Taiping/Penang trip - Part II - The 'games' we play

Yups. That's what trips are for. To have tonnes of fun. And we certainly did. Although with little bumps along the way.

So, we went in 3 cars. All 10 of us. I guess the whole department would have already known. No matter how hard we tried to keep it hushed. Cause all of a sudden a whole bunch of people took leaves on weekdays. Prompted their curiosities la. So, we headed to Taiping on the first day and stayed for the night at Legend Inn. What's there to do in Taiping, you ask? Well, not much. But since one of us is from there, so we went for it la. But basically, we bonded with nature while we were staying there.

We were taken to Burmese Pool. It's a waterfall la. With rocks and streams and everything. We packed some goreng stuffs and picnic-ed by the rocks. There was a point where I slipped and fell into the water. And someone managed to record it. Ish! Since I was wet, I continue to lay on the flowing water. Cool and refreshing. Accompanied by little fishes as well. Ahhh!

The next morning,, we were still in Taiping. This time we were brought up to Maxwell Hill. Nah, no hiking up hill. City people like us would rather hire a jeep up. Around 30 minutes. Another refreshing and chilling moment. Early morning breeze. With a bird's eye view of Taiping town. We played swing there. Walked on a suspension bridge. Competed to run uphill. And definitely joked around. But the journey down was horrible. With everyone felling pening and a few vomitted. Real city kids la us.

Then, we continued our journey to Penang island. We booked this apartment at Sri Sayang Resort, Batu Ferringhi. The first day was spent hanging around Gurney Plaza and Gurney Drive. No nice view la this time. It was low tide and the breeze was not strong enough. Making our walk rather hot. We snapped pictures here and there. Got lost on the roads awhile. Quarreled abit about directions. And made it back to the apartment rather early. No night activities we planned for that night as we were all very tired.

The apartment was rather dodgy. With the flush not working, the air cond not strong enough and the shower abit cacat. Looked more like a run-downed place. No way I'm going back there again. 2 nights there was enough. So, the first night was spent by arranging rooms, taking turns to use the washrooms, watched horror movies and some even brought study materials to study for exams. Hah!

The whole of the next day was spent eating around Penang. The only place we hung out was yet another mall. Perangin Mall. Where we spent a total of 2 hours of window shopping. Then it's eat, eat and eat. And ya, I managed to try out their trishaw ride. Cheap. Only RM 2.50 for like 15 minutes around Penang. Syok! Then we went to the pasar malam at Batu Ferringhi to......buy DVDs! RM 4 per piece. Let it be CDs or DVDs. All kinds of musics. All kinds of movies. All kinds of series. If you can't find it in one stall., feel free to try your luck at the next stall. You will definitely get the one you want. Someone bought over 100 bucks worth of DVDs in just that one night. Take your own sweet time in finishing watching them man.

What's a trip without some booze? As expected. We finished the whole bottle this time. Unlike the Lumut trip. This time we played arm wrestlings instead of batmans and spidermans. Losers drink. Everyone turned red and dizzy by the end of it. And yet, we still had the strength to talk about love and relationships. Hah. Another heart-to-heart talk that night. Surprisingly, everyone was still sober enough to pour out their own opinions. Right on until 5 am where we really cannot tahan and crashed immediately. Leaving all the stuffs behind in the hall.

We slept till about noon before checking out and went for that must-have seafood at Bukit Tambun. Then it's goodbye and we went our separate ways home. Well, all is not over yet where we still had more stories to tell on the ride home. My car was filled with stories about various fishes and fishermans. From tengirris to dolphins to sharks to islands to sampans and cruises to different seas to baits and fish nets. Hahaha! Coded story. Shhhhh...

It was during this trip that all true colours emerged. Some of them can be really crappy. Some really can be naughty and play like no ones business. Some can be really serious. Some loses their patients very easily. Some egoistic people. Some really caring ones. People just aren't who they are at first sight la. But still, we call each other....friends.

We were still talking about the trip when we got back this week. Almost everyone was asking us about it. During lunch. During tea-breaks. In between work. And you can definitely see alot of Tambun biscuits on the tables. Each of us at least got 2 boxes back for our fellow bosses and team mates. Our car was really packed with nothing else but boxes after boxes of Tambun biscuits. But everything was gone within 2 days. Nice.

Unfortunately, pictures are not in yet. No time to upload them. Will post them up when they are all done.

One memorable trip. The first and the last one, perhaps?