Journey To The West: July 2008

There was a time I once acknowledge someone that my house is comparable to that of a hardware shop, well equipped, with whatever i want to do can be done at home, from sewing to sawing, from building a furniture to doing some light renovation and so on. But deep in my heart i reckon there's something missing. A razor. It's a shaving tool used to get rid of ones facial hair, some elaboration for those who might think razor is some kind of pisang goreng. And so time flies as we keep living, eating and kicking with some kind of 'emptiness' in me.

Not so long ago, i've been told to shave my 'mini' mustache. Guess my face isn't that fertile as they barely grow at unnoticeable pace. It takes a few to convince me to finally take a shaving and search for that 'emptiness' in my home.

And so i started my journey in search for the mythical item. High and low i've searched, gave up 5 min later. Decided to seek advice from Master of Untold Myth, short termed MUM. Pointed me to a direction with a piece of advice. Off i go.

And there it was, still in its wrapping, eagerly waiting to be commissioned to its first task.

Being a newbie in hair shaving, i can only do whatever i can based on my experience from watching tv. Armed with a soap on my hand and a razor on the other i spent my first time with extra precaution. Extra soap, extra slow on the face.

And it didn't take long. What i have to tell about my first time experience?

Sore.

So this is what happened in my recent trip to Penang, The Heavenly Hawker Paradise. Miraculously, my weight didn't go up as expected, and i dare not tell my trip-mates for fear of my own life. For your info i pride myself of having a big appetite for almost everything edible, almost. Being the only guy on the fray i've vowed to win this eating madness that stretches 5 days long. Sigh. Shame to say that i failed u guys out there, the girls were OWNING! And it wasn't even a fair match lol...

Skip the food section if you're hungry~

Lobak

Popiah

Whatever ball it may be

Famous Mee Rojak/Sotong
If you care to add 1 more buck,
your sotong will dominate the whole plate

Some Japanese GreenTea Icecream

O-Chien (not the famous one, yet)

commendable size tho ;)

Background music, 'As long as you love me'

These 3 girls have huge jugs!

These jugs i meant...

The story of an unbeliever...

He came to die for us...

We doubted it...

And decided to put Him into tests...

One after another...

He prevails and we put our trust in Him

We dwell in him, and He dwells in us

John 10:10b

I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

Famous O-Chien @ Seng Thor~

Rikishi in action

Previously in...

O-some!!!

Tea Time~

We don't have spoon, but that didn't stop us

Honestly i've lost count on how many meals i had in a day, needless to say i won't count the number of chics tail i've gobbled down. More food to come.

One of the many famous Laksa(Farlim Laksa)!

Chic's Tail

Special sauce Chic Feet

The 3 Food Buster

Fried Chic's Skin

My aunt's tasty Bak Muai

Expression tells everything eh?

Loh Mee

Mee Rojak 2

Seafood Spread

BBQ Crab dubbed "El Magnifico"

<-- small crab , BIG crab -->

Of course these are just a fraction of all we ate; Genting Hill, Fried Sotong @ Gold Coast, Gurney Drive....... the list goes on and on.

Also, we've been to places of interests, and malls as well... although not as much as we eat :)

Tea House with Praise's fans~

Tengok kaki ni... kena gigit Sang Ketam BBQ~

Pulau Jerejak~

Can see the shack where we ate Fried Sotong

Windy...

A beautiful island

Malaysian-made golf buggy

Full speed ahead!!!

Arcade~

Apart from being with my gang, i managed to spend some quality time with my beloved auntie's family. Here we went to Genting Hill for dinner (no there's no gaming activity up there, only some tempat makan angin, makan dinner, makan durian...). My gang didn't set foot on this hill due to its ridiculously steep road plus 4 overweight homo sapiens.

Up there, very friendly environment awaited to welcome us, with choice of seat ranging from hillside for excellent view to a bridge on a road, you name it. Fine Thai cuisine were also served by actual Siamese. Truly a mesmerizing experience...

While we're on the way up and down, we stumbled upon freshly dropped wild durians~ Nothing goes to waste so we carried 1 as appetizer on the way up and another 1 as dessert on our way down.

Much to my surprise, these were not ordinary wild durians. Gigantic size with tiny seeds, tempting colour of yellowish-orange, milky aroma with faint alcoholic scent. Tenderly moist texture testifying its freshness, are all the ingredients for a superior grade durian money can't buy. I reckon these 2 durians could easily fetch RM50 if sold out.