Rant & Raves

During the weekend, I went to Penang on a short break with her. Nothing fancy, just a weekend get-away from the crowded KL city lifestyle to relax and recover. So on Sunday morning, I picked her up from her house and then we went off to our 4 hours journey (actually it took us longer than that because we stopped by Ipoh for the fantastic food and also I was not in a hurry so I was driving pretty slow).

During the trip, we talked, and we talked. It’s about revealing our stories, our sadness, our happiness, our dreams, our hopes, our future, and many more. We could spend hours talking but it felt like there wasn’t enough time to talk about everything. We talked and showed our love towards our dogs, our dislike about people in general, and we found out that we have a lot in common. Sometimes it’s like we could see ourselves in the mirror when we look at each other, and a lot of times we can finish each other’s sentences.

We walked on Gurney Drive (the road along Gurney beach), enjoying the sea breeze (spoiled by the smelly trash that people threw), holding hands, walking leisurely, and talking. I told her many of the difficult times I went through, how I got my depression, and how I overcame this illness of mine. She told me about her stories, and I was touched by her stories.

No one is perfect, and all of us made our mistakes. I certainly knew I did a fair share of mine, and I was sad to hear the mistakes that she has made. How I wish I am a kick ass-vampire (immune to daylight, knows the secret that rice tastes better than blood ) or a kick-butt Aeon-Flux (cat-like assassin, engage in guilt free sex as hobby, orgasms every time, recovers and dresses up in 2 nanosecond). But that’s just fantasy and it will remain that way.

Then we went to Queensbay Mall, and we just walked leisurely, checking out the items, window shopping (well, its not like KL do not have the things they sold there, but its just some time together). She checked out the many outlets while I was waiting, and she waited for me while I was checking out the things that interest me.

After that, we explored the city, and stopped when we saw a street filled with hawkers. We walked around, spotted some famous Penang food, and we found a table to immerse ourselves into the great Penang food. The “Char Kway Teow” (fried stick noodle) is extremely good and not even a single store in KL/PJ is comparable to the one we took.

At night, we went back to hotel to rest. Rest we did, and we woke up early in the morning to continue exploring the Penang island. We talked, we laughed at our jokes, and we just happy to be able to spend time together. But the trip wasn’t perfect because our beloved four-legged sons were not with us.

In the afternoon, we packed and left Penang island, coming back to the crowded KL.

We had a great time.