Northern City Hopping: Penang

saved this post 1 week ago...just no time to edit and post...
this will be a long one......

so continue the city hopping....
3rd stop: PULAU PENANG....
Hosts: Belinda & Qu Wern

participants: me (for sure...^^), David, yj, Gabriel, hy, weng keng, Samuel (this guy on & off de..)
accommodation: QW's apartment

duration: 26-29 June 2009 (Fri-Mon)

crossing the penang bridge....

Penang.....here we come....^^

first took a rest in Bell's house......till Sam came and meet us.....

he came from a place which i forgot the name.....in Kedah state....

then went for our 1st meal at penang......German cuisine.....
a walk at the loooooong pasar malam @ bukit ferenggi....

basically was visiting 1 pasar malam X 25 times...=.=

because all selling the same stuff......

after a tired day......time to sleep......
before went to QW's apartment.....
we went to his house to collect pillows and blanket...
and there was where I tried the Irish Cream....for the first time...

love that creamy coffee + alcohol taste....

it added to my loving list.....^^

let's have some FOOD talk before go on the tour of Penang...
hohohoho......

FOOD again....^^

little food facts discovered in Penang:
1. Penang Hokkien Mee = KL Har Mee
2. food is CHEAP......^O^...(except the fried keow teow which cost RM6+)
3. size "S" in Penang = size "XS" in KL (roti tisu is special case...^^)

love the fried keow teow the most....
although is expensive and small portion.....(really small.....don't fooled by the photo on fb)
with 3 big fat prawn and the soft & smooth keow teow...so still worth it la...

and also ...DURIAN ICE-CREAM.....
it was so durian.....haha....
full with the durian flavour....and on sale for limited time only.....
so lucky that time was durian season.....

Penang tour.....
different from Taiping tour.....no schedule....
just go wherever we wanted to go....

finally went to Bukit Bendera.....by the super slow and old hill train....
which I never take before....

had a lot of fun up there....and took a lot of pictures...(refer to fb for complete album^^)

love this photo....looks like taken by a pro....XD
thanks to the micro function on my camera...

Batu Feringgi....

day full with happenings....
anyway.....it still FUN.....^^

took the water sport package.....parasailing, jet-skiing, banana boating

parasailing....
paired up with Bell...had a "wonderful" departure and landing....XD
took off with my knee being dragged on the sand...
coz we both fell down when running....
landed on my butt....... pain like hell for few days.....T.T

jet-skiing....

paired up with David....
the most fun of all....\(^o^)/
a lot of drifting on sea....wohoo.....
and.........
we fell into sea when i tried to do a last turning before the session end.....=.=
dunno how it happened.....just so sudden.....
but still FUN....^^

the ultimate banana boat......
everything started after this ride....

1st batch: David, HY, HY's fren (1 boy 1 girl), QW...
Penang sea......famous with the SEAFOOD....especially jellyfish....
so you can guess what happen next......
they fell into sea.....and kissed by the jellyfish....
all boys.....except girls....got the kisses.....
conclusion: jellyfish love guys.....XD
what to do after stung by jellyfish???
the solution---->urine......
so they quickily grabbed someone's bottle and pee in it.....
then pour on their arms and legs....
but according to the sample of this experiment....QW....
the urine was just some useless warm smelly liquid
didn't reduce any pain caused by the venom....

2nd batch: me, Bell, Gab, YJ and Weng Keng...
learned the lesson.....from 1st batch...
we kept telling the guy who driving the boat....
"abang, kami TAK MAU jatuh..."
haha.....

David was alergic to the venom...
so QW drove themselve to the clinic nearby....
while 2nd batch were still on the banana boat......
luckily it wasn't a serious allergy...he just had rashes as souvenir....

we lost our one of our lockers' keys....
couldn't find it.....we worried there would be some fine on it....
luckily no.....the guy just easily knock the cheap paddle lock and it opened...

after using a lot of energy at the beach......time for dinner.....
a seafood meal treated by Bell's family.....@ a restaurant beside the sea....
it was so delicious......especially the grill stingray....
succulent and tender.....ate with the sour chili sauce......*drooling*

had our dinner here....
with the sea breeze blowing....

sunday night....
dinner @ QW's house

western food served......
love mashed potatoes.....it was so yummy.....
made of potatoes......i mean real potatoes....^^
not the instant powder....
it was not fully mashed....still can taste the bite of potatoes....

last day in Penang....
since it was durian season....
Sam brought us to a road side fruit stall.....
behind the stall was a fruit farm.....
at Pulau Balik.....if not mistaken....

main purpose there: EAT DURIAN...

had the symptom of falling sick for the whole day......
having headache and could feel the the hot breath of myself...
so the durian was the last straw to my body......
fever + sore throat....once thought i got the H1N1 influenza....XD

lastly, introduce our fix activity during night

the only scheduled activity every single night at Penang

Cho Dai D (poker)...XD

leave Penang on Monday......with a "hot" body......
around 11PM....

why were we leaving in a rush???
because we want to avoid the traffic jam at the bridge in the morning.....

where were we heading??
Ipoh....

so NEXT ON--->Ipoh...again....