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When I arrived in Penang and bought a ferry ticket, I was attracted by the singing father and son as soon as I entered. I stopped and admired it for a quarter of an hour. This little boy is very star-like, and he has a very penetrating voice that touches the bottom of his heart. When I first arrived in George Town, Penang, I first took a bus to the mall where the sofa owner worked, put my big backpack with him, and then went out for a walk. Murals in Penang are everywhere, and you will find surprises when you turn a corner in the streets and alleys and stroll casually. This is also a foodie's paradise, known as the city of common people's food, and it is about to give up food again. Meet up at a coffee shop with a Canadian girl I met on a couch-surfing app. It was quite a speculative chat with her. She has just graduated from university for three years and has rich and interesting experiences. She worked for politicians in Ontario for two years, taught swimming part-time professionally for many years, and then went to Tanzania to teach for a year, during which she learned the daily Swahili language Swahili, and also shared her Tedx Talk speech of these experiences. Now she is a columnist for Skyscanner, a relatively free travel website, and she does not need to have a fixed place of work, so she is now living in Southeast Asia. She had just traveled to China for a long time, and she was still in Beijing at the end of January, but unfortunately she didn't know her at that time. When we talked about travel and life experiences, we resonated a lot. This girl is also a sweetheart, and our eyes will turn red when we talk about it. She has so many experiences in just three years after graduating from university. I told her that now I think about what I was doing when I was 25 years old. I regret that I didn’t go out and see the world more. She said it’s not too late now. ah!

I went to the sofa house at night, and the owner of the sofa is a big brother named Lin. This big brother Lin is a senior foodie. As soon as I arrived at his house, he took me to eat various street stalls where the locals go, and then planned the next day. For a food tour, I called a friend of his who had a car, and took me to eat from 10 am to 3 pm the next day, without stopping. It is simply a reenactment of the gourmet trip that the Kaohsiung sofa owner and my friends took me to Tainan. He not only introduced me to the name of the dish, but also told me the source, ingredients and method of each dish, which is too researched. The things I ate and drank at the night market near his home last night included: cardamom drink, chee cheong fun, braised noodles, duck kway teow soup, and Malaysian street burgers.

The next morning, I went to the Pasar Lebuh Cecil morning market and ate curry noodles, mangosteen water, crepes, Java Mee and mochi. When I was walking with them on the streets of Penang, I was attracted by the sound of an old man’s karaoke. I put my head in the door and glanced at it. Another old man inside immediately came out to greet me. After chatting for a while, I enthusiastically dragged me and my friend in. sing a song. Pass me a songbook, there are only old songs in it, and the only one I can sing is Teresa Teng. I sang a song "Sweet Honey", and the uncles didn't let me go, saying that my friends from Beijing came and sang a few more songs before leaving. Then sing a chorus "The Moon Represents My Heart"! They sang so professionally! After I came out, I went to another shop to eat cendol, laksa, and pork intestine porridge. I went to Modingbiao Nyonya Kueh Factory to eat Nyonya cakes. After that, I went to Esplanade to eat squid noodles Mee Sotong and coconut iced drinks. Then drove to the Botanic Gardens and ate nasi lemak wrapped in banana leaves with my hands.

The sofa owner in Penang is a magician who also designs and makes magic props and sells them in the store. I've never been around anyone with magic before. He said before that the business in Penang is more casual and enjoys life. He can open his own shop as soon as he wants, and he can’t open it if the weather is bad and there are things that can’t be done. But Kuala Lumpur is different. Unexpectedly, he himself was really like this. He took me to visit Penang yesterday and decided not to open the magic shop. Later, I heard that he received several calls asking why the door was not opened, and I feel really sorry for delaying his business. He is the only local magician in Penang. Many foreigners find him through the Internet and come to Penang to discuss and exchange ideas with him. He used to study business management, but later became particularly interested in magic, so he took the time to teach himself the practice, which became his profession. He chatted with me about the magic circle, and I curiously asked him about Liu Qian's magic trick in the Spring Festival Gala. He said that the person who invented the magic did not rely on any procrastination in a magic competition. Liu Qian should have this ability, but either the online video is fake, or all the audience at the Spring Festival Gala are all prostitutes. . Last night he also changed a few so-called simple playing card tricks for me, which were so amazing that I was confused. He also taught me a little trick. He told me that the most important thing about magic is: the presentation presented by the magician (how to interact with the audience, what to say, what atmosphere to create, personal charm, etc.) is far more important than individual skills and techniques. Liu Qian performed very well in his presentation.

The area where he lives is particularly full of the life of the locals. It is very diverse and super down-to-earth. When you enter, you feel like you are suddenly transported to the monster building in Hong Kong. I can hear the prayers of Muslims many times a day, and I can also see the Chinese aunt with bad ears listening to the radio with a super loud radio. If someone tells her to turn down the volume so as not to disturb the people, she will beat him with a cane. It is so interesting to see the daily living conditions and ways of the local people.

On the third day in Penang, a local Malay invited several of us foreign tourists (me, a Canadian girl, and an Egyptian brother) to attend the wedding of his friend's son's neighbor. Fortunately, I brought such a skirt and a big scarf this time, so it is better to cover up more to respect their customs when going to Muslim weddings. When I came here, I went straight to the wedding. The wedding here is relatively simple. The neighbors and folks hold the wedding in the sheds set up in the community. At noon, everyone can have a buffet. All the Malays who participated in the wedding did not use cutlery and ate with their hands. A local friend found a fork and spoon for the three of us. I think it is better to follow the Romans, so I gave up the cutlery and got started. Eating it with your hands seems to feel more delicious.

It was almost two o'clock when the bride and groom appeared on the stage. They walked from both ends of the street to the middle of the street. After meeting, they walked to the rostrum together, took a group photo with everyone, and then had a second round of eating. Only then did we know that this friend was going to take us to another wedding to continue eating. The second wedding was more grand. It was an indoor venue, and professional singers were hired, and "Sweet Honey" was sung in Chinese. Their wedding dress is very delicate, the color is also very beautiful, the groom's dress is stuck with Malay short sword Keris. It was found that the two grooms were wearing sunglasses, it is said that it was just for fashion, haha.

A Malay friend invited us to his home after the wedding, and soon he will start praying five times a day, and there is also a special instrument to display the specific prayer time (according to the time of sunrise and sunset). It just so happened that the traveler in Egypt could also pray with him. I just watched it at the door, which lasted about ten minutes, and I had only seen it in movies before. After that, he drove us around again, and stopped by his friend's house when he was tired from driving on the way. They rolled a cigarette, which seemed to be mixed with some marijuana. When he drove again later, I put on my seat belt subconsciously.

Back in Penang, I went to another sofa owner's friend's birthday party and took me there. When I arrived, I found that most of the people met through the sofa-surfing software, half of the locals, a few tourists like me, and some foreigners who have lived here for a long time. The birthday is a Spaniard who works here and made Spanish quiche tortilla and seafood rice paella. I met a few interesting people from all over the world: a German teacher from Bulgaria who works in Penang, a Portuguese website programmer who can work anywhere, a long-term life with his diplomat parents, who can speak multiple languages , a Zimbabwean studying and working in Malaysia, and an art teacher at an international school in Thailand. In the evening, I went to a night market and ate stuffed tofu.

On the fourth day, the sofa owner and his friend took me to Penang National Park to climb mountains. Had parathas for breakfast. These two are also people who have been climbing mountains for a long time and love nature very much. I thought I had good physical strength, but they walked super fast, never stopped to wait for me, and never looked back. I had to run and jump to barely keep up. Along the way in the tropical rainforest, the two of them talked very little. Only when they found interesting local animals and plants, they would stop for a while to explain to me. I went to Turtle Beach and saw all kinds of weird crabs, nasty jellyfish, lovely green turtles and large lizards. He also walked down the river with them for a long time, saying that when the tide rises in the rainy season, they can kill everyone. Had Hainanese chicken rice and fried bananas for lunch.

Taking the bus back to Penang, I went to see the small magic stall of Brother Lin, the owner of the sofa, in the shopping mall. He made a very magical coin magic trick. I went to meet the Canadian girl I met on the first day. I saw many people doing outdoor yoga in the park on the street. After coming to Malaysia for a whole week, I finally tasted durian. The Musang King durian fruit is really the best among the durians I have ever eaten. After eating, the gourmet brother Lin taught me another lesson: after eating durian, it is easy to get angry. Pour water into the durian shell and drink it. Go to the fire, as to why that is superstition. After eating durian, I ate four fruit soup, char koay teow, kueh juice, satay and Hokkien prawn noodles. On the way back after eating, I met a Chinese who was doing a funeral at night. The funeral was held in a shed on the side of the road. It is said that Taoist priests were invited to perform ceremonies at night. I feel that I have a great relationship with Penang. I have experienced various local life and culture in Malaysia in the past few days: I have participated in Muslim weddings, migrant workers’ birthday parties and Chinese funerals, and tasted various delicacies every day. There are a lot of delicious food that I haven't eaten yet.

Always meet all kinds of like-minded friends through the sofa lounge platform and food, and when the two are combined, it is the icing on the cake. In Kaohsiung, I recognized a foodie sofa owner as my younger brother, and now I have another brother who is a Penang foodie + magician sofa owner. Parting is always sad, I don't know when we will meet next time, but we will always meet again if we are destined.

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