Last Tuesday I drove my grandfather and my uncle to Ipoh to visit my aunt. She's the youngest sister of my late grandmother.
She is suffering mental illness since young age and she's currently staying in old folk's home after her mother (i.e. my great grandmother) passed away in year 2004, and she is under control with medicine.
After the visit, we also visited some temple in that area.
Ipoh is a place with a lot of hills (with particularly rock hills). Therefore the temples there are like.... what we hear/imagine as those in the folklore?
Ling Xian Dong 灵仙岩 (front entrance)
Ling Xian Dong 灵仙岩 (inside)
Ling Xian Dong 灵仙岩 (surrounding)
We visited Nan Tian Dong 南天洞, which is just beside the Ling Xian Dong. Unfortunately, the temple is closed (i.e. we didn't visit at the temple operational hour）
Me and my grandpa
My uncle and his father
They are small temples so it didn't take us a long time to visit.
Oh, back to the topic, so from KL -> Ipoh, it takes about 1 hour 45 minutes.
So during the long journey, inevitably, we will talk. (of course)
So when we talk, we'll talk of the latest topic.
Then we talked about the food price, that's when we started whining.
Some short summaries:
1) The fuel price dropped, but the food price didn't
2) So did the goods price
3) Instant noodle that cost RM2.50 half year ago is now nearing RM4.00
4) The retailers claim that they couldn't drop the price earlier because "they haven't sold out the stock they bought at the higher price"
5) Few months down the road, it's still the same.
6) It is so, oh, not worth it to live in Malaysia
7) Why do we need to drive?
8) It's expensive to drive
9) Cars are very expensive
10) Why is the public transport no good?
11) Why is the road not in good condition?
12) The highway with toll is a pure blood-sucker. They take money from citizen as well as government
13) Why is the road sign not clear?
14) Oh the hills in Ipoh are losing the trees
15) No wonder the weather is getting hotter and hotter nowadays
Etc.
Apparently, whining can get everybody together, and also bridge the generation gap ;)
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