Penang New Year's Eve Celebration

This New Year's Eve, expect an exhilaratingly good time as there are more than one parties lined up for you to attend! Join us and the rest of Penang as we celebrate eventful 2009 and welcome 2010 with the roar of a tiger! Select your countdown party place of choice from Esplanade, Queensbay Mall, Gurney Plaza, Autocity-Juru, Pesta Pulau Pinang and many more! Here in Penang, just like our food, we have a variety of local flavours to suit your taste, and just exactly too as we throw celebrations according to how you want this joyous occasion to turn out!


For the biggest annual new year countdown party, Esplanade, Penang is where you will want to be for tons of entertainment! Expect international singers and hot bands rocking your socks off over at the historical scenic venue with a mega concert and an outrageous fireworks display to bring in the new year at the stroke of midnight! Come on over to this site if you're looking for a crowd who will join you in loud cheers to welcome the year 2010!


At Gurney Plaza, join us as we usher in the new year from 7.30pm onwards with the launch of VisitPenang Year 2010-2012. That's right, we will be there to celebrate the next three years in attracting more tourists to experience unforgettable Penang! Present to launch VisitPenang Year 2010-2012 will be Honourable Chief Minister of Penang Y.A.B Tuan Lim Guan Eng followed by several numbers of captivating colourful local cultural Malay, Chinese and Indian performances brought to you by Seni Mutiara, Spring Productions and Temple of Fine Arts. After that, three different live bands are set to pump up your night leading to the closing of year 2009 and the beginning of 2010 with an enticing 10-minute firework display to usher in the new year!

Head on over to Queensbay Mall if you want to have an 'Energizing 2010' with first class concert performances from one of the biggest Taiwanese super star acts: The Power Station and TANK. On top of that there will also be performances by many promising and upcoming Malaysian artistes such as Manhand, Eric Lin Jian Hui, Vinz Lin, Katherine Chan, Candy Cheah,
PeiJie, Jojo, Julio and two MyStarz LG winners, Wana and Nashrin, cultural performances, pre-concert activities and fun filled games lined up from 3pm!

The mainland certainly does not see less of a party as the Auto-City Juru New Year Countdown Fiesta will kick off from 6pm till 12midnight on 31st December 2009 to revel in the new year mood with MC Kishz a Malaysia Book of Records holder for the 'Longest Non-stop MC', hunky Hong Kong Artiste Ron Ng as well as other recording artistes such as Mahadhir, Rey and
Serena!

For a feel good ol' time at Penang, Pesta Pulau Pinang would be ideal to bring your family to join in with the crowd of the neverending choices at the bazaar carnival as well as the Euro' fun fair for an adventurous night out on New Year's eve! Bring friends, family and little ones to this enjoyable event to make sure they experience nothing other then unforgettable merrymaking to celebrate the new year!

That's five great parties for you to be at! Whether you choose to stay in one place or party-hop to several destinations, remember, safety should be your No.1 priority. So stay safe, plan your occasion ahead of time and enjoy a fabulous night out in nowhere else but Penang!

Wishing you HAPPY 2010.....!!!!!


source : http://www.visitpenang.gov.my/portal/

Photos of Pangkor Island - Malaysia

Went to Pangkor Island few months back for a business trip. After 2 hour motorbike ride from my home town arrived at Lumut town around 10.00 am. I think the ferry ticket price was RM 10 per trip.

After 30 minutes cruise I was there. To visit my prospect and travel the Island, I called Tan to rent his bike.

He got my trust from my previous trip to Pangkor Island. When I was searching for a motorbike during peak season on my previous trip, Tan rent price / day was RM 50 while another guy's rate was RM 60. Plus, when I returned back his motorbike early he gave RM 10 discount.

Since I will be using his bike for few hours only, Tan rented his bike for RM 20.

Once done with my business trip, I just round the island .

Some of the attraction at Pangkor Island are as stated below. I didn't go and see some of the sites mentioned below, however got pictures of Hornbill and other nice photos below to share with you.

Fu Ling Kong Temple
Ducth Fort
Batu Bersurat
Pathirakaliaman Temple
Water Sport
Hornbill
Island & Beaches

Don't worry about finding an accommodation in Pangkor Island. There are a lot of nice resorts and hotels at Pangkor Island for you stay. I have jotted few of them below.

Pangkor Island Hotels & Resorts (Location)

Coral Bay Resort (Pasir Bogak)
Golden Beach Hotel & Resorts (Pasir Bogak)
Havana Beach Resort (Teluk Nipah)
Pangkor Bay View Resort (Teluk Nipah)
Pangkor Holiday Resort (Pasir Bogak)
Pangkor Island Resort (Pangkor Island)
Pangkor Laut Resort (Pangkor Island)
Pangkor Puteri Resort Apartment & Chalet (Pasir Bogak)
Seagull Beach Resort (Teluk Nipah)
Sea View Hotel & Holiday Resort (Jalan Pasir Bogak)
Teluk Dalam Resort (Pangkor Island)

If you wondering where is Pangkor Island? It is located off the coast of Perak in north west Peninsular Malaysia.

So come to Malaysia and have a wonderful experience in Pangkor Island.




Pangkor Island - Yatch




Pangkor Island Attraction



Pangkor Island Ferry Jetty



Pangkor Island - Hotels & Resorts



Pangkor Island - Hornbill



Pangkor Island - Fishing Boat





Pangkor Island - Fishermen Village



Pangkor Island - Ferry



Pangkor Island - Boats



Pangkor Island - Banana Boat Ride



Pangkor Island - Banana Boat Ride 2

Penang Malays Art Gallery

It has been there for years.

But last week only I got an opportunity to visit Penang Malays Art Gallery. Located just besides Kapitan Keling Mosque in Georgetown, Penang it offers the best work of Malay artists from Northern region of Peninsular Malaysia.

The gallery showcase contemporary works done by establishment Malay artists and also a venue for talented new artists to showcase their work.

Most of the artworks exhibited in the gallery are in oils, pastel, charcoal acrylic and mix media.

When I went, the work of 8 artists based in Sabah were there. “Ngintom aku Masa Dedoou” is a bajau phrase for “Recollection of My Memories” is the title of the exhibition done by Sabah Painters. They are Datuk Mohd Yaman, Datin Maimun bte Pg. Bagul, Dzulkifli Abdul Rahman, Christianne Goonting, Zaimie Sahibil, Mohd. Fuad Bebit, Jennifer Linggi & Datu Ruslan Sulai.

For further details about the artists, please go to http://www.sabah.gov.my/artgallery/

Each artist in his or her own artwork try to showcase the their past experience or memories. It is their way of reminding us to preserve our heritage.

For further details about the visiting hour, please get in touch with Penang Malays Art Gallery.

Penang Malays Art Gallery | Address

Penang Malays Art Gallery,
167, Lebuh Chulia, 10200
Pulau Pinang
Tel No : + 604 – 262 2860
Fax No : + 604 – 262 2860
H/P No : + 6016 – 416 0859

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