Check your change before you leave

It cost me 60 cents to park for an hour near Sunshine Square and i handed over 1 ringgit. The change of 40 cents was returned and i rushed off as i had another appointment. Little did i know that instead of getting 40 cents, i had 1 x 20cents coin and 1 x 1 rupee (Indian currency).

I only found out about it when i returned home.

Both coins had similar sizes, they only differ by weight and that’s how i realized when i was emptying my pocket.

Based on today’s exchange rate:

1 rupee = 0.06988 MYR

that’s less than 7 cents. So it’s about 27 cents. My mum then told me that some parking attendants return coins in rupee or baht, so just double check before leaving.

It might only be 13 cents to some of us but it could be a lot if it was multiplied.

Lesson learned -_-!

On a side note:

I received a package from overseas a couple of days ago and i was ecstatic ! Will write about it soon

Sui Wah to Hennessy to Flash Bang

Coming from a closely-knitted family and being always stuck in front of the computer all day long, i never liked clubbing. In fact the ones in Penang are usually in town and i was living on the other side of the island, …

in a kampung …

… called Kampung Jawa.

The most happening place in Kampung Jawa was this mini mart called Sui Wah and that’s it. I grew up and left for my degree, Sui Wah grew up and it’s now Sunshine Square, still the most happening place around Kampung Jawa.

Shifting to Melaka and KL to further my studies did open my eyes big big, well it depends on how you interpret my sentence. I think i have gone to pubs and clubs in KL more times compared to Penang.

Actually in Penang i have only gone once … -_-”

That also my friend drank my share of the beer, swt.

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What a Bloggiful World

Last week i was fortunate enough to be back in Penang for the 4th consecutive weekend and i was back mainly because needed to get some things for my thesis as well as attend a Penang Blogger’s Meet which is known as What a Bloggiful World.

The venue was Paradise Sandy Beach Resort which coincidentally was the same venue for the Penang Food Hunt which i have yet to blog about

Upon reaching, i was greeted by Chee Hsien and Imin who were in charged of the Registration booth. Dolphin and I reached quite early and there were barely anyone in the hall.

Ceddy and Minny who were the emcees for the event

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Park Responsibly

I was walking with my mum and sis towards our car in Queensbay mall just to find out some dodobird did an illegal parking behind our car. In fact one of the guards was already waiting there, anticipating some comotion. I tried reversing but there wasn’t enough room to get out of my parking bay. If that wasn’t frustrating enough, another dodobird parked right beside our car which was meant for trolleys and that made my getaway even harder.

So at that very moment my car was only able to reverse straight back, without being able to turn.

By then i have already caused a massive jam on floor six and seven. Within minutes more guards and parking personels appeared. They themselves were furious at how ignorant some people could be. They tried paging the owners via PA system but as you and i know, NO ONE LISTENS to those announcements.

After five minutes, they decided to move one of the car ….. manually.

The car behind was a Proton Wira and the car beside was a Daihatsu Charade.

As they were moving away their bikes, a few people who got stuck in the jam actually walked up to see the problem. One fella even decided to help the rest.

They checked the Wira and found out it was Auto and thus harder to move. So all of them gathered at the Charade to move it to the left.

By then more people have gathered behind my car to watch them move this car and i tell you, it wasn’t pleasent at all. Cause as they moved the car, cracking sounds were heard and my sis actually noticed part of the front bumper gave way. I am not sure why that happened but after moving the car a few times, i was able to pass thru with ease

It was the most stressful twenty minutes of my five days break in Penang -_-”

Thank God for Penang food, this kinda incident can be overlooked The three of us ended up at New World Park feasting away on Char Koay Teow, Chee Cheong Fun, Yam cake, ice kacang …

Hmmm this explains why i am gain weight by the minute whenever i am back in Penang >_<”

Moral of the Story: Please park responsibly. You wouldn’t want to see a cracked bumper when you get back to you car wouldn’t you.

Dunhill brought classical music to my ears

Just got back from Redang and i am still swaying around as though i am still at sea @_@

I was never a fan of classical music and i remembered how my dad used to play the cds that he got from Reader’s Digest and i would go bonkers. In fact at times i would show tantrums *the joy of being a kid* just to get the song changed or the cd player switched off.

But all that slowly changed and i started to appreciate classical music but not to the extend where i go gaga over it.

During my younger years i remembered how much time i wasted sitting in front of the tele box watching shows after shows on either tv1, tv2 o tv3. There’s one particular session where i definitely wouldn’t miss it for anything in the world and that’s the Dunhill Double BlockBuster. Every Thursday and Friday i will be glued to the tele watching what ever they had to offer and i tell you those movies were top notch, i mean for that time ler. It brought the world of time traveling to me and it made a strong impact that i even asked my dad why aren’t we going back in time when the speed of the car touched 88, lol. If you still haven’t got any clue what was i talking about, it’s Back to the Future. Besides that, Robocop was another one which i followed religiously.

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