Took a flight from Penang to Kuala Lumpur last Wednesday (Sept 24); almost made a costly hoo-hah… as I somehow managed to mistaken the arrival time in KL as the departure time from Penang. Luckily it’s a short (50 mins) domestic flight, thus still managed to check in just 10 minutes before the check-in counter was closed.
Life is colourful with these silly moments once in a while… hope that these stupidity won’t occur too often though lol.
Ramadan is a Muslim religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, in which the Qur’an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.
Ramadan is the Islamic month of fasting… Muslims would not eat or drink anything from true dawn until sunset [more on Wiki]
Ramadan is huge in Malaysia with Islam being the predominant religion; temporarily food markets (pasar ramadan) would be set up in various places during the month for the convenience of the Muslims to buy their food for breaking of fasts.
As for non-Muslim, it’s a month to sample a great varieties of dishes and cuisines from the Ramadan markets; it’s also quite a popular season for foreign travellers to visit Malaysia for the traditional food and cultural experience.
Sharing some photos from a Ramadan bazaar in Seberang Jaya, Penang…
Bunch of good looking Korean heartthrobs attending the wedding ceremony of Korean stars Kwon Sang-woo & Son Tae-young (image from Newsen)…
Jang Dong-gun
The wedding ceremony of Korean celebrity couple Kwon Sang-woo & Son Tae-young was attended by truckload of movie and TV stars. Pictures of some celebrity guests below (image from Newsen)…
Choi Ji-woo
Korean celebrity couple Kwon Sang-woo and Son Tae-young got married at a stars-packed wedding ceremony on Sunday (Sept 28) at Shilla Hotel, Seoul.
Some pictures of the newly wed couple on their big day (image from Newsen)…
Hollywood legend Paul Leonard Newman passed away on Friday (Sept 26) at the age of 83 from complications of lung cancer.
Besides his illustrious acting career, Newman was also a philanthropist. He co-founded food company Newman’s Own in 1982, from which he donated all his profits (over $250 million) to charity.
Below is a tribute video to Paul by Newman’s Own Foundation; rest in peace…
Interesting culture and places in Hue, Vietnam; as featured in the third episode of The Amazing Race Asia (TARA) season 3.
Hue City
Huế is a historic city in central Vietnam and was the imperial capital of Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945). Hue is located about 1100km from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s capital city. It took about 25 hours of bus ride to travel from HCMC to Hue.
Complex of Hue Monuments
The Complex of Hue Monuments is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Sites; the complex comprises of 16 historic monuments from the Nguyen Dynasty. Among the monuments that featured in The Amazing Race Asia were the Khai Dinh Tomb, Minh Mang Tomb and Hue Citadel (the pitstop).
Just a short notice that I’ll be moving this website to another webhost at around 0300 GMT on September 25.
The website might be temporarily down for a short period during the migration. If I am doing everything right the site should be back to normal in less than an hour… but if I make a mistake or two, it might take 24-48 hours.
The comment section will be temporarily closed when I started the migration to avoid any new comments from being deleted during the period.
Update - server migration is completed; everything should be working as normal. Doing some double check at the moment… regular updates will resume shortly.
