Yup… Am gonna be heading back to Penang for the first time in more than a year. Why do I have so much free time? Not free time lah, just wanted to take good advantage of the double holiday within the first week of November. You see, in Singapore, Tuesday, 1st November is Deepavali, the Indian Festival of Lights (something like a New Year’s Celebrations for the Indians). Then, Thursday, 3rd November is Hari Raya, the Malay New Year. So, I’ve decided to take leave on 31st October (a Monday) and 2nd November (a Wednesday) and make a week long trip back to Penang. When I told my mom, she was quite thrilled at the prospect that I could go home and visit. Was contemplating taking 4th November off as well to extend my trip till Sunday but I decided against that cuz I’d be out of the office for too long. My project has pretty tight deadlines and I don’t want to neglect it for too long.
The downside of the trip… Cuz I’m flying, it’s gonna set me back about $350. Guess I have to put off my high-end earphones for another month. And I’ll need to purchase another ticket for Chinese New Year next year, which will set me back another $350. You see, this is gonna be my first time paying for my own air tickets. So it’s gonna be a pinch. But then again, I’m not really feeling it maybe cuz I really wanna go back and take a short break and also to see my parents. Miss Penang food as well. Top item when I get there is the local fried carrot cake. Very, very superlative when compared to the local version. Then of course, the Hokkien Mee, the char kuay teow, the wanton mee, the kuay teow in soup…. The list goes on and on and on…. Hahaha….
Well, just a nice little temptation for all of you readers… Hahaah… I’m off to bed…. Until the next time, cheers… :Þ