Penang Trip

Came back from The Pearl of the Orient few days ago.. it was our 4 days 3 nights trip after the finals. This was my second time been to Penang (the first time was like 10 years ago!!). This time’s trip was more exciting and more happening than previous Kukup trip. The trip was boring and all we did was playing mahjong all time. There were a few happenings and highlights during this trip that made this tour a memorable one.

We took the Transnasional express bus from Bukit Jalil to Butterworth, our destination. The first highlight, we missed our bus!! The funny part was we were at the correct terminal, waiting patiently for the bus and after some time, one of my friends sensed something is wrong and went to the counter to query for the bus and told us that our bus had just left the terminal. swt, kan?

We learned that our bus to Butterworth was scheduled to depart at Hentian Duta not at Bukit Jalil temporary express bus terminal. That’s why we couldn’t find the bus with a board saying “KL-Butterworth” lah.. Luckily the Transnasional management was good enough to arrange another bus for us to Hentian Duta. Since that day was a public holiday on Friday, we took almost an hour journey to Hentian Duta. And we were the last group of people to board and the bus departed immediately after that. Phew~~ almost miss the bus~~

The whole journey from Hentian Duta to Butterworth took us around 6 hours and we arrived there at around 9 pm. Took our dinner and shower before heading to Autocity, one of the settings in the local idol drama, Yes, Sir!. On our way there, we were stopped by policemen at the road block! Another highlights.. worst still, there were 4 girls sitting behind and 2 boys in front in a car. Just like 2 “bapak ayam” transporting the “ayam” to some hotel.. Apparently, the driver was a bit confused with the signals the policeman gave and drove off without the policeman’s approval. Because of that, the police stopped us and checked our ICs. My first time a policeman check my IC in my life..

Wow, for one day we encountered few obstacles and as my friend said: Why every time our trip will not “sun” (smooth)? Little did we know there were more highlights awaiting us on next few days..