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Penang - A land with lots of Hokkien Lan

        I am glad that I have time to stay in Penang for a couple of days after the mission trip. I have been away for a year, yet, the city was still as stunning as I remembered. So, what had we done in Penang? We went for mural hunt. Penang is one of the top destinations in Malaysia. Penang is famous of its beaches, food and heritage culture. Georgetown became a UNESCO world heritage site in 2008. After winning the award, an art challenge had been organised by the State government to give the city the image of being the "living museum". It was won by "Voices from people". "Voices from people" consists of 52 steel caricatures. These steel caricatures had greatly reflect the living style of Penang people. In 2012, Georgetown commissioned Ernest Zacharevic from Lithuania for the "Mirrors George Town" project. If you would like to know more about the history of Penang, kindly click Penang. From that day onwards, Penang street art had became a hit. People around the world began to flood the island. In 2013, there were a group of artist who install street arts in various location. The objective of the street arts is to raise the awareness over helping the stray animals to find its shelter. This is my third time doing mural hunting with my friends. In cloud nine, we started our journey. It drizzled, yet, it did not stop us from continue our trip. 

Our first Stop is Chew Jetty.

Too bad, The mural - Children in a boat disappeared. T^T

           

            We spent the whole morning walking and searching the street arts around the city. Penang people were very friendly. They showed us the direction of the street art when we were lost. An auntie gave us the map which shows all the street art location. Kimberly and I had lots of fun. We visited the Upside down museum and the famous restaurant - China House. I am happy that I could take photos with most of the street arts before it disappeared. I had bought a set of Penang mural art magnet in remembrance of the vanished artworks. That gives me a better reasons to take more photos with the street arts while it still there.That ends the Penang mural hunt. 

          We reserved a day tour with the host. After eating the breakfast, we departed. The host even prepared us with fruit so that we would be hungry throughout the journey. The one day tour costs 320 0 TWD. 

Me with the orange juice. I became darker sue to the continuous exposure of sunlight.

The famous Hualian lemon juice. If you love sour taste, you will love this beverage.

A day out under the sun.

Auntie Ling gave us the rain coat and we were not sure when to where it. So, we took off the raincoats for at least 2 times. It was quite embarrassing. Ps. Do not wear skirt while hiking ><

This is the view of Chihsingtan beach (七星潭)

Haha, I forgot all the names of the places ><. Hope you guys will forgive me.  This is the link to the recommended hostel. 

Accommodation: near ocean、central-106.10-Quad Room

    Besides, this beguiling sister of me had a blog of herself, yet she had not updated it for centuries. I really hope that she will write her blog again after reading this post. :)

Sincerely ME:-) 

   Thus, that is why I ended up being a MC for the farewell dinner. It was my first time. The event was held at the Banquet hall, forty plus people turned up. The most troublesome thing of being a MC is that you are required to do make up and wore the prettiest dress you had as you are suppose to be the center of attraction. With a great courage, I put on the same dress I wore during the farewell dinner last year. It was not very comfortable as I had to walk gracefully. Besides, I was not good in walking with high heels. Finish groaning on my attire, now, I am going to tell you something serious. My tongue and mouth were malfunctioned after the event began. Actually, I was not that nervous, however, I did not know the reason my tongue kept twisting and me myself, kept on forgetting the words. Maybe it was because I do not have  sufficient time for the preparation, testes and quizzes engaged my time. :( However, I think I did not make as many mistakes as I did for my second part. Overall, it was still ok. 

   

    Still, let us not only focusing on my MC part, the objective of the dinner is to show our gratitudes and appreciation to all the seniors. The most surprising thing that happened during that night was, we, all the juniors, received a booklet from our seniors who wrote all their compliments about us. I was surprised and touched.

A shoot by myself. Sorry, the make up smudged after the event. haha :)

MC not equal to ME:-)