Doodle #211 : That Time of Year

Hello guys! Decided to make an appearance again since it's that special time of year again. :D I know it's been awhile but I swear I've been swamped with assignments and work! Just handed in the final draft of my group's lab report earlier this morning and had a second lab session right after! The report's more or less done which is why I'm spending time dawdling here.
The day started off like any other, left for Monash early in the morning to take part in the daily Parking Wars ritual. Raced off to the parking lot to battle for the closest available spot to the bridge walkway, cause I'm lazy like that. I've the Malaysian blood coursing through my veins! HUZZAH.

Well, dawdled in the morning..

Breakfast..

More dawdling..

Oh right, in case you missed it. It's my birthday today. :D WHEEEE. This is the part you jump for joy and cheer for me. CHEER FOR ME YOU PEASANTS.

Met 2 friends and collected some very meaningful gifts. :) I feel so happy already! Hee.

Sometimes, the best thing about birthdays is hearing from people you haven't heard from in a long time. Got wishes from some of my fellow ex-Ausmatians. A special text was the icing on the cake. :')

Well then it was time for classes...

BREAK! Gawd damn, I'm hungry. Heh.

Oddly enough, Josh suggested Lunch Box which is against his usual policies. But I was much too hungry to ponder upon his change in stance, and my stomach craved Butter Cream Chicken so why not? OFF TO LUNCH BOX. While passing Starbucks, he told me Christine and Stacey were upstairs. So I thought "Okay lah, go say hi to them before lunch!" *walk walk walk*.. Goes upstairs.. Goes past bookcase.. Sees Christine and Stacey. Sees Xiao Mei Mei, Sees Lynn.. Lynn?? Sees Alex and Jet. Sees gigantic chocolate cake on table.

Uh oh, was I not suppose to walk in on this?

Then they started singing, dam loud, in Starbucks. OMG DAM PAISEH. After they sat me down "Eyh not everyone was here just now!! SING AGAIN" I was like wtheck?! DUNWAN LAHH. Course, that didn't stop em. Bloody awesome fellas. :)

CHOCOLATE. *heart melts*

According to Christine, my hands started tutting. WHATTT? Since when?!

 So I sat down quietly and cut my cake.

EEEE. So scary!

When in doubt, GANGNAM STYLE.

Haihh kena bully.

 

AGAIN. :(

                                                    

Looks like model mom and small kid. LOL

 Don't even ask.

\m/ yoyoyo

Le awesome Dance gang with some cameo appearances from le Pharmacy peeps.

WERE YOU GUYS COLLABORATING?! D: D: D:

Heh, it was awesome. :)

Doodle #210 : Falling, Literally

This was actually something that happened quite awhile back, but I only got around to write it ever so melodramatically when I shared it with someone. So I thought, might as well post it up! Yes guys, this is a true story.

It was a fateful day. The rain was pouring down, the sky an ominous grey. I looked up as I felt droplets of rain land on my cheeks. I blinked, and sook shelter under the roof overlooking Building 2. It was then when I heard the low rumble, the sound of imminent lightning. I pondered upon my choices, knowing I was unable to reach my vehicle amidst the curtain of rain. I took a step back, and surveyed my surroundings. A glance at my watched showed that the time was only 5pm. I still had 2 hours to go before church began. I looked over to my friend who taunted, "I bet you can't reach your car in this rain" Without a moment's hesitation, I yelled back. "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED" Immediately, I swung around to face my greatest foe, the rain. But alas, I would have never made it that far. With one great leap, I placed my leading foot into a puddle of water, splashed from the rain. I felt the sensation before I knew what was coming. The eerie feeling, that heartstopping moment when you lose traction in your feet. I saw my life flash in front of my eyes as I begun to tip over. I had no time to react, only time to fall. I braced myself for the impact, knowing all too well of my impending doom. As though the heavens shined one me, I managed to curl myself into a half-sphere, shielding my front edge with my arm. Thud. Thud. Thud. The world slowed down as I hit the ground. A numbing pain shot up my arm and spreaded across my body, paralyzing nerves and stunning my conscience. When I regained conscious control of my limbs, I found myself eagle-spread on the floor, my friends aghast, yet amused. With one great heave, I lifted myself off the gravel floor, to find 15 pair of eyes staring at me, through the glass facade of the library. With my head down in shame, I regained myself and ran off towards shelter, and dryness. Only to be greeted by my friend at the library, who so excitedly exclaimed, "KIN HOE! I saw you fall!!" I knew then that all was lost. I yelled out in my head "NOOOOOOOOOOOO" but carried myself on, for life awaited me, and this wasn't the end.

THE END.

Doodle #209 : A Tribute

So on the way home my mom asked me a question today, "Boy, do you miss yeh yeh (Cantonese for paternal grandfather) or not?" Guess all I could do was look on ahead and reply "Yeah, of course" meekly. Then she asked me whether or not I could remember my childhood days.

Of course I could. Those were by far, the most tranquil 5 years of my life. Not everyone gets sent to live with their grandparents during their childhood days, cause their parents are too busy trying to make a living. But for me, that's what happened. I can say for sure I really miss those days. The old house we (my paternal grandparents and I) lived in. We had this open area, you know like you see in the Western style houses, a giant lawn as I would call it. It wasn't like any ordinary lawn. There was a dirt road leading up to the house, and we had this giant tree right beside what people would call our porch. The whole land area of that field (dirt) was probably the size of what we would say is the equivalent of a standard double story house. Kinda makes you think how much cost of living has risen since then. I remember walking down that dirt road, to collect the mail from the mailbox. Yes, I actually had to walk down to get it. I remember climbing the tree at one point only to scare my grandparents quite badly. I remember running around catching critters around the house to play with. I remember sleeping in one of those old style beds with the mosquito netting and hiding all my toys under the pillow to bring out at night.

But what struck me the most was watching one of the "Malaysia My Hometown" videos on Astro, where a man described his childhood with his dad. And I can't help but notice how similar it was to mine, only with my grandad instead. I wanted to learn how to cycle, and the bicycle that yeh yeh had was so big I couldn't even get up onto it. He actually went down the road (and by road I mean both sides were literally crawling with lalang (tall grass) to find the Indian neighbour that lived down the road, about 500m down? Yeah that's how far our closest neighbour's house was. To borrow his kid's tricycle to let me play with. :') Then he would slowly walk me through the steps of how to cycle. Eventually, I was able to cycle not only without training wheels, but also on his bicycle. It's slightly larger than the average mountain bike, in terms of height, but so much thinner. Y'know, like those old style ones. It was easily 15+ years ago now.

Then of course I would need the occasional haircut every now and then. Yeh yeh would then bring me into town to the barber he visited. I can't remember much from the experience but I did remember this. You know how they always use some spray thing to spray a thin layer of water over your hair before they cut it? Yeah, I played with that. I would bug the shopkeeper until he would let me have it then I'd run around and spray people in the shop, my grandfather included. He would just laugh at me, and I'd continue running around.

One of the funniest stories though when was people came to install a street lamp down the road next to the mailbox. I have no recollection of this so I'll just tell it from my parent's view and what they said I did. Workers would come and drill a hole in the ground to place the street lamp, and they would leave at the end of the day. After they left, I would run around the field collecting stones and rocks for hours on end, then dump them all into the hole to fill it right back up! After a few days I told my grandad "Yu guo yao yan nei wan ngo, tong hui dei kong ngo mm hei oak kei ah" ("If anybody comes to look for me, tell them I'm not at home" in very broken Canto).

Once, there was a funfare a lil ways down the road into town. I was begging nonstop to go, and coincidentally my parents had come down to visit as well. We all went there and I remember getting into the bumper cars and driving around and started crying the moment someone hit me. I wouldn't budge from my seat so my dad had to come and get me from where I sat, in the middle of the bumper car zone. Think my grandad was there somewhere as well.

Then, everything else is but a blur. Shifting house twice, going back and forth from Sitiawan, Perak to Shah Alam, Selangor before finally settling here and being enrolled in school. Time just passed and I guess I had quite forgotten about my life before. Every time we had to go back, I just got so angry to be separated from my new life. I would bring my PS2 along and literally hog the tv the whole day but you didn't care, so long as I enjoyed myself.

I'm writing this now, to let you know I have never forgotten. Despite how much I care, I never knew how to show it. It's been almost 2 months now. My only regret is that I wasn't there when you left. I really do miss you, and all those years as a kid.

I love you gramps, though I never showed it. But I guess you knew, right?
This is me, your grandson. Writing to you, wherever you may be. I hope you get this. I know you will. Guess one other thing I regret is that I don't have a proper picture with you, but I guess that's too late now isn't it.

Doodle #208

Well peeps I'm back again. Rofl.

It's been a.. can I say long? Nah not really. But time has indeed slowed down of late.

Been pretty much swamped in work and assignments lately. Two new Learning Exercises, and EBP critical appraisal, and a lab report that's inducing mild schizophrenic symptoms. But that's just me.

For pretty much of the week, it's been the same old procrastination studying routine. But on Thursday, we all took a little break.

Sorry for the blur pic, pretty much stole this off the page itself and it was TINY. That's right folks, it's been on the minds of Monashians for pretty much the past few weeks, me included. So on Thursday, I stayed back with the rest of the Hip Hop peeps for the Rainbow Foam Party.

Food was provided, but we had no intent of fighting the horde of people for it so we decided to order our own. Of course, we couldn't get through any of the Domino's line that evening and we found out why later. After the food, they let people into the allocated area. The place was moved to the foyer of Building 2 although it was initially planned to be staged at the Open Field Area. Why? Beats me.

First event, Comedy Corner. I can't seem to find the itinerary so I've no idea who went up but I did remember the second guy who went up. He was hilarious. I laughed till my insides ached.

"When people say you're photogenic, what they really mean is that you look good.. in 2D" HAHA. It gets funnier later on.

After we all had our laughs, it was the event I was waiting for. The Dance Off. Sadly Josh was still caught up in his MPAC rehearsals. Ah well. So 10 random people got hauled up onto the stage, and were to go up against each other in 1v1 battles till the end. They each take turns to dance, about 30s? Anyways, when the first guy started dancing.. My jaw just dropped. I mean, seriously? Then in came the smoke effects! And voila! The whole stage pretty much disappeared from anyone standing in the centre of the crowd and back, much more so when you're sitting right at the back of the area as you don't want to cram in with everyone.

So we just gave up on watching and had our own dance circle at the back every time they played music. Heh, so much more fun.

Then, the dance floor opened and the soap water foam started shooting around. I just gave up and left. It was like.. bubbles. =.= Loud music and crammed spaces were never my thing anyway.

Highlight of the night? A b-boy came up to Josh and started breaking, pretty darned good. Now my jaw dropped in a good way. :D

Now for Friday night.

It was a ridiculously long day, having toiled in the lab for 2 hours before being subjected to a 3 hour onslaught of PAC2342. Dah lah the subject dam dry, 3 hours some more! (Malaysianism showing) Lecturer was okay though, but I couldn't stand the dryness. Lost my focus within an hour and a half, and pretty much vanished later on. @@

BUT!

After class was over, we gathered and left for Paradigm Mall for U Jean and Devi's birthday celebrations.

The drive there was rather interesting, having only Dave and Joshua in the car. It's not often we get some guy time to talk nonsense and crap. Hahaha.

It was my first time there and I think I'm beginning to understand why they say the parking layout is so confusing and the shops layout so haphazard. Why on earth do you put a boutique right next to a restaurant? Won't the smell of the food kind of, oh I don't know, seep into the clothes and stuff?

The funniest part was getting to Plan B, which was the place we had to go. Dave instantly went "We need to get to Level C" the moment we got outta the car park. I stared at the directory as he said "Level C, Level C" and went "Dude, we are on Level C". Then he was like "Okay, we need to find F9. The shop lot is in F9" "DEYYHH, don't F9 F9 me. What's the shop name la?" "It's called Plan B" *I look up* Plan B. "DUDE IT'S JUST THERE" *points in front of me* Rofl.

It was kinda like a mini pharmacy gathering. :p Food was good, place was nice, night was fun. Mini serenading sessions going on at the Year 2 side of the table. xD

Happy birthday again! :D

And so we go.

Doodle #207

Wow, it's been 10 days already?! Feels like just yesterday that it was the start of the week! Week 3 was a pretty short week as Monday was a public holiday. We seem to have A LOT of public holidays in Malaysia, which are frankly the only days I ever get off from university as regular school terms don't apply to me (except for the much welcomed mid semester break).

I suppose the week's been rather uneventful.

Tuesday passed by, without much ado.

Wednesday, same old same old. Had practice again, and felt stiff as a brick in class. If I was a box before, I am a plank now. Completely lost my track. :/ Injuries still yet to heal and I'm already exerting myself.

Thursday! First eventful day of the week!

That's right folks, went to watch Step Up Revolution with the rest of the crew. Frankly, story-wise it's the same old small group of people against a giant company using nothing but dance to make themselves heard. Kinda meh, but the dancing scenes were a bomb to watch.

Especially the second and third mobs. The one where they danced in suits is probably the best scene in the movie to me. The contempt piece was bloody awesome too. :) If you dance, then you have to watch this!

Friday, another uneventful day.

But hey! The hallway is empty now! Yes my stuff are all over the place but hey! Finally have space. HIK HIK.

On a completely unrelated note, now all 4 of my limbs are injured, one way or another. :D

Doodle #206

Boy it has been h-e-c-t-i-c. Still getting used to the new semester. I still can't really differentiate my units from each other. They all sound so similar! D:

And.. that's it for today! LOL My arm's aching from bowling. :/

...

Okay fine I suppose I can't just leave it at that, not when I'm suddenly spurred to write whatever comes to mind.

Yes the first week has indeed been rather disorganized, as I'm still stuck in the 'holiday' mindset despite not having much of a holiday. Trying my best to get myself up to speed, and determined to start studying earlier this semester. Even more so after the nosedive the previous semester. I really need to learn to reorder my priorities in life, having to juggle time between studies, relaxation, gaming, and dance. Yes, dancing is a commitment, I never knew how much time it could take up until I actually took it up.

It's been really fun, that I can say. Following simple choreography and simple isolations, that I can handle. But to actually dance with swagger and to execute complex maneuvers.. I suppose I'm managing, having jumped straight to Intermediate with ZERO basics at all. Strangely addicted to tutting. But as with most of my hobbies, I'm held back by myself, and my lack of creativity. Mehhh.

Studies wise, it's been.. Okay I can't tell exactly since it's only the second week of the semester. I guess we'll just have to see how things turn out.

Helped (somewhat) set up the MUPhaS booth the other day. Go MUPHAS! :D Okay fine I just stood there and provided comic relief. :D

And once again I find myself questioning the decisions I've made selfishly.

Doodle #205

The first week of Year 2 Semester 2 is coming to a close. Eventful, maybe not but hey, least it's back to the hustle and bustle of the good ol' routine. Keeps me busy, and I'm happy enough. On a completely unrelated note, I just got up from one of those impromptu involuntary naps while reading. It's like textbooks are the best silent lullabies a student can get. No need for lyrics, or a melody, just flip through the pages and OFF YOU GO! :D

So far it's only been a taster of what's to come. The assignments this time round seem, less in terms of quantity but the workload seems to be the same, or rather higher. But then again that's to be expected.

Too sleepy. Can't. Think.

Life

A gentle discord,
Slithers like wildfire,
No one side is just,
In this game for two,
A tale with no conclusion,
Destined for something greater.


A subtle fixation,
Tugs along the cord of zeal,
A transitory connection,
Lost in the passage of time,
When fate plays its card,
Two hearts collide.


Told through the eyes of another,
A silhouette's anecdote,
Not just a mere footnote,
But a story denoted,
By a chapter in the book,
Life.

Doodle #204 : A Close

And so the fifth and final week of the holidays are drawing to a close. A rather uneventful end to what was supposedly the most entertaining (or least it was meant to be) holiday season to date. We were asked to perform for orientation, and pretty much recycled the performance for the previous two Open Days. There's just something about the Monash crowd. I just need to find a word to describe it. Oh right, dead. Pretty much.

Once again the only cheers came from ourselves. Talk about getting into the moment. Nevertheless, enjoyed performing.

Then came the stagnant phase of the last week. Everything pretty much came to a halt and time itself just seemed to pass motionlessly. Funny how the very nature of boredom seems to dull the passage of time itself.

I suppose yesterday was a good day, somewhat. Met up with Mun who just finished her exams the day before, and Elaine, Ipoh gang! (Technically I do have Ipoh blood in my veins, but that's about it). Dropped by Monash first to run some errands, and meet those going for the Pharmacy Board interview. I had my turn the year before, as I may or may not have mentioned in one of my many inane rants.

Yes I'm just gonna leave this post hanging here, because I can.

Doodle #203 : MDFC Penang Tour

Whaddup peeps! I'll try to keep things in chronological order, as best as I can recollect the many events of the Penang trip a.k.a. MDFC Hip Hop Penang Tour. ;) Second time round to Penang and the first trip with these peeps. *yay!* Been waiting for this since before the semester ended.

And so we go.

Met up with the fellow KK-ians and our Most Photogenic Senior at McD, Kota Kemuning and carpooled to Monash! :D Where we were joined by Alex and Jet at the front gate. From there it was a long walk to Pyramid where the Aeroline bus was going to be departing from.

Not my first time travelling by Aeroline, but my first time going up to Penang by it. Was a pretty comfortable experience. This time round, we each had our personal TVs instead of the giant one up front where you would be forced to only view one channel.

Ah yes, an assortment of movies and songs all at the touch of your fingertips. Watched Johnny English Reborn to kill time. Damn it was good, laughed all the way through. Again. :D Songs weren't bad too, Avril Lavigne (her first album), Evanescence, among others. Heh. I iz one happy boi.

Clockwise from top left: Me, Jet, Sue Yen, Ding Xian. :D
 

MDFC Peeps yo! Jet and I at the back, Stacey, Sue Yen, Ding Xian and Alex up front.

Ah you just tell who is who on your own la. Nice shades Christine. xD


A pleasant 5 hours later..

Touchdown! Oh the smiling faces, and anticipation.

Aaaaaaaand, our tour guides, Penangites Min Yan and Marvin (in car) are here. Took a stroll about Queensbay Mall before officially beginning our itinerary, we need time to soak in the sights and sounds, and the much fresher air of Penang. A quick lunch helped boost the process. Hmmm.... Penang food.

First order of business, get our luggage settled. Off to Tunes hotel! So we were discussing how Josh and I had a room opposite another room, while Sue Yen and Ding Xian had the Penang skyline to greet them in the morning.

"Aiya, what if got hot girls living in the room opposite you? Good what."
"Omg what if we get old aunties who stare at us?"
"random chit chat"

Later on that day we discovered just who would be in that room opposite our window..

GIANT FLOATING HEAD NEXT DOOR.

After checking and stuff, met up at the lobby to decide the day's plan.

Off to the beach! Batu Feringgi

I'd just like to start off by saying I DID NOT expect myself to get wet in any way whatsoever, which is why I had opted against bringing an extra pair of clothes just in case. Of course that all changed when these two monkeys jumped right in.

 So tempted..

Which is probably why I stood so close to the water, just hypnotized by the waves. I suppose I asked for it, being so close and all when the tide started to come in. I (and about 2 others) weren't prepared for the speed and intensity of the wave which just ploughed through to shore. Water splashed up to my knees. Dafuq. Luckily it was just shy of my pockets where my wallet and phone were. D:

Josh and Alex really enjoying their time in the water. I was THIS close to jumping in as well, but stopped just shy of the water when we changed locations. For watersports. Or rather,

THEY went for watersports. All geared up.

Me? I prefer to stay dry.

Well I wasn't alone. Marvin seems to share my notions. Well, you can see where the water from the earlier wave hit me quite clearly here. Note the two distinctive shades of my pants. D:

Off they go! ZOOM ZOOM.

Beachside photoshoot session?

Uhm.. Guys.. I'm stuck.

And the rest zooms off in their little inflatable boat.

And that's my cue. Exit, stage left!

Marvin, Christine and I took the more.. dry route to pass the time. Only thing was, to get to our destination we needed to trek. ALONG A VERY LONG BEACH. All the way to Hard Rock Cafe. :D

Yeah...... Let's just say the whole trip back was filled with me talking, and whining, and... whining. Tipsy Gary now comes with three times the fun! I found out my alcohol tolerance levels... Non-existent. :D

After being kicked out of Holiday Inn for not being "guests" wow such hospitality to tourists, we went to search for dinner. I'll not go into the part how I got separated then lost from the group. Oh no I wo-.... Okay.

All smiles after a nice helping of Oysters, Char Kuey Teow, Ikan Bakar and other delicacies. Nothing quite hits the spot like Penang food after a day well spent. Especially since your stomach feels like it's running on empty. Or maybe it was me being high, and I needed to chow down on something to regain my senses. Either way, that was some darned good food.. and only the beginning of so much more.

Then we browsed the night bazaar for items of interest. Spotted some pretty cool T-shirts, kind of like what you see at Urban Tee, nonsensical messages. "Tell your tits to stop staring at my eyes", those kind of things. Was thinking of browsing about when they decided we should all get ONE shirt and synchronize it, dubbing it "The Penang Shirt". I suppose we were all spoilt for choice, and couldn't decide on any particular shirt so we just gave up on it. I did spot a pretty cool looking sweater priced at RM65 though, but just don't have the $$. D:

Headed back to Tunes for the night. Took 5 to refresh ourselves and the designated rendezvous point was Starbucks next door. Why, you ask? ;)

So I was supposed to distract.. Somewhat. Don't look at me! Distracting isn't my forte. Heck, I just sat there. ANYWAY. Behind the scenes.

Le preparation by Alex and Christine.

"Hey peeps! There's a big stage behind there, wanna go chill there ah?"

3.. 2.. 1!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...

Atta boy.

Happy 20th Joshiee. :)

Ah, so hang fuk ah.

MDFC celebration yo' And the thing about going on trips with fellow dancers.

SPONTANEOUS FLASH MOB.. Somewhat. Or spontaneous performance. And the award for best dressed hip hop dancer goes to.... *dots*

Dayum we sucked, but hey! It's about having fun. :)

And..... POSE.

I did notice someone actually recording us as we were dancing about. == Oh what the hell.

Having tired ourselves out, we just sat and chilled near the fountain. Or so I was told it was a fountain. But it had many bright shiny lights! :D

ZOMBIESSS.

And Super Josh comes to the rescue! Darned nice picture. ;D

To say I was drained was probably an understatement. The moment I got back to the hotel room, I crashed instantly on the bed. Next thing I know, it was morning. Thing with hotel rooms is their epic thick curtains blocking out the sun, making everything look like it's 5am. *pulls curtain, light pours in* OH DEAR GOD MY EYES. THEY BURN. *looks at watch, 8am* Okay, rise and shine! Got up and ready, and as if on cue the morning call crew came knocking on our door.

With that, the second day officially began. A short trip to the jetty and a so much more grueling walk into town later, we found ourselves at the bicycle rentals.

All of us but Min Yan, Sue Yen and Christine got our own bikes. They travelled the town on foot. :P Not much pictures here since Christine was the main photographer of the trip and she was on the separate group.

Gotta say, it's been awhile since I cycled. My bike wasn't too shabby, but there just wasn't much room to navigate as we were cycling along the same roads across the city that the cars used. So we had to watch out for vehicles.

Warning: Bland and mediocre pictureless explainations begins now. Those of you with a distaste for boring word posts are advised to look away now.

First stop was a coffee shop next to the Kuan Yin Temple nearby. Can't remember their name exactly but they are famous for their Otak-Otak (or so it says on their signs). Since we were so close to the Kuan Yin Temple, we stopped by for a little cultural visit. Gina, Cacing and Jet all got their fortunes taken (try out la), using those shake until a stick comes out kind of ways.

On the bikes again! Stopped by a second temple, where Jet dashed in to pray. I suppose it's caused he tried the fortune thing twice and had bad luck for both. :/

It was then to yet ANOTHER temple. Snap shots, photos, left.

Khoo Kongsi now. :D Took us awhile to get our bicycles parked properly. Then it was off to explore the place. You may look up the place yourself. I was never a travel blogger, it'd be really weird if I even tried to start explaining it.

Time for FOOD. I guess my lack of energy showed, which in turn helped prompt the decision to go food hunting. :D Cycled a pretty long distance into town. Managed to find this small shack which had some pretty awesome Red Bean / Green Bean paste / soup thingy. And Yam Rice, DAM NICE. :D Sometimes you find things in the most unexpected places. Course, the main destination was still Penang Road. Off we go! Into a place I recognized pretty well after having walked across it over 5 times.

Joo Hooi Cafe!

One of the best laksas, ever. Period. Alex did mention something about the one from a morning market. I've yet to try that but this is probably among the top places to go for Laksa and/or Cendol. :D

Then it was a straight road all the back to the rentals, as our time has more or less expired. Hard to believe 4 hours just sped past like that. ZOOOM! We were back before I realized, felt so much faster too. Three cheers to awesome guide Alex! Hip hip hurrah!

Then there was just the waiting for Alex and Min Yan to come and get us from the shop.

Break time! We got about a very much needed hour's break from the hectic schedule and just kicked back and relaxed in the hotel. Alex and Jet came over and we played Monopoly Deal while waiting for our call time of 5pm at the lobby.

Second night's agenda, Gurney Drive's beach. One car, grab the beer, other car, find a spot! A short trip to TESCO later (and getting lost in their parking lot), arrived at the beach, beer in hand. Alex ran off to get us some makeshift buckets, chucked the water and ice in. Sprinkled some salt to lower their freezing temp to cool the beer better. (Alex's idea. Engineers ftw). Laid out some newspaper and cardboard to form a temporary picnic site, and we were off!

Songs, dance, chatting, drinking. Life's good. :')

Once the night was over, packed up. Wouldn't wanna leave any trash behind, we're such civic-minded people. *grin* Back to the hotel! I was on the first trip back so I had to wait for Joshiee to get back, and strangely enough I managed to stay awake until I heard footsteps in the hallway. "Yeap, that has to be them" stepped up, opened the door and voila! They're right in front of me. And that's the last thing I remember before crashing onto the bed.

That concludes Day 2.

Those of you who looked away earlier, it is now safe to look back onto this post.

Day 3 began on a much lighter note, least for me anyway. Only awoke around 10ish and rushed to get ready for our last half day in Penang. Time sure flies, felt like everything passed by in a heartbeat.

First stop for the day is a pastry shop of sorts just a little ways down the street from our hotel. Nope, don't have a name for you. I'm just so bad with names. *shrugs* But if it's any help you may stare at the interior decorations in the picture below.

Everything there was good. Steam / Friend man tau, Chicken Pie, their Bean Curd. YUMZ. I swear I got hungrier the more I ate.

Now that the appetizers are settled, time for the main course. Headed over to McAllister Road for more Char Kuey Teow, probably the priciest I've ever eaten at a whopping RM7 per plate. But damn they were good, like REAL GOOD. Aiya 1 or 2 plates only okay la. :D

Due to parking issues, we actually made a detour into the hospital opposite the stall. That was some funny stuff wei.

This is about the time I start to get lazy and just get straight to the point in my posts.

Next stop, Blue Mansion! Sadly we missed the tour by a mere 30 minutes. D: So all we could do was stand outside and take pictures.

Which we did.

A short walk down the road to The Chocolate Boutique. Upon entry, we were given a tour and got free tastes of their chocolate and coffee products. I can still feel the lingering taste of mocha in my lips as I write this. Damn, it was good.

Jump shot after we were done with the tour. ;D Why didn't we do this by the beach the other time? Dam weird do it in front of some shop. Rofl.

That was pretty much the last destination of interest for us, it was back to Queesbay after that.

At the Aeroline office. It's been an awesome 3 days. Unforgettable. :) Can't wait for the next trip with you guys!

Kinoc, out.