I still can't believe that 10weeks of training just passed by in a blink of an eye. I mean, at first I was counting down the days till I left for Penang and now, believe it or not, I'm back after weeks of dreading living there.
And yes, I know I promised to update about my training as frequent as possible but... Hell I'm going to be honest, I was lazy as hell because after working all I feel like doing is sleeping or watching dvd's. Fret not I'm still going to do it but I'm going to do it part by part. So this post will be all about "Qing's-Not-So-Adventurous-Adventure-In-Penang" lol. And hey if you don't feel like reading... There's a ton of pictures =)
First off, there's this awesome night market right outside of the my condo and it stretches up along Batu Feringghi... Fine not really it's located right outside all the hotel's laa because it mainly caters to tourist and things there can be fucking expensive because Batu Feringghi's like 'ang moh' central-! I bought 2shirts, 1 says "i love PG" and the other is "how to use the word LAH" for RM13 but the price for a measly shirt at the night market it RM10/12. How pathetic is that?! And the vendors there won't even layan locals okay. Double hmph-!
View of the condo I was living at from the outside. I know, looks dingy doesn't it. Owh and we've experienced something freaky while we were in Penang. So my housemates and I often go to the night market to get dvd's and stuff... Then there will be these handbag vendors who will kacau the people who totally ignore them and what not and yeah we were one of those people. But can you imagine how shocked we were when we heard them say "Ah miss, tinggal kat Mutiara ah" and omg the condo we live in is fucking Mutiara-! Then when we went back after a couple of weeks, they said " Kerja kat Golden Sands ah"... We fucking work there-! Feel like bitch slapping them laa seriously, they can barely make ends meet ( dunno laa ) and yet they have so much time to go stalk people. Mcb.
Low tide at Gurney.
The only mall I ever go to is Gurney Plaza because... Even though the journey there by bus takes approximately 25min, its considered the nearest mall for me like how sad is my life. So I usually spend my off day's at Gurney Plaza or watching dvd's at home with kaya pao for lunch harhar.
Thats Diana applying eye shadow on her guinea pig a.k.a Michelle. Look at the crazy amount of shadow pallet the woman has-! Madness. Owh and in case why you're wondering why there's a mattress in the living area, it's because Diana used to live in the living room because the house was fool and she was the last one who came in. Kesian.
Those who knows me should know that I have impossibly thick hair and this is the only way I can come close to 'bunning' it because I can't do a french twist for nuts and hardly anyone ever uses netting so yeah. But on days that I feel like being a rebel I'll let my hair down in a pony tail hee =)
The sun setting in Batu Feringghi. The sky literally turns purple and red. Swear I didn't photo shop any of these pictures.
The family went up to visit me during my 2nd week. Stayed at the Holiday Inn for 2days then they dumped me back to that hell hole JUST KIDDING.
Thats Renee and Lay Hoong with Lay Hoong's small but kick ass slow cooker. We were celebrating her bday at our condo and it was also every body's first meal at home together aww.
Diana, Deetha and Wendy ( who i think looks a bit like JC ) XD.
We managed to slip the cake into the house while Lay Hoong was in the living room lol then we lighted it in me and Michelle's room. Pardon the mess at the back.
As far as new housemates go, I think we were pretty awesome because I'm not really a Celebrating-all-of-my-friends-bday kindda person. So you have got to be really something or else I couldn't care less XD ouch.
Lay Hoong-! Omg I miss her so much right now. I'm so used to seeing her everyday at work and
at home and now I can't even hear her nagging anymore ( boy does she nag ). She also takes the phrase "im small but strong" to a whole new level. And guess who was the first to cry when I left =) If you're reading this... I LOVE U MIAO <3>
How can you not be forced to bond over 10weeks when you're living with this bunch of wacky people? We went from acquaintances, to housemates, to friends and finally... To family.
Of course, Penang isn't all work and no play. In fact, all I this the first few weeks were play... Like hell. A couple of nights out with the girls and new found friends with a couple of skol's ( harhar budget laa ) won't hurt anyone right XD
Sometimes however things got pretty out of control but hey, it's all part of the experience and I'm glad it was around independent and responsible people. I'd do it all over again if I could turn back time.
Tried this place called Clinic Cafe at the Gurney Plaza with Diana. The cafe really lives up to its name because they've got surgery tables as, well... Tables and wheel chairs for actual chairs. It even smells like a hospital blehh...
Waiter's are dressed as surgeons and waitress dressed as nurses. Now I know what you're thinking, damn girls dressed up as hot nurses giving you back massages while you wait for your food. But nope, the nurse's uniform was so unflattering because it was really shapeless and baggy so... Sorry to shatter your dream, boys.
Chili and tomato sauce comes in a syringe... Bleh reminds me of blood donation day at the hotel T_T
Nasi briyani and fried prawns. Urgh imagine eating out of something which is normally used for peeing into right -.- owh well at least we tried it.
Lol wondering why our expressions are so retarded? It's because the tide came in all of a sudden and it reached our ass's. That day was a really good day to go to the beach, mainly because of the weather. That, and we had a free boat right thanks to Diana's connections on the beach harhar. After the boat ride we sat on the storm, it's this round three seater disc thing that gets dragged along by a motor boat and it was fanfreakingtastic-! Better than banana boat lorr seriously.
Ate the super famous penang laksa on the way up to Kek Lok Si Temple. It was the first time I ate my very own bowl of laksa because I was too much of a pussy to eat spicy food before this.
Maybe it's just me, but I think that the turtle pond is overcrowding with turtles.
After huffing and puffing our way up the steep steps, we've finally reached the temple-! Owh, when I said "we" I meant Prabamrbellcaptain and I. Though he did more of the huffing and puffing because he's old XD He offered to take me there because I dunno, I had the sudden urge to pray.
Bought a candle for the family aww see I'm such a good daughter. And I think I'm like the most jakun Buddhist ever because everyone wrote in Chinese on the candle except me because, I couldnt think of what to write in Chinese. And people in Penang look at you funny when you speak in English. Like fuck you people okay.
View of the temple and city from the tram.
A very sad tree filled with ribbons with wishes written on them. Okay this time I wrote something in Chinese-! Proud sial.
My zodiac-! And I bought a monkey/kuan yin pendant while I was there in hopes of becoming more religious in the future but my plan fail max. I mean, I really aspire to be more religious but I dunno how... Should I start praying more ( hey i DO pray ) or should I start medidating?
Ate the very famous muar chee there too-! Ordered the first one and told the aunty "very hard to get muar chee in KL laa" with a sad face and she gave me a bit more =) But one wasn't enough to satisfy my taste buds so I ordered another packet. And imagine this Prabemrbellcaptain lived in Penang for almost his whole life and he has never ater muar chee before... Poor guy.
Big chunks of penutty chewy goodness =) =)
Went to Red Box at... You guessed it, Gurney Plaza again. But this time, with Front Office peepow-! It's actually a last get together for Sean because he was scheduled to finish training that month and after that he's flying off to Taiwan-! *He's now in Taiwan working with his girlf btw, who's a Taiwanese*
With my hunn's Renee and Diana. Renee and I were in Housekeeping that month and Diana was at kitchen.
Thats's Sean Crockford and Wayne Ken far right. Those dudes only know how to yell and scream, not sing. p/s renee you look like ghost her thanks XD Nigel joined in half way too and now both of us sorry ass's are back in Subang yay. Was suppose to leave Red Box at 12am but we ended up leaving at 3am? Lol it's because the staff there didn't chase us away. We went for supper/breakfast at a coffee shop after that. Like who in right mind still sells porridge and dim sum at 3 in the morning?!
So far my family is a buisness mogul, what with having the plaza in Penang and all *read previous post* and now we've set up a clinic. As Barney from howimetyourmother would say... A-W-E-S-O-M-E-N-E-S-S.
Family came down for the second time to visit me. This time we stayed at Gurney Hotel. Due to my lack of expression ( a default I'm forced to be recokoned with since I was born ) I may not seem like I appreciate my family making time... Driving all the way to Penang just to visit me but truth is I really am-! No matter what happens, my family comes first <3>
So other nights in Penang are filled with non-stop chatting with my housemates. And Michelle's not even in the house most of the time, so i'll just go crash in the girl's room.
Omg i just spaced out for like 5mins looking at the pictures with the girls and just realized that i really really really miss them =( I mean, the bond that we had when we were there-! We were all brought together by sharing the same toilet among 6 girls lol. The horror right...
Next on the birthday list was ReneefromShanghai-! And I've spent the past 18years of my life not knowing that there's this Chinese birthday tradition which is you have to eat noodles on the day of your birthday. Damn... I'm like THE epic Chinese failure -.-
Celebrated her birthday at Pizza Hut. According to Renee, Pizza Hut in Malaysia is considered very cheap compared to Shanghai. Then again, almost all of the fastfood chain in Malaysia is cheaper. Good to know T__T
Island supreme =) Owh, and don't be surprise if you see me next time because instead of me, you'll be seeing a fat walrus who has replaced me because I can't stop stuffing my face with goodies from the little island lol.
Our room during the last week. Harhar yes I know it's a bit of a mess but the room is teeny so you can't blame us hee XD
But before leaving, Michelle and I had already discussed that we would bring something back for the girls in Subang ( aww aren't we the sweetest ). So by seeing the picture of Mich's unglam face above *harhar sry couldnt help it*... What do you think we've brought back hmm?
Hui Zhen-! Though our relationship during the first few weeks was a bit rocky... I think it has made us stronger and closer in a way because of it's up's and down's. I know I may be harsh some of the time, kay fine most of the time... But for it's worth I meant well. Thank you for being there for me, especially our first night there and I'm sorry if I've stepped out of line at some point. I couldn't have asked for a better roommate even though you kindda talk and kick me in your sleep. I hope you dont die of boredom or get lost in the wilderness of the East of M'sia. Love =)
This is one of the goodies on the little island I was telling you about... AH POMS-! And for jagung and pennut filled ones its only RM0.60 like wtf cheap can. They've also got chocolate, strawberry and cheese fillings to. Best part is it's right outside of the condo I was living in. Ahh gluttony.
Chu Ying from KDU Penang and Chloe from Politeknik. Good luck idiots, you've got 5 more months to go XD
I wasn't kidding when I said I had to make balloons everyday. So now I know how to make a poodle, sword and snail XD
That's Sze Wei, Lay Hoong and Ziela from left to right. And the stupendous Christmas decoration in the lobby-! They were like at least 5 or 6 Christmas tree's that huddled together in the lobby and the theme was "A Blue Christmas" I think, or something like that.
Anyways, this is all I have for now, beats nothing right.
p/s : Taylor's extended their staff parking so now us students only get to park in the basement and gravel filled parking lots.
AND
p/s : Price for locker rental increased to RM10 a month. It used to be RM40 for 6months and now its RM60 so... You do the math.
Fewer parking for students + Price increase for locker rental = Taylor U's way of saying "Welcome back for Term4 bitches"
Rock on.
