Zup stealing monkeys

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After a restless nights sleep, we were all very sleeply and were not looking our normal spritely little selves. anna had a small criosis on the waredrobe front but had a Trinny and Suzanne enlightment moment, where she turned a halterneck dress into an a-line skirt! Ta da!

11am and we set out for breakfast, just a light snack today, coffe and two slices of toast (a change from the full english we had eaten for a week every morning at Phruehsa). With breakfast in their bellies, we set off to find a post office and get some cash out. The trouble was Anna and Bean's cards still weren't working but after a few highly strung phone calls, the card were back in action and so were we!

We just had time for a few chips and a juice before it was time for our city tour! whoo1 It was just us three (again), so no fitties for us (again), mine and Bean's hopes of talent were being pinned on oz now. Anyway, First stop on the tour was Fort Cornwillis, built by the British between 1808 and 1810. at the Fort we dressed up a sailors, pretended to fire cannons, pretended to be prisoners, pretended to get married to each other in the chapel and pretended to live in a tee pee style tent and eat round a pretend camp fire-very much like the grown up, ex-university students we are! However, we did read about the history of Penang and The Fort yet a small bird that could wolf whistle, say hi and hello seemed to be more on our wave length. :s

Next on the tour we past the Kapitan Kling Mosque, one of the oldest mosques in Penang. Also, we visited chinese stilt houses, Sri Mariamman Temple and drove past the wealthy Gurney drive. The khoo Ancestral Clan house was next on the tour, it is the only one of its kind, in Penang, that is open to the public. Most chinese clan houses are strictly for family members only but the Khoo Kongsi house is different. Even from the outside it was breathtaking, bronze and gold buddha's, stone dragons, colourful flags and ribbons, burning incense and intricate, carved stories depicting animals, humans and plants. Once inside the clan house everything shone from wall to wall, gold plated markers remebering past loved ones and achievements of daughters and sons the Khoo family from around the world. It was beautiful and I think we all felt abit home sick while walking around. Our tour guide, Anthony, pointed out a happy and a sad buddha on the handrails of the stairway way, the happy one on the left and the sad on the right. They represent harmony and balance but also if you wished to be happy and weathly you must walk up and down on the left side. So of course we all walked upn the left side, although Bean did need reminding!

We then set off to the worlds 4th largest reclining Buddha, which was a very impressive 33 meters long. Lastly, we visited the Botanic Gardens. Where we enjoyed the views with an ice cream and Bean got her can of Zup nicked by a rather cute but cheeky monkey, which was just one of the free roaming monkeys that inhabited the gardens. Tea, internet, shower, "book and bed" (which had become a far too well used saying and activity for three girls in their early twenties) followed after another busy day!

Thanks for reading.

Lots of love, Sooty. x x

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Comments

[Roz x]

Zup stealing monkeys
"Take Three Girls" a 70's (?) sitcom comes to mind (really dates me that one!) as I read again with enormous pleasure of your exploits and adventures .....am humming the tune now as I type - thanks very much for the continuing updates- they make very interesting and hilarious reading after a long day at the 'whiteboard face' !!!

[Sooty Sweep and Sue]

Hi Roz!!
Thanks for your msg! Haha - we do feel we would like to create our own little show. Hehee. Glad we are able to provide some light relief after school all day!!! Much love xxx