Penang weekend

(Written on 12 Jan 2009)

For the weekend, we drove up to Penang to visit Vikki.
We = Sue May, Solomon and Me.
It was a great weekend.
I’m exhausted now due to lack of sleep.
But it was all worth it.

Friday
We left Shah Alam at 8pm.

Solomon concentrating hard on the road.

Stopped at McD along NKVE for a quick dinner.

On the Penang Bridge. Quite a number of cars on the road even at midnight!

Reached Penang at 12.15am.
Somehow, we were all wide awake.
Must be the excitement.
Driving at night was really peaceful and smooth.
Well… except when certain cars would drive past with crazy bright lights!
Blinding I tell you!

Reached Vikki’s apartment.
Dumped our bags.
Head out to Gurney Drive with Vikki and Tse Yong.
Had the famous rojak buah.
YUMMINESS!!!
They sprinkled some lime onto the thick juicy rojak sauce.

Came home.
Washed up.
2 am.
Attempted to sleep.
Cos Ms Vikki was busy interrogating me and Solomon.
This was the first time Solo and Vikki met.
So this means Solo has met the entire Hyperactive Chatterboxes girls.

Saturday
Left the apartment at 9.15am.
Vikki proceeded to force feed us until 3.00pm.
Breakfast – Glutinous rice.
Kek Lok Si temple. Cute turtles! Sue May and I bought the same shorts (It was cheap and nice!)

Sue May and Me at Kek Lok Si Temple. Doens't she look so tourist-y!

Asam Laksa.

Asam Laksa. Sweet and a tinge of spiciness.

Chee Cheong Fun.

Not the best one. It was moderate. I didn't take the pic of the good plate that i had later at night.

Yam Cake (smooth)
Yam cake (rough)
Rushed to Gurney Mall to buy Frisbee.
Cos I forgot to tell Solo to bring his Frisbee.
Went to ToysRus and cheated the store of Rm2.
We peeled of the price tag RM 14.75 to reveal RM 12.75 underneath.
Naughty Sue May and Vikki.

4.00pm.
Went to Batu Feringghi beach with all 17 of Vikki’s medical friends.
Hanging out with 17 soon-to-be doctors.
Quite an experience.
Realised that they are normal human beings after all.
Haha..

Sue May and Vikki waiting for the ropes to propel them into the sky.

Went paragliding and jet ski with Solomon.

A happy and satisfied Vikki and Sue May after landing on ground. Vikki was screaming "I'm going to die!" while landing cos she
couldn't pull the ropes hard enough for it to land. She was almost blown to the sea. Hillarious

FUN FUN FUN!

Us both at the beach. Somehow, we both wore the same England jersey.

My abdomen hurts.
But only RM 30 to fly in the sky and RM 20 to ride the waves.

All wet, happy and worn out after adventures of paragliding, jet skiing, frisbee and frolicking in the sun and sand.

8.30pm.
Dinner at Hong Kong.
Prawn Meehon-Mee + Grilled pari-pari + Oysters

11.30pm
Hot chocolate drink party with Vikki’s friends at her apartment.
Charades.

2.00am.
Sleep..
We were all knocked out.

Sunday
10.00 am left the apartment.
Dim Sum – Penang style. All self service.
Bought the Penang biscuits while listening to Tse Yong talk about how he just cannot work in the pediatrics department. Funny guy.
Cendol. Spent a whole hour talking about dogs.
Wantan Mee.
Home.

A very affordable holiday actually.
And I had so much fun!!
First time traveling with high school friends.
We were all so full but Vikki was just stuffing food down our throats!
I can just throw my dieting plan out the window!

Ouch… my abdomen hurts.
Not sure if its because of the parasailing…
Or the crazy super fast jet ski where I was laughing and screaming into Solomon’s ear at the same time while drinking the salty sea water and crying out cos the sea water was stinging my eyes.
Or because I was laughing too much for the entire 2 days!
But it was great fun!
Thanks Sue May, Vikki and Solo for a WONDERFUL weekend.
Love you guys!

Goodbye Penang!