Penang expat group

pencali · #1 (**permalink**) 28th August 2007, 07:47 AM

Hello to all the expat in Penang and those soon to be... I am moving back to Penang early next year. I am Malaysian and my husband is from California. We bought a house in Penang for our retirement.
I am wondering is there any expat clubs ( like in Singapore, they have American club, British club, and so on), or is there any expat gathering for sports , coffee, travel, etc.?
I understand that the expat community in Penang is not as large as in Sinagpore, so there might not be any that I mentioned above.
Anyway, is there anobody out there interested in forming a Penang expat group?

synthia · #2 (**permalink**) 31st August 2007, 04:46 PM

Welcome! I'm in Penang right now, and I'll ask around for you. There are a lot of expats, especially out in Batu Ferringhi. Where will you be living?

pencali · #3 (**permalink**) 4th September 2007, 02:49 AM

Thanks Synthia!!! We bought a house behind Island Plaza. The new E&O developement. Hopefully we able to move in early next year.
Anyway, where do you live?

synthia · #4 (**permalink**) 5th September 2007, 02:32 PM

I'm just staying here in a guest house in Chinatown. Usually I travel a lot, but this year I decided to stay put in a couple of places, one of them Penang. I was just in Island Plaza yesterday, in fact.

scampy · #5 (**permalink**) 15th December 2007, 01:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pencali

Thanks Synthia!!! We bought a house behind Island Plaza. The new E&O developement. Hopefully we able to move in early next year.
Anyway, where do you live?

Do you have website for house in the Island Plaza area?

thanks

synthia · #6 (**permalink**) 16th December 2007, 07:08 AM

I've left Malaysia and am back in the US visiting friends and family for a fe months. I stayed in Chinatown, in a cheap backpacker place.

Ninja · #7 (**permalink**) 26th December 2007, 06:07 AM

Hiya all, just returned from Penang. Made a big step closer to our dream of retiring in Penang. We bought a place there! Very pleased and happy with our purchase. Bought in the fast-growing Queensbay area, right on the water's edge. Million dollar views and heaps easier to get into town than from Ferringhi imho.

kaz101 · #8 (**permalink**) 26th December 2007, 07:06 AM

Congratulations Ninja! That is a big step.

Regards,
Karen

Ninja · #9 (**permalink**) 26th December 2007, 08:02 AM

Thanks K. We're just going through all the conveyancing bits now, but will hopefully start to furnish the place before March.

synthia · #10 (**permalink**) 27th December 2007, 08:27 AM

Congratulations! I'm not sure how I would do living that close to Queens Bay Mall, though. Too tempting. But avoiding that long trip inot town from Batu Feringhi would be really appealing. Did you buy a house or a condo?