Yeam and I were supposed to go back on this day, but up demand many(atas permintaan ramai) we extended our stay for 1 day. We were forced by the girls to get up early (7.30!!) to go somewhere called the polo ground to exercise. Oh, it's Jia Huei's turn to drive today (God save us).
The polo ground is something like a field + park + playground that covers a vast area. What you can find here are those things that you normally see in playgrounds/parks/fields: trees, flowers, see-saw, slide, exercising facilities, etc. but no goalposts, just a wide grassy area, and no pond either.The drain water, however, is surprisingly clear and has tadpoles and small fishes in it. A jogging path encircles all these to form the border of the polo ground (it's actually the drain that borders the polo ground, but that doesn't sound so nice).The local government clearly spent a lot of money on this park; a lot of taxpayers' money, that would be better spent on something more useful/entertaining like a pond, for example. We walked one round along the jogging path (taking pictures along the way) and played badminton.
Jia's father doesn't work on monday, so after breakfast he and his wife (that's Jia's mother) brought us to a cave called Kek Lok Tong. Just like other caves in Ipoh, there are some statues inside. Down a flight of stairs from the back of the cave is a picturesque garden, which view from the top of the stairs was simply breathtaking. There's also a very beautiful lotus pond in the garden. We didn't walk around for long, though cause it's very hot.
Then we visited Jia Huei uncle's pottery factory and were shown around by the boss himself. He explained to us the step-by-step process in producing charcoal stove (they make a lot of those). This picture was taken inside the furnace. After lunch(Christine's treat) we 'visited' Christine's house, a single-storrey terrace which, according to them, is outside Ipoh. Only her brother and sister were home, but I never had the chance to meet her brother because he was in the room playing computer all the while we were there (shy, maybe). I didn't have the chance to meet Christine's parents in Ipoh, either.We didn't tour the house this time and only stayed for a while. Afterwards, we went to Jing Guo's house to give him his birthday present.
Next stop : Jusco. Nothing much to do here; only shopping and bowling. We bowled first, but only Yee Hong, his brother(Yoong), Yeam, Christine and I played. It's very cheap, only RM2 per person per game and the shoes are free of charge! In Ampang Point, it cost RM3.50 per game plus RM1 for the shoes. Surprisingly, Yeam can bowl very well. Then we went shopping. I bought a blue colour long sleeve shirt. Bowling was so fun that we decided to play again before we go back.However, when we were making our exit from the bowling centre, Yee Hong saw the karaoke booths and pleaded to have a song. At first, he chose a song called Beautiful, thinking that it's by Christina Aguilera but it turned out to be another song that he didn't know(HAHA). Frustrated, he paid for another song and this time sang I'll never break your heart by Backstreet Boys. For those of you that doesn't know, Yee Hong cannot just sing normally. He has to SHOUT. However plain, however ordinary the song is, Yee Hong must shout some of the words out. And this time, Yeam joined in the shouting. Even the people two booths away were looking at us. But it was fun, I even joined them at certain parts of the song that I like.
And those were all the activities for today.
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