First Trip to Ipoh for 2019

Ah Kong went for a check at Island Hospital on Tues and was admitted on Thurs as he undergone a minor surgery related to prostate gland. After mummy picked Emeryn from Discovery, we went and picked Por Por from her home. We then headed for dinner at Pulau Tikus before visiting Ah Kong at the hospital. He was doing fine after the surgery, albeit from having some inconvenient in moving his body as he was having tube in his bladder. We were there for almost an hour before we dropped Por Por home and we then headed home too.

Fri was a school holiday for Emeryn in view of Good Fri. Therefore mummy took leave too. We visited Ah Kong at Island Hospital in the morning along with Uncle Leonard before going to gynae to Emeryn's checking. After the gynae's visit, we hurried home for a real quick shower before heading to pick Karise up from her school. On our way to Ipoh, we bought chicken rice and the kids had it in the car. After about 2 hours of driving, we arrived at Ban Loong Hotel. It was located at the old town area and was pleasantly decorated in the heritage trail. After easing ourselves at the hotel, we walked to Nam Heong which is only 2mins away from the hotel. We had some light meal there and then walked around the street to kill time and to snap some photo. We went in to several toy shops and bought some toys for the younger kids at home. Then we walked back to the hotel for a quick refreshment before going out for dinner at 7.30pm. On our way to dinner, we passed by a stretch of Indian shops selling Indian costume. Mummy went down from the car to check the pricing and to her surprise it was very cheap. Mummy then quickly asked Emeryn to choose a piece and try it on. Voila, it suits her very well and after some bargaining, mummy paid only RM40 for a pair of Punjabi suit and they helped with some alteration. We met up with mummy's cousin bro and aunty for dinner at Lou Wong. After dinner, we walked around the local product shop and bought some biscuits. We then dropped the kids at hotel and collected the Punjabi suit before meeting mummy's cousin bro and aunty at a pub for a drinking session. We ended the night at about 11.30pm.

We woke early in the morning and visited my cousin bro's noodle stall for breakfast. After breakfast we drove around town and continued our shopping for local biscuits to bring home as souvenir. Later both kids stayed in the hotel while mummy & Uncle Leonard walked out for lunch and brought back lunch for them. After checking out from the hotel, we went straight to MAPS, full of energy. To our disappointment, the park was a let down with only minimal rides opened to visitors. We only bought about RM30-40 worth of coupon and had hard time utilizing it. We left in about 2hours and headed back to Ipoh for a meal before we continued our journey home.