I got so tired from jet-setting.  My ears got really wonky and I got so sleepy.  So, after eating some nice char siew fan (adobo rice), I just slept.  I was awoken by the sound of my phone ringing.

It was Angeline :)  Angeline and Satkuru picked me up with Ed at our Hotel and drove us around Gurney drive before meeting the other Penangites.  It was 6pm then but there was still sunshine.  7pm, there was still sunshine.

Thanks to Chee Hsien, Willaz and Nasi Lemak restaurant for helping me identify the food.  I got poor memory and I couldn’t remember the names of every food I ate

My first nai cha (milk tea) of the day.  This was actually the milk tea I had for lunch.  I love going around Asia because they have lots of milk tea everywhere.  It always helps when I order something spicy.

my favorite Char Siew Fan (Adobo Rice)

7pm but there’s still sun.  You can check the map.  Geographically speaking Philippines is on the more Eastern Part but Malaysia follows the same time as us.

Sorry, it’s a little bit underexposed.  I really didn’t edit much and besides, I don’t know how to Photoshop

I got tips from everyone I know, even Filipinos who have been to Penang, that street food in Penang is the best.

so street food it is…

not sure what this is but it might be pig kidney

It gives Khoay Zhiap its authentic salty but soury flavor I believe

Khoay Zhiap is only found n Penang and Lasker said, they only prepare it like weekends.  Perfect timing for me

Khoay Zhiap is like our soup number 5

If you don’t know what soup number 5 is… it’s like sinigang or nilaga with cow testicles

I know I have eaten the weirdest things *faints*

This is the Khoay Zhiap soup not bad tasting.  You can also opt to have it with rice and I like rice better yummy loh, but not for those with high uric acid.

Char Kway Teow (CKT) My favorite noodles of all time!  Spicy is good.  It’s not the best CKT if it’s not spicy

It’s flat noodles with egg and bean sprouts.  They also put usually shrimp and other veggies.

mehhh… I forgot what this is called but according to the owner of Nasi Lemak’s resto here in the Philippines, this is Cheng Tng.  It’s just water and ice with some fruit syrup.  Lychee and beans and other sweet things are in it too

I gulped this and ate the fruits when the CKT got really spicy

You know, I’m very sensitive with spicy food.

Chicken Feet We call this “adidas” in the Philippines because it has like three lines lol

Curry Puff! It’s like empanada but it’s very big like the size of a Calzone.  They have more meat and potatoes though and really spicy.  But don’t worry, if I can take the spice, you will too YUMMY!

Food Place in Gurney Drive.  A lot of people are here.  Locals usually eat here more often than refined restaurants.

The cuttlefish – so big!

I got lychee ice which is made of real fresh lychee fruit and juice extracts.  Yummy!  I don’t know why we don’t have these here.

The green one is umbra (according to Willaz) it’s a fruit as well.  I think we have the same fruit here in the Philippines but I forgot what.

This is Kuih Kosui, Kueh Nyonya.  It’s like pandan rice thingy with coconut shreddings It’s like our own kuchinta but made into a ball

oh yes! they have their own version of Taho and this is the sweetest thing!  They call it Taufu fah

This is the Fried Popiah, kinda like Lumpia

Kaya Kuih (not sure) but it’s sticky rice.  One of the ingredients is supposedly a flower that causes the blueish color.

Ooooh! Pasembur!

It’s really spicy but it’s definitely yummy!  It’s a salad made of shredded cucumber, Chinese Turnip (hong kuak), potatpoes, bean curd (taukua), bean sprouts, prawn fritters (hae chi) and sliced boiled egg.  The spicy sauce is made out of sweet potatoes.  They know how to create and invent very good food ^_^   It’s also called Mamak Rojak or Cheh Hoo depending on which version of food this is (Indian or Chinese).

More milk tea and

another vrsion of CKT I ate near our hotel… yummy! I’m telling you, I’m craving for one right now gaah!

Chili bits you’re supposed to put on CKT if you want it to be spicier lol

oh yaye! What’s this burger doing in this blog post? oh well, you gotta McD everywhere once in a while

Till the next blog post

Next time, KL time baby!

Kapitan Kling Mosque in Jalan Kapitan Kling

Tourists should be properly attired when entering the Mosque but I don’t know what is proper or not.  I never went inside anyway

Another view of the Kapitan Kling Mosque

They also use the word “Kapitan” and I researched about the meaning.  “Kapitan Keling” means headman.

What I find really nice about this Mosque is the ocher yellow façade around the posts.

This was just a random photo and according to Willaz:

“I know they sell medicine and bird’s nest and many more.. but i couldnt recall the name!”

“Berhenti” I think means stop lol

Loveyly street with tourists walking around I would really love to go back here and walk.

Old structures.

Thanks for Willaz who tried to help me identify some landmarks.

this is the clock tower roundabout near the Esplanade

This is the Clock Tower, Pesiaran King Edward

Tanjung City Marina, Pengkalan Weld

I think this is where cruise ships dock

There are lots of worship places here.  Mosques, Chinese Temples and churches

This is just some ruins I found while walking from the bus stop to

Another colorful temple just near our hotel.

Komtar Tower.  Tallest structure in Penang.

It’s just 2 blocks away from our hotel.

We also rode a free bus that supposedly will take you around

This is the Hop on, Hop off bus

Another Chinese Temple in Jalan Sungai Ujong.

I wanted to go inside and do pai pai and ask questions, but I won’t understand Dhinese

I loved walking around the streets of Penang.  It’s a friendly neighborhood.

Some Market

You need to take pictures of signs of streets and places once in a while

Penang expressway

Penang bridge to mainland Malaysia via Butterworth

Till the next set of pictures.

This time it’s Penang food *yums*

I have heard of the yummy Penang Island *drools* The first few people I got to know in Malaysia were in Penang and now I’d love to call them friends And if you may ask where I got to have many friends in Malaysia, it’s all because of this. I really love these guys.  I know that I’ve only gotten to know most of them online, but I feel like I’ve known them for years.  They also came by the Philippines to say Hello I blogged all about it here.  Actually, I just realized… I blogged a lot about them.  Pretty much, they have influenced me a lot I guess when it comes to blogging.  They were also the first blogger friends I had.

Okay lah, time to blog about me and Ed’s jet-setting adventure to Penang and KL!

Ed and I booked tickets like a year ago Why? Coz they were only for Php 621 (to and fro KL).  Cebu Pacific went ZERO fare and I believe this has been the most inexpensive ticket I have ever bought!  A few days after, Air Asia went super sale too!  And so we bought tickets from KL to Penang.  They were selling a ticket each for only RM 19 all in (RM 19 = Php 266 – ish). BINGO!

After a year…

(well almost)

I was on my car on the way to NAIA 3 and look at the weather… @_@

At the airport… I got hungry so I ate a little bit of unique donuts from Mister Donut.

I got lazy taking pictures of myself.  Also, at that time, I felt ugly so no pictures la la la…

anyway, I took pictures of these tips I found on Smiles magazine

This one too… I was planning on following this but… I got lazy and tired too because I brought some work with me while on vacation.

We left NAIA 3 at around 10-ish (can’t remember well)

and… touchdown LCCT yaye!  It was around 1:30 am then

Ed was busy checking stuff via LCCT’s wifi.

We got sooooooo hungry and it was so bad for both our diet

I still felt ugly but what the heck… *click*

I ate a cheeseburger meal by the way which cost RM 11 (P 160) @_@

Ed ate Spicy Chicken burger thingy… It was so spicy he was sweating like crazy XD

We had to wait for 5 hours for our next flight to Penang.

Tune Hotels is just nearby and had I known they had a 3-hour resting promo thingy then I would have booked a room and slept.

But, I didn’t know that so we waited at LCCT *faints*

Of course after 4 hours of waiting I got hungry again and ate something… Chrysanthemum tea is my favorite tea of all time and I love the Iced tea better!

I don’t know why but I can’t seem to find Chrysanthemum teas here in the Philippines so I often buy them when I’m abroad.

I didn’t know what was wrapped in this banana leaf when I bought it and I was surprised –

It’s Nasi Lemak wee! (bought everything at RM 10 or Php P145) @_@ expensive!

Nasi Lemak is like their favorite breakfast meal consisted of Rice steamed with coconut oil.

On the side are anchovies (Dilis) and shrimp paste (kinda like bagoong with tomato sauce and chili)

Oh yaye boarding time!

I guess we were so tired by then that we got grumpy over AirAsia.  There were around 20 planes on dock and we had a hard time looking for our own plane.

We almost went to the wrong plane which was supposed to go to Johor Bahru (south of Malaysia near Signapore).

We spent like around 30 minutes looking for the plane.  It wasn’t only me and Ed, the entirety of us passengers got lost lol

haaaaa… finally we found ze plane to Penang!

okay I look so demn tired at this time as you can see but I can still manage to smile as always

In flight Beautiful sunrise ^_^

I seem to notice that sunrise and sunsets are more colorful in the Island of Penang

they also call it “Pearl of the Orient”

and as you know, the Philippines is also “Pearl of the Orient”

no wonder I can relate so much with the people in Penang

Touchdown Penang!

We were supposed to take a cab as Satkuru suggested which should only cost about RM 60 – RM 70 I believe ( I can’t remember)

But, we were a little bit adventurous and we took the bus for only RM 2.70

We took the bus 401 which should take us to the Jetty port Bus station which is on the rightmost part of the map below

Jetty means we’re near Georgetown (near TuneHotels)

When we arrived to Jetty, we took another bus (Bus 101 Php 1.3) that took us directly to Tune hotels.

So, if ever you’re visiting Penang and you’re on a budget, and you’re wondering how to get from Penang International Airport to Tune Hotels (tunehotels.com)

then, just follow what we did. Bus 401 to Jetty Port.  Another bus 101 to Tunes

So how many hours now no sleep ah?

I still managed to flash a smile for the camera

*click*