ipoh trip...

wat a break it was.... gaining 3-5 kilos within 3-4 days break is not a joke at all.... read on...

had a very good relaxing break in ipoh indeed... planned this trip very much earlier...

left kl on 2nd November 2005 in joanne’s car about 1500 hoursish... 1st stop in ipoh was susie’s shop to hand her something... then to odavid’s place.... checked in there for the nite... one of the many main intentions for this trip was to see amber.... david and judy’s baby.... mannnnnn... like parents like daughter... freaking chubby, freaking cute and kinda big for her age... only 1 and a half months old, but look like already 6 months old or so!... am i the Godpa?!?.... I want to!... shriley dropped by later for dinner... had this pretty famous south indian curry, bak kut teh, wan tan soup, etc... 1st mission to have a good dinner completed then.... back in david’s place to have a good rest, but not for long.. out again to tesco to get some stuffs for amber.. came back for fish head dinner break, and out again for snooker with jon, joe, jun and thony... the other group ended up in alex’s place for mahjong... bie, joanne, amy, alex, judy, david and shirley had a good time playing mahjong.. met them for supper.... then back home to call it a day...

next morning... hari raya!... breakfast in ipoh garden... david brought bie and myself there… missed that place!... having pork noodle, chee cheong fun, char siew and siew cheong indeed a good way to start the da.. back home only to find out joanne is all ready for dim sum... so, off we went to the one of the many famous dim sums in ipoh... yummy!... bie can’t stuff herself with anymore dim sum after a few and after the heavy breakfast.... then rest of them joined 3 of us later… then to ipoh parade for shopping.. alex and myself were very bored then.. left the ladies there to do their shopping.. we went to his client place in meru valley golf house... tropicana look-and-feel-a-like place... amazing place with stunning pricing... huge bungalows and semi-ds cost about rm1.5 – rm 3.0 million... don’t think you can ever get that in kl… 1st time one to one chatting with alex, amy’s bf.. about 7 years in ipoh or so.... a real clown!... think he is an iranian/a german.. but, inside him.. he is definitely a chinese!.. must hear him swearing in chinese... that will be enough to make you a happy person!... back in ipoh parade to meet them, then checked in to ritz garden hotel.. checked out david’s place earlier... rest and relax time again... but, not for long... it’s dinner time again... went to old town.. there’s this coffee shop that serves really good food and excellent beers... about 13 of us had about 15 plates of food and about 6 buckets of beers... heaven!... paradise!... again, same schedule as yesterday... one group snooker, one group mahjong… but, this time a short one tho!... back in the hotel to sleep…

eve and alan came the next day fm kb/sitiawan to join us.. bigger group.. more friends.. day started with good breakfast in old tow.. chicken noodle, satay, popiah, chicken rice, sotong, etc... then off to yik foong shopping complex, joanne wanna get something fm there then... waited for them outside... dehydrated under the hot sun, off we went for soya bean and tau foo fah... had 2-3 servings... burppp... nice!... ipoh parade again then... joanne forgotten to get something yesterday, a quick one this time round... next, was to this wine shop to get something for shirley’s birthday... then to jon’s shop to get some phones done... after that, finally back to hotel to rest and relax before shirley’s birthday dinner... feeling a bit hungry... went down to have something light with bie... porridge, etc... wat a birthday dinner it was... about 8-9 dishes with 5 bottles of drinks, can’s finish the drinks tho.... think the highlight of the dinner was this drinking game.. had this after the dinner.. chicken head/whisky on a lazy susan... do the imagination yrself... by the time we finished playing that tension drinking game.... the restaurant was already closing then.. off we went to a happening pub behind the restaurant.. sid’s tavern.. there for the 2nd time… really a nice place to hang out... whacky, crazy and a loud nite out… had about easily 10 buckets of beers... mixing drinks with wines, liquors and beers knocked many people off that nite.... susie, joanne, alan and jon knocked out completely... joe were still stable although he acted not like one... unexpectedly, shen joined us too!... one of the many best drinking sessions i had that nite!... left kinda early because of sending those knocked outs back... supposed to go out for supper after that.... but, ended up on the bed snoring away!....

as soon as i got up the next day, my 1st thought was.... am i going back to kl today?!?... I begin to miss ipoh then.. bie actually recorded my snoring session and let me hear it, was loud man.... really loud… poor bie.. not sure she had a good nite sleep or not.... breakfast with derek, one of my clients in ipoh... he brought me to this old kopitiam newly opened opposite royal ipoh club… nice atmosphere, good food... back in the hotel to check out... then off to my brunch in ipoh town... again, almost the same food... this time a little more.. right after that, soya bean and tau foo fah again!... walked to buy salted chicken, coffee powder, biscuits, etc... then to jon’s shop again, chilled there.. then to david’s place... judy, david and amber got back fm teluk intan that day... bought some stuffs for us.... chilled in his place.... tot of leaving about 1500 hourish... but, understand that the traffic was bad.... really bad... alan stucked in the jelapang tol traffic... the queue was about 6 km long!... we decided to leave in the nite then, after dinner… that’s the time we really did some really meaningful and good fellowship... we chatted, we talked, we laughed, we discussed, we laughed some more... fm david’s proposal to rotary/rotaract stuffs to the future of amber to the prediction of who will be getting married next, etc... i surely treasured that couple of hours really much!... david said something so true... he said something like this out of no where… ‘this is what rotaract all about, fellowship, friends, fun, personal growth, etc’.... that particular gave me goose bumps, not sure why tho... tks to rotaract i met all this amazing people, they are wat i call true friends!... then off to dinner… chicken rice... left ipoh about 2200 hoursish... reached kl safely about 0100 hoursish... traffic pretty alright... a lot of vehicles... moving traffic... i miss ipoh!...

i miss my camera during this trip!... hope to get a new one soon!...




"good friends, you just can't live without them"
(TT - 7th November 2005)