Ipoh 5D4N trip

My family decided to take a short getaway to Ipoh from 1-5 Oct 2019.

Why Ipoh? Because it is just 1 hr flight away from Singapore. Previous times that we went to Ipoh, we hire a private hire to drive us all the way from Singapore to Ipoh, this would take at least 10 hours since we would stop for frequent toilet breaks.

Ever since FireFly started flying to Ipoh, we started to take the flight route.

This time round, we decided to stay longer, 5D4N. We stayed two nights at Cameroon Highlands. Temperature range from 16 (at night) to 20+ degrees in noon.

Cameroon Highlands does not have much to shop, most stalls sells the same stuff wherever we went. So our main motive for going to Cameroon was to enjoy the cool weather.

So we roamed around to take some pictures, and then we go food hunting. For me, I am never a foodie, I do not know how to appreciate food so when my family went around eating Ipoh Zi Char, I just followed. They were saying how good this dish or that dish was, but all I could think of, was where is my coffee.

We ate until we are so full each time, I think all of us gained weight now that we are back to Singapore.

For me, as I grow older, I started to dislike travelling - I don't drink much so you can imagine the inner heatiness and the breath. Can't help it since drinking alot of water means always looking for toilets. I also don't go shopping (well this time round, I did some shopping because I desperately needed a pair of slippers after my sketchers shoes smelled badly).

I prefer to just stay at a hotel with walking distances to attraction. I guess to my husband, it is simply a waste of money to go overseas to do this.

Short recap of our trip
1) First 2 days spent in Brinchang, Cameroon Highland. A 2-hour drive from Ipoh town
2) Remaining 2 days spent in Ipho Town

During my short trip, somethings hit me. The kind of prices of stuff (be it food, clothings etc) way way exceed what an average Malaysian earns. E.g. a pair of Sketchers cost RM300+. In Singapore, a pair of Sketchers is from S$70. So for a worker who earns RM2000, the shoes is a whopping 15% whereas the same Sketchers is only a  3.5% for a SG worker.

I should be grateful that I have a well-paying job in Singapore. But I am not. I am always complaining about my job when I see others in less developing, doing all they can to feed themselves and their families.