Third Day. Sunday it is. As usual, light morning breakfast of 2 half-boiled eggs and a cup of coffee at home. Then, we brought Lou-Dou to visit the church that we go for Sunday Service. Outside the church, there is this stalls that sell Curry Mee. We had been tempted for the past 3 months to try the curry mee but unfortunately because of the time constraints, we had never tried it. We sort of guess that it would be tasty because the stall were always flocked with lots of people despite the unhygienic appearance. The stall had been there for the past 20+ years. It was started by the two aunties sitting on the floor serving bowls and bowls of curry mee. The youngsters that were helping around are their grandchildren. Ooooh… How sweet huh?... Not many youngsters nowadays would like to stuck with their nanny especially on Sunday. Anyway, all of them look so happy, even the aunties were delighted as I snapped their pictures.





After breakfast, we went up the hills nearby to Kek Lok Si. This is the biggest Buddhist temple in Penang. It is really huge. We were actually overshot the entrance whilst trying to find parking. Anyway, that’s a good thing because we found a nice spot to have a view of the island and Kek Lok Si.



We made a U-turn and went in to park at the basement parking at Kek Lok Si, it cost us RM2. At the entrance, we noticed a mini pagoda. Along the pathway, we found lots of beggar asking for a change. They all look quite normal, healthy and were on proper dressing. I’m not really sure why they were there – for experience or really begging for a change. At the inner hall of Kek Lok Si, we found out that it was actually under construction. I think they were trying to gold-plating the main pagoda.



We took a cable car up to the upper hall of Kek Lok Si. The huge Kuan Yin Statue was set up there. Unfortunately, it was actually underconstruction too. They were trying to construct 8 pillar around the statue. According to HuaSiang, they had actually seen an even bigger statue of Kuan Yin in Taiwan. They are going to Taiwan with Lou-Dou this August. It would be the first time for the past 40 years that Lou-Dou going back to the place where he had his university education.



On top of the hill, there was also a nice cooling shelter within a man-made lake. It was a small lake with lots of fish in it. The atmosphere was filled with children’s laughter as they were feeding the fishes with bread crumbs.



Next to the shelter, there is a temple that sells off roof panel to tourists with RM30. Those who bought the panel will write a few words on top of it. The panel will then be used for construction/repair of the roof top of Kek Lok Si. I had a great chance to witness a multi-cultural writings on the panel displayed.



We had our lunch at Fat-Loh Chicken Rice Shop along the way up to Batu Ferringhi. They claimed to be the top 10 chicken rice shop in Malaysia. Initially, I ordered half a chicken but HuaSiang said that would not be enough for us. I then change the order to a whole chicken. We had steam/white chicken rather than roasted one. It was really nice. The chicken was so succulent and soft, even the breast meat tasted like thigh meat. Yum…Yum... Lou-Dou surprisingly had two big bowl of rice along with the chicken. I could see that he really enjoy the chicken a lot. Along with the chicken, we had Bean Sprouts and Soy Pork. The bean sprouts were really fresh and crunchy. Almost finishing the meal, the shop tauke (a.k.a. boss) came over and offered us a portion of free vegetable curry – tasted ok not superb though. It was nice because it was free, I guess… ho ho ho…

We went back to Mingood Hotel and rested for about an hour. Feet Rest. I was really exhausted after a long day drive. I'll get an automatic gear vehicle next time.
Dinner, we went to a nice dessert shop at Jelutong. It is known as “Ma-Dou-Yao” (a.k.a. Got Everything). It was known as “Got Everything” because one of their specialty desserts contains every single sweet on a bowl. WoW, that was really refreshing… As for food, we had Fried Mee-Sua, Fried Kue-Teow and Fried Oyster... I wonder how much weight did I gain throughout the past 3 days...



We went back home at around 2230 because everyone had to packed up as they will return on the next day. MungSeong & I were so sad because their stay was way too short. We really had enjoyed their company for the past 3 days. May be next time my family will come out and visit us too in Penang before we leave for our Master programme in Kubang Kerian, Kelantan.

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