weekend in malaysia

i spent the long weekend in malaysia visiting my parents. i normally pay them a visit twice or thrice a year but in the last 4 months, i have been there 3 times.
my mum told me that i should take a day trip to kampar, my birthplace to pay my respects to my dearly departed grandparents and great grandparents. we kept an ancestral tablet on the house where my late grandfather stayed. now, the huge shop lot has a sole occupant, my father's step brother, or my uncle.
kampar is a small town in perak. her best days are clearly over her but she tries to stay graceful and now attempts to reinvent herself as an education hub for perak. one can wiki `kampar' and find interesting history about the town. of course, the kampar food deserve special mention. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampar,_Perak
i also visited some relatives who are still staying in kampar. the one thing i noticed is all of us aged. where once upon a time, we were all kids playing catching, etc., now we all live our own lives with families in tow. i bidded farewell to them all. no one knows when i will next set foot in kampar again.
the short day trip was purposeful. it was a good trip. (i promised to post some pictures of kampar the next time)
of course my mum showed her exasperation when i told her that i might move without a job. she said i was out of my mind and that i should postpone my move until i can secure a job transfer. i told her it might be `never'; and in any case, i paid for the airtickets, down a deposit for the accomodation, bought the aussie bank draft, arranged for a container to ship my things over, told my employers about my plan, and not the least started packing my things in boxes already. to undo all these, it is going to be real hardwork, unproductive and not to mention expensive. I have timed myself well this time in breaking the news to her (about potentially being unemployed) ;-)
i guess everyone is holding it well. my father said he planned to come to singapore to see us off, but my mum is non-committal. just like her.
in any case, the trip was time well spent. i stayed with my loved ones, visited relatives, bought some of the stuff i wanted to buy and last but not least, pigged out on food that i know i will surely missed; but that is a story for another time altogether.