THE owner of a guest house in Pahang has turned worn shoes left by tourists into flower pots, Utusan Malaysia reported.

       “Tourists will leave behind their slightly torn, mud-covered shoes after trekking in the forest. Some of them were even gifted to me as souvenirs,” said Norhasiyati Taharin, who owns Tahan Guest House in Kuala Tahan.

       Norhasiyati, who started the facility 24 years ago, said at first she did not know what to do with the pile of dirty shoes.

       “Then I got the idea of making these trekking shoes as flower pots to decorate the landscape in front of the guest house,” she said.

       She added that the shoes represented people of various countries such as Italy, Germany, Britain, Netherlands, United States and Asia, and were lined up along the entrance to her premises.

       The proprietress said some of the visitors who returned to Taman Negara a few years later were excited to see their shoes being made into floral displays.

       “The tourists posted pictures of their shoes on Facebook and Instagram.

       “This is one of my ways to introduce Tahan Guest House and other homestays owned by bumiputra entrepreneurs here besides bringing Kuala Tahan National Park closer to the ‘hearts’ of tourists around the world,” she said.

       > A couple went ahead with their marriage ceremony at the Kampung Telekong Mosque in Kuala Krai, Kelantan, despite floodwaters rising sharply there, Kosmo! reported.

       Abdul Rahim Ab Rahman, 32, and Nor Izdihar Majid, 32, were determined to get married on Sunday after postponing the ceremony that was supposed to take place at the Kampung Tanjung Kala Mosque last Friday.

       ● The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.