Sunday, 11 December
We went to a famous old restaurant to have dried curry noodles for breakfast. Quite spicy…After that, Yee Hong’s mom drove us around sight-seeing again. This time, we went to more places: Sam Tet (a famous school), St. Micheal, the state library, a fountain that is ‘haunted’ (according to Yee Hong), Yee Hong’s secondary school (forgot the name), and Jia Huei and Christine’s secondary school (forgot the name also, but it’s beside Ipoh Parade). After the tour around Old Town and New Town, we went back and rested for awhile.
Christine and Jia Huei arrived in the afternoon (Christine driving again) and we went for lunch. They brought us to Tin Chan Restaurant where we had another famous, mouth-watering food of Ipoh, kueyteow sup. It’s something like prawn noodles, and the sup really has the sweet taste of prawn. We also ordered a tableful of side-dishes: popiah and a plate of sotong (cuttlefish) with kangkung and something like satay kuah. But what I enjoyed the most was the white coffee! WOOOW!! I’m an avid coffee-drinker, so believe me; it was good, really good. If you go to Ipoh, you must try it.
With so much food stuffed down our throat, we understandably left the restaurant very full. However, upon seeing the words ‘fried ice-cream’ across the street, Yeam and I just couldn’t stop ourselves. And it was very good, too (I had a strawberry flavoured one).
In the evening, as planned, we went to Jia Huei’s house. (Christine drove us there, and thanks to a series of miracles, we somehow survived.) It’s a double storey terrace near Jusco with a playground in front (in front here means the house is facing the playground, i.e. the playground is outside the house’s gate, and not in front of the door inside the gate). The playground has a beautiful rocket-shaped structure with no realistic use. When we went inside, we were introduced to Jia Huei’s grandma. She couldn’t hear us when we called her, so we counted 1,2,3 before we shouted “Po Po!” together. (*Po Po = Grandma in Cantonese) Jia Huei’s parents and brother were not at home. She gave us a tour of her house, and showed us some photos of her visit to Australia. Her brother has a box full of self-burned CDs! When we ‘toured’ the extended balcony at the back of her house, she shouted “Copycat!” at her neighbour who also extended their balcony. Yeam was busy taking pictures and videos around the house. I even took a photo with Jia Huei’s Ausmat Idol trophy and a doll of a character in Pocahontas. After that, we watched ‘David Tao live in Hong Kong’, which I really enjoyed.
For dinner Yee Hong’s father brought us to a Chinese restaurant near Ipoh Parade. Again, we were stuffed with wonderful food. We then walked to Ipoh Parade and wander around for a while. There was a pc fair being held there, which was a little smaller than the one I attended at KL Convention Centre. I shared with Yee Hong 100 CD-Rs that cost RM43 (I think it’s quite cheap).
Since Yee Hong’s house is not far from Parade, we walked back. Good for digestion anyway. It took about 8 minutes. At night, we sang karaoke. Or rather, Yee Hong and Yeam sang karaoke while I read. However, I did manage a mediocre version of ‘Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’.