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Day 2 @ Penang

May 4, 2009May 5, 2009 dixonthum

Started the day with some Nyonya kuihs, my favourite!

Headed to Bukit Mertajam for Sarah and Mahathir’s wedding ceremony… They are my best friends from JPPK YAB when I studied in UUM. No one ever predicted that they are actually destined together… I wish them all the very best in life and semoga bahagia sehingga ke anak cucu!

Mein and I in front of the pelamin…

In the late afternoon, we went to the Museum and Art Gallery of Penang which is situated along Jalan Farquhar. To our surprise, Mein’s mother saw her grandmother’s photo in one part of the museum! Quickly took some photos with the ancestor.

Her grandmother

Her great grandmother

It’s actually prohibited to take photos in the museum but you can never stop a blogger from snapping his way all day long! 🙂 There was a section where they displayed Kokeshi dolls from Japan. They were cute but I’m not sure why were they brought in and exhibited in this museum…

No photos please! 😛

It was quite a short visit at the museum and they were closing. They people there kept on repeating themselves reminding us that they were closing in 5-10 minutes… Chasing us away! Bad bad bad! Muey mal! (Spanish)

Note : Museum and Art Gallery of Penang is opened from Saturday to Thursday (9.00am to 5.00pm) and closed on Friday.

Entrance fee : RM1.00 only.

Then we drove all the way to Batu Ferringhi and managed to sight see for awhile… before being hit by heavy rain!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!! There were all sorts of water sports akin water ski, boat riding, banana boat and etc, but we were there not for these…

We had dinner at the food court in Padang Kota Lama and to our surprise, we found the best fried oyster and siput sedut ever which were cheap! So cheap that you would believe it…! Will definitely come back for more…

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Day 1 @ Penang

May 4, 2009May 6, 2009 dixonthum

Drove back to Penang on 1 May 2009. Chee Fah joined us and he stayed at Oriental Hotel. Since Chee Fah was here, we got the chance to become tour guides to him and brought him to a few places and had some local delicacies all around the island.

Our first stop, dimsum at Zim Sum Restaurant (the one opposite KDU Penang). It’s quite cheap for dimsum. We only paid about RM37 for 5 person! That’s incredibly cheap cheap cheap!!!

Ghee Hiang was our next station. It’s a place where I never miss to drop-by to grab some local delights as souvenirs to family and friends back in KL. If you happen to be here, don’t miss there "tau sar pneah", "beh teh saw" and sesame oil.

This was the "Lifting Buddha" Temple. There was this Buddha statue that people pray upon. Usually, people would ask for a favour from the Buddha. If the Buddha grant the devotee’s request, he/she would be able to lift up the statue. It’s quite amazing to see some people are able to lift it, while some really couldn’t no matter how hard they tried.

Then, we drove to Pulau Tikus and dropped by this Reclining Buddha Temple. Look at the beautiful architecture there. This is a Siamese Buddhist Temple.

Right opposite the Reclining Buddha Temple, was the Burmese Buddhist Temple. Not sure what are the differences but they are just two different temples which looked the same to me! Hahaha!

Candid : It’s a BOY!!! (Look carefully)

Candid : Love Lane – Used to have a lot of couples and lovers "having affair" along this street??? No idea?!?!

The last temple that we visited was "Kek Lok Si Temple" which is a major attraction among local and foreign tourists. It’s like a must-visit place for everyone who travel to Penang. Actually, to me, as I have already localised myself to Penang (by marrying Mein, a Penangite), I feel quite weird taking photos around these tourist places… However, I still took out my courage and snapped all along the way from the start til the end… Never miss a chance to take photos with my Nokia 3110 Classic! I didn’t know that the photos taken with it can reach satisfactory level! Loved it!

Chee Fah & I posing in Kek Lok Si…

Dinner time, we had a bowl of assam laksa and laksa lemak at this stall which is located right at feet of the hill. Tasty! Especially the laksa lemak… yum yum! Missing it already…

A small cake-cutting ceremony at home for Mein’s father’s birthday-cum-Mother’s Day celebration… Cake from Bread History.

Pop quiz : How many temples did we visit in this one day?

Entertainment

Sumimasen,Love 對不起，我愛你

April 30, 2009October 4, 2010 dixonthum

到影片下載網站一游，看到了這張相片。以爲是日本片，就沒特別注意。有一天，我就問了我一個"藝術家"朋友看看他有沒有興趣看這部電影。重他的口中才知道《對不起，我愛你》是一部臺灣片。我就頗不期待的把它下載下來。

昨晚看了它… 很有感覺。覺得這部電影拍攝手法和蔡明亮導演的《黑眼圈》有相同。林宥賢導演都喜歡放大每個畫面。讓觀衆看到地點的背景，演員的表情還有物体的細節。兩位男女主角都很用心的去完成這部電影。很喜歡他們在戯裏面的投入，交流，感情和表達方式。兩個人的感情很重，但又不深。所以兩人離開對方時，都可以感應到他們的不捨，但又可以體諒到他們的處境。很矛盾卻很倔強。

其實，整部電影來看，我喜歡故事的内容，畫面的美景還有主角的表情。還不錯的一部《對不起，我愛你》…

PS : 吳懷中(男主角)看起來好像我一位朋友 – Jeff @ 阿豹。不相信？看看吧…

我的朋友…

吳懷中…

唉，是我弄亂了吧！

明星臉指數: 80% (你們說?)

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Horror in Pameran Filem Seram 2009 @ FINAS

April 26, 2009October 4, 2010 dixonthum

Just got back from Pameran Filem Seram 2009 in FINAS @ Jalan Pahang Kechil, a very small road leading into FINAS. This exhibition displayed a few types of "ghosts" featured in some local horror movies like ‘Congkak’, ‘Tohyol’, ‘Orang Minyak’, ‘Hantu Jepun’, ‘Chermin’ and etc. It’s theme really attracted myself. Furthermore, it is FREE! These "ghosts" were hidden in all corners around the gallery.

In this gallery, there is an archive where all local movies are kept. Photos of actors and actresses are kept and displayed here as well. The two-storey building is like a hidden treasure of the local movie industry. You can find various types of tools, utensils and machines used in film production. A gallery of awards won by veteran actors in numerous film festivals locally and internationally was displayed too.

There is also a mini theatre, where we watched ‘Susuk’. A staff there was kind enough to start the film specially for us and drinks were given to us too! Thanks to him!… We had a memorable experience there!

30 April 2009 – Update on FINAS details

Open on Tuesday – Sunday (9:00am to 5:00pm)

ENTRY FEE : FREE

GALERI PERFILEMAN
No. 3, Jalan Pahang Kecil,
Off Jalan Pahang,
53200 Kuala Lumpur.

Website : www.finas.gov.my

Tel/Fax : 03-4024 5722

Misc

I Viewed Here

April 12, 2009May 31, 2009 dixonthum

Here are two panoramic views I’ve taken yesterday…

A view taken from my gym… This is Sri Petaling where we can see the KL city centre at the background…

A view of Bandar Puteri Puchong… Went there for a fullmoon dinner of mum’s friend’s grandson… This is also the place where I had the IOI Cummunity Run previously with Mein, May, Yin, Lau and Xon…