The moment I arrived in Penang

The first thing I did when I arrived at home is to go upstairs, put down my luggage and changed my jeans into this comfortable kampung checks shorts as you can see in the photo.



My dog was so excited to see me again and I decided to take him for a walk.



A dog gotta do what a dog gotta do.



I really loved it when the wind that I'm familiar with brushes through my skin. Guess what? I took the photo above just 50 meters from my house. Nice eh?

2008 Raya Foodlog @ Penang Day 2

Today, mom made me 2 eggs and fried a piece of ham for me.



Didn't have much for lunch except for some fruits.



Had some fruit tart homemade by the woman I love the most during tea time.



Wanted to go downtown for some good Thai food but had to resort to somewhere in Sungai Ara. The food wasn't that good.



Planned to go to Hai Yun and went all the way there just to find out that the singers are on leave. Headed to Starbucks E-Gate. Had Coffee and Chor Dai Dee-ed with Tung, Chien Yee and Chun Hoong.

What to eat tomorrow?

2008 Raya Foodlog @ Penang Day 1

Ladies and Gentlemen...Thanks for coming back to my blog although I haven't been updating for weeks. My lazy nerve got really strong recently, the idea of having a foodlog of my short break back in Penang is a big part of my battle strategy against my laziness.

I arrived on Monday night, it was almost midnight when I set the tires of my dad's car on Penang roads.. No food, just plain H2O.

Day 1 starts on Tuesday!



Day 1 Breakfast: Wanted Curry Mee from Island Glades but the hawker was on holiday too, Mom "Da Pao-ed" Chee Cheong Fun with an extra piece of Chai Kuih.



Day 1 Lunch: Madras Filtered Coffee

For lunch, my family and I went to an Indian vegetarian restaurant named Woodlands in Little India.



Day 1 Dinner: Mom's Home Cooked Bah Kut Teh!!!

Sequenced clockwise from top left: Fried Four Angled Beans(Kacang Botol) and Eggplant with Sambal, Mustard Greens(Chai Sim) with Oyster Sauce, Mama's Bah Kut Teh and last but not least Yew Char Kuey.

Is your gastric doing the drumroll****?

Penang is HOT!

I'm currently in Penang having a warm time! Warm in terms of a warmly home and also in terms of temperature.


FOOD! I'm enjoying myself with the food in Penang. Went to Spice Market in Rasa Sayang.

Kek Lok Si #5 - Guan Yin and the 12 Zodiacs

After going up to the pagoda, the next destination in Kek Lok Si would be the Bronze Guan Yin of Kek Lok Si Temple; Air Itam, Penang island, Malaysia. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 1999.

Instead of paying for 3 person to take the stupid cable that looks like an inclined lift, I decided to walk down from the pagoda to take my car parked below and drove up to the Bronze Goddess of Mercy Statue.



After the generous donations by faithful devotees, the construction of the canopy is already in progress, hence we were unable to go near to the statue.



They have the 12 animal zodiacs there as well!



LOL


Is this an example of beastiality? Shouldn't the tagline be Man has anal sex with pig? LOL



Should this be my personal ad? Now who wants some tongue? LOL



I spotted my snakey being too friendly with another guy...

I confronted her and this was the response I got:



Woman are often unpredictable and they can be as vicious like snakes... LOL



After all these posing and my brother got pissed and threatened to punch me if I do not stop taking pictures... Haha



At last, the older Kuan Yin Statue of Kek Lok Si. I thought that it would be a nice material for me to do some vector art with this picture. This will be my next flash vector project!

Anyway, that pretty much sums up my trip to Kek Lok Si temple!

Kek Lok Si Series:
Kek Lok Si #1 Hike towards the temple
Kek Lok Si #2 The View, the Guards and the Beggars
Kek Lok Si #3 Before climbing the pagoda
Kek Lok Si#4 Reached the top of Pagoda

Short Update: What I've been doing recently

Sorry for the lack of updates recently, I've been busy with my exams and after that I went back to my hometown Penang. The first thing to do is to have Penang Char Koay Teow! Just like Tony Stark in Iron Man wanted to have an American Cheeseburger right before anything else when he arrived back in his home country.



I haven't been back since Chinese New Year! 3 months!



Parents took me to have great meal at Salsas.



I got some photos printed and had this picture framed as a gift to Yin Tung for his birthday.



Had dinner at a German restaurant called Ingolf the night before I came back to KL.

More post are coming up! Stay tune!

Kek Lok Si #4 - Reached the top of the Pagoda

Continued from the "Before climbing the pagoda" post.

When I reached the top of the tower, I saw this:



This couple looked like foreign workers. Foreigners in a foreign land with love.



Yours truly doing the Hiro Nakamura pose!



A landscape picture of the famous Kek Lok Si Temple.



A group picture!



Haha!



Spotted this in the holy temple.

Kek Lok Si Series:
Kek Lok Si #1 Hike towards the temple
Kek Lok Si #2 The View, the Guards and the Beggars
Kek Lok Si #3 Before climbing the pagoda

To be continued...

Kek Lok Si #3 - Before climbing the pagoda

There were plenty of pretty flowers around because of the Chinese New Year. The Chrysanthemum looks very fresh.



See 3 person on top? My bro, Steven and Derek went up first so that I could snap pics for them.



There was this old lady giving a donation.



The web infested Dragon Claw.



After snapping and snapping... I walked up the stairs...

To be continued....

Kek Lok Si #2 - The View,the Guard and the Beggars

Steven,Derek and my brother.

After passing through the souvenir stalls and the turtle pond, we finally arrived at the first scene of the temple.



The view is spectacular as you can see.



Tried to take some pics of the beggars. They all will try to face another direction to avoid me having a clear picture of their face.



Malaysians are not ready for impromptu street photography.



To be continued...

Kek Lok Si #1 - The Hike Towards the Temple

One week before Chinese New Year, my housemate from Indonesia Steven decided to pay me a visit in Penang and I played the role of a Tour Guide to take him around. A tour to Kek Lok Si was the first destination.



On the way to Kek Lok Si Temple, I dropped by at my high school and took a picture.
Chung Ling High School gave me countless memories.



Parked below for a flat rate of RM3.00 which is quite expensive.You can opt to park up the hill which cost less but climbing from the bottom is more fun.



One of the famous attraction in Kek Lok Si temple is the hundreds of tortoises. Tourists can purchase a bunch of water spinach(a.k.a. Kangkung) for RM1.00 from the hawkers around the pond to feed them.



(translation:Please do not pee here!)

lol...



This is a gigantic rock that has chinese characters carved on it.

More Kek Lok Si to come!

I'm back to Penang for CNY

Yata!!!

I didn't teleport to Penang lah...I guess I'm having "Heroes" overdose.




Took a flight back to Penang...

Some say I'm trying to show off or whatever but the truth is I log on to AirAsia almost everyday to look for offer and this trip costed me RM52.00 nett which is a little less than double if compared to the dangerous buses like the incident that took away the lives of 3 bright youths. I've signed the online petition to solve the bus crashes problem. Think of your loved ones.