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Walking along Gurney Drive

Written by Nicholas Chan on October 8, 2008 – 11:01 pm -

It was Sunday during the twilight before the night falls. I woke up from my long afternoon nap and found myself alone at home. At first, I was thinking to go for a jog along Gurney Drive, though the sky was getting dark and maybe I’ll just pack my gear and go for an evening walk along Gurney Drive and take some randomness photo of Gurney Drive.

It was hell lot of sweat even though I did not jog, squarting up and down to catch a nice angle and looking for nice shot is a good exercise. However, Gurney Drive didn’t really have something nice for me to shoot.

I saw a not-actually-a-lot but not little of people chattering, walking, taking photos at Gurney Drive. It seems like a nice place to hang out, do a little walk, talkings but then the low tides uglyfied the place and the narrow pavement is narrow, they should have widen it so it will something like the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong. Why not landfill the low tides area and build a park by the sea? I think it’s a good idea.

SEC more, the new electronic appliances store in Gurney Plaza. I didn’t knew about its opening until I saw the advert board outside Gurney Plaza when it lights on.

The sky was getting darker and I did not go further towards Gurney Drive, just staying around G Hotel area. Eventually, I went in Gurney Plaza for less than 5 minutes and I took the side exit and went back to Gurney Drive.

From far, I could see the new area of Penang the Tanjung Sri Pinang. It’s a new residential area and a lot of houses, offices and apartment are yet to be built.

Later on, I went to Gurney Drive hawker area to buy myself a drinks before going home. Seriously, I don’t eat there although I live near to where it is, the food is no good (to me).

Tags: gurney drive, hawker, photoshoot
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What I think about Penang Times Square

Written by Nicholas Chan on October 5, 2008 – 1:12 am -

When I heard about Penang Times Square four years ago, I was very excited because “Look, now we, Penangite get our Times Square. No need go to Kuala Lumpur already.” All the Times Square are shopping mall, it’s nothing like the Times Square with a lot of LED Billboard, big screens and lights in New York City.

Penang Times Square, something like Roppongi Hill in Tokyo which is an integrated property development with living, shopping, working all under one roof.

Personally, it look small on the outside compare to what’s in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong. The design for Phase 1 The Birch Plaza which is the shopping mall is quite nice but the condominium on top is ugly when you are comparing with the one on top of Pavilion Kuala Lumpur. Why there’s so many condominium and there’s so little of retail shopping lot?

Perhaps when Phase 2 and 3 will have a better looking structure than before. Sooner, when it’s open, the place I would alight will be at Penang Times Square instead of at Komtar bus terminal. It’s a straight line from my school to KOMTAR and Penang Times Square is in between.

Are you looking forward? It’s good to have mall shopping malls in town right now but then the look of it is important. I’m just talking cock here.

One more thing I want to tell you that, I was taking the bus last week and eventually I told the bus driver I want to stop at Times Square and he was like “HUH?”. =)

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Rapid Penang ticket redesigned

Written by Nicholas Chan on September 12, 2008 – 12:41 am -

The power of advertisement and sponsors gives Rapid Penang’s plain ticket a new design on it. It’s only Rapid Penang public buses do give out ticket to comuter, this is not available on other company’s buses etc Milan, Transit Link, KGN Hin.

Old ticket.

Personally, I still hoping for there’s a stored value card for payment like the Touch N’ Go. It will be hassle free, no need to look for exact change for the bus fare. Do you guys know that your MyKAD is actually a Touch N’ Go card? You can reload value into it and use on toll and the LRT in Kuala Lumpur. Many people does not aware about this and which caused a low demand on the usage of Touch N’ Go at the station which eventually leads to long queue on the ticketing machine.

Back to the Rapid Penang bus ticket. See the new design of it.

There’s the sponsor advertisement on the back of it. Will you really turn to the back and take a look or you  will just throw the ticket away?

Tags: bus, Penang, public, rapid penang
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Biscuit shop at Jalan Burma

Written by Nicholas Chan on August 30, 2008 – 1:12 am -

The print shop called today and said that they have problem printing my name card, they are so lousy, but then I once saw them working on advertorial design for various shopping malls in Penang. I went to the print shop at Burma Rd on my own to see what they have corrected for my name card, it’s good and I’ll be collecting it later today in the afternoon.

After that, I have to take the bus home, and I saw there a shop in renovation with cute sculpture outside the shop. If I am not mistaken, I believe it’s a shop that sell the Penang’s famous Tau Sar Phneah (Green Bean Paste Pastry). However, I got no idea which shop it is. Ghee Hiang perhaps? Enlighten me please. Though the best Tau Sar Phneah is still Him Heang’s which is on Burma Road too.

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Hong Kong TVB interviewed CM Lim Guan Eng

Written by Nicholas Chan on August 13, 2008 – 10:47 pm -

Still remember that I went to see a live outdoor interview session with Penang CM Lim Guan Eng by a Chinese local radio station, 988? TVB crew was there to shoot the whole event and I wanted to look for the video online and finally it’s up.

It’s nice to see other country’s media came all the way to Malaysia to do a documentary film. Proud of being a Penangite. I am on Part 1’s 2:57, look for me. =)

Part 1 :

Part 2 :

Part 3 :

Wonder what is the relationship between Hong Kong and Penang because when I was in Hong Kong during the General Election, I did read about news about Penang opposition’s winning on their local papers.

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Gurney Plaza Extension New Wing, opening in November 2008

Written by Nicholas Chan on July 30, 2008 – 1:04 am -

Last weekend, I went to Penang Gurney Plaza to buy some stuff and saw a board writing the names of the new stores that will be opening in the extension wing that is still under construction. It says that it will be opened in Noverber 2008. So let’s wait and see. I love to see more new shops opening here. What interest me is the restaurants because I love to eat!

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Blackout at Queensbay Mall

Written by Nicholas Chan on July 21, 2008 – 12:58 am -

For the past 2 days, I have been working out at Queensbay Mall. As part of the Young Enterprise team, I was actually a salesboy and also customers. Just as today where my shift was in the morning, I was excited though I sold nothing, because there’s wasn’t much passers-by in the morning till noon time. It was just Hello and Thank you. They didn’t even bother to take a look.

Just at half to 1pm, all the lights in the mall went out. All the crazy students at the YE sales fair was shouting as if they were on a roller coaster. Of course I believe it’s a fake shout, it was just for fun because I shouted too. It was not a common scene, the last time I came across such event was in 1 Utama in Kuala Lumpur for like 10 minutes and today was the 2nd time.

Air con went out, lights went out and I started to see lights from the mobile phone and torch. Well, guess it’s time to take a break. I and friends were walking around and making fun with other stalls people. It’s getting longer when time passed 10 minutes. I wonder if the blackout happened in the cinema or not? I had friends went to watch The Dark Knight and indeed he called and asked me to go to the cinema area to see the crowds asking making their refunds.

Too bad for everyone, all movies at before 1pm have to be refunded. Just as I reach the cinema floor, the lights came back on and also the AC. It was hot up there. Well, a friend told me that it was not Queensbay Mall that was blacken out, it was the whole area of Bayan Lepas too.

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Lunch at Leo Forum 2008

Written by Nicholas Chan on June 27, 2008 – 12:52 am -

This should be a long ago post but I’ve forgotten to upload the photo. I was bored just now and I scrolled through my photo album in the computer and found a lot of the Leo Forum photos in Ipoh a month ago, so I might as well to upload it up and post it here and share with everyone.

Lunch was provided but it’s not very interesting to me because it’s just a normal buffet lunch with not interesting food. Just quickly scooped up and eat all the food, I and other members went walking around saying Hi to everyone and eventually took photos with some of them.

Leo member tends to do a little business where there’s a lot of people. They sell badges which cost as little as RM3 and as much as RM15. I have never bought any of that in any of the Leo Forums I have participated.

Personally, I prefer getting it for free rather than spent in on the badges which are then to clip on the vest which signifies how active or how many activity have you attended. I got a little badges only because mine are like keep dropping, so I just might as well take it down.

(Finalist of Leo Idol)

(President of Assunta Sec and Vice President of Chung Ling High meets,)

(I and Cheryl from Assunta Sec)

(Us and Leo of SMK La Salle)

There’s nothing much to do there except eat, talk, receives awards and socialize. So basically it’s a big social gathering which involve people from all over of Malaysia.

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