By Amirul Hafiz
KUALA LUMPUR 19 September 14: Green, serene and demands little of ones pocket, Taman Tasik Titiwangsa certainly lives up to its reputation as one of the most popular metropolitan recreational parks where family picnics, the health-conscious jogs, couples date, working people unwind and students take a break from lectures and assignments.
Located in the city centre the park offers recreational activities such as horse-back and horse-carriage rides, kayaking and other water-rides on the beautiful man-made lake. Children brought their own bicycles and skateboards while their parents relaxed to breathe-in the fresh air while enjoying the skyline view that includes the KLCC towers and Istana Budaya.
A group of 10 International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Communication students who are also editorial members of the campus online newspaper IIUM Today recently went on a learning trip to the park for a news-gathering exercise and made the discovery. They were accompanied by their instructor Shawal Ras, IIUM Today advisor Dr Aini Maznina A Manaf and guest trainer Sujiah Salleh.
œIt was quite a challenge hunting for news at a location where we werent even sure if anything was happening. But we managed to find things around the park to write about and while at it we had fun taking a horse-carriage ride. Its cheap, only RM1 for the carriage ride and RM1.50 for the horseback ride, said student reporter Syazana Zahidah Huzir.
The students spent half-a-day at the park before proceeding for Friday prayer at National Mosque and later visited the Royal Museum of Malaysia in Jalan Sultan.
Photo by Shawal Ras