Hello everybody! I am back here again...
Well, my first year sem 2 semester break was officially started by 20th of June 2019 till end of August (you may click on this link to read my blog post regarding of the end of Semester 2). For me, it's too bored for me just to keep staying at the same location for the whole semester break even though I, myself have found a few part time jobs as well as doing workout and gardening at home. Therefore, I had made use of my time to have a short trip to the nearest town or city in Kuala Lumpur, which is Seremban.
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| Seremban downtown, Jalan Dato' Kelana |
The reasons for me opting to travel to Seremban was because of recent Big Bad Wolf Bookfair at Mydin Seremban 2. I had never been going for any of Big Bad Wolf Bookfair before (but, I go for Popular Bookfest Malaysia every year), that's why I was taking this opportunity to make a visit there. Besides, personally I myself never really been to Seremban city before, almost all the time I am just passing by Seremban when I am going to any of the southern places in Peninsula Malaysia as well as Singapore. In fact, from my personal view, I think that Seremban city is just like a
passing-by city when someone is going to further south (Melaka or Johor) or Singapore.
So, this blog post is going to talk about brief facts, public transportation and Big Bad Wolf Bookfair in Seremban.
Seremban is the capital city of Negeri Sembilan state. It is once known as "Sungai Ujong" (End of the river) and had been flourished and thrived after discovery of tin ore (bijih timah) nearby there in the 19th century. Basically, all the development of modern history of that place, Seremban is almost similar to what was happening in other Federated Malay States of Britain in the late 19th century. The only difference compared to the other Malay States is the establishment of the state.
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| Historical map of Negeri Sembilan state |
The establishment of Negeri Sembilan state in Malaysia has a distinct story to be told.
It was once made up by 9 of the smaller districts which majorly of whom were Minangkabau descendants. However, Negeri Sembilan states
in present has only 7 districts as
some of them were been transferred and annexed into the neighbouring Malay states under British Colonisation. Minangkabau is an unique sub-ethnic of Malay which is from the West Sumatera. Unlike the other Malay ethnic, Minangkabau practices
Adat Perpatih (Maternal Customary) in their life compared to the Malay in the other states where they adhered to
Adat Temenggung (Paternal Customary) in their life.
Moreover, their state leader (Yamtuan Besar) was chosen by each smaller districts democratically. Besides, Minangkabau architecture is somewhat distinct from the other Malay architectures. Their houses built
with croissant alike rooftop which are also known as
Rumah Gadang. Rumah Gadang can be seen everywhere in Negeri Sembilan. Here are the pictures of Minangkabau architecture in Seremban... So, this is why Negeri Sembilan state is somewhat unique in Peninsula Malaysia.
Minangkabau style....
Alright, I will talk about my trip in Seremban. My trip began by commuting LRT from Kinrara BK5 station to LRT Bandar Tasik Selatan, then change to commute KTM train to Seremban. It took more than an hour to reach the destination. Upon reaching there, I walked to Terminal 1 Seremban. Terminal 1 Seremban is the integrated bus
station in Seremban which is enable travellers or city dwellers travel from one
place to another place. It has express bus services which take us to the almost
all the states in Peninsula Malaysia as well as Singapore. Then, it has the
local public bus service, which is known as MyBus. MyBus takes us to travel
within the city of Seremban and to the other townships in Negeri Sembilan such
as Port Dickson, Nilai and Jelebu. In fact, Terminal 1 Seremban is within walking
distance from KTM Seremban train station. Once I arrived there, I immediately find for a bus to commute to Seremban 2. After searching for few minutes, finally I've found a bus to Mydin Mall in Seremban 2.
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| KTM station Bandar Tasik Selatan. |
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| Terminal 1 Seremban bus station |
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| KTM station of Seremban |
Speaking of Big Bad Wolf Bookfair, I thought it will be so grand just like what had in Popular Bookfest Malaysia at KLCC. However, after arriving there, the exhibition was not that big and it was held at the shopping mall carpark lots. I went there just to read a few books and then go back to Seremban city again. The difference of Big Bad Wolf books exhibition compared to Popular Bookfest Malaysia are that Bookfest Malaysia charges entrance fee and it is annually done under air-conditioned big hall. Oh ya, Big Bad Wolf Bookfair does have their largest bookfair annually at The Mines but the crowd is still lesser than in Bookfest Malaysia one.
I took grab car service from Seremban 2 to Seremban downtown. Seremban city downtown is quite big and has some tourist destinations such as Seremban Lake Garden, Centipede Chinese Temple and Pasar Besar Seremban. Unfortunately, I only managed to visit Pasar Besar Seremban which was the nearest place I can go by walking in Seremban downtown due to time was constraining.
Here are some photos of Seremban town centre...
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| The famous Pasar Besar Seremban |
Alright, that's all of my one day trip in Seremban. Seremban's public transportion efficiency is still not yet on par with in Klang Valley one... I hope one day, Seremban's public transportation will be improve in terms of efficiency and facilities so that it will be an ease for the tourist to travel in Seremban as well as in Negeri Sembilan. That's all about my blog post. Hope you enjoy reading my blog post. Thank you, see you guys in the next time...
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