Penang Trip Day 3

Finally,
here come the last part ...
Last day in Penang,
first stop - Kek Lok Si Temple

View from foot of hill,
due to weekend,
can see lot of tourist n vehicle all the way to the temple.


Closer look of the Pagoda
So called "Pagoda of 10,000 Buddhas",
claimed there is ten thousand of Buddha image in this building


*Access to certain place (eg hilltop) in the temple require you to pay,
or you may called it donation ...
However,
all your donation will goes to the fund of the temple

View from top of the tower


Kuan Yin statue at the hilltop


You will need this to go up further,
Rm2/pax


The humongous Kuan Yin Statue
which under construction,
the temple is building a shelter for the statue




Next Stop : Bukit Bendera

Suggestion : the visit to Bukit Bendera n Kek Lok Si Temple can be arrange in the same day since both place are quite near to each other. For my case, i reach bukit bendera station at the morning but only manage to get afternoon ticket for cable car. So you can bought ur ticket first, then go to Kek Lok Si, after that only come back for Bukit Bendera Trip. Pls remind that, leave sumone inside ur car when you buy ticket so that you no need to park ur car n pay twice for parking fees. Park further in the housing area if you wanna avoid those illegal parking attendance. However, i meet a bastard who i suspect jus passing by my car by the time i walk out, n successfully cheated rm3 from me.


Cable Car or call it funicular train
rm4/pax


Driver seat


Sardine packed cable car




View from top of hill


The very first version of cable car in olden days,
take a closer look,
the carriage was differentiate to first n second class,
believe to separate the white people n lower class passenger.


Penang Hill had nothin much to see,
except for one ideal place to go,
David Brown Cottage @ Strawberry hill


The Cottage




Inside look


Better view of Penang Island from the courtyard.


Dining @ courtyard


Enjoy the breeze n food


old style urinal


Weekend



We decided to take ferry to leave the island
a free ride ...

A private dock nearby the ferry terminal



The ferry


Inside the ferry


The Penang Bridge


Good Bye Penang !


Before we headed back KL,
stop by Ipoh again for dinner,
had "Nga Choi Kai" / Bean Sprouts Chicken
at the famous Lou Wong

Lots of people waiting for table


The pork ball soup


Bean Sprouts


Chicken


n this end our Penang Trip !

Penang Trip Day 2 (30/4/09) - Part 2

When i look back my previous blog post,
only i remember that
my penang trip review are yet to finish,
mayb bcoz of indifferent reception.
However,
here come's the unfinished part ...

After St George Church,
we go straight to
Khoo Kongsi,
claimed the biggest clan house in Penang






Entrance fees is rm5/pax,
free parking inside ...

Next stop,
Reclining Buddha temple
also called Wat Chayamangkalaram,


The Reclining Buddha,
supposedly the third longest in the world.


Outside of temple


Jus across the road,
there is this another temple,
but in Burmese style


Another huge Buddha statue


In this temple,
there are lots of painting,
telling the story of buddha


A fish/wishing pond at the garden,
throw ur coin into the pot,
n u can get ur wish come true ...


Two temple jus across the road
REMINDER : parking inside the temple is free,
so u need no to park outside,
n pay to those illegal bastard parking attendant ...


After that,
while heading back hotel to freshen up,
stop by a famous char kue teow stall in Lorong Selamat,

Take-away Char Kuew Teow with big prawn @ rm5.50


a bit pricey but it is damn good,
one of the best char kuew teow i ever had


At nite,
try to visit Kek Lok Si,
tot at nite it will have a different view with their lights on,
However it is closed,
guess they only open at night during weekends or festival ?

Ended up in Queensbay Mall


Massive jam outside the mall,
crazy lots of car queuing up to enter the parking,
eventhough it is oledi 9pm++ at that time ...


Had dinner at Friday
the two course meal @ RM29.90




B4 go back to hotel to rest,
purposely look for this street,
Jalan Nagore,
actually just few street away from Tune Hotel,
Home of many restaurant,
and their celebration like atmosphere,
pardon my bad camera quality


Saw many people dining al fresco there,
should have our dinner here too ....
mayb next time ...



And this end our Day 2 in Penang ...

Some recap :
Day 1
Day 2 Part 1

a fuse

When i was driving today,
i listen to radio.
A man call in the radio station,
he wanted to find his ex gf,
his 1st love,
which lost contact since 15 years ago.
He clarify that he is still concern with her,
jus want to know how is she doing,
n he hope she or sumone who knoe her,
will help them to get contact again.
Then,
after a while,
another guy call in n tell the DJ,
he felt her sister sounds like
the one who is being looking for,
When the DJ ask about her sister,
he tell that she is getting marriage next month ...
The most funny part happen,
the DJ is still keen to call and clarify her identity....
the story ends when the girls deny the claim.

So here comes my ponder,
what if that girls is the one who being lookin for,
what will happen next?
the girl and that guy happily meet up again ?
the dj and her brother proud of their masterpiece ?
but wat will happen to her fiance ?
do u think he will feel happy for her wife,
who meet up again with her ex-bf,
a month before their marriage,
summore the story is published on air ?

the whole point is,
everything we do can become a fuse,
it might lead to sumthin happen in the future,
such as what was told in the movie of curious case of benjamin button,
one action can cause another accident to happen.

Let's continue with the story,
what if she is realli the one,
so she happily meet up with her ex-bf,
her bro n the DJ might feel proud with wat they did,
but they did not realise,
they already started some spark in sumwhere,
her friend may heard it from radio,
n know the incident,
the news become interesting gossip
to share around the circle,
soon everyone talks about it.
Her fiance knew it too,
jealousy blinds people sumtime,
although he can hide inside his heart
but one day in future,
due to anger n preassure in life,
the man , who is already her husband
get flare up,
n this become the fuse lead to their divorce ...

Do my story sounds logic ?
The lesson here is,
think before you do .....

Happy Graduation !

To YOU who graduated past Saturday,

Glad that your hardwork has blossomed,

as you move on in your life,

wish you a bright beginning and all the success you deserve,


Happy Graduation !

I hope your dreams take you to the corners of your smiles,
to the highest of your hopes,
to the windows of your opportunities,
and to the most wonderful places your heart has ever known!
~anonymous

Route

Different people have different way of life,
some people have to live with their own,
some people have others to decide their route for them.

for the later group,
they too have their own thinking n ambition,
however, their life doesn't allow them to do it their way,

n the reason is always that few
"You're too young for this "
"You don't know what you're doing"
"This is for your own good"
"You'll regret someday n we duwan that to happen"

Somehow ppl are misinterpret it in wrong way.
This people thought they have more experience in life than you,
So they think it will be better for you to follow they way,
Their intention are good,
they plan your life for you,
BUT ...
they forgot,
not every concept are applicable to all circumstances.

We're not an asset,
We cannot live in this way,
IF they're wrong,
what they owe you is a apologies,
But for you ?
You cost your life,
plentiful of chance n time you have wasted,
n there is no U-turn.

If they're right,
what cost you is just a chance to success,
You might fail terribly,
However, u did your part in ur life,
u will bare the consequence with no regret.

So do not fear,
if your life is planned n decided in very early stage,
what is the meaning for you to carry on,
but if your life are with uncertainty,
you will have the spirit to fight on,
something that reminds you what is the purpose of living ....

P/S: You knew you understand this than no others .....

"9"

too much of assignment ...
too little of time ....

n i still got time to download movie n watch ...
i love to watch movie ...
especially those will leave u somethin to ponder ...

"9" is a animation inspired by a award winning short film in 2005 ...
This is not an ordinary happy ending animation ...
the review to this film is mixture of good and bad ...
so it depends how u see it ...

Synopsis :

When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where all humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them

P/S : Movie and food review is the only way to keep my blog alive .... lol

Rating : 7/10

"Overheard"

When it comes to Hong Kong film,
lots of ppl especially my fren will feel reluctant to watch,
this may due to they watched too much of HK rubbish movie,
n getting fed up ....
But still we cannot deny that they are able to produce brilliant movie sometimes,
such as internal affair, confession of pain etc ...
n this is another long waited good HK film ...

Synopsis:

A major stock exchange in the world, Hong Kong attracts not only money but any who try to manipulate the market. At the Hong Kong Police Force Commercial Crime Bureau, an operation is underway to infiltrate a trading company, Feng Hua International where a man, nicknamed “Boss” is the chief suspect.

The team, led by Inspector Leung (Lau Ching Wan) together with Yeung (Louis Koo) and Lam (Daniel Wu) install interception devices to monitor the company’s communications. When a crucial information on a surging share were intercepted, a moment of greed led the team in a cross fire between the Bureau and the boss.

Unable to watch it on cinema,
so have to wait till now oni can watch,
Luckly did not miss this good film.

Rate : 8/10