A visit to Kellie's Castle

This is what I do for the past few months, visiting places and places, indulging myself into the free time. Last week, I revisited Ipoh for the second time. Somehow, I love the city for its uniqueness, classical, almost old-school kind of feeling. You can see it from the architecture of the buildings, the names of the road etc. The main reason I come back here is because I have been longing to visit Kellie's Castle, the never unfinished mansion. Read the history here.

 The mansion is really big, it takes more than an hour touring around.

Even if it is unfinished, the mansion looks great from the outside. Imagine it being completed, must be one great building huh.

 The view from the top of the mansion is ever refreshing, with trees and plants around. This is actually the area for Kellie and his wife to enjoy the scenery.

 The wall is made of bricks and more bricks.

Oh. One more place I would recommend you to visit is Memory Lane. The place is like uptown, but the only difference is it sells old, rare, vintage stuffs that you would never find anywhere else. The price is super cheap too. Go have a visit.

There are so many places in Malaysia I plan to visit. InsyaAllah.

Good day people.

Beijing

Forbidden City. It has four entrance, each is made for different level of people (according to Chinese interpretation)

This place is called Summer Palace. Did you see the water has become ice? The temperature is -6. I love this place, it is so serene.

This is the oldest mosque in Beijing. The name is Niu Jie Mosque, believed to have been around since year 996, but later was reconstructed.

I think this is similar to slum housing area. This can be seen when you're on top of the Great Wall of China. I think it is somewhat cool to live in a house near one of the seven wonders of the world.

The signage with translation, which is very convenient for non-Chinese tourists.

Climbing the Great Wall of China. It takes lots of stamina.

A day at Snow World. Get ready to fall down many times.

Although the people speak no English, Beijing trip was fun. Speak with body language, that is all it takes. The city is indeed very very big, explains the number of populations. And I noticed the roads are very large, each lines are wide. On working days, the traffics are bad. Really bad it slows everything down. And because I was here during winter, man it is freezing cold. I think it is colder as compared to my winter trip to Seoul, Korea last two years. But too bad, the snow isn't falling when I was in Beijing.

So yeah the tourist guide, his name is Ah Liang who happened to be a localman with a high proficiency of Indonesian language, takes us to many places of interest famous among tourists. To name a few, Forbidden City, Ti An Men Square, Great Wall of China, Summer Palace, Snow World, Niu Jie Mosque and a few others. We moved by a coach and later walk during arrival at these places. My most favorite place would be Summer Palace. An imperial garden with Chinese architecture. The place gives me some sort of calm feeling. And not to forget, The Great Wall which is very very long you can't possibly finished walking on it in one day. I've been to one of the seven wonders of the world. One down, six more to go? InsyaAllah.

What about the food? I love Beijing Muslim food, it is somewhat almost similar to Malaysian cooking. Most of the food are fried. Fried eggs, fried vegetables. But tell you what, in most meals, 7 out of the 10 dishes served are veges. It's true, no bluffing. So if you're not so fond of veges, screw it. You might end up eating rice with only fried eggs. Hahaha.

Beautiful beaches in Malaysia

Redang, in east cost of Malaysia

Those who stumble upon this blog and might be wondering where in the world is my beloved homeland, Malaysia, please do click here. I am very fond of beaches, the beautiful blue color of the water, the windy breeze and not to forget, the feel. Ironically, I've never been to any of the top beaches in my own country, except for Pangkor Island. What a waste!

According to this webbie, here are some of the best beaches in Malaysia. You people who want to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city, start packing and head here!

1. Redang. (Truly paradise. I must go here!)
2. Perhentian Island.

3. Tioman Island.
4. Langkawi.

5. Pangkor Island. (The only island that I've been to)
6. Borneo. (The beaches are to-die-for)

Vacation, classmates, beaches, nature. All in one.

Something to be remembered

Friends are to be cherished and appreciated

So yeah I went to PD and Malacca with crazy-fun-awesome classmates of mine. The main purpose of the trip is to have loads and loads of fun, before the term ends and everyone soon parts their own way. We all have come to the end of our Bachelor Degree study, and so I guess it's farewell time.

We went to beaches, sleep together, have meals together, went for some extreme games by the beaches and further to the sea. Boy it was lots of fun. And I couldn't forget the late-night chat session by the beach, where we formed a circle and started to talks about things, life, each other's dreams. So on and on. I can't hold the emotions any longer that I started to burst into tears, and later everyone did. Friendship. It's beautiful isn't it?

There's so many different people I met along the journey called life.And there will definitely be more in the future. People that i called friends. They come and go but memories with them will forever stay in my mind.

Shopping and sightseeing in Bandung

Bandung is an absolute shopping paradise. From casual dresses to head scarves, women prayer wear to shoes and handbags, the city has got everything to offer to fashionistas and those who love shopping at a very low cost. Of course. Who wouldn't love it? Bandung is well known for it's 3F, faster make your guesses. It's fun, food and of course fashion. I can do with the local food, really, no problem at all.

It's a shopping heaven I must say. Those who want to have a shopping experience where you can bargain up to 70%, shop for lots and lots of clothes at low cost, variety of choices, then go book your flight to Bandung.

There's plenty of Factory Outlets in Bandung. You can't help but have a visit to all of the FO's

Cascade

Heritage FO for clothes. Cheap and variety of them.

House of Donatello for shoes and more shoe

Tangkuban Parahu, a place with its fairytale story about a mother and a son

The crater right at the back.

Dapur Sangkuriang, serving local dishes. It's delicious I must say.

Yeah the name is weird for us Malaysian. But hey, there's a translation for each dish. Cool huh.