Setelah menginap selama 2 tahun setengah, tibanya masa untuk meninggalkan flat ini. Banyak memori indah - berbuka puasa beramai-ramai, menonton filem dengan projektor, dan banyak lagi. Memori pahit - kereta Proton Saga tenggelam ke tahap bumbung dek banjir kilat.
Sekarang kena mengemas dan membersih. Haih.
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Things that make me miss Penang
Food-wise, I would certainly miss Penang:
- Rawther - 20m distance from Paediatrics Ward.
- Secret Recipe - cakes, whatelse?
- Chillis - over-hyped fast food but nice Fajitas.
- Swensen - not so bad icecream. Hagen Das is still the best
- Seagate - seafood literally in front of hard disk factory in Bayan Lepas
- Najwa - superb tomyam joint surrounded by used-car seller
- Bukit Genting - superb tomyam + gorgeous sunset view of Balik Pulau
- Batu Ferringghi - sumptous Lebanese food with waterpipe session
- K-Tomyam - closest to college. the other PMC canteen.
- Kapitan - loved the famous lamb briyani.
- Seoul Garden - favourite post exam binge eating thanks to RM18 buffet lunch.
- Kedai Makan Indonesia - I don't know the name of that eating joint, but it is quite secluded, in the middle of a village near Gelugor.
- Medan Selera Tun Sardon - unlimited Malay cuisine ranges with live music
Hmmm.. the other aspect, plenty of lectures / kuliah to go around. It's just whether you want it or not. Whenever I feel a bit empty and purposeless (well a lot of times!), I frequent these places, often accompanied with reading companion:
- Kapitan Keling - a bit too deep in Georgetown commercial district
- Masjid Acheh - serenity like no other. I don't know why. Misteri Nusantara eh?
- Masjid Kampung Makam - Yusof Rawa was buried here. So a little reminiscent of PAS.
- Masjid Negeri - closest yet my least favourite. Air-conditioned though. Most convenient for solat subuh due to its short distance.
- and of course Masjid Gelugor - many lectures from the famous Cikgu Azmi to those often I forget their names! Ishh ishh...
Activitism? I helped a little in this local NGO called Kelab Remaja Lestari. Local fellas. All the nice people there. This NGO focus on education - primary and secondary schools, mainly on
Kem Solat, Kem Motivasi, Kem Teknik Belajar and what have you.
I've been to many of their camps as facilitators, and certainly I learned a lot. More like a refresher (tazkirah) - in order to get you must give. If you want to give then you must have something. Ah, it reminds me of this
'pesan ibu bapa - masa untuk diri sendiri biarlah berkat, masa untuk orang lain biarlah rahmat'. Nice buzzwords but it took me quite some time to appreciate it.
Then we have this creature called PAPISMA. Much like PPIM (not the consumer PPIM). Mostly health check ups (health screening programme if you prefer fancy terms). Gosh I have to say we need to work harder for primary care. Alright, will etch it permanently in my cortex. I think I've written more than 30+ referrals to
Klinik Kesihatan as newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes based on their fingerprick glucose and in few cases, positive fundoscopy finding. Haih.
What about PMC? I'll write it later.
