Pak Idrus's Blog

Coffee at Janda Baik! whoever thought of that! In the middle of the Jungle. Well it sound enchanting indeed. For those who love a little adventure Janda Baik which is just thirty minutes away from Kuala Lumpur; it so near and yet so far. Jump into your car and get there folks. The highway passes through one of the oldest forest in the world; a tropical jungle that have been there since times. Lush and lush of greens and at Janda Baik you can get closer to those magnificent trees; touch and smell it.  The flora and fauna is fascinating as well. It worth a day trip there to sample the uniqueness of the rain forest. A night-stay would be lovelier where you can enjoy the cool morning air of the forest and of course get to watch the morning birds that comes around to feeds. Seeping hot coffee and having breakfast at the hotel coffee house would be a little of heaven. After attending a wedding at Bentong on Sunday 29 of last month we decided to go and have coffee in Janda Baik.

Kepyok; that is what our daughter Lin say they are taking us on a short retreat on February 4th 2017 to celebrate our 55th Anniversary. The name sound mystic and to me it had to be Javanese but I am not that sure; I thought to myself that I would soon find out what this Kepyok is all about. Artistic thoughts always excite me for I love all thing Arts.  For us going to a retreat it had to be a sort of a resort but then what kind of a resort is this. I have not heard of such a place call Kepyok before.  I googled and soon got some idea of where we are going for the weekend.  I then let my mind rest for that moment in time. I always love excitement and this is surely going to be an exciting weekend with the whole family. It not always that we got such an opportunity to live in another home together. For this weekend it going to be an extension of the celebration of our 55th Anniversary which fall a day before; February 3, 2017.  Just after 2.30pm on that beautiful Saturday af