Last week, a friend of mine, Jos coming down to Penang for a visit. Her plan was to visit Penang from 22th-25th, and straight to Ipoh on 25th, and back to KL before 27th as her flight back to KK is on 27th Dec (tomorrow).
So, basically she was staying for 4days 3nights at my house - and I was soo happy that finally a friend of mine came and spending the weekend together ! Seriously, I was HAPPY ! :) Feel like im in KK *sobs*
Anyway , so, frankly speaking, after a year living in Penang (mainland particularly), I barely could tell where is the best place to go for visits and eateries, and how ? Gosh ! Yes, pls hit me ! All this while, the only places i know was in mainland - between my house and my company , and the nearby shopping mall (Aeon Perda & Sunway Carnival Mall). And, since one of my friend was living in island, yes, i know my way to Jln Mahsuri Bayan Lepas and Queensbay. But, that's it . Ngaaa..
So, i'm kinda worried 2 weeks after she told me she's coming, and before she reached Penang.. I dont know where to bring her ! haha ! but then, due to my busy schedule at work, i tend to forget to browse a good place and plan for her. And im not pretty good with map.
She reached Butterworth at 6.30am, last Saturday (Dec 22nd), and since i was fall asleep early last Friday (6pm) and only awake at 6am, I didnt notice her text that 11pm night when she's leaving KL. But still, she had arrived Penang safely.
I brought her to Kapitan for breakfast, the nearest mamak's restaurant at my place. We went back home, and she said she wanna have some rest before we're leaving to island. And since i feel sleepy myself, we agreed to leave home after Zohor.
So, at 2pm, we are leaving to island, heading towards Nasi Kandar Line Clear located at Jln Penang, Gergetown. Seriously, we're kind of lost on our way there - and kind of independent of google maps earlier. It took us almost an hour, to figure out the place, plus the jammed and the rain. Luckily she's been there on her 1st trip to Penang, although she kind of remember a lil, but it does help.
We reached there around 3.30pm, it was still raining, and guess what.. there's a long queue outside the restaurant. Ngaaa.. If it was me alone, i would have just left. Im kinda not favoring the places for few reason(s) :
1) It's open spaces, and i can spot a cat ! And i hate cat. :'( I just couldnt digest better if there's a cat around.
2) It's kinda "dirty". Perhaps because it was build in the middle of 2 buildings.
but looking at Jos, she just act calm, and didnt say any unfavourable words. I would like to said to her "let's find other places?" or, she could have just throw that question to me, but turn out, she said nothing. Being a considerate friend, I would tolerate the environment, and pray harder so that i can eat with calm. Only after we managed to get a seat, she said to me, "you feel a bit uncomfortable , right?" , then i look at her, and replied, "how did you know?", to which she said, "it's written on your face". Huhuhuhhu..
Anyway, at 4.30 we leave the place to Batu Ferringhi. She said she wanna go to the night market there. And, this time, i asked her to open the google map, and she said confidently, "no need, you can find a way by only looking at the signboard". Seriously, because of her confident and calmness and does not afraid of being lost, I can drive with calmness too ! Im sorry, I havent told you that i HATE being lost when im driving? It's as if you are living your live without any right direction, somehow, that is how i feel when im lost. But together with her, I m more confident in reading the map and signboard. I bet that for her being a frequent world's traveler, she's learning a lot of this "skills". And i should learn that "skills" too.
So, we were heading to Georgetown road, and the traffics were real bad. Uh ! We reached Batu Feringghi around 5.30pm, and drop by at HardRock Cafe for a prayer and while waiting for all the night market to be open. The beach was beautiful, and i just love it ! Oh ! I missed KK ! :(
Welcome to HardRock hotel, Batu Ferringhi. Oh yeah ~
Introducing a friends of mine.. buek !
Oh ouh ! Lady MJ in the ouz.
Jos was too busy with her Ipod to take picas. :D
There are watersport event provided also. Exactly like in Manukan/Sapi/Mamutik island. Hehe
Parasailing.. waa ~
We were having our tea break in this place, opposite of hard-rock. Pizzarina, the name of a place, if im not mistaken..
and we were having the Garlic Cheese Bread + water melon juice..
and finally , the food hawker in the Long Beach, Batu Ferringhi. Lotsa tourist around. And even though this place was open space, but, the environment was clean and great.
Ouh ! I must said apologize to all Kpop artist , eventhough im kinda K-pop addictor, but couldnt help myself to bought the non-original album that were available in the night market. I bought 2 CD's, with RM4 per each. The billboard compilation and Wonder Girls. Well, I promise i'll buy original when im in Korea nxt year ! Yes, pls remind me back on March 2013 OK!
Jos ordered Pizza that night. .It cost her around RM10 for this pieces. Much cheaper than the one in Pizzarina..
And originally i was ordering Chicken Pita Kebab, but my guess is that since the guy wasnt there when i was saying my order, the pancake's stall auntie that next to Kebab's stall, must mistakenly passed Beef pita instead Chicken? Aiyo.. I throw the beef, only eat the veggie and pita itself.
It's TripAdvisor tag that hanging on the wall. This place was well-recognize by TripAdvisor too !
This was one of the market that solds a lots of items in Batu Feringghi.
And i found this ! the round specky! oh gosh , i feel xcited and vintage ! i asked Jos to snap my picas, and i wanna tried the other glasses (normal glass) but the shopkeeper aware of it and said "no photo pls". Aiya !
It was awesome. I dont know that i can drive all the way to Batu Feringghi. I think i can drive here again nx time. Haha ! Anyone wanna have a visit to Penang? But , a gentle reminder, pls do not come over the peak season like public hols, since the traffic would be freaking jammed ! :)
and.. im driving manual, so, kinda.. tiring actually when we were stuck in a jammed. you should know well :P
Till then, i'll continue on the day-2 when i have time tomorrow. Somehow, i just love the feeling of travelling ! Hee.. *cant wait for Bangkok trip! *
XOXO,
Far.




















































