Penang Day 1 : Toy Museum, Why Am I here?

One of the "Chicken Queen" Agenda was to visit the Toy Museum. Probably to update it's travel Blog which seriously, I got no interest in it(aka the place)...

Cost me about 20RM to enter the place, known as the World Largest Toy Museum. I have expect this might be an interesting place to check out...since...it's rather rare to have a chance to visit such museum which are few to come by.

The Interior seem disappointing...it give me an impression that the owner is running into financial difficulties as the setup can easily be best by house owners. Arrangement are super messy with mix of toy sharing a single cabin

Also the place is not very big...making some place rather narrow to walk when alot of people is in the place.

The only saving grace for this place is that there are lot of Good "Full sized" model on display. We have Lora Croft

From the Pirates of the Carri bean, Captain Sparrow

The Hitman guy is here as well....here he is model after the computer game rather than the movie..

Spidey from the movie version

Even Power ranger is here..but I did know they are so toned?

My precious from LOTR, that a classic.

Mr Batman....lock up here as well.

The Kid, Aka Dark vader from Starwars

Saw some of the Toys I really enjoy during the days when I am young...lol

Mask, it too bad Hollywood did not make this into a movie, they did it with Transformer already

It's a kid dream to own these toys and during our young days, the toys are super cool and can transform...though consider primitive by today standard...

It still have some of them...but their conditions are all "CMI"

I have the model car of Back to the Future when I first run to the States for a holiday

Of course my childhood Hero, Ultraman....which by today standard is pretty lame...lol

A Large Collection of toys did make this place almost worth the 20RM I paid for, but I was expecting they put good use to the profits they earn by making the place more "Sophicated" it's just bit under whelming...But I did still enjoy my time there though...we spending Almost 3hrs there...(It's not me...the queen want to stay here for this long...for it's blog).

Some photos of me posing with the Full size toys...lol

Me with the Metal hero, Ironman

and the man known for wearing his underwear outside...lol

Penang Day 1 : Collecting the Running Tee....

The Purpose of this Trip was to travel up to Penang for my First Oversea Run, The Penang Bridge Marathon, I am doing the 21km as the 42km cut off time is too tough for me to meet...(6hrs). Woke up really early, like 4am to catch the Jetstar Flight @ 7.25am. Reach T1 to check in around 5.30am.

The Terminal is rather empty, typical for this kind of timing.....

Even tourist have yet to step in to Singapore yet..lol

The Morning can be tough to pass, especially with a "weird" friend who hardly talk in the morning due to it's morning mood.. I resort to taking "creative" shot to pass time..lol

Breakfast was settle quick @ Toast box.

Departure is @ D32

Our Jetstar Flight to Penang, 3K 673

The Flight Took off rather late(8am) due to the Engineer delivering the flight document late. It look like delay on budget airline are so common and they usually have 101 reasons to explain why they are late...lol

Flight was a short 1hr+. We brought a Cab to Queenbay mall for about RM$29. Tickets can be brought at the cab counter in the airport terminal itself. It a short distance from the Airport. I realize we are quite far from Georgetown.

I realize that I have to carry my luggage around till 11am before I can go back to the hotel, And The hotel don allow check-in until 2pm....think I am struck with this luggage at least till lunch time..lol

Lucky, Coffee bean is opened early..sat here to rest for a while till 11am.

The Site where the goodies bags are collected are still not setup fully. It is located just outside the mall....Took opportunity to take photos, at least showing I am going for this run..lol

The booth with people still setting up, getting for the first collection, which is us...lol. The Running tee Size "M" was so tight that I need to exchange it with the organiser. Sadly, I only manage to change it to "L" which IMO is still rather tight. No choice lo, Lucky I brought my own running attire..lol

This is the route which we will start...

This is the warm-up area....

ME in the running tee, nice color and design, but it's rather tight....My BIB no..18598...

Can't wait for the run on Sunday, but in the meantime, It's time to shop and walk around penang. That's our agenda for the weekend. Although I must say most are "chicken queen" agenda as those place I suggest it does sound keen. But since I am ok with the arrangement I thought it was ok to visit those places...for the sake of the "queen"'s blog...

The Singapore Flyer....

Well, Never been on the flyer before, and since it the Company's 25th Anniversary, and we get to go off early to the flyer..from work...I thought Why not...go enjoy...

Set-off at around 3pm...yeah...basically, it was a really unproductive day..lol

O'learys Sport Bar and Grill. A rather unique chill out place..with Sport Theme and TV monitors showing sports events....Atmosphere is Great...really a nice place to chill out with friends

The First Event of the Evening....to Build a F1 Car....I was wondering ....how? ....I realise that In order to ride on the flyer, u need to earn it...lol

The Model Answer.

The Team I was in, Blue Team. Busy designing the logo, Painting the logo onto cloth....and we are suppose to wear it...

My fellow colleagues Mr J and Mr G....

Mr Sit, busy building the F1 Car...

I actually contribute to the design of our Team's logo...aka "blue Thunder"...lol

The Finish-product, Blue Team's F1 Race Vehicle...lol

Mr PK is our driver of the F1 Vehicle, and we are suppose to race in this.....

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Most of the F1 Vehicle Dis-integrated when we race in it....Here is one of Mr Lian's race....really funny to watch...lol

Dinner is next and is quite a spread...it kinda like western mix with Eastern Cuisine...

Dinner was quick as it is getting rather late...~8pm already...we rush up for the ride...which is the objective we came for anyway..lol...and lines were already forming when we reach the gate..

Boarding was quick...and within minutes, all 30 of us were inside the cabin...

We got folks from the other dept to help take this group photo...this are the folks that help make all the drives reliable....it's been really fun working with all of them....

They are one of the rare species I ever encountered....they are the closest of friend I have seen with such a wide age gap...lol..I hope my good friend are still close when I reach into my 40s....

Some of my working Colleague....over the new year...I have grown closer to them....Friends....

BL King, RDT King and ALT King...

Me with the new "cute" girl who keep calling us "Robert"

One of closest colleagues in the company....tea-break....lol

Funny picture time.....since we have the cabin by ourself...we can pose like nobody business..

The Ride eventually came to an end though...but the 30mins was enjoyable mostly for the company we are with...though most of the photos turn out rather noisy..

More photos taken from other camera below...

All excited before boarding..lol

Mrs Waty...joined in

The funny shot outside the road @ the Flyer

Auntie mani....the "overloaded" one...

The joker..gang.

Me and Miss D,Waty and auntie Mani.

The night will be best remember also for the Singapore Scenery..Suntec City

Singapore's ever changing skyline...matching up with that of Hong Kong.