@ Istana Garden

Today I changed venue for brisk-walking.. I headed towards the Istana Garden.

(Info: Istana Garden is the garden of the Istana Besar Johor Bahru, The Palace for official ceremonies like birthdays, wedding and so on for the Johor Royal Family. It is also known as Muzium Di Raja Abu Bakar Johor Bahru, as part of it is opened to the public as a royal museum. Istana Besar is not to be confused with the Istana Bukit Serene. The Istana Bukit Serene is the residential palace of the Royal Family).

Yes my decision is due to the fact that I was running late.. it was 6 pm. Bukannya apa.. like I said before, Hutan Bandar has some rulings that nobody is to be in the area after 7 pm for safety reasons. But there in Istana Garden you could people running after 7 pm.. I pun tak kisah sangat sebab Istana Garden is really dalam bandar and tepi laut pun.. so ramai sangat orang.. Hutan Bandar is kind of sunyi sikit. Another popular area for jogging and brisk-walking is the Danga Bay which is the nearest to my house. But then again I tak berapa gemar sangat Danga Bay sebab ramai orang.. and most of them bukan exercise.. so tak mau la kan jadi Exhibit A bila kita exercise.. orang tengok kita pula..

Well.. sampai-sampai saja I started my brisk-walking and completed three rounds.. memang cantik lah area Istana Garden ni.. ada pokok-pokok pine ala Salem High Country.. very beautiful.. dah la atas bukit dia ada pokok-pokok pine.. background pula all the major high-rise buildings of JB.. one of these days I want to take photo there hehehe.. lagi baikkk punya daripada Salem kan? *wink* Not only that, it is facing the Straits of Tebrau.. so siapa yang kaki termenung, pujangga atau kaki berangan memang elok sangat hang out di Istana Garden ni hehehe and yang paling best tu.. nampak Singapore heheheh KL mana ada such thing miahahahaha (nak jadi jahat jap)

Oh, there at Istana Garden ada satu pond penuh kura-kura dalam tu.. berpuluh-puluh ekor.. nasiblah I pergi seorang je tadi.. kalau ada my siblings, gerenti aku tak exercise punya dan berada dalam kesesatan yang nyata.. Sebab? Diaorang suka pergi kat pond tu and bermain dengan kura-kura.. diangkatnyalah.. di 'berenang' kannya lah macam boat.. ada sekali tu merengkeh sebab terangkat kura-kura yang berat hehehe.. tapi setakat dalam kolam tu je la.. diaorang takla menyakitkan kura-kura tu diangkat keluar or anything.. so gerenti aku akan join sekali.. sesat lak ke pond walaupun tujuan asal nak exercise hehehehe..

the track.. memang cantik.. pemandangan cantik but in terms of difficulty level I prefer Hutan Bandar.. Hutan Bandar ni track dia ala-ala Survivor.. ada anak sungai and bukit curam hehehe... calang-calang orang memang tak sanggup manjat bukit Hutan Bandar tu... but as for Istana Garden.. dia more to Taman Bunga lah.. cuma yang specialnya it is actually adjacent to Zoo Johor hehehe..

Kalau sesiapa ingat a few years back ada berita dalam paper pasal harimau kumbang terlepas daripada Zoo Johor.. hehehe cuba teka kat mana diaorang jumpa? Kalau tak silap di pokok-pokok kat Istana Garden... bayangkan zaman dulu I went there.. dekat area kuda-kuda tu siap ada lubang pada pagar.. tapi tadi I tengok semua pagar dah sangat kukuh dan ada pagar berduri...still mata I melilalu ke sana sini tengok atas pokok masa lalu sebelah zoo tu.. kot la ada encik rimau kumbang atas pokok tengah aim aku hehehehe.. yang best tu dah la nampak kandang rimau belang.. siap dengar dia mengaum-ngaum... tapi itu tak takut.. cuma risau je kot kat atas pokok-pokok besar tu ada yang tengah amik port nak aim orang jogging... nak lagi best masa time rimau kumbang terlepas tu, The JB Waterfront City was still in operation.. hehehe cuba imagine.. ramai-ramai orang kat entrance lepak-lepak kat Gloria Jean semua tu tetiba ternampak kelibat harimau kumbang kat dalam tu... hehehehe.. tak gamat dunia...

so lepas brisk-walk I drove back slowly along the selat tebrau at sunset.. my favourite time of the day.. syok la tengok the colour of the sea and sky time tu... cantikk sangat... sambil dengar lagu Ocean Deep hahahaha.. then nak balik tu lalu la Danga Bay jap.. saja nak tengok track to brisk-walk.. hmmh.. tak berkenan lah... stick to the two - Istana Garden and Hutan Bandar je lah..

Or perhaps at Setia Indah Garden yang jauh bukan main tu.. itu simpan bulan 6 tunggu si Korea balik hehehehehe tapi memang mengada lah kalau pergi situ... so out of the way.. senang-senang je dia boleh kata jauhhhnya pergi exercise muehhehehhe..nasiblahkan.. JP Perdana tu bukan dia punya... but Setia Indah memang cantik...

Alright.. wanna watch vcd Hantu Jeruk Purut whatever.. teman si Lin...