The City That Never Sleeps
A site for sharing our experiences in Penang, the Pearl of the Orient. Hope you enjoy our blog and feel free to leave a comment.




posted : Wednesday, December 12, 2012
title : Human Activities
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This is Gurney Street in Penang, it is famous for its food. We can see that there are many people come here for the foods!Here it is, the food paradise ! You can find a lots of food. You can choose different kind of food, it is more like a hawker center  some of the food really nice and delicious  the prices of the food are acceptable.It's located beside Gurney Plaza

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Another photo of Gurney Street. We can c that there are many choices for people to choose what they want."People Moutain People Sea" which can describe the situation at there!

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The picture above shows one of the human activities in Penang. We can see that there are people plying beside the beach. There is also a person with red shirt running like a girl towards the camera, we can see that the person is running happily.This beach is located at Batu Ferringhi. It had a very good site view especially for those couple  They can have a beautiful sunset scene at this places. A peaceful and wonderful beach without any pollution.

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title : Culture
Photobucket At anytime of the day, tourists will be eager to snap a couple of photos with the infamous [wall painting??] Even the hot afternoon sun can't stop them!!Look at their smiles under the hot sun! Terriffffiiicccc!!


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One of the steel rod sculptures in George Town. The concept is to relate the history of selected street in George Town by using steel rod caricatures of local cartoonist.

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'Reaching Up' mural, located at Cannon Street. It was created by Ernest Zacharevic.

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the infamous wall painting, tourist even queue up to take a photo of it... even under the hot sun...


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title : Food
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One of the dishes we ordered in Penang. Prawn mee!The 'Prawn Mee' is actually called 'Hokkien Mee' in Penang only. Don't get confused! Erhau Lee ordered the famous 'hokkien mee' which he thought it was the hokkien mee in kl. hahaha!

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The famous delicate in Penang called MuaChee. It is a dessert made up of tapioca flour and after being steamed, it is cut into small bites and mixed with peanut topping.

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Cuttlefish and Kang Kung, served together with the rojak sauce! Delicious!

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 The must-try-food when you visit Penang. Penang Road Famous Teochew Chendul has cemented its position in the hearts of the tourists and also the locals. Albeit its popularity and being extraordinarily tasty, it is still sold at a considerably cheap price of RM2.00. Here you go, the Penang Famous Teochew Chendul!! Must TRY!! Many famous actor in Singapore and Malaysia also coming here to buy a bow of Chendul.

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The picture above shows a hawker frying 'char kway teow'. 'Char kway teow' is one of the famous food in Penang. It has become a must for everyone to try it if they are in Penang. Besides then 'char kway teow' there are also 'laksa mee' and many more other nice food in Penang. That is why Penang is famous with foods.From the picture above, we can saw the process of cooking 'char kway teow'. It is one of the famous food at that local area, must try !! Prepare to queue for a long time.


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title : Architecture
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 We can discover a lots of building in Penang. This is because Penang had been dominated by British government for a long time, so we can find out some architecture building which full of British style. This is an old building in Penang. We took this photo as its design is quite special compare to the modern buildings. There are a lot of old buildings in Penang.


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Modern hotel in Penang. Quite modern compared to other hotels and resorts.

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 An end-lot shop in penang. It is quite smal in size and old compared to shops in the cities.



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Old resident area in Penang. The windows and doors were constructed in the past era.

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Armenian street, the place where the infamous wall paintings are located at.


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We can see that old shop lot is under going renovations. Maybe it is too old and too dangerous to stay in it.

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 A road that separates two different type of buildings. The buildings on the left are the old shop lots while the other side are the modern shopping malls.

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A M.C.A branch at Carnarvon street, somewhere in George Town.

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The rebuilt shop lots, you can see how hardworking the Penang Government is in preserving the old heritage buildings.

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On the way to Batu Ferringhi, you can see a lot of residential area like this! Residential area on the hillside, wish to stay there. Having a good view from the houses!



Comments

Tan Jia-Qi

Looking at these photos make me want to visit penang again soon! Good job on the blog!

Anonymous

Made me want to go visit this place....nice!

swafaa sihag

made me want to go visit this place....nice! (swafaa sihag)

Sharifah Diyana

The photos look great. The painting of the two kids on a bicycle is amazing, would love to go there one day.

Gertrude Lee

The painting is so pretty.. Interesting blog and nice pictures.

Soh You Shing

interesting...all the photos make me want to go back to my hometown, Penang right now! This blog is amazing.

JhungLeung Tam

I like the layout of the blog. caption is really creative.

lee er hau

showed us the other face of Penang, love the POV picture

YewKhang

I miss Pulau Penang! Those foods are delicious, ESPECIALLY MUACHEE! I wish to visit Penang again!

Chin Pui Man (Carra)

Nice blog! Even though I am from Penang, but I never explore so much like you people! Thanks for visiting my hometown. :D

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