Off-shots from Penang and the north...

These images did not make it to my previous 6 postings.

Enjoy~

How far is it down

Barbed Beauty

From inside the car

Kung-fu phototographer

"..wei.. wah boh eng wor.. lu cho ha mi.."

View of the top from the bottom

Hmmm.. only for Canon users?!

Canon users

OK, Ah Mei.. throw down your pigtail so I can climb up

Not The Circle Of Life..

Not The Wheels Of fortune..

Circle in a square

oooooh.. things to shoot..

ting-a-ling-a-ling

Pots at the end of local rainbows

Fly, robin fly... fly, fly to the sky....

Carving, carving on the wall.. who is the curvaceous of them all?

Not in public toilets...

Western dining amidst eastern garden

Andaman Sea beyond the horizon

Dazzle my eyes

Ehhh.. why lah it doesn't spin..?

Lightfalls

Coloured breeze

Till the next posting~~!!

Penang and the north... Final part

This is the final part of the recent trip to Penang.

After the Peranakan House, we made our way to Tanjung Bungah and Batu Ferringhi but did not stop at any of the beaches. Maybe we reserve that for another visit.

We decided to just take a round island drive to see what else we could spot. We only stopped a while at Titi Kerawang : the elderly owner of that little shop there wasn't too friendly. Years ago I remembered a different person running it and he was very amicable.

Anyway we drove on to another hilltop where there was a small park which overlook a nice view of the valley below and the sea further afar... and decided to wait for the sunset.

This was the view from the multistorey carpark nearby the Peranakan House area

The winding road downhill from Titi Kerawang

I think I was using a 70-300mm lens for this

The sky was still bright at the park on top of the hill

It was still hot which made it difficult to take a good shot of the seaward side

There was a good breeze though and Edi took out the colourful windmill he bought earlier

FS and Chung settling down to get ready for shooting

Edi still enjoying his windmill

As the sun sank lower...

.. the breeze grew to become rather windy...

.. and the sun descended slowly...

.. and the lights at the park started to light up as we continued to try get some good shots..

...the windmill picked up speed...

.. and night began to slowly fall...

.. gradually the sun disappeared behin the distant clouds...

.. and the wind dropped to just a soft breeze...

The parting shot of the sea before we decided to call it a day

Packing up before it got any darker

We made our way home as the lights took over to lit up the park

Much later back at the aprtment, a final nite shot of the cityscape before we went to sleep

Early next morning... before we left for breakfast and for KL

That's all folks.. for the Penang trip.

Till the next posting~~!!

Penang and the north... Part 6

This is the 2nd instalment of the Peranakan House.

More of the many glass deco objects

These surely must have been expensive even in that era

There were ceramic objects too

Note the green hair pomade. I think its called Brilliantine. My dad used to have it too

My mom used these too

The punched-holes in the disc play musical tunes. It is the equivalent to a Laser Disc of recent times

All of us were buzy snapping this, that, or the other

Detail of an embroidery on a wall-hanging

Another intricate embroidered wall hanging

Simple yet effective design

Detail of a bird design embroidery

Intricate window fresco

Peek from a doorway

A bright doorway to the back corridor

Etched glass panes on the upper windows

Another of the etched glass panes

This one is above a door

Taking stock of what had been commited to digital posterity

An unusual red glass lantern

Detail of a carved side-table

A veritable love-seat

Beautiful face-wash jug and basin

Corner wash-basin

The bedroom was illuminated by red lights... hmmmm

A famous brand name from days of yore

Multi-switches.

This is the general area of the space connecting the main house to the kitchen

Inside an adjacent room, an indoor garden to one side of the entertainment/formal western dining area

Closer inspection of the indoor garden

Formal western dining table

Distinctively elegant mirror hangings

Old-school China-style posing for the camera ... hahahaaaa

Carved panel above a window

A complete Chinese medicinal-hall was adjacent to the kitchen. This was spotted inside a glass counter

Some Peranakans didn't get to be made, thanks to these...

Simple brand desgin. No need images of sexuality or suggestiveness like these days

I don't recall this brand from my school days

A delicate weighing balance at the medicinal hall section

I like the simplicity of this tea-set

Spotted this old ice-shaver in the kitchen

This stairs led to actual present-day staff-quarters above the kitchen

Roof of the family's ancestral temple next door

Door to the next door temple

The final posting on Penang (part 7) will be in a couple of days' time.

Till the next posting~~!!