View from the Room Bed

I just came back from my Penang outstation trip. I've taken a nap, went to the night market, bought nasi kerabu for dinner, kena ngorat dengan mamat jual nasi kerabu, had my dinner and watch Bones :)

I was quite excited with my outstation trip but things did not turned out as well as expected. I reached the hotel two hours late due to rain along the highway. I was so beat by the time I reached there and for dinner, settled for exorbitantly priced fried rice. There is not that much choice from the room service menu and my first choice are out of stock.

Since the company will pay for the hotel, I did not give my credit card as deposit. This proves to be a problem later since they can’t charge my room service order without a deposit and can’t even wait for me to finish my meal so I can come down to the reception to give them my credit card. I was disturbed for payment while having my dinner in the room. What a service! I paid cash since I do not want to hand over my credit card unattended.

That became another problem when I wanted to get online later. At least, I have finished my meal so I can finally go to the reception counter to give my credit card. There is one government office function at the hotel and have to let the elevator pass for 4-5 times before I can finally get in one. There are 3 elevators altogether. A really tiring day indeed.

The next morning, the buffet area was so crowded there is not a place to sit. When there is, it took them so long to clear it up. The cups at the tea/coffee section are not available so I settled for orange juice. There are no more plates and cutleries at other section too. It was disappointing. The place is also crammed. How many stars is the hotel again?

I thought I had time to walk around after my training but I was so tired after standing the whole day. This time, there is a lot more participants with little PC background. Sigh! Such a challenge but their passion is refreshing. I showed them what’s important and told them they can ignore the more advanced part for now. But they stayed back during break time to finish all the exercises. Melts my heart :)

Reached hotel to stash my laptop in the evening and planned to go out afterwards but decided against it after lying down on the bed and feeling all the aches on my legs. I’m not in the mood for another room service meal. Luckily I brought some biscuits, mini Maggi instant noodle and 3-in-1 Milo. So that’s my second night dinner.

I had a feast on my third night when I visited a friend’s place. Her parents insisted I eat everything so I went to sleep with a really full stomach. Thanks auntie and uncle :)

I requested a map from the hotel and have studied the map upside down, inside out but didn't have a chance to go sightseeing this time. Maybe next time but I will definitely not go to the same hotel. To make up for not buying anything at all during the trip, I bought a bracelet for myself at the night market :D There is one stall with many beautifully designed bracelets here. A must visit stall every night market trip. Just to admire if not to buy any. But that's another story.