Art Exhibition At Hin Bus Depot, Penang

This is a continuation of our 2D1N holiday in Penang. On the first evening in Penang, we cross the road from the hotel to check out the art exhibition at Hin Bus Depot.

Art Exhibition by Ryan Naga.

Art Exhibition from 3 Dec - 31 Dec, 2022.

Black and white art on display.

It was dinner time so we didn't have the time to really inspect every painting.

But there is one who caught my eyes.

Can you see a face in the picture above?

Display in a glass cabinet.

Sculpture of a buffalo.

The above is supposed to be a chair.

This is the seat of the chair. The points are not sharp.

Mural #1 - A tiger wounded with arrows.

Mural #2 - Looks like a turtle.

Opens for public viewing:

Mon - Fri: 12pm - 7pm, Sat - Sun: 11am - 7pm.

We left this place while it was still drizzling.

We had 2 umbrellas which we borrowed from the hotel.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Oh, how great is your goodness to those

who publicly declare that you will rescue them.

For you have stored up great blessings

for those who trust and reverence you.

(Psalm 31:19, The Living Bible-TLB)

Morning Walk & Breakfast In Penang

When it was bright enough, hubby and I went down to take our morning walk around the hotel. It was about 7:20am plus with gloomy sky.

There was not much traffic at that time.

Macallum Central Hotel.

I wonder if the boss of this chicken rice shop is a fat man.....

The sign above caught my eyes.

"Drink High"

I suppose this sign will be light up at night.

Our friend told us that this is a well known stall selling sweet porridge.

Bubur kacang, gandum & pulut hitam or peanut, oat and black glutinous rice porridge.

They were closed both times we were here.

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I didn't ask our friend where he was taking us for breakfast.

Our friend ordered 2 bowls of white curry noodles for 4 of us to share. The curry only tastes good after adding the curry paste served in the spoon.

2 bowls of prawn noodles, also for sharing.

Thin crispy pancakes or apom. Nice and crispy when eaten still warm.

Mixed fruit dessert.

That is all for 4 of us.

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Our friend stopped the car in front of the bank. One of us went into the bank and I got down to take some snapshots.

Sculptures of golden rats.

Pulau Tikus means Rat Island.

A few steps away is another sculpture (side view).

A golden rat riding on a bullock cart (front view).

After this, we went back to the hotel, packed, checked out and drove back to Ipoh.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

Sing praises to the Lord!

Raise your voice in song to him who rides upon the clouds!

Jehovah is his name - oh, rejoice in his presence.

(Psalm 68:4, The Living Bible-TLB)

Christmas Decorations At Penang Shopping Malls

Since we are in Butterworth, our friends took us to Sunway Carnival Mall for a look around after our lunch at Ong Cheng Huat Seafood Restaurant. The first thing that caught my eyes were the Christmas decorations.

This view was taken from the floor above.

Looks like a Fairy land theme.

Lots of flowers and butterflies decorations.

Elf house and mushrooms.

There is also a deer.

More flowers and...

Bees too....

After Sunway Carnival Mall, we were taken across the bridge to check into the hotel.

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We prefer hawker food for dinner, so our friends suggested going for prawn noodle. The eatery is quite near to the hotel so we walked to avoid searching for parking space. There was a slight drizzle so we were walking with our umbrellas. When we reached, we found the place closed, so we open for the nearby eatery. 

We ordered 2 plates of oyster omelette or or chien in Hokkien.

Hubby ordered the above jawa mee but it turned out to be a great disappointment.

Penang lobak which was not up to our expectation.

Penang char koay teow which was quite tasty.

Chicken satay or bbq chicken which turned out to be hard and dry.

The peanut sauce with hardly any peanuts.

This is the first time that we were disappointment with the food we ordered. Surprising, the place was crowded and customers have to wait for tables. It could be that our expectation was too high or the food was not up to our Ipoh taste.

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After dinner, we walked with our umbrella to the nearby1st Avenue Mall as it was too early to go back to the hotel. Glad to see more Christmas decorations.

View from the floor above.

Christmas arch.

If you are tired, you can sit here and rest awhile.

Santa Claus flying in his sleigh.

Early morning view outside the window at 4:10am.

I was awoken by the sound of TV at 3am. Hubby wanted to watch football but he couldn't find the right channel on the hotel TV. Hubby went back to sleep but I was wide awake by then.

So, to while away the time, I read the news and played games on my hand phone. I managed to get about half an hour of sleep before going down for our morning walk.

An old fashioned door and windows of a house in Penang.

Linking to Tuesday's Treasures, Image-in-ing & Happy Tuesday.

Bring all the tithes into the storehouse

so that there will be food enough in my Temple;

if you do, I will open up the windows of heaven for you and

pour out a blessing so great you won't have room enough to take it in!

"Try it! Let me prove it to you!

(Malachi 3:10, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch At Ong Cheng Huat Seafood, Butterworth

On Thursday, we took the earliest ETS train to Butterworth (10:30am). It was to be a 2D1N stay in Penang.

Waiting for the train to start from Ipoh railway station.

At the Butterworth railway station.

From the railway station, our friends took us for lunch at....

Kedai Makanan dan Minuman Ong Cheng Huat Seafood, Butterworth.

Can you see the small lane?

We have to drive through this short single lane to reach the restaurant.

In front of the restaurant.

Clear blue sky and coconut trees.

We saw this car while we were waiting for our friends at the Butterworth railing station. Coincidentally, we saw this same car at the restaurant.

Inside the spacious restaurant.

We ordered a bottle of palm wine or referred to toddy by the locals.

When it is fresh, it is fragrant and sweet.

Blanched baby octupus.

Clams or lala.

Fried rice vermicelli or beehoon.

Crispy fried seafood pancakes.

Steamed red snapper.

Mango salad or mango kerabu.

Fried yellow noodle + rice vermicelli.

Fried mantis prawns with sticky sweet sour sauce.

Thanks to our friends for this filling and yummy-licious seafood lunch.

After lunch, our friends took us to the Sunway Carnival Mall, Butterworth to help us digest our lunch before taking us over to Georgetown to check into the hotel.

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I found the following murals near to the Neo Hotel, Penang when we were out for our morning walk the next morning.

This is at the Pusat Kegiatan Guru, Dato Keramat.

This is also near to the hotel.

Our morning walk was cut short when it started to drizzle.

Linking to Monday Mural.

A hot-tempered man starts fights and gets into all kinds of trouble.

(Proverbs 29:22, The Living Bible-TLB)