Friday, August 8, 2014

U n f o r g e t t a b l e .. P E N A NG


PENANG Is Such A Wonderful City in The Peninsular Of Malaysia. It's So Beautiful Especially GEORGE TOWN. No Wonder Why It Was Listed By UNESCO To Be One Of the World's Heritage.

PENANG Airport is Surrounded By Mountains So The Views Are Super Nice. In Malaysia, Tourists No Need To Fill In Immigration Paper (Arrival Card), They Use FINGER SCAN Systems Instead Of Immigration Card. Hmmm! Can Save Lots Of Paper And Good For Environments lol. For me The Good Thing About This System is " It's Faster Than Usual And Also Can Ensure That The Person Travelling And The Person In Passports Are The SAME ONE! Great System.....

After Arrived To Penang And Checked In At The Hotel, I Have Waked A Little Bit to Survey The Town At Night. It Was A Bit Quiet Due To The Last Day Of RAMADAN Or The Holy Month For Muslim People. They Stayed Home And Would Have Big Celebration On The Next Day.

The Convenience Store In Penang Are Mostly 7-11 & Happy Marts Which Open 24hours. The Restaurants Here Are Always Crowded Which I Really Don't Like. I Have Found 1 Restaurant That Quiet Nice And Not Too Many People. It is GOLD STYLE Restaurant. I'm Not An Expert About Food But I Have Found Some Thai Food Here. Well, Not Really Thai But I Can Eat lol. This Restaurant Becomes My Place Afterward. I Eat Here Everyday When I Was In PENANG. I Ordered The Same Food That After Day2 I Don't Have To Order. When The Staff Saw Me, The Knew Right Away What I Want. What A Super Service...


After Explored The City And Had Dinner, I Went Back To Hotel And Uploaded Some Pics On Facebook So My Friends Could See How My Life Was In Here. The Time in Malaysia Is 1 Hour Ahead From Thailand. I Tried To Sleep Since 2100hrs Which Is 2000Hrs Thailand Time. I Was Planning To Wake Up Early Tomorrow And Explore Street Art.










 I Woke Up Around 0800hrs, Took A Shower And Went Out Of The Hotel. I Don't Like To Have Breakfast So I Skipped It At The Hotel. During The Way To Street Art, I Have Found That The Guy From Reception Was Behind Me. He Finished His Work And Said He Would Love To Show Me Around If I Want. He's Very Nice But I Wouldn't Want To Disturb His Sleeping Time. I Know Exactly What It Feels Like After Finish Work From Night Shift. I Said Thank To Him And Told Him To Take Some Rest. I Can Explore The City By Myself lol And Moreover; I'm Quiet Indy. I Have No Plan, Where I Wanna Go, I GO. When I Wanna Stop, I Stop. So I'd Rather Be By My Own lol



 The Street Art Was Really Busy. I Found Out Later That It Was Holiday After RAMADAN. So May Chinese People Came To Travel In Penang While The Muslims In Penang Went To The Mosque For This Holy Day. The Mosque Here Is So Beautiful And Huge. It Was So Sunny This Day And The Sky Was So Blue. I Love Looking Up To The Sky....


The Muslims Family Are Going to Mosque For The Holyday. This Pic Just Look Like The Beatles Crossing Abbey Road In London lol. Their Outfits Are Wonderful Indeed.


















 The Camera Museum Is A Super Great Museum About Camera.  It's Nice And No Entrance Fee. Not So Far, You Will See Love Lane Which Is One Of The Popular Place To Take Photos.






 After Walked And Walked, I Was Getting Tired And Hungry. I Accidentally Found The Restaurant Which Has LaVazza Coffee So I Went Into That Place Right Away. The Name is "PIT STOP"
It Was Great Both Food & Coffee. Free Wifi And The Password Is "8888888888888" Hmmmm!
After Finished My Lunch, I Decided To Go Back To My hotel For Fresh Up. It Was So Hot And I Sweat A Lot. I Have Bought A New Shirt From Street Art So I Think I Would Wear This One In The Afternoon And Also Get A Bike So That I Don't Have To Walk :)


After Fresh Up Myself, Here I Am With The New Shirt lol. I Went To GOLD STYLE  Restaurant Again Since I Was Hungry Again. I Ordered TOM-YAM Kung But Without KUNG (Shrimp) Because I Don't Like But I Like The Taste Of Tom Yam Soup. It's Great....



 After Lunch, I Went To Chinese Temple Where They have A Bike For Rent. Henry, The Owner Of The Shop Discount For Me When he Knew I Am THAI. He Used To Live In Thailand And Also Speaks Thai, Too. We Become Friends And I Went To Meet And Greet Henry Everyday. His Police Friends Also Have Lunch Break In His Place So He Introduced Me To All His Friends Which Super Nice. They Are Police Officers.


















 After Get My Bike, I Went To The Jetty Port To See The Sea. It Was So Green And Clean. Nearby There is A Small Market Called "CHEW JETTY" It's A Small Chinese Town Along the Port. Super Cool and Classy.







Inside CHEW JETTY, There Are Lot Of Small Souvenir Shops. I Bought 2 Small Notepad And Street Art Photo Book. And After That I Decided To Go back.


 During The Way Back, I Have To Pass LITTLE INDIA Which iS Not Little At All. I Feel Like I Was In India Hahahahah. The Name Of The Street Where Little INDIA Located Are Luhbua KING & Luhbua Queen Wow!!!!





I Went Back To Te Hotel And Felt So Tired. I Slept Quite Early After Uploaded Some Pics On My Facebook To Show  My Friends. I Once Again Woke Up In The Middle Of The Night Around 0400hrs. I Heard The Sound Of The Rain, A Heavy Rain. I Woke Up Again Around 0800hrs And iT Was Still Raining. Internet Didn't Work. I Went To The Cafe' For Some Coffee Since I Don't Prefer Breakfast. After That Sleep Again Since There's Nothing To Do. I Woke Up Around At 14oohrs And It Already Stopped Raining. I Decided To Go To PENANG HILL To See The View Of The City.










I Took Rapid Penang From Jetty Port Direct To PENANG HILL. It Cost 2 MYR (Super Cheap Huh)
After Arrived At PENANG HILL, The Ticket To The Hill is 30MYR. So Many People That I Have To Wait For The Train To The Hill More Than 30 Minutes. Not That Fun lol


I Enjoyed Penang Hill So Much. It Was Great To See The View Of PENANG Even It Was A Bit Foggy And Not So Clear.The Sky Also Was Cloudy. I Wish It Was Blue Sky. That Would Be Much More Beautiful Than This ;'(

My Favourite Things In PENANG HILL Also Visiting OWL MUSEUM And Taking Photo With Python. It's So Cute Ever. The OWL Museum Was Also Amazing. Everything About Owl And They Also Have Souvenir Shop, Too...Oh! OH! The Entrance Fee is 10MRY Not For Free. I Think It Was Not Worth it.








After Came Back, I Once Again Went To GOLD STYLE Restaurant And Enjoyed My Dinner. I Went Back To The Hotel And Found That Internet Still Didn't Work So Nothing Much For Me To Do. I Took A Shower And Packing. I Have To Change Hotel Tomorrow And Was Thinking To Check Out From Here Early. I Need The Internet.......

 I Have Moved The Hotel To MUSEUM Hotel Which I Have Already Booked For My Last Night. I Tried To Book My Whole Stay Stay Here, However It Was Fully Booked So I Could Stay Only One Night. I Arrived Early And Of Course, Standard Check In Time Is 1400hrs. I Knew This Very Well So I Just Ask The Reception To Keep My Luggage. I Asked For Internet Code So I Could Check Something A Bit Before I Went To Explore City Once Again. 





I Started My 4th Day With Amazing Weather. It Was So Sunny. I Decided To Visit Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion. It Is So Beautiful Ever. So Classy, I Think. Unfortunately, There Was A Film Shooting While I Visit So Not So Many Pics I Could Take Since It Was Messy With Some Crews Working.





 After Visit The Blue Mansion, I Went To See Henry The BIKE Man. I Wanted To Get The Bike And Cycling Around Town Once Again. I Have Talked To Henry And His Police Friends A Little Bit While Waiting For My NANO Bike Which Was Taken By Someone Else lol. Henry Was So Kind To Give Me Some Drink 100S Something Which Was The SODA Water. I Appreciated The Kindness And Have To Accept His Soft Drink. Actually I Don't Drink SODA WATER Because I Always Have Bad Stomach After I Drinks. Finally My Bike Was Returned. It Was 10MYR per Hour But For Me Henry Offered Me The Whole Day As Much As I Want lol. Just Because I Am THAI And Henry Used To Live In Thailand For 15 Years. That's Very Kind Of Him.







I Began To Visit My First Place With Chinese Temple. I Saw Many People Prayed So I Just Wanted To Pray, Too. Normally I Am Allergic To The Joss Stick So I'd Rather Stay Away From It. Otherwise It Would Cause Me Super Headache But This Time I Couldn't Avoid. We Have To Pray Together With Candles And Joss Stick, So I Must Do The Same. Lucky, That I Was Fine After That. Maybe Because Of The Prays Hahahahahha. I Have Prayed For Something That I Couldn't Write Here lol. It Was My Secret Wishes. The Wish That I Could Only WISH But Couldn't Ask For lol





 After Finished Praying, I Have Taken My Nano Bike And Cycling Around The Town. Today Was Not So Busy So I Have Time To Take More Photos With The Arts On The Wall.












 I Returned To The  Hotel Around 1700hrs, Check In Into A Very Nice Room. Everything Was Perfect. The Receptionist Mary, Who Checked Me In Was Super Great. I Took a Shower And Relaxed After A Long Day. A Disaster Began When I Started To Use The Internet. It Didn't Work. I Have Called To The Front Desk To Make Sure That There Something Wrong With Internet Not With My Computer. I Was Confirmed That It Was Being Fixed And Would Be Back On Service Soon. This Quite Really Disappointed Me. I Decided To Go Out Since The Internet Didn't Work. I Informed The Front Desk That When I Return, If The Problem Still, Then I Would Need Free Late Check Out lol





I Walked To George Town Once (once) Again But This Time I'd Love To See People. There Are Lots Of People Sleep On The Street But If Compares To Bangkok, Here is Just So Little.
Seeing People living Their Daily Lives Are Just My Favourite. I Love To See The Different Lifestyles. These Always Amazed Me And I Just Love It, Really <3





Time Flied And I Have Been So Tired. I Returned The Bike And Walked Back To My Hotel. I Was Informed That Internet Still Didn't Work And The IT Would Come To Fix It By 2100hrs. I Turned To  Be A Different Person Right Away. I Started To Complain And Asked For A Solution. The Receptionists Have Tried Their Best To Assist Me In Every Way They Could. They Are So Kind To Provide The Cable For Me To Use With My Laptop At The Lobby If I Really Needed It. 
I Refused To Take Their Offer And Ask For FOC Late Check OutInstead. I Knew The Hotel Was Fully Booked And I Felt A Bit Selfish To Ask For It. Believe Me I Really Did...;'(

When I Went Up To The Room, I Found A Small Cute Candy With A Cute Paper Put In My Room For Turn Down. That Was So Cute And Could Calm My Anger About Internet... Not Too Long After I Returned To The Room, The Internet Was Finally Fixed. Wonderful!!! 

The Next Day, My Last Day, I Woke Up Around 1000HRS And Found It Was Raining. I have To Go To Post Office To Send Out My 23 Postcards. My Mission Completed. I Sent Postcards Then Had Lunch At Pit Stop And When I Returned To Hotel, I Was Informed That My Late Check Out Request Was Approved. :) Yeah!!!!! So Happy!!!

I Went Up To The Room Taking Shower And Went Out To Town To Say Goodbye To All My Friends In Town. I Met Henry The Bike Man, Talal, The Reception At My First Hotel And Ended Up With Dinner At GOLDSTYLE. I Said Goodbye To All The Staffs Who Always Get Me Some Great Food And Great Service. And My Last Mission For Today Was Going TO The OWL SHOP. One Of My Friend Loves OWL and I Want To Buy Some OWL (Not Alive Version Definitely) For Her. I Have Seen This Shop When I Was Here The 2nd Day. Now I Walked Around Just To Find Where It Was lol. But Yeap! I Eventually Found OWL SHOP...Everything About Owl. Such A Cute Place. The Owner Of The Shop Also hAs OWL Tattoo On His Arm. Thats So Cool.



Time Of Fun Has Passed By, I Have To Return To The Hotel And Check Out. GOODBYE PENANG. You're So Beautiful And I Surely Be Back.. I Arrived The Land Of Smile At 2000hrs And Met My Super Great Friend DAZE Before I Went Home. Journey Ends And I Can Hardly Wait For The New Journey To Begin..... 
" LOVE TRAVELLING BUT HATE ARRIVING"