Photowalk - TT Session @ Ipoh on 23 April 2011

It was a sunny day in Ipoh on 23 April 2011, a group of young people including me (not so young one) is attacking Ipoh town with M16 …

Ops.... soli soli, is M6

Ops …. soli soli, is not Leica M6 too, that one only Yeow has it.

We attacked Ipoh with our Olympus PEN camera …. Because this is the day we the Oly Pen Lovers group are going to Ipoh for outdoor photo shooting session.

So,

For the sake of reaching Ipoh early, I force myself, with drag, pull & push myself out from my beloved bed at 5.00 am Morning. So crazy, I slept at 1.00 am, only 4 hours sleeping time …. goash !!

Who is so crazy waking up in the wee hours of the morning?

What better way than cradle inside a warm bed dreaming with your love ones on a Saturday morning!!?

Well, I bet there are another nine friends who are like that ! So CRAZY!!

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At about 9.00 am, we are enjoy a good breakfast in the famous Kedai Kopi Kong Heng at Ipoh Old Town. The famous food there is the Kai Si Hor Fun (shedders Chicken Noodle Soup.). Off course we also tried other famous food like satay, popiah and many more ….

Ipoh town is famous with heritage buildings, many are built before World War II, some buildings even built much earlier. These buildings are classic and simply gorgeous. I hope the state government would spend more times and money to enhance and preserve this place …

This place is the assets for all rakyat of Malaysia.

Although Ipoh did not gain the recognition of World Heritage site but this is another place that the Malaysian Government should be responsible to ensure the heritage buildings are preserved with proper care so that our next and next next generations would enjoy the beautiful architecture works of the olden days.

TT is very fun especially when joining a group of fun people. After numerous times of TT together, basically, we are quite “Soub” (Cantonese word meaning knowing each other) … so we would tease each others with candid shots, photo trick or even make fun one another by pulling legs or hair … ops, just kidding, over exaggerate on the second part of the sentence … no pulling legs or hair, okay! We are Gentlemen and Ladies mah.

hehehehe …

Beside the street shot at old town, we visited KTM (Keratapi Tanah Melayu) Railway Station. A magnificent place that had a name called Taj Mahal in Ipoh by the locals. The building was built by a “Quow Loh” (Westerner), Arther Benison, an architect from British in 1935.

Part of the building was housed the Majestic Hotel, which famous in Ipoh at one time, but unfortunately, when we reached there, it was closed with terrible abandon sites .. Although the entrance was covered with plywood, but it looked terribly in the eyes of the public, more so a place that attracts overseas tourists.

What a lousy management …. don’t know who to blame !!

Nevertheless, the ugly sites of KTM building had became our targeted places for photo shooting ….

We also went into the railway platform to take some shots and meet up some friendly people. I saw a kid playing with one of my friend DLC, the "Tai KoKo" both look so innocent, so I capture the moment ....

 and also meet a guy sleeping .... so I am thinking... "Is 1 Malaysia also sleeping ?" Hahahaha ...

Time passby fast, especially when we are enjoying ourselves. It almost 3pm plus and we rushed to the Kallies castle … a well known haunted castle that the spirit of Mr William Kellie Smith (the owner) wondering around at the 2nd floor corridor and his wife Agnes, wearing a white blouse and curly hair sitting at her old bedroom. Phantom smells of incense and spirits have been reported and the castle possesses hidden rooms and secret underground tunnels that made people wondering about all these ramous ….

Whatever is it, we did not experience anything …  In the bright day light and our noise and laugher can scare away any ghost in the world … hahahaha

It is a wonderful site for photo shooting.

One thing for sure … many wedding photography were taking in this place.

How come no one say …..

"CHOI~ TAI KA LAI SI ...." .... hahahaha

Lastly, I just wanted to thank all my buddies in PEN LOVERS group who have supported the Ipoh TT ....  Although I know many of you still not "enough" ... (from the look of you guys' face). Anyway, time is getting late and maybe we plan again in our future TT .....

Last, may I introduce you the Founder of PEN LOVERS GROUP IN FB ... MR KOON YIT CHIN .... and the "calefee" the humber Me-Loh   ^,~   (by the way, if you are PEN users, you may search under group called 'PEN LOVERS" .....  and join us in our next T.T).

The End.