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Written by Nicholas Chan on January 30, 2010 – 1:46 pm -

This is just a simply crap post writeup. Today is Saturday and I want to wish you all Happy Thaipusam. It’s a very happenings day here in Penang and all the Indian comes out to party on the street. I like festival, I like happenings and I like my hometown, Penang.

Though, traffic jam will be everywhere and I need to take the longest route to go to any place to prevent passing by Jalan Utama and Jalan Dato Keramat where the Thaipusam possession is held.

ITP school of engineering so hidden in Victoria Street. First time knowing that there’s a school here.

Back to crap post, one fine day, I took the Sony T200 out instead of the Canon 400D, it’s tiny and sleek, but the quality is still far not to par with the DSLR, very suck for low light, yet still it’s fun to shoot. I like shooting it in 16:9 format, wide screen is nice. Although I still can crop my photos taken with DSLR to 16:9, but still I kinda lazy some times.

So, the reason of going to town was helping dad to do stuff like cheque deposit and collect stuff from the post office. He drives and I work it out.

I don’t ride motorbike. Do you?

Went to the Poslaju office to collect a parcel for dad, and he thought it’s something important, but turn out to be 4 RM10 Padini voucher, yet still pretty cool, I can go shopping already! It’s some reward scheme by the credit card company.

After that passed by Little India and saw a lot of Indians at there doing their business. If you wind down your window when passing this place, you can hear a lot of free bollywood music. Kinda cool. =D

At this moment, I am sitting in front of the computer, writing blog on one hand, and the TV behind me is playing Leverage latest episode. Do you watch Leverage? =D Enjoy. Gonna plan where to go later already. Chao! Happy Thaipusam once again!

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Tags: Cool Stuff, crap, georgetown, Lifelog, Penang, random
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Last Sunday at Chowrasta Market

Written by Nicholas Chan on January 25, 2010 – 7:41 pm -

It’s the time for a yearly visit to Chowrasta Market in town. Every year, when close to Chinese New Year, mom sure bring me to Chowrasta Market for a walk. I also like going there because there’s many people, very happenings, I like!

Why before Chinese New Year? I also don’t know why, maybe there’s more Chinese New year-related stuff to see at there I think.

Woke up pretty early that morning, at around 8am, freshing up took me 1 hour then arrived there at around 93oam. There’s already many people there when I was there.

Oranges are healthy! You like? I only like orange juice.

I went to have breakfast at there, it was a plate of wan tan noodle and it’s not nice, wrong stall I went.

Selling glasses.

Thailand! Shirt.

After that just walkaround with mom and dad.

The most crowded stalls are the stalls that sell clothes, many ladies gathered and pick their favourite. Although there’s no fitting room, clothes bought can be exchange after you find it not suitable. Cool right?

Though, pasar malam (night market) have more fashion stuff then morning market, morning market is more about meat and vegetable.

Soya milk.

Very old fashion type of buying fish. Dad told me last time when he was small, he buys fish in this way and till today, it’s the same.

Chinese New Year stuff.

One very stupid thing is, I don’t know why people want to drive into this crowded street. It’s market and full of people in the morning, they knew it and they still want to move it, mindless. The state authority should road block the place during the market hour.

Mom.

Kitchen stuff.

Rock World yeah!

Do you visit your local market? Is it more interesting than this or not? =)

Tags: Chinese New Year, Chowrasta, cny 10, georgetown, Lifelog, Market, Morning, Penang
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A While at Kuan Yin Temple

Written by Nicholas Chan on January 24, 2010 – 9:51 pm -

So many bad and sad things happened lately, the dragon boat tragedy, I got food poison and went into the hospital, and camera gear spoil. Mom asked me to go to the temple for a pray for good luck and good in everything. Chinese New Year is coming and I also hoped that I will have good luck all the time.

Long time didn’t go Kuan Yin temple already. The last time, was like before SPM which we were having temples hopping in Penang.

Flock of birds.

So last week, I went there with Arron and Chien Chern. Bought praying materials and went to pray in the temple. The whole process took like 15 minutes.

Chien Chern.

Pitt Street in Chinese name, literally means Foot Of Coconut Street.

Arron.

After pray, I went home. Very fast, and very short while. Didn’t spend much time out there because it was getting late and I don’t want to be stuck in the traffic jam.

Tags: Friends, georgetown, Lifelog, Penang, Temple
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Photos with Pei Shan and A Day at Jing-Si Books and Cafe

Written by Nicholas Chan on November 11, 2009 – 8:48 pm -

Pei Shan was one of the Tzu Chi people working at Jing-Si Books and Cafe, and I am one of their frequent visitor. I always go there is not that I really want to drink the tea, it’s that I enjoy the environment, the air-conditioned, the quietness and the low price beverage, making it a place for me to sit down and do some reading. What I read are mostly school’s book which is for exam, so basically, the place is more like a reading lounge/library for me.

It’s a cafe and also a bookstore. But most of the customers are students of high school and colleges like us.

This is not Pei Shan, he is Min Sheng.

So last weekend was the last day of Pei Shan. She is not working at there already and has already changed job. She is a friendly one and kind too, like talking with her and a good person. It’s a little bit bad that she’s gone because there’s no more other like us, there’s Monica, James (self-given names by Min Sheng) which are other Tzu Chi people, which I don’t think are as friendly as Pei Shan.

I didn’t thought of going there in the morning. I was wanting to go to my friend’s place directly to return him something, but he was at Jing Si instead, so I went to Jing Si to return him the thing and also do a little little bit of reading. You know, SPM is coming, reading is very important.

Here’s photos with Pei Shan, probably don’t get to see her anymore.

Bye bye.

Tags: Friends, georgetown, jing si, Lifelog, Penang, town
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Somewhere at Macallum and town

Written by Nicholas Chan on October 15, 2009 – 12:12 am -

The plan to do after school went wrong after Chien Chern fell sick in school. We were suppose to go to Boon Hooi’s place to take bath and eat, only then go to Jing Si Books and Cafe to read. But in the end, it’s only me that went to Boon Hooi’s place.

I was a little bit undecided, whether to go here and there or not, in the end, I picked to read. SPM is coming in 5 weeks time and the feeling is getting stronger. I just can’t stop.

Gonna thank Boon Hooi’s for the lunch. I was thinking of going home since everyone was not going to the cafe, but I past by Beach Street and tried my luck to look for parking, if there’s a place to park, I’ll go to sit and do some revision, and really lucky, there’s a place. Parked and went there to sit for like an hour and a half.

Only then, I went home at finish-work hour. Traffic jam a little bit, traffic was definitely not smooth and it’s my first time in it and I found that cranking up the music will help you to pass time. =)

Tags: georgetown, Lifelog, Malaysia, Penang, School Life
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Steamboat dinner with a few friends

Written by Nicholas Chan on October 12, 2009 – 11:46 pm -

Last Friday, Boon Hoay, the schoolmate, friend, of the class next to mine asked me out for a steamboat dinner in Town Steamboat House. The last time I came here was last year’s Christmas Eve and I could feel that it’s something fun because, it’s steamboat and friends. We can talk and eat all night long.

Gonna thank Chien Chern for driving me there, he just got his driving license and I want to congratulate him here, as an appreciation.

The steamboat place is always crowded with people, so do last’s Friday. We wanted a spot on the outside but it’s full, we should have made a reservation at first. Inside wasn’t that good because it’s pretty warm. Imagine when the steamboat starts, it will be sweating a lot.

It was Boon Hoay, Chien Chern, Zhen Yuan and me that were there and started eating first, an hour later only then Zez Chien and Arron came to join us from as far away as Bayan Lepas.

It’s “Eat-All-You-Can” for RM17.90. We started our steamboat and grilling thing at around 7.30 at night, went to take the food for lots of round until half past ten. It’s a long three hour dinner for us and it’s so full. It’s always not a good idea to go for buffet or something like this because you will be feeling a little bit uncomfortable and bloated after the meal.

Just enjoying the process and talk cock time with friends. I did say about I dislike steamboat or BBQ, but doing it with a lot of friends is different, there’s people help me out on the food and now I got a concept that just put the food into the mouth whether it’s well-cooked or not, we are strong for it. Haha.

Hope to do this again soon but not so often because I don’t want to be broke. It’s fun!

By the way, met a friendly family on the next table, didn’t get the name but they asked me to help them take a photo, and here it is. =)

Tags: Dinner, Food, Friends, fun, georgetown, Hot, Many People, Steamboat, Sweat, town
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