Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Day 2 of Penang Trip

Day 2

A long day indeed. Which in turn will lead to a long post. So be prepared. Okay, go!

Well, moi was the only one who managed to wake up at the early 7 am set time and give the other rooms their morning call. Which unfortunately only managed to wake up a handful while the rest rolled back to sleep. Sleepy heads! Haha.

We're supposed to go for dim sum before the taxis we booked at 9am arrived. Unfortunately, everyone was dilly-dallying so in the end we had to sit the taxis to a nearby Mcd for breakfast. lol. [We had to book the taxis coz so happen that time alot of the taxis in pg were on strike as they refused to convert to the meter system. Aikz.]

After breakfast, our 1st stop was Kek Lok Si Temple. The most famous temple in pg lah. It's a really majestic sight. Especially when they on all the many lights during Chinese New Year. Sorry lah, cannot on whole year coz waste electricity ma. Haha. The pic below shows how beautiful it is at night.

Lovely, isn't it? I remembered a few years ago

me and my family walked up there during Chinese New Year. Fabulous sight!

Nah, I didn't take this pic, I found it on the net. Hehe.

Fooling around. :P

Back: L- R: Kee Ping, Li Jie, Roney, Eugene, Tzen, moi, Evelyn, Leong, Zahir, David

Front: L - R: Vinken, Kee


Walao, all the posers! Haha. We didn't get to go up the main tower though,

i think it was under reconstruction.

After walking around, we went down to meet the taxi drivers at some kopitiam. Had some drinks there coz the weather was kinda hot.

Then we had lunch at Air Itam market where the famous Assam Laksa is at! [In pg, we just call it laksa, not used to adding "assam" in front of it..] Most tot it was good, I didn't have any coz the hot weather made me lose my appetite. Besides, laksa ain't one of my favourites.

Next stop was the Toy Musuem! The one place that even I didn't go before. Entry fee was RM10/person but I felt it was rather worth-it. There are a lot of cool toys there!! Really can go bonkers over it lo! =D

Enjoy the two pics below!

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The skull from... Pirates of the Carribean! Hehe. Sinister smile~ =/

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Lovely dolls! Not really a doll person, but these dolls are so smacking nice!

Look at all those intricate details on the clothing! Fuyoh~

After spending a nice looong hour there droolling over the beautiful toys (plus the others taking wacko pics! Haha), we set out for the beach! But we didn't get to do any water sports coz some of us weren't dressed for the beach. Just hung around b4 deciding to go there again the next day. (You shall know in the next post!)

Our last stop was Botanical Gardens. Nice greeny place, close to nature. The monkeys there are a well-known tourist attraction, however, they've gotten more aggressive over the years. :O Be careful oh!

At that time, there were a stupid bunch of kids there who were torturing the monkeys, throwing stones and teasing them. Wth. I'd say they're lucky that Evelyn or the monkeys didn't go after them. Aikz.

Well, nothing eventful happened tho, we just hung around, sitting on the grass, crapping. Hehe. We even did the "Fellowship of the Ring with Zahir the Vitruvian Man in the middle" pose! lol. See if i can get the pic onot. Keke.

Soon it was time to go back to the hotel.

After some rest, we went to the relatively famous kopitiam opposite my high school for dinner. I forgot the name of the shop ade. But the food there is sinfully delicious! *drools* I shall just name the food we ordered okie, regardless of who ordered what, coz we shared! Hehe.

Food:- Char Kue Teow, O-Chien, Ikan Bakar (even I say this is damn nice!!), Italian special, Curry Mee, Hokkien mee etc...

*stomach grumbles* hehe.. but I really enjoyed that meal. Yummy!!

After a really fulfilling dinner - boy, these guys sure can eat, I'm amazed - we walked to Gurney Plaza. Wanted to watch Dragon Tiger Gate [Tzen, do get the name right! haha] but in the end, no more tickets. *Sigh*

Hung around for sometime, b4 going back to the hotel. We played games until 3am I think. (Now u know why I super sleep deprived ade, right? hehe) Yam Yao came to visit. Tried to play a few Broga games but failed badly coz the guys seemed to be suffering from ADD = Attention Deficit Disorder. lol. In the end, we settled for playing Bluff. This worked much better. Dunno why. Imo, telling the truth is always the best policy. ^v^ But playing mind games is fun tho.

And we played till 3am before calling it a day lo..

The story continues. Keep watching this space~ Tataz! =D

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like Char Kue Teow! <3(Zizi, u know wat i mean la =D)

Anonymous said...

Hehe i thought eve would have chased them away... seriously scared for the kids. But then again i should have let her scolded them. Apparently E.V is super cute when she's annoyed. But all in all i thought the best part was the durian+chocolate flavoured ice cream bun i had. *YUM*

^_^

Zzzyun said...

Haha, kee, i know. :P

roney> I tot eve would really whack those kids up lo, not chase them away.. but then maybe that is smtg those kids were asking for anyway. haha.

What?! After all those good food, u like the ice cream bun?? what the.. =.= that is cheap icecream that u buy in bulk leh. -.-""

Anonymous said...

Eheh, i didn't join you ppl to Tambun remember??

But the ikan bakar was damn nice..

*saliva drools*

Ps: I doubt that she'll whack anyone, it's EV.

Zzzyun said...

yaya, i know that.. but u went with us to the hawker stalls ma..lol

but yes, the ikan bakar is really nice!! *licks lips*

PS: hey u never know..her limits of tolerance were stretched by those stupid kids anyway.. aikz.

Anonymous said...

Wah seronok betul bergossip about me ya? *bluek*

Cool trip, Ziyun! Thanks for absolutely EVERYTHING. And oh, it's not called sense of direction. It's called reading signboards. Kekeke... Thuan Tzen was great help.

Zzzyun said...

Hehehe... so its up to you to answer the Q lo...

Would u have whack those stupid kids up?? :P :P

PS: No prob! My pleasure~ :) Aikz. then i'm lousy at deciphering signboards too..hehe. Next time i'll ask you or tzen to come with me... ^v^