island tales #36

it's the convofair! utp holds one everytime there's a convocation, so me and chen took a trip to tronoh to meet up with friends and revisit the uni. and this here is chen's vehicle, which was how we got there.

the convofair is mostly a huge pasar malam/carnival/exhibition event, with lots of stalls being set up in the field near the new hostel villages. there are mini car shows, food stalls, exhibitions held by various companies, carnival game stalls (including an archery station and a giant yoyo), and stalls selling everything from computer parts to shirts and posters.

here are my utp buddies, minus me.

and here i am! hair looks really short in this pic though.

this was dinner! a quick before and after shot of our pizza. ordered the wrong one, supposed to not have beef. but it turned out ok in the end.

this here is the ayam golek madu (chicken cooked with honey) stall, which was where we had lunch. it was quite alright, though there was quite a wait for the chicken.

after dinner, we visited this newly opened cafe right next to my old hostel block. it's larger than most other cafes, and i was really surprised to find this above the cafe:

pool tables! it was RM3 a go, but i dont play pool. watched the guys play instead... looked pretty fun. and speaking of pool, there is actually a KOI POND next to the drinks stall in the new cafe... with koi fish inside!

oh and there's a foosball table too. but there was nobody playing.

it was supposed to be a day trip, but there was lots of stuff to do so we decided to bunk over at gordon's place for a night. was up by 7.30 thanks to the faulty internal clock, and spent the time watching CSI episodes while waiting for the rest to wake up. oo and took an early morning shot out the corridor window:

and we left at 11 plus after breakfast, headed for home. here's the v5 car park, where you can see lots and lots of cars...

and here's the new mosque... still under construction though.

and i present to you the world's most advanced guard post! complete with a fountain nearby, it's located in the middle of a roundabout after the main entrance.

goodbye utp!

and 2 hours later, we came to the penang bridge.

home sweet home! :)