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Meme Proposal By Nuffnang’s Co-fouder Timonthy Tiah – I think this video is a good share as I find it kinda interesting, creative, and sweet compare to those rich freak billboard, LED screen proposal. The main characters behind the proposal is Nuffnang’s co-founder Timonthy Tiah and his beloved Audrey a.k.a. Fourfeetnine. Well, thanks to Tim, I get my paycheck for blogging and all the best to him.
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Uniquely Penang Island – A Nice Black & White Video Of Penang – This is a video made by David Thian features a mask man wandering around the beautiful Penang Island with no dialogue in the video. The video is very sensible, it shows you the beauty and wonder of Penang at night time with the mysterious “Moon Seeker” with a mask, holding a bunch a balloons and brings your around the George Town city.
Famous Perak Road Market Hokkien Prawn Mee – When I write “famous” on my title, it means it’s famous and many people knows about it. The Hokkien Prawn Mee at the Perak Road Wet Market is really famous as every morning, many people wait for take away as well as eat at there. The stall owners are always seen as busy taking order and preparing the delicious Penang food, the Hokkien Prawn Mee.
Located in the wet market of Perak Road, which cannot be seen on main road, this Hokkien Mee stall is well-known in the area and it’s also known as Ah Keong Hokkien Mee. Besides selling Hokkien Mee, it also includes Lor Mee in the menu.
I went there for breakfast with my Penang friends, ordered 5 bowls of beehoon and mee combination and then look for a place to sit. It’s not easy to find a open table as it’s always occupied, especially on weekends’ morning. Waited 15 minutes and the famous prawn noodle finally came.
Presentation of the noodle does not look pretty, yet I spotted little shrimp in it and the soup does indeed look tempting. At only RM2.80 per bowl for a medium size (RM2.50 for small and RM3.20 for big), it’s a good portion of breakfast for me. Though, there’s still extra space for food.
Prawn noodle is always about the soup. The soup makes it deliciously good in the mouth with an adequate amount of prawn taste, not too over, yet not too light. The additional chilli paste add an extra spicy sense into the soup which makes it perfect. Somehow, shrimps were too little to make it a perfect bowl of Penang Hokkien Prawn Mee.
Overall, I will come back for it, if I have plenty of time to wait. Take away might be faster than eating there by the way. Try not to complain or re-ask about your order as this will make the owner frustrated and she will be talking this and that back.
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Back To Penang – After 14 days of travel around China, I am back to Penang. So, what’s next? Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Penang’s food is so much awesome and wonderful! How are you guys?
Good Morning My Penang Friends – It’d been a while that I didn’t meet up with them, the friends that I used to mix with before I go to college last year, they are the people that I have been together for the 3 months holiday after high school a year ago.
Now, I am back for holiday and it’s time to meet up and talk and eat and crap!
It was a Sunday morning, woke up early and went to breakfast at Jelutong. There were Yiphing, Arron, Zez Chien and Chai Wei.
Talk, eat and it’s nice seeing them again! By the way, have you tried before the famous Penang Hokkien Prawn Mee at Perak Road Market? That’s our breakfast for the day.
Shenzhen And Now Hong Kong – Hello again everyone, yoyoyoyo, chiak ba liao buay? Have you eaten? What’s up? Finally got time sit down and write blog. I am now in Hong Kong, approaching the end of my year-end China trip as Hong Kong is my last stop and will be going back to Penang soon, sigh, like so fast, yet the trip like so long too. The trip is very awesome but somehow it’s getting tired with a lot of walking especially in Hong Kong.
I went to Shenzhen right after Shanghai from last Monday till Thursday. Shenzhen gives me a feeling of Singapore-alike with lots of condominium, lots of trees and walkways. Shenzhen has nothing much except for factories, several theme park, some fake market, and a shopping street – Dong Men Lao Jie. I don’t really like Shenzhen if were to compare to Shanghai as it’s too artificial, there’s not much culture and history about it. It’s a planned city. Though food is a lot better than Shanghai as there’s Hong Kong-food. 😀
One thing, the metro is somehow cheaper in Shanghai then Shenzhen.
After Shenzhen, two days ago, we took the metro to Luohu, stamped our passport and entered Hong Kong. Hong Kong is always lovely with it’s vibrant and lively city life, awesome food, beautiful dense skyscrapers and always moving Hong Kee.
Have been walking a lot in Hong Kong, went to many places like the wonderful Apple Store IFC, Big Buddha at Lantau Island, Central, the very happening Kowloon and more. Really tired. Haha. I will be visiting Stanley tomorrow and The Peak then no idea where to go already. 😀
Anyway, Hong Kong is pretty awesome and the weather is very good at 14-20 degree Celsius. Perfect! Not too cold, not too warm, you say shiok or not this kind of weather? Haha.
Stay tune and will update officially about my trip when I get back home to Malaysia. Have a nice day and enjoy your last month of 2011.
Hello From Shanghai, China – Hello my baby, my friends, my family and my reader! Finally I get to sit down in front of the computer provided at the bar area of Blue Mountain Bund Youth Hostel to do a little blogging. The weather out there is about 3 degree Celsius and it’s feeling warm in the indoor. Today’s weather is kinda nice at about 4-5 degree Celsius and my body is getting used to the temperature already. It was freezing cold in the past few days, it’s rising now.
Today is day 5 of being in China. Arrived in Hangzhou on day 1, then went to Zhouzhuang, an ancient water town on Day 2 and Day 3, then exploring Shanghai since day 4.
I guess I have already covered most of the interesting attractions as introduced by most of the people, the Lonely Planet like the Nanjing Road East shopping street, The Bund, Pudong financial district area, the two awesome Apple Store in Nanjing Road and Pudong, French Concession area, Xintiandi, Xujiahui Cathedral, Tian Zi Fang, Dongtai Road Antique Street (went there late and only a few shops were open) as well as Yuyuan Garden and Cheng Huang Temple. Where else do I miss?
The another two more temple like the Jade Buddha and Jing An Temple are introduced by the Internet, however both of them need an entrance fees which is RMB30 and RMB10. It doesn’t seems to worth it to me. HAHA.
Food in Shanghai is just OKOK, not really my type of food I think. Price is cheap by the road side but doubt about the cleanliness, it gets more expensive in the restaurant. Xiao Long Bao is awesome but imagine eating it everyday. HAHA. Overall, I am not very attracted with Shanghai’s food, I favor towards food in the North e.g. Hong Kong, Guangzhou. The fastfood in China especially KFC is yum-yum though! =D
Shanghai is big, huge. It’s many size of Hong Kong, and Singapore. It has a feel of Hong Kong, but I prefer Hong Kong as it’s denser and more happenings throughout the day. Shanghai gets quiet at night where major attraction closes after sunset. Shopping district and bar areas in Shanghai maybe happenings but that’s all. That’s why I see so many people hanging out in the hostel’s bar area at night.
Well, I’m gonna sign off now and take a rest for the last day in Shanghai. No idea when am I gonna visit yet. But the day after will go to Shenzhen for two days and later Hong Kong for 5 days. Check out my photo updates on Away From Computer and Twitter @nicholaschan
See ya.
Nick Chan’s Year-End Flashpacking China Trip – Hello fellow friends and readers, I will be going for flashpacking trip to China and Hong Kong in this coming two weeks. Flashpacking is a travel type somewhere between budget backpacking and a normal trip, and still uses a backpack. This is my first backpacking trip – traveling with just a backpack, camera and myself.
Well, not trying to promote AirAsia but since the desktop wallpaper so nice, so I share it up here also. Haha. AirAsia is my flight to Hangzhou (Shanghai).
Zhouzhuang Ancient Water Town – Venice Of The East.
Manhattan-alike of the East – Shenzhen. Photo by defence.pk
The trip basically covers a little bit of Hangzhou, more of Shanghai, a little bit of outskirt Shanghai like the ancient water town in Suzhou – Zhouzhuang, Xi Tang, then to Shenzhen for some gadget and electronics hunting, ending the trip in Hong Kong for some awesome Chinese dimsum.
China blocked Facebook and Twitter, luckily I still have Nick Chan Dot Net and Away From Computer. Follow me on my blog, Twitter and Away From Computer for latest updates! I update more on Away From Computer as I constantly post image to there.
See you!
#1: Penang Turf Club House Show 2011 poster.
Penang Turf Club Horse Show 2011 – For all the 19 years being in Penang, I have never been into the Penang Turf Club once just until recently. The Penang Turf Club is a horse racing track and there’s a golf course in there too. It’s similar to some other Equestrian Club or Hong Kong’s Happy Valley Jockey Club.
Last weekend, the Penang Turf Club opens it door the public with free parking and free entrance for the Horse Show 2011. It’s a carnival where people can see horse, take a ride on the pony, ride on the horse carriage, food stalls, games and more.
#2: Signage that guide you around the horse show.
I went to check it out for a while to see what is it all about and mainly to visit the Penang Turf Club. Actually, you can visit the Penang Turf Club at anytime when there’s horse racing, but then you have to pay for RM6 parking and another RM6 for entry to see the horse racing. I would like to see a real horse racing too, but I wouldn’t gamble. =)
#3: Quite a number of performance that can be enjoy and view at there.
There’s quite a number of activities you can do at the horse show, there’s game stall, performance, horse riding and more. I went in to tour a round and check out some cute horses.
#4: Yo, waddduppp horsee.
#5: Looking noob and sleepy.
#6: Itz ME!
#7: Department of Wildlife and National Parks.
I see many parents bring their kids to visit the carnival. I think it’s a good place for a good family outing since going to shopping malls will get boring some times.
#8: WTH! Snakes!! Snakes show at Penang Turf Club.
#9: Snake is so ugly, do you like?
#10: Food stalls, not so interesting.
#11: Some games for the kids
#12: Nice gate.
#13: Little boy sitting on a fake horse.
Taking photos at there were kinda fun too as there’s many1:1 horse statue for you to ride and take photos.
#14: Clown without make up. Balloon boy!
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#16: Indie band playing on the stage.
#17: Kids.
#18: Take photos on the horse. Knight!
#19: Cute poster of the Penang Turf Club Horse Show 2011.
#20: Only now I know Penang Turf Club is so nice!
#21: OMGGGGGG, so niceeeeeeeeee, so green.
#22: Flying phoenix, mechanical horse riding.
#23: Pony riding, for kids only.
#24: Entrance to Penang Turf Club horse racing viewing deck, a place for the adults.
#25: Carriage riding at RM4/ride. Not bad.
I think it’s a good carnival and hopefully there will be more similar one from Penang Turf Club. Haha. Didn’t really spend a long time at there cause was “saja-saja” touring for fun and take photos. Happy Monday!
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Penang Tanjung Bungah Goreng Pisang (Pisang Goreng) – Pisang Goreng literally means fried banana (banana fritter) is a famous snack food in Malaysia, grammatically it’s called Pisang Goreng but Chinese called it the “goreng pisang” more.
Banana is battered and then deep fried in hot oil.. It reveals a crunchy skin with a sweet banana fruit inside.
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There’s one stall at Tanjung Bungah, on the junction of Jalan Chan Swee Teong and Jalan Tanjung Bungah, on a little lorry that sells the goreng pisang as well as several other deep fried local snack food like tapioca (RM0.70/pcs), glutinous rice (RM1.50/pcs), banana cake (RM0.50/pcs), yam (RM1.00/pcs), cempedak, sweet potato (RM0.70/pcs) and green bean (RM0.70/pcs). All of them are deep fried with a crunchy outer skin.
#3: Banana cake on the far right. We call it Kueh Kor Lok.
#4: Fried glutinous rice and tapioca.
#5: Fried Yam.
#6: Fried Sweet Potato.
I bought fried banana that day and it was crispy and sweet. Will definitely come back for more fried banana. The little stall has a Facebook page too!
Penang Goreng Pisang
Junction corner of Jalan Chan Swee Teong and Jalan Tanjung Bungah
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