Pulau Penang

Look at the title, that's not how you pronounce the state, yeah. In BM it's Pulau Pinang and in English, it's simply..Penang, or Penang Island, if u must. But a colleague of mine spelled it that way, and it really tickled me. Anyhow, my office department organised a weekend trip to the island. It's a nice agenda to look forward to, being a 3 day Agung's birthday weekend. Although I was on-call that weekend, I knew I had the whole team with me to back me up, in case of any overloaded work, which thankfully did not happen. Me and Atai left late, as he had some work to do that day. Reached Penang at the hotel at midnight. It was a smooth yet slow (due to traffic before Ipoh) journey. I was thrilled, as Penang and where we stayed was so easy to find. The lunch at the Ship restaurant Penang was quite exciting, as it's a really beautiful full replica of a ship. Coincidently, there was a toy museum set up JUST infront of our hotel, in which we couldn't resist of course. It mostly showcases comic and cartoon character's action figures. Being so near to the beach, we had to take a dip. Thankfully the tiny 'private beach' infront of the hotel was clean and serene.
I'm not gonna talk about the hotel where we stayed, coz it's a

waste of this page (heh)..we stayed at sad old Corpthorne Orchid Tg Bungah. Quite an old and un-maintained hotel. The breakfast is soo bad, the room has broken everything (our shower tap), I only liked the location :-) Anyways after the dip, we packed, checked out, stopped to buy buah pala and limau barli, and had a smooth drive home.