IPOH....

My trip to Ipoh last Friday (14 September 2012) was an opener! I did not realise that the quality of life is much better there than in the Klang Valley. My overnight stay there made me realise that you will not get the quality of life you ever dreamt in greater KL.
The first think that strike me was the people! Yes , the people! Never I seen so many Malaysians for sometime as I lived in an area surrounded by FOREIGNERS! My security guards are Nepalese, my maid is Indonesian, the grass cutters are either Rohinyas or some guy from Africa. The pump attendents are Bangladeshis! The blue collar workers at the construction site at the back of my house are either Indonesians, Indians, or Pakistanis! The kopitiam waiters are Burmese(s). Even the maid in front is from some Indo-Chinese country! Any those shopping malls here are either full of Middle Eastern customers or other South East Asians.

Here, the only foreigners I met were the the professional Pakistani hockey players staying in the same hotel that I had stayed for the night. What a relieve to see so many Malaysians. (True and it is no joke of what I have just mentioned earlier!!!!) Even the hotel cleaners were Malaysians!

The other charming thing about Ipoh is the lifestyle. Hardly any jams, lack of noise pollutions and you could simply move around with ease.
I had lunch at Hainam Chicken Rice Shop in Anderson Road, watch hockey (national league) in the evening, had dinner in Ipoh Garden, visit a school in Cator Avenue, watch football (also national league) later that day and did also buy some stuff in TESCO. All within a span of 7 hours! Try doing that in KL. (yesterday, got a customer from Muar who got stuck in the KL madness for 2 hours!!!)

 

 Life here is so laid back, not even Kuantan had this kind of  atmosphere! People seemed to enjoy what they do and even a simple food feels so tasty! Maybe because there's hardly any major construction work or projects in Ipoh! TIME TO THINK OF RETIREMENT!!!