Mum's trip down memory lane

Mum's originally from Kuala Kangsar and ever since she's moved to KL, she has not been back ever since. So, when we heard that our grandpa just came out from surgery in Taiping, we decided to drive down to Taiping to see him.

Taiping is beautiful. It's serene, it's peaceful and if you're searching for some peace and quiet, Taiping is the place to be.

The trees here are incredibly old, and I think it is the oldest trees you can find in Malaysia; besides the hutans la. We took a drive around the Taiping Lake, and Mum just had to stop and take pictures of the trees. Damn, it's been so long since we came back here. More than 14 years I think..

Sit and relax..

After visiting our grandfather, we came to this particular restaurant. Wah, how I remember always coming here for lunch with the whole family and eat wan tan mee.

Hahaha, a bad shot of mum!

The wan tan mee, we always ate for lunch last time. True, it's not the best in the world, but it brings back nice memories. Before we left for Kuala Kangsar, mum suddenly shouted, "Oh oh, we MUST eat the Fried Kuew Teow at this stall! It's very very famous and delicious!". So we stop to satisfy her cravings.

Our Ho Chien; Fried egg mix with oyster

and mum's famous Kuaw Teow. It was NICE! We shared because we were heading to Kuala Kangsar and Ipoh next to makan more!

We didn't know our way around KK, so we were counting on mum to guide us. She was saying, "Noooo problem! I know my way around!", says the person who has not been back for over 20 years.

1st, we took her to her secondary school. At first I was really doubtful on whether the school will still be there.. It has been soooo long.. Indeed it was still there. "It's here, It's here!," she shouted, and tried to squeese her head through the gate bars, trying to peek inside.

Walau, even got their own website leh!


Mum said she rode her bicycle up this hill to get to her school. Then she went on and on about how lucky we are, we have cars taking us to school....

My mum's dad used to work as a jewelery seller, and my mum wanted to see if the shop was still here and it is! After all this years...



The famous KK river which floods everytime it rains.. It even floods all the way to mum's school and its on top of the hill!!!

Next, we went to her house she used to stay. We didn't try to take many pictures, because neighbors were staring at us..

Next, she wanted to show us her original house, before she move to the one above.

We drove up a hill and the roads becomes very small. Where is mum taking us??


"It's there," she exclaims "and it looks exactly the same! It has not change at all". One word. Wow.

This er.. used to be a house, When my mum was staying here, she and her sister used to run to this house, and peep through the window because this house was the only one who had a tv.

This was where my grandma used to climb down to go to the market and climb back up to go home.

Saw this as we were coming home, pretty. If you look closely, there's actually 2 rainbows.