Images of Ipoh: Sunny Morning In The Rainy Days

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Sunny Morning In The Rainy Days

The weather is mostly cloudy and rainy in the recent days. Direct sunlight only appear for short while or not even a single hour in a day. Anyway, a nice blue sky is seen this morning and lasts till afternoon. The skyline looked clear in the fresh atmosphere and under the brilliant sunlight. Government offices along Douglas Road (Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab) have been closed since last Friday (a special holiday for Malaysia winning a regional football championship) and traffic in this Sunday is quite relaxing. However, the day ended up a thunder storm & downpour in the evening. Several lower grounds even suffer disaster of flooding. It seems we will continue dealing with the rainy days for some time.
...

No comments:

Post a Comment

Ipoh, the capital city of Perak State, Malaysia, is the city that tin built. Located at the famous tin mining area, Kinta Valley, it used to be the world's largest tin mine since 19th century. Not only of its tin mine, but Ipoh also famous of its delicious food, beautiful mountain ranges, mysterious lime stone caves, attractive history & friendly citizen. Being the second in Malaysia that gain the status of city in year 1988 after Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh is one of the major cities in Malaysia with the population around 700,000. Began as a small village in 1870's, tin mine industry had brought in Chinese and Indian that boosted the town development since 1890's. The rapid growing town later upgraded to be the capital of Perak during the Japanese occupation at World War II. The rich tin resource had brought prosperity to many Ipoh miners that even make it once known as the City of Millionaires. Today, Ipoh has grown to cover a large area including the neighboring township such as Bercham, Tasek, Jelapang, Menglembu, Pengkalan, Simpang Pulai & Chemor. The city is still developing continuously while maintains its beauty of nature and harmony.