My World Tuesday: Jungle at NTU

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At one border of the university, is a stretch of secondary forest. The trees are almost choked by creepers. When I was training for my 10 k marathon, I used to run along the road and look at these green plants.

Our WorldTuesday, Borneo: Miri City

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The seahorse is the mascot of Miri city. Miri is the second largest city ine state of Sarawak. This oil rich city was first mined for oil in 1910 by the Shell company.

From Miri, you fly half an hour to the Mulu Caves which has the biggest cave chamber in the world. It is also known as famous Gunung Mulu National Park which is one of the favourite eco-tourism destinations. Miri is also the main tourist gateway for the Loagan Bunut National Park, Lambir National Park, and the Niah Caves. Miri is lately known for its exotic coral reefs as well.

Our world Tuesday: Mosque in Malaysia

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This is a mosque, the place of worship for Muslims, in a town in Malaysia. Islam is the official religion in Malaysia. The Muslims are called to worship five times a day. The Muslims do not eat pork, and their food must be Halal.

When I was little, when Dad had a dinner party, and if he invited Muslims, he would have a Muslim friend come to slaughter the poultry. The "butcher" said his prayers and faced toward Mecca before he did his job. He alo brought some yellow soil to cleanse our cooking pots to rid of any non halal food residual.

In the hotel rooms, you can look up the ceiling and see an arrow pointing towards Mcca. The Muslims face that direction when they pray.

In many places, like the Brunei airport and even shopping malls, they have a room called the Surau for the Muslims to pray aka as Sembahyang.