Ipoh, then Penang, then Ipoh again

blogging from one of the hottest states in malaysia; Ipoh, Perak. SWEATING LIKE SIAO. But the ice cold tau fu fah is DA BOMB la. ;D

Just got back from Penang late last night. Gonna be spending today & tomorrow here in Ipoh. Its super humid here & it was crazy cloudy back in penang. Super drastic change in weather & temperature maaan. ;_;

ANYWAYSSS, penang was fun. The food was teh awesome. The ”bak kopi peng”(iced white coffee) was super gooooood & the laksa, omg the laksa was AMAZIIIIING. Visited a number of places.. the botanical garden, penang hill, etc etc.

The cafe on top of penang hill was SUPER AWESOME. It was located on a hill ON TOP of penang hill, so it was really nice & cool. Everything in there was vintage & englishey. I even made friends with a caterpillar & I named it Cat. Oh yeah, Creativity’s my middle name. ;D

there she is.. CAT!

So the cafe was really pretty & vintage. Its insides & outs were all englishey. <3 EVEN THE TOILET BOWLS WERE VINTAGE.

the inside

one part of the outside

the side

empty wine bottles as deco. & see d 2 photo frames? Yeah, they’re bible verses.

tea & scones.

okey, so enough with the cafe.. the place was pretty sweet. Mum even managed to visit her penang couz who owns 2 sports cars! o_o She was nice.

L-R: me, sis, mum’s couz, mum’s couz’s hubby, mum, mum’s aunt, dad.

So mum was pretty happy she got to meet up with her couz after not seeing each other for about 20 years? So yeah. And after that we went to have dinner together & then we went back to the hotel & then to the beach. You could barely see anything but you could hear the waves. It was really nice.

Anyway yeah, overall the trip was a fun one.

Thank You for giving me this opportunity to spend such an amazing time with my family & giving us journey mercy. I owe You Dad.

 

I left my mark in Penang.

What Time Is It?

its 5.10pm, and we still haven’t had our lunch. TwT

And we’re making my mum’s special- ASSAM LAKSA DISH. YUM.

It takes a lot of cutting, chopping, boiling, peeling etc etc. And therefore, it takes a lot of ingredients & A LOT OF time.

And so, we started the day with my parents heading out late in the morning to get the ingredients. Then they come home, I help with some peeling and my mum starts boiling the soup.

Then, out of the blue *cues the “Jaws” music*.. she says SHE FORGOT TO BUY THE IKAN BILIS. So I go all the way out to Central with my dad and get them. (it was already 4pm+)

And while we were in the car, my dad decides to come come up with a word.

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LUNNER.

Yes, LUNNER. Whats that you ask? Its basically a mixture of Lunch+Dinner. Cos since we already have the word BRUNCH.. why stop there? And stop we did not.. we came up with another word..

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DIPPER

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And yes, you guessed it (if you haven’t, then its ok. xD). Its basically DINNER+SUPPER.

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teehee. OSOMNESS.

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Trip to Broga

10th Sept 10′

Thank you God for the safe journey & the awesome time I had with my family.

THE WHETHER, THE ROADS, THE CAR… EVERYTHING WAS SUPERB. It wasn’t sunny, nor gloomy, it was perfect.

& I MADE PALS WITH A PONY!!! <3

It was roaming around freely in that patting zoo place/thingy. But I don’t think the people incharge took very good care of the animals. D: Some looked rather sickly & some just looked so dirty, you’d think they’d never been taken care of (or showered for) since birth. D: But I fed this cute li’l half-grown pony. Its tongue was ticklish & its saliva was sticky(once it dried ^^;;) AND THEN, WE BECAME BEST OF PALS.

It actually followed me around. DD & the pony keeper person (PKP xD) kept grinning. xD

My sister even hitched a ride on the pony & half way along the “pony trail” it stopped….. AND POO-ED. xDDD

And the PKP guy was like… “berak”…. and my sister was like.. still on top of the pony. xD IT WAS HILARIOUS.

We even fed dears, monkeys, turtles, rabbits etc etc. And there were approximately MORE than 200 rabbits there. After all, that place was called “Rabbit Fun Land”. =w= And the restaurant next to it, served rabbit meat DD

COOKED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. OH YEEEAH~

There was satay style, grilled, fried, fried with fried rice, curry style, THAI STYLE, & the list goes on….

After the patting zoo place however, we scouted around for other restaurants. And we passed by many of those “kampung houses” and you could see all the malay relatives back at their home town for Raya. It was packed. But the Raya spirit was much more alive there than it is here, in the city. Dad kept coming up with ideas to randomly walk in and pretend like we knew the owner of the house just so we could eat free rendang. xD

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But anyways, after lunch, we went to this organic vegetable farm & we managed to get really nice vege for our steamboat tomorrow. DD You can actually harvest the vegetables yourself. It was pretty fun. It was my first time harvesting my own vege.

Not only that, you had to cross a few bridges too, cos there were rivers running along the farm.. AND THOSE BRIDGES WERE SCARY. My dad had to walk back all the away to my side just so I would walk across. xD BUT HE JUMPED WHILE WE WERE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT!! I COULD’VE DIED.

But it was great fun, it was like a family road trip. Away from civilization & everything. It felt good to be in an area where internet and astro didn’t really exist, and the things there were much MUCH more cheaper.

So yeah, one of the best trips so far.

And do forgive me for the pictures, my camera’s currently goin through a minor op. so we were stuck with my dad’s phone camera. But the pictures turned out better than expected. ;D

And my dad was the photographer for the day, so he’s barely in the pics. ): But I couldn’t resist, so I handled the “camera” half way through the trip.

feeding the goats. ;D

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my sister… looking coooool =w=

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well…. ain’t he a cutie?? STILL SINGLE & AVAILABLE. ;D

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IM A NATURAL WHEN IT COMES TO ANIMALS. ;DDD

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if you notice.. theres no food in my sister’s hand. =w=

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patting the pony~

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like i said.. im a NATURAL when it comes to animals. ;D

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mum. Still not sure what she’s doing with her hands. On one hand, its like she’s trying to pat the pony, on the other.. its like she’s presenting the pony. xD

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if it were a horse, i SOOOO would’ve ridden it. ):

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AIN’T HE THE CUTEST THAAAANG?! Tell me his eyes arent dreamy!

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I present to you MY NEW BFF. ;DD I named her PONY. And yes, she’s a girl. I checked. ;D

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See that li’l white stain on my sister’s shirt? Yeah, this is what happens when bad people come near me and my buddy. It sneezes on them. ;DDDD And thats me giving pony a secret ‘good job’ look.

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Giving PONY a treat for a job well done.

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I LOOK SO DANG FUNNY HERE. DONT LAUGH.

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Mum & sis. I was very much fascinated by this.

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ya know how in kampung type areas, there are palm trees and rubber trees EVERYWHERE you go? Yeah. We randomly stopped at a road side to pick some rubber seeds & at the same time take a look at that[pic]. But we were soon chased away by inhospitable mozzys. =w=

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the ORGANIC VEGETABLE FARM. Its wayyyyy bigger than it looks. This is only ONE of the many green houses.

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in the green house.

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the vege~

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my PHAILED cam whore moment to get the background. xD

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ANOTHER PHAILED ONE. xD I took the wrong side of the green house, ITS EMPTY. TwT and my sister’s.. umm.. yeah.

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mum picking vege for out steamboat. DDDD

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ONE OF the many bridges I was more than terrified to cross. And it was barely 5 feet long. xD

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mum, askin’ bout the vegetables

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one of the many mouse traps in the green house. It was my first time seeing it UP CLOSE, & PERSONAL.

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ANOTHER PHAILED CAM WHORE MOMENT. xD WELL, at least you can see the vege.

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a picture of INSIDE the green house FROM THE OUTSIDE.

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dad helping my sister go down the slope. It looks much scarier and much steeper in ‘real life’.

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ANOTHER mini bridge. IT WAS MADE OF ONLY TWO PLANKS!! & its shorter than the other one, BUT THIS ONE SHAKES.

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The mini vege. Each of those were only as big as my pinky’s fingernail.

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Mum, with the passion fruit plant. On your left is the fruit itself. On your right, is the fruit’s flower. Ain’t it gorgeous??

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