will i am's delayed diary

KH took a long nap, but I fiddled with my phone instead. Our dinner plans were at Kirishima , Cititel. The Japanese restaurant was an easy walk from our hotel, passing by the famous Chowrasta Market. Only after we were seated that KH made a funny face and declared that he chose the wrong venue. A glitch in his memory. LOL. Managed to meet up with Pooh, and Drew2.0, who is a friends with KH ( very young, still studying ). Not impressed with the food. Got Drew2.0 to recommend us a place for drinks and he didn't disappoint. He led us to Chulia Street which was pretty happening. Parking was a bit of a challenge, but we managed to get a spot, and walk the rest of the way.  The LGBT speakeasy bar was located at a back lane, and we were buzzed in. A very intimate setting, just like a Japanese Izakaya place. Everyone sat at the bar counter ( and everyone seemed to know each other ), with the raucous bartender duo as the focal point. Didn't know what to order, so we just let the bartend...

One power nap later, KH and I were ready to start our Penang adventure. First order of business was dinner. The Tribe and my mum were already waiting for us at Lorong Baru , which was just a short walk away from our hotel. Plenty of good food at that open air night market. Before I tucked into those Penang goodies, I started with curry noodles that my sister packed from Kuala Sepetang. Who would have thought that a pack of cold curry noodles could taste so good? Imagine when its piping hot! According to my mum, the curry is made from a seafood stock that's full of prawns! Then we started on the yummy Penang food~ Char Kway Teow , Lobak , ABC ( the syrup they use is out of this world ), and the vile Heko CCF . And it was such a small world that we bumped into Sol at the makan-makan place. We still had time to kill before midnight mass at Our Lady of Sorrows, so went searching for dessert. Mama Bang was a mistake. After we had cam-whored at the shop, we took one look at the menu, a...

Unexpected things always crop up at work. Just a few days before my pilgrimage, I suddenly needed to fly to Penang for a meeting with our technology partner. Took the evening Malindo flight there. Realized that is my first time flying out of KLIA2's domestic terminal. Another horribly designed super long terminal. Malindo's plane was clean and had decent leg space. Upon arrival at Penang International Airport, I took a GRAB to Vistana Hotel Bukit Jambul. Lucky to have been given a Club room, but I only had one night to enjoy the suite. Discovered that hotel guests needed to pay MYR2 to the Penang government now. The executive lounge had closed so I walked out to find dinner. Did not feel like having Original Kayu Nasi Kandar, so I walked a little further to Kompleks Bukit Jambul where I had roast duck noodles at H.K. Gourmet Kitchen . All of their pork had sold out by 8 PM, so they must be really popular. The roast duck was good, but its weird that they provide a dried ch...

Got up early on Monday morning to skank with the boyfriend.It's a funny thing that these days I seem to be able to sync my orgasm with his. May not feel like coming at the time, but when KH can't seem to hold it in any more and declare that he's close, I suddenly have the urge to spill my seed too. He says its my natural mechanism to make him do more work. LOL. Feeling famished after that, KH, Bro and I headed out for breakfast at Restoran Sin Saw Keat , Nibong Tebal. Its a notoriously crowded kopitiam with several stalls lining the road in front of it. Shared a mix of duck egg CKT ( much better than what I had the day before ), har mee , char siew bao , hong bak bao , bak kwa bun and economy fried noodles. The rest of the gang joined us later. Apollo ordered a plate of shrimp paste CCF which I gave another try. Computer says NO! Went home and did some final packing and lazed around the house. Early lunch was at Red Chopsticks . We weren't quite in the mood to try ...

Lucky for us, there was a Catholic church near to the home-stay called the Church of the Divine Mercy. Established in 2005, it is quite a new church. All of the decorations were wooden in nature. Many of the doors of the church are fully carved with scriptural scenes. Flanking the altar on the both sides are wooden triptychs. The one on the left is actually a hidden door. Another interesting thing about the church is the wooden crucifix above the altar. Strings clipped with petitions emanate from the spear wound emulating the rays of blood and water as in the famous image of the Divine Mercy by Adolf Hyla. The most interesting discovery is that the church houses first class relics of St. Faustina ( a piece of a major bone ) and St. John Paul II ( a drop of blood ). And beside the reliquarium was Malaysia's first immersion baptismal pool! Ate breakfast at Restoran Three Kingdoms . Just a simple meal of Kway Teow Thn'g and the supposedly famous Hokkien Mee at Jalan Su...

On the second day, we looked for breakfast at Jalan Sungai Ara. The kopitiam had a long table for us at the side alley. Food came from all over-- roti canai from across the road, wantan noodles ( yummy crispy wantans ) and semi-dry pan mee ( a style that I've not seen before, piping hot and perfect for breakfast ) from the shop, CKT, fried noodles and vegetarian food from another row shops. By the time we finished eating, my back was all wet from perspiration. Such a hot and gummy day. The first touristy thing for us to do in Penang was to go to the Blue Mansion. We were in time to catch the 11:00 AM guided tour. It has always been on my Penang "To Do List" to have a look inside. Our tour guide was Mr. Poh who gave interesting narrations about the history and architecture of the building. The mansion was a place where the famous merchant Cheong Fatt Tze did his business and housed his eight wives. According to Mr. Poh, the mansion was untouched by the war but many i...

Planned a getaway to Penang with the gang during the Labour Day long weekend. Bought the flight tickets six months before. At that time, I wasn't certain what the plan for my mother's birthday was. Closer to the date, I found the travel dates to be clashing. Bro had bought tickets to KL for April 30th, while I was supposed to fly off on May 1st! Dang! To make things work, I suggested to my siblings to celebrate mum's birthday in Penang! After some discussion, we reached a consensus. The Tribe would drive to Penang on Friday and my brother would follow them. On the other hand, I bought an extra flight ticket for mum to Penang. Didn't want her to spend too much time in the car in case her neck acted up again. Unfortunately, the flight back to KL was sold out, so she would have to follow my sister's car back to KL. Instead of flying back to Singapore from KL, my brother bought a flight ticket from Penang to Singapore. Phew. With the arrangements in place, it was all ...