Category: Beautiful Penang

  • Sunrise: Straits Quay, Penang

    Sunrise: Straits Quay, Penang

    Sunrise: Straits Quay, Penang
    Sunrise: Straits Quay, Penang – This is my long waited sunrise post. Was thinking to post it up earlier but have caught up with some school assignments. I actually went for this sunrise photoshoot about a month ago when I was in Penang for a short holiday.

    I woke up as early as 6.30am, drove there in 10 minutes and it was just nice as the sky was clear! However, I’ve no idea why it was pretty warm that morning. Usually, morning is cool and fresh, but it’s not on that day.

    At there, I’ve seen people jogging at there, doing some morning walk. Seems like there’s people earlier than me. Haha. Straits Quay was so quiet in the morning, not forget to mention – pretty and peaceful! Set up my tripod and then I waited! It feels good in the morning, when the air is fresh and sky is clear. Let’s check out the sunrise now. =)

    Sunrise: Straits Quay, Penang

    Sunrise: Straits Quay, Penang

    Sunrise: Straits Quay, Penang

    Sunrise: Straits Quay, Penang

    Sunrise: Straits Quay, Penang

    Sunrise: Straits Quay, Penang

    Penang is pretty isn’t it?

  • Video: Shadowfax – Cycling Around George Town By Fauzi Yusoff

    Video: Shadowfax – Cycling Around George Town By Fauzi Yusoff

    Video: Shadowfax - Cycling Around George Town By Fauzi Yusoff

    Video: Shadowfax – Cycling Around George Town By Fauzi Yusoff – This is a cool short film of Fauzi Yusoff and his team cycling around George Town, Penang showcasing some few cool places. Penang has more and more bicycle riders nowadays!

    Check out the statement copied from the Vimeo site:

    I was approached by Canon to do a video for Shadowfax at Penang.

    I took this oppurtunity to go cycling, backpacking, and travelling with friends. This is the first part of our journey. Thank you to our sponsors, friends and everyone who gave a good support toward this project.

    Thank you to our sponsors:
    Canon, Adobe, Grafa, Ryokan Chics, Red Inn and Tofu Cafe, Bed & Bikes

    Directed by Fauzi Yusoff
    Assistant Camera: Shazmir, Fahmy Says

    Thanks Fauzi Yusoff and team for this awesome short video of Penang!

    [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/47002286 w=640&h=360]

    Shadowfax at Penang from Fauzi Yusoff on Vimeo.

  • Night Shots From 1st Avenue Mall, Penang

    Night Shots From 1st Avenue Mall, Penang

    Night Shots From 1st Avenue Mall, Penang

    Night Shots From 1st Avenue Mall, Penang – I was waiting my girlfriend who was buying Tang Yuan on Magazine Road, then I see it’s quite interesting to turn on long shutter and capture some night trail. Although I have did it before, I just couldn’t resist myself from pressing the shutter.

    Night Shots From 1st Avenue Mall, Penang

    Later then, I asked her to wait for me in the car and I went to the carpark of 1st Avenue Mall to take some shots from above. =D Put my camera on the flat handrail, set on a slow shutter mode and capture.

    Night Shots From 1st Avenue Mall, Penang

    It would be even better if I’ve got a tripod with me that time, but it was fun.

  • (Cloudy) Sunset: George Town City Centre

    (Cloudy) Sunset: George Town City Centre

    (Cloudy) Sunset: George Town City Centre

    Sunset: George Town City Centre – My latest sunset watching place is in the heart of George Town. Well, I’d call it the city centre of George Town. But the exact place is the carpark of 1st Avenue Shopping Mall. Haha. You can get a good view of sunset across the magnificent Penang Hill.

    I went to try my luck for sunset watching few days ago but sadly, not so good, it’s kinda cloudy. Nevertheless, it was nice that I’ve found a new place for sunset watching. Awkward location, but pretty cool.

    (Cloudy) Sunset: George Town City Centre

    (Cloudy) Sunset: George Town City Centre

    (Cloudy) Sunset: George Town City Centre

  • Penang Port At Night

    Penang Port At Night

    Penang Port At Night

    Penang Port At Night – Penang Port is located at Butterworth. Read that it’s sold to Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, the person who owns Johor Port. Kinda sad because to me, I feel the Penang Port should be own by the Penang people or the Penang State Government. I strongly disagree with the privatisation.

    Penang Port At Night

    Anyway, forget about sad stuff, I was bored last night, took my camera out and took photos of the Penang port from my balcony via the 55-250mm telephoto lens. The result is, pretty cool, try zoom it, you might see the name on the cargo ship. =D

    Penang Port At Night

    Some other part of Butterworth.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Sunset: Not So Awesome At Tanjung Bungah

    Sunset: Not So Awesome At Tanjung Bungah

    Sunset: Not So Awesome At Tanjung Bungah

    Sunset: Not So Awesome At Tanjung Bungah – Last week in Penang was not awesome because it’s haze everywhere. But I still ignore the hazy weather and go out to enjoy the sunset, hoping that I could get some good one. The one at Tanjung Bungah wasn’t that nice, but it’s a fun one for me.

    I went to the little beach in front fo Naza Taliyya Hotel with Kenny. I guess this place has a good view of Tanjung Bungah with beautiful seaside condominium in view. Tanjung Bungah is now famous for luxurious sea view super-condominium, how wish I can own a unit there too. =D

    Well, I couldn’t really get a good view of the sun set, it just went behind the cloud. =)

    Sunset: Not So Awesome At Tanjung Bungah

    Sunset: Not So Awesome At Tanjung Bungah

    Sunset: Not So Awesome At Tanjung Bungah

    Sunset: Not So Awesome At Tanjung Bungah

    Sunset: Not So Awesome At Tanjung Bungah

    Sunset: Not So Awesome At Tanjung Bungah

    Sunset: Not So Awesome At Tanjung Bungah

    Sunset: Not So Awesome At Tanjung Bungah

    Have a nice day!

  • Ernest’s Mural At Chew Jetty – Boy On Boat

    Ernest’s Mural At Chew Jetty – Boy On Boat

    Ernest’s Mural At Chew Jetty – Boy On Boat – Went to Chew Jetty last week to check out the mural by Ernest Zacharevic which is about a boy with fishing rod on a sampan. I’m so outdated already because it had been there for like a month. Anyway, I still want to go check it out and capture photo because it’s cute.


    Weather wasn’t that nice that day, it was hazy, humid and hot! Argh. I couldn’t spend a long time under the hot sun, it’s very uncomfortable as I was unprepared. Just went there spontaneously and did not expect the weather to be so hot.

    Here’s Hueisean with the mural. It’s drawn on the wall of a homestay wooden house at Chew Jetty.

     

  • (Almost) Sunset: Shore In Front Of E&O Hotel

    (Almost) Sunset: Shore In Front Of E&O Hotel

    (Almost) Sunset: Shore In Front Of E&O Hotel – I just found another way that can have a good view of sunset in George Town. It’s introduced by my brother and the location is by the shore in front of E&O (Eastern & Oriental) Hotel or Penang Bowl. Some other popular sunset spot in Penang are Balik Pulau, Batu Ferringhi & Permatang Damar Laut.

    Although you can’t really see the sun set into the horizon of the vast sea, but you can frame in a good view of Gurney Drive & Tanjung Tokong with Penang Hill in background.


    Penang Port, sad that it’s sold to Tanjung Pelepas Port to serve as feeder port.


    Straits Quay, Tanjung Pinang.

    I parked my car at E&O Mult-story Carpark and went to shoot a while at about 7pm. It’s still early so the sun was still up above the sky. However, it’s does indeed looks nice.


    Fishing activities going on at there.

    Well, Penang looks good, isn’t it?

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