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.