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The next day, we woke up early and planned to attend mass at the nearby St. George Church only to find out at the last minute that it was an Anglican church. And so we scoured the tourist map to find an even nearer alternative-- The Cathedral of the Assumption, just beside St. Xavier's Institution. We made it for the 10:00am mass. It was an old church with the usual cross shape and vaulted ceiling, but what caught my eye was the checkered floor, two angels flanking the front door, the antique furniture, pipe organ and the confessional that was actually only a wooden partition surrounded by a metalwork of the Holy Spirit descending as a dove. Not many parishioners showed up, only 40% of the pews were filled (and so the monetary offering was also quite mini-sized). It was basically an opposition church-- during the sermon, the priest talked about passion and he linked it to Saudara Lim Kit Siang whom he said lives, breathes and bleeds politics. One of the communion ministers even wore an "I.S.A. Kejam!" button badge. At the end of the eucharistic celebration, the priest even commented about the situation in Perak and stressed the importance of justice and letting the people decide. The congregation clapped.

We walked back to the hotel to check out. Mel settled my room bill. Thanks! We visited her in her room for a while and found clothes strewn everywhere-- talk about malam pengantin baru! Lunch was found at Leboh Penang. Finally tasted the famous asam laksa and cendul opposite the police station. It was quite good, but I found the dessert a bit too sweet. The char kuey teow was so-so only, but the coffee was good. That was lunch #1. Lunch #2 was at Leboh Campbell for nasi kandar with Mel and gang. The pots of curries and kurmas were mouth-watering, but since we were so full, we only tried the kari kapitan. Mel's mum regaled us with embarrassing stories from Mel's childhood. :P. To burn the calories and time, we headed to Prangin Mall. Didn't know that it was the Sungei Wang of Penang. Mostly clothes, decorative items and shoes. I found one boutique with the name "PLU de Home", but the owner was a heptagenerian. After 6 hours there, I only bought a shirt and some socks from PDI. Dinner was found at the hawker stalls in the complex-- hokkien mee, fish head noodles and porridge. Took the cab to the airport (MYR40) and dound ourselves a tad too early-- 3 hours before flight time actually. So, we just loitered at each and every store we could find. Luckily, there were some Jap boys around that I could oogle. The journey back was uneventful.

The next day, SK and I sent the newly-weds to the airport for their honeymoon in Bali. I can't wait to have mine there!

P.S.: Penang drivers really LOVE to honk their horns! Pon! Pon!