Sunday, 18 September 2022

SUNDAY Stroll │ To Pudu Plaza and Beyond!

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It’s Sunday Again! Our plan for the day didn’t go as expected. We had arranged to buy a pre loved DJI Pocket 2 as a backup camera, but the s...
Friday, 16 September 2022

FRIDAY Frolic │ Pasar Seni and Beyond!

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It’s Malaysia Day! Malaysia Day marked the formation of the Malaysian federation in 1963, when Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore ...
Sunday, 4 September 2022

MANSION Tea Stall

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It’s Time for Teh Tarik Some places become part of our lives without us even realising it. We moved into our current home back in 2005, and ...

Car Free SUNDAY│ Festival Seni @ Jalan TAR

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It’s Sunday! We spent the whole of yesterday morning at a Perodua Service Centre in Jalan Chan Sow Lin, so there was nothing interesting to ...
Wednesday, 31 August 2022

MERDEKA Day Parade 2022!

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It’s Merdeka Day! Hari Kebangsaan, also known as Merdeka Day, marked Malaysia’s independence on 31 August 1957. Each year, people from all w...
Saturday, 27 August 2022

KLCC Walkabout │ Megan Avenue 2 • Suria KLCC • Simfoni Lake • KLCC Park

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It’s the Weekend! Our weekend started with a short walk south along Jalan Munshi Abdullah to the bus stop in front of Jakel Mall. We had one...

KLCC Walkabout │ CENTRAL ASIA Restaurant

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It’s the Weekend! This weekend, we had a simple craving—a warm bowl of borsch. And once that thought settled in, we knew exactly where we ne...
Thursday, 18 August 2022

New Gear Day Olympus │ OM-D E-M1 Mark III

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New Gear Day! Sometimes, the best days came from unexpected setbacks. During our recent trip to Penang, our trusty little Lumix GX85 gave up...
Friday, 12 August 2022

PEN Day 6 │ ETS Train Ride • Butterworth to Kuala Lumpur

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Leaving Penang Five glorious days in Penang passed in a flash, and suddenly it was time to head home. On our first day we rode the ETS to Pe...

PEN Day 6 │ Leaving for KUALA LUMPUR

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Packing Up Five wonderful days in Penang passed in a flash, and suddenly it was time to pack our bags and head home. With no buses going dir...
Thursday, 11 August 2022

PEN Day 5 │ NEW WORLD PARK Food City

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Choosing a Classic Penang Dinner For our final night in Penang, we wanted to eat at a typical Penang Chinese food court. We chose New World ...

PEN Day 5 │ Runaround: Weld Quay • Gurney Drive • Beach Street

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A Late Start It was our penultimate day in Penang, and we had no fixed plans except to enjoy breakfast at Roti Canai Jalan Argyll nearby. We...
Wednesday, 10 August 2022

PEN Day 4 │ Runaround:Aik Hoe • WELD QUAY • Chew Jetty • Lim Jetty

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Early Morning Start We finally managed to wake up at the crack of dawn. Brendan had stayed up the whole night and asked to sit out today’s w...

PEN Day 4 │ SAF Street Pasta

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Leaving the Botanic Garden As much as we wanted to spend more time at the Penang Botanic Garden, we knew we had to move on to our next desti...

PEN Day 4 │ PENANG Botanic Gardens

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A Slow Afternoon After returning from our morning outing, we spent the rest of the day indoors. We ordered Grab take outs for lunch and caug...

PEN Day 4 │ WELD QUAY Walkabout • Jetty Hopping

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Starting the Morning Today turned out to be a day of crossing items off our Penang bucket list. High on that list was a visit to the Weld Qu...
Tuesday, 9 August 2022

PEN Day 3 │ Runaround: GURNEY DRIVE and Back

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A Little History We were finally visiting Gurney Drive, a place almost everyone connects with Penang Island. It sits on reclaimed land that ...

PEN Day 3 │ COCO ISLAND Street Food

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Looking for the Famous Hawker Centre It was finally time for dinner at Gurney Drive, and our plan was simple: eat at the famous hawker centr...

PEN Day 3 │ Runaround: KOMTAR • BALIK PULAU and Back

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We’re Going Someplace New! After a short break at the hotel, we stepped out again—this time with a new destination in mind. We wanted to exp...

PEN Day 3 │ Walkabout 6: CHOWRASTA Market Hunt

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Penang Day 3! We had planned to start early, but as always, plans changed. We overslept and only managed to leave the hotel at 9:05am. Break...
Monday, 8 August 2022

PEN Day 2 │ Walkabout: Pengkalan Weld • JETTY Food Court • Lebuh Armenian

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We’re Off on Another Walkabout! After spending the afternoon relaxing in our apartment, we stepped out in the evening once the temperature h...

PEN Day 2 │ The JETTY Food Court

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Time for Dinner! The whole point of our evening walkabout was simple—we wanted dinner at The Jetty Food Court. Cat had read plenty of glowin...

PEN Day 2 │ Kek Lok Si

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Kek Lok Si We got off the Rapid Penang #201 bus at Air Itam Market and walked toward a small alley near Kong Min School. At first, we tried ...