Sunday, September 30, 2012

Holidays - Penang and Ipoh trip :)

Heya peeps! I'm back. Anyway, I'm finally done with placements!! Woohooo. Had been looking forward to the end of placements for a long long time already. I DONT miss that place at all. Its because of the stupid TB bug flying around the whole clinic, which made me super scared that I'm going to get infected too. I was super duper paranoid because all the pharmacy staffs were getting sick one by one and coughing and sneezing. Hello please la wear a mask can anot??! At last I had to be the one protecting myself by wearing a mask. Ishhhh irresponsible people. Please god, please dont let me get TB. I'm strong!!!!!  I have BCG!!! :P


*During our last day*




*My placement partner :)*


*Our drawn mask. Patients were staring at us when we came out to counsel with our cute mask hahaha*
One of my friend said 'you go there to work or play?!' LOL 
Hey at least we put a smile on our patients face okay! :P


 *With the head of our pharmacy :) She's a nice person, always gossiping with us*


*Your future pharmacist!*


*Playing with the insulin injection, injecting a fat Sumo dummy, which I accidentally broke the leg hahahaha*


*One of our cutest patient! He's so freaking talkative and cute hehe*



*On our last day, we bought a cake for all the pharmacy staffs as a thank you gift for guiding us during the past 3 weeks :)*













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Next would be Ipoh and Penang trip. This post will be here as a reference in case Cher or I wanna go Penang again some other time, then we dont have to research for the famous food.  My long awaited trip that darling promised to bring me. Thanks dear. Sorry for making you so broke. Sorry for spending so much money. I promise I will save money from now onwards. I know I said that damn alot of times d shittttt

Anyway, we had been planning for this trip for a super long time already!! 4 days 3 nights. Just the 2 of us :)


Day 1

Dropped by Ipoh for the famous dim sum @ Foh San.

 




 Was so so full after dim sum. Overall, food was just okay. Nothing great la. This place is overrated!



After that, we continued our journey to Penang. 


It just kept raining and raining the whole day. For the 4 days we were there, it rained from morning till night NON STOP. damn potong stim man the weather. On the last day when we were leaving Penang, it stopped raining. Babi, the weather bullied me :(

*First thing we did, Check-in to our hotel. Naza Taylla Hotel, Penang*

 *Our first meal at Lebuh Kimberly*

*Roasted Chicken* -Good

*Kuey Teow Soup- Damn good!*

*Peanut Dessert- So awesome that the boy insisted he want to tapau one back to the hotel*

 And also at this place, there's really really good Loh Bak! Must try. All of the above food is at the road side.

Address:
Lebuh Kimberly (just before the food court)
Georgetown, Penang
GPS: 5.416537, 100.322473
Operating Hours:  6:30pm – 11:30pm, close on Thursdays



 *Char Kuey Teow - YUCKS. Not good at all. Dont ever ever eat it!!*
Its also at Lebuh Kimberly, but right in front of the food court. Do not eat this!!

Right after dinner, we went for a walk near Gurney Drive. Sat near the sea, chit chatting, enjoying the wind, and at last we ended up at the Gurney Drive Hawker Centre because I was craving for desserts!


 *Ended up with this.. Bubur Cha cha and some peanut dessert*
Dont ever drink the Bubur Cha Cha there. It sucks!! Very very bad!!


We called it a day after that and returned back to our hotel room, which I totally K.O on the bed straight. Didn't know why I was so super tired.


Day 2

Woke up at 9am to have breakfast :)


*The sea view from our hotel's balcony*
But look at the sky, its so gloomy. Booo
We didn't even stepped into our hotel's beach due to the sucky weather. Ishhhh





*White Coffee and Cham Ice for breakfast*

*Loh Bak- good!!* But still the best would be at Lebuh Kimberly.

Address:
Kheng Pin Cafe (situated at a junction along the Penang Road meeting Sri Bahari Street (Jalan Sri Bahari)
80, Penang Road,
Georgetown, Penang
GPS Coordinates:  N05 25.019 E100 19.486
Opens from 6.30am till finish.


*2nd round at Toh Soon Cafe*




 *Roti Steam with Planta and Kaya and Telur Separuh Masak. The boy's favorite :)*
It was good, but this shop is famous for their roti bakar which was already sold out when we arrived. So be sure to go early!! We went back there the next day, and the day after too but it was closed :( 
No luck with Roti Bakar :(




After heavy breakfast, we headed for a little adventure, to the other side of Penang Island. 


*Our little adventure at Penang War Museum*
Its a fort, built by the British during WW2 to fight the Japanese.




*One of the scary underground tunnel*
That place is freaking creepy. I kept holding on to Hou's hands cause I felt uneasy @@
Wondered how many people died there @@


 *The view of the 2nd LINK bridge*


 *While exploring one of the jungles and feeding mosquitoes*
I blardy hate the mosquitoes la!!! That place was infested with it, and thats the main reason why I kept walking faster and faster, wanting to reach the exit quicker, while the boy kept reading all the historic stuffs.
Haha I guessed I wasted money going into that place LOL


 *The place where the soldiers stayed during the war*





*Was so happy when we were finally done!! Cause I don't like that place. It creeps me out.*


After 1 hour plus in that jungle, sweaty and tired and full of mosquito bites, Hou took me for the famous Penang Cendol :)



 *Cendol- I like it alot lor. I thought it was damn good. Hou said this time it was much better compared to last year when he came and tried it.*



 *Assam Laksa - BEST!! MUST EAT!!*
Hou told me this assam laksa is much better than the one at Air Itam, so I trusted him :)

*Also tried a plate of Char Kuey Teow there but nehhh no good. Dont order*

Address: 
Penang Road Cendol and Assam Laksa
      Joo Hooi Cafe (愉园餐室)
      475, Jalan Penang
      GPS Coordinates: N5 25.027 E100 19.839
      Business hours: 11.30am to 5pm (Off days not fixed)



After lunch, we drove up to Batu Ferringhi and checked out the Hard Rock Hotel there. That place is so damn cool and high class!!! Dear told me 'next time we got money, we stay here ok! :P' Hehe I'll be waiting for that day!






 *The beach at the hotel*










We were fooling around in the beach till it started drizzling, LIKE WTF PENANG CAN U STOP RAINING??! Ran back up to the hotel, and while we were washing our feet, it started pouring cats and dogs. Conclusion, we were all wet. LOL 

Went back to our hotel to bath and take a nap, then out we went hunting for the famous Uncle Burger that Cher told me about. And we found him easily, thanks to the GPS! :D


*He is called Uncle Burger!*



*Burger Daging with Cheese and Egg* 
So damn awesome!!! And you see, its damn neat one the burger, so you wont have to dirty 10fingers to eat it.


 *His secret ingredient is the caramelized onions! And there are lots and lots of it!!*

Address:
Uncle Burger
Jalan Sungai Kelian, Penang


 *After burger, we went hunting for the famous Char Kuey Teow, cooked by an old uncle at the roadside*
Recommended!! Its damn damn good!! But still not as good as Lorong Selamat. 
But the uncle was so kind. He helped us to find a parking, and when we were leaving, he helped us to look out for cars. Hehe

Address:  
Siam Road (Jalan Siam) Char Koay Teow

      Located at the end of Siam Road
      GPS Coordinates: N5 24.925 E100 19.219
      Business hours: 3pm to 11pm (Closed on Mondays)
 


Headed back to our room after that, and I napped for an hour before dear woke me up for supper :P How to not get fat la you tell me??! We went to the nearby foodcourt, 1 minute walk from our hotel.

*More loh bak. But it was just okok laaa*

 *Got cheated for this coconut. Not fresh AT ALL. I didnt even finished it. Yucks*

 *Belacan Fried Chicken- GOOD!!!!!!*


Slept after supper.


Day 3

*Next morning, off for Breakfast ;)*


 *Lorong Selamat Char Kuey Teow- OMG THIS IS THE BOMB!! FREAKING GOOOD! MUST TRY!*

 *but just look at the price. A plate for rm9. WTF. No doubt its damn damn gooood!*

Address:  
  Kafe Heng Huat,


       Lorong Selamat,
       Penang
       GPS: 5.417183, 100.324831
       


Next, off we drove to take the Penang Hill Railway Station. But somehow we got lost. And ended up in some weird place.


 *Deserted area with lots of trees*

 *See the sky is so gloomy. But it did not stop us from carrying out with our Penang Hill plans*

 *Finally found our way to the Railway Station to catch the train up to Penang Hill*

*Modernized Train*

 *All rainy and cold outside*

 *The railway tracks is so freaking steep that I was so scared the train would fall backwards*


 *In front of Guard House*

 *We were supposed to be able to view the whole of Georgetown from here but unfortunately, it was too misty. Could barely see anything :(*

 We walked around for like 2 hours then we decided to go back down cause we were starving. Train tickets only cost rm4 per person for 2 ways, just show your student card :)



*Lunch- Assam Laksa again- its good, but not as good as the one at Jalan Penang, mentioned above*

*Popiah and Chai Kueh*

Address:  
 Taman Emas kopitiam
       Jalan Gottlieb
      10350 Georgetown, Penang
      GPS: 5.433316,100.302864


*Tea time at Charlie Brown Cafe @ Straits Quay*



*My cute mocha!!! :D*




After that, we went for dinner at the same place. Lebuh Kimberly.

 *This time we ordered another Char Kuey Teow, also at the road side, not the one in front of the Hawker Centre*
This was good too!

 *Braised Duck Porridge*
Neh dont like it. Its not even porridge. Its rice with lots of soup.


After dinner, we headed back to Straits Quay which is like 5 minutes drive from our place only, cause dear wanted to take me to see the night lights. So pretty!! :)





Day 4

Packed up our stuffs in the morning, and checked out.


*Had our last plate of Char Kuey Teow- No good. Not up to standard*

Address:
Macalister Road Sister’s Char Kuih Teow,


      Jalan Macalister (near Jalan Perak intersection)
      Penang
      GPS: 5.419351, 100.317407


Off we headed towards Ipoh.


 *You see!! the day i left Penang, the sky was so so blue!!! Ishhhhhhhh*


 *Lunch - Nga Choi Kai @ Restoran Onn Kee- Awesome!!!*

 *Pork Balls*

Cher told me about this ice cream potong man, and I kept going round and round and round but couldnt find him!! So sad..Maybe cause it was already late. We even asked the lady in the chicken rice shop, she told us usually he will be around that area and by that time, he would be going back already. Sigh, no luck :(


*I had this random idea to drive up to Tanjung Rambutan to visit their Mental Hospital cause I was curious LOL*
Remember during secondary school, we learned some malay literature about some fella's isteri going into Hospital Bahagia? XD 


 *After that, dear brought me to the Hot Springs!*



*Lost world of Tambun Hotsprings and Spa* RM15 per person



 *Tried the foot spa first. Water was at a temperature of 40 degree celcius*


 *Doing our foot spa hehe :)*


 Then we went and check out different pools with different temperature.
I can only stand the 37-40 degrees temperature. More than that and I'll scream



*Last was the infinity pool. I was so hot and sweaty that I insisted that I want a refreshing drink from the pool bar. Which dear got out of the water to get money to buy me the drink*
Refreshing watermelon while enjoying the infinity pool.
I turned to Hou and said 'Ahhh this is life :) *with my satisfied look*


Washed up after that and we headed home.

Thats the end of our 4 days 3 nights trip. Simple and relaxing :)

When's the next one, dear? :P 


-mun-

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