I've been bugging Chris the british accent to travel with me within Malaysia..Penang is our destination, I didnt been there for about 6 to 8 years, I wanna explore more of it as i recall, family only brought me to the beach and the resort but not much in the town.

Apparently, am the one who is too merajuk to the person who I close with..In fact, and also luckily they know me well enough, otherwise, they are not going to be friends with me.

I enjoy his company though.

Oh well, am the organiser so I contacted with Fehmes Cser Ang Huah for cultural gathering..What a coincidence that i havent been to Hungry ghost festival before. And also coincidence that Janko is there waiting for companion too..Decided to ask Elena and Patrick the chinese to join us, since Patrick is not in a good mood, I want him to be occupied all his time so that he got no time to think about something that he don't want to remind.

Heard that Penang is a place to see all the cultural event.

The Ghost Festival a.k.a. the Hungry Ghost Festival (traditional Chinese: 盂蘭節; alternatively simplified Chinese: 鬼节 is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday, which is celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month.

In Chinese tradition, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month (鬼月), in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm. Distinct from both the Qingming Festival (in Spring) and Chung Yeung Festival (in Autumn) in which living descendants pay homage to their deceased ancestors, on Ghost Day, the deceased are believed to visit the living.



all of us took a bus to Kek Lok Si...
Place there was not too nice due to the maintenance



in a temple, good for meditation.



Us in Kek Lok si





Performer preparing...the backstage.


the most beautiful performer

the actual stage

after that we went to lion dance performance at Esplanade which organise by Ang Huah.










the lighting during night time..(Parliament i suppose) i forgot.


me at Cheong Fatt Tze mansion.

very nice place to visit with RM12 entrance fee.The mansion very beautiful with well maintenance too..its a private property so we are not allowed to take picture for the touring session.

Builded up by a very rich man from China who married with 7 wives and apparently he keep the youngest one with him in Penang, Malaysia. Classic?
this was only wife who gave him a Son. In fact, the mansion was actually for the son.
why became a private property? Because of the agreement, only for the son but not for grandchildren, therefore, the property has to released due to a god damn paper work.

classic.



Sold off to a business man and the place became commercialised.

picture courtesy from google search.

Picture is not allowed in the building. thats why



Before we go back to KL.

end. am very happy...for everything...companion the important one.

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