Journey To The North East, Day 3

"Hey! Wake up! Late d"
*opens eyes and blinks blurly*
*sleeps again*
"OI!"
*opens eyes again and stared at the ceiling*


It was 8.10am when that happened. I had yet another horrible sleep which includes itching and scratching which somewhat ruined my sleep. I blame the hotel management for giving us a room which has an air-conditioning system that is somewhat terrible. I washed up and got ready to go for breakfast in a restaurant located behind the hotel. When we arrived, there were many hungry customers occupying all the seats at first sight but we managed to find a seat where nobody wants it cause of the sun. But it ended up being shaded by the roof after 10 minutes sitting there. (^.^) My dad ordered for us a bowl of Curry Mee, 3 bowls of Hokkien Mee (which took 30 minutes to prepare) and 2 plates of Char Kuey Teow (which took 35 minutes to prepare). The Char Kuey Teow was somewhat better than the one in Pulau Tikus that I ate on the first day in Penang and as for the Hokkien Mee, it was too spicy for my dad and myself. Overall, the food was good except the Curry Mee which was too sweet.


At about 10.30am, we walked back to the hotel and went down to Ayer Itam to visit grandparents again. There, we sat down awhile and watched television while my mom has a long conversation with her mother. At 11.30am, Aunty Audrey called us for lunch near Kimberley Street. My mom doesn't wanna go but instead she wants to spend time with her mom. Hence, my dad and I went down to Kimberley Street to meet up with Aunty Audrey.


We arrived at the restaurant at 12.30pm which was the precise time to meet up with her. We had our lunch in Old Town Cafe in Sungai Ujong. The food was like my grandmother's cooing back in Klang. After lunch, Aunty Audrey left for an appointment with her friend while my dad and I went to Starbucks in Gurney Plaza. I got bored sitting down there so I used the laptop and started Facebook-ing and reading mangas. After much sitting and drinking, we went back to the hotel.


I continued reading the mangas as well as communicating with my friends in MSN. At about 4.30pm, mom called up saying that she is down at the lobby with grandma waiting for us to have a small meal. We rushed down and got on her old car in Penang. We ended up in New Lane for tea. When I got out of the car, I looked at my watch (the barometer graph) and the sky. I expected them to choose a seat inside the coffee shop but they chose the seats outside in the open.
"I'm giving you all 5 minutes." I said to them.
I ordered my "long awaited" Chee Cheong Chook which I failed to eat yesterday. Parents ordered Curry Mee, Chee Cheong Fun, Popiah and White Fungus Soup as for "dessert". While eating, I felt small chills on my arms. It was raindrops! I looked at my watch and it was 5 minutes after I made the statement that it will rain within that time. We quickly grabbed our food and ran into the coffee shop. We continued eating and left the place at 5.30pm. My dad and I went back to the hotel. Dad decided to go to the gym while I sat down and enjoyed the air-conditioner blowing directly at me. One hour later, he came back all sweaty and he asked me to shower first and so I did. Once I came out from the steam-filled-room, Mom called up saying that dinner is at 8.00pm. Uncle Ben, my uncle, is bringing us out for dinner. Hehe!! I want my thumbdrive and optical mouse from him!!!

We arrived in Ayer Itam at 8.00pm, picked my mom up from her house and took a short distant drive to Bee Wei Restaurant. We had dinner with the family which I find the food rather decent. After dinner, we walked to the new house for them to discuss about the rooms while my dad and I just tagged along. By 10pm, we thought of going back to the hotel but we ended up in a pub to meet my dad's group of friends. I was like "Of all places, a pub?!". I entered and sat down. It wasn't smokey nor packed. It was rather empty and its open aired. While they are talking, I was just being hypnotized by the television which is for karoake. They were presenting Christmas Carols for Karoake which I find the lyrics somewhat dumb yet amusing.

At 11pm, we went back to the hotel. We went down to the basement carpark but it was full. Thus, we went to the nearby KFC building's carpark area which we found out that its illegal to park there if your not KFC's customer. My mom and I walked back to the hotel while my dad tries to find for a parking lot. Few minutes later, my dad came back and I asked where did he park the car. He said that he parked the car in the basement by chance. And now, I'm finishing this post and about to sleep real soon. But there was one thing that I find it somewhat disturbing, my dad stepped/knocked my foot/toes for 6-8 times today already. T-T

Well, off to bed now. Tomorrow is the last day in Penang. Home sweet home I come!!

The Tired One,
Bcmkit