Sekinchan Seaside

We drove around the village and then to Sekinchan town. It was way past lunch time and our tummies were growling.

 We, the passengers were looking left and right, looking for a shop

that we can go to for our lunch.

We caught sight of this building and we stopped to investigate.

 We came out from the shop carrying a few plastic bags.

 I bought a bottle of Crispy Prawn Chili and a bottle of Oil Soaked Salted Fish.

And I also bought some fresh sweet corns (jagung) and ciku fruits for our supper.

(no photos of sweet corn or ciku fruits to show)

 Then we came to this corner shop which I can't remember the name.

Order a few plates of flat rice noodles (chee cheong fun) to be shared.

We also ordered a plate of these goodies and some fried noodles to be shared.

Having silenced the growling of our tummies, we continued our tour.

  We drove around looking for the way to the seaside.
We got lost and went into a kampung.

 After a few turnings, we found our way to the beach.

From afar, this looked like a tree with hanging red flowers.

On the left is a temple and my friends went in to pray and came out with
 bright red ribbons attached with metal coins to throw onto the tree.

I like this "Love Sekinchan" signboard.

 While some of my friends were busy trying to get the red ribbons onto the tree,

I walked to the beach. Saw a pair of crows.

 This is the nearest I could get to take a snapshot of the crows.

Step by step, I slowly moved closer.
Feeling pleased with myself that I was able to take these photos.

  An old anchor. 

A returning fishing boat.

 It was a weekend and the beach was very quiet.  

  These tree houses reminded me of a Hong Kong movie "Outbound Love"
(starring Ruco Chen and Aimee Chan) shown on our local TV station which I enjoyed watching very much.

 (Left) A stall under a tree house.

(Right) Swinging chairs tied to the tree branches.

 Tree houses of different designs and sizes.

On closer look, I saw some people sleeping in the tree house.
Nice cool place to take an afternoon nap.

Boat house and a doggie resting next to the anchor.

Better view of the boat house.

Looks like a new project by the seaside.

My friends enjoying the evening sea breeze.

And I enjoyed walking along the seashore.

Linked to Good Fences and Skywatch Friday.

God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight,

and a breadth of understanding as measureless

as the sand on the seashore.

(1 Kings 4:29, NIV)

Sekinchan, Here We Come! #2 - Paddy Gallery

Sekinchan #2 - Paddy Gallery.

After the brief introduction and short video show, we were free to view the exhibits leisurely on our own. I took many photos but sadly some didn't turn up well.

As you view my photos, you can also read about the steps of processing the harvest. Information shared here were gathered from the exhibits.

Old fashioned tools.

Step 1 - Boiler.

Paddy husk used as fuel for the Boiler to dry the paddy in the drier.

Old fashioned weighing machines.

Step 2 - Blower.

Pressure feed the heat from Boiler to the drying oven for drying paddy.

Step 3 - Storage.

Dried paddy stored in Storage for cooling.

An abacus calculator and old fashioned weighing machine and weights.

Step 4 - Rice Huller Machine.

Removes the husk from paddy by application of the wind.

Threshing Tub

Step 5 - Paddy Separator.

Separates the shelled paddy from the unshelled ones. The unshelled paddy will roll back to the rice huller machine again.

Metal hooks to pull or to handle the gunny sacks.

Step 6 - Rice Polisher Machine.

Polishes the rice and where the rice bran (kernel) is also removed from the rice.

Scarecrow dressed in local costume

Step 7 - Rice Grading Machine.

To separate the whole rice from the broken rice.

Gathering machine.

Step 8 - Destoner Machine.

To remove stones and broken rice completely from the product.

Bamboo stool, also serves as baby chair.

At present time these stools are no longer cheap.

Step 9 - Color Sorter.

Remove the black and immature rice completely to make it superior in quality.

Bamboo Fish Traps

Old fashioned household items and furniture.

Miniature replica of a old fashioned well.

Modern machinery.

Equipped with modern technology.

Hubby making payment at the cashier counter.

I bought a packet of 2 kg Healthy Brown Rice.

And a packet of dried brown rice noodle.

Two small packets of souvenir in exchange for our 2 tickets.

After the Paddy Gallery, we drove to this place.

Thought of buying some local mangoes. There was a big crowd before us.

The good ones were all taken. We left without buying anything.

The brown rice we bought from Sekinchan.

This morning, I used the brown rice to boil porridge or congee. I am not particular, I just make do with whatever ingredients I had. Some of you may think this is a weird combination of ingredients.  Here is my self-created recipe. The ingredients I used for my porridge were brown rice, a few spoonful of rolled oats, minced pork, salted egg, preserved century egg, taro or yam cubes. Hmmm...not bad leh....my porridge tasted yummy...ha ha! Self praise is no praise!

Praise our God, all peoples, let the sound of His praise be heard;

He has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping.

For you, God, tested us; You refined us like silver.

(Psalm 66:8-10, NIV)

Sekinchan, Here We Come! #1 - Paddy Gallery

Sekinchan #1 - Paddy Gallery.

We had earlier planned to visit Sekinchan on the first day upon returning from Hong Kong but due to tiredness and lack of sleep, our Semenyih friend suggested to postpone our trip to the following day. That was a good suggestion because we used that day to wash our clothes from our Hong Kong trip and to rejuvenate and recharge our bodies.

On the following morning, we all got up early and after our breakfast, we drove all the way to Sekinchan from Semenyih. There were 9 of us and we went in two cars. We are indeed thankful to my sister-in-law for lending one of her cars to us. This was our first trip to Sekinchan.

Kampung Baru Kian Sit (Site A), Sekinchan.

Our first stop was at the Rice Processing Factory to visit the Paddy Gallery.

Cute little rice mascot.

While waiting for the factory workers to return from their lunch break, we had our refreshment in this Pearl Rice Garden cafeteria.

Wall decoration made from padi (rice) husk inside the cafeteria. We tasted the boiled rice and corn congee from the cafeteria.

There's a pond with a water wheel in front of the factory.

Bus loads of visitors came to buy the popular Pearl Rice.

Cute toilet screen for the ladies' toilet. There's another similar one for the male toilet.

Manual Granite Grinder. I have used this in my young days.

Planting Machine with trays of rice seedling in front of the factory.

The rice seedling trays placed at the back and sides of the machine.

Tray of Rice Seedlings.

Visitor to the gallery need to buy a ticket. The ticket can be exchanged for a small packet of rice as a souvenir.

Time to enter the Paddy Gallery for a brief introduction and a short video about the paddy planting process with mechanized planting method.

Steps 1 to 10, from seed selection to harvesting.

From the gallery we can look down through the glass panel to see the workers at work in the factory below.

Below is a 3-Dimension or 4-Dimension wall picture.

Come back tomorrow for more on Paddy Gallery and Sekinchan tour!

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell me, if you know so much. Who determined its
dimensions and stretched out the surveying line?
(Job 38:4-5, New Living Translation-NLT)