Walking In Penang
It’s been a crazy first few days in Penang. I met some friends in Penang, made some more new ones. I want to say thanks to all the people who helped look out for me in Penang. You guys are the bestest. If there’s any way i can repay you guys, i would man. The food here is fantastic & the ladies here are all hot. Whoever said that Ipoh girls look the hottest in Malaysia must be on a serious dose of crack. Penang girls are way way hotter. This is a great place to chill out & hang out if food & fun are some of the things you look for overseas. I nearly got offered a job in a gym here but after seeing the road conditions, i have a few hesitations. I do have one big question i want to ask - How the hell do you guys put up with all that bad traffic?
All i can say is, i probably know the reason why Malaysia has an F1 circuit & a professional F1 driver. Compared to Singapore, if you think the orchard road traffic or the jams on CTE or ECP during rush hour is bad, you havent seen anything yet. The jams here are amazing. I have been in many traffic jams from Bangkok, Indonesia, Turkey & Singapore but Penang is without a shadow of a doubt the place with biggest traffic congestions within a 20km radius in all the places i have been to. Not to mention there are many kanchils, kelissas & many other small small cars that zip by that never seem to signal when they change lanes. How they can drive like an accident waiting to happen is way beyond me.
These few days have made me realised one of my roles in life - to be meat on the side. Not to be cryptic but im not going to elaborate here anymore. Ask me if you are interested to know. I believe i have been described before by someone as resilient in my own survival since im worst than a fungal itch that never seems to go away. Im no cockroach but i think i dont die that easily. I still can remember what many of my friends told me - It’s not how well you start the race, but how you finish it. I guess no matter what curveballs life throws at me, i would be able to come out good at the end.
During my journey to Penang, i slept throughout most of the bus ride (since i forgot to change currency, so no chance to eat for 10 hours at any of the stops). It’s amazing there was no gastric beckoning. In one of the hours of shuteye i caught, i had a dream of a school & something of school uniforms. Nothing kinky… just something about the way people had against green polkadots. I did manage to catch Bruce Almighty during the journey too. During one of the scenes, Bruce(Jim Carrey) saw a old beggar carrying a banner - “Life Is Just” after he lost his job, got his car vandalized, got beaten up by a bunch of thugs & basically lost his life. We (him & me) cant help but be cynical that Life Is Just. Watch this space to see if im proven wrong.
