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Pulau Pinang, Aku Jatuh CINTA (Siri 5 - Padang Kota Lama)
Kami bangun agak lewat pagi itu. maklumlah, bercuti katanya. he2.. hanya bersarapankan segelas 'mix coffea' (PERCUMA) yang sedia untuk dibancuh di lobi 'sarang cinta' kami. Jimmy (tuan rumah) mencadangkan kami ke Padang Kota Lama kerana hari ini adalah 'grand finale' Cup Prix Penang.
setelah bersiap-sedia dengan beberapa gerakan senaman ringan (lari & lompat setempat), kaki memulakan langkah menuju ke destinasi utama hari ini, Padang Kota Cinta! ehh, Lama.. perjalanan yang mengambil masa 15 minit melalui monumen berkubah dan menyusuri lorong-lorong bisu yang pernah menyaksikan indah dan hodohnya makhluk-makhluk yang lalu lalang di sisinya.
tembok Kota Cornwalis adalah mercu tanda kewujudan Padang Kota Lama bersama patung gangsa Raffless yang 'tak lapuk dek ujan, tak lekang dek panas' menandakan kami telah sampai di destinasi.
hari ini jalanraya di Padang Kota Lama ditutup untuk dijadikan litar lumba anak-anak muda yang bercita-cita menjadikan arena perlumbaan sebagai cara hidup mereka. kunjungan peminat litar atau peminat pesta atau peminat wanita memang tidak mengecewakan. ia adalah di antara pesta tahunan yang di tunggu di Pulau Pinang ini.
pelbagai ragam dan kerenah manusia yang senantiasa menjadi manusia dipaparTayangkan di padang ini. suka,duka, tawa, tangis, cinta, sepi.. semuanya menyempurnakan kunjungan kami yang julung kalinya ke pesta seperti ini.
sebelum beredar, kami berpeluang menyelitkan diri di podium pemenang (1st time) di mana ia menayangkan pemenang disanjung, diarak, dipuja. namun, sampai bila? sejauh mana anak-anak muda ini mampu bertahan, maju ke hadapan mengibar Jalur Gemilang milik bangsa Malaysia yang MERDEKA ini.
selesai sudah kunjungan kami ke pesta manusia yang tiada sudahnya. manusia dan pesta tidak dapat dipisahkan lagi. ini terbukti di mana sejak zaman dahulu lagi manusia telah dididik untuk memestakan diri. sampai dakwah pun akan dipestakan. hu2.. percaya?? setuju??
jam sudah menunjukkan pukul 3 petang. lumrah perut yang belum diisi dari pagi (11 pagi) tadi. kami mengambil keputusan untuk meneruskan penlajahan (katanya) kami ini ke level 'mentedarah' (makan). kami cuba mencari kedai-kedai makan yang dipercayai boleh memuaskan nafsu perut kami yang mendayu-dayu minta minta diisi. hari ni nasi kandar bukan pilihan setelah beberapa kali melintasi restoren nasi kandar. akhirnya kami mengalah dengan 'rayuan gombal' perut kami yang telah mendapat sokongan dari lutut dan otak kami. terpaksalah kami memilih kedai makan yang paling hampir dengan kedudukan kami. RESTOREN KAPITAN!
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Penang I'm in LOVE (Part 4 - a Night Life)
arghh, its dinner time and we are STARVING!! BilBil recommend us to taste the Original Kayu's Nasi Kandar. driving his rangeRover, we are heading to the origin restaurant of D'Kayu (correct me if i'm wrong). about 30 minutes from our 'nest' in Love Lane, we find ourselves queuing for our Nasi Kandaq. goshh, its quite a long queue though but it WORTH a wait!! slrupp..
NEXT, 'Pesta Pulau Pinang' or Penang Fest. annual event here in Penang for a month long. yea, we are heading there!! its my 1st experience to visit this fest. organize by the local authority, i cant believe that we have to pay RM5/pax to enter the fest area. i thought its like JomHeboh fest but BilBil honor our visit by sponsor us for the tickets. thanks bro!! there's a lot of booth, shops, retailer etc there but nothing excite us. all of the sudden, we hear a scream! yeah, a fun fair! and not like any other lame fun fair there is sunwayLagoon or even gentingThemePark materials here and to be exact, ADRENALINE JUNKIES PARK!!
at a main stage a HOT girl entertain us with her stick, stunt & smile. enough to brighten our night ;p hu2..
what i can say about this fest is STUNNING, SHOCKING, ENTERTAINING, ENJOYING, ..ING, ..ING
its 11 o'clock already and BilBil continue guiding us to our 'night life' in Penang. he drive us to Gurney Drive. its a popular hang-out spot by the beach other than Padang Kota Lama. as we park the car, i bump into a semi-pro unofficial photo-shooting by a local artiste (i guess).
we are heading to the Anjung Gurney food-court looking for so called Penang's Passemboq and Penang's Laksa. honestly, its not the best place to get this menu here (not the famous maker).
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NEXT, 'Pesta Pulau Pinang' or Penang Fest. annual event here in Penang for a month long. yea, we are heading there!! its my 1st experience to visit this fest. organize by the local authority, i cant believe that we have to pay RM5/pax to enter the fest area. i thought its like JomHeboh fest but BilBil honor our visit by sponsor us for the tickets. thanks bro!! there's a lot of booth, shops, retailer etc there but nothing excite us. all of the sudden, we hear a scream! yeah, a fun fair! and not like any other lame fun fair there is sunwayLagoon or even gentingThemePark materials here and to be exact, ADRENALINE JUNKIES PARK!!
at a main stage a HOT girl entertain us with her stick, stunt & smile. enough to brighten our night ;p hu2..
what i can say about this fest is STUNNING, SHOCKING, ENTERTAINING, ENJOYING, ..ING, ..ING
its 11 o'clock already and BilBil continue guiding us to our 'night life' in Penang. he drive us to Gurney Drive. its a popular hang-out spot by the beach other than Padang Kota Lama. as we park the car, i bump into a semi-pro unofficial photo-shooting by a local artiste (i guess).
we are heading to the Anjung Gurney food-court looking for so called Penang's Passemboq and Penang's Laksa. honestly, its not the best place to get this menu here (not the famous maker).
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Pulau Pinang, Aku Jatuh CINTA (Siri 3 - Lorong Cinta)
selepas ditegur beberapa sahabat tentang penggunaan bahasa 'lidah ibu' (mother tongue), kita kongsi entri kali ini dalam Bahasa Melayu pula eaa =)
BilBil (panggilan manja Nabil) membawa kami menyusuri lorong-lorong kusam dek menunaikan hasrat AizatAwadz menggeledah sisa-sisa 'sejarah bewarna' pada dinding-dinding BisuTuliButa Lebuh Chulia.
berlalu lagak umpama 'penyandang beg sandang' (backpacker) tegar agak tidak akan memandu melainkan kita meringankan mulut bertanya haluan pada penduduk tempatan yang senantiasa murah dengan senyuman dan pertolongan. basikal beroda tiga, bilah-bilah jendela, tiang bersulam kerawang, suasana, gerakGaya semuanya asing buat kami namun akhirnya peta yang dibeli di MPH Komtar dibuka tanda lelah sudah menjelma, lenguh semakin melanda penyandang beg sandang ini.
LOVE Lane Inn adalah lokasi penginapan yang telah dipilih berdasarkan tema perjalanan ini. disambut senyuman mesra dan keramahan pemiliknya, Jimmy melegaHilangkan Lenguh, Lemah, Longlai kami.
sedikit informasi mengenai LOVE Lane (Lorong Cinta)
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BilBil (panggilan manja Nabil) membawa kami menyusuri lorong-lorong kusam dek menunaikan hasrat AizatAwadz menggeledah sisa-sisa 'sejarah bewarna' pada dinding-dinding BisuTuliButa Lebuh Chulia.
berlalu lagak umpama 'penyandang beg sandang' (backpacker) tegar agak tidak akan memandu melainkan kita meringankan mulut bertanya haluan pada penduduk tempatan yang senantiasa murah dengan senyuman dan pertolongan. basikal beroda tiga, bilah-bilah jendela, tiang bersulam kerawang, suasana, gerakGaya semuanya asing buat kami namun akhirnya peta yang dibeli di MPH Komtar dibuka tanda lelah sudah menjelma, lenguh semakin melanda penyandang beg sandang ini.
LOVE Lane Inn adalah lokasi penginapan yang telah dipilih berdasarkan tema perjalanan ini. disambut senyuman mesra dan keramahan pemiliknya, Jimmy melegaHilangkan Lenguh, Lemah, Longlai kami.
sedikit informasi mengenai LOVE Lane (Lorong Cinta)
Penang, I'm in LOVE (Part 2 - The Relics, The Religion, The ReaLife)
about 10am me and AizatAwadz leave the field and start our tour. walking from PadangPolo to Komtar is not that hard as we manage to capture some 'True Life' picture along the way. this why i love to have a tour by walking around =)
we have our lunch at kasimNasiKandar at simpangEnam (opposite of komtar) and we snapping and shooting while 'lepak'ing here till the heavy rain stop.
we plan to walking to our chuliaStreet to find our 'nest' but suddenly AizatAwadz friend arrive and volunteering to be our 'supir' for the rest of our trip. alhamdulillah =)
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Penang, I'm in LOVE (Part 1 - Past, Present & Future)
after cancel the original trip to Singapore (due circumstances), im calling AizatAwadz an asking either he willing to accompany me to weekend Penang trip. done deal!! i'm packing my stuff before buying a return tickets of ShahAlam/ButterWorth to and fro worth RM35 x 2way = RM70/pax with 3 seater EagleExpress.
as usual, i'm planning to get my sleep in a 5 hours journey but i manage to just for 2 hours. why?? s i'm awake at 2am and start thinking of Her (gosh, i miss Her a lot)..
5am we arriving at butterWorth temporary bus station (just beside the Penang Ferry Terminal) and Aie and Sha and Aie's lil'bro waiting us for being our host to georgeTown. they bring us to have an early breakFast at subaidahRestaurant and then bring us home for refreshment before we starting our georgeTown tour. 3 beetle and 1 kombi welcoming us at their porch. damn exotic!!
we are using a ferry service that morning. RM7.70 for a car (to and fro)
aie and sha inviting us to watch their frisbee tournament at PadangPolo. we in!! we both enjoying the lesson of the rules and fun of the game. thanx bro!!
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as usual, i'm planning to get my sleep in a 5 hours journey but i manage to just for 2 hours. why?? s i'm awake at 2am and start thinking of Her (gosh, i miss Her a lot)..
5am we arriving at butterWorth temporary bus station (just beside the Penang Ferry Terminal) and Aie and Sha and Aie's lil'bro waiting us for being our host to georgeTown. they bring us to have an early breakFast at subaidahRestaurant and then bring us home for refreshment before we starting our georgeTown tour. 3 beetle and 1 kombi welcoming us at their porch. damn exotic!!
we are using a ferry service that morning. RM7.70 for a car (to and fro)
aie and sha inviting us to watch their frisbee tournament at PadangPolo. we in!! we both enjoying the lesson of the rules and fun of the game. thanx bro!!
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backpacking to Pulau REDANG Island (Part 2)
cruising a ferry with open deck is quit a relieving for me. im spending most of my time fascinating myself with a scenery of wide blue sea while a salt smelly wind pampering my face. most of the passenger having time of their life while taking a pictures as an evident of their experience.
the ferry will go through Pulau BIDONG Island which is under Terengganu Malaysia University supervision. they are making a research about marine life & also make their own artificial coral around the island's snorkeling & diving site. they even build a HUGE replica 'Tengkolok' (a Malay traditional head cover) at one of the island's diving site. obviously this island is famous with its history of Vietnamese Refugee Camp back then in late 70's.
after about 2 hours winding myself, we arrive at Pulau REDANG Island main jetty. actually, its a REDANG fishermen jetty. even though its a very appropriate jetty as the Berjaya's customer will drop here while other customer will continue their travel with their resort's speedboat (another 15 minutes boat ride).
my REDANG's friend already await me at the jetty. i know him while im diving at Semporna's Islands back then in monsoon season (october to february). ladies & gentlemen, fasten your seatbelt as now my cross culture & underwater experience BEGIN!!
* Pulau REDANG Island Packages
the ferry will go through Pulau BIDONG Island which is under Terengganu Malaysia University supervision. they are making a research about marine life & also make their own artificial coral around the island's snorkeling & diving site. they even build a HUGE replica 'Tengkolok' (a Malay traditional head cover) at one of the island's diving site. obviously this island is famous with its history of Vietnamese Refugee Camp back then in late 70's.
after about 2 hours winding myself, we arrive at Pulau REDANG Island main jetty. actually, its a REDANG fishermen jetty. even though its a very appropriate jetty as the Berjaya's customer will drop here while other customer will continue their travel with their resort's speedboat (another 15 minutes boat ride).
my REDANG's friend already await me at the jetty. i know him while im diving at Semporna's Islands back then in monsoon season (october to february). ladies & gentlemen, fasten your seatbelt as now my cross culture & underwater experience BEGIN!!
* Pulau REDANG Island Packages
backpacking to Pulau REDANG Island (Part 1)
bore with Kuala Lumpur (KL) traffic & hectic, i decided to backpack to the one of the MOST popular island in Malaysia, Pulau REDANG Island. a full reward for myself after a month stressing in 'my life box' for living.
im taking a night bus (recommended) from Putra Terminal, Kuala Lumpur to Kuala Terengganu Terminal, Terengganu. why a night bus?? its because i can save my 8 hours boring journey with sleeping while covering my accommodation for 1 night ;p he2.. there is several choice of bus (air-conditioned) with price of RM40-RM45 per journey.
not much to tell about the journey as im focusing on the Avatar movies before i got asleep. there is no toilet in a bus but u can answer your 'nature call' at the pit stop at Chendor R&R after 4 hours ride. fair enough, aite ;p
about 5am, the bus arrived at Kuala Terengganu Terminal. i starving! obviously there is a lot of 'Nasi Lemak' Terengganu style at the terminal. if you are not into that, there is McDon at the terminal too.
after having my late supper, im asking the direction of Syahbandar Ferry Terminal from the locals. it just 5 minutes walk from the terminal (no need to take a cab). 6am.. its a Subuh prayer time. walking in the same direction to ferry terminal, i drop by at Sultan Zainal Abidin Mosque (White Mosque) to do my obligation to my Creator, Allah =) i take a bath & rest at the mosque before the sun rises.
its a beautiful feeling while having my 'sunrise bath' at Syahbandar seaside. breathtaking & absolutely PRICELESS!!
by the ferry terminal is Pasar PAYANG Market which sell a lot of items from locals souvenir to a convenience daily items. obviously the market is seperate to wet & dry market. im having my breakfast here. Nasi Dagang & Nasi Minyak is my interest. gladly they serve it here for the breakfast.
there is a lot of time before my ferry call (10am), so i decide to go for sightseeing to Istana MAZIAH Castle & Bukit PUTERI Hill (walking distance).
after pay my RM100 (return) ferry tickets & RM5 conservation fee, im leaving the land toward Pulau REDANG Island with Sejahtera ferry.
to be continue..
*Pulau REDANG Island Packages
im taking a night bus (recommended) from Putra Terminal, Kuala Lumpur to Kuala Terengganu Terminal, Terengganu. why a night bus?? its because i can save my 8 hours boring journey with sleeping while covering my accommodation for 1 night ;p he2.. there is several choice of bus (air-conditioned) with price of RM40-RM45 per journey.
not much to tell about the journey as im focusing on the Avatar movies before i got asleep. there is no toilet in a bus but u can answer your 'nature call' at the pit stop at Chendor R&R after 4 hours ride. fair enough, aite ;p
about 5am, the bus arrived at Kuala Terengganu Terminal. i starving! obviously there is a lot of 'Nasi Lemak' Terengganu style at the terminal. if you are not into that, there is McDon at the terminal too.
after having my late supper, im asking the direction of Syahbandar Ferry Terminal from the locals. it just 5 minutes walk from the terminal (no need to take a cab). 6am.. its a Subuh prayer time. walking in the same direction to ferry terminal, i drop by at Sultan Zainal Abidin Mosque (White Mosque) to do my obligation to my Creator, Allah =) i take a bath & rest at the mosque before the sun rises.
its a beautiful feeling while having my 'sunrise bath' at Syahbandar seaside. breathtaking & absolutely PRICELESS!!
by the ferry terminal is Pasar PAYANG Market which sell a lot of items from locals souvenir to a convenience daily items. obviously the market is seperate to wet & dry market. im having my breakfast here. Nasi Dagang & Nasi Minyak is my interest. gladly they serve it here for the breakfast.
there is a lot of time before my ferry call (10am), so i decide to go for sightseeing to Istana MAZIAH Castle & Bukit PUTERI Hill (walking distance).
after pay my RM100 (return) ferry tickets & RM5 conservation fee, im leaving the land toward Pulau REDANG Island with Sejahtera ferry.
to be continue..
*Pulau REDANG Island Packages
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