Just An Ordinary Girl

Photo By: Elin Chow

It was during December last year that my husband and I decided to visit Bukit Tinggi for the first time in our life. Actually, prior to this trip, I have never heard of the attraction named as Bukit Tinggi in Malaysia before. So, when my husband suggested that we should visit Bukit Tinggi on a half day trip, I felt really excited about the idea. Immediately, the next day, we got in our car and drove all our way to Bukit Tinggi.

Bukit Tinggi

Situated in Bentong district of Pahang, after Genting Highlands,  lies a beautiful and peaceful small hill known as Bukit Tinggi . Located 2000 feet above the sea level is a bustling small town hill village, filled with activities and tourists. Undoubtedly, the cooling and refreshing weather is what makes such a small hill town one of the popular attraction to visit in Malaysia.

How To Get There

Located approximately 48 km away from Kuala Lumpur, Bukit Tinggi is easily accessible from Karak Highway via a 45 minutes drive by car.

Alternatively, just in case if you have no intention to drive, Berjaya Group also provide daily shuttle bus services that run daily from Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur to Colmar Tropicale, Berjaya Hills at the scheduled timing. The schedules and fares of the shuttle bus are as shown below:


Places of Attractions

Once you paid and entered, you will be able to access to the three main attractions in Bukit Tinggi. They are named the Rabbit Farms, Japanese Village and of course, Colmar Tropicale. However, we only managed to visit the Japanese Village and Colmar Tropicale due to bad weather conditions on that day. To prevent this post from getting too lengthy, I shall break up my visit to Bukit Tinggi in two separate blog entry. I will cover Colmar Tropicale in this particular post first and the Japanese Village in my next entry.

Entrance Fee

All guests are required to pay an entry ticket upon arrival at the entrance gantry. The rate for the ticket is as shown below:


Colmar Tropicale 

Colmar Tropicale, a French-themed village and resort inspired by the old town of Colmar in Alsace, France, which is known to be one of the most beautiful city in Europe.


The entrance of the attraction was fronted by a wooden drawbridge and a clock tower that is designed after the Riquewihr Tower in Alsace. Interestingly, the clock tower is also fitted with a cuckoo bird that chimes and comes out every 15 minutes and on the hour. However, it was a pity that that I did not personally get to see that with my own eyes.

The wooden drawbridge reminiscent of an ancient castle. While crossing the wooden drawbridge, it made me felt as though I was being transported magically to a fairy tale land, ready for a brand new and exciting adventure!


Officially opened in 2000, the Colmar Tropicale Berjaya Hills Resort is a 4 star resort comprising a total of 248 French-themed hotel suites and rooms for its guests to choose from. Each of the rooms are air-conditioned and well-furnished with classic light wood furnishing.

Although we love the place very much, we were not interested to book ourselves a room and spend a night at Colmar Tropicale. It was mainly because we found that the cheapest room, which would cost about RM 250 per night was a bit overpriced. Furthermore, it seems that the rooms offer little privacy to its guests. Why do I say so? I shall elaborate on this in the later of my post.

Immediately right after we put our bags down, he held my hands and got down on both of his knees. He looked at me affectionately and started to speak in a very gentle deep voice.

"Would you marry me dear? You are my very first and I promise that you will be the last in my life. I promise that I will protect, care and try my very best to make you feel happy and wanted every second in your life.

I am really sorry that I have not prepared any flowers or ring for such an important occasion. But I promise I will get you these as soon as we got back home. I felt even more sorry that I did not know how to plan a special event to make such a lifetime moment memorable for you..."

He paused for a while, unsure of what to say next. Silently, I looked at him while my tears uncontrollably fell down my cheeks. Seeing my tears, he seemed to get more nervous and worried. While still on both his knees, anxiously, he started to apologize again.

"Are you feeling sad that I have made such a terrible marriage proposal? I am really sorry for making you feeling disappointed. But I promise that I will not let you down or stop loving you every single day. I will take good care of you..."

I interrupted him and asked him to get up on his knees. Of course, without any hesitation I said, "Yes, I do!" Or did I just nodded my head to show him that I accepted his marriage proposal? I could not really remember.

He stood up and embraced me tightly into his arms. Then we exchanged passionate kisses while tears continue to roll down my cheeks. My mind was blank. I could not speak as I was just too overwhelmed with happiness.

Although I had a feeling that he would propose on our trip to Bintan, I could not be sure. There were no signs that indicate that he was going to propose on that day. Thus, I dropped the idea and convinced myself that I might be thinking too much.

However. the reason for my tears was never because of the bad marriage proposal which I had received from him. I cried because he has finally officially asked me to be his wife. Even though he proposed without flowers or a ring, I was still deeply touched by his true heart, sincerity and love for me. I could feel his anxiety when he saw me cry and that he started to blame himself for not doing better.

This was when I realized that having a incredibly dramatic proposal was actually not the most important thing to me. What matters the most is his love for me. I was deeply convinced that he is the only guy who I wanted to spend my life with. Furthermore, I knew that he is never really a romantic guy in the first place. Thus, I guess all I expected was just a simple proposal from him.

To be frank, I only came to realize much later on that he had actually got down on BOTH his knees when he was proposing to me! How could I not have noticed that at that time! It seemed as if he was begging me to marry him. So, how can I reject a guy who begged me to be his wife?

Anyway. as what he had promised, he brought me to pick out our engagement ring from a jewelry store right after we came home. For that, I have chosen an engraved white gold ring that comes with a small shiny diamond. It was simple, but beautiful. I believe its simplicity signify our pure love for each other.

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We were allocated a seahorse number 4 room, which is just conveniently located right beside the resort lobby.






Our most favorite dishes of that night will be the stir fry Sotong and butter prawns. In fact, it was so delicious that we found ourselves ordering these two dishes again the next day for our lunch.



Also, if you happens to love Elephants, you might be interested to go for an Elephant show and ride. I was actually feeling really keen to watch an Elephant show at that time. But I dropped the idea after finding the price to be a little too expensive. Anyway, I still managed to catch a glimpse of the Elephants at the entrance where the Elephants show was held.

For those of you who are interested, you may refer to the Nirwana Gardens - Bintan Resorts website for more details.