Penang Tour

3 days 2 nights Penang trip with Jee and her colleagues. To be exact it was only 2 days 2 nights.

We reached Penang almost midnight on Friday and many unexpected events happened which caused us to have only about 2 hours sleep that very night.
One of Jee's colleagues scanned his luggage at Kuching airport without buying and his luggage did not reach Penang, don't know where it had gone to. Around 1230 a.m. we left Penang airport and proceeded to "Line Clear", a place in Penang famous for its "nasi kandar" by the Indian-Muslims. I don't know whether we should call that supper or breakfast. A big plate of rice with half a fried chicken and mixed with 12 types of "kua curry". Imagine eating such spicy food at that time of the day, arrrh.......
Headed to TM Resort at 1.30 and half way the bus we chartered was stopped by the road blocked policeman due to its road tax expired. By the time we arrived at the Resort was almost 3a.m. Saturday morning. Everyone was exhausted.
Woke up at 5.45 after 2 hours sleep because we were supposed to gather at the lobby at 6.30. The A.C. power tripped while aunty Kueh was taking her shower. The whole room was in total darkness. I was not scared because Jee was with me but quite surprised why aunt Kueh didn't scream.
Haha, there is a Chinese proverb saying that bad things never come in single. Sigh.....
There were many programs planned for the 2 days tour. I felt the schedule was a bit tight but we all hope for the best. Oh ya, there were 33 of us in the group with Malays, Chinese & Dayaks, reflect the true spirit of 1 Malaysia.
Before we started our programs, there was a minor road accident. Ms Lai said the journey was bumpy becasue we did not say our prayers and she kept saying : Let us pray..... Haha, she is cute.
Our first destination was Penang Hill, wanted to try the excitement of using cable train but unfortunately the station rail track is doing some upgrading and it will only be ready by this November. Use 4-wheel drive instead and the cost was RM25 per head. We went early and the mist was still very thick, couldn't have an overview of Penang city, what the.....
Our journey was safe and smooth there on so I am not going to write it in details here. Just want to remind aunty Liew to be more careful when taking her toilet break. Don't feel good to see any of us hurt. Thanks God it was just a slip. Aunty Liew still fit and steady, haha!
We went to a lot of places within that very short period. Places like Kek Lo Si, Butterworth, Taiping Zoo, Gurney hawker centre, tour round Penang island, Butterfly farm, Bang Lan's kampung, Queensbay Mall- the longest shopping mall in Asia, .......
We sang karaoke P. Ramlee songs on the way to Taiping. The "old" ladies can sing pretty well and they have sweet and powerful voice. Ms Lai, you sang well too. I was very tired but I enjoyed your sweet and soft voice.
Can you imagine how tiring we were..... I enjoyed the trip anyway with all the uncles, aunties.... they are happy, joyous and sporting veterans.
I wish you all good health and happy always. Hope to see more trips organised by this group of cooperative, easy going people.
The happiest time for me is the moment I stepped in Penang airport and waved bye-bye to Penang.
Yeah !!! Home sweet home!!!
Almost there, someone is waiting.... Posted by: Wing