Sg. Buloh Leprosy Settlement

After chatting with my lovely blogger-mate, I decided to write about the place of my “Every Sunday’s Outing” to post it up here…

Here I come… as what I mentioned in my previous post, Sg. Buloh Nursery ~ Lam Garden is the usual outing place I have to go mostly for every weekend.

Since then only I found out there might be a lot of people thinking all the Nurseries in Sg. Buloh had shifted away to other places. So since last year, I found out the business which is operate by Panda’s Family is dropping. I guess this must be the main reason, because people out there do not know that most of the Nurseries are still there operating, and will not be shifting out so soon.


*The Valley of Hope*

This place is formally a Leprosy Control Centre (Leprosy Settlement).
The whole compound is about 500 aches. This settlement area was constructed during the British Colony in 1930s. Leprosy patients here live in a well constructed environment under medical supervision.

Surprisingly, the leprosarium community here is living under a well planned of their own ‘rules and regulations’ and great town planning. Residents here are living in an environment with mixture of races. They are Chinese, Malay, Indians and others. The communities here have their own school, social club house, police station, fire brigade and places for worship for different religions.

The Story Behind:
There were stories of patients who have struggled and psychological suffered. And here is the place the patients could live in humane surroundings.
The Leprosy Settlement has marked a very significant stage in Malaysian History in relation to medicine, architecture planning and social cultural aspects.

Under the well construction under the trustee of the Commonwealth Medical Trust, the houses here are mostly constructed with the design and idea of Garden City by Charles Crompton Reade from Australia. Houses are all small, constructed in about 15ft by 20ft ~ Living area, kitchen and washroom are connected.

Since years back, most of the residents here stayed with the plantation and farming as their main income resources. And now, the generations of at least 2 are still here continuing the Farming and Nursery business.

* More information from other sites:
http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/leprosy.html
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/11/10/lifefocus/19409808&sec=lifefocus
http://tsl8.blogspot.com/2007/09/sungai-buloh-lepers-settlement.html
http://www.leprosyhistory.org/cgi-bin/showdetails.pl?ID=338&type=lepann

* More Photos from other sites:
http://leongwk.multiply.com/photos/album/217/Sungai_Buloh_Leprosy_Settlement_

Lam Garden Sdn Bhd @ Sg.Buloh Leprosy Settlement

*All Kind of flowers

* The hanging plants

*In the pots


*The big Monkey cup

*Orchids

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*Ranges of Cactus

*BonZai

Then you may ask, ‘Is Panda’s parents are one of them too?’ ~ They Are Not.

They were from George Town, Penang since 25 years ago, they introduced by a relative who was actually the patient here to work for the pottery factory. And After years, they managed to set up their own nursery business and operating there since more than15 years ago. Beside the Nursery Retail, Panda’s brother manages to have his landscaping projects coming in too.

If you know about the New Sg. Buloh Hospital, drive all the way in from the main road in front of the Hospital, you will see the Old Leprosy Hospital in your left hand side. Then go further more… You will start seeing all the nurseries … there are a lot more in all the way in… about 5 min drive from New Sg. Buloh Hospital, you will see Lam Garden Sdn Bhd.

Lam Garden @ Sg. Buloh

OUTING for every Sunday

We make a short visit again to Sg. Buloh nursery on Sunday as usual. Over so many years, if no other places to go… Sg. Buloh Nursery and have dinner at Sg. Buloh is one of the MUST DO activities we usually have for EVERY SUNDAY. Cos Panda's parents live there, and we have to go back there to make a short visit.

Here the Nursery ~ Lam Garden Sdn. Bhd. (45 min from K.L City)

For ppl who likes planting or gardening at home, please do make here a visit. The prices here are all reasonable and Panda’s family is operating the business since about 15 years ago.

The condition of air here is fresher than the city life. If u come here before the Chinese New Year… You will see all the Nurseries are selling the Chinese Lime tree (Kat Zai). If you are ready to have 1 or 2 pots to display Chinese Lime Tree at home, then come to visit Panda’s parents Nursery for Chinese New Year shopping.
** Let me know if you are going (my blog visitors), I will definitely prepare them to give you all a Good Price!

Feeling like ~ at Cameron Highland ~ (but without the cold weather)

Outing to ~ Cameron Highland

* Peppermint garden (entrance)

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Our group of people,(8 of us) … driving up to Cameron Highland enormously!

* The weather is cloudy...Raining (Extremely cold!)

All the way all is the curving road…Just in a short while of driving…The road all the way up entered governs the narrow condition!

The curving place is especially dangerous, in addition rains ~ slippery… We arrived there about 7pm!

Woow!!! Reached the first small town.。。The rain water has not been stop and even heavier…We were forced to get down from the car for shopping, with“the underwear umbrella”which is given by Christina when she was back in Malaysia!

Friends from another vehicle were already getting up the “BBQ-fire”.
Preparation start and doing BBQ ~Baking.

There weather is Spring all over the year, the evening climate is very possible get down to 10 degree! For a country like Malaysia,10 degree is extremely cold!)

Urrh! By the time we arrived Sister Tan’s house is already almost 8pm!

The rain didn’t stop , the night was dark misty… Can even felt the cold was right at the corner!

The happy thing is, in front of her house ~ There is a space for us to BBQ, we won’t drip wet by the rain.

Although outside didn’t have any street light, but we may see clearly under our foot ~ was a piece of green and glossy peppermint garden.

People who stay there… due to the fresh air… I believe Human's mood also can be better!

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~ We need double layers of blanket that night... "how to go for White X'mas??"
"Loving is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
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* Flower Farm ~ All the plants there are bigger and nicer!

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* BOH’ Tea Farm~ The most famous Tea Farm in Malaysia
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* Chrysanthemum farm
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* Vegetable Farm