2012 . Travelling year ahead
Happy New Year everyone! Not so happy for me though as I’ve been bogged down with my final assignment (submission in 5 days! *bawl*) and I’ve been going to bed at very odd hours since Christmas ~ once at 10 in the morning while it’s almost always 4 to 7am on some other days. Oh, the torture! What irks me is that many people don’t really seem to understand the suffer we have to go through in this course whenever we tell them that we are busy. And by busy, it means that we barely get any sleep at all, and I’d be so thankful if I could just lie in my bed for an extra hour or two. It’s really a blessing in disguise that I’m a night owl by nature, else I’d be crying buckets every night!
Boy, I really can’t wait to graduate. Even though OT is exceptionally common in our professional field, but at least you do get more hours of sleep compared to when you’re rushing to meet deadline at school. Like they say, architecture is architorture. I can definitely testify to that.
My travels in 2011 ~ not as amazing and memorable as 2010, but that prolly means there’s always hope for a better one next year! :)
Well, 2012 is definitely going to be an exciting year for me, travel wise. I’ve grabbed 3 separate return air tickets (all promo fares!) to 3 new countries that I’ve never set foot in before, and these get me so thrilled whenever thinking of them. The travel bug has got me bad, very bad, and there’s absolutely no way escaping it!
I’ll keep these destinations partially secret and I’ll reveal them one by one when I’m about to fly! The one in the middle looks pretty easy to guess though. ;)
Anyway, I’ve just done my one and only exam this morning, and am glad that it was a pretty smooth sail, despite having worked on it for a few hours only. And now, I have to get back to spilling my blood and sweat out on my assignment. Time is ticking out! And I’m so sorry for not able to drop by your blog as often as I wish to ~ I’ll make up for that after I’ve submitted this blardy thing I have in hand, kay?
Till then!
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China House and a merry Christmas
On Friday evening, the four of us had planned to have a pre-Christmas dinner, and so off we went to the beautiful double frontage China House café on Beach Street which occupies three heritage shophouses and is owned by an Aussie couple. It was a very nice place to chill out, with colourful themed rooms, lovely open-air courtyards, and a very relaxing atmosphere. Though food prices were slightly on the high side, I found their cakes to be delicious, even better than the main courses! If you’re a shutterbug like me, then you’ll definitely fall in love with this cosy place. Every corner of this café just seemed so photogenic to my amateur eyes! :)
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Jalan-jalan George Town
Despite having lived in Penang for almost 4 and a half years now, I’ve never got bored of wandering around George Town, the proud capital of the state which offers endless opportunities for photography enthusiasts. From the five foot ways of pre-war shophouses, the myriads of colours and sounds at Little India, the choking incense at hundred-year-old Chinese temples, to the grandiose colonial buildings at the Esplanade, every angle and perspective of this small yet compact city is fascinating to the eyes of a shutterbug.
What’s best about this place is that, at the end of the day, you would always find yourself lugging your exhausted legs to one of the many eateries that dot the city, whether it’s the swanky cafés at the latest mall in town or just follow the crowd to their favourite hawker haunts. In George Town, it’s always food o’clock. You’ll never go hungry here.
A small back alley near Beach Street
A Chinese clan house on Chulia Street
Interesting door and windows of an old building
Weld Quay at dusk
Check out the clouds behind the Sri Mahamariamman Temple!
Pigeons at the yard of the 19th-century Goddess of Mercy Temple 观音亭, Penang’s oldest Chinese temple
Protestant Cemetery, where Penang’s founder, Captain Sir Francis Light was buried
One of the island’s immortalized icons, the Penang Ferry Service is the oldest of its kind in Malaysia and has been in service since it began its operations in 1920
A hawk soaring above the City Hall
India House on Beach Street, one of my favourite buildings there
Church Street
Delicious biryani at Sri Ananda Bahwan (Penang Street branch)
Beautiful sunset on the Penang Bridge
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And today on December 6th, I wanna dedicate something to my parents…
H A P P Y 2 6 t h A N N I V E R S A R Y, mum and dad!
With lots of love,
Son
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