Since my semester break start, other than the time I am working, actually I am consider quite lazy at home. I have tons of work to do, but it just seem like I not enough hardworking and might not be able to finish these in this holiday. Haiz~
Today Chuan Heng came down from Banting to give back the law notes to Hui Nin, so we have a mini gathering. We spent our lazy day in IOI Mall, watched a Thailand horror movie <Ladda Lands>. If I am not mistaken, this is the first time I watch a pure horror movie in cinema. Though I scream and fear, but this movie actually not scary. I am just frightened by the sudden sound effect, not by the fake ghost make up.
After movie, we have no idea of doing what. Lastly, we sat down in Sense Cafe just to chit chat.
What a nice Sunday~ Yesterday I had promised to bring my family go eat dim sum at OUG as celebration for father's day. Even we have wake up late, when we reach the dim sum restaurant, you still can see that it's mountain people mountain sea!!!
After that, we went off to the nearby shopping mall - NSK Trade City. It's actually a mall selling all raw food and groceries at whosaler's price...cheap!!! Mom grab a lot of vegetables and fishes here, in her mind there's only cheap cheap cheap!!! XD
I am so satisfy and happy that finally having a penang trip with my college gang. Previously, we planned numerous time but each and every time also failed due to some unforeseen reasons.
This is the first time I plan and in charge of a trip. Somehow when I get this mission, I think it's s mission impossible as I am actually 路痴. However, I also try my very best learn how to plan a nice trip. So, I started off by searching everything online...food, places to visit, transportation, bus route, entrance fee, must buy products.......
During the planning, I feel very excited to go Penang. Though the planning process is tough, but I enjoyed from it. When all count on me, I can feel the pressure as I can only read map but not recognise the way >.< With my narrow friendship, I can't get car for the transportation, so the only thing I can do is to do a good research on the bus routes.
Overall, I guess this trip was still okay? I do hope my planning not that sucks and my friends enjoy in this trip. Myself, honestly....I miss the food a lot!!! And I think I did a good job in budget control?? Haha~ 4 day 3 night whole trip just costs slightly more than RM300! Yeah!
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The last day we gonna spend in Penang, and everyone is so damn tired and not willing to wake up from the bed. This morning start with dim sum in Tho Yuen Restaurant. I found that Penang people taste is a bit lighter compared to KL. Many food I ate is quite nice, just it will be perfect if it is more salty. Penang dim sum not much special, somehow I prefer KL style.
Thought wanna take bus went to Ghee Hiang at Lebuh Pantai, but we get our tau sa pheah in Chowrasta Market, gao dim! That night we came chowrasta and feeling sweat for its doesn't seem like a market, but now I know the market referring here is actually a morning market =.= Even shocked is I met my student here! met in Penang here so far from KL! LOL~ but student seem like a bit shy...haha~
There's a lane here full with all fashion wholesale shop....but many of it reject retailing. I can only look at the nice clothes from window but can't get it=( End up from tiring market walk, we sat down beside the road and waiting time to pass. At 12 noon, we move on to get a bowl of famous teochew chendol.
After this, we have nothing to do actually. Chuan Heng suggested that we take a bus ride around the town and enjoyed the air-cond. However, I and Hui Nin suddenly wanna go back Hai Onn and eat the chicken chop which didn't get a chance yesterday. So, we separated.
Even it's raining quite heavily, but me and Hui Nin holding the umbrella and walking very certainly toward the shop. Finally, we get to taste the fast-selling chicken chop and roti babi. At here, I feel that tasty food need to pay a price, not the money price but time price. When we came here, there's not much customer, but we still need to wait for more than half hour. The waitress keep serving the chicken chop on unoccupied tables and covered it, just like someone has pre-ordered these.
Time left not much, we went back the hotel to meet other and move on to jetty. Too bad, time drag here and there, in the traffic and bus, we were late to the jetty and ferry left. We have waited for more than 15 minutes for the ferry and it took another 15 minutes to reach Butterworth, it's 3.30pm!!! Luckily, our hero Mr Edward run toward the bus terminal once the ferry reached and catch the bus. We were being scold by the bus driver as being late...haiz~ Now I knew Penang bus is much more on time than KL bus, incomparable! Anyway, we also get into the bus, it's just very lucky! Otherwise, maybe we will need to buy another bus ticket or even spend another night in Penang.
I am too tired, exhausted....fall asleep in the bus. Time fly very fast, we reached Pudu and our Penang trip end here. Bye to my fellow friends, meet again. Bye to Penang, I will be back! The end~
Today most probably is food hunting day, as we keep eating from morning till noon. We had our first breakfast in the lane beside Lebuh Clarke - Kuey Teow Th'ng. An aunty feel so curious that how could we found this place, she claimed that she has been eating this food since she was kid till now 40+ years old. Haha~ after heard what she say, I feeling so amazing that even this kind of old old hawker stall also found by me XD
After that, we went to another coffee shop to had the prawn paste Chee Cheong Fun. I am actually don't eat prawn paste because I just can't get used to the taste. However, this prawn paste seem like the sweet sauce that we normally had with Chee Cheong Fun, and its taste not bad, at least not stinking as the KL one.
Next, I thought we can taste the Hainanese chicken chop at Restaurant Hai Onn, which just somewhere near this Chee Cheong Fun stall. Too bad, the chicken chop only start selling from 12.30pm. So, we took bus and went to Kek Lok Si Temple. Once we reach Air Itam, we go for the famous asam laksa stall, but I didn't get myself a bowl of it as I only eat the noodle but not all those other ingredients.
The food that most wanted by me in Penang is the fried kuey teow here...but it was closed today ='( The sky started to rain, not a good weather, I simply filled my stomach with chicken rice selling by one of the shop here. With our umbrella, even it's raining, it's can't stop us from going up to the Kek Lok Si. Probably, if you think on the other side, this might be a good thing as we no need to queue for the cable car ride.
Other are complaining that too tired of walking and wanna to go, but I still haven visit the 万佛塔. Last time I came I also miss the chance of visiting this, so this time I really wanna to go in. Finally, other has been persuade. We went into it by paying entrance fee of RM2. The remarkable memory here is we being cheated to take off shoes to go in the pagoda =.= While we were walking on the dirty floor and doubt on whether the shoes need to be take off, we saw a couple wearing shoes and passby @.@
On the way to KOMTAR, I fall asleep in the bus, and suddenly being wake up and told that we need to get down from the bus...lol~ I never fall asleep in the bus lo! Change another bus to Guney Drive, having a walk in the Gurney Plaza. Time allowed, we visit a restaurant which using the clinic and hospital concept to decorate the restaurant - Clinic Cafe. Followed by the Toilet Bowl, this is a quite interesting theme restaurant that I have visited.
However, I think this restaurant is a bit too RED! The food selling here not really costly but not tasty. The guy complaining why not *nurse* served them and why there's only one nurse in the cafe...LOL~ All ham sap lou! So, conclusion here, this restaurant can't tahan lama!!! XD
Our dinner were spent in the Gurney Drive Hawker Centre with a variety of food. This is an open air hawker centre, but it's raining...arghh!!! Luckily, we get a table with the umbrella. This is certainly a rojak dinner as we are eating many many different food. The rain make the
stall along the Gurney Walk all closed...haiz...can't shop some souvenir!
The most unfavour memory in Gurney Drive would be the experience of waiting bus 103 for about 1 hour!!! However, it's already good to have a bus for me to go back hotel. This would be the last night in Penang and tomorrow schedule I still haven't settle yet, sitting there discuss with Chuan Heng also no result...and I am so sleepy! Day 3 end~