Church of the Immaculate Conception

Church at Johor Bahru ( Gereja Maria Dikandung Tanpa Dosa )

Church Of The Immaculate Conception is located near Landmark Shopping Complex and beside the Johor Bahru City Bus Station. 15 minutes walk from City Square Shopping Mall and JB Sentral. The Church is established in 1883 by the Roman Catholic Missionary. Actually this church is located at the top of the hill whereby you can see the whole of JB and maybe during the early year of it establishment you can see the Tebrau Stright and The Island Of Singapore. If your are staying at Larkin Perdana or Larkin Indah it will cost your RM10 by taxi and RM1.70 by bus.

* MAJODI - Melaka Johor Diocse, We are a purpose-built centre for Silent and Preached Retreats, Seminars for Adults and Youth, Formation Sessions, Conferences, Weddings, Regional Meetings, Chapters, Gatherings, BBQs, etc. We cater to Diocesan and Church groups, Religious Congregations, International and Regional Religious Organisations as well as those from different faiths.It sits on 30-acres of lush greenery. One may experience the serenity of nature and its inhabitants.We maintain on our grounds, flowers, fruit trees, vegetable plots, an oil palm plantation and etc.

Left Picture: Tiles to the Altar... combination of modern and 19th century design. While I'm sitting praying, I took a little bit of my time capturing the picture  of the floor inside this church as my collection. For visitor who like to visit this church it's open for public and you are free to take picture as much as you can. For those who is devoted to Roman Catholic you can join the masses every Sunday Morning and Saturday Evening. 

Left Picture: Outside of this Church your can see the Grotto of Mary Immaculate and you can pray in front of it. Usually the people who visit this Church is mostly Chinese and Indian. You can see a lot of Sabahan praying here every Sunday Mass. This Sabahan is working at Singapore and they usually live scatted around Johor Bahru City.

General Information 

Website : http://cicjb.org/

Estd. : 1883

Feast day : 8th December

Address : 9 Jalan Gereja, 80100 Johor Bahru, Johor

Telephone : 07-2243034 / 2248490

Fax         : 07-2261794

Email : cicjb@streamyx.com

Parish Priest : Rev. James Rajendran

Asst. Priest : Rev. Benedict Yee

In-Residence : Rev. Ignatius Huan

Pastoral Asst. : Sr. Josephine Thong Yann Fan, OSF

Parish Secretary : Mrs. Elizabeth Marie Richard

PPC Chairperson : Mr. Francis Beh

Masses

Weekdays (Mon-Fri) : 5.45 pm

Sunset         : 6.00 pm (Novena at 5.30 pm)

Sunday         : 7.00 am, 8.45 am (English), 10.30 am (Mandarin), 5.30 pm(Tamil)

Sunday         : 8.45 am (1st, 3rd & 5th Sunday in Bahasa)

* Inside Church Of The Immaculate Conception, Left picture is an Indian guy devotedly praying. Hopefully it's not a sin when I take this picture. GBU 

Story Arrangement By: Traveler Log Book

Picture: Traveler Log Book and www.majodi.org

Sources: Catholic Diocese Of Melaka-Johor, www.majodi.org

Pasir Gudang International Kite Fest

Pesta Layang-layang Pasir Gudang, Johor Malaysia.

Pasir Gudang, Johor is Located about one hours from Johor Bahru Malaysia. By land transport such as taxi will cost you about RM40.00. This Festival Kite is yearly event and open for all tourist who love this festival very much. Pesta Layang-layang Pasir Gudang is a festival for the kite lover who like to show their talent in playing the kite. Estimated kites is 3000 will fly over Pasir Gudang on 19 Feb 2011 starting from 9.00am till 12pm. Enjoy and see you there. 

The Pasir Gudang World Kites festival is one of the prestigious event listed in Malaysia Tourism calendar. It is organized by Pasir Gudang Municipal Council (MPPG) and Johor State Goverment , Johor Tourism Department with the support of Ministry of Tourism Malaysia, Ministry of Information Communications and Culture Malaysia and Johor Kite Association. The Festival promises thrill and fun-filled time with its showcase of kites creatively put together by internationals from all over the world and local kiters participating in various categories as well as exhibitions,  workshop and Malaysia’s Own Multicultural Performances. This year's event will be held from 16th to 20th February 2011.

Link Blog: http://www.kitefestpasirgudang.com

Story By: Traveler Log Book

Picture: Google Images

Sources: related Blog 

Johor Baharu City, Malaysia

Inside Johor Bahru Malaysia.

Here I published some of the best photo to be shared among your guy out there and especially for the Sabahan and Sarawakian who intend to travel here at Johor Bahru. left picture is a walkaway of pedestrian bridge connecting JB Sentral and City Square Shopping Complex. JB Centar is a one stop station to all major city in Peninsular Of Malaysia and Singapore. An advise to all  Malaysian, you can travel using KTM to other major city in Peninsular Of Malaysia. From JB Central you can travel to Singapore and enjoy the cleanest city in South East Asia.

City Square Shopping Mall, Johor Baharu.

Inside City Square Shopping Complex at JB

Remember to do window shopping inside the City Square Shopping Mall. This shopping mall is the best in Johor Bahruu beside Danga City Shopping Mall, Jusco, Landmark and UO Store. Usually this shopping mall is full and little crowded with people and most of them is Chinese. You can buy a lot of things at the third floor and the name of the outlets is Inner City Shop. You can buy cheap shoes here, bags, cloths and souvenir to be brought back to your hometown in Sabah.   

Inside City Square Shopping Complex, JB

A Passage Walk at Legaran Seggei to Indian Street beside Hindu Temple.

The Visitor can rest here for a while and watch the fish moving around. Beside this area you can buy a lot of product where you can see array of stall selling everything you wish for. Be very careful of the "pick pocket" around here. Actually you do not have to worry because there is a police post there but precaution is better than cure. An advise to you all be very careful.

Legaran Seggei at Place to relex your eye and feet.

View Of Merlin Tower, Johor Baharu Malaysia.

Left picture is a view from the Indian Street where the Merlin Tower standing glorious from the eye of the traveler who love to take picture as their memorable memory. Beside this Tower you can enjoy the variety of Chinese Restaurant selling variety of foods. This is for non muslin only. The price is reasonable and really tasty and the taste is more likely at Chinese Restaurant in Sabah. Highly recommended restaurant is Snow White Chinese Restaurant. Enjoy....guys

Indian Street.

This Indian Street is just like the Petaling Street in KL and Gaya Street at Kota Kinabalu Sabah. You can find a lot of things and mostly the product is more to Indian goods. Beside this street is the Bazzar that is open daily from 6 Pm to 12 Midnight. The goods sold here can be bargain and try to negotiate wisely and do not to demanded. Please walk in a group of friends so that you cannot be bully by the saler there. From here you can see the Sultan Ismail Building Tower but for this article I did not have enough time to walk around there and hopefully next time I can visit there.

                                                            Map Of Johor Baharu City.

Above picture is an array of Indian Stall selling variety types of goods.

A walkaway to Sultan Ismail Building and UO Store Shopping Complex.

                                                                     UO Store

Inside the UO Store Shopping Complex.

Inside UW Store Shopping Complex.

I'm Very sorry for the picture quality. I forget to bring my digital camera that day and hopefully next time I will published more and quality picture. Please find cheap and safe hotel if you like to stay at Johor Baharu. You will took about 40 minutes to walk around Johor Baharu for visiting all of this shopping mall. Actually this town is really crowded with people and really hot. For your convenience please visit the Bazaar, Landmark, City Square and UO store. If you like to visit Danga City Mall and Jusco, you need to travel by taxi for more convenience and cost you about RM6 only. Do visit JB from January to April only because during this time this city is not crowded with people. See you here at JB and enjoy your visit here. Thanks for reading and see you at my final article about Johor Bahru next time. 

Story Arrangement By: Harry George

Picture: Harry George

Sources: www.tamparulisabah.com