Going to Ipoh

23/12/2015            (Wednesday)

7.50 PM

We left my grandparent’s house in Nibong Tebal to go to Ipoh. But, before we go to my grandparent’s house in Ipoh, we would first go to the Zoo and night safari in Taiping.

9.05 PM

We arrived at the Zoo and night safari in Taiping. The place closest at 12.00 AM so we still have much time to see the animals. My father bought the tickects while my grandparents, mother, maid, siblings and I looked around the place.

                                                                                                  

“I’ve bought the tickets.” Said my father moments later.

We all went to my father.

“I’ll keep the tickets.” Said my grandfather as he put the tickets into his shirt pocket.

The long line

We all walked to line up to go on the train. The line was really, really long.

There was still a line when my family got into the train

10.25 PM

Finally! After waiting in that line, we could finally go on the train! There was still a few more people waiting in line to get onto the next train. My grandfather, brother and I sat at the very front seat which was right behind the driver.

When everyone had gotten on the train, the driver sat in his seat and drove off.

On the way, the driver pointed out to the animals we saw from inside the train. Some of them were: Black Panther, Owls, Lions, Tiger, Rhinoceros, Wild Cat, Flamingo, Crocodile and a lot more.

11.00 PM

The ride ended and the driver told us to get off. We walked to the exit where there were souvenirs. My brother and I bought a snake keychain as a souvenir.

11.25 PM

We left the Zoo and night safari to have dinner.

11.40 PM

We had dinner at a restaurant by the road side. It was called ‘Tom Yam Restu.’ My grandfather noticed that the people that came from the Zoo, also had dinner there as the place wasn’t very far from there.

12.25 AM

We finished eating and continued our journey to my grandparent’s house in Ipoh.

01.25 AM

We arrived at the house. We were very tired.

24/12/2015          (Today)

Now, I don’t know if we’re going anywhere today. I think that we’re just going to rest at home. (At least I think so.)

Well until the next adventure. Bye!

Penang- last day

1.47 PM

My family and I checked out of the apartment and went to eat lunch somewhere around Penang.

“Will we be going here again Abah?” Asked my two siblings to my father while my father checked out of the apartment.

“Maybe.” Answered my father.

When we reached the place, we ate lunch.

2.48 PM

We left the restaurant and went to the museum at the USM.

3.00 PM

We reached the USM. Before we went to the museum, we prayed at the masjid there. After prayer, we went to the museum.

My brother searched the whole museum for a place that had information about million years ago. Easy said that he was looking for a place that had information about dinosaurs. His eyes were looking sideways looking for clues that there were information about dinosaurs there.

“Ihsan. There are stairs here and a dinosaur’s head.” I exclaimed to my brother. He ran towards me and looked at the stairs. Although it looked creepy, he was in the mood to see what was up there.

“Obviously, there must be dinosaurs.” I said.

“Abah! Ibu! Let’s go up here!” Shouted my brother.

My parents looked at my brother and walked towards him. Without a second thought, my grandpa, siblings, mother and I walked up the cave like stairs.

A T.rex at the window. 

When we got up there, my brother went wild with amazement.

“Ooh look at that! Oh that looks interesting! And that too!” He said over and over again.

Up there, we saw lots of things like prehistoric animals, learned about the solar system and also the malay culture.

4.12 PM

We left the museum and went straight back for home at Nibong Tebal. On the way back we had to go across a 22 km bridge. The shape of the bridge was like a snake. It was curvy. 

5.25 PM

We reached home. I got into the house, sat on the couch and ate my favourite raisins.

Now, I’m resting with my family. So, that’s the end of the adventure in Penang. But, tomorrow we’ll be going to my grandparent’s house in Ipoh. We might be going somewhere fun. Are we? I don’t know. Well until the next adventure. Bye!  

The snake like bridge.

Penang day-2

Now, I’m resting with my family. I’ll tell you guys about today 😉

8.38 AM

We left the house to go to Bukit Bendera or otherwise known in English Penang Hill. We ate breakfast ate home. After breakfast we straight away went to Bukit Bendera.

9.00 AM

We reached Bukit Bendera. Surprisingly, the place was completely empty! It was our luck! We bought our tickets then queued to get on the train. That’s when there was a really, really, really long line. So, we had to stand.

A very,very long line

A few minutes later the line started moving. We saw the train. I was surprised to see the train. It was tilting! Without a moment to lose, we had to get into the train because the train was starting to get full.

 We were searching for an entrance that wasn’t full when suddenly, an English lady said, “Here! Here! You all can come in here!”

Without saying anything, we all got into the entrance. The door of the train then closed. Then the train started to move.

In the train, the English lady that was calling us just now said, “All the other entrance are just the same. Might as well get into this entrance.”

“Thank you.” Said my father.

The lady only smiled.

We enjoyed the view from inside the train. There were houses below.

Moments later, we reached the hill. It was pretty cold up there. We were 712 meters above sea level. It was a good thing that I was wearing an extra shirt inside my shirt.

There was a skywalk there. The view from there was beautiful.

We walked on the hill. We saw a stall. In the stall, there was an indian lady selling things. One of them was interesting. When you blow into it, it could make a sound like a bird. Without a second thought, my father bought that thing for me and my siblings.

We walked some more.

After a while, my father thought of booking a buggy. When the man arrived, we had to take two buggies because one buggy couldn’t fit the eight of us. So, I went on the buggy which had my sister, grandparents and maid. While my brother went on the buggy which had my father and mother.

Malaysia's first post box. 

As soon as we had already gotten into the jeep, the man that drove the buggy drove it. While he was driving, he explained the history of the place. Minutes later he turned the jeep around to return to the main place. My parents and brother’s jeep was right behind us.

After we got of the buggy, my father, my two siblings and I went to the owl museum. My siblings didn’t have to pay because they were under the age of 7. As for me and my father, he had to pay for the both of us. I cost RM6 while my father cost RM12. After paying we went inside.

In the end, we found ourselves being cheated. You want to know why? Because, we were expecting to see real live owls. In the end, there were only paintings and 3D owls in there. Humph!

Once we got out, I bought my friends and me souvenirs.

After that, we left Bukit Bendera to have lunch.

When we arrived at the place where we were going to have lunch, my siblings and I were very, very tired. Once got to the table, my parents went to buy the food while my siblings and I slept at the table.

I think that we slept for an hour because when I woke up, the place was even more crowded than before. My grandma who was next to me had woken me up. Her hands were strong for a 56 year old.

I ate the food that was served to me. Then I got my energy back. As soon as we finished eating, we left the shop and went to the 3D Penang Trick Art museum.

3.26 PM

We reached the 3D Penang Trick Art museum. We bought our tickets then went inside. The place was cool! I took some pictures that would amaze you.

5.35 PM

We got out of the 3D Penang Trick Art museum and went straight back to the apartment.

It has been a tiring day. And tomorrow is our last day here in Penang, George Town. Well, I don’t know what will happen tomorrow. Well, until the next adventure which is tomorrow. Bye!

Penang day-1

It’s been a very long time since I posted anything in this blog right? Sorry. Well, now I’m at… Penang! I’ll tell you guys all about the journey to Penang, George Town.

1.25 PM

“Hurry! Hurry! We don’t have much time! We can only check in at 3.00 PM! Hurry!” Shouted my mother. As the rest of us got the bags into the car. My mother also helped out.

I carried my bag that had my laptop carefully on my back as I didn’t want my laptop to break. As soon as all the bags had gotten into the car, all of us got into the car and my father drove off to Penang, George Town. The journey there would take 1 hour.

On the way there, we had to go on a bridge. My brother’s eyes went wild with excitement as he couldn’t believe that we were on a bridge. I took loads of pictures in the car of the bridge.

A few minutes later, we reached Penang, George Town.

“Yay!” My siblings and I shouted. Oh yes! My grandparents on my mother’s side also followed us to Penang.

Where was I? Oh yes. My siblings and I shouted of joy. Our father drove to find an apartment that was called ‘Pearls Residency’.

View from outside the window...

Once he found it, my siblings and I were even more excited! We couldn’t wait! Our father parked the car. Soon, each of us carried three bags and walked into the lift lobby. My father had the key in his hands. Once we reached our level, we searched for our room, unlocked the door and went in. The room was really nice! We rested and waited for 3.44 PM.

3.44 PM

We went to Tesco which was right next to our apartment. The best part was that, there was bridge that was connected to our apartment to Tesco! How cool is that?! We walked on the bridge. When we got inside, we found ourselves in a food court. Since that we were hungry and hadn’t eaten lunch. We ordered what we wanted.

I ate ‘Laksa Penang’ and cold lychee as my beverage.

After our lunch, we went walking around Tesco. I bought a new charger for my laptop as my previous one couldn’t charge after a month.

My mother went to the book store to buy sellotape and newspaper. You must be wondering why she wants to buy those supplies right? Well, actually, the toilet in the room is see-through glass. So, you can see people in the toilet doing they’re business. So, my mother wants to paste that newspaper on the toilet door with sellotape.

4.45 PM

We got out of Tesco and back to our apartment. We rested in the apartment.

6.30 PM

My siblings and I went… Swimming! We got into our swimming suits, got into the lift and waited with our parents for the lift to arrive at the level which had the swimming pool. Went the lift arrived at the level, my siblings and I took off our slippers and went swimming.

7.10 PM

We finished swimming. We dried ourselves up, got into the lift and went back to our room.

Now, we’re all resting while waiting for pizza to come. We are too tired to walk to Tesco. Well, that’s all for today. There’ll be another big adventure tomorrow. Bye!