Last week on 18th July 2009, I've went to Penang with all of my coursemates to join the Penang Bon Odori Festival. It was our first time going out together and it's really a nice trip.
We departed at 8am from University Utara Malaysia. While we reach Penang, the first place where we visited is Queensbay Mall. It's a shopping mall which is located near the Bayan Lepas in Penang. (haha... or I should described it as another side of Penang? I really not good in telling the location of a place.) Although I come from Alor Setar and always visit Penang, but Queensbay Mall isn't a place where I really like to visit with. So, that was my 2nd time visit to Queensbay Mall.
Maybe people might wonder why I dislike visit Queensbay Mall... Firstly, that is a place which is far from the town areas. The town areas where I mean by are Komtar or Gurney Drive. Those are the places where I used to visit. To me, 2 of this shopping malls are very nice to shopping. (hahaha!! I like shopping~~) Ok, it's normal to see girls who like shopping. If there are girls who dislike shopping, I think they might look weird...!! Since if they didn;t go for shopping because of they dislike it, they might not able to "refresh" themselves with some other better and nicer clothes. Although appearance isn't that important sometimes, but in such realistic world, they are still many people who used to judge people with their appearance. Remind that, maybe I'm a realistic person, but I won't judge people by their look k~ Erhemmm....
To me, Queensbay Mall isn't that nice to shop. Most of the stores are selling branded products and I'm not rich enough to purchase those expensive products... (It is ok by telling you guys that "I'm poor" so directly?) I'm not cheeseparing like I'm not willing to purchase those branded produtcts, but sometimes while doing shopping, we must spend money based on our budget and what we really need. So if I know that I can't afford to buy those products, then I will not buy it.
OK! I'm away from my topuc...!!!! As my friend said, I should elaborate more in my essay. Erm... Maybe I've over elaborated.
We didn't start our shopping session once we reached there but we went for lunch first. As I said, got enough energy only can have better mood to shop. Haha!
We had our lunch at "Bak Kut Teh King" restaurant. The sign dish of this restaurant is "Bak Kut Teh" FOR SURE. The main ingredients of the dish is pork and herbal seasoner.
We all ordered one set of "Bak Kut Teh" for each person. In a set of it, including rice, tou geh, kuih for moisten in the soup and other side dishhed and hot tea. Whole set is about RM15. (Expensive or not? Erm... Ok lah. Once for a long time.)
You see my face, so happy eating pork. Hahaha!! I'm not the person who chose to eat the "Bak Kut Teh" but my coursemates. They missed pork a lot I think...
After ate the whole set of the meal, our stomaches are full. Recently I really have no appetite in having meal. While they decided to eat this, I really very worry whether I will grow fat easily or not after eating tat. I not sure whether I have to fasting how long time only can get back the original weight. (I know that is not healthy to fast that way. But don't worry. I'll be fine.)
Ok... Here is the photo while having "Bak Kut Teh" with some of my coursemates. (My other coursemates left us and seeked for other food.)
I joint those guys to shop in the Queensbay Mall. I kept on telling myself not to spend money on buying clothes, that's why I chose to join the guys to shop but not the girls. My girls' coursemates really like shopping, some of them are quite rich and dare to spend money on the things they like. So I worried that if I join them, I might spend a lot. After I joint those guys, I only know that they also like to buy clothes. Means the difference is small between shopping with girls or boys.
Before we left Queensbay mall, I went to the "Coffee Bean" coffee house. Coffee is one of my favourite things in my life, I always can't get good coffee in Alor Setar because those coffee houses just selling simple coffee but not that kind of fresh brew coffee. So once I have chance to go Penang or Kuala Lumpur, fresh brew coffee is a must drink beverage~!
Here is me with my Ice Blended Hazelnut.
After that we left Queensbay Mall to Esplanade, Penang. There is the place where held the Bon Odori Festival. The event starts at 6pm, but we reached there at around 4pm. Since the time was still early, so we had our take photo session at there.
This is my photo taken at the seaside.
This photo included our full members who joint this trip together.They are Yoyo, Jessi, Xin Yi, Lonny, Chan Sing, Sai Hoe, Ah Yien, Pui Yen, Li Woon, and few friends from other courses.
Before starting the event, Japanese drums performers were having rehearsal there. Although they're just having practice or rehearsal, but people already started to see and enjoy their performance. You can see it through the photo below.
Although I like drums very much, but the drums performance is still not enough to attract me. My attention all gave to those photographers who are using those professional cameras.
I like photography. But it's still not the right time for me to get a camera as what they're having now. I will be very envy to those people who can own a camera and capture everything in their life.
Although I can't own a "pro" camera, but I've borrowed a digital camera from my sister. Her digital camera is quite costy and it is a very good camera.
Look at this family, they're holding such colorful balloons. They looked blissfully and those balloons as decoration in the photo. Those balloons can get at the stalls beside, sold RM5 each.
The photo below is showing on the souvenirs which related to Japanese cultures. I diidn't buy any of them because the price is quite expensive. But I like this photo because it looks very colorful.
Besides selling souvenirs, they're also doing games for entertaining the visitors. There are 2 games available in Penang Bon Odori Festival. One of the game is gragging the gold fish by using the scoop net which is made from tissue paper. While another game is "fish" the balloons which filled with water.
You can see those workers were wearing their Japanese costume and guiding those visitors how to "drag" the gold fishes so that they won't break the rules while catching them.
This photo is showing about how the workers teach people to "fish" the balloons. I spent RM2 to "fish" the balloons. Haha!! Lastly I fished 3 balloons successfully. I like colorful stuff and it's good for me to experience how to play the game.
The event started with the speeches from Y.B. Tuan Law Heng Kiang, Tuan Hideaki Hoshi Cansul - General Of Japan, and Tuan Lim Guan Eng, Chief Minister.
Arter that followed up with Drum Performance by PJS, Dance by Nippon-Minyokenkyukai Hamamatsu Branch, Soran-bushi Dance by Malaysian students.
They're Japanese aunties from Pink Hibuscus (maybe it is a name for their Japanese society) and they were doing Yokasai Dance.
Those Japanese girls and guys who were wearing the Japanese costume looked very nice and pretty. Their clothes are colorful and very attractive. If have chance, I which that I can have one set of that costume too and wear it to attend the festival. Must be very pretty after i wear it. Hahahahahaha!!!
They are my coursemates. Behind them can see other visitors who were wearing Japanese costume too. Not only Malaysians but also visitors from other countries joint this festival and enjoy the joyful festival. Exchanging and learning Japanese cultures too. There are many kinds of food stalls selling Japanese foods. So for people who like to eat, it's a good festival for them to seek for nice and special food.
Through this trip, I really learnt a lot including Japanese cultures, Japanese dance and drums and etc. Besides that, it's nice because I have chance to go out with my coursemates and create nice memories during my university life.
Special Convocation Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi In UUM
This Convocation was held in Dewan Mu'adzam Shah on 17th Julai 2009 at 9am. Can see the banners along the roads and in the campus, showed that this is one of the big events in Universiti Utara Malaysia.
In the early morning, the staffs and lecturers who involved in this event were busy with the preparation for the ceremony.
This scene also can see in the university during normal convocation which held every semester. The yellow matting in front of the entrance is specially for Kebawah Duli Yang Maha mulia Tuanku Sultan Kedah Darul Aman Sultan Kedah, Tuanku Abdul Halam Mu'adzam Shah who coming to award the honor.
This event is open for outsieder to attend. Besides that, professors and lecturers were asking to join. Some of the lecturers also assigned their SDG students to attend the event and might do discussion based on this event in coming SDG classes. Some oh the co-curriculum also assigned students to attend it as one of the integration session. They will earn marks if they're attending. Attendance also will be taken due to some of the students might tried to skip it.
As what we've seen in the photo above, those breads were preparing for the students who are attending. The bread was only for their breakfast, after the ceremony, they also provided Nasi Lemak as their lunch. All of the food was providing free for the students. By attending such event, students might save up their money for breakfast and lunch. What a great deal~ If the students think take only 1 bread is not enough, they also can ask for more breads. Hehe~ I know a lot about it isn't because of I was doing that too, ok? I know is because I have seen many people doing that.
I've entered the hall before the ceremony started. Look at those lovely flowers, although those are chrysanthemum, but it did cost a lot by purchasing them for the decoration.
I went this event for band performance in the hall. We're representing Pancaragam Pusat Ko-k to play Kedah State Anthem and Negaraku.
As what you've seen in the photo, the fat coach is the instructor of the band. I'm sorry that I've mention him as a fat coach so directly here. But this is the fact, we can't change it. He was teaching us during the co-curriculum practice session but I've learnt nothing from him.
The hall was full with students and lecturers.
Can see in the photo, Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was receiving his Falsafah Doctor with honor from Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah. I think this must be a very important and special moment to him.
The ceremony ended at around 11am in the morning.
My lecturer assigned us this task, creating a Web Blog. I did own a Chinese blog in Wretch but unfortunately my lecturer not allow us to use it. Of course, Puan might not understand what I'm telling in that blog because like what I've said just now, that is a CHINESE blog. Puan also want us to create a new blog which is special for this assignment. This assignment occupies a lot of marks~!! 30/100!! If I fail to gain marks in this assignment, I afraid that I might fail this course and have to retake again in next semester. NO~~~ I don't want to fail~~~~
I named my blog as "My Life Of Bubble". Maybe people might not understand why I chose bubble as the adjective of my blog. There are few reasons why I chose bubble. Bubble can be defined as "a thin, usually spherical or hemispherical film of liquid filled with air of gas." But in other meanings of bubble, it still can be defined as "dream" or "a fantastic or impracticable idea or belief or an illusion". So I describe my life as bubble, which is full of dreams. Is it romantic?? Hehehe...
Actually it's quite annoying by thinking what kind of topic that I should do in my blog. Lastly I made up my mind to do something I familiar with. This blog will be telling everything about me including my university life, family, friends, dreams, and country where I'm living in and so on...
Basically, I will be telling more about my university life. It is very common for university student creating a blog and telling thier university life. Besides telling those pettiness things happened in myy life, I think there is nothing so special to tell anymore. In university life category, those articles will inform about the activities I joint, co-curriculum activities, problems met while studying or doing assignments and further on.
Besides that, I will also post articles about my friends. I have a lot of friends inside or outside university. Feelings and problemsmet while joining my coursemates, roommates will be rapped off. Maybe I will discuss about ways to keep my relationship between them and how I spend my time with my firends. Of course, photo and graphics will be added so that people can know more about my friends and my life with them.
Other than that, I will also expressing my opinion on country where I'm living in. All kinds of issues may be talking in my blog. Examples like politic, education, accidents happening every day, and so on. Yet, the sensitive topic won't be mention unless I wanna go to jail and eat Nasi Lemak. There are few topicswhich I like to tell as One Malaysia, which is one of the hot topics now.
There is a dream, there is a hope. So, a dream is very important for keeping my life to go on. People might fight for life to achieve their dreams. I will be telling about my dreams in my blog. Dreams actually can be anything which you want to realize.
On the above, the essay is explaining the conttents in those categories in my blog. Hopefully you guys will like those topics in my blog. Pardon me, if I've done something wrongly. Thank you.
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This article will be the first article in my web blog. First of all, I would like to introduce myself to all of my friends and other visitors.
Hi! My name is Chong Hui Wen and my age is 21 years old. Currently study in Universiti Utara Malaysia and doing Media Technology course. This is my 3rd semester in university. This semester I'm taking 7 subjects and 1 co-curriculum activity. Of course, one of the course I'm taking is Basic of Communication Interactive.
My hobby is listening to the music, especially pop and rock styles. Music can consider as a part of my life and I like music. Besides listen to the music, I like to learn and play music insrtuments too. Especially drums.
While I was studying in secondary school, I join the school military band as my co-curriculum activity. The instrument I took that time is Snare Drum and another name is Hi-Tension. It's really yough for me to play it since the drum is very heavy to carry.
Now, I'm learning this kind of drums. You may call it Drum Set or Jazz drums. At first, I learn it because of I had nothing to do during holiday. It's good for me to learn something new and further my drum skill. Until now as school adready reopened, but I still learning it because I found that there are few benefits learning it. Maybe i will inform those benefits in another post. =)
(Feeling a bit weird on what I'm doing now. Sounds like doing ice-breaking session but it isn't.)
Okay, that's all from me. Thank you. XD
