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About Ipoh, Penang and KL

March 27, 2006

I’ve just come home from a weekend holiday to the North – Ipoh and Penang, to be specific. I’ve got lots of stories to write about and photos to show, but right now I’m too pooped to do much, hopefully it’ll be done in the next few days. I’m got to get the photos uploaded and grab some pix from my friends’ cams, my cam’s battery died on me halfway without a backup…

So keep an eye out for the next few postings… meanwhile:

Five Things I Like About Penang

  • The food.
  • [tag]Penang Hill[/tag].
  • The beach.
  • Did I mention the food?
  • The old pre-war buildings. Well, at least the ones they are trying to preserve, anyway. So many more left derelict.

Five Things I Like About Ipoh

  • The [tag]food[/tag].
  • Everything is a whole lot cheaper (well, mostly).
  • No traffic jams (except near Jaya Jusco Kinta City), no speeding maniacal drivers and deranged kiasu drivers (not that I encountered lah…)
  • Those old fashioned toy shops in the centre of old town.
  • The white coffee.

Five Things Similar between [tag]Penang[/tag] and KL.

  • The traffic.
  • In some areas, more [tag]Mat Salleh[/tag]s than Malaysians.
  • Condominiums coming up like mushroom after the rain.
  • Can’t go two streets without seeing a [tag]McDonalds[/tag].
  • The parking problem.

Five Things Similar between [tag]Ipoh[/tag] and [tag]KL[/tag].

  • (Almost) Everyone speaks Cantonese.
  • Traffic lights takes ages to change to green.
  • Awesome mamak stalls everywhere.
  • Welcome to Pirated DVD Central.
  • Every other food stall is ‘Famous’ this or ‘Famous’ that.

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