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Murals of Penang..and the Minions Invasion :)

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After sooo long, I Finally got to see the beautiful Murals all over the Heritage Area in my beautiful Penang!  We have beautiful metal art all over the Heritage areas..did not see all, but saw some along the way :) Explaining about Nasi Kandar - a local rice dish which almost all Malaysian love The Lang Chia (person ride) We also saw *most* of the 101 Lost Kittens @ Georgetown. The Cats (and 1 dog) were painted by the ASA - Artists for Stray Animals-  Tang Yeok Khang of Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Natthaton Muangkliang of Thailand and Louise Low of Kuala Lumpur. - It was painted for the Georgetown Festival in July and also to create awareness to care for the stray animals..they need love and shelter too :) Information acquired from: Timothy Tye We used this map to walk all around Penang! A kind lady from Skippy's gave us this map when we were walking about. She still gave the map to us eventhough we did not rent her bicycles. The rental for the bike is...

Le Roi Soleil

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I accidentally stumbled upon something wonderful whilst browsing Youtube for new French songs..yes I listen to songs that I don't understand =P I love to hear how they pronounce the language..it's so beautiful and knowing that I'll butcher the language should I try it and get my tongue twisted (literally)..it's better off just listening to it ;) ..Anyways I found a few songs that was really nice to listen to (wow my English teacher would flinch knowing that I used the word 'nice' to describe something) and I noticed that they all had the same album or something - Le Roi Soleil. ..I knew that soleil meant 'sun'..but after translating it, I found out that it actually meant "The Sun King". For those who are familiar which European History, you will already know who the sun king is without cracking your head. More than a French song, eh? Well I'm not familiar with European History(maybe I learnt it during History lessons but now the memory...