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I have almost forgotten about my own blog! owh what a silly

it was a couple of week ago, friends and I had a day trip to Perak, we covered Ipoh, Taiping, Kuala Kangsar, Kuala Sepetang and a stay at Cameron, all for the cause of good food. yes we travel for food

to be honest, this was my first trip in Malaysia.  of course i have been in Perak before, but that was waaaay long ago when i was just a kid.

when we first arrive, Kuala Kangsar was the first destination, we had a nice breakfast eating Pau and Mee Goreng with Barley ice. i just cant figure the name of the kopitiam, but it is located at jeti, near the istana area. oh yes you can find pasar tani there too. friend told me the kopitiam has no name. owh really?

this pau if you havent taste it, you better do cause it’s awesome. we were a group of 4, and guess what, 1 of us tapau 4 Pau to have it eaten along the trip, although she knew it was a food trip which means we’re gonna have lots of food throughout the day. lucky she managed to finished it all, but only the inti haha.

after the breakfast aka second breakfast of the day (we first had breakfast at Bkt Jelutong before depart in the early morning), we took a moment to enjoy the view of the Perak river, then walk to Istana or rather called Muzium diraja Perak. yellow in color, this is the one i saw in iklan Adabi!

that was breakfast, but it was already noon when we decided to leave Kuala Kangsar.. so we skip Lunch and shoot straight to Taiping. oh, we had a stop at one of Giant supermarket in between the to places, but i can barely remember. all i knew, i had a nice stop at white coffee

Taiping! and no we didnt go to the zoo but Taiping Lake Garden. gosh never been in such a place with great landscape! with dslr in hand, friends, we just cant stop and stare..

Taiping people, i really envy the landscape you have there!

then, the stomach started to cryyy… yes we need food. the next destination was somewhere urm… owh i dont remember! anyway, this is one of the best you should try whenever you are in Perak. it’s called Kuey Teow DOLI. pricey, but best!

when we arrived, i was not happy to see the restaurant full. yes full. but hey there was one empty table ready for us! haha.

it was not a school holiday, not weekend and not even lunch hour but the restaurant was full after we have placed an order. we spend about an hour or so and the restaurant still full. customer came and leave, the moment it’s empty there was always new customer coming in.

the moment the kuey teow arrived in front of me, i was impressed looking at the size of it, double the size or more than what we have in Klang Valley. and when i taste it, it was simply delicious! oh i felt great to have taste such a kuey teow, because to be honest, i never like it before, heheh..

did i say it’s pricey? RM8 per plate for one.  but really, try it and you will love it!

right after Kuey Teow DOLI, we then head over to Kuala Sepetang in search for Mee Udang. i was quite amazed to have found a road where along the way, people are selling Mee Udang, i guess more then 15 restaurants can be found there! but the one we’re looking for was waaaay too far you can almost give up to look for it. it was located at the end of the road, almost sesat in search for it! but after having it, it was truly delicious and worth the time and money we spent

i just love the day. and it was 6pm. time to get some rest, goodbye Perak for a short while, hello Cameron!

right after we have arrived, of course we can never missed dinner! and the next day, scones are already on the list! and the scones we had was great, a home made one.

Cameronian was the name of the place where we had our scones for breakfast. and of course we are in Cameron, how can we missed Strawberries?

after the breakfast and a stop for strawberries, we head back to Perak and this time for shooting session at Kellies Castle!

and then just before we leave Perak and head back to home, we there was one last destination for another food. sorry but i dont remember the location, in Perak still..

and the Mee Kari is nice too. i was confused if that was Mee Kari or Yong Taufu, cause it has both in it!

that was the trip, Perak i will repeat this trip, prepare us more great food!

next trip? well, went for Melaka early June and Jonker Street has a great food.. just wait for the next post

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just came back from Phuket, my first ever trip to outside country, and what a lovely experience to be in Phuket! stayed in Patong, I’m lucky to have checked in as early as 9am, and by the early evening, received a complementary 2000 bhat voucher for shopping! the holiday was the best i have ever experienced

from my eyes, Patong is just a small area, but you can find thousands of tourist there. hotels and taxi everywhere, but for a better and cheaper price, do book online. nevertheless, backpackers can still find more hotels which offer not-so-bad facility from as low as RM30 (or cheaper, if you can find or bargain)

almost everything for sale or rent there, is possible for bargain, that include tour package, taxi, car/scooter rent, clothes and more. I even thought that I was stupid to have shop some clothes before getting there, because the price for the same stuff after bargain in Patong is much much and much cheaper. if know how to bargain, you’ll be lucky to shop more at a much cheaper price. I got my island tour package at RM100, while my friend got it at RM120

halal food is rare in Phuket but you can still find them. arab restaurant is almost everywhere, however dont be shocked if you found that they serve beers too. I guess beer is part of the main business in Patong, it’s everywhere and cheap. I had my lunch and dinner at 2 muslim restaurant, not an exclusive one but similar to any warong here in Malaysia. they even serve teh tarik!

for more pictures, proceed to my flickr page

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I’ve been so jealous looking at people walking around with own SLR camera, snap here, there and everywhere, and results are cool!

I bought myself Sony T series couple of years ago that cost me nearly 2k and i got awesome pictures too, but why still my friend always had a better picture than mine? I always thought SLR camera is way too expensive that I cant afford to own one. I was wrong. I went to Sony Center week ago, again, just to look around for SLR camera and i found that the starting price for entry-level slr camera is as much as my provious T series, what a silly!

So, with bonus in hand, I managed to grab myslef an slr camera. I tried to bargain for Alfa 300 at first, however I found Sony dont really accept bargain. what, they think they are too good already? not satisfied, I went to other Sony centre and I get same result. funny thing is, they dont have stock for alfa 300 and offer me their display model but never want to give any discount for it. bad. then I walked away to other normal camera shop and managed to get a complete

freebies as I wanted, same price, and better slr camera (for entry-level) which is D60.

Then I bought Digital photography mag by hope that I get to learn more about this stuff, and yes I did. then I surf more

about D60, and starts to compare between one model and another. little regret, now that I wish I knew about slr earlier, so that I can grab an awesome 50D or at least D80, which the price different are not so big.

Anyway, D60 still rocks to me, because it’s my first slr!

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That’s right

Thematic is a Wordpress theme, the first release from me. I had a number of wordpress theme which was accidentally deleted, then I almost gave up. 

Thematic is the first theme after a year of me being so upset

Thematic

Thematic is a theme which very much dependant on the background pattern. You can always change the background pattern to change the look and feel of this theme. Thematic is based on BobV2.

Download Thematic theme for free!

Yes you can use the theme freely for all of your projects without any restrictions.

Demo: Thematic Demo

Download : Thematic Wordpress Theme (117) - 229.87 KB

 

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