pearl of orient

Posted by konstrain on Mar 20, 2011 in regular stuffs | 0 comments

it’s been a while since i’ve gone on a trip with my family and this time it’s mc’s first time going on a holiday with my parents too!

this time it’s a really short trip (3d2n) to penang. thanks to the freaking delay from jetstar. =\
nonetheless, the primary objective of the trip was for my parents to visit the house mansion where my mom spent some time during her younger years. it’s the cheong fatt tze mansion on the right.

in the eighties, the cheong descendants couldn’t maintain the mansion anymore (who could? there are 38 rooms and 5 courtyards to upkeep!) and it was sold to others as an effort to preserve its rich history as well as its intricate architecture. they did a good job on the restoration works, but according to my parents, the house didn’t quite have the same furniture the way they remembered it. we had to pay rm12 per person to visit the house and they have tours going on each day for tourists to visit.

the rest of the trip was food, food and more food! penang laksa, char kuay teow, prawn mee, wan tan mee, or luak, etc are all local delicacies there. my calories must have shot way up high during the 3 days there.