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Food Therapy

I've been eating, eating, and eating since that day .. it was rather depressing to know about it, somehow i had high hopes for what i expected, but i guess once again my world crumbled... made me, empty.

So eventually, i guess food therapy in Ipoh is really cheap :), for just only RM10 here you can stuff yourself until you can't move, I didn't took much pictures though...

And, it began like this, if you are looking for some therapy to cheer you up besides shopping, knowingly expensive, do try food therapy but of course look for good food, it's sort of a way to pamper yourself and know that there's still good things in life worth living for, well at least for me cos i live to eat, not eat to live type of person.

Like I said, rm10, let me introduce to you all, mee goreng and mee rebus, yup each for only rm2.50 so i gobbled up this plate of mee rebus, plus few pieces of nyonya kuih(RM3->rather expensive :( ), which is superb, you can't those delicious kuih anywhere else, of course again, don't compare it with penang :)

Eventually I was really surprised when i paid, the kid said it's rm2.50 and I was like thinking there's still food below rm3 besides all the roti-rotis in mamak stall hahaha, so lets proceed.


Next would be mee goreng, again rm2.50, another plate of cholesterol XD, this one was goreng-ed to perfection, yeah so if you add up the sum rm2.50 + rm2.50 + rm3 + mah favourite coffee :) = it's only rm9 less than rm10.

So there you have it, food therapy for 1 session, another way would be swallowing biscuits, i don't mean it literally, but if the way you eat it like you're eating junks then it's really swallowing hahaha.

Eventually now would be the best time to eat biscuits because festive seasons are just around the corner, there are a variety of biscuits out there! Go grab and start stuffing! hahaha I eventually just finished 1 bottle of bee-hive(a type of biscuit) in a day.

Anyway, my food therapy sessions will be ending soon cuz i am heading back KL soon .. -sigh-

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My Inaugural Road Trip

Like I said, it's inaugural, it's not a trip which hoping to go again because it's for a medical issue which have something to do with my uncle.

So, I started from Ipoh at 5.30 in the morning, took a bus down to Taiping and from there I took over the driver seat and drove all the way down to Penang. When we(Uncle, Dai Yee, Kam Mou and me) reached Penang we went directly to Gleneagles where we spent more than half a day there. Thanks to the hospital's facilities where there's a TV equiped with Astro I watched 2 movies there :)

After things have been settled there(Glad that the doctor said my uncle was in recovering stage") ), we went for food, didn't really hunted for it, we just drove around and hoping to find a place where there are some variety of food sold, fortunately we found 1 and i've been to that place before XD how lucky. Was rather happy due to the fact at last i've managed to taste Penang's genuine Fried Koay Teow + chu cheong fun with the black paste(aka har gou) and what made me drool when i think about it was it's coffee, it's so original even Ipoh had to lost to it.

So after our late lunch, I drove all the way back to Taiping and took a bus back to Ipoh, my inaugural road trip ended around 6.30pm. Therefore basically I was on the road for almost 14 hours hahahahaha, do hope I can make a trip down to Penang again and this time be it really a trip :)

*Get well soon uncle :)

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I Like to Move It, Move It!

Yes! I finally get to watch this movie! Hey and I tell you I had a terrific time laughing at those lost animals from New York to Madagascar and ended up in Africa XD

Sometimes i do wonder, how can those animals be so chill? From Madagascar 1 those penguins have really made a deep impression on me, and yes! not forgetting King Julien, he really is a cool character!!

Though I know I am a bit late to watch cause some of my friends have watched it before it's released date but I still enjoy it so much, and I failed to watch alone thanks to ma 'bud' that came along :) We even had Move It Mcflurry, hahaha

*Hey bud, if you're reading this post, maybe one day we shall have double cheese burger hee^^ -> as supper hahaha,

So that pretty wraps up my day besides a whole day of biscuits making, yup, I'm helping out my family in biscuits making, so well the next post i'll be talking about my biscuits :) stay tuned .. till then .. Keep On Moving, I Like to Move It Move It !

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A New Hideout

I still remember we, Blind, Fei Lo and me , had a pact that we will meet at the same spot 10 years down the road, then we were only 18 when we went separate ways of our lives, then, it was our favorite hideout, U-Curry, where we did spent most of our time in Ipoh, as years gone by, our friendship lasted but not U-Curry, it was rather a disappointment because wherever U-Curry went you will definitely see us The 3 Stooges there sitting and sipping teh tariks plus ... ;P

So, due to our disappointment me and Blind went and looked for a new hideout, and woahlah! we found 1, it's our new hideout! The moment we went into the shop we had this stoned feeling, and the picture above was taken in our 'hideout', stone right? It just soothes the mood of our stony feeling every morning, to add credits to that place we met an old friend there, our friendly-neighbourhood-roti-canai-maker from U-Curry , at last a place where we can hide away, it's not that we want to hide away from anything but it's a good place where we can relive our habits of stoning hahaha

Look, it's not a total waste of time, it's just that once you've been in the fast lane in the city, you just need to slow down, lessen your pace of life for just that few weeks, even if it's for a moment, it's worthwhile. So, Mr.Blind and me sat down there chatted bout Heidi, a topic that's within closed walls in our hideout Xp.

<-- Blind (stoned)

Therefore, my hopes and wishes is to be able to frequent our hideout again through out the years which we don't know how many years can we come back to our hometown that frequent anymore as both Blind and me will be stepping into another phase of life real soon, but at least we have something good to look forward to when we're back in Ipoh .. OUR HIDEOUT :)

Lastly, since it's a hideout I will not tell the location of the place Xp so if you all are curious enough do find out where and maybe you'll meet 2 stoners there, but before I end my post ... I would like to say, U-Curry, you've been there for us, and your memories will stay in us but as we are entering a new phase, it's time for us to move on and may you(U-Curry) live as a past in our hearts *heartz* ...

We all have our time machines. Some takes us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they are called dreams - Jeremy Iron

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Coffee and Kinta River

Introducing my new blend, yup coffee + kinta river , ok it's not like i am taking kinta river's water to make a cup of coffee, kinta river is the spot and coffee is the drink, you know me, coffee is practically my life.

The place was rather serene, I would really like to applaud those who developed that area, it's about time Ipoh have a concept of dining by the river side thingy, but unfortunately it's just like few percent of completion, and yeah kinta river's water is still brownish but at least it's something and i totally dig the environment there with so miniature famous bridges such as the Brooklyn bridge, our infamous Penang Bridge, London Bridge and if i am not mistaken there's 2 more, which i think it's rather a cool concept :)

As for beverages, it does not only serve coffee, you can reasonable western food typical "Yeolde" style of food there, price is pretty reasonable and best part is there's not tax! hehehe everything sold there is net price. I didn't had the chance to try the food there, I just a had a cup of coffee with my friend as we both have taken a very heavy dinner i guess.

As a reminiscence, this place, Kinta River brought back lots of memories to me while i was a school kid then, as my bus would always stop next to the school and we would run down to the river and start throwing stones beside the river bank, then to me the river was just a very big drain to drain out all the dirts of the city and it even smells but now look at what man has decided to do it, I am pretty pleased with it. Definitely will visit again :)

Well, I really do hope this project would be a success so I would have another thing to look forward to when I am back in Ipoh, so ppl of Ipoh do check out this place, it's just located next to St. Michaels School if you are wondering where it's where abouts. Sorry for not much of pictures uploaded due to my phone's low battery, but promise if i ever do visit there again i will take more pics :)

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Coffee and Newspaper

A Blend of Life's Relaxation

It got me thinking today, it's really slow here, when i looked at my cup of coffee, it reminds me of the times I had in KL where every morning when I wake up the first thing i will do is march to the kitchen and boil water for my Nescafe, then while waiting for my water to be heated up, without wasting time, i'll bath wash up and gear up to face the day, but without that cup of nescafe i am as good as half alive. Before I move out of the house i'll gulp that cup of nescafe down because I am always in a hurry. Sometimes i gulped so fast, I don't even get to taste how it taste like hahahaha... But when I am back in Ipoh, there's no more Nescafe, instead i get coffee, and not coffee alone, it's coffee with papers ..

Yup :) life can't get more relaxing and better than this, I don't think Ipoh coffee sounds unfamiliar to people these days already right? I don't know why there's this special taste of Ipoh coffee which i can't get anywhere else especially in KL hahaha yup and the infamous "chum" is superb!

FYI -> "Chum" is mixture of "teh" and "coffee" and it's my another favourite.

Like i said, life can't get anymore relaxing than sipping a cup of hot coffee in the morning with newspapers to read, gosh i do sound like some "ah pek" in their midst 50s but thats how i liked my mornings to be.Every sip of the coffee you can taste the sweetness and bitter of that drink, that's what made me love coffee so much, sweet and bitterness. This kind of therapy is really interesting because as you sip down that coffee you'll feel that life suddenly has gone so slow, that tiny cup of coffee feels like it's taking forever to finish and if you compare yourself to the life when you are living in the fast lane, that tiny cup of coffee posts no satisfaction at all because by then it will not be sipping it'll be gulping and before you know it you'll be burning your tongue because the coffee is still hot. Poor coffee, depreciated like that.

You can't deny for coffee lovers, ipoh coffee is still the best in most parts of Malaysia but of course don't compare with Starbucks because its way off limits. But economically, i think RM1 sounds very reasonable for a cup of coffee at a Chinese restaurant. If you take in consideration value for money, RM1 compared to RM15 then you'll see the difference. This RM1 price you can only find it in Ipoh hehehe, jealous? I still remember drinking Coffee at 80cents, that's pretty way back into those years already but till now, RM1 is still ok :) value for money hehehe ...

So, now you have it the blend of my life, for coffee lovers out there, do share how you'll enjoy your coffee, coffee is like part of my companion in life already, without it, gosh, how could i survive :) COFFEE AND PAPERS...

"There is more to life than increasing its speed"-Gandhi-

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Stressed?

Ok I know finals are around the corner for a lot of people I know, and the intensity in the air is high but take some time off ur books, comps, philosophies, laws, management .. or what ever you are reading and think how answer to your parents if you didn't do so well ........

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Got no answer??

I do have one for you,

Here's how it goes ,

Student 1 : How should I convey the news to my father that I've failed?

Yangkee : You just send a telegram:" Result declared, past year's performance repeated"

"A smile a day keeps worries away :) :) "

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Maybe,

Well, maybe i screwed up my exams, maybe i didn't treat my friends so well, maybe i purposely didn't answer that call, maybe i fought with my parents, maybe i had a bad attitude, maybe today is just a bad day, maybe it's just another boring day, maybe it's just my conscience... yes and the maybe list goes on and on, the bottom line is, we don't know.

Taken from a drama which phrased, " Can you measure the distance you are from the sky? or can you measure the quantity of water in the ocean?" Well to be honest we can't, we just can't so there comes the word maybe, maybe it's this deep or maybe it's that far...

The point is, maybe and with that word maybe there ain't a definite answer. So instead on focusing on maybes focus of yes or no. What you are today is what you've learnt from the past and becoming better, with past, i don't mean by just reflecting on yourself or maybe your experience, learn from the past focuses on a broad and wider scopes, which means family's path, friends and everyone you've met.

Yeah, so MAYBE, you can stop lingering in your little whinny world, instead, be realistic think of something reachable within you, reach out and achieve it and it will be a start for you at least you've achieved something.

"The world is not going to stop there and hear you whine, while you are whining everyone is picking up their paces and running ahead of you far far and further that you have least expected"

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Holidays and Home,



Yeah, holidays have started not long i guess just about 3 days and yet i don't feel like it, to me it's like a routine in life already, end of semester go home, then same old things will be repetitive, felt like it's too redundant, but well maybe it's like that, which we can't deny it's just life again right?

I am rather predictable, every morning when i am awake, i'll march out to a mamak stall just located outside my house. Breakfast will be -> "boss, teh tarik, roti telur bawang" hahaha yup that's me it's rather easy to satisfy me.I won't be picky for food as long is it fills the stomach and it doesn't taste too bad until it can't be munched or swallowed Xp

After my breakfast or lunch maybe i'l sit down at the stall read a paper till my legs feels like moving i'll go home. At home i'll either do some chores or just sit at the sofa staring at the TV.

So, everytime i am back i have this thought of catching a movie alone, so i guess this time i'll really do so :) (fyi : i do this things alone, though i guess it's not anything great which i guess a lot of ppl ard who's visiting my blog do so as well? -> so do share with me how u spend time alone ) UR NOT ALONE hehehe that's what my friend would always say.

Before I am back here I do miss home a lot, kinda felt a bit home sick, well the feeling is like when you've been away too long you just need a shelter to go back too, rest, recharge and reclaim the lost in your soul so that you will be able to see things ahead better. I guess that's the definition of a home, after all we're mere mortals who's bounded by feelings aren't we?

So to those whose feeling like me, i've attached a pic of IPOH, taken from the hills of Mount Kledang, Menglembu, so for those who misses home do be reminded by the valley of IPOH surrounded by beautiful mountains where we once shared so much memories in growing up be it I know or don't know you :)

"Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to" ->I find it quite true like i say, mortals ..

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Back and here again,

If you would look at the picture beside, i've not been updating my blog so frequent, month of october and november was really busy. So barely had time to upload any posts, but I AM BACK!!!

Before i get emo or start with all my posts bout my crazy philosophies, i first blurt out what ever happened for these past 2 months. Well for the record, i managed to somehow disappeared myself from the world for bout 2- 3 weeks which i don't remember how have i disappeared myself Xp.

Well, it's been another great and disastrous sem, so from here i would like to express my appreciation towards all my buddies out there who's been with me with the struggle to get through this semester. So buddies out there you all should know who you are rite?

As i said, Great yet Disastrous sem, I guess those whom are with me should know and as for those who aren't with me also should feel the same right? but i guess i'm just happy that i came out alive.

Why it's a Great sem? One simple reason, buddies are always by my side, they are like your brothers and sisters of war Xp

Why a Disastrous Sem? Lots of reasons to it but i'll just state a few, as usual beginning of the sem i was hoping i'll do well for this semester, it all went well until SE. SE which stands for Fundamentals of Software Engineering, gave me a hard, it was the worst failure throughout the years i'm in uni, therefore .. DISASTER

Then came the emo attack which happened a few times when i was alone, hate emo attacks, don't think guys don't have emo attacks, it happens as well, it's actually quite a different sem this time. To me everything was different ... so how different it was, guess maybe when i'm emo i'll write about it just that now i'm too neutral back in ipoh so my body charges are neutralised not too negative not too positive as well :)

All right so i guess i'll write this much first, stay tune for next post :) ..

Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise.-Alice Walker-

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