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Gunung Lambak, An Iconic Landmark of Kluang

Kluang or Flying foxes in English, is located in the center of Johor, Malaysia. This is the only district in Johor that is not at least partially surrounded by sea. Why is it called Kluang?  Older people in Kluang agree that it came from the name of a mammal that flew in the night in search of fruit, the Malayan Flying Fox. This animal considered to be the largest bat in the world. There is also the story of an animal that attacked a fruit farm and had to be called a shaman to drive them away. However, this story cannot be verified by people here. Obviously a village called Kampung Kluang existed before 1910 near this town. The presence of these large bats may have been due to deforestation in central Johor for the purpose of constructing railways and settlements in Kluang. Kluang at the center of the map. Its geographical factor also be the reason of the abundance of flying foxes in Kluang. Gunung Lambak (Mount Lambak) is one of the favourite habitat ...

Forests Are Being Threatened

Watching the "Biggest & baddest" episode (Animal Planet) in Amazon rainforest this evening. In a way to find Anacondas by the host (Biologist: Niall McCann) for his research, there's a few more rare species found by him. The harmony lifestyle of the rainforest species and local people. Everything's looked so good and happy. But who knows recently, the human hands themselves burned that beautiful forest. They'd burned the 20% of world's oxygen supply. Burned the "lungs" of our planet. Burned the largest rainforest on Earth. The destroyed occurred in a high and rapid rate this year. This is totally frustrating. Do you know why it is called AMAZON? Because it is the most AMAZING forest in the world, being a home to most of life. Nine nations covered.  This vast region, about two-thirds the size of the US, spans eight countries: 1. Brazil 2. Bolivia 3. Peru 4. Ecuador 5. Colombia 6. Venezuela 7. Guyana 8. Suriname...

Earth is What We All Have in Common

How I met Trash Hero Malaysia. It was a coincident when a few months back before July 2019, my family and I always visited Air Papan Beach, Mersing, Johor. Each visit brought me a question why there were always a tonne of trash left by the sea especially on weekends?  Was it because there's no bins provided? Or it's just unmannered attitude of certain people to litter everywhere? The mentality of "oh, we have paid taxes to government. Let the cleaners do their jobs". Highly grateful to be born in a family with good awareness about cleanliness and do not littering practice. There's no such things to throw trash outside the car, leave the full-bin at night, and even leave the trash when picnic. However, we can not see our practices must have been similar to other families. 1. There was a situation when I was still pursuing my degree in Arau Perlis, it was a day trip with Boat C2 fishermen to Payar Island, Kedah. I was helping the boatman to prepare our...