The Blessed Journey Up North!

It was Friday. Supposedly I was happy as we were going to Penang the next day. But instead, after getting back from the office, I switched on my laptop and watched Lipstick Jungle. After awhile, Asserk called asking whether I have packed my things yet. After the call only I reached the towel and take a quick bath, prayed and started packing. At that time, it was 85opm and I planned with Faizal Iman to meet up at 920pm. So everything went clumsy for a bit but I managed to reach there on time :) Then I left my car and went into his. It was nice btw :P Then we met up with Asserk and again I switched car. Only then Asserk was telling that we were going that night itself! So we went to Aizat's to pick her up and in the meantime tried calling Sit but couldn't reach her. We asked Nanad for Sit's house number, her mom's number but none were picked up. After waited long enough, we decided to go off only the 3 of us and left Sit behind. We are sooo sooo very sorry Sit! U know we love u :*

And so the journey started. It was abour 12-ish am. Asserk was the 1st to drive. I was too tired to stay awake, and left Aizat to accompany Serk. After a while, I woke up only to realize Aizat has gone to sleep as well and left Serk to drive alone. I accompany her for a while but couldn't stay long as the eye is too heavy and the stomach wasn't in good condition. Serk was forced to drive alone for 4 hrs straight while we were happily sleeping. Thanks yaw for the sacrifices hehe. She was singing like mad to keep herself awake but we were sleeping so soundly :| After a short toilet break, Aizat took over the steering wheel. For a while, she was accompanied by the 2 of us, but not for long both of us went to sleep again (I know I am the worst sleeper ever. But hey!U can't blame the eye and the sick stomach :| ) We finally reached Penang around 7-ish. Along the way, there were mild traffic which were very surprising. We were stucked in heavy traffic only for a while somewhere in Perak but that was it. The journey was smooth and easy.

After getting enough full sleep, I slip in the driver's seat after Aizat. We were driving with no arah tuju at all, tried to look for a good n comfy cheap hotel. We stop at few hotels, but decided not to stay. Being ever so hungry, we stop for breakfast. Aizat called Cik Bahar to set appointment. After breakfast, we went to see him and he led the way to Aizat's future workplace (which is still under consideration). But not to appear sloppy and sluggish, we stop at nearby mosque to sprinkle the face and refresh the body :P

Aizat's so called interview went for 4 hours. Asserk and I were in the meeting room as well listening to the managers talk. They do know how to tallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!! We were tired, the long hours of interview was tiring us more. The inputs were good tho. After that, they bought us lunch and we ate Nasi Daging. It was superb. I never like daging that much, but I think the dish is SuDap=Super+Sedap. Serk called up a fren to suggest us a few hotels. We met up with Choman at the ferry terminal and off we went to the island woohoo!!

It was my first time be on the ferry, and I was excited ! :D We were merry-go-round-ing the island for awhile as Choman tried to recall his way in Penang (he's from Kulim btw). Then we check in this hotel called B-Suite. The hotel was amazingly spacious and very comfy and the best part is the rate is affordable!!!After a loooonnng shower, we slept (again??!!!). After few hours, everyone woke up for dinner. We had Nasi Ganja. Had to queue for almost an hour for that nasi. But to me, the taste was plain. Nothing unique with the taste. Dun know why ppl were craving for it :| We spent the nite at Gurney Deive (kan?) while Aizat slept in the car.

The next day, after breakfast, we planned to go to Bkt Bendera. It rained a bit, and the next available ticket was at 5pm and it was only a little after noon. Decided not to waste time, we hop inside the car and went to Kebun Bunga instead haha! It may sounds boring but we had so much fun there watching monkeys and ate waffle ice cream and took a lot of pictures not to forget some pictures with the ice cream man who has been selling the ice cream for almost 50 years (he had the newspaper cutting for that) Did I mentioned we took a llllllloooooooooot of pictures? Yerp, we were camera whoring all the way. Thanks to Choman for keeping up with all the poses haha! After that, we headed to Bt Ferringhi. I called up Bob to ask about the band playing along the beach, but he said they are not performing weekly and suggesting us to go to the Light House at the Taman Negara instead. And so we went.

We reached there around 3-ish to find out from the lady at the registration counter the light house opens until 2pm. But we still continue with the original plan. So we took the boat to go to the Monkey Beach. The boat ride was hellestest fun! There were only 4 of us on the boat, it was like we were renting the boat all by ourselves like the rich kids haha! The sea was calm but the bumpy ride did excite us a bit. Believe me, everyone was holding to the rail tru the whole ride haha! Mind you, we didn't plan to go to the light house. It was all immediate plans, and we are dressed like a normal tourists. Asserk n Choman were the closest to wearing the proper attire for the hiking to the light house. They were wearing shorts and thirts but with slippers. Aizat was wearing jeans and tshirts and sandals. I was wearing slack, 2 layer of clothings and slipper. The journey to the light house was about 1.5km from the bottom of the hill. It was soo tiring as we had to climb up and the fact that we didn't do any warming up before that.
We had 3 major pitstops before reaching the light house. It took us about half an hour to reach there and we were quite proud of the timing haha! With the sooo improper attire and the fact that we are not fully fit to hiking up hill, we are proud with ourselves :D it was almost 5pm, the light house should have been closed for 3 hours but we were sooooo lucky as the gatekeeper was still around woohoo!! He was kind enough to open the gate for the light house and Subhanallah the view was amazingly superb!! Once we were up there, all the fatigues gone. We were so amaze with the view, no words can ever describe. It was exhilarating!! From up there, we could see Langkawi, blur figure of Sumatera, Penang, but no Thailand (apparently, Bob told us Thailand can also be seen from there) All the panting and hard work paid well off! Thanks Bob for suggesting us to go there. Worth every single sweat drop :P The gatekeeper managed to spill some spooky stories of the lighthouse which made us feeling a little goosebumps. We left before it gets dark. Choman had some good spooky stories sharing with the gatekeeper while going down the hill, while the 3 girls stay way behind with the shaky legs and tired heavy bodies to drag with heh! Lucky we brought along spare clothes so we took a shower at the Taman Negara. It was sure a good feeling after being super smelly from the unplanned hiking.
Having only a roti kosong and an icecream before the hiking, we were verrrryyy hungry after that. So we went to Padang Kota and ate our hearts out. We ate Sotong Kangkung, Pasembo' and Char Kuey Teow. Seriously, the stomach can't be expanded more after that. We were happy with a fullestest stomach and a memorable journey :) Choman left that night after sending us at our hotel. The next day, we were up late and had to rush to check out before 12 to avoid the xtra charge. We managed :) We had Line Clear nasi Kandar for lunch. We learned a new interesting way of cooking rice. I think that what makes that place special. Did some shopping before we left for the Island. We stop at somewhere(I forgot the place but was kinda happening and used to be the Asserk's tmpt lepaklast time hehe ) and meet Choman there. Had some laughs. Waited for the gerhana matahari but it was mendung and the awan had covered the sun. So no, we did not get to see the gerhana that day :( Late evening, we break apart for the last time, and headed straight to KL. Had few stops along the way, but the journey was again smooth and fine alhamdulillah. There was very little traffic. Before reaching Aizat's, we stopped at Kunang2.


I had so much fun on this trip.
The journey was blessed all the way.
You guys were nothing but fun.
There were a lot of vocabs I learned kih kih!
I was impressed on the spending. We could totally be in the Destinasi Bajet show haha!
Thanks to BOB and NIK on the 'hospitality'.
Sit, again sorry for leaving you behind.Didn't mean to. Dun take hard :*

More pictures :
Day 1
Day 2.1
Day 2.2
Day 2.3
Day 2.4
Day 3