Kek Lok Si Chinese New Year Light up

The annual Kek Lok Si temple lighting up for the Chinese New Year is here again.
Here are some pre light up photos of this 120 years old temple,
a landmark of Georgetown,Penang,the Pearl of The Orient a UNESCO Heritage Site.
The lightings will be from tonight till the 2nd March,
from 7pm to 7am.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all chinese visitors to my blog
a very Happy and Prosperous new Year of the rabbit,
Kong See Fat Chai!

ThesStar All Set to Dazzle

Banana Boat carrier of Pantai Purnama

This modified 1/4 cut off Suzuki  jeep boat carrier
at Pantai Purnama,Port Dickson
is used to fetch the banana boat and its towing boat back to its storage nearby.
I think the driver will have to sit on the boat when driving.

Rocks of TC

I was surprise to find so many beautiful naturally carved out rocks by the mighty waves of south china sea
at Teluk Cempedak beach.
Here are some of it and i will have some more in a second part.
These rocks are best viewed during low tide.


The mural.

King Kong's fist.

The back view of the mural.

hereare some shots taken with my sons and niece.


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Scenic Kampung Bebuloh Laut.

Kampung Bebuloh Laut is a village on stilts,
situated at the southern part of the Labuan island
and its inhabitants are mostly from malay of Brunei decent
who rely on the sea for a living but a lot of them have now moved on
to stay inland at Kampung Bebuloh
and other parts of Labuan for better employment.
The hills nearby the shoreline of the village is full of bamboo,
that's how the village got its name, in malay 'Bebuloh' or 'Buloh'
means bamboo.

Actually these wooden plank walkway is in dire need for a repair job
 as at most place the planks are already rotten and waiting for a mishap to happen.

When a wedding comes,additional space is added for the feast.

An abandoned house,someone said it's supposed to be a seafood restaurant.

Not all houses here are big and new, some still maintain their tradisional form.

A boat repair shade where the boat will be lifted up above the water
with chainblocks for body repair works.

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The fall of the historic flag post of Labuan.

The historic flag post of Labuan at Ramsay Point(the present Tanjung Bendera)
was where the annexation of Labuan from the Brunei Sultanate was commemorated
on the 24 December 1846 by a flag raising ceremony.
It was a bitter handover to the British that Pengiran Shahbandar Pengiran Muhammad Salleh,
an advisor to the sultanate who strongly opposed the move
wrote a very meaningful  poem entitled 'Syair Rakis Dua Belas"

'Pulau Labuan diminta segera
Akan jalan tiang bendera
Di situ tempat berkira-kira
Dari Sarawak ke Singapura

Dagang tercengang mendengar titah
Hati didalam sangat gelabah
Labuan ini bukannya mudah
Alamat negeri dibawah perintah

Berdatang sembah dagang asmara
Ke bawah Duli Seri Bitara
Bukannya mudah dibawah bendera
Jikalau kurang-kurang juhara'

For if it is true that the flag post is the same one
then something ought to be done about it,
ignorance means we are forgetting our past 

and how we came about.

A google earth picture.

Are these part of the fallen flag post?

And these concrete block,is it part of the toppled flag post?

Race to the finish,Menumbuk speedbot and local water taxi.

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