Posts under ‘Penang’

I wasn’t too excited about another shopping mall opening until I went to Queensbay Mall. All the big names are there. This means I don’t have to wait for my next visit to Kuala Lumpur to browse Borders or eat Beard Papa’s.

The place is pleasantly spacious, bright and there are many shops [...]

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I took a walk down memory lane yesterday.  When I was in my teens and twenties, this shop was located at sunny Macalister Road.  I love hanging around the place and would visit the secondhand bookshop every weekend.  Back then, they have a lot of imported magazines like Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Elle and etc from the [...]

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I had been to this place countless time when I was small.  Mom showed me the footprint of Sam Poh   and as a child, I used to imagine a really huge giant whose feet were planted, one side  in Melaka and one side Penang.  Back then, I did not even know that Melaka is [...]

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My sons’ secondary school, St. Xavier’s Institution had a Heritage Walk event to raise funds to repair their school. It was held in the evening and we joined the students to trek through the Heritage Trail of Penang.

This quaint old building had been beautifully renovated by the Australian couple.

Our state tourism has prepared [...]

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This is the first time I go to the e-gate. It is the building along the Penang Bridge Road, next to Tesco. Since it has been rainy and cloudy the whole morning, the weather makes the place extra soothing. A nice day to hang out at the side-walk cafes available there.

So far, [...]

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