first of all, let me clarify that pictures for this post will be updated soon.
imagine sleeping at 1.30 am, yet wake up 4 hours later for a flight at 7 am, only to realise the flight had been delayed for another 2 hours upon arriving the airport. fortunately, air asia did not fail me this time as the flight went smoothly as planned.
i arrived at penang last saturday (celebration of my grandparents 50th anniversary) having boarded a flight with the manchester united logo on it. needless to say, only the outside of the aircraft was nice to look at. tight cram seats, filled up luggage carriers, rude chinamen, coughs, babies screaming and shouting, thank God the flight lasted only an hour.
moving on, what if i told u that today's cab ride from home to LCCT, and from the penang international airport to our hotel (E&O) had cost us 108 bucks? amazing huh. as it turns out, the odds of finding taxi meters in penang is like finding good "char siew" in Subang Jaya, you would understand if u're an avid PORK fan.
as i arrived at the hotel, i was amazed by its stunning beauty. let's face it, when one says E&O hotel, what comes to mind is a 3 star chinaman hotel with minimum security and complete lack of privacy. this certainly wasn't the case. more on this after i recieve the pictures. fyi, i stayed in a SUITE!!! very nice, i like it very much.
having enjoyed good char kuey teow, i returned back to the hotel and got into my new suit and got ready for the dinner. i was amazed by the number of people who attended, 2800 ppl in all. wowwowweewow!

the dinner provided good chinese food, u know, the usual 4 seasons dish, sharks fin soup, chicken, fish, u get the picture. we certainly had a great band playing, and seeing my uncles getting drunk due to excessive drinking of wine and beer certainly was worth my time going there. we all danced, sang and cheered for the whole family and it was rather obvious my grandparents had a good time.

i returned to my suite after the party to watch the Manchester United vs Birmingham City game, and in typical MU fashion of late, 1-0 wins seem to be sufficient enough, provided by the excellent Frank Quedrue, and finished off by Cristiano Ronaldo.

i recieved more great news the next day that Lewis Hamilton had just won the Japanese Grand Prix.


talk about a great ending to a great weekend.