Ara Damansara

Since her soft opening more than 6 months ago, many more shops have made their presence at this neighbourhood mall. Famous brands like Harvey Norman and Mc Donalds are now in business, much to the delights of many residents here. The place is coming alive with larger crowd and some of the eateries are doing [...]

Ara Impian is a collection of four neighbourhoods in the old phase of Ara Damansara namely Chelmsford, Palemo, Calarossa and Berkeley. Chelmsford is the smallest neighbourhood with less than 50 houses but collectively, they are a medium size community with a total of about 400 houses. All four neighbourhoods share a common entrance today but [...]

The Casarina Residents Association organized a very successful Family Day Gathering for its residents on 12-Nov-2011. More than 200 residents attended the party. Support of the residents towards the function was tremendous. Many contributed cash, food, drinks, music and services. Food and drinks were ample. Some residents brought home prepared food. The gathering was held [...]

Pic by Wong & Lee Three accidents in one week at the same junction! Isn’t this one too many? Last Tuesday evening, a car collided with a motorcyclist. The car was badly damaged with a big depression on the windscreen. The motorcyclist was lucky to be alive as no helmet was seen. He had a [...]

Pic by Wong Isn’t it strange how every year at this time, the traffic lights at the junction of PJU 1A/3 – PJU 1A/20 goes off?  I remember clearly last year it was November as well and it did not get fixed for 3 weeks.  I wonder how many accidents occurred at that junction. This [...]

In this era where information are easily transmitted. we are often bombarded with all kinds of messages. So it can be hard, sometimes to determine if a message is real or a hoax. I received this mail a few days ago and at first read, it looks genuine enough. Since it is on a subject [...]

The nearest Tesco is at Mutiara Damansara which is some 10 kms away. Giant has two stores close to each other at Kelana Jaya and they are the nearest, distance wise provided you are not caught in the infamous LDP crawl. Carrefour also has two stores in the vicinity, at Subang Jaya and at Tropicana [...]

More than 120 residents showed up this morning at the junction of Jalan PJU 1A/3 and 1A/20 to protest the development of two high density projects in our neighbourhood. The protest was organized by Ara Damansara Response Group (ADSG) representing the voices of concerned residents here. The two projects are Ara Greens Wellness and Healthcare [...]

There was an incident of attempted car-jacking in our neighbourhood last Sunday night. A resident was on her way home after visiting her friend at the low cost flats next to Oasis. She was tailed almost immediately by two guys driving a Proton. They horned at her a few times but she ignored them. Upon [...]

The Casarina Residents Association had a gotong royong to clean up its neighborhood on Saturday 01-Oct-2011. More than 40 residents participated in the event. The gotong royong was targeted to clear the playgrounds, back lanes, open fields and other common areas in the community.  MBPJ Councillor En Khairul Anuar was there to provide support. MP [...]