Another Ipoh Day Trip

We are quite fond of making day trips to Ipoh, mainly to makan-makan (eating spree) and visit some relatives. Today is actually Mah-mah's birthday so we decided to celebrate it differently, with a trip down hometown. Starting our journey as early as 6:30am, the eight of us (Mah-mah, Yeh-yeh, daddy, mummy, Koo-koo, Koo-jeong, Hayley jie-jie and I) traveled together in two cars.

As usual, we had dim-sum breakfast at Foh San. Our table was filled with all kinds of yummy delights. However, I was not keen on any of them except for the fishballs. It was a boring (although I don't agree with that) fishballs-only meal for me...

Sedap until angkat kaki... what an unladylike demeanor *mummy frowns* *daddy shakes head*

After a hearty breakfast, we went sight-seeing around Ipoh town and visited some of the famous limestone cave temples.

Giggling girls... with Hayley jie-jie at the last (back) row of Koo-koo's brand new car

Our first stop was the Sam Poh Tong temple. There was not much to see here. The place was not very well-kept and the tortoise pond was in quite a sorry state. The most beautiful place here was probably the garden at the entrance of the cave.

My first time walking in a real cave!

Next, we went to another cave temple called Kek Lok Tong. This place looked so much better.

The sand in my slippers attracted so much attention hehe...


At the koi pond with daddy

Exploring the inside of the magnificent cave

We walked through the cave and were greeted by a beautiful garden on the other side...

Alright, let's go for lunch now

Soon, it was lunch time. Mummy suggested going to this "tai shue kiok" (big tree's foot) after reading about it here. With the help of Google Map, we managed to find it quite easily.

Yong tau foo with noodle soup... cheap and good!

Some of the side dishes... popiah, chee cheong fun, fruit drinks and creme caramel

The drinks there were rather unique and they were all really good!

Later, we made a trip to Pusing (about 20 mins' drive from Ipoh), daddy's birth place. We visited Sook-gung and Sook-por here. We've always wanted to come here because of their mini poultry "farm". However, we arrived a little too late (in the evening), and just after the rain so the coop was infested with mosquitoes, shattering our hopes of chasing and playing with the chickens. Feeling rather unsatisfied, we went against repeated warnings and made a quick dash inside just to say hi and bye to the hens, the roosters and the ducks.

Hello chickies, bye chickies. Hello duckies, bye duckies.

Just like that, in just under 2 minutes, we ran back into the house with more than 10 mozzie bites all over our arms and legs! Well, although we did not get to "bond" with the chickens, we got to eat their eggs haha! Sook-por gave us a bag of fresh eggs...

"Organic" free-range chicken and duck eggs... can't wait to eat them!

We then headed to Tanjung Tualang for dinner. This town is well-known for fresh seafood. The dishes that we had were all yummy beyond description (which explained why we kept coming back here). I ate more rice than usual because fish and prawns are my favourite!

We had deep-fried oyster omelette, paku vege (a kind of fern) with sambal belacan, tofu with mixed vege, kam-heong crabs, butter prawns, steamed fresh prawns and steamed catfish.

With a beaming Mah-mah, the birthday girl

After dinner, it was time to go home. Both Hayley jie-jie and I were totally knocked-out in the car. We slept throughout the 2-hour journey and reached home around midnight!

Slept all the way home...

Sweating. Burning. Sizzling... Doused!

There's nothing like a cool and refreshing dip in the swimming pool at the end of a sweltering hot day! And we did just that a moment ago. While daddy and mummy used to go for night swims many years ago (before I was born), I finally had my very first chance today.

Before that, let's show off my "new" swimsuit first (it's actually a hand-me-down from cousin Hayley). It has blue-green-purple stripes too, something similar to my first swimsuit, which I have already outgrown...

The "scratching armpit" pose haha!

More poses... all done on my own

As soon as we reached the pool area, *splish splash* I was already IN the pool... I just couldn't wait any longer haha.

Holding on to my butterfly floatie and beach ball...

I love swimming... minus the scorching sun!

Cornered... there was this boy, a fellow neighbour who kept chasing after me and splashing water at me. Hmph!

From "foe" to friend... playing ball together

It was really, really fun. I simply loved it! There are so many good reasons to swim at night:

1. The water is warm and nice (warmer than the hottest time of the day!)

2. It's less windy

3. It's not crowded

4. No need to put sunblock

How I wished we could do this everyday but mummy said "only on a hot day, ok".

Chloe Water Bottle

Remember the Chloe sippy cup that Auntie BS bought for me last year? Well, recently Kau-foo bought another similarly matching water tumbler for me...

The baby sippy cup has a "big sister" water tumbler now

I've been drinking (and "flooding" myself with) lots of water lately because I just love drinking from my new water bottle!

So, Kau-foo (we know you are reading this), thank you very much for this surprise gift. I love it to bits! Thanks for the cute Paddington Bear bowl too :-) I promise to "call" you on your next trip home, ok!

It's Naked!

Mummy was busy with her usual stuff when she suddenly heard repeated cries of "It's naked! It's naked! Shame-shame!"

Who do you think was naked?

This free Jusco teddy bear lor... stripped naked by my curious hands haha!

When asked why did I do it, I just kept quiet. And since we were already on this topic, mummy decided to test-test a bit...

Mummy: So... is this bear a girl or a boy?

Me: *think, think* It's a baby.

I did not answer her question again. So what if the bear is a girl or a boy? It doesn't matter to me and I'm still too innocent to know the differences hehehe...

Me and my baby bear

Something About the Sun and the Stars

Sometimes, like many other kids out there, I say the darnest things...

Silly remark about the sun

It was a very hot and sunny afternoon. As mummy was drawing the curtains in the living room to reduce the glare, I turned to look at her and said "Mummy, why can't you just switch off the sunlight?"

Funny remark about the stars

Mummy was wearing this Baby Phat t-shirt at home...

While lying down comfortably next to each other, I ran my fingers across the "diamonds" on her t-shirt and exclaimed "Constellations!" Hahaha!

It Only Took 2 Days...

In just ONE day, I...

1. Found a new hobby.

2. Got hooked to Playhouse Disney's online games and activities

3. Learned how to turn on the lap-top and put it to "hibernate" after use. I could even turn off the main switch and remove the plug from the socket!

4. I mastered the skill of using a mouse.

In just TWO days, I could...

1. Launch the browser (Google Chrome)

2. Click on the bookmarked PHD website

3. Explore and navigate PHD's website all on my own.

4. Listen to and follow instructions on how to play the games

5. Understand the objective of each game and play accordingly

From Day 3 onwards... expert already haha *sticks tongue out*

Found a new friend in an old laptop

Happy girl... playing online educational games and activities (refer to My Cyber "Schools" on the sidebar)

I-City

After hearing so much about this place, we finally took a drive to Shah Alam today. It was still bright when we arrived, at about 7pm.

Flamingos and ducks (or geese?) at the small pond

Panda bear and bamboo shoots

Posing with one of the many small-small trees

Colourful peacock

Lights, lights everywhere...

I think this must be the main attraction there...

Rows and rows of colourful and brightly-lit trees

One of the streets adorned with lanterns and lights

Admiring some of the indoor exhibits

Meeting Frostie the snowman in Frostie's Wonderland

Look, Ma! Those squirrels are stealing the oranges!

I kinda liked this place and quietly asked mummy "Can we come here again?" Well, err... daddy and mummy said "maybe" only. Besides the colourful lights, there's actually nothing much to see or do there.

Sleepy Baby

I did this in the Starliner Diner in Disneyland last week and I did it again this afternoon, at home. It was close to my nap time but when I saw mummy eating some plain crackers, I wanted one too. After just a few bites, I dozed off (again). Mummy was amused to tears...

The beginning... still holding on to the "crumb-catcher" bowl...

Dropped the bowl but still munching...

*Munch-munched* *paused* *munched slower* *paused longer*

Finally, tak larat anymore... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Hahaha!

(Please excuse my unlady-like sitting manner)

What's For Lunch? Part 2

Here's the continuation of my healthy lunch collection. Most of them are really simple meals because mummy is not a very kitchen person (lazy, incompetent and disinterested in cooking)...

Noodle soup with wantan (organic free-range pork & prawn dumpling), free-range chicken egg and chopped vege

The Simpson's organic tri-coloured pasta with fish paste, carrot, potato and French bean soup

Noodle soup with free-range chicken, beetroot, organic broccoli and free-range chicken egg

The Simpson's organic pasta in Campbell's No Added MSG mushroom soup, with stir-fried combo of egg, fish paste, tomato and celery

Soupy rice vermicelli with fish fillet, carrot, corn, cabbage and lady's finger

Stir-fried noodle with egg, carrot, chopped cauliflower, onion and organic free-range pork chop

And here are some very amateur bento sets (limited by the few tools that she has)...

Corn and egg fried brown rice with diced fish paste, star-shaped turnip, carrot sticks and kiwifruit

Toasted bear & rabbit potatoes, egg rolls, cherry tomatoes, blanched French beans, capsicum rings and stripe-y apple

Brown rice with star-shaped steamed fish paste (with chopped carrots), stir-fried broccoli and lady's fingers and baby strawberries & mandarin orange fruit cocktail

And sometimes when mummy is not in the mood to cook, she prepares these easy and cincai meals for me. Luckily I love them...

Really cincai... Toasted potato and pumpkin wedges with egg, carrot stick and grapes

Alphabet pancake (with milk, organic oat milk and Nestum) with sliced banana, grapes and carrot

Spinach omelette, cheese sandwich, sweet potato tong-sui and apple

Looking back at this collection, mummy realized something... I eat a lot of fish paste (all 100% homemade and low-salt), eggs and carrots!

Part 1 is here.