Unlike the normal Raya breaks for the past 2 years, I decided not to go home for the holidays. But instead, joined the trip to Penang organised by the Catholic Students Society (CSSUTP). Well, did have some nagging sessions from my mom for not going home (ahem... because i know she misses me so much.. :-P ). In the end, I still got to go for the trip. It was basically a two days two night trip, before we headed on for the Inter Campus Gathering (ICG) 2007 which was at Bukit Mertajam. Will elaborate more on ICG 2007 in my following post.As we all know, Penang is a Food haven. There will be food anywhere and at anytime of the day. Among the Penang dishes that shudn't be missed are of course i) Penang Char Kuey Teow - translated to be Penang Fried Kuey Teow. ii)Penang Asam Laksaiii)Cendol iv)SamosaThe smell of the Penang Char Keuy Teow was so heavenly when we passed it on the way to SCIC (the place where we were staying during the trip). We were all practically salivating and the rumbling in our super hungry stomachs grew louder by the minute.Unfortunately, due to the fact that we were like starving refugees when we arrived at Penang on the first day, we wolved down the food the moment it arrived.. :-PTherefore, didn't manage to take a picture of the yummy yummy char kuey teow. (It was one of the nicest char key teow i've tasted. But probably the fact that i was super hungry enhanced the taste. )the organising commitee prepared a treasure hunt around Penang island for the second day of the trip to guide us to the famous tourist spots around the Island. Among these spots were Little India, Penang Street, Komtar, Prangin Mall, Quessnsbay Megamall and many more.The following are the pictures which we took throughout the trip.
The girls of CSSUTP

Another posing session :-P
On the ferry from Butterworth to Penang Island

A taste of Penang Cendol..

Apparently, quite a number of famous people have tasted the cendol from this particular stall... Eg: Phua Chu Kang

At the entrance of St. Francis Xavier church
St Xavier's Institution ---> Ben's School

At the entrance of St Xavier's Institution. Thanks for the tour Ben :-)

Assumption Church.

One of the oldest anglican churches.

Resting in front of the Muzium and balai Seni Lukis.
Unfortunately, we couldn't go in because it wasn't open.

The Hainanese Chinese Temple.

The Keiling Mosque

Introducing... Samosa (Chicken flavour). :-P

Some other indian delicacies (Sorry, didn't manage to find out the name)

Little India Street.

Queensbay Megamall.. reminds me of Mid Valley Megamall.

Support Jusco!!... :-P
Actually we were just wasting time while waiting for the bus to Gurney Plaza
A very colourful mural in Queensbay Megamall.