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Georgetown World Heritage City Day 2015

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Every year of 7th July, there is an tourist attraction event will be held within Georgetown area to celebrate Georgetown World Heritage City Day. The exact location is not fixed but last year, this event is held along the Lebuh Carnavon. It was really a long stretch of various cultural booth and stalls in both side of the road. If 7th July is fall on a weekday, they will have another similar event on the weekend on the same week itself. So basically this event is lasted for 2-3 days. The time started at 5,00pm until late 11.00pm or 12.00am depending on the stalls and booths. The opening ceremony is done by our 4th Chief Minister of Penang, Yang Amat Berhormat Tuan Lim Guan Eng. He is always a respectable figure to local especially the Penangites. He is trying his chopstick skill in one of the booth. This booth is displaying how the Chinese using their chopstick and teaching you the right way to use a chopstick. This is the Chinese opera costume. The costume itself is ...

Cozy In The Rocket, Georgetown

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Cozy in the Rocket is definitely a not easy to find cafe. Look at their signboard. It is too small for you to even notice them. You will be easily miss this unattractive row of shops with small signboard. Actually it can be very easy. The famous wall painting of the "Little Children on the Bicycle" is actually painted on this cafe. Now, isn't it easy? The moment I stepped inside this cafe, I felt so many nostalgic things decorated around the cafe. This is their kitchen and it is remained how it was look like in the 50s and 60s era. Even their restrooms are well decorated with the nature as their theme. I initially wanted to ask if the kitchen is still open because the board hanging on their entrance is written their business hours is from 11.00am - 4.00pm while I was there 15 minutes before 4.00pm. Before even I could start to talk, she suddenly said: "The menu is already written on the board, that's all I have. If you do not lik...