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My First Solo Trip – Penang

It’s been about 2 months since I last went to Penang. Thanks to my “laziness” that I’m only blogging it now.

I left on the 22nd Jan, hopefully to search for my inner self. I was vented and superly upset with my own life.

It was a wonderful trip and I’m sure I can do solo trips to anywhere all by myself.

The beautiful clouds. What a nice sight! I wish I can see this every single day.

Finally, I reached G Hotel. I was glad that I was back. For sure, I will be back again soon!

Back to the Executive Floor. *Happy*

A re-welcome card from the GM, Mr Marco. How personalised G Hotel is!!!!

Finally, I made it to Dr. Sun Yat Sen’s Penang Base.

This is where Dr. Sun Yat Sen had his secret meetings.

This is Dr Sun Yat Sen’s museum which I wasn’t aware of prior to arriving at Penang.

A huge statue of Dr Sun Yat Sen at the museum.
& I made a donation of RM20.
I need to thank the lady in charge of the museum to bring me round, explaining to me and showing me around.

Lunch was done at Nando’s. When are they opening one in Singapore?
Soon, I heard.

Checked out my room at G Hotel.

Look at my Executive Suite!!!
I gonna thank Mr Marco for upgrading me. =)

View from my room. That’s the pool of G Hotel.

Some tanning, with a book and a beer will do the job at the Infinity pool of G.

Early dinner was done at Gurney Drive Hawker.

The cons about travelling alone is “You can’t have lots of food.”

So I had the ever famous Char Kuey Tiao.

& “tabao-ed” some Muay Chee back to the Executive Lounge to enjoy with some wine.

Everything in the Executive Lounge is free, provided you are staying in the Executive level.

Made my way to Hard Rock Hotel just because Buddy Sim wanted me to get some magnets. Unfortunately, no magnets. I ended up buying him a tee.

Back to G Hotel’s G Spot for some “clubbing”. After all, it was a Friday night.

1 night friends from Penang. Unfortunately, I was too drunk by the end of the night to ask them for contact numbers. So it all depends on fate if we were to meet again.

With the bad hangover, I still made my way to Peranakan Mansion.
Interesting indeed.

The famous Guan Yin temple.
I was too hanged-over to pray.

Requested the taxi driver to bring me to this famous Chendol stall.
Chendol cravings fulfilled. =D

Cravings for some BKT. I alighted at Gurney Drive to fulfill my cravings.
Now, I miss BKT. =(

How I could I forget Him Heang whenever I am in Penang?

Danai Spa is a MUST whenever I am at G Hotel.

Dinner time!
Penang Lesak as well as Wan Tan Mee.
I’m such a glutton!

Ice-cream!

Here is my supper! Room services. =D

Dim Sum breakfast at Ko-Fu Zen before I headed to the airport.

Now, I miss Penang. I miss G Hotel. I miss Penang’s food.

I will be back to Penang and G Hotel after my new job probation.

P/S: If you would like to see more pictures of my solo Penang trip, please refer to my facebook.

Phuket – My “21st” birthday celebration

My 2nd time to Phuket.

Bye Bye Singapore!

Our hotel, Patong Resort. It’s so much better as compared to the one we initially chose.

Our beds. Guess which bed is mine? =P

View from our balcony. It’s the we-all-love-it pool. Just that the water is always so COLD!

Our 1st meal in Phuket. A die-die-must-eat Fuji!

My die-die-must-order sashimi. Yummilicious!

Trying hard to act cute since it’s my “1st 21st” birthday after all.

The evening beach. Nice view right?

We spotted a Hello Kitty shop and well, I went gaga over it. =X

Mr Ronald Macdonalds that speaks Thai?

The famous Bangla Road. Crowded on a Friday & Saturday night.

2nd day morning. Not wanting to waste our time. We headed to the beach.

The beautiful sea.

The tanning chair. 100 baht each, allowing you to sit the whole day.

“Jie Jie” Linda – busy tanning herself with coconut oil.

While I was busy applying SPF130 and hiding myself under the shade with my lovely book.

Our “male” companion throughout the whole trip.
We started drinking at barely 11am. 5.5 bottles to last till late noon.
That’s what I call HOLIDAY when you starts to drink in the early morning.

Our 1 and only picture taken together. =X
It’s the black and white.

I settled for a Thai massage at the hotel while she went back for a swim.

Had my birthday dinner at Jungceylon.

Eat all you want buffet at 199 baht.
Ultimately, my beer was the most expensive item.
Thanks, buddy for the birthday dinner.

We had a male companion for the night.
He’s none other than Mr Piggy!

The night ended at 11pm and we headed back to hotel. We were too tired to even club at the famous banana disco. At the exact 12am, I was lying on the bed, almost asleep. Peaceful birthday! Enjoyable.

3rd morning. Didn’t want to waste much time. We headed for the beach after some early bird shopping.

Beers, beers and more beers.

Our seafood dinner. Gluttons, we were. Ordered too much food. =P

Linda’s.

Mine. Enhanced version.

Bye bye Phuket.
Mr Piggy, Linda and I will miss Phuket.

I enjoyed the whole trip.
Thank you.

Well, who says a birthday celebration needs lots of friends to be around?

The full album of the Phuket trip can be found in Facebook.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3 & 4

Phuket, I will be back in August.

Stay tuned to my 1st Solo Penang trip.

I want to go Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall

Extracted from www.wanqingyuan.com.sg

Wan Qing Yuan(晚晴园) was built in late 19th Century. The villa was bought by rubber magnate Teo Eng Hock for his mother, Mdm Tan Poh Neo. A fervent supporter of the Chinese revolutionary cause, Teo Eng Hock later offered the place to Dr Sun for his revolutionary activities in February 1906. After the success of the 1911 Revolution, Wan Qing Yuan was subsequently entrusted to the then Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce (now Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, SCCCI).
　　 In December 1964, the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce revamped the villa to commemorate Dr Sun and his revolutionary movement. The project was completed in 1965 and the villa became Dr Sun Yat Sen Villa.
　　 After Dr Sun Yat Sen Villa was gazetted a national monument in 1994 by the Preservation of Monuments Board, the SCCCI renamed the villa as Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall in 1996 to trace Dr Sun’s revolutionary activities in the Southeast Asian region. A subsidiary company, Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall Co Ltd, was set up in 1997 to spearhead the restoration project.
　　 A restoration team was formed under the initiative of Mr Kwek Leng Joo, Immediate Past President of SCCCI. Led by Mr Kwek personally and comprising five committees sharing the same vision, the team planned and implemented over four years to transform the villa into a memorial hall.
　　 After four years of restoration works and funding amounting more than $8 million, the Memorial Hall was completed in October 2001. On 12 November 2001, it was officially opened by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

Anyone keen in going? I should be heading there next week?

Goodbye again!

Goodbye Singapore.

Hello Penang.

I will be back on Sunday.

Goodbye Phuket.

Good bye Phuket!

Hello Singapore! =_(

I had a fun birthday trip.

Suntanning at the beach, reading a book and drinking tons of beer is seriously called LIFE!

& well, I came back with something new again. =X

It’s the upgraded version of my previous star.

Cheap. & I guess it’s nicer?

My birthday gift to myself. =)

Goodbye Singapore

Phuket, here we come on a Saturday morning.

Goodbye Singapore for now!

& a HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

KL – Day 4

Our last day in KL.

Treasured that last few hours.

Randomly found an eatery.

Bat Ku Teh was sold out despite we were there like 11am.

Century eggs. Not as good as the ones we had at Yung Kee (HK).

My 鸡丝河粉 which was obviously not fantastic. Or rather, I was hungry. @_@ I left a huge portion of the noodles left.

Tammy’s congee.

A mix platter to share. But it wasn’t as good as the one we had at Restaurant Overseas.

Thank god that we had lunch here. We found a store that sold local products as well as my 贵妃肉 – BBQ Pork.

We didn’t go far. Shopped at Sungei Wang for the rest of that few hours. “Rotted” at a cafe and the hotel cafe for the remaining 2 hours.

At about 3 plus in the noon, we headed to the airport.

The sky didn’t look inviting. @_@

Best of all, we went to the wrong airport. All along, we thought that KL has only 1 airport, which is KLIA. Oh well, we then found out that KL has 3 airports, Sapang where Firefly is, KLIA, the high class airport & LCCT, the budget terminal. *Phew* Luckily, we didn’t miss our flight.

Marrybrown at LCCT.

Is it Marry Brown or Mary Brown?

There, our 4D3N at KL.

Fruitful trip, least I met my CY Bro.

KL, I will be back, but not so soon.

KL – Day 3

We woke up, just in time for Restaurant Oversea. The “MUST EAT”, as recommended by Tammy’s boss, Mr Chong and my Boss. I bet it’s a really MUST EAT!

The platter of Roasted Pork, Char Siew & Duck Meat. I heart the Char Siew & Roasted Pork. Yummilicious.

Their fried tofu. Crispy on the outside but soft in the inside.

Our additional order of 1/4 chicken.

Guess the bill? RM100.50. & thank you Tammy for the treat. =D

After such a heavy meal, we actually spent 15 mins walking to Pavilion – one of KL’s newest shopping mall.

The beautiful fountain & the nice Christmas decoration.

We actually walked from Pavilion to Lot 10, which made me disappointed (10 years ago, Lot 10 wasn’t like that. @_@) We continued our journey to Sungei Wang, back to hotel to place our stuff. Rested our feet & we headed out to Bejaya Time Square aka the hotel cum shopping mall my cousins were staying.

The largest amusement park which is indoor? The roller coaster was kind of gross. Over my dead body will I actually take a ride. =/