Thursday, October 14, 2010

You can never ever starve in Ipoh.

Now...i wanna begin on a very hard task : Blog on my Ipoh and Penang trip.
There are Tonnes of pictures of food and places we went, thanks to the photographers and the uploaders hee.

Now for the Ipoh trip, tour guides : Yew Meng, Winson and Lance.

2-10-10 (Saturday)
We spent double the bus fare just to go Ipoh lol. Heres the story.
In the afternoon,i went new Jusco with Huei Wen, Yew Meng and Han Kai with the aim of buying some junk food for our trip, but ended up with clothes and new shoes but no junk food hehehe.
Reached Ixora bout 730 or 8 and our bus's departure is at 10pm, that means i only have 2 hours to prepare!
Minus bathing time, 1 hr and 30mins left for me to pack everything and get ready.
No time to wash timmy and rooney's stinky cages dy T___T (Been too busy to wash them during exam.. Ahh nvm, will wash them when im back from the hols lol)
So i bathed and packed as fast as possible, forced all my stuffs into my big bag and when i zipped it up,the zip broke away omg wtf
Luckily my saviour, Phik Xuan hasnt back hometown yet, so i borrowed a bag from her hahahahha.
At 930pm, i felt weird why hasnt anyone called me yet to go down? So i called Ym and he said down then i called Deanna and go down together.
Went into Inn Kiat's car and that was like 940pm already =.= Ym ringed Hw up and she said Cj's bro havent come fetch her yet omg (Cj's bro suppose to fetch Cj,Hw and Hk)
Whats worse is it suddenly blew really strong wind and poured..Not a good sign.
When we gonna reach the central, we were super worried as its already 10mins past 10!!
We saw a bus going the opposite direction and prayed that its not our bus T___T buses sometimes have delay right?hopefully this bus is no exception..
We finally reached central and with horror, saw there was NO bus at our platform! Raced through the pouring rain into the office inside and the guys said our bus just departed (That means we're right,the bus is really ours. shit)
Dammit, the bus ticket cost us freaking rm30!! Omg..And thats the last bus already..T___T how
Then another guy in charge of another bus said his bus is going Ipoh also, now its filling up petrol near the toll and asked us to chase that bus. AND he charged us the bus ticket without discount =__= another rm30 gone..
Then we went up to the cars and chased the bus and finally boarded the bus looking extremely wretched from the rush and rain with heavy luggages.
And that explains why we spent rm60 just to go Ipoh. >__<  Lessons learnt!

3-10-10 (Sunday)
Reached Ipoh's bus station at approximately 3am+.
Greeted us are Yew Meng's parents and relatives who have been waiting at the gate. ^___^
Finally reached Ym's house and gonna stay for 2 days there. Ojamashimasu~ 
Winson(Ipoh-ian) and WunChiak(who went his gf's house in Ipoh for holiday too) joined us for the breakfast at a famous Dim Sum restaurant in Ipoh town!
~Ming Court Dim Sum~
All kind of dim sum there were really very delicious!
None of Melaka's dim sum stalls can compete with it seriously!
No wonder the restaurant was full of people.
Super miss it :) 
Kuhan, Ym, Hk, Cj and Winson.
A yummy breakfast for the start of our trip. Yay~!
Not to mention, the morning view of our journey to our breakfast was superb!
Ipoh was all about mountains and white puffy clouds surrounding them! 
The mountains were all u can see when u try to gaze afar.
The fresh air, chilly mountain water and less busy streets even on Sundays are what made up of Ipoh in my mind. hehe.

Next up!
~Sunway Lost World of Tambun!!~
The Lost World is like a combination of water theme park and zoo.
And dont u worry, its definitely not that big for u to get lost in it hehe. Its actually quite small despite its name.
All set and ready to go!
After applying sun screen.
Some of the water slides.
The tubes are provided at the game stations.
So great nonid to rent the tubes :)

Playing at children's area.
Evil winson trying to push me down the slide!

These 2 small kids having fun shooting people with the water guns.haha.

Han Kai fell down the slide and laughed haha.

Oh they'v got swing like the one in Genting too!
We went and spinned outselves dry haha.


They have flying "ships" too!

Notice their legs haha.
The wooden ships are super hot they feel like burning ur feet and butts!
We basically sat and enjoyed bathing in the afternoon sun. lol -_-

Pirate ship!!
i wonder why the malay girls behind so scared.not scary at all lah -_-
After we dried ourselves, we went up the train and it took us for a tour around Lost World.

We arrived at Petting Zoo~ ^_^

Pond of swans!

Deanna and the white elegant swan ^_^

I dare not feed the swan! later my hand gone T_T

Hi! Meet the cuties,Ruby and his Friend! haha
The standing one is Ruby,the one feeding it is the person in charge.

Hi....5! :D

So so cute!
They cant jump one so they cant reach the gate and escape.

A snake tunnel. See all the snakes above us?

And even below our feet!
We saw two small yellow chicks(the blur yellow mass in pic)in the tank together with the snakes!
And a snake like gonna attack them..
They're probably digested inside one of the snake's tummy by now. aiks. sry lil chicks T_T

One of the guinea pigs. KA.WA.II~!!!

Some birdies~



Pretty golden bird from China. :)

Cute goats! Meheheheh

This little chubby thing is very adorable!

And very fat...hahaha

This must be a girl. ^__^

Wheeee~ Since its Petting Zoo,u get to touch every animals!
As long as they dont bite ur hands off!! haha
This one do bite according to the guy,
but u just have to keep massage it to distract it cuz it loves it :D

Pratap said its like turned around with a dramatic music :P

Cuteeee la seriously.hehe

We went longkang fishing too!! -_-
Basically u just take a tiny net and pail provided and have a go on the longkang-like small river.
See Wun Chiak's evil face haha.
And the small fish are super duper hard to catch! They are tiny and very clever.

I gave up, after falling into the water HAHA
cuz the rocks are all covered with moss and very slippery!!
Iv gone too inside to catch the fish then fell down. :'(

After petting zoo, we went and have a dip inside its hot springs!

The water is seriously hot,like 40+ degrees lol.
but very relaxing indeeeeeed! miss it so much :D

Me glaring at the camera.haha.

At last, we went to the pool to play awhile and wrote this on its artificial beach.
Very thankful of our professional photographer Yew Meng, who brought his DSLR with him all along to snap these memorable moments. Thankiu!

Lost World of Tambun 03-10-10.
^__________^

At night, we went 老黄restaurant for dinner instead of 安记 cuz finished.
Everybody knows Ipoh is famous of Nga Choi Gai~!!!
So its a must try for us as its our first visit to Ipoh.
Its not first for me la but iv nvr tasted nga choi gai before also hehehe.
Very delicious indeed! But i see no difference between nga choi gai and other normal white chickens lor.
Except that it comes with a small mountain of this!

Nga Choi~! haha.
Ipoh taugeh is really crunchy and juicy.
But the saying of the taugeh is as thick as ur pinky is kinda exaggerate la hehe.
Maybe is the shop problem? Cuz they say 老黄 is the less popular compare to 安记.hmm..

The Ipoh-ian,Lance, joined us for the dinner and the rest of the trip!

After the dinner, we went Sungai Kinta's lovers' bridge!
Rest and enjoy Ipoh's night view, altho that night doesnt have any wind at all,kinda hot -_-

Lance trying to match our height haha.

Next,we went to Tong Sui Gai (糖水街)near Lance's primary sch for some tong sui as dessert.
Our stomachs are always full in Ipoh cuz they keep bringing us everywhere to taste Ipoh's food!
Such a weight gaining trip :P

Lance's fruit and ice cream ABC. not bad.
(i curi makan alil when hes away thats why i know hoho)

He disappeared awhile to buy this!
In case u wonder what isit, its Chu Cheong Fan(猪肠粉)!
Normal Chu Cheong Fan's sauce is black colour and sweet right?
This special one is with mushroom and Gei Zi sauce, Lance's fav.
I find it yummy too ^__^

Some rojak

And some rojak squids.
Im not really a fan of squids so this dish is so so for me :)

And Tong Sui Gai marked a yummy end of our first day in Ipoh.
We spent the night in Yew Meng's house, some played computer games, some played his PS2.
It feels fun when a bunch of friends staying together hehe. ^^

4-10-10 (Monday)
Second day, we went Dai Shu Ha (大树下) for breakfast!
Its lik hawker stalls situated under a big tree,thus its name haha.
I find Ipoh's food both yummy and cheap! *tumbs up
Really.Its very rare nowadays to get cheap things and they taste good.
At least seremban is like that. sigh
Many of us ate Yong Tau Fu~
Rm0.50 each,while u get up to rm1.80 each in The Garden's Food Republic!
Omg at the difference.

Whats more, here taste better than The Garden's Yong Tau Fu! *applause :D

And here's today's plan!
Gua Tempurung!

See my sport shoes haha. Im prepared for the gua yo!

Meng Kheng, Wc's gf from MMU Cyber, joined us for the cave~
We chose the Top of the World tour!

Oh oh we're in!!

Take pictures first.haha.
View behind was awesome!

Alot more steps to go!

Rock that takes millions of years to form.

Group photo is a must!

Our tour guide, with the "kecik" haha.

Dramatic Cj lol.

We're busy examine a small tunnel behind.
The tour guide was very kind and allow us to stray away from the trail and explore on ourselves haha.

Cheh~ nothing one. :P

A hole in the rock that resembles a love shape.

We've reached our destination, top of the world!
The view is seriously breath taking!!

The cave extends downward behind us. omg so damn pretty!

See why its called Top of the World?
Cuz the highest "sky" is just above us within our reach, and its depth extends downwards.
^____^

Time to go back through the trail we came.

Im able to move the rock! hoho~

*Kick!

We see sunlight once again!

Next,we went to have Tau Fu Fa~
Remember this stall people,cuz it sells the smoothest Tau Fu Fah iv ever tasted!!(no joke)

*Drooling over kepboard*

Then we went to buy this!!!
Omgomgomgomg i super love the Yim Guk Gai(Salt marinated chicken)! =3

At night,we went to:

Yes, Ipoh Parade haha.
The Ipoh Parade is like a place of foodddd (see,its all about food)
But its high class one haha. Restaurants and pubs.

And this delicate cafe caught our attention!
We went in to have dessert. Ngehehe strawberries~!

♥ Strawberry Moment~ 

We love strawberries! Wheeeee~

Here comes Cj's strawberry crepe!

Nom nom..

Kuhan's strawberry milk shake!

Wenwen's Strawberry icecream pancake!


Yew Meng's strawberry cream milk shake!

Deanna and Wc's strawberry choco fondue!

Yummeh

Han Kai's strawberry honey pancake!

Mine was last to come sob.
Strawberry pancakes with chocolate sauce :D

Not bad ^_^

haha.
We actually wanted to take pics with the big boulder but then we all covered it instead haha.

Cool lighting outside Ipoh Parade.
Drunken Cj acting as a tree beside.
(I seriously think Cj's strawberry crepe contains alcohol.)

There are lots more of shops in there!

HanKai lying on the Burger King Drive Thru wordings hahaha.

Thats the end of our Ipoh trip!





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