Penang 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 1:09AM My personal trip to Penang was two years ago. Last year I did go I think once or twice for training. That did not leave me much time to go around. So this trip I took some leaves and coincide it with the Gawai public holidays. This trip was my longest trip. I flew to Penang on 28th May 2009. Arrived at 30 mins to midnight. Waited at the airport for Ken to pick me up. I was crashing at his house for the duration of the trip. Anyways instead of heading to his house, we headed to Queensbay Mall for the midnight screening of the Terminator: Salvation. It was an OKAY movie for me. The effects were superb, the story line was acceptable. But somehow, I was hoping for more. I’m a huge fan of the Terminator series. From T1 to the TV series. Oh well. At least its better than the previous installment.
So actually my trip started on 29th May 2009 (Friday). Ken had to work, So I followed him around for a bit then he left me to go find my way around Georgetown. It was 11 am and the sun was scorching. I decided to do what tourist in Penang do, take a trishaw ride. Yup. It was RM 20 per hour. I was thinking sure, I’ll visit all the temples and stuff, jump off, take a few snaps and move to the next interesting place. At the end of it, it was about three hours and a half. RM 70! But I did see a lot of charming Georgetown. Only thing was it was really scary on the trishaw, as some places were really tight, and we had to maneuver all over.
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
