Ferreroroche’s Weblog

now blog about the trip proper,

btw we are team 8, so maybe, i CAN split the entries into 8?

oh well, in the plane, very smooth ride, I was initially quite afraid, cos I remember long long time ago, someone told me that the skies from Singapore to KL is always cloudy and thus expect a bumpy plane ride, and I rode on Aeroflot (on the way to Moscow in 2000) from Singapore to KL and I had bad motion sickness. but on wednesday, there was no bumpy feeling on the plane at all!

mrK busy filling up forms (he is so nice really!, usually he doesnt even wanna look at the forms except to put his signatures)

me busy camwhoring in the plane, well actually, even though I have a camera with me, I seldom take picture of myself, so my camwhoring skills suck! just look at my DOUBLE chin , ahhhh the horror!!

but with the iPhone, there is so many photography applications so its like having ur own polaroid camera, with a lomo, fisheye whatever lenses there is thrown in but of course, the results is not as satisfactory.

but for the easy fixes and watermark adding, there is always Picasa!

so yeah, I dont photoshop, i only do very minor touches with Picasa.

SO, back to the flight, it was inaugural flight, so Penang Tourism WELCOMES us with a bang!

Pretty ladies giving out flowers and goodie bag while the guys tirelessly beating their drums!!
The Pilot should have announced it! everyone loves to be part of History, they should know that it is the inaugural flight and that Penang Tourism is welcoming us with a bevy of pretty ladies in national and traditional costumes! Oh well, I am sure by the end of it all everyone will realise, but I knew it, thanks to kelly and michelle so I was super EXCITED about receiving the pretty flowers (made of rattan and pretty laces!) and the goodie bag, an eco friendly blue bag with Penang tourism T shirt (I dont have to buy any Souvenir already!) and maps of Penang.

The flowers made a nice addition to my bag too!

Then another surprise, the organiser give us FREE AIRPORT TRANSFER to our hotel! so happy, save at least RM 25 (BY TAXI) to maybe rm 8 (by bus which will take forever cos it was rush hour already (5pm) by the time we cleared immigration and get onto bus)

Berjaya Georgetown is located at 1 midlands Park, Jalan Burma. Midlands Park is not exactly a park, its more of a shopping/hangout place. There are many entertainment outlets such as snooker/billiard, KTV, bar, Pub, Computer gaming and food place like KFC, Dimsum restaurant and 7-11. At night, the hotel’s bar is also very happening with live music! very very loud, but I stay in 27th floor outta 29 floor so it was peaceful and quiet and very good view.

so heres what the room look like, simple and most importantly, clean

BTW, there is this cafe just opposite the hotel, called Island RED cafe. AT night, like 7 onwards, it is FULL! all the parking lots are taken up, all the way until 1-2 am, then ppl started leaving, but really, always patronised. It served normal cafe western food, we didnt try it because we are always full by the time we return to hotel sooo the next time we are in Penang, we are definitely going to try it to see whats the hype all about.

there is no pic, its easy to find, just opp the hotel, right next to the Nokia centre and the Penang Adventist Hospital.

after we put down our stuff and freshen up abit, I practised my starJump!!

then took in the views from the room,

KOMTAR on the left, highest building in Penang, at 60 storeys high, the centre of government offices and heard alot of good food are nearby, more on KOMTAR on the other parts!

on the right, should be Jerai Mountain, the mountainous area near Penang National park (i think!)

Right below, our neighbours, school , condos, cafes etc.

then we go to Gurney Plaza, its so near the hotel so we walk there!
its easy to walk there, just follow the road, take a left at the first opportunity, walk straight ahead and you will see Gurney Plaza, supposedly the best mall in Penang.

There is a nice Playground just next to the mall, so we play for a while there, while practising more starjumps!! and try our hand at capturing the colours, we love this super well maintained and colourful playground!!!

We got hungry so we walked round the mall to find out whats available, then at the top floor (7th storey) is their cinema, 1st July was the opening day for Ice Age 3 : the dawn of Dinosaurs.

Then we saw a banner, wednesday night is movie night, shows only at RM6!

we got excited, but then we find out that its not applicable for ice age, its applicable for shows like transformers though.

well its still cheap plus I am sure we can still make it within budget since we have extra RM thanks to exchange rate difference.

so we bought tix to Ice age 3D!! RM 30 cos its 3D! still cheaper than Singapore (3D movies not applicable for any credit card discount!) and the cinema is really quite clean and well maintained!

now we get really hungry and head out to the famous Gurney Drive hawker centre.

Thats the huge hawker centre behind me, a very crowded place!

Their muar Chi is sold out! and Char Kway tiao Q was super duper long (well only this particular stall actually) so we eat asam laksa (very different from any kind of laksa in singapore), fried oyster, Rojak and Sotong Bakar (grilled sotong)

for drinks we had sugar cane and soya bean

total dinner cost RM 24

then we take a walk along gurney to enjoy the sea breeze

before catching our movie!

us in cool 3d glasses!!

ICE AGE is damn funny and highly recommended. 3D is really cool, sharp and super clear pictures!

CYA tomorrow for More adventures!!!