Back from Penang!
That was last night. Let me digress to something which happened more recently. I just returned from the evening market with my Dad. Argh, we were like two lost sheep there haha. I think my mum will get a rude shock when comes home from work to see all the junk we bought. heh I can already hear my maid shrieking randomly while rummaging through the goods as I type now. Just a few seconds ago, she walked up to me waving a mini bitter guard, saying " you banyak pandai hor!!? "I could only stare at her innocently :D
Anyway, I was waiting at the fish stall and saw something really strange. This woman was holding fishes under her nose and sniffing away. Hmm, I don't remember my mum teaching me to test a fish's freshness by smelling their gills :/ I must have been staring at her for pretty long, long enough for me to start hallucinating..
I thought I saw her head morph into one of a shark's... hmmm blood, yummy..sniff sniff...
I felt momentarily nauseous. The other sights around me didnt help either- fish guts and blood spilling everywhere, scales flying around like confetti. At that instant I thought of another experience which has haunted me since I was a child. I can still vividly remember what I saw, it was too gruesome to be forgettable. A lady was squating on the floor. She grabbed those amphibians and started whacking them mercilessly against a pole in front of her. For a moment she looked like she was almost in a trance. Then came the skinning. It was too much for me to bear and I ran to find my mummy. I think the market can be a pretty dark place :(
Too bad there're so many carnivores out there, myself included. haha
Speaking about food, let's talk about Penang! I really like that island. It's so culturally rich, blessed with both mountains and the sea, plus really really good food! Well, I shall not get to excited about the food, leave it for later. So I was there to learn from my speech therapist Aunt! I think it was really enriching and enjoyable observing what her at work, especially the cute kids who unfortunately suffer from a myriad of speech difficulties.
This is taken from the exact spot which I'll sit and watch, trying to stay quiet. I love the decor and cheery feel about her "office". No wonder the kids are usually eager to recieve therapy!
I decided to warm up to some of the toys since I'll probably be playing them alot with the kids in future. Haha.
I found many interesting things in my aunt's office. Including the CD above, titled "Speechercise"! This CD is super amusing, it contains songs to help exercise the tongue, " Tongue Pushups" etc. We got to try the songs out with a kid who had to strengthen his general jaw and cheek muscles.
It went like this:
Let's do a kiss!
Now smile!
Kiss!
Smile!
Kiss!
kiss smile kiss smile kiss smile kiss smile kiss smile kiss smile!
and it went faster and faster and faster.
Poor kid, I was qt afraid he'll end up with permanently cramped cheek muscles. I was trying so hard not to laugh as I watched him following the song all the way, with a straight face. haha.
On day 2 we went to a nice hilltop restaurant for dinner with my local aunts and uncles! The ambience was really great.
I think my family made up a majority of the restaurant's crowd! haha
Nevertheless, I think pple who visit Penang should still stick to Hawker Food. Every nook and cranny, I guarentee something special that will stimulate your taste buds! My dad ate so much that my mum and I got a lil paranoid about potential skyrocketing blood pressure. On one night, he ate dinner, Mutton soup after that, PLUS durians AND wine! 0.o
I wanted to donate some bile to him after that.
So 4 days whizzed past and I was back in Singapore on Sunday night to watch The Dim Sum Dollies with buddies Chieh and HZ.
Pam Ooi entertained with her super amusing facial expressions, Emma Yong was a foxy comedian, Selena Tan was prosperous with humour and vocals and Hossan Leong was the sexiest. haha. It was a BLAST! Super funny. Loved how they danced around topics of Singapore's history with such quirky yet intelligent humour!
During the interval, three of us took this hiding at a corner. Got stopped by this security person coz she thought we sneaky ppl wanted to use the forbidden exit :/ yea, I'm qt a patriotic half singaporean!!!
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Ok this is a really random photo. But I just thought about how these two pals have been so important to me all these years, all the stupid stuff we did together and this photo just flashed past my mind. Very act cute hor? :D
