KEDAH/PENANG TRIP 5 - 7 JUNE 2009

A and I had just got back from Cherating...we were there for 2 nights, attending BB 7th Anniversary. More on that will be posted later.

Before that, I had a family outing in Penang i.e my mum and my sister's family last week. Since A had to give a present to his friend's wedding in his hometown in Alor Setar, I decided to go there first before going to Penang.

On 5 June 2009 (Friday) A, using my car, picked my mum from my brother’s house in Shah Alam and then to my office to pick me. From there, using the north south highway, we went to A's hometown in Alor Setar. We reached A's house at 12.00am.

After having breakfast at A’s house and after going to A's friend to give her the wedding present, we went to Padang Besar to do a little bit of shopping. The last time I went to Padang Besar was ages ago…. I was pleasantly surprised that the shabby town I remembered before has now being transformed into a nice and well planned shopping area or complex.

By 2.00pm, from Padang Besar we went down to Penang and after crossing the bridge we stopped near Pulau Jerejak jetty while waiting for my sister's family arrival from KL. All of us then went to my niece condo in Queensbay.

With my fav nieces at Gold Coast Resort Condo,

you can see Penang Bridge from the balcony

Getting ready to get wet...

View from the pool - full moon and

Pulau Jerejak at the background

Night view from the balcony..with a next door condo..

At. 9.00pm, we went to the airport to pick my two other nephews and from there we went to Pan Mutiara Restaurant at Batu Maung, Penang most famous place for its fish head curry. I have read so much about this place in other people’s blogs so I was looking forward to eat here.

The best fish curry head I have ever tasted....simply delicious..

with such affordable price too..

The empty bowl hehe...nice ambiance too... a delightful dinner..

Next morning, all of us had a tour in my niece's working place..which is a factory actually.. The factory is in its final completion and will be fully operated by September this year. She is Head of Design in a manufacturing custom made industrial chips, the company itself is a subsidiary of one of the GLC's.

The interior designer of the factory, the younger sis...

We then had our lunch at a nasi kandar restaurant near KOMTAR. We then walked along Chowrasta Road, ate the famous cendol and ais kacang there before proceeding to Batu Ferenggi. While waiting for the stalls to open, we have our drinks at the Sunset Bistro.

Another cool place to chilled out...even in the hot weather...

A had a pleasant surprised... I know he enjoyed this...

Ready to fly..........

Up and awayyyyyyyy............

into the sun.......

Time to come down.... steady...steady..steady...

Opssssss not a perfect landing unlike in

Pattaya last year hehehe...ouchhh

Smiling...safe and sound, nothing's broken...

Sunset.........

Awesome view.......

Afterward, we went to buy a few DVDs, mostly TV series...had our seafood dinner at Bayan Lepas.. By 1.00 am, A and I were on our way back to KL. Actually, I really wanted to stay another day but I had an important meeting to attend too. We reached home at 4.30am, leaving me only 2 hours to sleep...peywai ooooooo...