{"id":9776,"date":"2004-10-30T22:26:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-30T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sch1auh0s7.site.nfoservers.com\/wp_lew1slau\/?p=9776"},"modified":"2022-05-04T22:51:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T22:51:52","slug":"business-trip-in-southeast-asia-penang-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/2004\/10\/30\/business-trip-in-southeast-asia-penang-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Trip in Southeast Asia. Penang, Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I got to spend a few weeks in Southeast Asia in October training our local dealer in Malaysia. My local contact and dealer rep Marcus Tang picked me up and brought me to his hometown for a weekend trip in Penang \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Local delicacy: curry soup fish head<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looks a bit messy, but really tasty!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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pig intestine and pig blood soup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hello Marcus! It’s been a few months since we’ve met up in China!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crossing the ocean in a ferry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cloudy weather, but pleasant and warm!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Let’s go check out the local sights: Penang Bukit Bendera (tallest spot in Penang), offering a overhead view of the city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Taking the tram to the peak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We’re here!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yup – pretty high up!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Slightly jet-lagged<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What the heck is this…?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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‘first class’. Yeah right \ud83d\ude09<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yup – we’re in the tropics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A local temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Old canon to defend the coast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Circa 1939<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the way down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Traveling slow, but quite steep!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Next stop: Giant Guan In (Buddhist Goddess of Mercy) statue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Guard #1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Guard #2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Driving back to Kuala Lumpur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Weather is great, but in my jet-laggedness I fell asleep on and off while Marcus drove…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rest stop – let’s get something to eat \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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local food stall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I’ll have one of everything! \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The weather changed INSTANTLY – storm clouds ahead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It went from cloudy…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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To rain…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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To FULL ON rain storm – visibility almost ZERO!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View from my hotel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Logging is a big industry for Malaysia, for wood furniture…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Malaysia morning traffic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Time to get to work!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got to spend a few weeks in Southeast Asia in October training our local dealer in Malaysia. My local contact and dealer rep Marcus Tang picked me up and brought me to his hometown for a weekend trip in Penang \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSCN0778-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9922,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9776\/revisions\/9922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}