| | So this will be my 1st post of 2009. I skipped my Christmas and new year's eve post but in
short..I'll just say I have been partying and meeting some new friends. It was a great 2008.
And my new year's resolution? ...I haven't really think about it yet. So let's skip everything
and jump into my 1st trip of 2009. I was lazy to post about it, but because my friends were
requesting for some penang pictures...so here goes.
Yea...this trip's objective is to meet Mr.Lee again. So long didn't see him and we all miss
him, don't we?..haha. Those who didn't know who is Mr.Lee or sometimes we call him
"Lei Siang", he use to hang out with us when we were in Melbourne. Actually I planned this
trip cause Alex Au, from HK, came down to KL. It's been 2 years we were apart and
finally we meet up again. He was a good friend of Mr.Lee. So I thought maybe they would
like to meet up and since I haven't been to Penang for so long, so it's a good time to go
Penang. Really glad that Ying Ming and SaiVin manage to join us on the trip too.
-------------------------------------------------1st Day-------------------------------------------------
We went there by AirAsia cause I didn't want to waste 4-5 hours on the road. We reach
there at 4pm, Sunday. It was a gloomy day when we reach there. Lee picked us. Good
thing Lee manage to take 2 days leave and drove us around Penang. Actually we force him
to take leave....Yeah~!
After leaving our luggage at our resort, we thought of going for a walk and have dinner at
Gurney. Unfortunaly, it was raining. So we ended up in Plaza Gurney. Lee brought us to
Breeks Cafe to have a little tea time and we were hoping the rain would stop. But it was a
long freaking rain! Anyhow..we enjoyed our tea time. The food was really good. They
should have Breeks Cafe in KL too! The desserts are tasty and so are their sandwiches.
Look at how hungry we were. Oh...the cafe reminds us of the cafe, Greco that we usually go
in Melborne. They have the curve red leather seats like Greco ^_^.
Can't do anything else other then walking around in the shopping mall. Found this fancy shades.
Guess how much they cost! RM300+ leh...I thought it was just normal party shades. But
ain't they cool! Got blink blink de.
SaiVin wanted to check out this "g hotel". The interior is beautiful.
They still have xmas deco 
Lee was really excited with this designer chair and tested it out. I guess he is fascinated by
designer products especially chairs. I remember him collecting a few mini chair models.
The rain did not stop the whole night so we can't have food in Gurney Walk :(
I miss that place. I used to go there to eat everytime I am in Penang. So we have to eat at
some other place. The food weren't so good. And for the very 1st time I tasted Chee
Chiong Fun with prawn paste. It was disgusting! I'm not sure if SaiVin really likes it. Although
he complained about the sticky-gum-like-paste sause, in the end he finished up the whole
plate himself.
Played "Bridge" and play some games in the resort. Had some cocktails for fun.
-------------------------------------------------2ndDay-------------------------------------------------
The next day after a simple breakfast at a kopitiam, we went to Penang's Spice Garder.
Looks like an educational field trip. We even have a tour guide to bring us around and
explain all the insects and plants to us. I hope everyone did not get bored. The tour guide is
so pationate about his job and even ask us if he should explain more. I think I only get 10%
of what he said.  But I've got to give him credit cause he explained everything really
detailly. Just that I did not pay attention and was bz snapping pictures.
The garden was neat and well organised. Every plant and trees are labeled properly.
Oh..I remembered one plant the tour guide showed us cause the name is easy to remember.
It's called the DUMP CANE. And it is very dangerous. Some people might have planted
this in their house so have to becareful. He said if you got cut by these leaves, we'll get
poisoned and become dump! Well, Alex Chai there doesn't seem to be convinced by him.
He also showed us the Penang tree which is the symbol on the Penang flag. I thought it is
a coconut tree. I think he mention that there is some nicotine in the nuts that can make people
go high? And are banned in some countries??
Look at how they decorate their table at their mini cafe on their hill. Cute~ ^_^
I've read alot of review about this Asam laksa and finally I'd tried it. I'm not used to the taste.
It's too heavy for me. Saivin seem too really love it. I'm beginning to suspect he just love all
foods cause he'll just finish everything up. He cleared every single drop of soup in his bowl.
I think that's why he got sick  . Alex Au think it has weird taste but he manage to finish up.
The best thing I've had so far is the Cendul here. I love cendul ^_^
We wanted to visit this mansion call Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion that day but we
were abit too late. So we went in on another day. I surely do recommend anyone
who visit Penang to visit this mansion. It is really interesting. I pay full 100%
attention this time to the lady tour guide whom brought us around the mansion.
She tell us the story of the person who build this mansion and discribe the architect
of the mansion. Amazing~ No pictures were allowed to be taken in there. (So
maybe that's why I get to pay full attention XD)
I've been on these ferries when I was a kid but I don't really remember the experience.
I'm so excited that we get to take the ferry again 
Oooo..Ying Ming found her ship! I bet it's carrying chocolates from langkawi
(Actually it's suppose to be Yang Ming)
We had seafood at Bukit Tambun. I think we placed too high expectation on the seafood here
as Lee told us that all Penang locals will eat here. But I find it just ok.
-------------------------------------------------3rd Day-------------------------------------------------
After checking out from our resort, we went hunting for food. One really funny thing I found
out is how come we have difficulties finding food there in Penang. People say Penang is the
Food Paradise. We've drove around a few roads and checking out a few restaurants then
only ending up in this Nyonya Cafe in New World Park. But unexpectedly, this is the best
meal of all the meals we had in Penang. Most satisfying. Oh.. the restaurant gave SaiVin a
CNY complimentary gift.
After the Nyonya meal, we went to visit a nyonya mansion. The Peranakan Penang
Mansion. This time we are allowed to take pictures inside out. I actually wanted to go to
the Penang Hill and take their tram. But the weather is too hot to go up there.
(Hey! Spot the 2 person which is not suppose to be in the picture. I cut and paste them
in..hehe :p)
Very interesting crafts they have on their doors, walls and furnitures. The stuff
they have in there came from the Chinese, Malays and also English people.
Amazingly they blend well together.
We were all not paying attention to the tour guide that brought us around the house. Instead,
we played around the house and took pictures to entertain ourselves.
The last stop we went is to this cool place! I think it's call QEII. But we went on the wrong time.
It's a place to hang out at night. We would stay and wait for the night but we'll have to leave to
catch our flight back.
Thanks Lee for bringing us all around Penang. It's really great to meet Lee again. Next time we'll
have to choose a better weather to go Penang. Everyone got sick after the trip.
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