The Cities Of The North

It seems like much of the travelling I do these days is for work. I was visiting Ipoh and Penang a week ago. Tomorrow, I'll be off again - this time, to a "peaceful" land (read what you will into that).

Now, all this travelling for work may sound like some fancy jetsetting life but trust me, it's far from it. First of all, I barely go anywhere by flying. And when I do, it's ALWAYS by budget air. Secondly, there's nothing fancy about my destinations. Penang is probably the best place I can look forward to visiting. And of course, travelling for work is really about work. So there's no such thing as going sightseeing and such except for whatever I might be able to squeeze into the evenings.

So it was that my trip to Ipoh was packed with meetings. Across half the state, in fact. Definitely didn't have time to stop for any sights, natural or otherwise. I decided to spend the night in the refurbished station. Poor choice, because the rooms weren't as refurbished as the exterior. Of course, if dodgy uncles roaming the garden outside your window is your kind of thing, then you may like it for it's erm... convenience. For me, I was left to wonder where the famously smooth-and-white-as-tofu-skinned boys of Ipoh had all gone to. Probably KL. Tsk tsk.

I kinda wished I had just gone ahead to Taiping for the night. The air's fresher there, and the food is not only good, it's amazingly cheap. Maybe next time, then.

Penang was more of a dissapointment, workwise. I spent a good deal of time running around, rescheduling and ultimately getting ffk-ed (stood up) by half of the people I had made appointments with. Horrible manners, these people of the North. So having to deal with all this meant that I only had time to hunt for DVDs. And eat. And buy tau sar peah. And eat. And go for body attack, body balance, and body jam. And eat. And catch up with my ex-housemate. And eat. And eat. And eat.

Hey, one still has to eat while one's at work, no?

Coming up next: What I ate