Penang again...

Qing Ming @ Penang

29/03/08 - 30/03/08

last Friday, i went back to Gopeng after work... the traffic was quite congested at the PLUS highway from Rawang towards Batang Kali... but luckily i'm not the driver... hehee... since we have lots of things to bring over for the Qing Ming, my dad borrowed his brother's Toyota Avanza... :P

we left at around 8.30pm after dinner and reached Gopeng quite late at 11pm... we had our supper at Lawan Kuda(quite a funny name)... overnited at my uncle's house at Gopeng...

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Penang - Day 1

woke up super early the next morning - 5.30am !! OMG, it's only 5.30am... still dreaming ler... hehee... anyway, we need to leave earlier for Qing Ming at Penang... had some light breakfast at Sg Perak rest area... it's been so long i didnt go to that rest area, and they have upgraded it to a nice and beautiful rest area...

p/s: all the photos during the trip are taken with my brother's Sony Ericsson K810i Cybershot camera phone... :)

the blur blur me at the playground at the R&R... it was quite cold early in the morning... :P

nice exterior design...

next, we headed straight to Penang.... as usual, i dozed off in the car till I reached my aunt's house at Seberang Perai...

my cousin's little gal... she's very cute and adorable, isnt she ??

we just stopped there for a while to grab something for the Qing Ming... and we were off to Penang Island for breakfast...

since we're young, we like to drink this Sirap + Susu (Bandung) at Penang...

we had lots of food for breakfast... didnt take much photo.. just me, eating the Popiah... :)

after much eating, we continued our main mission of the trip - Qing Ming...

camwhored while waiting... can you see my brother in this pic ?? hehee...

nice pic... green green grass....

cleaning my Grandfather's grave (taken with my Nokia N81)...

after burning our skin under the hot sun for around 2 hours... we left the place for lunch at Transfer Road...

me in da mirror !

Clockwise L-R: My favourite dish - the irresistible Assam Prawn... it's quite different from others and really tasted so yummy, Fried Egg with Prawns, Belacan Kangkung and "Mm Heong"(some spices) pork... we ordered a vege soup as well.. :)

it's all about eating in Penang...

then, we checked-in to YMCA International Hostel at Macalister Road... i've stayed there before with my colleagues somewhere last year.. and, for a 5-bedded room with breakfast, it cost us RM105nett only !! since it was just one night stay, we didnt spend much on our lodging... :) it's a wise decision, isnt it ?

didnt take any photos in the room though, but for more info about YMCA Penang, you can login to http://www.ymcapg.com/.. and, that's what i did.. :)

all of us were dead tired and took our nap in the room till dinner time... this time, we went to the famous Gurney Drive for dinner... there's so many hawker stalls with varieties of food there... soon after we parked our car, we walked around the place and took some photos while waiting for my uncle... his whole family were staying at Gurney Hotel, which is 20mins walk to the eateries...

first, i took a pic with my mum...

second, my sis joined us...

third, my brother joined us...

and lastly, a complete family photo of mine... :) looked like a pyramid rite ?? hahaa...

and again... hehee...

while waiting, i suddenly have this idea of doing some funny stuff...

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1, 2, 3..... JUMP !!

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and, here i present you the "Floating Master"...

can you see the invisible carpet ?? hehee....

okay, back to the reality.... we ordered lots of food for our dinner.... especially those famous Penang delicacies such as Rojak, Sotong Kangkung, Prawn noodle and etc...

it's just part of the food we ordered...

busy eating...

after dinner, we went for a walk at Batu Ferringhi night market... they sell lots of stuff such as souvenirs, t-shirts, cheap DVDs and they even sell some fake branded handbag....

camwhored in the car...

my brother, the driver....

can you spot the Chanel handbag there ??

it's me !!

i bought some DVD, which cost only RM4 per disc.... next, we went to my Grand Aunt's shop at Kimberly Street, somewhere near Komtar.... me and my brother had Snow Jelly (suet kap in cantonese) and Gui Ling Gao at a shop nearby...

it can promotes beauty and health benefits to those who consume it regularly... and it cost us RM 12 for it...

Gui Ling Gao... :)

then, we packed some fried mee and meehoon back to our hostel for supper... hahaa...

and, all of us snored till the next morning... :)

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Penang - Day 2

all of us woke up quite early... since there's only once bathroom, we took turns to shower... and went for our breakfast at the cafetaria inside the building...

our breakfast...

anyone want a bite ??

after breakfast, we packed our stuff and went for another breakfast... hahaa...

nice cap ???

waited patiently for our food...

here it comes.... the Kuey Teow soup with duck meat... that's the spare part of the duck on the purple plate...

after much eating, it's time to go back....

on the Penang Bridge...

we stopped for late lunch at Gopeng... and reached home around dinner time...

that's all about it.. :)

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One Cent

Government’s plan to round up all bills paid at the counter to the nearest five sen comes into effect on April’s Fools Day this year... that will be 4 days from today... !!

The reasoning behind this move is sound; many of us no longer appreciate the value of the one-sen coin, and find it a nuisance.

Rounding up the bill to the nearest five sen will effectively do away with the need for one-sen coins; and when there is finally no demand, Bank Negara will no longer mint the coin.
It is a roundabout way of demonetising a denomination of a currency.

Bank Negara has put into circulation 4.4 billion pieces of one-sen coins over the years but finds that only 1% is being re-circulated. This means that 99% of those coins are not in use.
In most cases, I believe the one-sen coin gets lost. People tend to drop these and don’t bother to look for them. This also means there is some RM4.3mil lost to the monetary system. On top of that, Bank Negara says it cost 4.3 sen to mint a one-sen coin. So the actual loss is well over RM18mil. Now, that's a lot of money!

Source from:
The Star dot com dot my

anyway, back to the main topic...

guess what... i actually kept lots and lots of those One Cent at home.. in an empty XO bottle... hehee....

hmmm, i still remember the last time when the Government decided to take back all those RM1 coin, i brought it to the bank but somehow after the last day, i realised that i still have around 80pcs of the RM1 coin inside a piggy bank !! sobb sob.... so, i've learnt my lesson this time... so i brought it to the office yesterday and counted it one by one before i brought it over to the Maybank opposite my office.... and lastly, banked-in into my account... :) although not much, but still money ma... $$$ !!

my collection... :P

took around half an hour to count and to arrange them...

altogether, RM 14.30 only ler... hahaa...

anyone still keeping those ONE CENT ???

Haadyai - Day 2 & 3

Haadyai - Day 2

22/03/08

woke up as early as 8am.... we walked about 10mins to the nearby market for breakfast... had some noodle soup that cost 50baht per bowl... quite yummy.... forgot to snap a pic of it... hehee... then, we walked for a while at the market and back to the hotel....

there're lots of flowers stall....

they even sell hand bouquet at the market... but only 6 stalks per bouquet...

next, it was the "free and easy" time for us... i went for a hairwash with mummy nearby the hotel... they charges us according to the length of the hair and we paid 300baht for 2 persons...

in the hair saloon...

camwhored !! the chubby me in straight hair @_@

then, we decided to go to a temple with Tuk Tuk again... this time have to bargain with the Tuk Tuk driver cos the place was a bit far from the hotel... and, we paid him 100baht for a return trip for 3 persons.... hehee...

dont-know-what temple... (we told the driver that we wanted to go "Siam Deng"... :P)

Mum burning the joss sticks....

we took the same Tuk Tuk back to hotel... and walked at the shopping mall nearby - Odean Mall... bought a short pants and nighties again... hehee... after much shopping, we walked back to hotel... Mum went for her second round massage with the rest while i rested at the hotel room...

not long after, it's dinner time again... this time my godfather rented a van for 10 of us to go to another temple on top of the hill....

Aunty Yin and me...

my lovely godparents...

masuk, masuk dalam lagi... (those mini bus drivers likes to say this... don't think dirty, okayy !! hehee..)

the temple is inside "Hatyai City Municipality Park"...

climbing the staircase up to the temple...

there's a Four Faced Buddha under the roof...

there're altogether 4 elephants there, each facing different directions...

breathtaking view of Hatyai city...

we stayed there for around 15 mins before we left for dinner nearby the temple...

Ban Khao Restaurant...

ordering food...

the sky was getting darker... and me too... hehee :P

are we having some "coconut meal" ???

me and da coconut !!

lots of food on the table... more than 10 plates ler... scary !!

after dinner, we went back to the place we stayed.... shopping time again !! walked and walked non-stop whole day... there's lots of stalls selling t-shirts, food, souvenirs and others along the roadside and also a few dessert stalls... and i had a bowl of birdnest... i actually had one bowl of it the night before also... hehee.... it cost only 100baht per bowl ma...

another tiring day... hit the sack at 12am...

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Day 3
23/03/08

it was the last day, so must wake up earlier at 7-ish (Malaysia time okay ??!!)... there's a "one hour" different and it's only 6-ish in Thailand.... hahaaa... went to the market nearby again... this time, we had another type of noodle... they had this very tasty dried wantan noodle... two thumbs up !! but no photos taken cos i was too busy eating.... :P

saw the monk ?? those people will donate some food to the monk... and my mum also did the same... :)

after a while, and i tell you.... it's really a while... in less than an hour or two, we went for another meal - Chicken Rice again... dont know whether i should call it breakfast no.2 or lunch... cos it was only 10-ish... !! i only tried a few pieces of the chicken and a few spoons of rice...

the rice in placed on the plate in a "chicken drumstick" shape...

again, we walked back to the hotel.... and it's time for some final shopping... packed our stuff and checked out at 1pm (M'sia time)... waited for the van at the lobby....

and finally, the van came...

but we were very much disappointed cos they sent us a smaller van... but anyway, we managed to stuff our luggages and all of us inside the van...

and we headed off to another temple on our way back.... this time, we stayed longer at the temple for some prayers and also flower bath....

those flowers in the pails are for "flower bath"....

we were quite rushing, so i didnt take much photos at the temple.... :P we left the temple at almost 3pm... everyone was very tired and slept in the van till we reached Thailand Custom...

me and mummy and the long queue at the custom...

last photo to end this post entry... nice t-shirt ?? hehee....

we stopped at Tambun for a seafood dinner.... then, sent my aunt back to Gopeng before we went home...

Bye Bye, Haadyai... i will be back... muahahaa.....

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