kampar kap-tures

Yes i m back. 

I just returned from staff retreat in Kampar. Some must ask why of all places..especially those from Ipoh will sure think that way..but come to think about it..not a bad place for retreat because you are away from the busy city life and come into a simple environment..

Anyway, pictures will tell the story..

We stayed at this place called Grand Kampar Hotel. The only beautiful hotel in Kampar which is walking distance from the new UTAR campus. Probably the reason why we are here is because boss got a good offer from them to try their place. I guess so. haha.

The hotel is nearby to many shop houses. So ya, any given opportunities of free time or time to do snack/food hunting, it is easy to walk over..

Obviously with UTAR around there, this place is a student-populated area. Everyone have their mode of transport...walking or cycling. So in the evening, you may lotsa students cycle here and there, like something out of Le Tour De Langkawi. haha.

I dont think this shop has anything to do with UTAR but how it managed to register this name is a mystery to me..but whatever la..

Many shops to eat..but this shop tried to state the obvious..anyway we didnt eat in this shop..

Walked pass this cake shop...some of their cakes and buns tempts me..

So Monday dinner, just say i didnt want to take the picture of what i ate..it is chicken chop rice but they used baked beans' sauce to cover my rice. Looks..err..average and even the taste..

The difference between a freshly-made Orange Juice(left) and the packaged Orange Juice you can get from supermarket..it was Danny's drink on the right btw..he wanted to drink what he just bought that time from the mart..

According to the shop, this is their special thing..3-layered-tea-ais-drink.

That night itself, after meeting, we were out again. This time at mamak where we found Roti KLCC..

The difference between the Roti Tissue at Kayu and this..

1) Kayu has one. This has two..duh..plus that little bridge there to tie them up..haha..

2) Kayu is totally filled with sugar and sweetness. This is a mix of egg and corn. No sugar. Unless you want some sweetness, request a bowl of condensed milk. 

3) Kayu's one is actually taller than this..which equals three or four plates to hold it. This need like two plates only. Not so tall you may say.

Both are still crispy anyway..

For Tuesday morning, we ate the hotel's breakfast buffet..of course this is not what i only ate..i ate plenty of stuffs..

We explored upstairs where the swimming pool isnt Olympic-side..quite small..

We can see UTAR and other places from here..

This was my lunch on Tuesday. Nice.

After lunch, we went Gua Tempurung. We went quite late, so there is only one package left to explore which is dry and simple package which vistors just go in and explore the cave. If you want more extreme adventures where you can go up and down and get wet in the cave, you need to be there in the morning for it. Anyway walking in the cave feels like i m in the movies..like in batcave or those caves in LOTR..haha..

This was my dinner. It's a shop called Harmony. Kampar folks should know this place..

After dinner, when we head to pastor's room for meeting, we throw a so-called surpise party for his eldest son. The cake tells how is he in case you ask..haha..

PAR---tayyyy..haha..

By this time, my stomach is filled with all sort of food. Yes i ate quite a lot when i was there..

That night, i find my Ipoh mali friends from StPeter's..my anak buahs during my HM days..particularly YeeLing, Careena and Chuan Ian. I only gave a call/sms to Jean..sick wo.

Wednesday morning, we had Dim Sum for breakfast. Wanted to take picture then realized i left one battery in my room. DENG! After that, kinda lazy to take pictures because nothing much we did..last meeting session then lunch near Tapah Rest area then head back to KL.

I been to many so-called leaders retreat in the past and this is totally simple and stress-less. I got good time to sleep as well. Basically for me, just a quiet and simple retreat..suits me..but thank God it's just three days in Kampar or else, it will start to get bored..

So ya, that is what i did for the past 3 days..and i will be travelling again on Friday midnight..to Ipoh for CNY hols..