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Month: August 2012

  • A Evening Walk Along Gurney Drive On Festive Season

    A Evening Walk Along Gurney Drive On Festive Season – It’s Hari Raya, Day 2. Penang has became a very congested little island on this festive season with Malaysian from other states flocking into the UNESCO World Heritage City of George Town. Traffic congestion are everywhere in Penang.

    To prevent getting trap and being frustrated in the traffic congestion, one of the activity I did to kill time was strolling along Gurney Drive, a quick walk for a little sweaty exercise with my parents. It was some unusual activity, normally I would just jog, but it was just walking with a faster pace, enjoying the breeze and laughing at those who were stuck in the traffic jam. HAHA.

    Gurney Drive has more people than normal day as it’s a public holiday. Unfortunately, it’s low tide and a huge part of it revealed the ugly muddy shore. Seriously, I am quite sad to see this unhappy scene. It’s like the shores are crying. Something need to be done, environment expert, state government, just turn it into a park, expand the walkway, or whatever way to bring back the lovely shore.

    The other end of Gurney Drive still looks good. It’s still looks good and kids picking up seashell can be seen at there. It was a dull and cloudy day, a nice day out for walking, but not so nice for photography.

    On the way back, detoured to Gurney Paragon for a little desserts and Gurney Drive hawker for some nice soya milk, as well as fresh cockles (si hum) lok-lok. What a nice night.

    Happy Hari Raya, day 2 and enjoy the kotai in your area. Happy hungry ghost month too!

    One more thing, did I mention I met local artist and TV host – Miau Miau Lin Jing Miao (苗苗 林静苗)? =)

  • Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old School Starbucks Coffee @ Central – One of the coolest place in Hong Kong to me is the old-school style designed Starbucks Coffee outlet located at Central area. I went there last year, and it was in one of my visiting list. What’s so special about this Starbucks Coffee outlet is the old-school Hong Kong coffee house design which local called it 冰室 (Bing Sutt).

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    This is a good blend of western coffee in to local Hong Kong culture. Although, the original Bing Sutt (Hong Kong’s kopitiam) design was not so dim, yet it brings out a warm, relaxing and mysterious feeling in the cafe.

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    It was full of people. It’s an attraction in my opinion and it has a unique Starbucks Coffee design. Mom went to shopping around Central area and me, dad and brother were enjoying a hot brew of coffee here.

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    It’s a little bit hard to spot out at Central area as you have to turn into a street and walk up a flight of stairs. Anyway, I’ve included a map below for your reference. =)

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

    Starbucks Coffee (Bing Sutt design), Central

    Floor M2, Baskerville House,
    13 Duddell Street, , Central
    Hong Kong
    Telephone: +852-25235685

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  • Balik Kampung – Sunset On Bus, Back To Penang

    Balik Kampung – Back To Penang – Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all Malaysian and friends out there! I am now finally balik to my kampung – Penang. It feels so nice back here as I’ve got about a week break from class. Yeah!

    Sunset watching from the bus first seat.

    Traffic wasn’t that smooth last night on the express bus, there’s some jam and slow moving traffic in between. I thought it’s supposed to be smooth as it’s already day 1 of Hari Raya as many have already went back home the day before, but it’s not. Still, there’s many car on the North South Highway.

    Watched Dexter to kill time, a nice drama!

    Waze is a good app to tell me what’s happening ahead.

    Jam! Strawberry jam!

    Happy holiday everyone and have fun!

  • Sunset: Anjung Indah, Balik Pulau, Penang

    Sunset: Anjung Indah, Balik Pulau, Penang

    Sunset: Anjung Indah, Balik Pulau, Penang – Not a great sunset it was, at Anjung Indah, Balik Pulau. This sunset watching place is easy to find as it’s halfway when you are on the way to Balik Pulau through Paya Terubong. It’s the mid-hill level where it’s very happenings during durian season in mid-year. There’s chair around and you can get a good view of the sun setting in the Straits of Malacca here.

    Lovely Hueisean went sunset watching together.

    Unfortunately, the haze was the down factor for the sunset. Anyway, it was fun checking this out and I will be back with my longer telephoto lens. The next stop in Balik Pulau, perhaps is Kampung Sungai Burong. =D Don’t really dare to go there now as it’s the Hungry Ghost Month, better get back home early before night falls.

  • Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre

    Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre

    Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre

    Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre – The eve of Hari Raya Aidilfitri, not surprisingly, the road in Petaling Jaya was so smooth today, LDP was so nice to drive on. I didn’t drive in to the city centre despite the smooth traffic, I am just stingy to pay for the parking and fuel. I took the LRT, to save fuel and the environment.

    Seems like it’s a holiday for those foreign labour worker, they came out in group and ride the LRT together. I don’t really have good feeling for them. Anyway, cut the crap, I went to Popular BookFest 2012 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre today and it’s my first time going there. There’s so many people at there, kids and youngster mostly and also lots of parents! It’s very crowded at there.

    Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre

    Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre

    I was pretty excited about it, but my excitement turned into disappointment when I saw the big banner of ‘Ticket Counter’, then ‘RM2.50/entry’. I was like ‘What?! Why do we have to pay for books fair?!’. PIKOM PC Fair is free, why couldn’t you? Well, since I was there already, RM2.50 is not really a lot, so I just paid for it and went in. Got a wrist tag as entrance and a guide book filled with advertisement.

    Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre

    It’s an International books fair, but most of them are Chinese books from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. I was hoping to look for some design inspiration book from Taiwan and Hong Kong, unfortunately I couldn’t found any. Instead, bought a self-improvement book – 心理专家的说话技巧. Sounds interesting. There’s design book on sale at very low price, but I didn’t get them because it’s quite old.

    Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre

    Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre

    I was at the hall for quite a long time, not because there’s too many books, but is because I was finding design books hardly. Checked out the stationery section too, not bad, tech accessories are on sale, bought charger for my phone as I’ve lost mine.

    Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre

    Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre

    Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre

    Went to Kinokuniya after that and I can tell you that Kinokuniya is still the best! Don’t think I will return to the BookFest next year.

  • Hong Kong: Awesome Night View From The Peak

    Hong Kong, View From The Peak

    Hong Kong: Awesome Night View From The Peak – Something that I’ve stopped posting for quite some times and that’s my trip to China – Hong Kong last year. Suddenly remembered that I still have quite many thing about my travel to China to share, so I quickly sit in front of my computer and start looking for photos before I forget about it.

    Hong Kong, View From The Peak

    One of the nice experience in Hong Kong was heading to The Peak at night to check out the Hong Kong night view. I tell you, queuing up for the tram at night is a disaster, it could take you more than an hour for it as it’s a long queue, everyday! You can take the bus, if you know how to, or like us, we took the haggling cab waiting by the roadside. The cab charges 4 of us for HK$40 which I think pretty reasonable after some negotiation, as it brings us all the way up, and cutting all the long queue.

    Hong Kong, View From The Peak

    Hong Kong, View From The Peak

    The temperature up there was superb, chilly, windy, cold. It’s very happenings up there, lots of people were taking photos of the spectacular view of Hong Kong from top. It’s just so awesome. At 8pm every night, there’s the light show, it’s weird that you see the light but you can’t hear any music like you can hear at the Avenue Of Star. Nevertheless, it’s worth to visit The Peak at night. I’ve been there in the morning before.

    Click here to read more about my China Trip.

  • Sunrise: Teluk Tempoyak @ Batu Maung, Penang

    Sunrise: Teluk Tempoyak @ Batu Maung, Penang

    Sunrise: Teluk Tempoyak @ Batu Maung, Penang

    Sunrise: Teluk Tempoyak @ Batu Maung, Penang – Checking out sunrise/sunset is one of my favourite thing to do now. The moment seeing the sun rises from the horizon, sun ray penetrating the dark sky is like greeting you of a coming new day, the feeling is just awesome. However, it’s not easy to wake up early for me. HAHA. Anyway, let’s check out some sunrise that I went watching at Teluk Tempoyak, a fishing village at Batu Maung, Penang few weeks back.

    Sunrise: Teluk Tempoyak @ Batu Maung, Penang

    Many friends told me that Teluk Tempoyak has the best sunrise in Penang, with the view of second Penang Bridge at the background and with clear blue sky, it’s even prettier. It was far from my place, took about 30 minutes to reach there. The fishing village was quiet in the morning. I was afraid that no sunrise can be seen because of the strong haze present on that morning. I waited anxiously with my girlfriend Hueisean for the sunrise.

    Sunrise: Teluk Tempoyak @ Batu Maung, Penang

    Sunrise: Teluk Tempoyak @ Batu Maung, Penang

    The haze looks like fog in picture and it makes me feels like Hangzhou, China. =D

    The place is a mix of peaceful nature and a bit of messiness. One side, you can see green hill and hear the sound of the wave hitting the shore, another side you can see the construction of Second Penang Bridge. It was just two of us at the shore waiting for sunrise, we waited not long, about 7.25am, we saw the little round sun up in the air. Although there’s no clear blue sky, the sighting was cool with a red round sun blending with the view of Second Penang Bridge. Awesome.

    Sunrise: Teluk Tempoyak @ Batu Maung, Penang

    Sunrise: Teluk Tempoyak @ Batu Maung, Penang

    Sunrise: Teluk Tempoyak @ Batu Maung, Penang

    Me and her.

    Sunrise: Teluk Tempoyak @ Batu Maung, Penang

    Sunrise: Teluk Tempoyak @ Batu Maung, Penang

    The Golden Sun, reminded me of the game on Gameboy Advance.

    Hueisean posing on the bridge.

    Just sad that it’s not a clear blue sky morning.  If I’ve got omph next time, I’ll come back again, it’s pretty far to me. Haha. After the sunrise, we went for breakfast at Church Street.

  • Malacca: Walking Around Chinatown

    Malacca: Walking Around Chinatown

    Malacca: Walking Around Chinatown – It was a sunny afternoon after eating some Cendol and Laksa at the always-crowded Jonker88 Cafe. We strolled around the Chinatown area, which also known as the area around Jonker Walk (Jalan Hang Jebat). This place is very similar to Penang, the old-school electic straits shophouses and the street are almost the same. It’s just that the street in Malacca is narrower and the number of these shophouses are less than in Penang.

    One thing I like about Malacca is that they truly develop this heritage part of the city into a living museum and tourist area. It’s so tourist concentrated with souvenir shops, cafe, restaurant and guesthouse all around this place. I like walking around the heritage area, it’s like bring me back in time.

    Jalan Tukang Emas and Jalan Tukang Besi are full of guesthouses.

    Joss sticks.

    Inside Cheng Ho Tea House & Museum. Ground level is free of charge and one have to pay RM10 to visit the upper level.

    You can check out the electronic puppet show which tells you the story of Cheng Ho.

    Little ang-mo kid who was watching the puppet show.

    The No. 8 Heeren Street is a museum located on Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, also known as Heeren Street is currently number 1 to-do in Malacca according to TripAdvisor. Unfortunately, it was closed when we were there. I’ve no idea what is it about but curious.

    Li Hong, Steve, Arvin, Wesley, me and Jia Hui.

    Do you like Malacca? How about Penang? Penang is the best, because I am from Penang. =D

  • Malacca: Nadeje Cafe Mille Crepe Cake

    Malacca: Nadeje Cafe Mille Crepe Cake

    Malacca: Nadeje Cafe Crepe Cake

    Malacca: Nadeje Cafe Crepe Cake – There’s one thing that is very famous in Malacca, not the Chicken Rice Ball, not the Cendul, not a typical local food but it’s a kind of desserts, it’s layered mille crepe cake (thousand layer cake 千层蛋糕). Malacca must be familiar with this name – Nadeje, a famous cafe that makes good crepe cake and has a variety of flavours of them.

    Malacca: Nadeje Cafe Crepe Cake

    Every one was talking about it previously on Facebook, on Twitter and so here I am to check it out the place and of course, the crepe cake. There’s 3 outlets in Malacca, one in Melaka Raya, one in Dataran Pahlawan and the latest is at Jaya 99. We went to the most original outlet and that’s at Melaka Raya. It was 5.30pm and not surprise, people were waiting outside to be seated. It’s full house! We waited for like 20 minutes only then we got place to sit.

    The interior decoration of the cafe is pretty cool and in a sense of contemporary design.

    Malacca: Nadeje Cafe Crepe Cake

    Malacca: Nadeje Cafe Crepe Cake

    Malacca: Nadeje Cafe Crepe Cake

    Looking at the menu, there’s many food for you to eat like pasta, chicken chops and more, but our main purpose of the visit was the crepe cakes! We ordered the crepe cake first at the counter upon entering and it costs RM9.50/slice. There’s many choices for you to pick and we picked 4 to try out. They are:

    • Mango Crepe Cake
    • Tiramisu Crepe Cake
    • Chocolate Crepe Cake
    • Original Crepe Cake

    They all looked very pretty. The first few taste of them were good, they were sweet, but not overly sweet, and a strong essence of milk can be felt on our taste bud. It was nice, but eating more of them started to make me feel bored of it, it’s just too much of milk. Maybe, maybe it’s not really my favourite thing, or maybe it’s just too much, but I just felt enough of it after eating half. Some says it’s over-rated, some says it’s good,well, I’ll say, it’s good, BUT, it’s my first time eating crepe cake, so I can’t judge whether it’s the best or not. What do you think?

    One more thing, original and chocolate are awesome.

    Nadeje Cake House

    G-23,25 & 27,
    Jalan PM4, Plaza Mahkota,
    75000 Malacca

    Telephone: +606-2838750

    Website: http://www.nadeje.com.my/

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  • Bukit Mertajam Duck Egg Char Koay Teow

    Bukit Mertajam Duck Egg Char Koay Teow

    Bukit Mertajam Duck Egg Char Koay Teow

    (BM) Bukit Mertajam Duck Egg Char Koay Teow – Bukit Mertajam is famous for duck egg char koay teow, yes or no? That’s what my girlfriend told me. George Town also has duck egg char koay teow, just frying with duck egg is top-up request, where as in Bukit Mertajam, you only get a choice of egg and that’s duck egg. Duck egg makes your char koay teow taste better.

    There’s one good one in Bukit Mertajam that used to locate on the roadside of Jalan Kulim has now moved to a new place, also on Jalan Kulim, but to be exact, is at Kampung Baru, in a coffee shop.

    Bukit Mertajam Duck Egg Char Koay Teow

    I was having hard time looking for it because there’s not much people posted it on the Internet or Facebook. My girlfriend asked around her friends and finally we found the place.

    Bukit Mertajam Duck Egg Char Koay Teow

    At RM4.50 a plate with a deep fried egg omelete. It’s good in the sense of different with others that I’d in George Town. The koay teow is darker because of different soy sauce used and best of all, lots of lards (not healthy though)! The deep fried egg omelette is compliment to the koay teow and it’s a must add-on when you order a plate of this. If the koay teow can be dryer than it will be best.

    Opens only at night, after 8pm.

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