Trip to Taiping and Penang

Whenever i get the mood to write a new post i was unable to find the time to do so. Finally, the right time has come and i'm going to flasback on the wildest weekend that i've ever had in these past few weeks. Judging from the title of this post, some of u might ask that what's so exciting over there in taiping. Well, literally it wasn't that exciting over here but i had fun all the same. The fun that i was referring to was the food that i had over here. Over the years, i've been coming to taiping for the chinese celebration - 'Ching Ming' ( i dun know the exact phrase for it but that's wat we call it unless u wan to hear my mum version and she calls it 'ching bing' - i dun know y so dun bother to ask anyway..). Although the food over here are just mediocre, but, it was also the most fulfilling moment for me. I was basically eating the whole time and i've lost count on wat i've consumed on the two days that i've stayed over there. Unfortunately, the only vivid memory that i have was the dinner that i purposely drove all the way to Tambun (which is jus an hour drive from taiping) to have. My friend has introduced to me that they have the best seafoood over there and so my family had decided to give it a try over there. Instead of the wondeful servings that we were promised, the dish that were served to us did not impress us much. In fact, the ones that we have over in PD was way better that those that we had over here..

The restaurant itself

The only dish that's nice out of the five that we had....

I actually hurt my throat will eating this and found out about it when i'm back at home...

Along the way to taiping...

After taiping, we moved on on our journey up north to arrive in penang. And so the parade of eating for me has begun the moment i stepped out of the car. No wonder i've put on so much weight ever since i came back. They dun call penang The Pearl of Orient for nothing apparently.. HAHA.. To me penang has always been the food paradise ( the price was a bit overwhelming though..)

Arriving to penang on the penang bridge (i was only able to capture this still as i was not able to get a clear view of the whole bridge.)..

The soon-to-be open penang Times Square:

The food parade over at Gurney Drives..

The hotel that i stayed in - The Sunway Hotel (we purposely picked this one bcoz there's hawkers stall jus outside the hotel at night!!! YUM YUM!)

My crazy sisters by the pool side. They've been gushing about it so i figured why not take a pic of it ( the pool was only normal, nothing out of the ordinary..)

Seoul Garden

This is the one place that i really enjoyed steamboat-ing in.. At least it has the vibe to it and the food that they have over there is kinda nice. The set up for this restaurant it okay with the vibrant colors around the walls and a few parlours for the food and drinks. What's more - students and those with student cards get to have discount!! As usual, good things dun come easy and there's term and condition for this discount and it is only applicable during the weekdays and it's frm 11 till evening. So, for those who are interested u have better got to time well before going.. Wouldn't wan to miss out on the discounts! HAHA.. Anyways, i still remember the first time i heard about this restaurant was when my roommate told me that there's a korean steamboat around town. As u've would have thought, my first impression was that it's a restaurant by the streets and the way they described it does not at all sounds like what i've seen in person. Well, this was way back in last year when i was still in the first semester of my second year in the varsity. The price was okay and the ambient in the restaurant really sets u in the mood to open up your appetite.

I was only able to capture the image of the drinks parlour as the food department was too near to the reception and i'm worried that i might get caught :)

The stove was placed in the middle of the table giving u the good ol' korea feel to the steamboat

Finally, my friends that i wen together:

Wednesday 11-March-2009

Now i'm sitting right by the window jus staring at the gloomy sky with the thundering sound signaling that it's gonna rain anytime soon. I really hope that it's going to rain soon so that i can have a clearer mind on what's been going on these few days. What been really going on?? I can't even explain it for myself. It might be the stress of all the projects ans assignments. All i know is lately i've been having a lot of disagreements with the people around me. Family, friends u name it.. Sitting here, i'm supposed to be getting on the report that needs to be handed up in a few days but staring at the sky gave me the sudden urge to jus write out all the feelings that i have in my heart at this moment. Truth be told, i've been fighting with one of my roommates these few days. Honestly, i'm not going to lie about it but it's been awhile since he gave me the impression to start having second thoughts of him being my friend. Not that i dun like him being my friend, but, all the actions and decisions that he's made really opened up my mind and really slapped me back into reality and making me thinking straight. Although i know that we're supposed to forgive and forget, but, sometimes it's easier to said than done. When a gap exists in a relationship, there's really nothing u can do to patch it up that easy and it really takes time. Sometimes even longer. Sometimes u might even think that how come some1 like this will make u feel this way and makes u do all the things that u've done. Sitting here and having a blank mind now, i really dun know what to do.. Sometimes life is hard and it's really hard when u know that u're all alone in this journey that u're taking. But sometimes, when life is that hard u might actually like to have some time alone to urself without any1 to interfere. Life is also damn hard when u're down and u get all kinds of caring that u dun know which one is sincere and which is not. For those of u who were there for me, i feel u. All i can say now is, feeling is jus a real confusing thing. It has to make u feel all twisted inside and let u mend ur own hurt on ur own.. Unfortunately, it is also one of the necessity that u need to move on with your life..

FINALLY!!!

Frankly speaking today has to be the happiest day of my life in these stressful months. Besides coming back home, i finally got to change my phone! Phew. The first word that actually came out of my mouth was F-I-N-A-L-L-Y. After longing for so long to change a new phone, my prayers are finally heard. I had long done surveys on all the phones that i'm interested on way back before i was going to change a new 1. Come to think of it, i can actually make a list of it and the list will just go all the way down. One of my close friends once told me that once i found one that i like i shud jus keep to it instead of comparing with other models. Unfortunately, given the circumstances i was not able to get the phone that i wanted and so all i can do is to jus keep an eye out on the phone that might actually catch my eye. And so, the long awaited day has finally arrived for me. At first i wanted the sony ericsson C902, unfortunately, it was way over my budget so i had to choose another one that actually fits my budget. And then there was W595.

The transition from Motorola E398 to W595:

Motorola 398

Sony Ericsson W595

P/s: Other then getting a new phone, i was quite happy today when i came about the blog written by one of my uni frens. She actually described that she was very happy to have me and my other fren as her coursemate cum crazy friends.

That's just me..

Have u ever had friends who asked u how come u never care about them when they're being sad or when they're in need of help? I'd like to clarify here that i'm not a heartless person. I do know how it felt when u're sad and alone and there's no one there for u, but, i'm also that kinda person that does not convey my feelings openly. Sometimes i can be real crazy and up to the hype when i'm really in the mood with the right company. Sometimes i can be real quiet and really just wan to be alone an just relax. So, some might say that i'm a weirdo but hey that's just be and there's nothing that i'm going to change about it. Also, i dun like people to be 'poh poh ma ma' 1. If u got anything to say, then, just say it. It's not like i'm going to eat u or something. U do not have to purposely go around the corner to come to the point. U can just tell me up front of what u felt and just get to the point. Sometimes, if i offended u in anyways i would really appreciate it if u tell it to my face. It's better that way cause i would never know when i've offended some1 and for those of u who knows me - i rarely apologise to any1 unless i really felt that i've done something really bad. So, hopefully every1can tolerate all these about me and not trying hard to force me to change the way that i am.. THAT'S JUST ME...