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.
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!

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 :)
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