Penang for the most part has been great. The food is amazing. The city has found a way to belnd Malay, Chinese and Indian culture with a little of the old European influence left over from when it was first settled by the British way back.
Last night I went to see a movie and before hand walked through the Carefour looking for snacks. They had cranberry juice. I havent seen cranberry juice in months and although a bit pricey I had to have some. Immediately after purchasing I headed back toward the theatre and cracked open my new bottle of juice. So excited I took a giant swig on the escalator and damn near spit it all over the person in front of me. I do not see how anyone could call that beverage cranberry juice. To achieve that flavor the only thing I could think of was robotussin cut with grenadine. It was syruppy, sickly sweet, warm (which only made things worse), and only suitable for mixing in small amounts with vodka. It has been the only downside so far to my time in Penang. I should have realized that cranberry juice does not come from Florida, thats oranges, but after a while when you see something you miss one can overlook those things. Anyway, at least the movie was decent.
Otherwise Penang is pretty cool. Although, you have to get away from the city it would appear for the beaches to be any good. Tomorrow is Dwali, an Indian festial, and a lot of services might be closed for the day so I might rent a motorbike and head to the national park which is supposed to have some of the nicer beaches on the island. Yesterday I did my last long run before the race. I felt really good, but now my legs are really worn. I think I did about 13-14k. Today I just want to run enough to get warm and stretch.
Dwali tomorrow, friends arriving in 3 days, race in 5 and and interview with the residence hall tomorrow. Its nice to have a few, but not many things to do.
Last night I went to see a movie and before hand walked through the Carefour looking for snacks. They had cranberry juice. I havent seen cranberry juice in months and although a bit pricey I had to have some. Immediately after purchasing I headed back toward the theatre and cracked open my new bottle of juice. So excited I took a giant swig on the escalator and damn near spit it all over the person in front of me. I do not see how anyone could call that beverage cranberry juice. To achieve that flavor the only thing I could think of was robotussin cut with grenadine. It was syruppy, sickly sweet, warm (which only made things worse), and only suitable for mixing in small amounts with vodka. It has been the only downside so far to my time in Penang. I should have realized that cranberry juice does not come from Florida, thats oranges, but after a while when you see something you miss one can overlook those things. Anyway, at least the movie was decent.
Otherwise Penang is pretty cool. Although, you have to get away from the city it would appear for the beaches to be any good. Tomorrow is Dwali, an Indian festial, and a lot of services might be closed for the day so I might rent a motorbike and head to the national park which is supposed to have some of the nicer beaches on the island. Yesterday I did my last long run before the race. I felt really good, but now my legs are really worn. I think I did about 13-14k. Today I just want to run enough to get warm and stretch.
Dwali tomorrow, friends arriving in 3 days, race in 5 and and interview with the residence hall tomorrow. Its nice to have a few, but not many things to do.
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