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Day 2:
So I woke up at 8am the next morning, probably because I'm just too used to waking up early already. I didn't want to disturb the rest so I read the newspaper in the bathroom =.= Stayed in the bathroom till Phang woke up and needed to use it. I spent the next 3 hours just lying on my bed, stoning. Haiz. I only realised that it was 11 something when Yong suddenly landed on Zhou's bed (which was adjacent to mine). Its funny that I didn't even notice that Yong had entered the room, it was as if he fell from the sky. That's how deep in thought I was.
Fortunately, we were on the move again. So at the behest of Daryl, our first stop was: 'Gorgle Aunty'. Yong's Hokkien seemed to be improving as Zhou finally got what he ordered: Kuey teow and nothing else! Oh which reminds me that I need to learn how to say "No Egg Please" in Hokkien. After lunch, the 7 of us (coz Dr.Phang had to go pretend to study) went to a cybercafe . Our original plan was to just play there for about 2 hours and then go eat again but we succumbed to the "RM6 for 5 hours" package.
First thing most of us did when we got our PCs was to check Fantasy Football. Haha. I was also busy checking the scores of the early morning matches especially the result of Real Madrid. So Real managed to win 3-2, with Ronaldo scoring on his debut (yes you guessed right, it was a penalty). It was well taken but I don't think that Florentino Perez broke the bank simply so that CR9 could come and score from penalties only. Unsurprisingly the best player of the team wasn't one of the big names but rather Lassana Diarra. Already dubbed the next Makelele, lets just hope Mr.Perez will not sell him off once Mr.Diarra starts asking for a bigger paycheck.
Random Fun Fact #1:
I am the second best!!!
Guess how many runners-up medals Michael Ballack has? Ironically it is his lucky number 13. This guy is the King of Runners Up! His claim to fame was the 2001-2002 season where he completed the Treble with Bayer Leverkusen, coming in second in the German League, German Cup and UEFA Champions League. Oh and he also came in second during the World Cup that summer. Following his transfer to Chelsea, he collected several other 'loser' medals including a second UEFA Champions League runners up medal. That same summer he was losing finalist in Euro 2008. He has really lost it all! The only thing missing from his record is runners up in the FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballan d'Or awards. While the debate will rage on as to who is the greatest player ever, the second best player of all time may just be Michael Ballack.
Ok back to the Cybercafe. We started off with 4v3 DotA. My side had Daryl, Andrew and the person closest in likeness to my style of play, Yong. We both believe in the 'chiong is ftw' philosophy. Think of us as the 'Barcelona of DotA'. The other side contained the likes of Zhou, Kochi and Tai Soon (who is probably the most up-to-date DotA player among the 7 of us). While it may seem that my group had the numerical advantage, Andrew is a new player, and required some guidance and nurturing under the tutelage of us 'pros'. First game I was stealth assassin and I pawned Zhou for first blood. From there on, Yong's Lion totally owned the game. The enemy team was still walking around in boots and bracers when I got my Butterfly (despite my extremely karat farming skills). GG. Next game, my Lina pawned Zhou again for first blood (LOL), thanks to an assist from Daryl. Although we made a good start, we lost the game due to some really poor 'chiong-ing' on our part, and just like Barca, we have no plan B. We just chiong until we win or get steamrolled. The next game I got Gondar, and that alone was enough LOL ( although Tai Soon's Undying gave us quite a hard time for most of the game). Seriously, ever since I played DotA, I have only lost one game (some pug game and my team all leavers) using Gondar. I think after that we played CS, mostly in the Estate map. Zhou, Yong and I were the terrorists.
Daryl's bane.
Initially, I was feeding like shit. I go to the door I kena own by Daryl; I try to go outside and outflank them, I end up outflanked by Kochi. My score was about 20 kills to 40+ deaths (keep kena scold noob by Yong somemore). But then I tried some paratrooper tactics. I threw flashbang out the window and then jumped off the balcony to backside them LOL. Eh it worked ok! By the end of the game I recorded 70+ kills and 60 deaths, even overtaking Yong's kills along the way. Hehe. Best moment during CS was of course when Daryl ate two grenades (courtesy of Zhou and Yours truly).
Background story: Inside the house I saw Zhou pull the grenade trigger and squat (I only found out later that he intended to kill himself coz he had no money to buy gun LOL). I honestly thought he was just waiting for someone to come in, so I jumped on top of him, pulled the grenade trigger and tried the squat-and-wait-for-noob-to-come-eat-bomb strat as well. In came Daryl who, must have been blur seeing two sohai squatting (on top of each other) with open grenades in their hands. He look at us, we look at him......
So I woke up at 8am the next morning, probably because I'm just too used to waking up early already. I didn't want to disturb the rest so I read the newspaper in the bathroom =.= Stayed in the bathroom till Phang woke up and needed to use it. I spent the next 3 hours just lying on my bed, stoning. Haiz. I only realised that it was 11 something when Yong suddenly landed on Zhou's bed (which was adjacent to mine). Its funny that I didn't even notice that Yong had entered the room, it was as if he fell from the sky. That's how deep in thought I was.
Fortunately, we were on the move again. So at the behest of Daryl, our first stop was: 'Gorgle Aunty'. Yong's Hokkien seemed to be improving as Zhou finally got what he ordered: Kuey teow and nothing else! Oh which reminds me that I need to learn how to say "No Egg Please" in Hokkien. After lunch, the 7 of us (coz Dr.Phang had to go pretend to study) went to a cybercafe . Our original plan was to just play there for about 2 hours and then go eat again but we succumbed to the "RM6 for 5 hours" package.
First thing most of us did when we got our PCs was to check Fantasy Football. Haha. I was also busy checking the scores of the early morning matches especially the result of Real Madrid. So Real managed to win 3-2, with Ronaldo scoring on his debut (yes you guessed right, it was a penalty). It was well taken but I don't think that Florentino Perez broke the bank simply so that CR9 could come and score from penalties only. Unsurprisingly the best player of the team wasn't one of the big names but rather Lassana Diarra. Already dubbed the next Makelele, lets just hope Mr.Perez will not sell him off once Mr.Diarra starts asking for a bigger paycheck.
Random Fun Fact #1:
I am the second best!!!Ok back to the Cybercafe. We started off with 4v3 DotA. My side had Daryl, Andrew and the person closest in likeness to my style of play, Yong. We both believe in the 'chiong is ftw' philosophy. Think of us as the 'Barcelona of DotA'. The other side contained the likes of Zhou, Kochi and Tai Soon (who is probably the most up-to-date DotA player among the 7 of us). While it may seem that my group had the numerical advantage, Andrew is a new player, and required some guidance and nurturing under the tutelage of us 'pros'. First game I was stealth assassin and I pawned Zhou for first blood. From there on, Yong's Lion totally owned the game. The enemy team was still walking around in boots and bracers when I got my Butterfly (despite my extremely karat farming skills). GG. Next game, my Lina pawned Zhou again for first blood (LOL), thanks to an assist from Daryl. Although we made a good start, we lost the game due to some really poor 'chiong-ing' on our part, and just like Barca, we have no plan B. We just chiong until we win or get steamrolled. The next game I got Gondar, and that alone was enough LOL ( although Tai Soon's Undying gave us quite a hard time for most of the game). Seriously, ever since I played DotA, I have only lost one game (some pug game and my team all leavers) using Gondar. I think after that we played CS, mostly in the Estate map. Zhou, Yong and I were the terrorists.
Daryl's bane.Background story: Inside the house I saw Zhou pull the grenade trigger and squat (I only found out later that he intended to kill himself coz he had no money to buy gun LOL). I honestly thought he was just waiting for someone to come in, so I jumped on top of him, pulled the grenade trigger and tried the squat-and-wait-for-noob-to-come-eat-bomb strat as well. In came Daryl who, must have been blur seeing two sohai squatting (on top of each other) with open grenades in their hands. He look at us, we look at him......
*Two grenades fly*
*BOOM*
*BOOM*
Take your pick: Sayonara, Auf wierdesehen, Hasta La Vista, 再见
Bottom Line: Dee got owned hard.
Bottom Line: Dee got owned hard.
After that we played one more game of DotA where Yong's Sandking owned so hard it wasn't even funny. What was funny was how my syllabear's bear bear could own Zhou's sniper with such ease. Honestly I have never ever had such luck with the entangle proc. What can I say Zhou? You face problem. Nvm la, at least you got first blood by killing me while I was trying to look for my bear bear =.=
Trivia: Zhou was involved (pawned or kena pawn) in all 'First Bloods' during that DotA session.
Andrew's Philippines Seafood Spaghetti
After that we went to pick up Phang who only studied for 2 hours and slept the rest (or was it the other way round?) and then headed to Nothram food court for dinner. Nothram is like Asia Cafe but next to the beach. And Penang being Penang, well you know the rest =p Unfortunately all the best 'scouting' locations were taken so we had to settle for a mediocre position inside where all we could stare at were sausages (German lah =p). My contract photographer didn't bring his camera so all I have from that trip is Andrew's spaghetti pic. During the course of the dinner we talked about the DotA and CS games and Phang finally gave into peer pressure and decided to join us for another 5 hour gaming session! Seriously Phang, 3% nia, I threw away 15% before oops maybe thats why I fail in life.
So yes, we actually spent 10 hours in the cybercafe LOL. But hey I'm not complaining. Its in the cyberworld that I am liberated from the pain and sorrow of the real world =.= I decided to join Zhou this time coz he always emo and I think only I can handle him LOL. I don't think the games during the second session were that memorable, although I do remember my Balanar caused some people to wet their pants during night. The other memorable game was the one where Zhou's Ogre Magi was so pathetic that Kochi mistook him for a normal creep. My use-Broodmother-to-contain-Yong's-Lion strat was pretty much fail too especially with Daryl's highly geared Drow shooting us from behind.
The last game was perhaps the most memorable tho. Tai Soon wanted to try some mass stunner combo: Tiny, Slardar, Tidehunter and Magnus. The emo-Zhou opted to play Keeper of the Light because he thinks that its the funniest hero to use to die. Like seriously, I know that I emo too but at least I emo about real life things right? Want emo over gaming meh LOL! So anyway I played Juggernaut and teamed up with Zhou in mid-lane. Already at level 1 I chiong past tower and together with Zhou's charge wave thingy, we forced Daryl and Phang back to the fountain with 0 exp. HAHA. If only I had discovered that Blade Fury shortcut key wasn't W or H or I or R or L, but F instead, I may have gotten a double kill. Oh well. Anyway their stun combo failed for various reasons:
No.1 Bladefury immune to stun LOL LOL LOL NOOBZZZZZZZ!
No.2 All aim old man but old man surprisingly cannot die wan. But seriously Zhou was in inspirational form that game. How often do you see old man chiong in front?
No.3 Yong's Witch Doctor is Gay Doctor. The healing is unbelievable. His healing made the old man unkillable.
No.4 Their combo stun timing was epic. Dee and Phang timed their Reverse polarity + Ravage combo to perfection. Only problem was:
So we went back to the hotel at 2am+ and that was the end of Day 2.
Day 3:
Daryl cheating on Su Yin one last time.
The best things in life are meant to be shared, but not with dudes!
Trivia: Zhou was involved (pawned or kena pawn) in all 'First Bloods' during that DotA session.
Andrew's Philippines Seafood Spaghetti So yes, we actually spent 10 hours in the cybercafe LOL. But hey I'm not complaining. Its in the cyberworld that I am liberated from the pain and sorrow of the real world =.= I decided to join Zhou this time coz he always emo and I think only I can handle him LOL. I don't think the games during the second session were that memorable, although I do remember my Balanar caused some people to wet their pants during night. The other memorable game was the one where Zhou's Ogre Magi was so pathetic that Kochi mistook him for a normal creep. My use-Broodmother-to-contain-Yong's-Lion strat was pretty much fail too especially with Daryl's highly geared Drow shooting us from behind.
The last game was perhaps the most memorable tho. Tai Soon wanted to try some mass stunner combo: Tiny, Slardar, Tidehunter and Magnus. The emo-Zhou opted to play Keeper of the Light because he thinks that its the funniest hero to use to die. Like seriously, I know that I emo too but at least I emo about real life things right? Want emo over gaming meh LOL! So anyway I played Juggernaut and teamed up with Zhou in mid-lane. Already at level 1 I chiong past tower and together with Zhou's charge wave thingy, we forced Daryl and Phang back to the fountain with 0 exp. HAHA. If only I had discovered that Blade Fury shortcut key wasn't W or H or I or R or L, but F instead, I may have gotten a double kill. Oh well. Anyway their stun combo failed for various reasons:
No.1 Bladefury immune to stun LOL LOL LOL NOOBZZZZZZZ!
No.2 All aim old man but old man surprisingly cannot die wan. But seriously Zhou was in inspirational form that game. How often do you see old man chiong in front?
No.3 Yong's Witch Doctor is Gay Doctor. The healing is unbelievable. His healing made the old man unkillable.
No.4 Their combo stun timing was epic. Dee and Phang timed their Reverse polarity + Ravage combo to perfection. Only problem was:
THERE WAS NO ENEMY HERO EVEN
REMOTELY WITHIN RANGE!
All in all my team played very well. My omnislash took out Kochi's ever dangerous Slardar while the maledict+wave+deathward thingy took out the rest. Yong and Zhou were constantly pressuring the enemy (I really never saw them return to base) and even Andrew played a solid game with his Pit Lord following us around stunning and aoe-ing stuff. REMOTELY WITHIN RANGE!
So we went back to the hotel at 2am+ and that was the end of Day 2.
Day 3:
Daryl cheating on Su Yin one last time.Good thing I didn't wake up early the next morning (no stoning yay!) Before we left Penang we completed our hattrick on the 'Gorgle Aunty'. Altogether our group ordered 13-14 plates during our last lunch there. From there we said our goodbyes but not before we met up again in the Tapah stop area for Baskin Robbins! 31% FTW!
The best things in life are meant to be shared, but not with dudes!I only wanted to eat Jamoca Almond Fudge (sentimental reasons) but Daryl persuaded me to go with double flavour and since there was no Cookies 'n Cream I opted for Macadamia Nut 'n Cream. Had no girlfriend to share with, end up sharing with a bunch of dudes. =.= Oh and btw, Yong and I both hate mint flavour. So if you wanna belanja me any food (coz i'm so yeng right?), run it by Yong and see if he eats it or not. Because if he doesn't eat it, there's a very good chance I don't either.
On the way back, we listened to Boney M music. They really have the most random songs ever e.g Daddy Cool, Rivers of Babylon, Rasputin etc. We encountered alot of traffic jam especially in the northern area. We later found out that it was because there was a long-chain of car accidents. Funny thing was that those accidents were on the other side of the road, but Malaysians being Malaysians, all want to 'stop and see' what's going on. LAME!
In the car we also had a small debate over the phrase "It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all". I think I was the only one who disagreed with that phrase. Oh well.
Aftermath:
I think its safe to assume that neither of us are going to enjoy any other char kuey teow anymore. To quote Miss Perry: "Comparisons are easily done once you've had a taste of perfection." I for one will never eat char kuey teow in Melaka. However according to Tai Soon's friend, the 'Gorgle Aunty' is con job. There is a cheaper and even better char kuey teow somewhere else there apparently. Guess we have to go try. Oh and thanks to this Penang trip (and that long queue waiting for Roti Babi), I am now spamming the song I Will Be. Leona Lewis definitely has the more powerful vocals, but I just prefer Avril's version, it has more feel to it somehow.
In conclusion we didn't do anything that warranted the use of the cliche tagline "What happens in Penang, stays in Penang". We didn't do anything crazy like in the movie The Hangover. We didn't throw Yong's bed on the top of the hotel roof. Zhou didn't marry the Cybercafe boss's girlfriend. Daryl didn't kidnap the 'Gorgle Aunty' and hide her in the trunk. Phang didn't perform surgery on himself just to prove that he can. But nevertheless, we did fill up our stomachs with delicious food, we did collect some very fond memories, and ultimately were not given any reason why we shouldn't go again soon.
Here's to the trip that is to come!
On the way back, we listened to Boney M music. They really have the most random songs ever e.g Daddy Cool, Rivers of Babylon, Rasputin etc. We encountered alot of traffic jam especially in the northern area. We later found out that it was because there was a long-chain of car accidents. Funny thing was that those accidents were on the other side of the road, but Malaysians being Malaysians, all want to 'stop and see' what's going on. LAME!
In the car we also had a small debate over the phrase "It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all". I think I was the only one who disagreed with that phrase. Oh well.
Aftermath:
I think its safe to assume that neither of us are going to enjoy any other char kuey teow anymore. To quote Miss Perry: "Comparisons are easily done once you've had a taste of perfection." I for one will never eat char kuey teow in Melaka. However according to Tai Soon's friend, the 'Gorgle Aunty' is con job. There is a cheaper and even better char kuey teow somewhere else there apparently. Guess we have to go try. Oh and thanks to this Penang trip (and that long queue waiting for Roti Babi), I am now spamming the song I Will Be. Leona Lewis definitely has the more powerful vocals, but I just prefer Avril's version, it has more feel to it somehow.
In conclusion we didn't do anything that warranted the use of the cliche tagline "What happens in Penang, stays in Penang". We didn't do anything crazy like in the movie The Hangover. We didn't throw Yong's bed on the top of the hotel roof. Zhou didn't marry the Cybercafe boss's girlfriend. Daryl didn't kidnap the 'Gorgle Aunty' and hide her in the trunk. Phang didn't perform surgery on himself just to prove that he can. But nevertheless, we did fill up our stomachs with delicious food, we did collect some very fond memories, and ultimately were not given any reason why we shouldn't go again soon.
Here's to the trip that is to come!
