First day we arrived at the old penang house. Had a bit of difficulty finding the place. Took grassland coach to sungei nibong and bus dunno what to lebuh chulia which means love lane? Since our hostel was on lovelane. Finally found it. It was next to Red Inn and Reggae House which was pretty prominent hostels as well. Anyways we went in and I remember I felt a sense of unfamiliarity (which of course comes with new territory), but I saw all these people sitting down on the tables and I was like oh shit I wanna be friends with them but they all look so distant. Anyway we arrived around 8 plus in the morning because we had taken an overnight bus from Singapore (slept on the bus but it wasn't that good of a sleep because my legs were kinda cramped up and my luggage was at my feet). And we were only allowed to check in at 2pm. So we kinda hung around for 2 hours doing basically nothing. I tried to read my book but I was too hot and bothered or something lol.
We took bus dont know what to Komtar which was the nearest shopping centre. Also called Prangin. And we ate Sushi king and tried to find shuhs ipod headset or something. Bought a few trinkets and headed back.
Then we just kind of chilled for a bit and I don't remember what we did. Anyway around night time we were watching TV cuz there was a few interesting shows on and zomg my dad was so embarrassing. He called me on my cell and I didn't answer cuz it was in my bunk and so he called the guesthouse! zomg then this indian dude who was really nice btw, picked it up and asked me to answer. Like there were a few people on the couches, like a couple and Adam sitting at a corner and me. Then indian guy was like 'are you stephanie' and i was like 'yah' and he was like 'from singapore?' and I was like 'yah'. and then he was like 'your father is on the phone now'.
And I was like friggin mortified okay lol. Then I went to pick up the phone but it was on his side of the desk and so I had to go the other way round to continue the convo. And guess what...knocked over a flowerpot/vase thing (which was basically a plastic bottle with water in it thank god) and it bloody hell spilled over his whole desk. And he was extremely courteous/gracious/nice about it while I was apologising profusely and he was like 'accidents do happen. calm down don't worry about it'. And I felt sooooo bad.
Anyway when I went back to the couch all mortified and all, I went back to watching TV. Anyway around 11 plus at night we met this dude Shaun who was from Cambridge, England. And he was asking about wifi and stuff and he was like 'where are u from' and he started chatting. Then he went to bathe and we took out cards to play. And then he came back and was like 'what are u playing' and we were like 'some asian game' and he was like lol. And he taught us this game called 'shithead' which was pretty fun actually! And I guess we made kind of a lot of noise cuz it was past midnight n ppl were sleeping.
Next day we ate breakfast with Shaun too and we went to Batu Ferringhi beach. Jet skiied which was uber freaking awesome. Had blisters on my hands cuz I was driving and it was damn freaking fun tho! Screamed like maniacs at first because it was dam scary but I was controlling it so I got used to it after some time. But after that it was alright. And then we had a ball scaring banana boats haha like we would race the people pulling the banana boats and drive past them screaming lol. Played for abt 15mins for 70 RM and then had so much fun played for another 15mins lol.
Then we went around in our tank tops and spaghetti shorts and shit around the mall. Ate A&W which didnt taste very good lol. ANyway damn coincidental we kept meeting Allan and his gf and gang. Like at the bus terminal we met him. When the bus stopped for break we met him and then at the mall we met him and then when we were walking along the road home we met him too lolz. So he asked his friends to fetch us back, but we went for dinner first. Ate salad cuz we ate quite a lot, at gurney and at the mall. Then we took pictures on lovelane infront of this ancient door which turned out to be a house. And then after that the door unlocked and we started running like crazy away haha but malaysians are so nice and their accents are damn funny lol i dont know like it's too strong or something. And my friend Allan said he spotted us because we were the only ones dressed like we were in Bali lol.
So then after midnight, Shaun came back from drinking and we chilled on the couch for a bit before bed.
Third day we visited Kek lok si temple with Shuan but it started raining like super heavily and we were stuck up there for a bit and we took pics. Nothing much la acty lol. Then we went back and chilled. Before that we bought rojak, cendol, ice kachang, rambutans and longans for Shaun to try. Rojak was shitty tho and it was 6RM dam ex pls lol. He might have overcharged us. Ate wanton mee in the morning which was pretty good RM4 for teh peng plus wantonmee!
Hahah and oh ya for breakfast everyday like the foreigners would eat blackberry/blueberry whatever with their toast and I would eat kaya and I introduced them to kaya and from them on they ate kaya toast everyday loll.
For dinner that day Shaun suggested we go to little india to eat so we like called everyone, Colm, Adam, Iris, Jill and then the 3 girls (2 from russia one from holland) joined us later on at the indian restaurant. Pretty good meal!
After that we went to visit the art gallery which I kept telling Shuh to visit but she wouldnt but only when the angmoh friends went then she went =.= And it was pretty neat! like u could write cards to your future self! Later Shuan asked if we wanted to go for drinks with him and Caspar. Drank like 2 bottles of Chang beer and omg Caspar is hella funny talking abt his adventures and stuff and we were watching footie whilst Caspar and Shaun were talking abt travels and stuff. Went back around 2am?
Then we were so tired tho so on the last day morning we just chilled. And Colm couldnt find his slippers for sometime and we talked. But we were so tired lol.. But towards the afternoon got a bit more energetic and we were talking abt learning mandarin and stuff and comparing english words and telling them about foods and stuff. Seriously no one knows the first language of Singaporeans is english lol. We are THAT bad. Evidence from this blog post lol but of course, thats cuz i cant be bothered to type in proper english since its only for my own viewing lol.
And sitting with them for breakfast I realised I was like one of the unfamiliar ppl I saw on the first day. Like now I'm looking from the inside than from the outside. Pretty cool that we made friends so fast.
Took pics and left for KL.
Arrived quite late at the explorers guesthouse. Had to rummage around in the dark because there was no light. Used torchlights which was kinda annoying. And shuh switched on the aircon before she left to bathe cuz it was kinda stuffy but when we went back it was off. Then sometime later a guy switched it on. and like few seconds later another dude switched it off hahah n we were so afraid they would fight. Before that we ate hokkien mee at Sungei petaling which was alright.
The next day we went out to Bukit bintang to book bus tickets. 'Starmart express' it was called and it was pretty good cuz it was a massage coach and all. But went back early (took a taxi-abt 8RM) because it was raining like hell.
Chilled for a bit back in the hostel. Played scrabble. Then talked to french girl Lucie till past midnight. It was kinda creepy tho cuz Fabio this dude from Italy he kept stealing glances at our table.. like he was CONSTANTLY looking at us and pretty obvious too. But i mean if he wanted to talk he could just talk right. Then we said goodnight at night and he went up the stairs and he thought he just wanted Lucie to be alone so he could talk to her but zomg he was waiting for us. like he was putting stuff in the locker. But he damn playboy la after that he was pretty normal and charming tho. Then this girl mia and malaysian dude came in and we started chatting and then mia sang for us til 2 plus in the morning n we all went to bed.
Chilled for a bit back in the hostel. Played scrabble. Then talked to french girl Lucie till past midnight. It was kinda creepy tho cuz Fabio this dude from Italy he kept stealing glances at our table.. like he was CONSTANTLY looking at us and pretty obvious too. But i mean if he wanted to talk he could just talk right. Then we said goodnight at night and he went up the stairs and he thought he just wanted Lucie to be alone so he could talk to her but zomg he was waiting for us. like he was putting stuff in the locker. But he damn playboy la after that he was pretty normal and charming tho. Then this girl mia and malaysian dude came in and we started chatting and then mia sang for us til 2 plus in the morning n we all went to bed.
Next day chilled for a bit before heading home.
