Been nearly 6 month I haven't have an update huh omg
Yeah so imma start spamming some posts before I get back to uni gahhh
Alrite since the holiday started I went around looking for jobs and yeah came back empty handed fts
Well I am well qualified for some temporary jobs but oh well my holiday is only 2.5 month *palmface
FTS who would wana hire someone who works for like, 2 months??
so now I have NO INCOME!
poor die me.
well anyway had a really nice holiday doing nothing
well well wellll
a great respect and honour for the HOLIDAY :D
of course spent some precious times with ma high schoolies!
then we decided to walk it out! to the Penang Heritage Sites!
It has been very famous recently, of wall drawings that brings out the culture of Penang!
And yeah so one random day, we decided to take a walk.
*most of the photos are courtesy of Gary Loke! :D
Sooooo, on da 4th of August we went for an early morning DIMSUM breakfast at Kutabali in Paya Terubong. It has been a tradition for us since lower six having tea and chit chat sessions here.
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| Our dimsum galore
Okay so after our breakfast we went to town, where all the sites are and we parked out cars somewhere nearby. Coz we plan to go around using the Rapid Penang! Since many of us haven't really got on one, and also because of the packed traffic in town area, we decided to walk more!
And so we went to the main bus station in Weld Quay!
 Well the buses were in very good condition! There is even a coordinator or something to direct us which bus to get on just by telling them the location we were heading to! The ticket was RM1.40 for travelling distance from 0-7km, which was still acceptable. The bus even had Wifi!! OMG FTS Of coz you can see from the phone there is also the detectable Penang Free Wfi!! CM Lim's awesome work :  They even have these nice pocket size maps when requested at the customer service counters!! So nice!!  So here now we are gona begin our journey!! Well we walk all on foot to catch a glimpse of everything. Here are the photos~~   And this is my ex schoolie Gary Loke loaning some other tourists' rented bicycle for this shot!  Well this foreigner was spotted trying to learn how to use rattan and make parts of a chair from the owner of the rattan products shop. 
and this uncle plays a guitar!! i guess. It has 5 strings, same tuning like a guitar, and he uses a pick to strum! the only difference is that he does not need tabs or chords, he just needs to press on the buttons, stated with the key it plays! I would say, its the easiest guitar to learn in the whole wide world!!! LOL
  Another beautiful spot! Chew Jetty! Its a community of people witht he surname CHEW staying in all these houses! This place is located at Weld Quay. Along Weld Quay there are also jetties with other surnames like the Tan Jetty etc. The community stays on a floating village!  |
And this is the fried ice mango at Chew Jetty.
How they do it:
Blend the mango-pour it on a pan, instead of frying, freezing, to -40 celsius. Walahh there you have it!
The toppings are peanuts and dried nutmeg.
A lovely reminder at Chew Jetty :)
Another trying-to-poke-her shot by my schoolie
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Next stop! The Pinang Peranakan Mansion! This is the place where the Singaporean Drama was shot, Baba and Nyonya!
Btw thats a really handsome Baba :) More pics see below
The Western dining hall
This hall is used to serve close friends with western food OR Westerners.
Theres also the Eastern Dining Hall. LOL
Theres also the Eastern Dining Hall. LOL
Ignore my buddy in this pic. Just wana let u have a look of the deco in this mansion w/ solid wooden floors *i like!
This hall is where the MEN talk business. Get a deal closed etc etc. ( I have really good illustrators!)
They have a separate hall for the girls and wives to do embroidery, chit chat and play some olden games. Otherwise the women will be cooking!! Not like us blogging LOL
These olden beds are so stuffy inside!! I wonder how they sleep gahhh
And the kitchen!! These people are wealthy during those days!!
After visiting the mansion with a guide bringing us around, we got to know more about the Baba and Nyonya culture, which is very unique!
How it started: This chinese labour came down to Malaysia to work in a tin mine. While others spend their money on opium and prostitution during their free time, this guy self studied English. Sooner he became a traslator for the British. He was then sent from Taiping, Perak (where the mine was) to Penang to liase business. He then became the Kapitan (Captain) in Penang. He brought his Chinese wife down to Penang (which did not bear him any children) and sooner he got 3 other wives, which are the Nyonyas. ( The nyonyas are hokkien speaking Malays, but are not Muslims. Those days they have more freedom).
And yeah that was out Pinang Peranakan Mansion Tour!
We did not manage to see ALL the wall murals but it is indeed a very enjoyable trip :D
This hall is where the MEN talk business. Get a deal closed etc etc. ( I have really good illustrators!)
They have a separate hall for the girls and wives to do embroidery, chit chat and play some olden games. Otherwise the women will be cooking!! Not like us blogging LOL
These olden beds are so stuffy inside!! I wonder how they sleep gahhh
And the kitchen!! These people are wealthy during those days!!
After visiting the mansion with a guide bringing us around, we got to know more about the Baba and Nyonya culture, which is very unique!
How it started: This chinese labour came down to Malaysia to work in a tin mine. While others spend their money on opium and prostitution during their free time, this guy self studied English. Sooner he became a traslator for the British. He was then sent from Taiping, Perak (where the mine was) to Penang to liase business. He then became the Kapitan (Captain) in Penang. He brought his Chinese wife down to Penang (which did not bear him any children) and sooner he got 3 other wives, which are the Nyonyas. ( The nyonyas are hokkien speaking Malays, but are not Muslims. Those days they have more freedom).
And yeah that was out Pinang Peranakan Mansion Tour!
We did not manage to see ALL the wall murals but it is indeed a very enjoyable trip :D
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