The Take-out Project

Just left the hotel and 5 minutes later, we reached Pelita. The original plan was Line Clear but the boys refused to get out of the car. The fact that we would be traveling later down to KL, we decided not to upset them. I don't want to have a couple of grumpy kids in the car all the way down.

Anita was going berserk in the shop, ordering everything on sight. It looked like we will be having a huge lunch at my Grandmother's. As for the two boys, they wanted McShaker. Argh!

Next stop would be Chowrasta market but again I will be in the car with the boys. So, no photographs there sadly ......

That Explained It

While having breakfast earlier, I noticed a few good-looking ladies dressed up in their Sunday best, at 8.30am on a Wednesday Morning. I thought it must be a conference or something going on at at the hotel. Then I saw another group in tight kebaya and another in black dresses. If that was for a conference, then I wondered why I wasn't invited?

It turned out that there was a series of interview for MAS cabin crew going on at the hotel. That explained it ..... But, how much emphasis would they put on the actual interview?

Another Morning

The packing was more or less done by the time I head down for breakfast. We had to take turns as the boys were still asleep. The breakfast was as yesterday, nothing to about about. But at least they had omelet. Thy should keep me going in the morning.

The question now was what to do next. We can't leave until the laksa stall was open as we had to bring some to KL for my in-laws. When I asked the stall yesterday, they assured me that they would be open for business by 2 pm. Let's hope that try stay true to their words because I prefer to travel early. To wait for the shop to open, we nay have to settle for another round of nasi kandar then. Now, that was a big ask!

Anita wanted to get dome pickles from Chowrasta Market in town. I don't mind that, although I prefer to take the trishaw around rather than drive. We shall wait and see what the boys wanted to do. I also had to stop by my Grandmother's place one last time before driving down to KL.

The Feast

It was more like a feast and a half. We left Sungai Petani just after Asar prayers, and stopped at my Uncle's place in Kepala Batas before returning to the hotel in Georgetown. My boys were confused as to the number of time we crossed the Penang Bridge. It was certainly more convenient than taking the ferries, but a lot less fun.

As we got back to Penang after Maghrib, we bought dinner back to the hotel - all that we fancied, laksa, tandoori, sotong kangkung - as tomorrow we would be easing home.

So, we ate and dined. Now we were all sleepy, settling in for an early night. We planned am early start tomorrow, likely heading to Chowrasta Market before making one last stop at Grandmother's on the way home. My mother-in-law had put some order in for food to take back down to KL. Therefore we were more than likely to leave for home after 3. Let's hope that there were still space in the boot ....

Lunch at Kepala Batas

We had our obligatory lunch at one of our old neighbors stall in Kepala Bataih earlier this afternoon. Anita had three plates of rice. It was gorgeous. Even Irfan said so. As for Idlan? He preferred his iPad.

The food was pretty basic but it was gorgeous. You can't get this kind of food in KL I'm afraid. Even if you do, they would probably charge you a bomb.

The old town of Kepala Batas. Things has certainly changed since one of the resident became the Prime Minister.

The stall was just a few houses away from the house where I was born. The house has been unkept since my Grandfather passed away in 2006. One of my Uncle and his family lived in the house next door to it just to make sure the area around it is tidy, but that was about it. I wished I could spend some time and money renovating the house as what we did with Anita's old house in Kuala Kangsar. Better not dwell on that too much though as I'm not really sure who the land actually belong to.

I went to have a look none the less while the rest was still having their lunch. My Uncle was away and the house was empty. After going around for a bit, it was time to was put again to Sungai Petani for another stop at my Auntie's.