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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The Expat magazine - “The world is becoming one”
Our community work is featured in The Expat issue April 2008.
The magazine is published and managed by The Expat Group headed by publisher J Andrew Davison and editor Richard Ryan. The group also runs a highly informative website that guides those who want to stay or retire in Malaysia. See MM2H website.
Story by writer [...]
Posted: April 10th, 2008 under View - Diary entries.
Tags: expat, expatriate, Outskirt Outreach
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National Geographic / Ashoka Changemaker 2008 Geotourism
There’s a saying that goes - When life gives you lemon, make one helluva lemonade.
And we did.
In Dec 21, 2007, Ashoka Changemaker emailed us to inform that OO has been nominated for the 2008 Geotourism Challenge, and it’s…A-ma-zing. The recognition hits the spot: We’re beginning to feel human again and the world indeed has a [...]
Posted: March 7th, 2008 under View - Diary entries.
Tags: geotourism, Malaysia, Outskirt Outreach
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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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Posted: January 12th, 2008 under View - Diary entries.
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