Thursday, April 24, 2008

Penang trip
We all had a great time in Penang the last 4 days. Reese benefited the most! He got to play with his grandparents alot. My in-laws took him to the field every evening across the house to play ball. It's a first for Reese. At the field he got to run freely and chase after the football. He got to touch and feel different kinds of grass. Then my in-laws took him to the Youth park one of the days where he saw monkeys and got to run and play. On our final day in Penang, we took him to the beach in Batu Feringgi. Reese's first experience with the beach 6 months back was not very pleasant. This time around...better but he is still afraid of the water and also the crashing sound of waves. We bought him a sand castle play set (guilty..promise broken..). Anyway... hehe.. Four adults and a kid at the beach... what did we do? We played sand, built tiny sand castle, played ball and blew bubbles. Reese got to see for the first time boats, jet skis. Oh..they even have horses!!
As for hubby and myself... we got to eat soooo much. Let's see..
Arrival night, it was about 12 past midnight. Reese was sleeping in the car and the moment I took him out of the car and into the house.. he started to cry. Then I tried to calm him down and all..didn't work.. new place..not used to it... so at the end.. took him downstairs.. started to play ball with him...both grandparents were very excited to see him... he was having so much fun untill he didn't want to sleep! I think we all only went to bed around 1 plus or 2 am.
Day 1, we went breakfast and ate wan tan mee, hokkien mee, murtabak. For lunch we went and ate Nasi Kandar at Hamidiyah in Campbell street. It's the best! Then we went shopping at Gurney Plaza, hubby got 2 tshirts and we bought Reese a nice tshirt too. Next we had Ais kacang at New World Park and a bowl of assam laksa. Sooooo stuffed. So no dinner.
Day 2, hubby bought breakfast, We had duck meat porridge, Chee Cheong fun (with special peanut sauce) and wan tan mee. Then we went out for lunch, we ate Char Kuew Teow at Lorong Selamat...It's now RM6.00 with egg and special is RM8.00, we had dinner at home, my sister-in-law made pasta.
Day 3, we went out for breakfast with hubby's Godfather..we had kuew teo teng. Then we went to Queensbay mall for two movies. For dinner we took in-laws and Reese to eat at Baba Nyoya Cuisine at Nagora Street. It's yummy. On our way back we went and tau pau the famous Ling Chee Kang. Oh my mother in law bought a blueberry cheese cake to celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary. Thank you mom and dad.
Day 4, had breafast... then went to the beach and on the way back we tau pau nasi kandar again from Hamidiyah... and for dinner we had banana leaf rice at new world park. Phew..... see..it's all about food for us..hehe... and we both gain a few kilos no doubt!
It was a great break for us. Here are some pictures taken manually.. our camera was low in battery and only manage a few shots. More picture tomorrow. Check out Reese...


What?

Daddy...play ball...

Enjoying water play

I like this shot... both grandparents and Reese

Playing with the bubbles..

5 comments:

Ann said...

Very nice shots! And in Penang, if not about food and beach, than what?? :)

Glad you enjoyed your short break. Looking forward to my photos!

andrewjune said...

i must say your in-laws do know the RIGHT places to bring you for the BEST food in pg - Hamidiyah is the place which most penangites loved!
char koay teow in lrg selamat is also a great choice but i bet you've to wait for it...but it's worth the taste! anyway, it's quite expensive for a plate of char koay teow...
beach outings is always fun! i have not brought rachael to the beach yet...well some day :-)
glad you enjoyed the short hols in pg!

DrCabokia said...

Welcome back! Glad that you had a fabulous time there. It was so opposite from our trip to Genting.

A gift from God said...

June,

We went food hunting ourselves actually... my in-laws were busy with my boy..haha.. Surprisingly... we did not have to wait in line for char koay teow... not many people.. and yes..it's expensive..as far as I know.. most penangites will boycott it...hehe..
But... we have tried all the so called famous CKT... none is as good as lrg selamat... :)

Christine,

I read your post on Genting Trip... sorry it did not turn out well but hey.. there is always our Disneyland trip to look forward right? hehe.

Moomykin said...

Hi! Welcome back.

That was such a great holiday. Glad for all of you. We will be heading up there soon for a wedding. Looking forward to that too. :)

p/s- all the talk of food has made me hungry. Hehehe...