Dec 2014: Pulau Pinang

Before the year (2014) ended, we managed to make a trip to Penang. The trip was unexpectedly awesome. Even the girls said so and asked for a return. Well, maybe we hardly a tourist in our own homeland, time was always allocated for family gathering, friends meeting, running errands and shopping(it's cheaper there). This time round, despite we made the effort to meet uni-mates and bonding with family members, we did what tourists do: sight-seeing to Penang Hill, water and sand playing at the beach, wandering and hunting down those famous street arts, finding those food stalls that we used to patronised... Penang is really fun, apparently.

This scrapbook captured one fun moment of the girls. SC drove through Jalan Tanjung Bungah to reminisce what we knew of Teluk Bahang, Batu Ferringhi, stopped by one of the smaller and quieter beach at Tanjung Bunga for the girls to have some sand play time. The girls were thrilled. They jumped, cart-wheeled, shell and rock throwing, soaked into the sea water, etc. They didn't have enough of it. Beach, one great place to be for the kids to release their energy. Zero cost, infinite joy. 

Oh, throughout our visit in Penang, it was raining everyday. This was the only bright, cooling day for us to enjoy the beach.

I used to work (for 2 years) and stay (for a year) in the Island ten years ago, before I married and stayed in Kulim. I reckon I needed a city to transit the city me before I moveed to a small town. It was probably one of the best decision I made. Slower pace at work, cheap and good food, people are generally nicer to approach if I seek for help, though I could not speak and understand Hokkien. Those day, SC (my then boyfriend) stayed and worked in Kulim, only occasionally came over Penang to visit me (or I went to Kulim). Those days, I had quite an adventure here, all by my self. So, part of me wanted to walk the city nostalgically this time. Many parts of my memory about Penang has faded away.