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Last post about Penang Chinese Ox New Year Celebration
Sometimes, taking too much of photos is no good because I need to split up an event into several post. I am not a good editor by the way. Hehe. At first, there’s the Penang Chinese New Year Celebration in the afternoon before the sky turn dark,...
I went into Cheah Kongsi during Chinese New Year
I was there last year too. So basically, during normal days, I won’t go to any of this kongsi-kongsi place unless there’e people invite me to. I was there because it’s the Chinese New Year Open House Miao Hui Celebration, so I went ...
Visit to Khoo Kongsi for Free During Chinese New Year
Do you know that during Chinese New Year, there’s a Chinese New Year Celebration in downtown Penang and during that time, you can visit the Khoo Kongsi or known as Khoo Clan House for free. During usual days, they charged a fee for going into i...
Penang Chinese New Year Open House Miao Hui Celebration
This is the Penang Chinese New Year Open House Celebration or more likely to be known as 庙会 miao4 hui4 to the local Chinese here. It had been a long month after this event and only now I got a little time to compile the photos and post it up here...
Ox Year Pai Ti Kong
This year’s Pai Ti Kong night falls on 2nd February Monday night. It was again a special school holiday on the next day because the school wanted us to rest at home after a long night of Pai Ti Kong. If you don’t know know what Pai Ti Kon...
Last Pai Ti Kong School Special Holiday
Today is Tuesday and it’s my school’s holiday, it’s special because it’s only applied on Chinese school in Penang. The holiday is on because lots of Hokkien people pray to the God of Sky or Ti Kong last night until late in the...
Visit to Pengkalan Hulu on Chinese Niu Year Day 2
It’s a yearly routine that the whole family goes to Pengkalan Hulu at Perak during the second day of Chinese New Year. They love the peaceful environment of the little county there but not to me. Although it’s quiet, it’s a good rel...
Chinese New Year Visit to Anthony’s House
On 初四 (mandarin:chu1 si4, cantonese:chor4 sei1), forth day of Chinese New Year, I spent my whole afternoon at my tuition teacher, Mr Anthony’s house. Every visitors need to blow a balloon until it burst only can get into the house. This i...
Chinese Golden Ox New Year Eve
First off I am going say I am so sleepy and tired! Oh my god, I wish I can sleep longer in the morning and sleep earlier at night but the fact is I can’t. I don’t know why I sleep so late at night, it’s like every Chinese New Year, ...
Buying Fruits at Air Itam Market
Chinese New Year is here, one more day, one more day! So excited man. Two days ago, me and mom went to Air Itam Market to buy some fruits. The fruit stall opened till late at night. There’s a lot of mandarin orange and pineapple. I don̵...
Lion Dance at Pacific KOMTAR
It was Tuesday that I was in town. Usually every Tuesday, I will go to Prangin Mall in the afternoon, walk around, look around only then I go to a Malay tuition class at 7pm which is nearby to the mall. I went to help mom to drop in the lucky draw co...
One FM and 8TV Chinese New Year Roadshow
There was a little stage set up in front of the entrance of Gurney Plaza. When I arrived at the mall, there’s nothing, no people, it’s just a stage that errected there. I got nothing to do in the mall and just walked around and at one tim...
