Its already July and there goes the first half of the year in a blink of an eye..

Last weekend i joined my bf's family for a weekend trip up north which is Penang, Kedah, back down to Ipoh and KL.
Its a very eventful weekend i would say. Visited places like 'Kek Lok Si' temple, Bukit Bendara and other heritage temples which i don remember visiting.
Mum told me that my dad once took us to all these places when we were very 'young' ~ tats so obvious why i don remember any of it!! haih~

But anyway, we depart from Ampang in a early morning at 7.30 - 8am (i don remember)on Saturday. The weather was cooling and gloomy. As we started our journey, it started drizzling too. The moment we drove up the Duke highway,the rain was even heavier..

But we stopped by Bidor at bout 9 ish (darling was driving very fast) to have our breakfast for the famous 'Duck Drumstick noodles' in old coffeeshop Pun Chun Restaurant. Something tat i haven't try before.. but that noodle i ordered is so called their signature dish.. The Noodles is made from handmade wanton mee aparently. But their special duck drumstick soup has been traditional made with double boiled with herbs. The duck drumsticks served are soft and tender. But my bf and i thinks that the soup has not enough flavour in it. But other than the Duck Drumstick noodles, there are other choices of noodles to such as wan ton mee, BBQ pork mee and etc.

We then continue our journey to Penang. Our first destination when reached was to have the famous assam laksa for lunch nearby the 'kek lok si' temple.
After lunch we just walked up the hill to the temple. It was raining still and i find it very troublesome to hold on the those big umbrella wherever we go.
But anyway, we took the tram to the highest temple where the big 'Kuan Yin' sits and we walked up the 9 level pagoda. The staircase threads and risers are not standard. So old ladies/men won't really climb up to the top, moreover the floor materials are slippery.. I find it a good exercise to walked up the pagoda anyway since i haven't been exercising. But by the time we reach the top, we were all sweaty and sticky..

After temple hopping, we went to Bukit Bendera. The cable car tickets were all sold out and had to buy tickets for 1 and half hour later. We waited in the station for an hour and a half before we could start our journey up the hill where we can see the whole of penang. Unfortunately, during the late evening the rain got heavier, when we reached the top, the hills was covered with mist and the rain was heavier, the sky got darker and the wind got stronger. It was cold.

We didn't really walk around much cos the rain was really bad, but while enjoying the rain, we manage to buy a cup of hot corn at the hawker stalls.
Since there's is nothing much to see and no where to go, we decided to leave.

We check in to the hotel to drop our luggage and went out for dinner. We couldn't decide where and wat to eat. We drove around, around and around penang
to look for a proper restaurant, hawker stalls or food court. We wanted to have our dinner at the varieties of stalls along the Gurney Drive but due to the heavy rain and uncovered area, we went to this food court which has only limited food stalls. I don really fancy their food court to be honest, but i wasnt feeling very well at that time and i knew i had to eat something before i could take some panadols, i finally decided to order Wanton Mee. and regretted badly!!!!


But we didn't stay there for long..and we headed back to hotel. I didn't want to wonder around anymore, and decided to rest in the room.

The following morning, we had breakfast in the hotel and depart to Alor Setar, Kedah to visit the Rice Museum.. The famous mural paintings on the circular wall is the main attraction and had to pay RM 3 each for the entry fees. Other than the paintings, i don't find other things very fascinating.

We then went into this malay village nearby a swamp for lunch. Their specialties was seafood. I dont really want to ellaborate more about this restaurant. The food was just half pass so.. workers are extremely slow in serving our food too.

Before we depart to KL, we make our last stop in Ipoh to buy some Kaya puffs, Salted chicken and boneless duck. We had our dinner in the famous 'Lou Wong' Chicken rice shop..When we reach KL it was almost 10pm.

Tiring trip i would say, but very eventful... and after shower and chat awhile over the phone with darling.. we then call it a day!