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Personal Trip 101: Ipoh Family Day – Day 3 Tired Return Home

Ipoh Wall Lighthouse Decoration

It was our third day in and we wished we could stay for another day especially since we had come to love our accommodations & the options in Ipoh. However, we decided to stick to our plan so that we will have one extra day for rest at home before we start the hectic week with work & school. Further, best if we leave whilst the traffic is still light on the .  

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Personal Trip 101: Ipoh Family Day – Day 2 Perak Cave Temple & Halal Dim Sum

Ipoh Washing Machine Clothes

One of the best things in related to the facilities is the free use of the washing machine & the dryers on the rooftop with detergents & softeners provided. This will be a huge advantage for those who are staying for a longer period. We often opt to get our dirty clothes at the 24×7 launderettes – this way we don’t have to bring dirty clothes back home and there will be less effort to wash them at home.  

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Personal Trip 101: Ipoh Family Day – Day 1 Concubine Lane & Quick Shopping

Ipoh Housing Bungalow

The view from the room simply shows how serene & calm outside the city center can be. Quite a number of the houses are still based on single-storey designs with a huge surrounding space that can easily accommodate at least 5 cars and this used to be the style of houses we used to have in the Klang Valley in the 1980s.

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Personal Trip 101: Ipoh Family Day – Day 0 Detailed Planning

Perak Ipoh Personal Trip Family Hills

The capital of the state of Perak, Ipoh was one of the options when we decided that it was high time for a proper outside the Klang Valley (the other was Cameron Highlands) as the last that we organized was in June 2022 involving 2 other families. However, we decided to go by ourselves so that it would be easier to book the room and we would be able to visit all the places on time as per our itinerary. Image source: Wikipedia.

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Food 101: Going Crazy On Japanese & Korean Food Spread Part 2

Korean food grill meat

In addition to , dishes are the other foreign food that we at home would go crazy, especially with those that require grilling. In this blog post, we will review some of the common sold in restaurants in and also provide you with a few handy Korean words to enhance your dining experience. Image source: Unsplash/Subagus Indra

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Food 101: Going Crazy On Japanese & Korean Food Spread Part 1

Sushi Food Japanese

One cannot run away from favourite and bento meals when talking about and . In , we have Sushi King & Sakae Sushi which is like Japanese fast- and to be frank, they have a good spread and we can even order online for home delivery. Photo by Rajesh TP

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Overseas Assignment 2012: Myanmar Adventure Part 3 – Terrible Food Poisoning

Myanmar Food Poison

This will be the final part of the series where it all went wrong for me in and for something I dreaded from the beginning of the and whenever I am away from the comfort of home – food poisoning. To be frank, one cannot run away from an upset stomach when overseas namely due to hygiene and cooking methods which will be different from what one has at home.

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Overseas Assignment 2012: Myanmar Adventure Part 2 – Great Burmese Meal

Napyitaw Naypyidaw Myanmar Expressway 20 lanes

Probably taking a leaf from our own Putrajaya, Napyitaw or Naypyidaw is ‘s administration city which is located about 370 kilometres from . It has the very famous, 20 lane roads in Myanmar which do not make sense considering there are hardly any vehicles in the city. Based on the estimates in the , from Yangon to , Myanmar using the expressway will take a gruelling 4 hours and 40 minutes. Image source: South China Morning Post

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Overseas Assignment 2012: Myanmar Adventure Part 1 – Landing In Secret Burma

Myanmar Tamil Malaya Burma Death Railway History

or as it is known now is always remembered for Burma’s Death Railway in World War 2 where it is said in total 62,000 POWs was forced to work on the death railway by the Japanese and almost 13,000 of them had died.

The image shows the Malaysian Tamils who were forced from their homes in then Malaya working on the construction of the death railway and who suffered worst than the Allied POWs with out of some 100,000 who was forced to work, 60,000 died. Image source: Wikipedia / Malya Thamizhar Sarithiram ISBN: 978812342548.

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Personal Trip 101: One Day Drive To Lush Green Sekinchan Part 2

Sekinchan, Paddy, Waterway, Green

The to is actually our first trip outside of our usual safe zone namely sibling and relative house since the pandemic started. It was also one of the few trips that will take us a day to go and come back home and yet still be able to do some activities. It is cheaper as we don’t have to book any accommodations so we can use the cash for something else.

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Personal Trip 101: One Day Drive To Lush Green Sekinchan Part 1

Sekinchan Paddy Field Green

It was the last day of the Deepavali week and at the very last minute, we decided to take a break away from home and go for a short drive out of the town to . Before that, we were considering several options for a quick, one day drive which included Sepang Gold Coast but Sekinchan which is famous for the lush green field, fisherman village and great seafood restaurants seems to be a better place to go.

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Mandatory Quarantine 2020: Part 6 – Glorious Malaysian Quarantine Meals (3)

Food Quarantine

This will probably be the last post on for the obvious reason – the rest of the menu was more or so a mix of the previous meals. I guess this is due to the control of the by the Ministry of and not left to the creativity of the chefs (but then again it could be worse).

Another reason for having a similar dish served on a daily basis was probably is the cost factor. Having limited menu would probably make it easy for the hotel to plan their purchases and prepare the meals.

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