Zakka Loft杂咖坊@Ipoh

Zakka Loft is a really good place to lay back, have a bite of cake and have a cup of passion lemon tea.

What brought me there is merely a suggestion from xt's sister.And there, we spent a quality afternoon.We stepped in at 3pm and surprisingly found that we took 2 hours ++ to finish two pieces of cake and two cups of beverages.

The cafe has great ambiance. Every corner is decorated in an elegant way. Zakka Loft is not just a coffee shop but a handcrafting studio.I am a DIY fans, so this place really got me into it. They even organize Ukulele gathering, I saw one notice pasted on the wall.

The cafe has quaint vintage feel, it is charming in its own way.  Homemade cakes are served. One of those which got our attention was the rainbow cake. The owner told us that each layer is of different flavour. We take a chance and apparently the cake tasted yummy.

We tried another hazelnut-flavour cake after our first attempt of rainbow cake. The cake were not the best in the town, but it was good enough to impress us.

Tadaa..Rainbow cake.

Hazelnut flavor.We are attracted by the Macaroon-like pink thingy on the cake, but it's just a sugar piece. So...don't judge a book by its cover.

The handmade toy is RM35 each.

Spot the four Zebra's butt.

Socks puppet is sooo cute!

We are definitely coming back for more cakes and tea! ♥

Zakka Loft

No. 2, Jalan Medan Ipoh 1C,

Medan Ipoh Bistari,

31400 Ipoh, Perak.

Tel:+60124803591 or +60134888503

Drawer's Story

Today I finally feel like tidying up my drawers.I am never a very neat and organised person.Recently, I start facing difficulties of finding things that supposedly lying in my drawers.So......it's the time to make things neat.

Tidying drawer is fun when you found something that you hadn't seen for a really long time. Let's see what I got this time.

My favourite hobby during childhood is collecting.I got cards collection, erasers collection, Winnie the Pooh toys collection and this....key chains collection.

Inside that transparent box, there are key chains collected since childhood. Most of the key chains below are brand new. Spot the little dog, that's my all time favourite! Some of them are presents from friends and family and some I bought it from countries I traveled to.

But I never use them. Key chain is one of the things that always gone missing besides hair pin, therefore, keeping it inside drawer is the best way to ensure their all-time-existence.

Oh, the cards.I used to put a lot of faith in it.It is like tarot card, foresee your luck, friendship, love and wealth. I bought it from '银河'.During my primary school time, it was a famous magazine that sold all kinds of fancy cute stuffs.Are kids nowadays still reading ‘银河’? Maybe now they just want to buy Apps in Iphone and Ipad. LOL.

I still find it interesting. Do this once in a while is quite....exciting！

Tadaaa... My KH artwork. This colour looks pretty good, my sense of art is not bad hor. In fact I got the inspiration from Sleeping beauty (If you ever watched it). The ending scene where one of the faeries wanted to paint her gown in pink, the other wanted blue.

 I even sprayed some stars on it.

This was another KH masterpiece. I made full use of my DIY stuffs.

These are the coolest things in my childhood! Trendy looking black shades and fashionable fanny packs, and the cute little key chain that still hanging on it. Their colour tone are pretty matching. 

And I found this! Miss Ele wrote this to me. 9 years back. This is what a BFF will write to you after all. Haha

Mickey's watch. Dad bought it to me when he still worked in Singapore. Love this pretty much. <3 p="">

Smiley toys. They are capsule toys from Gashapon. The one you have to put in coins, and rotate a button on the machine, then you will get the capsule balls. There were time where my sister, brother and me were very addicted to Gashapon and we 'stole' coins from mum and dad in order to collect different colours of this toy.

Phew, I am glad that my drawers are now neat for a short while.

清莱#4 像天堂的花园@皇太后行宫 Doi Tung Royal Villa

第四天我们去Doi Tung Royal Villa （皇太后行宫）。朋友一直说这里很漂亮，所以来到清莱，这个地方肯定是必来的。尤其是我在回来之后，对这个地方的影响竟然是最为让我深刻的! 可见这个地方是多么能够俘虏我的心。更重要的是，这里是避暑胜地，天气很好，空气更是一流的。生活在马来西亚这个热带国家，凉爽才是王道。

所有的花都很鲜艳漂亮

皇太后行宫有点像我们的金马伦，当然肯定比金马伦华丽。这里的花园堪称一绝。为什么这
里虽说是皇太后行宫，却美得像花园呢？答案是泰国的已逝王太后很喜欢园艺。

泰国皇太后深受人民爱戴，在晚年搬迁到气候凉爽的清莱高原。这座皇太后行宫和它美丽的花园在她1994逝世后，于1997年开放让民众参观。

皇太后生性节俭，所以她住的地方是由木头打造而成，不奢华但是大方典雅。泰国的皇太后行宫和台湾故宫一样，都采用了Self-guided Tour,就是派给你一架像遥控的小机器，让你戴上耳机带着走。在行宫里每一样有故事的东西，都被标上了号码，只要你一按号码，就可以马上听到解说。

这样的self-guided tour很棒！我们可以安静地把行宫每一个角落仔细琢磨，又可以清楚知道背后的故事。

我们买的门票概括了Doi Tung Royal Villa和Mae Fa Luang Garden两个地方。我们是学生，只要出示学生证即可得到折扣，我们一人大约花了110-120B。

进入皇太后行宫，有指定的穿着，必须穿长裤长裙。我们不知道，以为只要寺庙才必须及膝。 他们很贴心地为我们准备了蓝布和蓝长裤，还为我们亲自绑上。

皇太后行宫的花真的很漂亮，可以说得上说百花齐放，应该是千花齐放。看花真的可以让人心旷神怡，每一个角落都是园丁的Masterpiece!

皇太后行宫是来清莱必到的地方。

清迈#3 骑大象，划竹筏之水蛇，长颈村

在原本的行程里，我们打算到网友们都推荐的汉清迈旅行社/500大购买Day tour.就在我们努力寻找这家店时，我们发现在De Lanna Hotel 附近的"漢"清迈旅游社，原址：58,Inthawarorot Road,50000 Chiang Mai已经移到93/1 Moon Muang Rd.，T. Sriphum, Muang，Chiang mai，50200。


我们一直找不到在Inthawarorot Road的"漢"清迈，后来就向人问路，结果问着了一个便服警察。他告诉我们这家店搬了去塔佩门内侧的Hotel M 对面。



然后他建议我们去Tourism Information Centre，他说这是under政府的，没有抽佣金，会比较划算。我们买了两个tour，第二天我们会去Bamboo Rafting,Elephant Ride和Long Neck Village。



第二天的行程开始了，在清迈很有名，而且占了很高地位的就是大象先生和小姐。在这里，无论在机场，花园，店铺，纪念品店，酒店，小巷还是在王太后行宫，都可以看到它们的踪影。



今天我们就要骑大象去了。其实要去骑大象是一件很纠结的事。一方面很开心，因为自从在太平动物园（那时候才很小）骑过一次大象---就是坐上去然后拍个照那种；一方面之前看过一篇报导说骑大象是一件很不人道的事。



我们还是去了。因为这是泰国盛兴的景点。

在见到我们的大象之前，我们先要做的是划竹筏。当然，不是我们划，若是让我们划的话，恐怕只有两个可能性：

 1.我们掉进水里，被水蛇吓死。

2.我们划了3个小时，可能才到达，或者被卡在石头间。



说到水蛇，没看错，这条河真的有水蛇!!!我们快要被吓死了。起先，我们很安稳地坐在竹筏上，当划船的原住民喊说: SNAKE 并用长竹杆拍打河水时，我们还以为他们只是逗着玩。



后来我们才发现河水上真的不时浮现水蛇。再后来，水蛇竟然猖狂到爬上我们的船。



结果：从很开心--〉变到很恐慌

这让我们极度的不安。只管大喊，站起来；walao, 而且竹筏间是有很大的缝隙的，足够空间让水蛇钻出来。然后在船头掌船的原住民男孩就很快速地跑到船尾，后面船的也帮忙把蛇飞到远远的草丛里。



我还是第一次跟蛇同船。很怕。



本来，我们应该做的是，安静地，闭着双眼，好好享受在河川丛林中的宁静。接下来，我们已经无法安心地享受什么平静。我只是希望水蛇不要再接近我！



我们四个女生共乘一船，结果遇上前后船都很好玩的船手，一直打水让河水溅上来，结果我们四个全身里里外外都湿透了。最好的服装: 不吸水的衣物或泳衣(95% wet)。

p/s:最好不要四个女生同船，因为他们觉得把我们淋湿很好玩，很好欺负。然后不要选中间的船只来乘坐。



不过，这也是个不错的经验啦。



带着湿透的衣物裤子和头发，我们要去骑大象了。/.\ 三艘船中只有我们是湿的。其他人都是干的。o.o''

大象的毛很硬，刺刺的。

我们见到大象了。我们必须爬上一个高架子，然后坐上大象。每两个人乘一头大象，加上导游，有三个人。我们试着和训象师沟通，可是他似乎听不明白。他用简单的英文，断断续续告诉我们这些都是母大象。这里有6只母象，2只公象，公象很难驯服，所以是不会让我们骑的。



可是他与这头大象的关系不错，他开着音乐，和我们骑着大象；如果Nana走错路(他好像叫它Nana),他会用声音和它沟通。在我们看来，他应该不会对nana使用暴力。



大象走的山路是倾斜的，不是平路。有时我会很担心Nana是不是能够稳住身体。Nana体型虽然庞大，可是平衡感很好，我们对它越来越有信心。而且它也很乖，不会去走进杂草堆或乱晃。



前面的大象才10岁，很喜欢新鲜感，喜欢开发新路线，常常钻进密密麻麻的草堆里；而且还有特别癖好：喜欢喷沙和泥，喷得Hui Yi 和Huei Yen满脸是泥。

再会nana后，我们吃午饭了。车子把我们载到到处都是农作物的地方，过后，我们会走一段满

长的路进去见长颈姑娘。途中我们遇见了从未见过的生物。.......





1.Soap Leaf : 可以拿来吹泡泡。把叶子前端折断剩下一点丝，然后做成三角形，就可以吹泡泡。这是原始的肥皂？

很像Gingko Biloba列

2.毛毛虫： 终于恍然大悟，直到为什么毛毛虫叫做毛毛虫。这种毛毛虫很漂亮，竟然长白毛? 带我们的导游还捉给我们玩，让我们拍照,说不危险的。真当我拿在手里时，后面带别队的导游大喊：Dangerous！叫我把他快点弄走。Walao。水蛇过后第二次被吓死。我很想立刻把它飞掉，可是又怕被....咬。

3.让你流血的叶子：把叶子放在指尖慢慢搓，你的手指会被染成血红色。很真实！难道是戏里的假血是这样来的？

途中经过瀑布。

遇到在台湾来的女游客，我们还蛮好谈的。只是她有点听不懂我的华语，费了好大的劲儿把我的Rojak华语转成标准的华语。

我们来到村子里，这里是新搭的村庄，其实是为了要拍记录片而搭的小村子。里头只有两男两女和两个小女孩。长颈的文化现在依然存在，其实是残酷的。虽然说他们的族群觉得长颈才漂亮，可是这样长期带着沉重的颈环绝对是一种折磨。

p/s:颈环真的很重。



后来，我才知道原来他们并不是源于清迈。其实他们的家乡在缅甸，来到清迈卖手工艺品，来拍记录片，只是为了讨生活。原来他们的背后是那么辛酸。Hilltribe Village，山里面的部落民族，都被聚集在一起，其实只是吸引游客的伎俩。



心



酸



在电机上看到的风光，觉得他们很神奇，其实赋予了他们更多负担。到头来是满足了游客，还是真的在造福他们？

还会自弹自唱！