Penang Trip 30 Apr to 2 May 2010

Day 1
With excitement, we took off from Changi Airpot, to Penang Airport (an hour flight), reaching about noon time. A mini bus brought us to George Town, checked in to hotel, and we walked around.


We had lunch, at this Teo Cheow restaurant. Tried their Teo Cheow Laksa, it was not bad !


Saw this interesting craving on a pole along the road..

And we bumped into Jay Chou! HAHA!!

Someone actually made his car into the 'look-alike' in Initial D. =)


After walking around, with some tidbits and drinks we bought back to hotel as supper, its dinner time! =)

Want to know what's for supper ??

Food from roadside stalls, just around the hotel ! Chicken wings, oyster omelette, satays... *yum*

Day 2
Day 2 was a guided city tour.


The Goddess of Mercy Temple was the first stop, then to Fort Cornwallis. 




We visited Hock Teik Cheng Sin Temple, the tour guide mentioned it was being built without using a single nail. WOW~ 


Then we headed to Pinang Peranakan Mansion for a guided tour of the place where the local drama Little Nonya was using for the drama.

There were so much to take pictures, i had to squeeze everything into one picture. =)


The guide brought us to the side of the mansion, where they placed their ancestors.


And we even saw bats hanging at the ceilings! Can even hear their 'squeak' sounds.. How interesting ? =)

We then had lunch at a famous char kway teow stall, an auntie is doing the cooking, and they cooked with charcoals. =)



After lunch, we were brought to Kek Lok Si (极乐寺)
It had a 30.2m bronze statue of the Guan Yin. WOW!




We then visited Dharmikarama Burmese Temple.. a Burmese temple, with the building being nicely done.

Beside it was Wat Chayamankalaram, having the world’s third largest reclining Buddha which measures 33 metres in length. 


After the guided tour, it was almost late afternoon. Headed back to hotel room, for a little wash up, then the search for dinner~ =)


It was a nonya restaurant, so good, it made all of the hungry stomachs so full! =)

Day 3 (Go back day)
Our flight was afternoon timing. We only managed to work around at some nearby areas.




But before heading to Penang airport, we stopped a while at a bridge, facing Penang bridge.





See how nice Penang bridge is? =)

And we bumped into someone familiar at the airport!


Fun trip !! If you have not been to Penang, you should go! =D

Little updates...

Hi all, im back from a weekend overseas trip from Penang! All recharged~ =)
Still trying to compile and blog about it.. within this week, i hope.

Shall blog about the night in which i meet up with my ex-classmates then. =)

It was dinner at Charcoal Gourmet Deli Bar, located at High Street (somewhere near Funan Centre) Please see this website for more info.It was a restaurant with Shatec students serving us, other than the changing of our table for 3 times, the food was good ! =)

We all ordered the set dinner.


The starter dish..


The soup..


The salmon fish.. the fried garlic on top of it, i love it! =)


A nice cup of tea, before the desserts...


The dessert ! =)


The people ! =)
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And it was also a mini tweet-up gathering ( sorry, i was late! =x )



Meeting up : @simontay78 (opps ! he taking the picture) @perignonic @ir3n3loh @shuzh3n @avalanchelynn + cute cute Pea (",)

Hope to meet up again, soon!

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With the sudden news of company being bought over by an U.S company last week, whole company is experiencing the 'low-moral' period, with no 100% assurance to what will happen to us..

"what will happen?" Is what i think about everyday.. Sigh..
Hope things will be much clearer by July (date line for the complete of the sell off deal)

Meanwhile a super duper retro song to motivate yourself ! =)

可愛的人生


你不要哭哭啼啼過一生 一定要開開心心過一生

啊 雖然是人人的想法不同 終歸是可愛的人生
得 意的時候你拾起了頭 失意的時候你不必煩憂
安安樂樂地渡過難關 安安樂樂地渡過難關

啊 可愛的人生 可愛人生 讓我來祝福你的人生
你不要癡心妄想過一生 一定要腳踏實地過一生

啊 雖然是人人的想法不同 終歸是可愛的人生
只要是一 雙手不怕吃苦 只要是經得起暴雨狂風
說說笑笑地渡過難關 說說笑笑地渡過難關

啊可愛的人生 可愛的人生 讓我來祝福你的人生
Lyrics from here.

No give up! Keep going~ !

Sunday walkabout..

Hi all, how's the Sunday going?

Today, i went Bugis, for praying at Temple. And of course, the usual walk about the area..
Before i reached the temple, something interesting caught my eye!


This guy stood so still, for so long.. haha!

Went over to Bugis Junction, and there was a Singapore International Racing Festival.



They displayed a few models of horses with interesting names!
One named: Speedy Gonzales, the other: Princess Victoria.. =)



A Lee Cooper advertisement.. ( the scooter, nice!! )


And i bought something for myself! An earphone~ =)



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I be visiting Penang end of the week, for a short holiday.
As i am not wearing contact lens, i bought a cheap clip-on sunglasses..!





Nice? HAHA!!

Sweet friends of Hong Wei

If you are following me on Twitter, you will find me tweeting about finding gifts on my work desk. ( i found out who you are already..! hehe! )

I am very fortunate and honored to have such sweet friends, always bringing me little gifts.(I also did buy things for them too, hor~ )

Being someone who is easily contented of people being nice to me, i want to shout : I love all my friends! <3

This week, i found :



And an ex colleague i meet up for today, baked me cakes! *Yum Yum*

Once again, i LOVE all my friends, whoever you are!! (",)v

New Apple's iPhone 4G ?!

Some guy actually found a iPhone 4G in a bar ?



According to Gizmodo.com, it was found lost in a bar in Redwood City..
And looking at the pictures he posted...

Hmm hmm... how do you think ? =)

Iceland volcano erupts.. European flights interrupted.

Through today's newspaper, i found out an Iceland volcano erupted..!
Causing a cloud of ashes, it interrupted many air flights in Europe.. and airports closed..

From a news article from CNN, --> HERE
Airports have lost close to 136 million euros ($184 million U.S.) so far, said Olivier Jankovec, director general of Airports Council International Europe, a group that represents airports. More than 6.8 million passengers have been affected, he said.

Wow~ 136 million euros!!!

It seems like the ash cloud is moving towards more European countries..



I am concerned about this as i am traveling overseas end of the month, but luckily not to Europe, only Penang, lah..! Hope the volcano ashes can clear up soon, and the flights back to normal, again...

To those affected: take care and stay calm.

Little outing to Resorts World Sentosa with parents !

Brought parents to Resorts World Sentosa on Sat afternoon!
It was a last minute affair, as both of them were on off days..

And so we set off after lunch.. took the MRT, it was crowded, no seats found. (even though mum kiasu-ly ran in when the doors opened.) So Papa and Mama, got to stand...

We reached Outram Park, it was a long walk (for parents) to the North East line. Once again, crowded. Mum stared at the escalator, i told her with a smile : the crowds never ends!

Reached HarbourFront station, and i decided to bring them to use the Sentosa Express, a S$140 million light rail system that provides easy access to Sentosa,
Seeing we could use the ez-link card to get onto the train, parents went through the gates, but ! Ding Ding!! My card din get through..!

"Sorry, Nets flashpay ez-link card can't be used.." the cute boy told me at the gates.
"ARGH" was what went through my mind and had to run to buy their $3/- Sentosa pass, before joining back with parents..

Was kinda pissed off with this as i had to let them stand there to wait for me in between the crowds.. -__-"

Anyway! We reach Sentosa, Resorts World Sentosa!!


The huge Universal Studio planet logo..


Stood outside the gates and took this.. =)


Of course, brought them to Casino(*Cash Register sound*), but only the outside, Haha!!
It was alot of people, visitors, people there hoping to win some money..


A little pond..






Some of the nice designs they have inside the Resort..
Papa went "Wah" when inside, he was amazed at the nicely done lightings..

An unique elephant with very thin legs statue i saw..


I like these escalators, that changes colours.. but then i start to wonder the number of lighting tubes, and how much energy they used? Hmm.. hmm...

But anyway, we went home soon after the walk around. It was enough walking for the parents, i knew. =)

I wish i can bring them out more often, but I can't, as they are not able to walk too long distance, and would need to find seats to rest once in a while (in which it's lacking in many places.. SIGH!)

Whatever it is, i hope they enjoyed the trip! =)

Lin Yu Chun : "the new Susan Boyle"...

I saw this news ..
Im sure alot of you heard this song before...
Whitney Houston - I will always love you



 Hav you heard Lin Yu Chun's version ?


Some article i googled about him, HERE..

Wow, i wish i can sing like him.....
and who say ugly people (me included) are not good!

Happy Long Weekends!

Hello all~ Happy Long Weekends!
Have you been enjoying yourself?

I know i did ! =)

An sudden feeling of going exercising, with soccer with my colleagues, and badminton this morning.Although the body aches, i still enjoyed the sports! Haha!

Another place i visited on Sat was the National Museum of Singapore.
It was an exhibition called : Quest for Immortality - The World of Ancient Egypt



It showcased 230 artefacts to let us know more about ancient Egyptian’s attitude to life and the afterlife, and the preparations they made to ensure their transition from earthly existence to immortality. My friend and i took about 2+ hours to finish the exhibition.

The very nice entrance.



Amazed over the cravings on them..












Too many photos i took, until my digital camera went low battery.. haha!Some pictures are taken with my Iphone.

What ever it is, amazing is my conclusion !

I also went to watch Clash of the Titans!
It was great~ 5 out of 5 stars, i give!
You should watch it !


So what have you been doing during this long weekends? =)

what have i gone to ?

It was a dinner and meeting up with sailesh88 and lilvalkrie

We went to try out the Once Upon A Milkshake that we been hearing about!

I love the colour of the wall, Purple! LoL..!

The drinks we had..


And of course, the happy people !

The drinks were not bad, it tasted sweet but not to the level of sweetness that i dont like.. overall its nice! =)
To find out more, you can click HERE ! Try it !

After this we headed over to Harry's Bar for drinks and chit chat.. crazy conversations and fun!

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OK, are you ready for the 'not so happy' parts?

*roll drums*
That is : i fell sick the next day! (Laughter cans background)

It was 39.7 Degree Celsius!

Doctor stared at me, thinking how can i work EIGHT hours with that kind of fever..? ( i don't know too! ) 
I got myself two days Medical Certificate (MC).

Thinking i would be better to go back to work on Friday, i got diarrhoea, producing 'watery products' every 15 minutes, on Thursday ! (sad...) 
Went back to the doctor, she told me it might be a virus attack from flu to gastric flu..
I got myself another one day MC.

Ok, three days MC = three days rest. What a way to get long weekends !

I hope i can enjoy myself at tomorrow's BBQ session..
* Please don't rain? *