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A trip up Ipoh, Perak....

Since I am having a slight break from weekend classes before the next semester kicks in, I took the opportunity to go down to Ipoh, Perak. Anyway, it is one of the states in Malaysia. I did not go there for a holiday, but it was more of a relative visiting thing.

In case you want to know where Ipoh is:-


The red circle in the map show Ipoh in Malaysia. From where I am - Selangor, it is about one hour forty five minutes drive assuming I keep to the speed limit.

It's good to be able to see my only surviving grandmother, aunties and uncles again - catch up with some lost time over tea and some nice snacks. There really isn't much to do in Ipoh except for eating! Food there, if you know where to go, can be pretty cheap and good tasting too. The highlight for my visit there was none other than beef ball noodles! Just to give you a rough idea why I call it the highlight - I had FIVE bowls of beef ball noodles. And, no I did not type wrongly, five bowls is correct! Unfortunately, I did not have a camera to capture the moment.

And another highlight was my 8 month old niece. She was the cutest thing! Small little baby with the fairest skin and BIG eyes. Inquisitive little baby was always looking around and always looking at me every time I made some funny face. Quick to smile, and always crawling around looking for new things to learn. I should be uploading the pictures soon once I get the time to transfer the photos from my camera to my computer!

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