How about a date this Saturday night (29 March 2008) and catch Juwita Suwito perform live at Penang? If yes … The concert is expected to start at approx 7:30 p.m. (not too sure if this is affected by the “Malaysian time culture”). Backed by a live band, Juwita, a  2-time Malaysian Idol vocal coach [...]

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It’s the final day of Chinese New Year, a 15 days celebration that ends with Chap Goh Meh (the 15th night). I was procrastinating for a while to post up my Kek Lok Si pictures but oh well, if I don’t do it now, it may look so yesterday. Just for the record, without fail [...]

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I’ve not been very successful in seeing or taking pictures of the sunrise on the first day of New Year (my so called auspicious day since it’s the first day of the brand New Year). Hence I decided to change it to first sunrise of the Chinese New Year. Well … the verdict …

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I went photo shooting in one of Malaysia’s most colorful event – Thaipusam. While I am not going to ‘talk’ much about Thaipusam it self, as you can pretty much google or wikipedia it, but I do like to comment that it is not just a celebration for our Indian friends. It is also a [...]

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Just last Sunday I went to the Thai border (Wang Kelian) for a visit and ‘shopping’. I bought mainly food items there e.g. deep fried anchovies (ikan bilis), durian cake and 15 packets of instant noodlessss. Hahaha well according to some recommendation they said a lot of visitors buy them in bulks, usually 30 in [...]

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Did you know that we still have paddy fields in Penang? Many will throw a blank look and go “huh” or “Are you sure?”. Well I am quite sure, as I saw it with my own two eyes. Thanks to another blogger friend, Kampung Sungai Burung was brought to my attention. It is situated on [...]

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A friend of mine passed me this link some time ago, http://www.backpackingmalaysia.com and I totally forgot about it. Anyway apart from my VERY resourceful blog, feel free to visit Back Packing Malaysia.com. They have pretty extensive information on what to do, accommodation and other travel tips – all for travelers under budget. Other informative website [...]

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