Penang Outing

I went Penang Island yesterday with my two best friends. This was the first time we used public transportation to Penang Island. We kicked off from my house at 12 noon by bus, reached Butterworth Jetty at 12.30 p.m. then boarded a ferry at around 12.45 p.m. Salty smell hit my nostrils once I ascended the ferry. The smell was unbearable. However we enjoyed the breathtaking scenery with gentle breeze caressing cheeks. We caught a bus to Komtar and boarded another Bus 3-5 to Queensbay Mall. We reached there at 2 p.m! This is the “advantage” of using public transportation.

Well, Queensbay Mall is not as grand as I expected, I think one-utama is better. Haha. We had a quick look of the mall, then we went GSC to buy Spiderman 3 ticket, however the earliest ticket available was 6.10 pm. As we have to rush to watch a concert in Disted-stamford College, we didn’t the ticket; instead, we went to Tobogun Adventure Park for skating. It was really fun to skate though I fell down, and was injured! We took a few photos there like outstation people. Is it lame? Haha.

We went to have our “lunch” at Nando. After the sumptuous meal, we went Popular for a very short while. We went Disted-stamford College after this by taxiing, and it cost us 24 bucks! For your information, Queensbay Mall is located at Bayan Lepas and Disted-stamford College is at Pulau Tikus. We bargained with the taxi driver for more than 10 minutes then only he was willing to reduce the taxi fare from RM 30 to RM24. Sweat. It was really unfair for us as the driver didn’t use meter.

When we reached the college, Shane showed us around; it is a small college, but the building is full of the 18^th century architecture. The “ancient” building style really impressed me. The concert started shortly afterward. However we didn’t finish watching the concert, it was quite a lousy concert. Perhaps, as I don’t like Rock music, so this concert didn’t really attract me. Another thing distracted me was the transportation problem, we had a problem of going to jetty. Penang public transportation system is really terrible; there was neither bus nor taxi at 9 p.m. We really freaked out that time, like cats on the hot bricks. Then I phoned Ah Tuck (Joo Khoon), my ex-schoolmate who went that concert as well for help. Shane told me Ah Tuck is an impatient guy and it was hard to ask for his help. I tried, and unexpectedly Ah Tuck agreed to fetch us to jetty without second thought. He was really our saviour at that time.

We boarded ferry again and then caught a bus to go back home. I reached home at 11 p.m. This journey was fun though tiring. My friendship with Shane and Ewe Chin is enhanced again.