Old World Charm

I sent Audrey, Linnie and my British mates off on Tuesday. I squeezed in so many activities for them in their 3 days 2 nights trip I bet they are flat on their beds right now. We had plenty of Penang hawker's food, visited the heritage enclave, little india, toured my alma mater, had what they call one of the best tandoori set ever, visited gurney drive twice, went up to kek lok si temple, went to the beach twice, ride on the banana boat etc. I got myself burnt under the sun ala post-summer in Prague but I enjoyed myself.

I stayed in for two days to catch up on my sleep and to recover from the exhaustion and then off I went to meet up with another group of friends over supper and a late night gaming session until 4.30am. I have not been to an internet cafe since form 5 and I'm looking forward to another gaming session already!

Another group of visitors will be arriving from KL this Saturday! Busy busy weekend ahead.

I'll post some photos from my day out with Shirls and Chris last week. It was nice seeing them again and we brought Chris to a few places for some sight-seeing. This lovely couple took a couple of days to recover from jet lag. By the time they adjusted they had to jet off somewhere else already. I'll be seeing them again in 2 weeks, I hope.

#1 new world park food court.

#2 Georgetown gold bazaar - it's been around for a while
#3 the kapitan keling mosque - est 1801

#4 in the mosque - it was the first time i set foot in a mosque

#5 the minaret

#6 yap kongsi clan house - est 1924

#7

#8 cannon square - khoo kongsi clan house

#8 khoo kongsi clan house - est 1906.

the khoos were probably the most powerful clan in penang back then considering the grandeur of their clan house.

#9 the blogger, chris and shirls. chris could endure the heat better than me! i've been sweating way too much these days. i was at this pasar malam the other day, after an hour i was drenched like a bucket of water fell on me. something wrong with my sweat glands or what?

#10 khoo kongsi clan house at night on a giant poster - it's lit up at night only on special occasions

#11 abu siti lane coconut house