEWS: the day was sunny and bright. The guide had warned us that it would be quite hot but that should be better than w

Visitors need to wash their feet after walking on the sandy beach before getting into the building here.

The building was the place that housed the office and a cafe. We did not register to get into the park at the terminal so we had to do it here, and the guide did that for us actually.

We were so ready to begin our trekking into the forest session. This could be something challenging for me as I had not done this kind of thing for a very long tme.

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