George Town Penang in a Day - Food Journal

We planned a simple get-away in famous Penang for food and leisures. We decided to go walk in the city. We did it in a day.

Straits Garden Suite AirBnB

It is a simple Studio Apartment and three of us could stay in comfortably. I guess there is sofa bed for the fourth person. The kitchen and washing machine are useful and make it homely for us.

Lebuh Kimberly

On the first night we arrived, we took a Grab Taxi to Kimberly area for dinner. It was dark and we did not see many choices and the price was not that cheap. The 10 pieces Satays was RM12. The Char Koay  

The desserts were nice.

Jelutong Market 
94, Lorong Batu, Taman Jelutong, 11600 George Town, Penang

We took a short walk from our place at Straits Garden Suite, about 10 minutes and found a busy local market at Jelutong. We went to look for what locals will buy for their cooking :- Bak Kut Teh, Tom Salted Chicken powder, Yam Paste etc.

We took our nice reasonable-priced breakfast there, every item was nice. Too many choices and we could only choose a few as we could not finish our food. The local black Coffee  (Kopi-O) was a bit different from Sabah Coffee, it has a bit of sour taste which we all do not like.

The market stalls are clean and good food. We enjoyed going through all the different stalls to find goodies that we could buy.

On the way home, we stopped by a budgeted Cake Stall to buy a celebration for Jovie and also to the local supermarket for some local produce - mangoes and coffee!
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Lebuh Campbell
At about noon time, we took a Grab Taxi (RM7) to get there and started our hunt for food and street arts. Foodie Street of Food, museums, interesting wall arts.

Chicken Rice was delicious.

After an afternoon of walk, we tried an Indian restaurant for dinner. It was a nice dinner.

All in all, it was a great outdoor Foodie Day. The shopping was good too.
Check another post for the Street Arts Paintings!

For extreme Foodie, here is one link to refer to, its crazy, 24 meals within 24 hours!

https://www.malaymail.com/s/554531/eat-penang-a-24-hour-street-food-experience

The Holy Alphabet

The Holy Alphabet... This is Beautiful...

Whoever came up with this one must have been filled with the Holy Spirit!

A lthough things are not perfect,
B ecause of trial or pain,
C ontinue in thanksgiving
D on't even think of whom to blame .
E ven when the times are hard,
F ierce winds are bound to blow,
G od is forever able
H old on to Jesus .
I magine life without His love,
J oy would cease to be,
K eep thanking Him for all the things
L ove imparts you to see.
M ove out of  Complaining ',
N o weapon that is known
O n earth can yield the power
P raise can do alone.
Q uit worrying about the future,
R edeem the time at hand,
S tart every day with prayer
T o 'thank' is God's command.
U ntil we see Him coming,
V ictorious in the sky,
W e'll run the race with gratitude,
X alting the Most High God.
Y es, there'll be good times and yes some will be bad, but...
Z ion awaits in glory...where no one is ever sad!

The one who kneels to the Lord can stand up to anything..

Love and peace be with you forever, Amen.  🙏❤💗💓

NegaraKu - The Origins

Saidah Rastam explores the origins of the Malaysia's National Anthem and share her findings on why this song is still matters

Saidah Rastam has composed music for for gamelan, martial artists, opera singers, choral groups, jazz ensembles, western orchestras and electronic music. Her music is often cross-cultural: Indian classical instruments and jazz in Scintillations, Malay poetry and western classical voices in Lapangan Ya-ya-ya; Chinese opera singers and a jazz quartet in Spirits; folk music from six Asian countries in Prism, traditional Chinese instruments and Malay gamelan in Keras Bila Dipadu. In M! the Opera, Saidah combined Malay traditional instruments and asli singing with a western orchestra and SATB vocal arrangements.

Malam Terang Bulan, a show she created, wrote and directed, was staged in 2014 and in 2015 at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (Philharmonic Hall) to popular and critical acclaim.