On Sunday, November 6, 2016, my wife Soh Ai
and I joined a day trip by coach organized by Soh Ai’s friend Kuai Lan (桂兰) of Cheras Hokkien Association, with a total of about
40 passengers comprising mostly of elderly folks (up to the age of 79). Our group was led by a 64-year-old woman tour
guide and the coach was driven by a 28-year-old Indian man by the name of Kumar who can speak
fluently Cantonese and Mandarin. The
tour fare was RM 89 inclusive of a Dai Pau (大包) breakfast and lunch (changed from dinner) at a restaurant in Seremban.
We left home at 5.30 am to pick up our friends staying next road Terry Yip and Jenny Lee to go to the pick-up point at Batu 11 Cheras new village. The coach left at about 6.30am to fetch some passengers at Balakong / Taman Sungai Besi Indah before starting our journey to the south of Peninsular Malaysia.
First stop was a visit to the factory of Besfomec
Industries S/B at Kawasan Perindustrian Alor Gajah, Melaka where Fomec’s (丰美氏) bird nest series and other health drinks
were promoted for sale. I bought a bottle of prune
extract that came with a gift of 6 bottles of chicken essence for RM 85.
Second stop was a visit to the factory of Everlasting Food
Industries S/B (永恒食物工业) at Kawasan
Perindustrian Tangkak, Johor. I bought
instant oat milk, chocomillet, light-roasted pumpkin seeds and buckwheat cookies
with seaweed for a total cost of RM 102.20.
Third stop was a visit to a tourist resort called “Taiwan City”
(台湾城) managed by Mal Tai Holdings S/B. It is located at Jalan Muar , MK Tg Sembrong of Yong Peng, Johor and it is said to offer more than 1000 types of Taiwan and Malaysia special products. However, due to poor businessm many stalls have been closed down and the food court (台湾美食广场) is deserted now.
Anyway there
are still some stalls at the Taiwan Special Products zone (台湾特产区) as well as Medan Selera Malayia selling
Malaysian products. I bought triplet
flavour mochi (三味麻薯), Mung bean pastry (绿豆凸), egg yolk puff (蛋黄酥) and sesame yam oolong (东方养生麻薯) totaling RM 62.90.
Next we stopped at Restoran Hock Hwa (富华冷气酒家) at Yong Peng for a sumptuous lunch with 8 courses of dishes.
After lunch, we visited Yong Peng Moral
Uplifting Society (永平德教会紫安阁) where
there is a gigantic 351-foot long Fortune Dragon sculpture (转运祥龙塑像) which is said to be officially opened by the Sultan
of Johor on the coming Saturday, November 12, 2016. A tour inside the stomach
of the Dragon to view the decor and paintings would cost an entrance fee of RM 20 later.
Our sixth stop was a visit to Yong Peng Tian
Bao Gong (永平天保宫) where there
is a 68-foot tall Ji Gong Living Buddha statue (济公活佛圣像) as the main attraction.
Our last stop was a visit to the factory of Phoenix
Nutraceuticals S/B (凤凰营养有限公司) at Yong
Peng. A slide presentation of health cum sales talk of the products offered was held for cordyceps, grape seed
extract, sea cucumber gamat extract and other health supplement products.
We had our individual dinner at a hawker
centre in Seremban before returning to Batu 11 Cheras at 9.15 pm. We reached home at about 9.30 pm.
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First stop at Besformec Industries, Alor Gajah, Melaka |
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Second stop at Everlasting Food Industries, Tangkak, Johor |
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Taiwan City at Yong Peng, Johor |
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Deserted Food Court due to unsustainable business |
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Main entrance of Taiwan City |
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A pose with co-traveler buddy Terry Yip |
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Jenny Lee (pic right) and Soh Ai (next to her) |
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A pose with Soh Ai inside Taiwan Special Products zone |
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Many stalls are closed down |
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Taiwan food and beverage |
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Tasty Taiwan style "green tea ice kacang" |
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Products that I bought |
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Restaurant for lunch |
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Houses with very tall antennas to receive Singapore TV channels |
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Fortune Dragon in the background |
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Terry Yip and Jenny Lee |
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Yong Peng Moral Uplifting Society |
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351 ft long Fortune Dragon |
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Inside the building of Moral Uplifting Society |
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Soh Ai and Jenny posed for a photo |
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Tian Bao Gong temple |
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68 ft tall Ji Gong Living Buddha statue |
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Goddess of Mercy (Guanyin) statue |
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Tian Bao Gong temple entrance |
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