THIS SITE gives viewers a glimpse of the beautiful but unsung parts of Malaysia. As a social aid movement, fund generated from activities and adverts helps sustain OO’s operational cost and fund community projects in the Malaysian countryside.
Voluntary simplicity is living a life that is outwardly simple but inwardly rich. With less consumerism lifestyle, our ecological resource suffers less impact.
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Chocolatey souvenir from Malaysia
A family from Holland took a stab at self-driving holiday in Malaysia recently and dropped by Ipoh to say hello to rainforest, mangrove and monkeys. This is what Rose Maree wrote to us after the trip :-
“I hope that all is well with you and that you have been taking many wonderful (like us [...]
Posted: August 18th, 2008 under View - Guestbook album.
Tags: Malaysia, travel
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Malaysian rainforest welcomes the Danes
THE DANES are people we’d gladly go on a retreat over and over with, anytime.
After spotting our blog a few months ago followed by a bout of email correspondence, last week, Louise, Lene, Martin and Jonas wiggled their way to Malaysia to enjoy an overnight romp. Coincidently Ken Yeh, founder of the famed Marrayeh Architects, [...]
Posted: July 25th, 2008 under View - Diary entries, View - Guestbook album.
Tags: jungle trek, Orang Asli, rainforest, travel
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Blending in like Beckham
What’s the secret to cultural barrier breaking?
Two days ago, it was one word: Football.
Natives in Kampung Padang Beliku enjoyed a hefty dose of English football, not from TV’s EPL Series, but in person from the Clarke family when they visited the aboriginal reserve with us recently. The Englishman and his two sons are active footballers [...]
Posted: July 6th, 2008 under View - Guestbook album.
Tags: Malaysia, travel
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Charity Trek - Mont Kiara International School
Volunteering work in jungle fringed villages takes a lot of dedication - and pure grit.
Hosted by Outskirt Outreach, on 12th April 2008, a group of teachers from Mont Kiara International School, Kuala Lumpur, did their part for the less fortunate by hauling stacks of clothes on backpacks to donate to poor Orang Asli families in [...]
Posted: April 21st, 2008 under Tongue in cheek, View - Guestbook album.
Tags: charity, Malaysia, Orang Asli, travel
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Tarzan trippin’ the Malaysian rainforest
We had an extraordinary guest this week.
Millitary trained and fit as a fiddle, Richard is 23 year old, 6 foot 4 inches in height and has a body packed with rippin’ muscles. While making his way from Singapore to Bangkok, he discovered us while surfing the internet and immediately took a direct bus to join [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2008 under View - Guestbook album.
Tags: Ipoh, Malaysian, rainforest
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Malaysian Travels - Going off the beaten path
Recently, Sean and Meaghan, a cheery Canadian couple on working assignment in Bangkok, took a 5 days break in Malaysia and decided to veer off into our turf Ipoh for some adventure after hearing about us from our past guests.
Getting up close with a jungle that has “legs”, the mangroves.
After the trip, Meaghan wrote:
“We really [...]
Posted: March 5th, 2008 under View - Diary entries, View - Guestbook album.
Tags: holiday, Ipoh, Malaysia
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Celebrating New Year - Orang Asli style
On 10th Jan 2008, on OO’s invitation, David Lavoie and his lovely wife Miriam drove in from KL to catch a glimpse of Orang Asli’s way of life.
David is a regular columnist for local English daily New Straits Times and his ponderings are also published in The Expat, a favourite magazine for expatriate community living [...]
Posted: February 1st, 2008 under View - Diary entries, View - Guestbook album.
Tags: Orang Asli
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