Sunday, October 22, 2006

the not-so-much-biz-trip

Here are some pics from the island of Pee-Nen (Penang) when I was on a biz trip in August'06.

These oily, high-cholesterol goodies were initially the highlight of my trip! Don't they look absolutely delicious??!! You can find it along Lorong Selamat where you will notice some hawker stalls by the side of the road. And for this stall particularly, they require you to queue to place an order, wait & collect it to your table - yes, SELF SERVICE UNDER THE BLISTERING SUN!!
It was so good that we repeated & endured that ordeal twice!! And again the next day! Hehehe... YUMSSSSS!!! And not to mention that the prawns are HUMUNGOUS!

3 pix of the indigo walls:- Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
We were also recommended to go to the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion which is by far, the BEST local tour I've been to. They only limit to 2 tours everyday around the mansion and believe me, it is soooo worth every penny! It's not AT ALL boring... the tour conducter speaks very eloquently & she's the most excited tour conducter I've ever seen. I mean, she conducts these tours every single day and she's still so excited to explain the historic details of every room in the mansion! It was just an amazing experience!

The next 5 pics are from the Khoo Clan a.k.a Khoo Kongsi in Penang. Believe me, I felt as if I was on holiday instead of biz. My meetings were only in the mornings and after which, we'd rush off to sightsee! I love these historical places with these intricate details! Each historical place we went to had so much significance. I LOVE PENANG!!! The only thing I don't like about Penang are their roads! TAU-HEEN ahh!! Be careful when you travel to this part of the country - the streets are ONE-WAY!! Thank God we had a map... :)

Road trip, anyone? Hehehe...

























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