We told the taxi driver to stop at any one of the beautiful beaches of Pangkor Island, and he stopped across the road of this colourful store.  He also told us that a GuanYin Temple is at the end of the road.  From here, I started to take a lot of photos.

From what my GPS device told me, this place is called Teluk Nipah (Nipah Bay).

This is the store that sells different types of swim wear, we didn’t prepare to swim, but just walked around and enjoyed our lunch.  We walked to a temple which took us about 15 minutes, enjoyed sight seeing and taking photos of ourselves.

I have a lot of photos yet to be processed before I post them here.  Stay tuned.

We had a short day trip to Pangkor Island last week.  We bought nothing except these seashell keychains.  Each shell is labeled with Pangkor, and has a small hole to allow the keychain to be connected.

The girl who was selling them told us this type of purple shell only appears after the Tsunami 2004 happened, and now, there are only a few left.

This is my favorite.  It is small, and usually people put it near their ears where they can listen to the natural sound of the beach.  Beware if a crab were staying inside and it might bite your ear!

This shell looks like a cap.

I wonder if there is a better way to sell these shells instead of making them into keychains.  The shells hurt when they were drilled with the small hole, and the word “Pangkor” has taken away their natural colours.

These pictures were taken when we were traveling on a bus on the North South Highway, West Malaysia.  It was cloudy and the sky was almost dark.

After I have edited the pictures, I found that the power cable poles look like one of the Power Rangers show’s monsters.

The first picture above has been adjusted on its hue, whereas this picture has only been touched on its contrast.

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There are blackouts happening quite frequently in Sarawak recently (few hours each time, few times a week, randomly).  I hope it won’t happen again.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all Muslims.

As usual, this cat is decorated with a festive theme again.  The new thing for this year is the frame which surrounded the cat statue.

SiewPeng and Colin with the cat statue in Raya theme.

The squares in yellow and green are not puzzles but a type of food made of rice called Ketupat.

These are the Ketupats on the cat’s ‘hand’.

This year the cat is wearing a green head wear called Tengkolok (traditional Malay head gear for men), last year it wore the same thing but in brown.

And again I have seen this every year since 3 years ago, - the light.

It is a long public holiday this year because usually there are 2 days off for Hari Raya Aidilfitri and our Malaysia National Day (31 Aug) falls on the 2nd day of Hari Raya Aidilfitri, therefore a replacement holiday is given on the 1st Sept (3 days). That makes three days of public holidays in a row!

If it is a public holiday in your country, what are you doing today?

“Selamat Ari Gawai Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai” (Happy Gawai day, long life, health and prosperity) to everybody celebrating it in Sarawak.

Since last Chinese New Year, this cat statue is surrounded by a square frame, now the frame was installed with lights and words wishing the Dayak happy Gawai Day.  Now the cat statue is wearing a brown cloth.  The cloth is the same as last year’s except the head accessories.

Close up look of this “big white cat”.

These are other decorations hanging around the cat.  We have saw it in Sarawak Cultural village and the long house.