Heritage + Art

Penang Georgetown

what you guys know about Penang?

island? char kuey teow? gurney? ferry?

For me:

Penang Georgetown - An artistic city which richest with sorts of heritage

Since the beginning from efforts by Ernest Zacharevic,

Lotsa artists started drawing more and more murals on the town's wall

all pieces of art works got it's own meanings

and they did suit well with those heritage in the city

nope,

they did help in expressing those heritages perfectly too

- Little Girl in Blue by Ernest Zacharevic, Muntri Sreet -

 - Magic Trick, Armenian Street -

- Cheating Husband by Tang Mun Kian, Love Lane -

- Cats and human happily living together by ASA, side wall of Cheah Kongsi -

* ASA - Artists for Stray Animals Team*

- Love Me Like Your Fortune Cat by ASA -

- Giant Cat by ASA, Armenian Street -

- Giant Rat by ASA, next to Giant Cat Mural -

 - Little children on a bicycle by Ernest, Armenian Street -

- Armenian Street, just opposite the mural above - 

- Armenian Street, just next to the bicycle mural -

- Boy on A Bike by Ernest, Ah Quee Street -

- Camera Museum, Muntri Street -

- Chew Jetty -

- Brother and Sister on A Swing by Louis Gan, Chulia Street Ghaut - 

This is the mural I love the most among all

the feel, the expression of the little boy and little girl 

remind us for the childhood 'swing' memories

I always thought it is by Ernest but actually it is by Louis Gan

a deaf-mute self-taught artist from Penang

- Children Playing Basketball by Louis Gan, Chulia Street Ghaut -

There are still many meaningful murals, sculptures around Georgetown

waiting for us to figure out

all of these had been scattered around the town

instead of centralized in one place

i think it's a nice idea and concept

as we will slowly explore the town while seeking for these artistic works

“放慢自己的步伐 偶尔停下脚步 看看这个世界 或许会看得更多 体会得更多”

'Slower down your pace, Stop occasionally, 

Look at the world, You may view more, Experience more'

this is what I learnt at Georgetown

Now I know the reason Penang-ians loving their city so much

because it's a nice, awesome and cool city

that I still want to explore it again once have another chance

*Remember to do some homeworks before travel to Penang*

To avoid yourself walking blindly around the town

here is the location details for more murals and sculptures: 

Wall Art Locations

here is more info about Penang:

Penang Travel Tips

besides, there is still lotsa places that have not been stated or known yet

just walk around and you will find out more

may be you can replace it by riding a bicycle if tired of walking a lot

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❤♩♪♫♬♭♮♯ Song of the day ❤

I love GLEE
shocked when i knew the news about Finn
RIP Cory

idk how Rachel/Lea gonna continue her life in reality and drama?

hope she can get through all of these
- in the process learning to appreciate -
*Heartbreaking when watching this*

Ben's Vintage Toy Museum

Went Penang last week

and found out an awesome place that I can't wait to share with you all

-Ben's Vintage Toy Museum-

Entrance Fee is just RM6 for adults and RM3 for children

I found back my childhood memories there

why said so?

scrolling down and you will know why I mean so,aha

At first, we did not have any planning to here

we just walk around for hunting the wall arts by Ernest Zacharevic

and suddenly I found out this place which decorated by many old toys

And I stepped forward and totally attracted by this cutie vintage robot

 And the robot is still functioning!!! with this old remote

Ta-da!! Raise your hands up if you guys played this before!!

 I thought a museum will be a place that storing lotsa 'untouced' and 'half-dead' objects

but this place totally changed my mind

All toys here which 'born' since 1980s or earlier than that

are still maintaining well and still functioning

and this amazed us so much!

The xylophone!

I used to play this when I was child, and I really love it

Ben, the owner of this museum is a nice man

he not only explained every single toys to us one by one

but also let us had fun with it too

I asked him how he found so many old toys, it's really many!

he told me that all toys was their family's toys

they started collect all of these since their grandpa's generation

i was like : 'wow! you guys are good in appreciating these toys'

Many of the children actually don't know how to keep well with their toys 

because they never learn to appreciate it, including me *ta-da*

Old version of Happy Family Card!

-Penny Farthing-

It was made in 1860's by a french

and was popular among British during Victorian Eras

I think you guys may saw it before in earlier Europe TV dramas

Owww, Masak Masak time

Ninja Turtle!!!

And the Pinball games!

I used to play it just on a PC

never think there is a real machine game existed

of course, it's still functioning*again*

with the accurate score calculation and the 'shu-shi-phi-phew' sounds

marvelous

So many of old vintage toys you can find here

2 floors packed with childhood memories

We spent couple of hours hanging around here

We did enjoy a lot here

Thanks Ben for helping us to find back our memories

*I hope there will be more disney toys there,haha. 

Coz my childhood memories was fulfilled with Disney cartoons*

This place had been included in my must-go-attractions list in Penang

you guys must go too, it's definitely worth for the price

and you won't regret for it

For More details,

you may go to their website n fb page:

web | fb

-Address-

55, Lebuh Acheh, 10200, Penang

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now let's us flash back the Disney soundtracks that you guys may familiar with