Penang Trip

An account of my Penang Trip from 090505-110505 :-

The Trans bus left Lavender MRT station at around 9pm and travel by the 2nd link up to Penang. The air-con in the bus was extremely cold and I didn't rest well throughout the night. We reached the wonderful island of Pulau Pinang at around 8am and Weilun's sister, Janet, came to pick us up.

After resting a while, we went to have dim sum. We ate quite a lot for only $30RM. After that we wanted to try out the "authentic" Penang Laksa, but the stall was closed. So we travel to Penang Hill and took the rail up the hill. Took a walk around the hilltop... but nothing much actually. We stayed there for about 1 hour. After that we went back to the Laksa stall and tried a bowl of Laksa. It was very different. The soup was more Tom Yam style and there was quite a lot of grounded fish shreds in the Laksa. And I think I prefer the local laksa. After tasting the Laksa, we went to look for Pastor Grace (one of Weilun's good friend) at TOP(Tabernacle of Praise) but she wasn't around.

At the point... I was near to the point of blanking out as the weather is terribly hot and the air-con in Weilun's car is quite faulty. So we decided to head back Weilun's home. But on the way, we bought 2 packets of fried kway tiao, one packet of chendol and one packet of ice kachang.

It was such a relief to be able to go "home". We took a shower, tried the good food and had a afternoon nap till 5plus. Before Weilun took us to get our return tickets, we tried out the local KFC. And later we spend some time walking in a local shopping centre. After that, we tried some tasty western food near "Bai yun San" (White Clouds Hill). Then we went near the sea to try more good food. When we return back, we took a rest and play daide from 12 midnight to 2am.

When we woke up in the morning, we went to try the local Bah Tuk Teh. Vincent wanted to play pool, but too bad the shop wasn't open yet. So we just laze around the shop for a whie. After that, we went to look for Pastor Grace again and had lunch with her. Ate the local Hokkien Mee, popiah, Char Kway Teow and some fruits to aid us in digestion. Then we return "home" to do some packing.

In the evening, we took Jane's boyfriend's car to one of the local seafood restaurant and had a cheap yet sumptous meal before we return home. The bus left at 835pm sharp and I reached Woodlands Checkpoint at 440am in the morning.