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Ipoh Trip

Ipoh was really fun. To know how fun it was click here. (Everybody will forgive me becoz u are all kind people.)

8th Jan

Today we would be going to Ipoh. B4 that, we visited Muzium Padi and Gg Kerian 1^st. And even b4 that, we had dim sum for breakfast.

Gg Kerian is not very high. It has the shape of an elephant.

The climb was difficult

but we endured till the top.

Muzium Padi boasts the largest paddy related collection in Malaysia (maybe even in the world. I mean, what other nations would waste so much money to build a museum dedicated to paddy? They’ll probably use it to subsidise their farmers. And what other nations have citizens bored enough to visit a museum dedicated to paddy {like us}?). It didn’t really sound like an interesting place to visit, but since we’re already in Kedah and its also in Kedah so might as well go. However, it turned out to be quite fun. Even b4 we entered the museum we already had fun taking stupid pics with the statues outside. The inside wasn’t as interesting though. Or at least, the downstairs with paddy collection wasn’t. Upstairs, they have this cool huge circular room with a fake all round view of Alor Star. Its hard to explain and even harder to imagine from what I explained, so just give up. Nothing high tech though.

At 2pm we bid farewell to Nooi’s family and went to Ipoh. Around 7pm we reached. Nothing interesting happened along the way coz everybody slept. Jing Guo and Christine were there to fetch us to a double storey terrace in Tmn Perak lent to us by an auntie from Xtine’s church. This is where we’d be staying until we go back.

Went for dinner at a huge restaurant with a lot of stalls. The restaurant was so big that the tables they place outside conquered the whole street. Obviously Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh isn’t very hardworking. We ate till 10 something and had to cancel supper.

Ok, so after I wrote the previous post in Nooi’s house we went out for supper at this roadside stall that only opens after 1am, famous for their curry mee (picture here). Did I mention that she has streamyx and 3 computers? On the way, I learnt that you can tell Keat Hwa male students from the others from their bald head. Everytime I see them I’ll think of Wen Jun. Btw, you can see a Kedai Farmasi Koay from the stall.


6th Jan

We went to find Koay (yes, Koay the Koay Jun Hong). I had fun at his house but I’m not sure bout Yeam and Nooi coz when I was there I was playing FIFA with him the whole time while they watch The Departed which, according to them, sucks (they didn’t actually use that word, I mean, they’re Yeam and Nooi. But basically that’s what they meant).
We went for lunch at this classy restaurant called Light N Easy, owned by Nooi’s dad’s friend. The dishes are reasonably priced. Its so unfair. In KL the cheapest dish in a restaurant like that would cost more than 10 ringgit. Wannard, the ex intec student, joined us for lunch. He’s now doing International B-I-dunno-how-to-spell in Kolej MARA Bangi.

Later we went to a fort that I dunno named what. But cant blame me, Yeam also dunno (check his blog). On the way there we visited the famous Keat Hwa and saw Nooi’s name in the main hall, engraved upon the Board of Glory of the school’s past SPM top scorers. The guard were suspicious of us, but Jun Hong told him this : “Kami bekas pelajar Keat Hwa, balik sini untuk melawat. Cintai Keat Hwa!” Walauweh…..

Ok, the fort. Its like any other fort, got watchtower, got cannons, got gate, no statues though. Dunno what else to write bout the fort.

For pre dinner meal we had something called puree (we need pre dinner coz we’d be having dinner late). Its like roti canai but crispier and the kuah nicer.

For dinner Nooi’s dad drive us to Jitra to have real Thai food. It takes a little less than 1 hour to get there. They have this Kengsom soup that I wouldn’t recommend to anyone that cannot eat spicy coz they’ll die. If you can, the place is a heaven.

We went back to Nooi’s house and I discovered that his brother has the full collection of Bleach anime! His brother is an anime fan. I watched and watched and before I knew it it was 4am. I made Nooi stay up till 4am. I’m a terrible guest. So sorry… (they were onlining, if u were wondering what they did till 4). Then we went back and slept.


7th Jan

We brought some clothes to Nooi’s house to wash. Then we went to a shopping complex to play bowling. Its more expensive than in ipoh, but still a little cheaper than ampang. Nooi ran into a dwarf tree trunk while parking.

In the evening we went to Alor Star Parade to meet Yeam’s friend, Jhuen Ri from KYUEM (Bank Negara scholar). They talked the whole evening in McD. We bumped into Chean Ying.

Had dinner in 华陀管, a Chinese restaurant famous for its herbs. Finishing their 24 flavour thingy tea was really torturing, but somehow Nooi enjoyed it.

At night we went to the Alor Star tower and had a magnificent night view of Alor Star. We were brought to the top in a lift with transparent wall outside the tower. Merlin might’ve fainted if he was there. At the top, it was really windy. They have these huge binoculars that initially required RM 1 coins to use but since they went obsolete we can now use for free. So nice :-)

Knowing that I’d be going to Ipoh the next day I bought a dvd-r and burned the 1st part of Bleach from Nooi’s bro that night. I was so happy.

Sorry for lack of photos. Havent got from Yeam yet.

Out again

u must have realised that i've given up on writing about kuching. Reason being too lazy. So,......like that lah.

But guess what? I'm in Alor Setar!! Yup, after enduring a 6-hour bus ride I'm finally here! 6 hours during which I tried to sleep but couldnt. Imagine sitting at the same place for 6 hours, cant walk around, cant sleep, cant straighten your legs, the only views you get consistently being forests beside the highway and a balding head at the front seat. So wat did I do? I brought a book, but im not used to reading on d bus so most of the time I just let my thought wander and wander for hours. Im an expert in not concentrating on the things around me.

So at around 7pm I reached Alor Setar where I was picked up by Nooi Hoay and Yeam (who arrived a few minutes earlier). she drove us to the inn that we're gonna stay in during our trip here, Trader's Inn. Nooi booked a room with 2 single beds 4 us that cost RM30 per night. The inn has 6 common bathrooms and 2 tv, one of which has Astro, is very clean and within walking distance to Nooi's house.

After bathing we went out 4 dinner with Nooi, Nooi's mom and Nooi's younger sister at a restaurant famous for its ikan bakar. Erm actually not just ikan la they bakar all types of seafood one.We go there and choose what we want to grill and they'll grill it for us. They will really take their own sweet time doing it coz customers have to wait for up to an hour sometimes. But we were lucky,our food came after around 20 minutes. As warned beforehand, they are super super spicy but quite delicious.


Then we came to Nooi's house and I typed this.

ATTENTION : IMPOSTOR DETECTED

Yeam Shin Yau informed me of the existence of a blog with the address http://www.lifeofsean.blogspot.com . As you can obviously see, THIS IS AN IMPOSTOR!!!!! He started blogging in August 2005 while I started in June 2005, so its obvious who copied who rite? Go find your own blog address lah weh!

Interesting Facts

Interesting fact 1 : The 1st person to go to space died in an aeroplane accident.

Interesting fact 2 : It is physically impossible to lick your own elbow.























Interesting fact 3 : you just tried to lick your own elbow.
























Interesting fact 4 :You just failed.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

My 2007 New Year's Resolutions

Surprising. I cant think of any. And after I realise that I feel like I have no regrets even if I die know. Makes me think of the song I Did It My Way. And now I'm singing it with new confidence.

My 2006 New Year's Resolutions Checklist

1. Study very hard to fly. [checked]

2. Control my gaming time. I’ve just bought a computer game called Football Manager 2006 and it’s so addictive I just can’t stop playing. It’s really scary. I hope when the new sem starts I can reduce to 1 or 2 hours a day. [a little bit short of target, but understandably forgivable]

3. Study extremely hard to fly. [checked =)]

4. Be a better person. [checked]

5. Exercise at least 8 minutes a day. I’m getting fat. [almost]

6. Don’t online so much. [checked]

7. Beat Koay at least twice in Math, Specialist Math and Physics. [=.=" ...]

8. Get enough sleep. Average 7 hours a day. I hope. [not possible]

Conclusion : Successful to a certain extent