Merdeka Weekend Escapade - Part 1

It had been a pretty long weekend as our country just celebrated its 52nd birthday. As most of my colleagues were planning trip to go back to their hometown due to the 3 days off. I was alone as my housemates were not around as well. Saturday was a miserable day as Bayan Lepas was drenched in the worst raining season for several days without uncle sunny out to say hello. Finally my prayers and not forgetting Kah Yern's as he helped to pray as well for a nice weather on a SUNday. It was indeed sunny and bright with the clouds unreasonably beautiful with the bluest sky I indeed expected. I was lazy to get off bed at first but seeing the light entering my window had signaled me to get up quick before the sky turns its colour again.

I planned to go to Cheong Fatt Tze's Mansion after surveying the place through their official website which stated there are 2 tours. First at 11AM and the other one at 3PM. After breakfast at Kayu it was already close to 11PM and I thought there is a free-style tour which we just pay to get in and I'm able to tour the place at my own pace. Too bad it was not the case when I get there. Before getting there, I stopped by the St. George Church which I always pass by and didn't get the chance to stop to take a few snaps. I quickly find a spot as the gate was open and there were several tourist posing for pic.

As I walk towards the door of the church it was under renovation, so I didn't get to see the interior but I'm quite satisfied with the exterior. Don't you think?

St. George Church @ Farquhar Street

Penang Chinese Town Hall @ Pitt Street

Next, I shifted my destination to Pitt Street which was around the corner but still need to make one big round to switch from Farquhar Street to Pitt Street. Pitt Street was known for many of Penang's tourist spot as there were 3 temples which house each Malaysian Race from Masjid Kapitan Keling, Kuan Yin Temple to Kuil Arulmigu Mahamariamman. The Indian temple I had been there twice so did not proceed to go the 3rd time.

I start my journey to the Masjid Kapitan Keling for some exterior shot. Tourist were allowed to enter the mosque but we'll need to wear a head scraft provided by the mosque. I found it quite troublesome and I was wearing shorts. So, pai seh want to go in hehe... It's the month of 7th for chinese and there were a lot of devotees went to temple for prayers. The whole area was quite smokey and it's pretty tough to get a good shot of the temple without the crowd walking around. I still managed to get some shots that I pretty like. Here are some shots taken at Masjid Kapitan Keling as well as Kuan Yin Temple.

Masjid Kapitan Keling @ Pitt Street

Caught these 2 girls in running mode...


Kuan Yin Temple @ Pitt Street








The offerings

Enjoy the pics! Just click to view a bigger version.

在梦里的你

“一直旋转在你的世界里，是该走出来了吧。。。”小宁打从心里想着，这一次真的要醒来了，不要再给自己任何机会、借口对他太好了。小宁心中的那一份期盼也在这一天正式的熄灭了，这是后脑海出现了这样的感觉。

我和你在另一个空间存在着，

和你开心过的每一分钟，

是能让我伤痕磊磊的心，有一些幸福的感觉，

这是爱一个人的感觉吗？

暗恋是不停的付出，让你爱的人快乐、幸福，

可是最后伤害到的，还是自己吧。

他残忍的把你视为路人，

而你，却当他是你生活中不可或缺的一部分。

一场单恋，剩下的只是别人眼里的笑话。

为何把自己推进一个没有尽头的路呢？

还以为看到了一迅间的光，可惜那只是一个幌子。

突然感觉到，又被欺骗了一次。

还是让受伤的心休息吧。。。

“砰砰砰！”小宁从睡梦中惊醒了，发生了什么事。

原来只是一场梦，可是为何心里真的感觉到，

那一震震的痛是如此的真实。。。

Street Photography

A few weeks back, got a call from Shien Long to join him and Alisa for street photography. A little hesitate at first due to the unstable weather but still drag myself out at last. The weather indeed meet our expectation with the on and off rain. Totally did not regret after looking at the photos that I had took. I took some effort into switching the original look of the photos into different feeling, exposure and some HDR effect. This post might be a bit longer as I had a lot of photos which I personally liked and wish to share it around. Hope you guys enjoy it. Photos can be view on a larger scale by clicking on the photos. More photos available in my flickr.

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Jessie @ Penang

Early of last week got an email from Jessie that she will be in Penang for the weekend. I was so thrilled that finally can meet her and catch up on things. Miss her a lot as my housemate, colleague as well as best ji mui. We used to tease each other a lot and gossip around office. Stephanie, Kai Chieh, Yee Ling & bf had joined us at Greenlane McD to yam cha.

Jessie & Stephanie with Uncle McD

Many faces of Jessie






Yee Ling

Hope can catch up with you guys real soon. Miss all the fun time together... Friends 4eva...

My first HDR Composition

This is my first HDR composition after asking Sifu to teach me his skills. I got some tips and hope that I will get a pass for this pic. This is taken at Khoo Kongsi last weekend after my urge to visit it a few weeks back. But due to the unstable weather condition, I still managed to take some shots at this place. Enjoy ya. Click the image for bigger view ya. If free leave me some suggestion. :)

Khoo Kongsi

I starts to look forward for every weekend where I can adventure into the lorongs and highways around Penang to release all the work stress. I no longer hesitate to go out under the bright sky to take the real life shots around the busy streets of Penang. Here are a few shots that I like including the previous HDR post. I start to play around with Photoshop after Sifu showed me a few of his always used functions to edit my photos instead of Picasa. But I still find Picasa GUI more friendly for those photos labeling. Enjoy the photos ya!