Friday, April 24, 2009

Terminal PUTRA LRT station




Terminal Putra (also known as the Gombak LRT station) is an LRT station in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. It is the northern terminus for the RapidKL Kelana Jaya Line.
There is a ticket counter for buses to Genting Highlands, with buses departing to the Genting Skyway Station every half and hour. These buses belong to and are operated by Resorts World Berhad and therefore bear their logo on it. This station is normally utilised by residents of Kuala Lumpur, especially those living around Setapak area when they are going to Genting.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

TAMAN TASIK TITIWANGSA



Taman Tasik Titiwangsa is one of the most popular metropolitan recreational parks located in the northern part of Kuala Lumpur. Taman Tasik Titiwangsa near with Istana Budaya, National Gallery, Sutra Dance Theatre and a little further on, the National Library.



PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS



Petronas Twin Tower from KLCC Park
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The Petronas Twin towers in KLCC, Malaysia
The world's tallest twin building - Petronas Twin Towers is the anchor project of Kuala lumpur City Center or KLCC. Standing at 451.9M high, it has a two towers of 88-storey office building. The 1.8bil Ringgit Petronas Twin Towers building was officially opened on August 31, 1999 by Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad. The Petronas Twin Towers was designed by Argentinian architect Cesar Pelli. The original design was 421M tall but later reworked to the present height.
Twin Tower and Suria KLCC
There is a 192ft-long (58.4m) double-decker skybridge linking the Petronas Twin Towers at the 41st and 42nd floor (175m above street level). This skybridge linking the two sky lobbies from each tower facilitates the movement flow between the two towers. The Petronas Twin towers also houses a 864-seat acoustic distinction concert hall - the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas.
Next to the Petronas Twin Towers is the premier shopping mall of Kuala Lumpur City Center - Suria KLCC. The design of the mall utilizes maximum skylight form the spacious center court for natural lighting, to befit the name Suria KLCC - "Suria" means sunshine. Its huge 6-level crescent shaped shopping mall contains over 200 shops of specialty stores, 3 departmental stores, fashion boutiques, cinemas, a 1200-seat food court on the second floor and a 300-seat local food court and theme restaurants on the fourth floor. At the ground floor of Suria KLCC there are several cafes facing the beautiful KLCC Park
Outside Suria KLCC is the 20-hectare KLCC Park, part of the KLCC project designed by the late Brazilian landscapist Roberto Burle Marx. The KLCC Park includes a Symphony Lake with its 2 playful musical fountains at the esplanade just outside Suria KLCC. A 2-acre kiddie playground with colourful child-safe play equipment, a public wadding pool, patterned footpaths and a soft and well design jogging track. Close to 2000 indigenous trees from 74 species are planted in the KLCC park with about 40 trees preserved and replanted from the former Selangor Turf Club.
Panorama view of Suria KLCC and KLCC Park
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The KLCC project currently include the Petronas Twin Towers, the 1.5 million sq. feet Suria KLCC shopping mall, a 20-hectare KLCC Park, Menara Maxis Tower, Menara Esso, Mandarin Oriental Hotel and a 6000 capacity Surau.
Panorama view of KL from KLCC PARK

INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA





IIUM is a unique university either in Malaysia or on a broader plane of the world. Since its inception English is used both as its medium of instruction and the language of its administration. It blends harmoniously modern and professional disciplines with traditional values and moral virtues. Its students originate from more than 90 countries representing nearly all regions of the world. IIUM has spared no effort to ensure that it provides the best tertiary education possible in all branches of knowledge. It scours the entire world to recruit accomplished scholars for its academic faculties. Its administrative divisions are manned by committed and dedicated professionals. Through generous support from the Malaysian Government, its facilities are kept up-to-date to the changing demands of the core business of the university such as teaching and learning as well as research and consultancy. Because of their holistic qualities through emphasis on commitment to ethics and moral values, graduates of IIUM have in-built added values that employers are looking in knowledgeable and skilful professionals. Through its unique educational model of integration and Islamization of knowledge, IIUM unifies reason with revelation, science with religion and ethics with professional courses. Undoubtedly this is one place where great leaders of the future are being trained and nurtured to hone their potentials. It tempers the spirit of optimism with moderation. Its establishment in 1983 was a fulfillment of one of the major aspirations of the contemporary global Muslim community to regain the leadership of the Ummah in the quest for knowledge as encapsulated in its vision statement:"To be an international centre of educational excellence which integrates Islamic revealed knowledge and values in all disciplines and which aspires to the restoration of the Ummah's leading role in all branches of knowledge." IIUM operates under the direction of a Board of Governors with representatives from the eight sponsoring governments and the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). It maintains links with governments and institutions all over the world, such as the League of Islamic Universities, the International Association of Universities and the Association of Commonwealth Universities. Through smart industrial linkages it develops opportunities for students to gain practical work experience that would be very useful in their future careers development.


Gombak Campus


The Kuala Lumpur Campus, covering 700 acres, is nestled in a valley in the rustic district of Gombak, a suburb of the capital city. Itselegant Islamic-style buildings are surrounded by green-forested limestone hills, and this is one reason why the district attracts avid photographers from among both local citizens and tourists. One visit to the campus is enough to convince anyone that IIUM is indeed a Garden of Knowledge and Virtue.
This campus houses all the facilities that a modern community is worthy of. To give just a partial list, there is a mosque that can accommodate thousands, two state-of-the-art sports complexes with Olympic-size swimming pools, a fully equipped library, a 24-hour medical clinic, a well-staffed child-minding centre, banks, post offices, restaurants, bookshops and grocery stores. A fibre-optic backbone runs through the entire campus, facilitating instant communication from one far-flung corner to another.
Accessibility to Kuala Lumpur is made easy not only by efficient bus and taxi services, but also the close proximity to the campus of a light rail station.

BATU CAVES


Batu Caves is a limestone hill, which has a series of caves and cave temples, located in Gombak district, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It takes its name from the Sungai Batu or Batu River, which flows past the hill. Batu Caves is also the name of the nearby village.
The cave is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India, dedicated to Lord Murugan. It is the focal point of Hindu festival of Thaipusam in Malaysia which attracts over 1.5 million pilgrims yearly, making it one of the largest annual gatherings anywhere in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Caves