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Trip to Perak 2016 & 25th MELTA International Conference

This time, again, I am attending 25th MELTA International Conference @ Casuarina MERU, Ipoh. Sebenarnya tak plan nak attend this conference, but, a few months before I received an invitation from MELTA. Remember in my previous entry I mentioned about the MIRCELE award?  Because of winning the MIRCELE award, I receive a reserved presentation session (with no cost) at MELTA Int Conference this year. So I dont have much to ask from my employer.

28th May 2016.

Bertolak ke PD. Sampai PD around 12pm. Tapi singgah dentist (Haziq Clinic) sebab Mukmin mengadu gigi geraham goyang. Sampai sana, takde customer. Aku & husband pun jumpa dentist jugak. Cuci gigi.
Petang plak kami gi Pekan to buy baju raya dengan Mak. In these few years, we will be buying baju raya from the same shop- Zaidi Collection. Kali ni beli baju raya utk the kids je. Mr.Hubby taknak baju raya tahun ni, so I pun rasa takde mood nak beli for myself.
Around 6,  macam biasalah.. gi kedai singgah makan @ Medan Ikan Bakar MPPD

Emak ku yang tersayang

29th May 2016


Plan asal nak bertolak ke Ipoh lepas breakfast. Tapi Along suruh tunggu dia siap masak asam pedas ayam & siput masak lemak.  Abang F pulak gi pasar tani Ampangan, nak beli roti bai. Tak sampai hati pulak jadi kami tunggu. Around 11am baru bertolak. Otw to Ipoh, teringat Ijah baru report study kat UPSI , so singgah Tg.Malim dulu. Amik Ijah, bawak gi lunch. Kecewa dengan kedai Nasi Ayam tuh.  Orang punya ramai, tapi tak sedap pun. Around 230 pm, continue our journey to Ipoh. Arrived at Casuarina@ MERU around 4pm. I made the booking via booking.com about 2 months ago. I wrongly placed my booking, patutnya I book from 29 May -1 June tapi aku only book from 30th- 1 June for standard room. A week later when I realized my mistake, I try to book on the 29th but the rooms are already full. So I book for King Studio room, which is bigger & more expensive. When I checked-in, I ask the receptionist whether it is possible to get a standard room for tonight so that I dont have to move to another room tomorrow & the following day. Unfortunately, all standard rooms are fully booked. Surprisingly, the Manager came. He told me that he is going to upgrade my room. So we will be staying in King Studio room for three nights but paying the price of the standard room. Wow.. memang rezeki.

The kids of course are happy, to stay in a bigger room, with 2 TVs and a living room.
I also made an early registration for the conference. My presentation session is on the 2nd day.
 Not very long after we settled down, we went to Mydin Mall, which is less than 1km away from the hotel. At night, too tired to go out for a dinner, so just masak nasi & eat the foods yang Along bekalkan.

Casuarina Hotel  @ MERU.
Highly recommended. Good services. Friendly staffs. One thing which is not there- The swimming pool!

Makanan sedap & best di Ipoh, Kuala Kangsar & Taiping, Perak

30th May 2016


First day of conference. We started the conference by the opening ceremony by HRH Raja Zarith Sofiah (Queen of Johor). She delivered a speech which is awesome on how she inspires others. Dalam sesak2 tuh, I managed to shake hand with her, rugi  pulak tak berselfie dengan dia. Tergamam masa salam dia, because she is so pretty and poise.
There were many sessions that I enjoyed and among was the Panel session 1, moderated by Dr. Edwin. I noticed that there were many school teachers from different states of Perak, which is good for them and for the state.
During lunch hour, Mr.Hubby ajak pergi makan Nasi Vanggey. We went there, which is only about 20 minutes. However, Mr.Hubby was very disappointed with the foods. Not as good as what being told in the internet, Kecewa. Gambar pun tak nak amik. 

In the evening, after the conference ends, we went to AEON Mall, coz husband kata I can buy anything for my birthday & anniversary.  Actually today is 23 Syaaban, the date I was born. Auni pun lahir 23 Syaaban. So I bought 'something' from the Mall. Then , we 're heading to Sg.Siput, to the famous .Woop2lobster @ Sg Siput. My review..mm... I guess Red Lobster cooks a far more delicious lobster than this stall does.

Asian Lobster RM80

Grilled Lamb RM15


31st May 2016

Today is our anniversary. 31 May 2003- 31 May 2016. How time flies!

My presentation session went well. I was not nervous at this time around. perhaps, I have made various presentation before & give lecture to my students almost every day (except during semester break & weekends). There were questions, and alhamdulillah I managed to answer them. 



Restoran Simpang Tiga

Restoran ni terletak di bandar Ipoh. Masa conference, ada sorang new friend recommended this restaurant. katanya sedap & bersih cuma agak mahal. Tapi oklah harganya, we spent RM85 for the lunch which was yummy. Ini lah first time datang Perak dapat rasa makanan yang sedap. 
Makanan yang dijual adalah makanan Indonesia & I heard that sometimes ada jual Ikan terbang Bakar. 

Gulai Kikil (Urat) RM9. Pecal RM5. Sambal Tempe RM5

Talapia bakar RM35

Gala Dinner


This is the first time I join dinner during MELTA conference. Sebelum ni banyak kali aku pergi conference nih, I think almost every year. Although aku memang akan stay in the same hotel as the conference's venue, tapi aku tak pernah pun pergi.  Selalunya aku akan rasa tak sampai hati nak tinggalkan my kids & I always feel that I need to be there. Tapi malam ni I changed my mind, Perhaps, once in the blue moon I need to give my time a break.




1st June

Check-out
Heading to Hotel Taiping Perdana Kuala Kangsar through Chemor & Sg Siput

Am Mee Kicap, Kuala Kangsar

This is a small kedai makan. But the mee kicap really good. Nampak simple and takde yang menarik. Tapi the taste buat aku terasa nak gi lagi. Mee tu dicelur. Then ada kuah kicap, I think ada paste udang . Atas tu letak ayam cincang & sambal. Serve with a simple soup. 

Mee Kicap RM5

Am Mee Kicap, Jalan Daeng Selili

Labu Sayung
Ada banyak kedai yang jual labu sayung. We are lucky to come across pemborong labu sayung. Came to my surprise, tak mahal pun rupa2nya. Bekas besar yang boleh isi air tu baru RM15. tapi kete tak muat, so dapat beli 2 je. Girl yang jaga kedai tu rekomen pergi makan Laksa Telur Sarang, Hentian Kekabu yang dekat je dengan kedai tu. Perut dah kenyang sebab aku makan 2 pinggan mee kicap tadi. Tapi singgah jugak kedai laksa tuh. Sedap jugak tapi x sempat amik gambar.




Mee Udang Mak Jah, Kuala Sepetang

My review: So-so...agak mengecewakan.  Kalau tak pergi pun takpe .

Mee Udang Special RM1

Mee Ketam RM13


2nd June

Zoo Taiping
Harga tiket dewasa: RM17
harag tiket kanak-kanak: RM8.50

Anak2 suka sangat gi Zoo. Zoo Taiping ni more convenient & arrangement of the sangkar binatang tu lebih approachable compared to other Zoos. & Lebih redup so taklah panas sangat berjalan.








Restoran Selera Azrorasa, Jalan Larut-Matang

So this is the winner of our trip this round. Kedai nya kecik je, and terpencil. Ikut Jalan Taiping -Kual Sepetang, masuk ke kiri. Then, ada jalan kecik (1 kerete je boleh lalu) about 5km baru ada kedai tuh.
Kene book dulu kalau tak maybe tak dapat tempat duduk. Masa kami datang tuh, ada 1 group besar tengah lunch, and after kami nak balik pun ada another group coming in.
Harganya jauh lebih murah tapi rasanya jauh lg sedap dr semua kedai yang kami pergi kali ni. Kami makan sembilang gulai, sembilang goreng, ketam cili, kailan, ulam, laksa & air. baru RM38

Ketam cili

Gulai ikan sembilang

Remote area but serves so delicious foods

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Durian Batu Kurau



Taman Tasik Taiping



Yong Tau Fu Belakang Bomba

kat ineternet ramai rekomen kedai ni. So kami pergi on the last night. Sampai sana, tengok2 ada baaanyak kedai jual Yong Tau Fu. Ada 6-7 kedai. So kene la tany agoogle dulu.. Then kami ke gerai yang ada tulis "Since 1983". memang sedap. I never eaten any Yong Tau Fu yang sedap macam ni.


YongTau Fu "Since 1983". RM24

3rd June

kami bertolak balik. Dah penat & puas jalan2 seminggu ni. Perjalanan rasa jauuuuh sangat.. kami tiba di Muadzam around 8pm. 

In conclusion. Puas hati dapat jalan2 dgn anak2 & Mr Hubby this time. Bukan senang nak carik masa yang mana husband & I sama2 boleh cuti & kids tak sekolah. So I really appreciate the moment we had had this time. Money does not matter. We just spent on whatever we want. Duit boleh dicari kan?
Semoga ada masa, ada umur & ada rezeki utk aku & Mr.Hubby bawa anak jalan2 lagi.