Le Weird Life of Le Lupin (UTF-8)

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Penang from 9th Mar - 10 Mar.

9th Mar 4.00am : Woke Up, Morning Routine

9th Mar 4.30am : Took a cab (SHA 8016) that I pre-booked.

9th Mar 5.00am : Reach Changi Airport (Note to Self: A trip from CCK to Changi is only Half an hour), Took some photos, walk towards MacDonalds for breaky. "Sir, want a cab?" I heard someone shouted in my direction. "Nah" I replied, proceeding ahead.

9th Mar 5.05am : "Welcome to MacDonalds" asked the counter guy, "Can I have a big Breakfast?" I asked. "What would you like for the drink sir?" (30 - 45 sec brain laspe) "Eh, Tea" I replied. When to put my bags on the seat, returned, give that bugger at the counter a $2 note, a $1 coins, 5 50cents coins, 1 20cents coin and 1 10cents coin.(Those frequent Mac-going will tell you beforehand that it's $5.30 without all the adding).

9th Mar 5.10am: Eating Breaky

9th Mar 5.27am: Blogging away at the Internet Counter (Mac Here no Wireless, What the)

9th Mar 5.34am: "Ich Nie Schnappi, blah blah blah" (my sms ringtone) (Open Message, From my colleauge that is going with me) "Look for me at row 7, Terminal 2". I replied "I at Mac, Come down First"

9th Mar 5.38am: Called my colleauge, asked him to come down Mac. Opened Web Msn. No one in. The bloody Mac didn't hace tea refills.

9th Mar 6.00am: Finally got my tea-refills. Commented at BlinkyMummy's Blog, Heard National Anthem played on radio.

9th Mar 6.08am: My colleuage help me do check-in while I still blogging away here.

9th Mar 6.50am: Inside the waiting area. There's a Raoul shop, the girl in there is quite cute.(Though got age). There is a I-Squeeze pitstop where I relax my legs for half an hour.

9th Mar 7.21am: Bought Morning Paper (Straits time) From T1, yes we are right at the of T2 where we can cross over to T1.

9th Mar 7.35am: Check-in to gate. "Sir, I have to take your pen-knife for now" said the security guy. "Ok" (Franictically, open my pencil-box, yes, I had one. Took out the pen knife) "Can I have it back, it's expensive" (It cost almost $10 buckaroos). "Yes sir, you can collect from the ground crew later". (Note to self: DO NOT BRING SHARPT ITEM ON BOARD PLANE. Stupid 911).

9th Mar 8.05am - 9.15am: "Welcome to Singapore Airline .... Blah Blah Blah" "Please watch the Safety Video even if you had watch them before" (I rather read my Straits Times). What, no Ear phones ??!! What, No Chio Bu Air-Stewardess (Disappointed). The small TV playing Andy Lau's movie (got 2). No Chio Bu sitting around me. A german sit beside my collegaue. (Yes, my colleauge is stuck in middle). The Chicken Masala is so small portion, lucky I had big breaky (refer to earlier timing). *Bummmp, Bummp, Bummppp* (Landed, Everyone got their bags and stand waiting to depart the plane.) I lazed and wait. One of the last to go. Saw that the german left his keychain on chair, took it, passed to cabin crew.

9th Mar 9.3xam: Saw, Penang airport, Quite Jialat (poor maintained). Proceed to custom counter. Saw 1 chio bu standing around (Airport staff) "Sorry, where can I collect my pen knife back?" I asked her. "Straight front" She said. *End of conversation* (Like that also happy). Q-ing to get passport cleared. Saw that german. Cleared my passport, got back my penknife. Ask Cabin Crew for the key chain. Signal to the German that I got his key chain. Meet my Colleauge putside the airport. We found our Malaysia-counterpart. "Hi, my name is Lupin" (As usual like others, he tried to pronuce my name "Lu-bin, Ruebin, Lupin" Seeing he's chinese, I switch to chinese telling him my chinese name. "Sorry, I don't know chinese" He said. "Oh." (What a disgrace)."

9th Mar 9.5xam: In his car, He was telling me about penang, the goverment, what happen if penang break away from malaysia like singapore. I question him the industry, the food (he say he not really into Kuay Teow and stuff). We need to travel from the island to the mainland. Found out that before the Penang bridge is built, the mainland part is swampland. He said Penang is Chinese-majority and quite self sufficient in term of monetary resources. (Yah rite).

9th Mar 10.1xam: Reach the Sales office of the computer, settled down and started working, while greeting my friends over MSN, and blogging now.

9th Mar 1.0xpm: Had a weird Lunch. You guys know the Chai4 Fan4 We had in Singapore where you ordered 2 Meat 1 Vege or 2 Vege 1 Meat? They had the same things here at Penang with one different. It's self-serviced. The dishes is laid out for you, but you take wat you want, go to the counter and pay. To me, it's weird. Not even in my mom's hometown (Kluang, JB) they had that.

9th Mar 5.11pm: You know what, It's pouring cat's and dogs outside. I'm Struck in office. Man, I want to go back to the hotel, I want to go shopping !!!

9th Mar 6.1xpm: Lim, one of the sales representative of the Penang office drove us back to the hotel.

9th Mar 6.2xpm: Stucked !!! (at the Penang Bridge). To Lim, this is a daily occurence and he's already used to it. Pass by a place call Bukit Jambul. "Isn't Jambul a fruit?" I asked. "This Jambul is not a fruit. There isn't a "L" in Jambu." Replied Lim

9th Mar 7.0xpm: Reach hotel, went up, drop bag, changed, switch on tv(no power), switch on tv(no power). Light (no power), Toliet's light (no power). Wanted to complain that I got a faulty room. Saw a slot to place my hotel card. Slot in (everythings on). Yes, I do sound like a mountain tortoise.

9th Mar 7.1xpm - 7.2xpn: Repititon of knocking my colleauge hotel doors, calling him.

9th Mar 7.3xpn: He called from lobby saying he's downstairs. Rushed down to meet him. We went to a nearby shopping center (5 min walks), (Called jambul also) for shopping. He suggested we eat at Food Court, I suggest we eating abit upper class, saw Kenny Rogers, pop in.

9th Mar 7.4xpm: Looking true the Menu, The menu sucks (as in the items listed). I complain about the limits of variety in their foods. End up ordering Chicken Macroni with cheese, a chicken soup, a ice milo. All the the above mentions sucks except for the complimentary muffin that they give. Paid bills of RM$54.xx for the two of us. Glance through the items. What the, the bloody soup cost us RM$5.xx, and it test like campbell soups(most prob it is). Lament again.

9th Mar 8.0xpm - 9.3xpm: Continue shoppings. Bought a Aviator Blue Sunglasses (to replace a spoilt one), 2 DVDs, Some local stuffs to blanja ppl back in SG. Some tibits for me to bunk in the hotel.

9th Mar 10.0xpm: Back in Hotel, took a nice bathe(in a tub). Came out, started clicking on remote, eating tibits. Finally settled with Steven Segal (Seagull) "Out for a kill". Remind me how B-rated the show is. The lead actress remind me of a certain Michelle (I forgot surname) model/actress of SG.

9th Mar 11.3xpm: Show ended with every bad guys dead, me too tired turning in.

10th Mar Middle of the night (more than once): Heard Sport Car Zooming pass. Woke up by it, back to sleep (Note to self: If I ever come back for fun, don't get a hotel near a bloody road)

10th Mar 6.45am: Alarm ring (Ringtone of There she is by Witches, some korean song, Loud though). Took a bath.

10th Mar 7.1xam: Started clicking on TV, settleing down on "Alex & Emma". (Hey I remind myself that I quite like Alex, cause I write too).

10th Mar 8.05am: My colleauge called me (I made him Morning called me yesterday). Tell me to go down early.

10th Mar 8.15am: Goh, the Manager, picked us up for breaky. Had prawn noodles soup (Hokkien mee) and half-boiled eggs. Their half-boiled eggs are in a cup and they used light soya-sauce.

10th Mar 9.3xam: Back in office, doing working and blogging.

10th Mar 11.0xam: Left the manager computer to be setup. I can't do the file transfer for him cause he's still using his comp. Ahhhhh, We got a dateline to meet (I need to go back to Singapore).

10th Mar 12.3xpm: Ask the Penang Colleague to "Da3 Bao1" (Packet). Fix up of the manager comp.

10th Mar 1.2xpm: Had lunch, Chicken rice, quite nice. We confirmed that we want to try the 6.00pm flight back to singapore. Ask the penang colleauge to make arrangement.

10th Mar 1.3xpm: Ahhhhh, only one ticket available. And there are 2 of us. Decided to go to airport early to try the waiting list.

10th Mar 1.4xpm: Make arrangement with the penang manager to fetch us to airport.

10th Mar 3.3xpm - 3.4xpm: He's back. Fanatic struggle to inform him about the comp, packing up to go, here and there something coup up. "Hurry, it's almost 4pm" said one colleuge (I very scared miss flight).

10th Mar 4.15pm - 4.3xpm: Reach Penang Airport. Rush to ticketing counter to put ourselves on waiting list. Ticketing counter ask us to proceed to Counter 28 for waiting list. On the way to Counter 28 saw a few AirAsia Stewardess (They smile at us/me) Went counter 28. Found out there are 2 buggers in from of us in the waiting list. Saw that there are only 4 type of Airlines passing through Penang namely SQ, MAS, AirAsia and ChinaEastern (or ChinaWestern).

10th Mar 4.4xpm - 5.15pm: Found one corner to seat. Was telling my colleauge the possiblity of getting on board. 30%-50% because there are 2 person in front of us, it's a friday, normally plane got only 1-2 seats that are freed up. Telling joke that scarli only 1 avail seat (like just now). Telling more jokes like lying to the counter people that my mom is sick need to rush back (Though she isn't), or my wife pregnant, giving birth need to rush back (I don't even have a gf). Telling even more jokes like people who are supposed to be on the flight (6pm) met a accident (my colleage scolded me for be so bad), I change say, the tire went flat, change again saying the bridge (my friend stop me cause he thought I going to say the bridge gena bomb) got jammed (Both of us laughed). I tell him I will pray (which I did, telling God that I want to rush back so I can go church for Alpha).Went back to counter 25.

10th Mar 5.2xpm - 5.4xpm: Waiting impatiently at the counter, repeating the cars gena jammed at the bridge joke. Saw alot of ppl waiting. Ppl start getting their ticket. Our names are not called (Oh no). Our names are called (Praise God!), I was telling my friend that if we don't get the ticket I going to complain cause we are the 3rd and 4th on the list. Rush towards the gate. Went to toilet. Stop by a Malay guy saying the toilet is far end (realise that the room I was about to enter is a prayer room, which I felt weird, a prayer room along the path of the toilet??!!)

10th Mar 5.5xpm: Finally got to the gate, got to the plane.

10th Mar 6.0xpm - 6.1xpm: Ask for a Straits Times. Reading it, Still reading it while the safety video was played. Lament to my colleauge that there still ain't any chio bu stewardess on our flight back.

10th Mar On the Flight: We had Turkey and Ham Palini (quite nice). I ask a steward for Poker Cards (my mom want it for my uncle). He returned with a plastic bag (inside got 3). I gave 1 to my colleauge. The steward walk pass sometime later and I thank him. I kept checking on the time to see what time I we reaching Singapore. the E.T.A kept changing from 7.05pm to 7.21pm to 8.05pm - 8.15pm.

10th Mar 8.15pm - 8.3xpm: Plane *boing boing boing* touchdown. Everyone wanted to get out, me too. Called mom, ask her need anything from duty free shop or not (she said don't want, so unlike her not to take a bargain). Rush to toilet, Rush to immigratant checkpoint, rush out the arrival hall to the taxi stand. Got quece !! (but ok lah, taxi quite fast)

OK, by that, it will make my end of my Penang "Tour", I took a cab to church (Emmanuel AOG), attended Alpha, had Dinner/Supper with my cell group @ simpang Bedok. I had 2 telor and 1 kosong prata, not forgetting 2 cup of dinosaur (Yes, I super hungry) Reach home by 1 plus. And I had a long day on Saturday (Breakfast from a friend at TPY, haircut appointment with stylist @ Raffles, Dennis Rollins performance @ Esplanade (night)).

Being Weird On|9:23 PM| Penang from 9th Mar - 10 Mar.
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Comments:

Did u try Penang Laksa/Chendol on the street? :)

# posted by

sÞ¡ηηєє : 3:27 PM

wah ur "timesheet" evru interesting.

# posted by

F¡яєвџяN : 10:55 PM

Spinnee ==> No Time.

Fireburn ==> It's not "timesheet" It's chronology.

And thanks for dropping by

# posted by

Lupin Tan : 12:40 AM