As Good As It Gets

I have been staying off campus for about a year now. I love my new place, its really decent, no noisy students, very secure and most importantly, NO RESTRICTIONS.

Nothing unusual happened before, until two days ago. I was about to sleep and all of the sudden, I felt like someone or some being is watching me. Well, I know this entry sounds so cliche, as if I got nothing else to talk about, but I tell you, it was so spooky, I never get this kind of feeling before.

I usually spot long hairs on the floor, but none of the people in my house sported long hair, even spookier.I mean I do invite friends to come over the house, but only once in a bluemoon, and these long piece of hairs keep showing on the floor everyday.

Hmmm..does anyone knows any poltergeist?

World Music Festival.

On the 2nd till - 4th May, the 2nd World Music Festival will be held in the Botanical Garden, Penang. The similar(but more grand and well-known) music festival is held yearly at Kuching’s Kampung Budaya.

I was at the organizer’s booth yesterday at Queensbay Mall, and the booth attendants were kind enough to provide me the necessary information regarding this year event. The ticket is doensnt come that cheap, it is RM50 per person for one day entry, but fortunately they are giving away 20% discount for students. So, I am paying RM40, which is a reasonable price, considering it is once in a year event.

Heck, I never attended the Rainforest Music Festival in Kuching, although it has been yearly organized in the past 10 years(and the fact that I am a Sarawakian, and I have the privilage to easily access the location due to its proximity).

BUT, the problem is, I am not going to attend this World Music Festival this year event, because I have to go back to Sarawak to do my summer internship programme, which falls a day after the finale day. Darn!

Last year, I heard some hearsay about some music event was about to held in Penang, and I didnt bother to dig more information about it. Then a friend of mine told me that a music festival that is similar to the one in Sarawak will be held in Penang for 3 days. Imagine my excitement! But I did not manage to attend last year event due to some inevitable circumstances.It was that stupid test I had to sit on the weekday and also transportation problem. Plus, the weather was not very welcoming, it was raining cats and dogs the whole month of July. I read in the newspaper a week after the event that it rained the whole 3 days.

Sigh, I miss this great opportunity of attending this great great event.For anyone of you who are interested to go, visit this link http://www.penangworldmusicfestival.com/. That is if you are happen to be around Penang from 2nd - 4th May, you got nothing better to do, you have RM150 to splurge and if you are a music enthusiast.

I know you are going to have a good time, because even I will not be attending, I have this feeling that it is going to be awesome. Oh oo.. Im feeling the excitement,I can only imagine.

Sigh, sigh , sigh…

I admit it,after 2 years staying here in Penang, I never get bored of going to Gurney Drive,it is such a good place to wind up. For a non-Penangnites who are not familiar with this place,let me enlighten you guys a bit.

Gurney Drive is one of the most overated tourist destinations in Penang.Its a seaside promenada, which I would describe as Penang’s toned- down version of Clarke Quay in Singapore. Ok, comparing these two places is like comparing apple and orange, but you get the idea.

Anyway,I was at Gurney Drive last week, and an international indoor sporting event was taking place at one of the posh hotels there. It was even aired on an international sports area. I was just taking a stroll, while taking a puff. Something is really bothering me. The seaside was polluted with floating trashes and that is just not right.

I think someone need to come up with something to clear the unfortunate sight. What happened to Penang’s tagline " Pearl Of The Orient"?

Its unfortunate, because I frequented this place , everytime I go there, its just getting filled up with heaps of garbage.

But, this problem is prevalent in our region.It happen everywhere in Malaysia. Back in my hometown, we have the dirtiest beach in the whole state of Sarawak.

Shame, when we will learn about cleanliness? Its not just about being hygenic, but it is also a representation of our culture attachment. We wouldnt want outsiders to say Malaysia=Dirty. I read many complaints from tourists that they didnt get to see what Malaysia Tourism has been promoting.

Anyway, this Gurney Drive will always remain my no. 1 destination in Penang. Its a gorgeous place(-ve the garbage la) and I like it going there.Overrated? but still a good place to hang out.

Oh darn, while I was there the other day,I threw my cig butt somewhere. I’ve been desensitized. Too often I see people throwing things aroud.Ok, Ill try not to do that again.