Hey guys! Sorry for the inactivity, I was busy with my finals, went on two trips after that and then my laziness strikes in...lol so yeah I'm updating about my first post about Penang trip now! Mashimaro and I have been talking about going to Penang for months and we finally made it! Our last paper was on 14th May and then we took the bus to Penang instantly after that.   
大家好，我回归了，最近有点不活跃不好意思，都是因为各种考试各种旅行和各种懒散造成的。好吧，现在终于要更新第一个槟城之旅的post了。流氓兔和我其实说要去槟城说了还久，然后终于去得成了（而且没吵架！），所以14号考完后就直接奔去了。


We met Jie wei's friend, Melanie on the bus, we had a little conversation and then she asked if we needed a lift to our hostel. 
We were really shocked and flattered like why the hell are we so lucky!?!? 
Her boyfriend was supposed to pick her up only and now he need to pick up two more awkweird strangers lol. 
She held the GPS so she could direct her boyfriend to drive us to the destination #relationshipgoals 
A great shout out to Melanie and her boyfriend for being so kind :D
在巴士上遇到了Jie wei的朋友 Melanie，然后对方超级好人问我们需不需要搭顺风车 T_T
原本对方的伴侣只需要载她，结果现在需要多载两个麻烦鬼了lol
她用导航器，他负责驾驶，各种感激，谢谢了！

This is Love Lane and The 80's Guesthouse is at the end, the edge of the lane.
By the way,  you can wait for the bus at the opposite of the location in this picture. Sounds strange but the bus stops somewhere around the burger stall opposite the location in the picture above. I'll try to upload the picture of the "bus stop" if I get to!
这个就是爱情巷，一直直走，The 80's Guesthouse就在尾端，角落处。
对了，要等巴士的话可以到这个图片的地点对面等，对面有burger档口，对，巴士会停那里，我也不知道为什么lol 下次有图片的话会更新的！


The poster of Audrey is like the main reason why I wanna visit this hostel haha
就是被奥黛丽女神的海报吸引的

    I referred to the standards provided by HostelWorld when I write my opinions towards The 80s Guesthouse:
    我是参考HostelWorld给的标准写下我对The 80s Guesthouse的评语：

    Location 地点
    The location is pretty fine because it’s close to the bus stop and my fav drinking place (as for now) called antarabangsa enterprise. It’s quite convenient as you can walk to quite a lot of places from there.
    地点还蛮方便的，走路就可以到很多地方，靠近巴士站，也靠近我喜欢的antarabangsa。


    Staff 工作人员
    I read the reviews of the hostel beforehand and I realize that the people kept mentioning a staff called Farah. I finally met her and yes she was kinda cool. I still didn’t understand why she laughed when I told her I am from Ipoh though lol. I think I met 5-6 staffs in total and they are all fine in general.
    当我翻阅此旅行宿舍的评语时，发现很多人都会提到一个叫法拉的工作人员，结果和我想象的法拉不一样，果然很酷哈哈，虽然我不知道她为什么在我说我来自怡保后笑 = =
    我遇到的工作人员有5 -6 个吧，都挺好的。

      This is how the hostel looks like from the outside and these two people are the staff. 
      The right one in blue is Farah!
      这两个是工作人员喔，蓝衣的就是传说中的法拉哦。
    Security  安全
    They close the gate door after 12 (or 11 I’m not so sure) but you can always ask the staff on duty to open it for you if you are coming back late.  They also provide a big locker for you to store your stuff and I really liked it as it was spacious (at least to me it is spacious).
    他们在11还是12点后会锁大门，可是你迟回还是可以叫在轮班的工作人员给你开门的。他么提供的个人储存柜也蛮大的，我个人很喜欢。

    Facilities 设备
    I would say 4 shower rooms and 2 toilets are quite sufficient. Well, it’s a bit strange that the 2nd shower room have a very low water pressure while the 3rd shower room only supply hot water while we were there. In general, the facilities are great, they worked.
    4间冲凉房和2间厕所蛮充足的 ，虽然当时第二间冲凉房的水很小，然后第三间冲凉房只有热水（对，我们4间都试完了）。他们的设备保存得还不错，能用啦。
    You can watch the bluray DVDs as long as you do it before 11pm to avoid disturbing the others but honestly I think they shouldn't restrict on this one, maybe like lower the volume or something. 
    宿舍里有bluray DVD，任意大家看，只要是晚上11点前就行了，那里有写的，可是我觉得这个应该不要有限制，可能音量关小一下就好了吧。
    Breakfast is included! They serve simple breakfast like coffee, tea, toast, jam, fruits...
    含早餐，水果、面包、果酱、茶水……
    Cleanliness 卫生
    The hostel maybe a little old but I would say it’s very clean. No bed bug problems. No disgusting toilet bowls. One of the cleanest hostel I’ve stayed. I didn't take any pictures of it because there were people in it all the time and I thought it'd be quite rude if I did so.
    虽然宿舍有一点点陈旧可是真的很干净，不会让人不舒服，没有床蚤，厕所也非常干净，算是我住过的宿舍里卫生评价蛮高的一间。

    Atmosphere 气氛
    Okay, the atmosphere varies every day. I’ll briefly write down my experience while I was there. You can definitely skip this part if you want.
    For the first day, we were a little terrified as the room is fully booked and the people in our room are constantly on their phone… I look forward to interact with other travellers but this certainly isn’t what I expected. Well, there was this one girl who seems approachable and her voice is really cheerful but we weren’t able to talk much so yeah. The first night was kinda tiring but I didn’t sleep well as I woke up at 3 thinking that it was morning already ugh. Btw, sleeping at the upper bunk is really tough to me especially after I sort of broke my left arm after trying to play the skateboard a day before.
    The second day, I had the opportunity to talk to the girl that I mentioned previously. Her name is Henny and she’s from UK. I was really surprised when I know that she’s younger than me by months and she have been backpacking around Asia already #goals. She mentioned that The 80s Guesthouse is one of the best hostels she has stayed. She also agreed when I said the people in our room last night were quite antisocial haha. She was really friendly and I totally regretted for not talking to her earlier. I hope she would enjoy Asia a lot and hopefully we would meet each other again. The second night, there’s this guy sleeping below mashimaro’s bunk and it’s funny how the way he puts his stuff near his bed makes it kinda challenging for mashimaro to climb up to her own upper bunk haha. This night only had 3 of us in the same dorm room.
    The third day, I spoke to the guy who slept mashimaro’s lower bunk. I still couldn’t figure out where he’s from and the whole conversation was basically me asking if he wants me to leave the dormitory door open because the aircon of the room got switched off (idk why) and he said no so that’s the end of our convo lol. Mashi and I then got back to the hostel after a long day and we met a German guy called Mario. He was reallyyyyyyy friendly and approachable. We even went out for drinking in antarabangsa after that. I’m really glad that I’ve met him and we still keep in touch until now.
    This mirror makes me look super good, that's what I think.
    宿舍的镜子让人看起来很好看（可能我个人感觉良好吧），大家有空记得去拍照
    。
    好吧，其实我每天遭遇的人都不一样，有点啰嗦，所以可以你跳过这个部分。
    第一天让我们有些不自在吧，因为我们房间6张床都满人，可是大家都在对着手机，不太友善的感觉，跟我期待的各种交流差太远，可是房间有个女生看起来挺开朗的，声音也很正能量，可惜没机会搭话。第一夜很累人可是我睡不好啊，前一天又因为滑板扭到手，所以爬上上铺也蛮辛苦的，半夜又突然醒来，睡不好睡不好。
    第二天终于有机会跟昨天遇到的开朗妹纸交谈，她来自英国，叫Henny，虽然比我小几个月却已经在亚洲各种国家背包旅行了，我对此非常敬佩啊。妹纸也有说这间宿舍是她住过的宿舍里最好之一，也同意我说我们宿舍房间的人都只对着手机……当时就有点后悔没有早些和她搭话吧，明明是那么友善的妹纸，希望她很享受这次的亚洲之旅，然后我们以后会相遇吧。那天晚上，有个新来的高冷歪果男睡流氓兔的下铺，然后他把他的东西放在床边害流氓兔很难爬上她的上铺哈哈哈。这晚只有我们三人在房间里(为什么这句话哪里怪怪的)。
    第三天终于和高冷歪果男搭话了，主要是因为宿舍房间不知道为什么冷气突然没了，我看他醒了就问他需不需要留一点门让他好透气，他说不用就没有然后了。对，这就是我和他唯一的对话。过后出去了一整天回到宿舍后，房间又来了个新人，认识了个叫马力欧的德男，那晚我们三个还一起出去聊天喝酒什么的。我到现在还是很珍惜认识他的那一天，而且至今还有保持联络嗯哼。

      Mashimaro being antisocial. 
      流氓兔又对着手机了。

    Value 价值
    I would say RM35 for a dormitory bed is really worth it and you can check their website for other room types and rates. They are not too expensive as well.
    一张床位RM35还不错吧，你可以浏览他的网站查看其他房价，不会很贵。

    So, these are my personal experiences when I was there and I hope they helped you somehow.Visit their official website here .
    这些都是我的个人经验，希望多少对你有些帮助吧。

We met quite a lot of bus drivers throughout the trip and each of them are really helpful and kind.
We wanted to go back Chulia (where love lane is at) but we didn't know which bus to take then we asked if this number 12 bus would take us back. I think we were not part of the trip but the driver said he's going to grab a meal so he dropped us off there. He also gave us a mini RapidPenang map thingy and taught us a lot of stuff about the bus and routes haha.
我们遇到好几个司机吧，他们都很乐于助人。我们那个时候想回宿舍可是又不太确定巴士会不会到宿舍那一带所以就问了巴士司机，然后巴士司机说他刚好要在那里吃饭就放我们在那区，而且还教了我们各种巴士常识。

RapidPenang was really convenient and it made our trip so much easier.
即使没车，RapidPenang真的使我们的旅途非常方便。当然，我们没有赶时间所以没有说巴士害我们迟到啦啦啦什么的。

Some info about RapidPenang
1. KOMTAR is like the main bus station, it works like KL Central so you can go to pretty much everywhere you want from there because all buses will pass by there.
2. Bus number 101 is so freaking useful. Mashimaro and I went a lot of places by taking this bus.
3. Prepare small notes and coins! Most of the time, the bus tickets are around RM1.40, RM2.10 …etc and the bus driver won’t give you a change so do prepare small notes and coins beforehand.
4. Don’t be embarrassed to ask the drivers when you’re not sure if they are going to the destination you want. Most of them will be patient and more than happy to help you out. If they are not going to the location you want, just get off the bus. At least you learnt that the particular bus isn’t going to the place you want. You can also ask the bus driver to kindly remind you when the bus reached the desired destination.
5. If you’re already on the bus you’re supposed to be and the bus is too crowded (which makes you hard to reach bus driver), ask help from the other passengers. One day, Mashimaro and I wanted to go Gurney paragon but we are uncertain where we were lol so I asked a passenger immediately and she was like “Neh! This is Gurney paragon”, we were shocked and luckily we got off the bus just in time haha! Of course, I thanked her several times before we leave.

关于RapidPenang的一些小事项
1. KOMTAR就像KL Central 一样的存在，总巴士站，所有巴士都会经过那里的。
2. 那个101号巴士也太神奇，我们基本上都是靠这个巴士到处游的。
3. 车票大概是RM1.40, RM2.10 ……所以 记得准备各种零钱和硬币，因为司机大哥大姐们不得空给你找钱啊。
4. 如果不确定巴士去不去你要的地点的话，可以先问司机，巴士有没有到那个地点。巴士司机们大多都很友善和有耐心（至少我们遇到的都挺好的吧）。如果问了司机可是巴士并没有到那个目的地的话，就下车啊，其实也没有很丢脸啦，而且也学到一点东西啊（脸皮会变厚啊）。你也可以要求司机到了你要的目的地后，温馨提醒一下，大多都会很乐意帮助你的。
5. 如果你已经上了巴士，可是巴士太拥挤，问不了司机东西，请勇敢地问其他本地乘客吧。那个时候，我和流氓兔要去Gurney Paragon吧，可是车上太多人了，我们不确定要在哪一站下所以就问一位乘客，“欸这位漂亮的大姐，请问我们还有多久到GP啊”，大姐就告诉我们“这里就是GP了啊”。当时吓死我们了，所以我们立刻按铃下车，真是太幸运了，谢谢大姐指点指点。

Click here to log on to their official website!


Some info about the ferry and jetty
1. If I’m not mistaken, you will only need to pay RM1.20 from Butterworth to the Penang Island and it is a round trip, which means you don’t have to pay/purchase any ticket when you want to go back to Butterworth from the island.
2. The schedule is not so consistent but the ferries appear quite frequent like every 20minutes?
3. Prepare earlier if you’re going to catch your bus in Butterworth because as mentioned, the schedule of the ferry is not consistent and! There are a lot of staircases and a long pathway after you got off the ferry!!! It’s like a freaking workout on your way to the bus station if you’re about to miss your bus like we did!!! We literally felt like the Amazing race contestants lol #teamAwkweirdjoeyandMashimaro

关于ferry/jetty码头的一些详情
1. 如果没记错的话，坐游轮去槟城岛那里是RM1.20，而且是包来回的，所以去的时候要给，回的时候就不需要了。
2. 游轮的时间表不固定可是大概每20分钟会有一趟吧。
3. 如果要赶巴士的话要提早喔，因为游轮的时间表不固定，而且下了邮轮后那个楼梯和走廊超!级!长! 我们那个时候赶得要命，有种Amazing race参赛者的感觉，所以大家请早吧，要不然后果不堪设想哦。

 For more info about the ferry and stuff, click here :D

 There are a total of 3 posts about my Penang trip so stay tuned for the other two!
关于这次槟城之旅还会有2个post所以请期待(？）
在这里遇到的你，6月1日生日快乐。

(updates on May 2017: I don't think there are any foodtrucks in Kampar anymore sadly :/)

 Hello people, I'm finally updating a post in this April! Last Thursday, I finally got to experience foodtruck food at the rainbow bridge area @ Kampar with Sueann and Daphne.
这是4月第一个更新啊，说的是流动汽车食物(foodtrucks) 。上个星期四吧，我、苏安和黛弗妮（大家请原谅我的翻译吧）终于尝试到位于金宝那里彩虹桥的foodtrucks了。


It was really new to me cause I've never really tried any foodtruck food before. Thanks to Sueann for telling me about that!
这对我来说是很新的体验，因为我从来没有吃过流动汽车的食物，这里要谢谢苏安的介绍 :D

1. The Kamparians

Like their name, they are born and schooled in Kampar. 
They are open from Mondays to Fridays at the Rainbow bridge area but I was told that they are trying to open on Sundays as well. Let's hope for that!
像他们的名字一样，创办人们都是土生土长的金宝人。他们星期一到五,晚上8-12点都会在彩虹桥那里出现喔，然后他们最近也在策划星期日也营业，有更多详情我再告诉大家吧。
Click here to visit their Facebook page :D
(I couldn't find their Instagram and Twitter acc even though these social media logos were stated on their truck)


Their price is quite low honestly 价钱完全不贵好吗


(Left左) Watermelon Mogito RM2
I ordered this drink and I ab-so-lute-ly loved itttttt
I rarely have cold drinks but its name caught my eyes and it tasted really good.
There are watermelon bites and mint leave (should be) inside it. It feels great when you bite those little watermelon bits and the drink is not overly sweet or unnatural.
I would really really recommend this cause it's THAT good (great for this hotttt weather) and it's only RM2. 
Think abut it, it would cost you at least RM8 if you have drinks like this somewhere else.
我非常非常非常喜欢这个饮料。认识我的人都知道我很少喝冷饮，可是它的名字很有趣，好奇之下就买了。饮料里面有小小的西瓜块，咬下去的时候很新鲜，而且整个饮料不会太甜也不会太假。我真的很推荐这个饮料，因为非常消暑，而且也才2块钱啊，别的地方估计最少也会卖8块钱吧。

(Right右) Calamansi Soda RM2
Daphne and Sueann had this. I took a sip and it tasted like those...salted lime drink that is commonly found in Chinese places. 
Sueann said it was refreshing and I thought it tasted okay as I like the Watermelon Mogito more. It's a bit salty but if you like the salted lime drink then you will like this too. There are mint leaves in this drink too so yeah just be careful when you drink them in case you're afraid to taste the leaves (cause Sueann avoided them haha).
黛弗妮点了这个类似咸金桔子的饮料，苏安觉得这个饮料很清新，我觉得还可以啦，有点咸咸的，就觉得上面的饮料会比较特别。然后要提醒大家，这两个饮料都有薄荷叶子，所以不喜欢的朋友不要不小心咬到啦，我觉得还可以可是苏安都挑出来了哈哈。

It's strange how these plastic containers kept the food warm.
There are vapor on the surface cause we waited for other food and it was kept inside the air-con car while we're on our way home.
盒子上会有水蒸气是因为有遇到冷气而且我们也不是一拿到就立刻吃，可是神奇的是，打开的时候还蛮温的诶
。
I ordered "The boss pasta" (RM7). 
The pasta is topped with minced meat and some mushroom pieces. 
The flavor is not spicy but really mild and it tasted fine to me.
I bet it's better when it's really warm.
我点了这个The boss pasta (RM7) ，它是肉碎红酱和少许的蘑菇碎 （写到这里我好饿好饿卧槽）
有点辣味，可是真的非常非常非常轻微。味道还行，感觉温的时候会更好吃吧。
Sueann ordered this Aglio oglio with ham pieces (RM5).
According to her, the chili flakes are abit too much to her.
I tasted and it was slightly spicy (or maybe just mild to some people).
The taste is fine plus the price is quite exclusive.
苏安点了这个Aglio oglio，也就是炒意粉。她个人觉得那些辣椒粒太多了，这个会稍微辣一点点可是也就辣多那么一点而已。这个也是还行，价钱很实惠吧。


My top recommendation for The Kamparians 我个人的终极推荐: Watermelon Mogito!


2. TheHut

They are originally from Ipoh but they are in Kampar from7.30pm - 12am every Thursday.
According to their official pages, they are off on Mondays. Other than that,they will be in
他们源之怡保可是每个星期四晚上7点半到12点都会在金宝出现，除了星期一休息之外，其他日子他们都会在
  • Tuesday 星期二- Station 18 area @ Ipoh
  • Wednesday 星期三- Taman Cempaka
  • Thursday 星期四- Raibow bridge area @ Kampar
  • Friday 星期五- Greentown @ Ipoh
  • Saturday 星期六- To be announced
  • Sunday 星期日- Meru
Click here to view their Facebook page
Click here to view their Instagram page

Gua Bao (RM8) 
According to Sueann, she said that the bread is not soft enough to her. The chicken tasted great and the cheese sauce delights everything! 
RM8 is not expensive at all.
(I'm hungry while I'm blogging this lol)
苏安说她个人觉得面包不够软，鸡块很好吃，而且那个乳酪酱完全加分啊，8块钱一点都不贵真的。（我又饿了）
Seafood Galore spaghetti (RM8)
Daphne said they did a good job with a salmon, the salmon is like the highlight of the whole dish.
I would say the sauce goes well with the salmon but still it is slightly plain to me. 
I wish they seasoned the sauce a little bit more. 
The tortilla chips were so-so, wish they added some flavor with it too.
黛弗妮说三文鱼很好吃，而且三文鱼是整份东西的亮点吧。我觉得它的酱和三文鱼挺配的，可是还是希望酱料可以更有味道一些，旁边的脆片也是，咸一点就好了。

 This sandwich is called the Monster chicken sandwich (RM8).
You can tell how it got its name, look at the size of the chicken!
It's so good guys! Like I said, my appetite is quite big and this made me full lol
Very very satisfactory yay
名字和实体一样，真的是怪物三文治啊。
这个味道很好，鸡很大片，我胃口很大啊，可是吃了这个就有些饱意了，非常非常有满足感 




My top recommendations for TheHut 我个人的终极推: They make really good sandwiches so you could either try the Gua Bao or the Monster Chicken Sandwich. 
他们家的三文治都很好吃，所以大家可以尝试Gua Bao或者那个Monster Chicken Sandwich :D

3. Freddo street ice cream

They are open from 8pm - 12am in Kampar every Thursday. They are based in Ipoh and Penang. For more info, do visit their official pages.
他们每个星期四，晚上8点到12点都会在金宝彩虹桥那里出现，怡保和槟城都有分店，更多详情可以去他们的官网看看。
Click here to view their Facebook page!
Click here to view their Instagram page!



Chocolate flavor wasn't available that day but it doesn't make much difference to me since I will pick vanilla without hesitation haha
You get to pick 1 mixer and 2 toppings after that! 
RM 4.20 for the whole dessert :D
我们去的时候没有巧克力味道，可是对我来说没什么分别因为我一定会选香草的，选了冰淇淋口味后再选1个mixer和2个toppings，整个才RM4.20喔 :D
Abang look so stern weih 大哥看起来好严肃
And then abang smiled after I asked him to senyum sikit yay *victory sign*
然后我叫大哥笑一下，对方表情就软了耶耶耶



We picked vanilla + oreo + biscuit thingy (forgot its name) + marshmallow
It's so gooooooooooood like srsly, the ingredients are in a decent amount.
It cheers me up instantly. It's so much better than the others.
Sounds exaggerating but I feel like I became a fan immediately and I would really want to eat this every week (or even every day lol)
This is love, literally.
我们选了香草+oreo+那个长长的饼干+marshmallow （我不记得中文叫什么啊）
吃了这个后心情立刻变好啊，不是夸张，材料很足，比某某快餐店的某某冰淇淋好吃多了。我觉得我每个星期（还是每天？）都很想吃这个啊。
完全爱上了。

So yeah these are my reviews for some of the foodtrucks that I get to try in Kampar. It's really interesting and I hope to experience more foodtrucks. Also, I would like to write a moreeeee detailed review on some foodtrucks like I did to the MyGrilledSandwich post. Please let me know if you know any good food places, I would go to pay a visit and might even write a review on it. 
这些都是我的吃后感，foodtrucks还蛮有趣的。我希望日后可以写出一篇像之前MyGrilledSandwich那样那么详细的post。大家知道哪里有好吃的拜托告诉我好吗，结果理想的话，会写吃后感的。


Everyone have different taste, preference, and opinions so what I wrote in this post might not apply to you but still, I hope it helped you in someway :)
每个人都有每个人的喜好和意见，所以我这里写的可能跟你想的不一样，可是还是希望你看了这一篇后，对你有一点帮助 :）


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