Day 2 - 8/2/15

Flea market behind our hotel is waiting for us in this morning. I went to the flea market after had a quick breakfast with Nano and Nana. The market was crowded. Vintage item, shirts, toys and even fish and prawn can be seen at there. As a warm reminder, if u are planning to visit it, please carry your bag in front to prevent pick pocket.

Vintage items sell at flea market

                           
When 1030am, we were heading to Ipoh old town to do research on our own assignment.

Wall arts in Ipoh

The weather on that day is hot therefore we decided to have a bowl of cendol before start with our research. We walk and look around the heritage building along the street. 

Heritage buildings along the street

Unfortunately, the day that we went to visit these places was Sunday therefore most of the heritage buildings was closed and we couldn’t have a chance to interview about it. =(

We saw a lot of theme café along the street which most of them has an interesting interior design but sadly we do not have enough time to visit every of them. I think Sekeping Kong Heng is the most attractive place at here. We couldn’t get to visit it on this day but luckily we are able to do this on the last day of our trip. (which I will talk further later on =p)

Ground floor of Sekeping Kong Heng have few handicraft souvenir shops, cafes and even an old fashioned barber shop. I never thought about inside Ipoh old town street has such an interesting place. Here is different from what we normally seen at kl as most of the items selling here are handmade therefore it's a bit 'high cost' for me. 

Souvenir shops at Sekeping Kong Heng

We accidentally bump into a free puppy adoption corner when hanging around along the street. These teenagers are actually volunteers and their purpose of having such a kiosk along the street is to get those homeless puppies a shelter. As I dont have the ability to adopt a puppy, I bought something they are selling as donation.

After lunch, we went to the Happy8 Boutique Hotel for case study. Interior design of this boutique hotel has much differences from others. Chinese traditional style is the theme of hotel. They used timber as their main material to design the interior. Once we entered, we greet by a friendly receptionist and we did a short interview with her regarding this boutique hotel. After having the conversation with her, we gain some useful info to help us on our design subject such as the management and how to overcome some common hotel issues. =) Unfortunately, we are not allow to visit their rooms design therefore I get to view it from Google image. What impressed me the most from this hotel is how they managed to design a hotel in such a compact area.

Interior design of rooms (from Google)

Night activities for this day was visiting to the Kinta riverfront walk. The view here is similar with the I-city at Shah Alam with those colourful trees.

Night view at Kinta Riverfront