I took the plunge!

This isn't me. But I am no better. I guess my bulging eyes and screaming mouth was way bigger than hers?

My sister has been telling me about the slides and how one of them is almost 90 degrees in shape. She told me that I must go and try it. In my heart I was thinking "Nah... How scary would that be? It is just a kiddie slide afterall..". But I have decided to go and try it to see if it is that scary.

I've been crazy over all these rides and I never scream in them, be it in Australia's hanging roller coasters or Hong Kong's sunflower ride. What would a kiddie slide has that could scare me. Until I sat on top of the red slide looking down. My legs starts feeling numb. I started to have qualms and second thoughts. I now regreted laughing at Ben, when he first slid down. But sigh... It's too late to back up now. After a short goodbye with my loved ones, I took the plunge. aaaAAAAHHHHHH...... I left my heart at the top of the slide. To think that it was embarassing to scream all the way down. Sigh... I never got to stop screaming on my subsequent plunges. The feeling of falling freely without anything to hold was.. was... terror!

I guess age is really catching up. I see kids sliding down the terror slide like eating cabbage. They did it with such simplicity and grace. I wonder if my screamings were due to fear or jealousy.

After the adrenaline rush, we had a go at the obstacle course. Climbing up and down the padded walls and floors, slipping in between 2 cushioned rollers, falling onto nets, slipping down the firemen poles and hanging on a rope. We were positive we have burnt all the fats we have gathered from all the chompings in this trip. It was a really good work out.

You must be thinking that we are too old for this. Does age got to do with it? The equipment is meant for both adults and kids. The only thing matter here is...

Do you dare to take the plunge?

Note: This is not an advertisment and I am not paid to scream on that terror slide!

Do you see what I see in Penang?

I love Penang. Mostly because my beloved sister is there, partly because I spent my kiddie days visiting Penang with my family and spent even more teenage days studying there. It's got nostalgic value for me, though not as far back as Penang's history.

When I was a kid, I used to look at all the old mansion along Gurney Drive and Kelawei Road wondering what kind of life goes in there. As time past, I see less and less of these family owned mansions. The mansions-turned-shops and abandoned buildings are like burnt holes on a paper. An eyesore that burns my heart. Lucky me, my sister shared my love and we would travel by public transport or walk around Penang taking down whatever detail left of the old Penang. That's what you are looking at.

My only hope here is that when you do visit Penang, you would spare some time to look around you (besides those fabulous food).