My wife has just resigned from her job recently leaving her full time office job and be a full time housewife. Sounds good huh. But in reality, being a full time housewife taking care of the home and children was a really tough job. The house chores was like never will finish like that and when my 2 years old starting to splash his toys all over the place, Aiyoo.... it was like blowing up my head la.
Don't ever think that being at home is very free ya know, especially when there's kids around.

The idea of starting an online business selling stuff was initially to fill in the time when my wife was at home. At least she will have something interesting to do apart of doing all those daily routine job and of course, she could make some side income out of that.
Since none of us really have any experience in selling stuff online, things seems to be a bit difficult at the beginning like how to get some stuff to sell and how to market them. Wifey had a friend who are kind enough to teach her on getting some stock from the online retailer while I'm responsible in creating her website, well I'm good in doing website work though.

It took us months of time to get everything moving and finally, our first ever online business kick started. We call it My QQ House. It sells girls accessories including earrings, necklace, bracelet and some hair decorations stuff.

I'm in charge of managing the website while the rest of it will be taken care by my wife. It isn't really that easy to get this little business started but then, it is something fun to do. We learned a lots of new stuff along the process and until now, we still need to learn a lot more to get our stuff sell. By the time I'm writing this, we have yet to sell anything through our website yet. There is a couple of order but still pending for the payment.

So, what do you think about this little business of mine and do give me some comment though.

I couldn't recall when was the last time I went to the Kledang Hill but one thing for sure, the hill was a very beautiful place and I would never bored hiking it. I took a chance to take a short hike to the hill recently to experience the beauty of the only reserve forest in Ipoh.

I arrived slightly over 6.00am in the morning and followed the standard route towards the hill. It was so dark then that it is near impossible to see the road eventhough there is a very bright moon shinning in the sky. However, there are many other patrons who came with a torch light with them and I just get along with them walk up the route.

Visibility improves as the sky started to bright up. it was a cloudy morning then and the entire Ipoh city was kind of foggy.

Part of the shortcut stairs along the route. Climbing up these stairs was really exhausting. It was very steep and narrow. One could fall to his death if he slip his foot somewhere.

Woah, got to the top of the stairs now. I was so tired here and could barely hold my camera still.

Some of the resting huts along the route. There are 4WD vehicle from Telco company going up and down from time to time. I don't exercise frequently and by the time I arrived here, my leg started to shake due to the excessive purge of energy to climb up the hill.

Check out this tree. I found some funny stuff hanging on the tree. Some CDs and a pair of snickers? Somebody must have had walked back with his barefoot.

Another shortcut climbing stairs which does not have a proper stairs constructed. Looking at the steep elevation, I actually turn around and follow the road instead. Safety must come first and the last thing you ever want is an accident in this place of nowhere. I want to go back in one piece.

It was a cloudy morning in Ipoh city as I view from the Kledang Hill. I was hoping to see the sunrise from the stretch of Titiwangsa mountain range at the back drop. Somehow, the cloudy morning shredded my dream.

The TV broadcast towers at the top of Kledang Hill. If my memory serve me well, it was about 13 kilometers from the starting point to reach the top of the hill where the towers are located. It was too long ago that I reached there and I really have not much memory about the place now. I Hope I could conquer the hill top again.

The sun continue to rise behind the cloud. Ipoh is such a beautiful city and having able to look at the entire city from the hilltop is just magnificent.

The sky has bright up and I took a rest at one of the resting hut in the middle of the route. I was sweating so much.

A chocolate bar would recover all the calories I burnt just now. Yummy.

I call it a day for this time hiking. Perhaps next time, I will go further up till the hill top but this time, let me enjoy the beautiful reserve forest here. It was so peaceful and cool.

I remember the first time I hike this hill was through a jungle path. Its dirty and exhausting but it was so thrilling. I really wanted to go through the jungle path again. Hopefully one day I could gather a few peoples and walk through the jungle again.

The news about the obesity problem among Malaysian has become the recent highlight. Obesity, overweight for most would known it as fat has becoming a serious problem now. Most put the blame onto the food and there is one point exactly to mamak food instead.

Now, many of the food you get out there especially from the fast food chain are rich in fat. Although most of us know it is not healthy but the temptation is just irresistible. Fried chicken, burgers, steak, nasi kandar, curry mee and the list can just go on and on. Everyone has their own favorite food but who has a favorite healthy food?

Food is not the entire reason for obesity problem. The current lifestyle also plays a very important rule to the level of health for the community. Back to the day of my teenage years, I would be spending most of my time playing and exploring with outdoor activities. I would be riding my bicycle for as far as 20 km from home for the thrill of adventure. But nowadays, outdoor activity were kind of going towards extinction already. Apart of that, the current weather and public security is also another reason why most people today prefer to stay at home.

Just the other day, I step up to the weighting scale to update myself on my body weight. To my surprise, my weight has break my all time record and reached 77Kg. Okay, 77 may not be so much for a five foot ten guy but hey, wait till you see my Michelin belly!

I think I could go subscribe myself to a belly dance class already now and show off my sexy Michelin tire belly. Somehow, I don't think I want to advance anymore further to gain more weight. It is not so cool carrying a protruded belly to go around, at least for me.

So, I started to goes back to the street to do some jogging. Its time to burn off the fat sexy belly now but I haven't been on the street for years now. So I expect a whole lots of muscle pain for the next few days. Oh yea, while I was writing this entry, both my leg was in pain and I'm going to take a couple of day off before I get back to the street to job. And yeah, the good thing is that I have managed to slash away 2 kg. given more time, I'm gonna burn down the fat from my body for good sake.

Impiana Hotel Ipoh is offering its Swimming Pool membership now. As my previous posting, Impiana Hotel is going through a complete makeover and the swimming pool area is no exception. The new hotel management is taking serious step to make the hotel to be the best in town.
With the theme “Garden Retreat within the city”, the surrounding area around the hotel will transform into beautiful garden to give the relaxation feel for every each person at the hotel.

The swimming pool membership not only allows members to use their swimming pool facilities but also offer discounts on their restaurants as well as getting special room rates. The Family membership allows the member to bring along 2 adults and 4 children to the swimming pool. Of course, if you would want to bring more people in, it just going to cost you RM5 per person.
Additional privileges for the membership are the discount given at their F&B outlet where member could get up to 30% discount at the Garden Terrace Coffee House and 20% discount at the all new The Bistro.
Member will also entitle to get special room rate with 60% discount off for their Superior Deluxe room.

All of all, it still comes to the ultimate question, how much does this cost me?
Okay, the Family Membership package is currently priced at RM700 per year.
Expensive? Its only less than RM2 per day for a fun filled family splashing time. Well, considering you will get to enjoy a 4 star class hotel facilities and given out all the discounts, it is still worthwhile.

Oh yeah, did I mentioned that you could get a 10% discount of your membership fee. Just mention that you are an ipohchai.com reader during registration and you will get a 10% off for your membership fee. This is no April fool joke and you really get the 10% discount if you tell them you are ipohchai.com reader.

1st of December 2009 marked a new history to the Impiana Casuarina Hotel where it changed its name to Impiana Hotel Ipoh with the change of ownership. Over this switchover, some of deluxe room and executive suite have undergone refurbishment and giving a new look with a touch of ‘Zen’ that give you a homely feeling. Among the changes which took place over this refurbishment including upgrades on all the 200 guest rooms, upgrades on the outdoor surrounding, introduction of new facilities including a new F&B outlet, Wellness Spa, Gymnasium, Fun Pub and an Executive Club Lounge.

This all new Impiana Hotel will be featured as a ‘Garden Retreat within the city’ which allows every guest to experience the relaxation feel over its lush gardens surrounding the hotel. Well, green is good. It does give me peace of mind looking at the green surrounding of the hotel. It just doesn’t feel like I was sitting in a hotel in the heart of the city.

At first glance, much have changed inside the Hotel and I see renovation works is still on going to upgrade the facilities. With the new management team, the Impiana Hotel Ipoh is shedding its shell to bring back the glorious moment this building has once honored in the past.

I was thrilled to be invited to get some real experience on the refurbished feature of this hotel and it somewhat quite impressive. This building has been standing for move than a quarter of a century long and there is much to say about its nostalgic memoirs. But much has changed over the time and with the current makeover, we are seeing a huge step of changes with a touch of a modern inspiration.

I had lunch at their newly introduced F&B outlet, The Bistro which is located at the lobby level. Their head chef is flown straight from Italy but The Bistro offers a variety of Ala Carte dishes as well as set lunch. I had the 3-Course Carvery Set Lunch and it was a good meal.

For dinner, The Bistro offers the 4-Course “Provincial Fare” Set Dinner specially created by their Executive Chef, Ricky Parlanti.

For the wine enthusiast out there, The Bistro also offer some Premium Wine served with delicious Hot or Cold Tapas between 6.00 to 7.00 pm.

As the name suggest, The Bistro does more than just a place to have nice and fine food but it was also a happening place to hang out at night. There is live band performance at The Bistro every Monday to Saturday by their live band duo, Mac & Zel.

For those who are craving for varieties of local and international cuisines, step into the Garden Terrace where they serve buffet for breakfast, lunch, dinner as well as Hi-Tea at and affordable price. The Garden Terrace is located right next to the lobby counter.

Do you known that the Impiana has the largest Hotel swimming pool in Ipoh? Well, that is what I been told. At the time of my visit to the hotel, the swimming pool area looks rather deserted. There will be a facelift going on at the swimming pool area to make the deserted area a heavenly garden. Okay, I’m maybe over praised it but for sure, it will change into something beautiful.
In fact, Impiana Hotel Ipoh is now open up membership subscription for its swimming pool facility where members also get whole lots of other benefit.
Do check out my next post.

For more information about Impiana Hotel, do check out their website at impiana.com

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