3rd Day in Ipoh

We will be visiting the places of interests in Ipoh today i.e. the four famous caves.

The Perak Tong. It is a limestone cave temple with over 40 buddha statues. Beyond the main altar, there is a passage which leads into the interior of the cave and a steep climb of 385 steps which will bring us a wonderful view of the surrounding countryside.



Praying to the Buddha


Talking about the 385 steps, I think we had only climbed about 100 steps and we were already panting away. Since we can't go on any further, might as well take a picture to note our efforts.



Next, we went to the Kek Lok Tong. Kek Long Tong is quite similar to the Perak Tong, it is also a limestone cave temple with a number of buddha statues.



The difference between the two was the view of a beautiful garden.


Our last destination was Nam Tien Tong. We had wanted to go to another cave temple, Sam Poh Tong, but it was closed on that day so we went to Nam Tien Tong which was beside it.

That's the end of our visits to the places of interests.

When we reached home, we saw this "lok lok" hawker peddling around for business. Yeye asked the hawker to our doorstep for us to cook and eat our fill. Sheneice enjoyed it so much.

After a round of eating and resting, it's time for Sheneice to take a bath. The weather was sooooo hot that she had no problem bathing with well water. Don't worry, I did not risk my Sheneice's life in the well and that is not a well. The well water is contained in a cement tub used for bathing.

After we have all taken our bath, Daddy decided to bring us for a ride and took some photos of the beautiful sunset.

We are going home the next day.

2nd Day in Ipoh and Sheneice's 2nd Birthday

Early in the morning, Daddy and I were awoken by the chickens. Since we had nothing to do and Sheneice was still sleeping, we decided to stroll down to the market to take a look. It was only 7 am in the morning, the market was already quite crowded. What time does these people wake up?!

The hawkers set up tables while the rest will just squat along the roadside for their business


The chickens that they sell are all live chickens, meaning to say the people who wants to eat chicken must know how to kill the chicken after they bought it from the market. Daddy said we can stay at the village after we retired, if that's the case, I think we can forget about eating chickens for the rest of our life.

Nai Nai bought 2 chickens for sake of buying :D


Thereafter, we went to have our breakfast. There wasn't any choice of breakfast at all, it's only "Yong Tau Foo" and their variety is super limited. Being the typical Singaporean, we chose quite a number of items for our breakfast which got the hawker flustered. Nai Nai said the people there are very thrifty, they only eat noodle with soup. No wonder, the hawker cannot handle us when we chose a few more items.



When we reached home after breakfast, Daddy's cousin rode his motorcycle and left it at Tai Gong's house for us to ride. In the village, we can ride around without wearing any helmets and squeeze as many people as we can on the motorcycle. Our only entertainment during our stay, the children enjoyed it so much.



I wondered how the people passes their time. Those who work can go to work in the day, those who doesn't will just laze around in the house, sitting at their doorstep fanning themselves. As for us, we really don't know how to pass our time, we ended up taking photo after photo.

Our "Wong Ah Ma" is so warm :D


4th September 2006, the day Sheneice turns 2. We had wanted to buy a cake to celebrate her birthday with her. However, there wasn't any bakery or confectionary in the village. The sweet Jie Jies made a birthday cake with dough for Sheneice.


And some longevity noodles too


The innovative Nai Nai made use of the mattress and made a slide for the girls to play


Sheneice, you are officially 2 years old now. You have brought so much happiness and joy to Daddy and Mummy for the past 2 years. We're so blessed to have you as our daughter who never fail to bring a smile to our face.

Happy 2nd Birthday, our sweet darling.

Ipoh's Trip - Day 1

On 3rd September 2006, we set off to Yeye's hometown, Ipoh to visit Sheneice's great grandfather. We did not take any photos when we were on our way to Ipoh as our camera had used up the batteries, and the best thing is, all the batteries had been sold out in Sinai Airport!

On reaching Ipoh Airport, we still have to take a cab to the kampong. We finally reached our destination at about 4 pm.



There wasn't any public transport in the village so we have to walk all the way to the "so-called" restaurant for dinner. On our way to the "restaurant", so far far far away...



The fruits and flowers really amazes us, they are everywhere growing so well


Chickens can be seen roaming everywhere. I wonder how does the people identify their own chickens.


Sheneice having her dinner while strolling around on this cute stroller which Daddy borrowed from the restaurant owner


The girls playing with dough after a much needed bath.


Artistic and nice photos of Sheneice taken by Gugu, Cousin Claire and Cousin Cleo