After spending most of the time laying on the bed for almost 2 days, I finally recovered!! The first thing that came to my mind is --- FOOD!!! I wanna grab some food!!! You know what...I feel like been starving for 2 days, taking only water and plain porridge (nothing but rice and water!!). So since I've been hiding away from the sun for days, I decided to take a walk anywhere, anywhere will do, to enjoy a little sunshine out there.
So I went to Balik Pulau for lunch. Well, Balik Pulau is not a place that I used to go, as far as I can remember, I only went there twice. This is the third time and it's also the first time that I actually stopped by and take a little walk around. Food~ Plenty of food at the new Pasar Tani hawker stalls, recommended by my dad and uncle. Heard that the Koay Teow Th'ng is delicious and I do think that's the only dish I can eat then...
Koay Teow Th'ng with homemade fishball.
Showing posts with label Penang 槟州. Show all posts
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5/12/2009
First day after recover from sick
Balik Pulau Laksa.
Pasembur...too bad I cannot eat....
The famous Nutmeg ice with sour plum.
Clean environment for better appetite.
After lunch I dropped by at Gertak Sanggul. That's my favourite place, am sure many people haven't been there before. It's a small fishing village, peaceful and quiet little village.... Stretched out to the sea stands a wooden bridge, it's a good place for fishing....and for photo shooting as well. I always like to come here when I want some fresh air and peace. By sitting by the seaside or walking on the wooden bridge, I just feel good~
Reaching out for sunshine!
It's my favourite place...my favourite bridge...
Still look pale because not totally recovered yet.
Gertak Sanggul...a place where I find serenity.
It's another great weekend but too bad I've been sick since Thursday night... But thank God that I still had a wonderful Sunday spent at my favourite place. Be back to work tomorrow!
Colourful windmills at my hometown
If you've been to Malacca before, sure you will see this big windmill near the A'Famosa. It has a typical design like which you can find in Netherlands.
But the windmills in my hometown is cute and colourful. This is what the Chinese call "feng che" (风车). Kids like to play with the small windmills, and I remember during my childhood days, I used to run around with one.
Today, it has become a landmark in my hometown. You can see colourful candy-like windmills from afar when you're heading to New World Park in Georgetown. I like it when the wind blows...you see rainbows turning!
And here I am, standing in front of the New World Park. I never thought that the scenery here looks so darn dazzling~
p/s: I snapped the photos only after seeing an Angmo (foreigner/whiteman) so devotedly focusing his lens at the colourful windmills....
But the windmills in my hometown is cute and colourful. This is what the Chinese call "feng che" (风车). Kids like to play with the small windmills, and I remember during my childhood days, I used to run around with one.
Today, it has become a landmark in my hometown. You can see colourful candy-like windmills from afar when you're heading to New World Park in Georgetown. I like it when the wind blows...you see rainbows turning!
And here I am, standing in front of the New World Park. I never thought that the scenery here looks so darn dazzling~
p/s: I snapped the photos only after seeing an Angmo (foreigner/whiteman) so devotedly focusing his lens at the colourful windmills....
Penang Bridge ~ the landmark of my hometown
All these years I'm crossing the bridge to and fro from Penang Island to mainland Butterworth but all that comes into my mind is ---- TRAFFIC JAM on the bridge. Everyone is trying to avoid the jam especially on Friday after work. Everyday I see my colleagues checking on http://www.penangbridge.blogspot.com/ for the traffic condition before they leave the company. I think that's the last thing most people are doing before the petrol price increased.
Before yesterday, Penang Bridge to me is just a bridge to link the island and the mainland. No doubt it is one of the many architecture wonders of Penang and during my primary school days it ranked the 3rd largest in the world. Now it is still the longest bridge in Asia and 5th largest in the world but being a Penangite, I never have noticed that Penang Bridge is that beautiful...until yesterday.
This is how Penang Bridge looks like in my mind...it's a bridge, and of course I know the construction is kind of magnificient.
In fact, its distinctive design and features won a few awards.
1986 - Grand Award in the United States of America Engineering Excellence Competition sponsored by the Council of Consulting Engineers, Washington.
1993 - FIABCI Special Award (Development and Construction Phase Category) from the International Real Estate Federation of Malaysia.
If you're not, then take another glance at my dear-o-Penang Bridge. It's so beautiful, even at sunset. Few days ago it has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Yea, this is my land -- Penang -- the Pearl of the Orient.
Before yesterday, Penang Bridge to me is just a bridge to link the island and the mainland. No doubt it is one of the many architecture wonders of Penang and during my primary school days it ranked the 3rd largest in the world. Now it is still the longest bridge in Asia and 5th largest in the world but being a Penangite, I never have noticed that Penang Bridge is that beautiful...until yesterday.
This is how Penang Bridge looks like in my mind...it's a bridge, and of course I know the construction is kind of magnificient.
In fact, its distinctive design and features won a few awards.
1986 - Grand Award in the United States of America Engineering Excellence Competition sponsored by the Council of Consulting Engineers, Washington.
1993 - FIABCI Special Award (Development and Construction Phase Category) from the International Real Estate Federation of Malaysia.
This is then....when I crossed the bridge yesterday.... I've never knew that it is so damn beautiful!!! OMG!! Did I really captured this photo through my lens? This is my hometown man! No wonder foreigners love Penang. *wink~wink*
Oh...I'm so proud being a Penangite. And I am so ashame not to love my Penang Bridge from the very beginning. But I do from now onwards, and I am promoting it. Read its history.
Well, here are some chronology on the bridge if you're interested to know more:
Early 1970s - The idea to build a bridge linking Seberang Perai to Penang Island was initiated by the late Tun Abdul Razak, the second Prime Minister of Malaysia
End of 1970s - The bridge was planned during the term of third Prime Minister, Tun Hussein Onn.
23 July 1981 - Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu announced that the Penang Bridge, Penang would be constructed using the cable-stayed concrete girder of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge instead of the steel-tied arch in the style of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
1982 - Construction of the Penang Bridge officially began.
3 August 1985 - Official opening of the Penang Bridge by the fourth Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad. He drove across the bridge in a red Proton Saga (a national car), carrying the national flag to officiate the opening ceremony.
14 September 1985 - Penang Bridge was opened to traffic for the first time.
15 August 1993 - Penang Bridge is now managed by the highway concessionaries Penang Bridge Sdn Bhd
4 April 2007 - A bomb hoax found at the Penang Bridge caused the bridge to close for more than two hours (from 4:30 pm) and reopened to traffic at 7:00 pm after a bomb disposal squad declared it safe.
January 2008 - The upgrading works for the bridge from 4 lanes to 6 lanes has begun.
If you're not, then take another glance at my dear-o-Penang Bridge. It's so beautiful, even at sunset. Few days ago it has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Yea, this is my land -- Penang -- the Pearl of the Orient.
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