I am in the process of cleaning up my mobile phone by deleting old text messages and backing up images that I captured, mostly of my dogs, Snoopy and Dino, over the past few years. Reading my old text messages, a lot of them were sent and received when I was caring for Snoopy when ... continue reading »

My friend and I went to the KL Bird Park to look at birds but were surprised to be greeted with this family of monkeys when we came out of the bird sanctuary. Monkeys in the capital city? You bet. A man, probably also a Bird Park visitor, was feeding these monkeys so I took ... continue reading »

Living in a city, people hardly the chance to see any animals. When I was in KL, I couldn't see any birds besides those in KL Bird Park. Heck, I couldn't even see a house lizard or a fly or mosquito. Maybe they have all migrated to Ipoh. See the huge difference between a fake cow ... continue reading »

Being a town girl (I wouldn't say Ipoh is a city, although it is), this is a rare sight for me. I took this shot on our ride home after visiting Melaka where we took the Port Dickson way home. By "home", I mean Kuala Lumpur. This monkey is so huge, it looks pretty scary but ... continue reading »

My trip to The Pet Safari seems like a lifetime ago. Just now, when I decided to write about it, I thought that it was at The Curve. Well, actually, the one I visited was in IKANO Power Centre. I hopped to a few shopping malls the same afternoon I was there, you see, so ... continue reading »

Before I could finish blogging about my 9-day road trip that I took at the end of March, I made a day trip to Sg. Petani on Wednesday. It was a whirlwind trip but I managed to see some parts of the town and at least I can finally say that I have been to ... continue reading »

During my visit to Kuala Lumpur, when a friend asked, in Cantonese, if I have been to "The River of Gold" yet, I had to pause for a second. I do know the Cantonese name of Sungei Wang Plaza but I just always associate the name with a coffee shop in Ipoh. Anyway, as someone ... continue reading »