Weekend in Ipoh

We made a trip back to Ipoh over the weekend. Originally planned to be a stopover in Ipoh before heading to KL, we ended up only going to Ipoh as Chek Kong and family decided to go back to Ipoh too. Chek Kong suffered another mild stroke over the week and we had wanted to visit him. That's why we planned on going to KL.

Anyway, since the plans changed and we were to meet in Ipoh, Ah Kong had wanted to make it our usual day trip. So off we left early on Saturday morning. We arrived in Ipoh at around 10.30am and went directly to the Ipoh old town area to eat our favourite Curry Mee. On top of that, Ah Ma even orderd the "liu" (from the neighbouring shop) with fishballs, meatballs, beef tendon balls and many more that I don't know what they are *grin*. So since you could not take the curry mee, we gave you the soup from this as well as 3 fishballs that you happily ate. After that we headed home to see Ah Tai.

Of course she was already waiting for you. Kor Poh from China was also there. She'd met you last year when she came back to visit Ah Tai. It was nice to go back to Ipoh as it's been a while since we last went back. You had a good time plonking on the piano too. Too bad you also had to feed to mosquitoes while you were playing there.

After your lunch and nap, we went to play in the garden and soon Chek Kong and family came back. He sure was happy to see you.You'd even called to "chat" with him while he was in hospital. Aunty Su told mummy he told her that you'd called. Haha... And your aunts brought back donuts from "Big Apple" and you loved the "snow" one.. Actually, you loved the icing sugar! Turns out Big Apple is also known as "Krispy Kreme" that we saw a lot of people queuing up for when we were in Japan.

We had dinner at home. With the yummy roast duck from KL. On top of that we also had yam duck and "lap mei fan" from Overseas Restaurant. We ended up staying the night. Aunty Su managed to "convince" Ah Kong to stay the night. After dinner, we went out to buy mosquito repellent as there were a lot of mosquitoes. Also we wanted to buy coconut water. We went to many places before finally finding a place that sold coconut water.

Ah Tai waited for you to go home before she went to bed. You even kissed her and called "Ah Tai" (much to her delight, I'm sure). And soon you also went to bed, after much effort from mummy's side, as you were excited with so many people around.

We on the other hand, went out for supper of "Nga Choi Kai" at Cowan Street. Yummy.. And the next morning, we had another round of curry mee as well as more liu and after that we went for white coffee and "chee cheong fun" while you had the toast.

Soon, it was time to go home to Penang. But before we made our trip back, you had your lunch that Ah Ma had cooked for you. Unlike the trip to Ipoh where you were up the whole trip and we had to keep you entertained, you slept almost all the way back to Penang.