13/2/2010 Saturday

We woke up at 4.30 am and started our journey to my mother's house in Johor Bahru . Thanks God , the journey was smooth and we arrived JB safely at about 9.30 am...We have our reunion lunch at about 1 pm

14/2/2010 Sunday

We have our family photo session...

My Elder brother's family (Wong Sang Yong)

My 2nd brother Sang Men did not arrange for a family photo taken because his daughter (Eleanor ) ,son in law and their little darling Megan (Grand daughter ) still in Singapore..here is my brother and sister in law

Here is my Brother daughter's family

My niece Eleanor ,Little Darling ,Megan and her husband

My 3rd Brother's Family ,

The younger daughter did not join the photo session (Photo on the right)

My Family

My nephew's family (Sing Cheng )

Preparing for "Lo San"

18/12/2009

We started our journey from Kuala Lumpur at 6 am and stop over at Bidor for Duck noddle (Pun Chun Restaurant)

I love the noddle but my daughter did not like the taste...We reached Penang at about 11.30 am and we checked into the Continental Hotel at Penang Road immediately.Upon checking in , our next immediate action is to look for Penang Foods !!! I use my GPS to guide me to Kedai Kopi Kwai Lock , we were very disappointed and the foods were below our expectation, my rating for this shop with 1/2 star ( Are we late for lunch at 1 pm ??? and most of the stalls were closed for the day )

Our first stop was the waterfall located around Batu Feringhi , the road leading to the waterfall was quite bad (muddy road) .My kids were quite happy about the place but be careful when tracking around the waterfall...My son , Sim Yang fell down with slight injury..

Lisien With her brother Sam Yew

I have made 2 difference version of setting for the picture .Picture # 1 was the original picture taken ,I edited the effect of the leaves on picture # 2 to make it a "feel of Autum

Picture #1

Picture # 2

Batu Feringhi Beach

Toy Museum -Tanjung Bungah Click here for more information

Penang Toy Museum is Asia’s first and largest museum comprising of more than 100,000 collectibles of international brands, this museum allures visitors from all age group. Penang Toy Museum is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Tanjung Bungah area.

The best Gent Toilet in Toy Museum.....

19/12/2009 Second day -

Morning call for my daughter was 5.30 am because she need to wash her hair ..bra bra

I suppose she stay late and online chat with her friends ....She look so tired..:),the hotel we stayed did not provide free internet service and pricing for the service is $Rm 6 /hour and $Rm 15 for 24 hours ..this sound stupid ???

We proceed to Penang Hill at 8 am and due to the public holiday , we found getting a parking lot near the Tram station was a big problem and most of the cars parked haphazardly along road leading to the housing area.

View from the top of Penang Hill over the Bridge.....

Sri Aruloli Thirumurugan, or better known as thePenang Hill Hindu Temple, is one ofthe oldest Hindu temples in Penang. It started off in the 1800's as a small shrine to the Hindu deity Murugan - the deity associated with Thaipusam - by the Indian sepoys and sedan chair carriers, and is located at a mount within Penang Hill called Gun Hill. A trident, or Murugan Vel, was installed there by the devotees. Over the years, it was enlarged and rebuilt. The present-day incarnation of the Sri Aruloli Thirumurugan is a very ornate Hindu temple in the Dravidianarchitectural style of South India.

The Dravidian style of constructing Hindu temples calls for four principal parts. The temple proper, orvimana, is the shrine with a tower, amandapa, or porch,gopurams, or gate towers, and chawadis, or pillar halls. In addition, there would usually be a tank of water for use in sacred rituals or for cleansing.

The Kek Lok Si Temple (Penang Hokkien for "Temple of Supreme Bliss" or "Temple of Sukhavati"; Simplified Chinese: 极乐寺; Traditional Chinese: 極樂寺) is a Buddhist temple situated in Air Itam in Penang and is one of the best known temples on the island. It is the largest Buddhist temple inSoutheast Asia.