Visit to Pinang Peranakan Museum and Kek Lok Si

Penang is a popular tourist destination. But when someone comes to visit, you might not know where to bring them to. I guess the best thing is to bring them to the hawker centres. After all , the best thing about Penang is the hawker food. It has a been a long time since I last went to Kek Lok Si so we thought it would be nice to visit again. We were disappointed with what we saw. Other than the ongoing construction of the Pavillion of the Goddess of Mercy, many of the other places were in a deplorable state. The tortoise pool is a disgrace.

On an earlier trip we went to Khoo Kongsi and some heritage sites. But this time we tried the Pinang Peranakan Museum. We were pleasantly surprised with the place. Maybe it's because of the TV series Little Nonya and Iron Lady, it made the visit interesting. I don't mind paying the rm10 entrance because the owners did spend a lot to collect all those exhibits and maintained the place.
The place is also popular among bridal couples for thier photo shoots. I managed to catch a few shots. I don't think they know their lovely shots are in this blog. Anyway my congratulations and best wishes to them. May they have a wonderful life together.

Photo Fun

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Awards and Recognition..the story continues

Maybe it runs in the family...my daughter continues the tradition by receiving the Canada Governor-General Medal for achieving the highest academic standing in the Ontario Secondary School Diploma at Taylors University College. She also received the Chairman's Award, and the prizes for Computer Studies and for Mathematics.

Awards and Recognition

Everyone loves to receive awards. No award is a small award. Each carries a special meaning...the recognition of effort put in. In this post I shall blow my own trumpet and boast about some of the awards I have received.

Excellence service awards:

This year I received the Excellence Service Award for the year 2008. The award comes with a certificate and cash award of RM1000. These awards were introduced in 1993. This is my third award, the last two in 2003 and 1998. The earlier awards came with a bonus of one month's salary. Nevertheless, the awards still carry a significant meaning even though the cash received is less.

St John Ambulance Service Award:

I received this Medal from the National Commander of St John Ambulance Malaysia a few years ago for my voluntary services for St John Ambulance.

Abdul Rahman Talib Award for Best BSc Graduate 1983

This award is named after a well known educationist is awarded to the best BSc graduate from USM each year. I received this award in 1983 from Sultan Azlan Shah. During that year I also received a Graduate Chemistry Medal from the Institut Kimia Malaysia for best performance in Chemistry 1983

Japan 1986

In one of my earlier posts, I put in some old photos of mine. Some of my friends were quite amused when they saw how I looked like back then. Everyone ages, don't we? In this post, I'll put in some old photos which we took way backin 1986, during our holiday in Japan.