{"id":808,"date":"2016-09-19T08:56:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T07:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/?p=808"},"modified":"2016-11-17T14:46:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T14:46:07","slug":"the-village-of-tronoh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/2016\/09\/19\/the-village-of-tronoh\/","title":{"rendered":"The village of Tronoh"},"content":{"rendered":"

How time flies! It’s the near to the end of the summer holiday when every student is\u00a0studying hard to catch up\u00a0with the syllabus. However for me, it is the time when the love for the village of Tronoh to be frozen in time, as the most pleased\u00a0memories to be engraved in my heart.<\/p>\n

As usual I woke up in the morning, holding a cup of tea\u00a0and look at the scenery across the corridor of my hostel apartment. Since this was the last day that i will be in Perak, one of Malaysia’s largest states, I snapped a photo for it as a piece of memory.<\/p>\n

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So I went to Tronoh village to take some photos as keepsakes, as well as to share with the readers how peaceful and serene the environment is like over here. It is merely just 5 minutes away by car from the place where i lived, extremely convenient to find groceries, cheap foods and fruits.<\/p>\n

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Tronoh road sign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was utterly hungry at that point of time, hence I headed straight to one of the newly opened shops.All\u00a0I\u00a0could order was a cup of iced coffee and a plate of “sambal<\/a>” fried rice as the main chef was out-stationed. The food and drink\u00a0looks aesthetically ordinary however the taste is exceptionally delicious with the soft fried rice and remarkably fresh prawns\u00a0infused with the rich sambal\u00a0taste. The\u00a0foamy\u00a0coffee iced drink has a strong aroma and the milk cream flows smoothly through the throat.\u00a0The combination of iced coffee and spicy sambal fried rice was a perfect lunch meal on\u00a0a hot sunny day!<\/p>\n

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Delicious food!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Upon finishing the food, I sneaked into the kitchen\u00a0to see what was happening.\u00a0The chefs were cooking continuously in a noisy as well as steamy kitchen. All I could heard\u00a0at that time was the shouting of unstoppable ordering and the fast-paced clanging sounds of woks and spatulas. I sincerely admired the chefs who are cooking passionately\u00a0in such a\u00a0hot and harsh environment, in the hope to satisfy the taste buds of their patient\u00a0customers.<\/p>\n

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Hardworking chefs in the steamy kitchen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u00a0took a photo outside of the restaurant where i had my lunch.<\/p>\n

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Outlook of the food restaurant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After filling my stomach with fried rice, I took\u00a0a walk around the Tronoh village. The Tronoh village consists of two main streets, the following photos shows\u00a0the\u00a0first and the second street.<\/p>\n

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First\u00a0Tronoh street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Second Tronoh street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The main transportation around the village was bicycle. Most of the bicycle was possibly purchased from this old-time\u00a0bicycle shop (see photo below). The owner was still chatting with his friend when i took\u00a0the photo. He looked extremely\u00a0kind and humble even though the conversation was disturbed by me!<\/p>\n

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One of the bicycle shops in Tronoh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a few more walks along the street, i saw a\u00a0plain and dated shop. From the left it was a hairdresser and from the right it was a news agent. What an interesting combination! And here’s\u00a0a bonus, you should read the old Chinese shop name from right to left!<\/p>\n

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Mixed shop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Walking across an alleyway…<\/p>\n

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Alleyway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To my surprise and luck, there was a pasar malam<\/a>, or night market going on because It\u00a0was a\u00a0Friday!<\/p>\n

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Greengrocer in pasar malam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fishmonger in pasar malam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Satay<\/a> stall in pasar malam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Aunty is on her way to the pasar malam to sell her homegrown fruits!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Aunty\u00a0was initially shy\u00a0but later on she agreed to be\u00a0photographed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hot and creamy corn!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Upon leaving the village, I also took a photo of the beautiful primary Chinese school.<\/p>\n

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Tronoh primary Chinese school<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tronoh is one of the most peaceful and charming village that i ever been. The fusion of Malay-style pasar malam in a Chinese dominated village was a proof of the\u00a0possibility of cultural assimilation.\u00a0Every race was living harmoniously together. Most of them are extremely friendly to everyone including outsiders “those can’t speak Cantonese”.<\/p>\n

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A child caught my attention when i was about to take a photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The unpolluted rivers, flourished and lush crops, and the breezy winds\u00a0along with the enchanting birdsong in the sky allow Tronoh to manifests\u00a0the unblemished view of the nature that modern city citizens could not experience.<\/p>\n

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Magnificent view of the secret garden in Tronoh village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is definitely one of the best experiences that I\u00a0have appreciated and cherished. Hope you feel the same way too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How time flies! It’s the near to the end of the summer holiday when every student is\u00a0studying hard to catch up\u00a0with the syllabus. However for me, it is the time when the love for the village of Tronoh to be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1289,"featured_media":830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,6,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-extra-curricular-and-social-activities","category-general","category-malaysia-experience","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2016\/09\/secret_landscape2-0453.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7gHEG-d2","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1289"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions\/855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}