What happened in Penang stays in Penang

lol. Am back for almost a week for the spontaneous Penang getaway!! It’s just a simple 2 days 1 night trip with another 4 friends. We didn’t really went to heap lots of places because we didn’t plan for transportation earlier, renting a car would be just nice for five of us instead of taking taxis and buses.

Itinerary of the trip is rather simple.
We took a midnight train up because we were quite worried about taking midnight bus after so many horrible bus accidents. Reach Butterworth at around 6.30am and take the ferry(RM1.20) over to the island. Upon reaching, we took the Rapid Penang to Penang Road for breakfast(actually it’s Lorong Macalister, but it’s just 2 small junctions away)

Walked down Macalister Road to YMCA after breakfast, which was a rather stupid decision. We under-estimate the distance between the breakfast place and YMCA. We took really long time to reach and we have to rest for 20 minutes before heading to our next destination.

We wanted to go up Penang Hill but too bad the tram service was off. We think the taxi drivers might have conned us, they might have know that =( Since we can’t go Penang Hill, so we went over to Kek Lok Si which is just few minutes drive away(by the taxi drivers which charged us rm5 more).

For lunch, it’s kind of touristy to had Laksa opposite Air Itam market. I know Penangites will not agree with the choice, but bo bian, i don’t know other stalls. (Recommendations please so next time i can go)

Took Rapid Penang back to Georgetown after filling out stomach. Went to Clan Jetties which is just next to the ferry terminal. It’s amazing to see how people preserved the houses on sea so well.

The weather was really hot even the guys can’t take it. We decided just to stroll down Lebuh Armenian to see some kongsi-s then head back to Penang Road for Kek Seng ice kacang.

Went back to hostel for rest and bath before heading out for dinner at Gurney Drive. Stroll along the sea for a while and the rest is history.

The next day, we walked over to Ghee Hiang for tambun piah before heading down to Batu Ferringgi that Mohammad wanted to go so badly. I thought i haven’t been there until i saw the waves and remember how ah pong chase after the waves and vice versa 3 years back. lol.

I didn’t join them for water ski due to car sick from speeding into the beach. I always had problem with sea i don’t know why *grumpy* i got sea sick, car sick, i cant swim, i don’t know if i should go seaside or island next time *sigh* but i do want to go Mauritius, that place is sooooooooooooooooooo gorgeous. Yannick please fly us over to be your Chinese tutor. I promise i teach you good Chinese!!*teary eyes*

Took bus to Georgetown again for Nasi Kandar at Lebuh Chulia. I seriously have not had Nasi Kandar in Penang before, not even now because i ordered claypot briyani. yes, you may sweat, go ahead.

Then we bid Penang good bye and took ferry over to Butterworth for bus back home!

What happened in Penang, stays in Penang. *secretive smile*

More of photos that I like after the break~~

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Up South

For the Easter break, it’s such a good chance and opportunity for me to get out of town and go up north to Shen Zhen and Dong Guan.
The purpose for the trip is to visit a few firm & factory and a university in Guang Dong area. China is known as the world factory, many transnational company have choose to setup a factory in China because the workers’ salary is so much cheaper, or i can say i super duper cheap.

It’s only RMB 900 per month( working 8 hours a day, 5 days a week), if they work more, like 7 days a week, 10 hours a day, their salary can only go up to RMB 1600. (This is for the company that provide accommodation to their workers)

But according to those owners or managers of the factories, China is actually gradually losing it’s competitiveness to even cheaper countries like Vietnam. The salary of workers in Vietnam is only one forth of the salary of workers in China.


The world is changing every minute, in a way that we might not even know.
Back to the trip, we depart on the very early morning of Good Friday. It’s out of my expectation that they will be a huge crowd at the border.


look at the crowd at the border.


i was being shoved here and there by aunties and uncles with the red and white stripes bags.


the border area looks like the protest in Thailand without red shirts.


the highway toll.


big cars like buses and trucks have a bigger version of car number at the back.
at night we stayed in 5 star hotel call Regal Palace Hotel in Dong Guan.


a 5 stars hotel must-have.



hotel side bed. i miss Traders T____________________T



my roommate for the night - au yeung



breakfast at the top of the stairs. Its actually a ballroom. because there are quite a few tour group staying in that day, so they arrange everyone to have breakfast in the grand ballroom. a bit rush, that’s why din take picture.
i miss Traders T_____________T their breakfast very nice. i miss the juices. i miss the food. i miss the restaurant.



car showroom. balloons that look like red lantern.



very colourful and cute houses ^^



a big green area by the road. China is too spacious to have enough place for such a big green area in between roads.




handkerchief for everyone at the table.


Ipoh(怡保) is purified water. hahaha.



fire station???



spot the spelling mistake!!
that’s all for the day, i will add more caption to the photos later

Oh Hai Central

oh hai, iz me..
i feel so touristy in Hong Kong this winter break..i feel so bad for not travelling properly around Hong Kong last year. when people ask me anything about Hong Kong, i only can answer "I don't know". how can like that..

they are very fun travelling partners, because you can take photos of them doing very funny things..lol..

we first stop at Causeway Bay(CWB) to get maps from the Tourism Center near Exit F of the CWB MTR station. Since we were there, we decided to have lunch in the cha chaan teng Jasmine recommended during our trip to Ocean Park.


The cha chaan teng is called Lam Kee(南記粉麵) quite near to Times Square, locating on Hennessy Road, opposite to Pacific Coffee.

my beef noodle（肥牛米线）

len foong’s signature noodle（招牌面）can changed to spicy soup base.

berto’s spring roll noodle(春卷米线）

after lunch, we walked over to tram station to take tram. ‘cause it’s cheaper and can see scenery, better than the dark underground.

tram is kinda old in Hong Kong. they can change the destination signboard in front of the tram, see, got 17 signboard to change.

the back door, where you hop up the tram

this one at the back de wor..maybe in the past can drive in both direction..

the bullet alike building is IFC – dunno which building.

then we get down near Hang Seng Headquarter, walk back to to Central Market, ‘cause the entrance to Central-Mid Level Escalator is over there.

this is something i see on the wall of Central Market. click to see full size if you want to, doesn’t want to explain *shy

i bring len foong and berto to the Tai Cheong Bakery for the best egg tart in Hong Kong. Didn’t take photo ‘cause hand too busy eating. today i recommend Jasmine go eat, she also say very good.

then walk over to Kong Lee Sugar Cane. $7 per cup le, expensive. pasar malam rm1.50 one packet only. almost the same thing.

then walk over to Lan Fong Yuen..for milk tea.

didn’t dine in, just ask for milk tea take away.

very smooth milk tea. aroma very nice. really got different.

see the balcony with glass table and chair?? such a cute house.me likey..

continue walking on Hollywood street =)

guess what is this crying red-baby..

haha..it’s fire extinguisher

Man Mo Temple on Hollywood Street.

what do you call this??

random building. the wall very nice right??

ladder street. of course is a long flight of stairs. like those in HK drama

people hanging clothes by Hollywood Street. main street lai de weh..

Upper Lascar Row.

antics drawing. antics statue.

antics drawing. antics magazines and books. all on the floor

Seiyū from Doraemon

metal toys

no, i did not photoshop it to colour like this

old and heavy iron. old hair dryer(i wonder how old is it). old clock. old metal box. and some random old stuffs.

metal toys. got hand cuff summore. i used to have a metal bicycle toy.

now you see it

now you don’t

maggie cheung. when she is young

maggie cheung and some other people.

so many stuffs about the China ex-president Mao

the fun and cute couple looking at antics.

cards

old specs. the frame so thin.

Buddha everywhere.

big brushes. for calligraphy

guess what is this.

it’s a clock!!!

Buddha of different material.

i am sure you know him!! the monkey king!!

four faces buddha. laughing and smiling face

erm…erm…close your eyes if you are under 18

erm…erm…can open eyes liao

i see no evil. i hear no evil. i speak no evil

this snoopy is definitely not antics. *shake head* no no no

tall buildings in Sheung Wan. oh did i tell you we walked all the way from Central to Sheung Wan??

wrong design

Wing Lok St.

is bird nest and ginseng street.

erm..cannot see all the signboard. but die die wan to put.

then later we went all the way over the straits to Mongkok to shop. the Mongkok that i haven’t been there for very long time.

got Ireland’s Potato in Mongkok. super many people queuing outside the stall. they only sell fries.

the day we went was the last day of winter sales. sales up to 70% okay?? so many people shopping. but din take photo ‘cause my hands are carrying shopping bags..haha..

ps: i finally finish this post. i used a few days to finish le..too many photos..

pps: i am going home tomorrow. and i haven’t finish packing, because my clothes are still in the dryer.

see you guys in Malaysia!!!