The Pinang Peranakan Mansion

Hi there everyone, it has been a long time i didn't update my blog. I myself also don't know why I'm suddenly in mood to update my blog. It was a visit to The Pinang Peranakan Mansion quite a long time ago which was about in my semester one. By the way, I'm in semester two now.
The Peranakan, generally known as Babas and Nyonyas. Peranakans' culture is generally the combination of Chinese's and Malays' cultures. During last time, peranakans are mostly found in Malacca, Penang and Singapore which are all in the Straits Settlement. The purpose of Pinang Peranakan Mansion is to introduce the Babas' and Nyonyas' traditions to general public.

As what we can see in the above picture. Don't you feel they are familiar. Yes, you're right. These are all the movies and dramas which are captured here to record the Babas' and Nyonyas' background. For me, the famous one is ' The Little Nyonya (小娘惹) ' which was shown in Astro AEC 301 few years back.
The above picture show the dining hall of them. It was richly decorated with European-style. Some of the Babas' households even have a separate western-styled dining room meant for entertaining peers and European guests. The dinner service includes porcelain, glass and silverware, all imported from Europe.


The front door which is full with Chinese style.

In between, I saw a pair of couple taking their wedding pictures. How sweet they are. Hope they will be with each other forever as the traditions of Peranakans' culture last from last century until now.
Anyway, this is my first post in 2011. Hope I will continue in the mood of updating my blog. Stay in touch ya everyone.

Dongzhi Festival

This year, my mum prepared Tang Yuen for this Dongzhi Festival as she did every year. As a chinese, I myself also don't know the origin of this festival. I felt so shameful.
My brother's girl friend show off the Tang Yuen she did. Haha.

My dad lend his hand. But, not more than 15 minutes, he went to the living room and watch the news programme. =.=

My mum after prepared the soup which to cook Tang Yuen.

The creative and colourful Tang Yuen with multiple shape I did. Haha. Don't you think it's creative?

This was done by my brother's girlfriend.

The Soup.

The product. Haha.

The origin of Dongzhi Festival,

http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongzhi_Festival

九皇大帝 Celebration

This is my friend, Nelson and Ching Shin.
They are spinning the deities' palanquin. It was decorated by small LED bulbs. So cool.




There's a crowd on the first day.

This was the ship. The most beautiful in that area.







This was the last day. They were going to sent all the deities back.

Mooncake Festival

On MoonCake Festival, I was celebrating at a campaign organized by someone. Haha, I forgot it. When I first reach there, there was a performance on Cantonese Opera. I was not interesting in that, so I walked away to seek for lanterns.


My Bahasa Melayu's teacher was working as a volunteer. He had participated in the lantern-designing competition. But, that was not his lantern. His was much more nicer.
This was the lantern made by my BM teacher stated above. It won the first prize. Wow.
As chinese, we should not forget ou traditional festival. We should always remember our traditional festival handed over by our ancestor.

Famous Wan Tan Mee in Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang

According to my dad, this stall had been selling wan tan mee for almost 30 years. Handed over from his father to the boss now.
The noodles is hand-made. The taste is totally different from the 'wan tan mee' that sold at hawker centre. It taste much more delicious and the noodles tasted more elastic.


This is the boss. Haha.
Kim Leng Coffee Shop.