Visited another Buddhist temple worshipping the deity "Kuan Yin" which is the Goddess of Mercy. The statue of "Kuan Yin" reminded me of the statue of Liberty in United States.
Views of Penang from the temple:
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
"Goddess of Mercy" Temple
Sunday, 14 May 2006
Visited another Buddhist temple worshipping the deity "Kuan Yin" which is the Goddess of Mercy. The statue of "Kuan Yin" reminded me of the statue of Liberty in United States.
Views of Penang from the temple:
Visited another Buddhist temple worshipping the deity "Kuan Yin" which is the Goddess of Mercy. The statue of "Kuan Yin" reminded me of the statue of Liberty in United States.
Views of Penang from the temple:
Penang Thai Temple
Sunday, 14 May 2006
The Thai temple was across the road, opposite the Burmese temple. Another beautiful temple. It is called Wat Chaiyamangkalaram.
The Thai temple was across the road, opposite the Burmese temple. Another beautiful temple. It is called Wat Chaiyamangkalaram.
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Penang Burmese Temple
Sunday, 14 May 2006
Beautiful Burmese temple! It is called Dhammikarama. Enjoy the following pictures that I have taken for remembrance.
Beautiful Burmese temple! It is called Dhammikarama. Enjoy the following pictures that I have taken for remembrance.
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Mother's Day
Sunday, 14 May 2006
Sister Monica and myself were presented with a pot of "Japanese Rose" each from the Penang Church, as a present for mothers today! What a marvellous idea! Life plants that flower everyday. We brought them back to Kuala Lumpur and gave it to Lyanne! They will flower every morning when the sun shine, and beautify her balcony!
Sister Monica and myself were presented with a pot of "Japanese Rose" each from the Penang Church, as a present for mothers today! What a marvellous idea! Life plants that flower everyday. We brought them back to Kuala Lumpur and gave it to Lyanne! They will flower every morning when the sun shine, and beautify her balcony!
Friday, May 26, 2006
Penang Church
Sunday, 14 May 2006
I am so happy! Uncle Ni and Sister Monica are coming to church with me! The first meeting started at 10:00 hrs but we got there by 8:45 hrs! We had been to a street market and had our breakfast at one of the shops. Instead of walking back to the hotel and coming out again (I tend to be lazy if I get back and rest!) to the church, I suggested that we took a taxi and go to church early, thinking that maybe we could visit earlier. Too earlier - nobody has arrived and the gates were closed.
Luckily we didn't have to wait long. Elder/Sister Wolfe came about 9:00 hrs! We had a good visit with them and explore the church building a litttle.
I am thankful for the opportunity to visit with the saints that morning.
I am so happy! Uncle Ni and Sister Monica are coming to church with me! The first meeting started at 10:00 hrs but we got there by 8:45 hrs! We had been to a street market and had our breakfast at one of the shops. Instead of walking back to the hotel and coming out again (I tend to be lazy if I get back and rest!) to the church, I suggested that we took a taxi and go to church early, thinking that maybe we could visit earlier. Too earlier - nobody has arrived and the gates were closed.
Luckily we didn't have to wait long. Elder/Sister Wolfe came about 9:00 hrs! We had a good visit with them and explore the church building a litttle.
I am thankful for the opportunity to visit with the saints that morning.
Mangoes
Saturday, 13 May 2006
"Transnational" left Puduraya bus terminal as scheduled - 0900 hrs. It was not as cold as I experienced before. I guess because we were travelling in the day. Last time I was travelling in the middle of night! And this time, I was able to turn the airconditioning ventilator, that is directly blowing to me, completely off.
I enjoyed one bus resting point on the way. There were all kinds of fruits sold but what caught my attention were the different types of mangoes sold. These are 4 of them.
Top row: Mangga Okim (6 Ringgit/kg), Mangga Udang (7 Ringgit/Kg)
Bottom row: Mangga Raja (6 Ringgit/kg), Mangga Cukanan (6 Ringgit/kg)
Funny names! 'Udang' means prawns and 'Raja' means king. Yet 'Udang' is bigger than 'Raja'. 'Mangga' means Mango. It was named 'Udang' because they said it has the shape of a prawn. Is it? It is the biggest mango I have ever seen in my life however I understood from the vendor that the Mangga Udang comes in bigger size (3 times bigger that I saw this day). Wow!
"Transnational" left Puduraya bus terminal as scheduled - 0900 hrs. It was not as cold as I experienced before. I guess because we were travelling in the day. Last time I was travelling in the middle of night! And this time, I was able to turn the airconditioning ventilator, that is directly blowing to me, completely off.
I enjoyed one bus resting point on the way. There were all kinds of fruits sold but what caught my attention were the different types of mangoes sold. These are 4 of them.
Top row: Mangga Okim (6 Ringgit/kg), Mangga Udang (7 Ringgit/Kg)
Bottom row: Mangga Raja (6 Ringgit/kg), Mangga Cukanan (6 Ringgit/kg)
Funny names! 'Udang' means prawns and 'Raja' means king. Yet 'Udang' is bigger than 'Raja'. 'Mangga' means Mango. It was named 'Udang' because they said it has the shape of a prawn. Is it? It is the biggest mango I have ever seen in my life however I understood from the vendor that the Mangga Udang comes in bigger size (3 times bigger that I saw this day). Wow!
Let us go to Penang
Thursday, 11 May 2006
Uncle Ni and Sister Monica had been in Kuala Lumpur for 3 days. I had thought about visiting Penang but didn't think that we would really go there until Uncle Ni told me that an uncle of his friend is living there. He is 89 years old.
After contacting Uncle Ni's friend's uncle to confirm that he is still
in Penang and since we are only going to Miri next Friday, we decided to visit Penang for a couple of days.
On arriving at the Penang bus terminal, we took a taxi to visit Uncle Ni's friend's uncle. We had a good visit with him and his wife.
Went to Puduraya bus terminal and wanted to buy bus tickets to travel tomorrow morning at 0900 hrs, however all the seats were taken on the 'Transnational" carrier. It was public holiday tomorrow- Wesak Day. Other departure times were 1030, 1600, 1730, 2300 and 2350 on the 'Transnational" but we prefer to the 0900 hrs. There were other carriers but I preferred "Transnational". I have travelled with it before. The only problem with me is that I could not stand the airconditioning - it was very very cold!
We end up buying tickets for the next day, Saturday. The bus will leave leave Puduraya at 0900 hrs and will take about 5-1/2 hrs on the 385 km route. The bus fare was 26.90 Ringgit, each person.
Uncle Ni and Sister Monica had been in Kuala Lumpur for 3 days. I had thought about visiting Penang but didn't think that we would really go there until Uncle Ni told me that an uncle of his friend is living there. He is 89 years old.
After contacting Uncle Ni's friend's uncle to confirm that he is still
in Penang and since we are only going to Miri next Friday, we decided to visit Penang for a couple of days.On arriving at the Penang bus terminal, we took a taxi to visit Uncle Ni's friend's uncle. We had a good visit with him and his wife.
Went to Puduraya bus terminal and wanted to buy bus tickets to travel tomorrow morning at 0900 hrs, however all the seats were taken on the 'Transnational" carrier. It was public holiday tomorrow- Wesak Day. Other departure times were 1030, 1600, 1730, 2300 and 2350 on the 'Transnational" but we prefer to the 0900 hrs. There were other carriers but I preferred "Transnational". I have travelled with it before. The only problem with me is that I could not stand the airconditioning - it was very very cold!
We end up buying tickets for the next day, Saturday. The bus will leave leave Puduraya at 0900 hrs and will take about 5-1/2 hrs on the 385 km route. The bus fare was 26.90 Ringgit, each person.
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