wanna be your best sister! LOL yeah man! Where should I start. I vividly remember it was 5:00AM when mum decided to wake me to see the sunrise at End-of-the-world Batu Feringghi! As much as I wanna be a good daughter as well as a sister, I can't help but to admit that some U#%*#%(* did pass through my mind. :P Anyway, personally, I like the refreshing feel of morning sea breeze, but the sunrise wasn't that interesting, I was a little dissappointed cos you don get to see the "ray of violet light" at the horizon of sea. I think the scenary will be equivalently pretty if you are there in the evening. (Charge -FREE) After that, we went to Golden Sands for breakfast. I quite like the ambience, cos i find it ultra relaxing and unusual comfortable. Afterall, having breakfast along beachside is not something that happens everyday. After recharging, we departed to the Blue Mansion (Cheong Fatt Si). The location itself was pretty, well decorated with old furnitures. However, this place really pisses me and mum off. Super bad customer service, from the guard to the manager. (Technically speaking there were only two of them, and both are in PMS mood) sample of words: when asked for wedding rental and pre-wedding shooting rental price, the mgr said "what you want first, wedding or pre wedding? aiyo.. this... that.. we only focus on doing ang-mos business" When asked for how to make reservation "if you want room, have to book online, cos all online one nowadays" "if u wanna pre-wedding, it is this xx price, but must ask for approval from manager first" When asked if i can go around and check our the mansion, i got an one-word-answer "NO" wiht a long pause at the end. Sometime, I really don't know how this place can maintain its business with such "friendly" service. (Charges - RM 100 per hour??) Anyway, after that, we drove off to another mansion which mum claimed to be the "hidden treasure" of Penang.. It is a Rumah Peranakan.. Apparently, there is this businessman who earns a big fortune in Singapore and an antique collector decided to buy-over this old mansion, refurbish and furnish it with those antiques he got over the years. True enough, I find the place very special and unique. The owner has really good taste and the mansion definitely looks much livelier than Blue Mansion. Check the photos below out. They have a good blend of chinese and western feel. There was this Tsun Zhong San's movie that was filmed in this place, and I personally think this is a must-go spot for pre-wedding shooting. (Charges- RM 30 per hour) Next, we went to The Sire, a restaurant in town funded by Yap Chor Ee's successor. The place was divided into two parts, front part was a restaurant, and the inner part was a galleria. Rooms are decorated by furnitures from the old Yap Chor Ee's mansion which now is Wawasan Open University. Some of the interior design was a miniature version of original design of the old mansion. It still amazes me today for such a successful rich businessman to write a will of returning his wealth to the charitable society. He truly made an impact in the island, and it will be hard for people to forget his name.
After that, Mum and I met up AhPo, Xiao Jiu and all to have lunch at Mei Yuan around town. We headed to one of the oldest cloth shop in George Town for tailoring her best outfit for KOKO's wedding of the century :)
Chill..
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Ching Wan!
Thanks for waking up at 5am in the morning and goto the end of the world for me... thats really romantic :)
I love the photographs of the end of the world. However i dont know how Jim Liaw's gonna take the photograph in that kind of lighting condition... but he is pro, so there must be a way... i'll make sure i throw him straight into the sea if he just pop his flash to take photo...
The church actually looks quite nice when it is empty... the last time i went there it was christmas so the place was PACKED and everyone was SWEATY so i dint like the place... but now it looks kind of nice & it has an authentic penang feeling about it.
I have two words for Blue House - GO AWAY. "We only do ang mor business"? WTF is with that attitude. I would rather use the other location that you recommended.
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The location is nice,it has fresh air and perfect view for pictorials.
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