Ipoh Trip 2024

We hadn't gone to Ipoh for a while.  Made a trip there the last school holidays.

When the kids were small, I figured they'd enjoy holidays enough without us (actually me since hubby never minded spending!) forking out for expensive hotels.  Now they are big enough to appreciate luxury and we adults are less hardy, time to splurge a little.  

Booked Haven at over rm700 a night (shy to say this is our most expensive accommodation to date!).  Put a picture from the net first... the setting was beautiful.

So glad the rainy weather cleared up enough for us to go to the pool, which was the highlight of this hotel.

Hello from the heated jacuzzi!

From the infinity pool

Hubby normally chills by himself in the apartment.  This time we managed to persuade him to come into the pool.  

  

Hello from all of us! 

(still in the heated pool)

I loved the nature setting of this place.  There was a private trail of 15-20mins easy walk.  

Sign says do not feed the monkeys

The booking listing wasn't the clearest.  It would have been worth the higher rental if our balcony had faced the magnificent limestone hills. 

The apartment itself was nice, spacious.  But as reviews mentioned, it was not super clean.  SE found a potato chip fragment lodged against the coffee table leg when we arrived and kept harping on it.  The next day after housekeeping... the chip was still there.  

My favourite thing... the Coway water dispenser!  Hot water, cold water at the press of a button!  No need to even boil water!  Hehe.

Mummy made me stand here

But we agreed the place wasn't worth a return visit.

Balloon Bunny

Another balloon post.  I'm impressed by these crop of clowns who can make figures different from the usual ones.

A special one please

I really like this Bugs Bunny!   It's so big too.  SE... not so much.  She was wracking her brain on what to do with it.

I got this bunny

I do not like it

Hold it Jojo!

She managed to farm it off to a random small girl.  And spent the rest of the visit looking out for that girl, so that she could quickly escape in case the girl tried to return the bunny.  HAHAHA.

Oh ya SE wears specs now.  A few years (I count a total of 5 years) hiatus from the far-sighted specs she started to wear at 4yo. 
 

18th Anniversary

Hubby and I don't always celebrate our wedding anniversary.  Earlier years maybe, later ones... even I sometimes totally forget.  It has been 18 years, how time flies!

Just a quick post to remember... We tried out Iberico Kitchen this year.  Yeah of course with the 2 kiddos.  :)  

Ribs, pizza and other pork dishes

Check out these piglets!

Food was all right, wouldn't bother to return.  I was quite excited to see Chloe.Co on the same row.  We popped in after lunch for cake, cookie and crombolini.

Just a snack

Food also all right - a little pricy and not that great.  Also a 'wouldn't return'.

At least we checked out two new places.  :)

Ah Mah’s birthday 2024

My mother turned 81 on 18th October.  Happy birthday!  

We had Thai food this time.  

Food from Jatujak Bangkok Street Food

I particularly liked the prawn cake, pork rib in broth, pandan chicken and salted fish cabbage (making a note for future meals heh).  After dinner was of course, the cake!

Many candles!

With the family...

With 7 grandkids

Total of 8 adults, 7 kids

After that, the adults took the chance to chat and catch up.  The kids disappeared, although we could clearly still hear them.

Hey go away

They finally appeared with this masterpiece - their own drawing of the family picture!

Ah Kong had gone to get some rest.  But the merriment went to him.  :)  

Hahaha hehehe

The noise when looking at the drawing and trying to figure out who was who... haha.

Happy birthday to my beloved mother!  Many good years behind, and here's to many more good years ahead!

Crotchet for Jimmy

SE's monkey is called Jimmy.  SE crotcheted this thing which she intended to be a ghost.  It happens to fit Jimmy very well as a hat.  :)  

Jimmy with hat

The head fits in snugly. 

Side view

Back view (yes Jimmy has a pink butt)

 SE has added eyes and cheeks to the 'ghost' now.  Jimmy still loves it as a hat haha.

Balloon Unicorn

SE likes to get balloons when she sees them being given out.  Some of the clowns are pretty good at this.  It used to be the run-of-the-mill shapes like sword, gun, flower, hat, dog,  For this one, SE asked for a unicorn.

Kissy lips

Did you get the lips?

Another kiss. Bye!

She didn't like it much.  Me, I give it top marks.  It has a mane and wings - love the colours too!

Swimming again

Marking this time when SE was able to resume swimming.  We used to go every weekend until the visit to the doc in Dec 2023 when the doc immediately ordered no exercise, and especially no swimming.  The following weekend, and the ones after that, I went alone.  With a feeling of sadness when I requested 1 towel at the counter instead of 3.  JE (the lazybones) took the opportunity to opt out of swimming as well - but SE later said this made her feel that JE was supporting her.

All that in the past.  On this day, I requested 3 towels again.  :)  :)

Mini historic event hehe