BlUrT BuRp...: December 2009

This is the first time i spent Christmas away.. Left on 24 Dec (Happy Birthday Baby) and back on 27 Dec.. Never been to Penang.. Heard there are lots and lots of good food there...

We walked alot and ate alot too!!

24 Dec 2009

Happy Birthday Baby! sorry i could not find candles to let u blow.. but at least there was cake hehe...

waiting for take off...

someone getting comfy and sleepy..

can you see me??
he only had eyes for me... awwww...

my sty.. irritating me...

The flight only took us an hour.. before i knew it we were in Penang!..
The hotel was pretty disappointing as the lobby was pathetic the rooms were quite small but adequate for both of us.. but once there was an extra bed in the room, it looked very cramped..
Baby was quite pissed there was no fridge in the hotel room..
The only consolation was the room was clean.. very important factor..

Sorry i will try to book a better hotel the next time.. this was the best offer i could find during the Christmas season.. the others were damn bloody expensive!!

Our bed for the next 3 nights

quite a small but clean room

Toilet door and mirror..
wanted to be in the picture too..

We went around walking in the neighborhood looking for food!!.. we stumbled on a small traditional tea house.. The owner is very nice and helpful...

experts hard work making tea..

we are so cultured!..

took a tour of the tea house.. very nice.. upstairs is the smoking area.. so weird

We had steamboat bbq for dinner which was not very good.. went back to the hotel early to rest as jie was ill and we had an early tour the next day..

Baby and me did our own Christmas countdown in the room.. Merry Christmas!!

25 Dec 2009

Started off the day really really early.. the sun wasn't even up when we left the hotel to look for breakfast.. we had dim sum at a nearby place and started our tour at 8am.. Uncle Allen, our guide for the day was really nice..

mummy and baby..
photocopy!

First stop was to a Guan yin temple on top of a hill.. really big! The octagon pavillion housing Guan Yin made it to the Guinness book of records!

it looks much bigger there..

This was the previous Guan Yin statue.. it collapsed one day. Everything was smashed except the head..

Please bless us..
This will go up as a tile on the Pavilion..

Group photo with our tile..

Doggies!!
Look like Olie rite

Family photo..

Next stop Penang Hill.. the tram up was grueling and torturous!

very small and hot and cramped up..

Its a long way up...

Tram approaching!!!

After a grueling half an hour we finally reached the top..

Shihao and mei mei..

Fresh and cooling air up there..

until someone polluted it..

ahhhh....

Preparing the timer for group photo...

Posing at the gate of a very cottage like cafe..

Love the garden setting.. very serene..

waiting for the tram for another half an hour ride down hill

cheezzz

Happy couple

Next stop of the tour was a bee farm and the botanic garden..

brave boys posing with the bees..

makes my hair stand..

monkeys waiting to be fed by tourists..
They eat EVERYTHING!!

Big boss of all the monkeys

Had lunch and forgot to take any pictures as everyone was hungry hehe.. attacked the food before i remembered we had not taken picture of it.. it was good...

Reclining Buddha..
3rd largest in the world..

Buddha please bless my family..

26 Dec 2009

No battery on my camera as i forgot to charge.. spent the day shopping and eating shopping and eating.. We nad Dim sum, kaya toast coffee for breakfast, lunch porridge and dishes at a roadside store, Char kway teow, Hokkien mee, Popiah, curry chee cheong fan, fruit rojak for tea and dinner more dim sum!!.. never had a moment of hunger that day..

27 Dec 2009

Its e day to go home.. checked out and spent the time waiting at New world city for time to pass