Water transfer

This is the second tunnel for water transfer visited in the space of a month. This one is a lot longer and would carry water from Pahang to Selangor in 5.2m diameter tunnel 42 km long. The first of three Tunnel Boring Machines is being assembled and the project would take about 4 years to complete. We were told that when fully assembled, the whole machine would be 200m long.
Fresh water available is not infinite, taking water away from across the mountains means less is available on the other side. It does take a lot for Pahang to readily give away some of its resources for the sake of the prosperity of its neighbour though the water is not for free. Water transfer between states of a nation is less of a problem campared to transfer between nations.
The requirement to take water from elsewhere to sustain development of an area also means that the development is not sustainable as far as water requirement is concerned.

Living space

This rented property we're staying in currently is quite spacious for our small family, but getting up & down the stairs can be a pain sometimes. Certainly a single storey house would be more convenient, but with property prices so expensive we may have to settle for a two-storey link house if we're going to settle anywhere near here.

Free helpings (of cendol).

There's this chendol shop(restaurant?) near Rembau in Negeri Sembilan, supposedly famous, that sells only cendol. For RM3, one can get a bowl of cendol with pulut, or red beans or corn. The second or third or whatever helping of cendol only is free. So at every table there's a tub of cendol in coconut milk, ice and syrup and patrons help themselves. Very novel idea and people talk about it long after they left the place.

Beach@Putrajaya

There's this artificial beach near the Pullman Hotel in Precint 5. It's just a short stretch but nevertheless is pretty. It's a favourite spot for newlyweds to have their photos taken, and why not, the nearest real beach is at least 50km away in Bagan Lalang.