KL to Penang Local Style

I got a ride from Kuala Lumpur to Penang with my old roommate and her friend. They planned to pick me up at 8 pm for the 4 hour drive. They got lost finding the place I was staying. I got a text saying it would be closer to 8:30. At 9 I started to worry. I called - several times. The phone was shut off. By then I was definitely worried. At 10pm I finally got a call back. They had figured it out and were almost to the place we were meeting. When all was said and done, we were leaving the parking lot at 10:30pm. I was in the back and went straight to sleep. In Malaysia a 4 hour drive is considered quite long, as it only takes 8 hours to travel the whole of Malaysia. Also, rest areas always include gas stations and many places to eat - often a Mcdonold's or KFC. I lost count how many times we stopped. It felt like every 20 minutes! We stopped so that the driver could take a quick 15 minute nap, because driving while tired is unsafe. ;) Needless to say, a 4 hour drive ended up taking 6 and a half hours! I spent the whole time somewhere between asleep and awake. When we arrived in Penang did we go straight home to sleep? Of course not! That would be very anti-Malaysian of us - we went straight out to eat an early 5:00am breakfast!! My old roommate felt it necessary to get me a real Penang teh tarik (pulled tea) the second we arrived - she knows me too well! She took me to one of my favorite places - Kapitians. They are open 24 hours, however, we found out that they don't have a cook from 4am to 6 am! After that we went to Kayu Nasi Kandar. They are also open 24 hours and actually have a cook the entire time! Only after that did we head home to sleep - around 6:30am. Besides we had nearly had a full nights sleep in the car anyway, right?!