Hi hi, J&J is back after a long, long break. Blame on me that I was too lazy to write a blog but now I have successfully kick the lazy bugs out of my mind.
As a Penangite, honestly, I have never visited all local heritages. If you ask a friend who comes from other states in Malaysia, he/she might have visited those places more than I do. Perhaps it suites a Chinese saying, the moon is rounder at the other end. The closer it is to you, you tend to ignore it the most even though you may pass the same places, see the same scenes, breath the same air everyday.
So, one of this morning, we have decided to do something which we have never done before. That is, take some time- our own sweet time, slowly, to explore and know the other aspects of Penang.
Our first destination: St. George Church-– South East Asia oldest Anglican Church
Second destination- a place where I have not stepped into for 20++ years, where you can see the old tramps, trains where they served the old Penang
Look at this old Penang pictures where our ancestors was brought up. I bet they can never imagined how Penang is shaped into the view that we see nowadays...
Coincidently there was a "Pameran Mata Wang" exhibition during our visits. All kinds of ancient coints- crocodile, dragon, elephant, tortouise etc. Isnt't it interesting? Those mata wang and wang Pokok Pisang that we used to hear during our history class.
Next, we went to The Marian Shrine of the Assumption Church. Tips: a little bit of its background at http://www.asiaexplorers.com/malaysia/assumption_cathedral_penang.htm
Enough of pictures this time? To be continue on part 2...
