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Life and Living
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Written by Shirley T
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Thursday, 19 March 2009 05:08 |
 This Saturday, Women's Centre for Change (WCC) or formerly known as Women's Crisis Centre is organising International Women's Day (IWD). With the theme of 'Right to Choose, Right to Change and Right to Celebrate is aimed at promoting equality and celebrating diversity. 9.00am-12.30pm : Come and cheer for over 25 teams of five and some 30 creative artists participating in The Malaysian Race and The Malaysian 'T' shirt design competition. The State Exco for Women, Family and Community Development … |
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Written by Shirley T
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Friday, 06 February 2009 23:11 |
 Chinese New Year or Spring Festival is celebrated from 1st until 15th day of the first month in the Chinese Lunar calendar. As Chinese calendar is influenced by the motion of the moon, a bright big full moon usually is evident on the fifteenth day of lunar month. 'Chap Goh Meh' is a Hokkien dialect which means 'Fifteenth Night' is a significant celebration in Penang whereby majority of Chinese Penangites are Hokkien (Fujian). Over the past years, various activities would be put up to celebrate t… |
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Written by Shirley T
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Saturday, 24 January 2009 23:33 |
 Chinese New Year or Chinese Spring Festival is one of the most important cultural celebration among the Chinese in China or Oversea Chinese especially folks of Han origin. It is also called Lunar New Year owing to its origin whereby this festival begins on the first day of the first lunar year. Unlike Gregorian calendar which is a cumulative number as time passed, in Chinese lunar calendar or sometimes interchange as Chinese Zodiac, twelve animals are used as symbols in their counting system and… |
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Written by Shirley T
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Tuesday, 09 September 2008 06:04 |
 Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege ~ John D. Rockefeller Jr. I used to have floral arrangement class on every Saturday but somehow my class was called off on 23 August 2008. The same date that Dell Champion Road Run/Walk 2008 was organised, an annual event to pledge some monies for the Malaysian AIDS Foundation. Was it merely a coincidence? Or it was a call from someone up there that I have to participate in this event physically? Somehow after the event, I understood that I indeed… |
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Written by Shirley T
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 15:48 |
 This is exactly the first phrase quoted from UNESCO World Heritage website! I guess it is time to make a little contribution for my country and our beloved Pearl of Orient - Penang. Partly proud to announce that I live in an island which is listed under UNESCO's World Heritage Sites as inscribed on 7 July 2008. Know what surprised me next, my alma mater is also covered under the core area of George Town Cultural Heritage site! Secondly, I am truly glad with the respective parties that involve in… |
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Highlights...
Flower Arrangement Series
Like flowers, want to get creative? Step by step with images on how to design what you always wanted.
Thailand Adventures
Need itinerary of a week? Attractions in Bangkok, Ayutthaya, Floating Market, Kanchanaburi...
Big Bend US National Park (Texas)
From canyons, rivers, basins to mountains, a journey into wilderness!
Spring in Tokyo
Hanami and Sakura at Ueno, Akibahara, Imperial Palace, Sensoji Temple, Ameyoko Shopping Street...
The Best of Taipei
Our stories at Yangmingshan, Yehliu, Keelung, Jinshan, Danshui, Taipei...
Live, Do, Eat, Sleep in Texas
4 Seasons experience in The Lone Star state; hopping Austin, Blanco, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fredericksberg, Houston, New Braunfels, San Antonio, Terlingua, Vanderpool, Waco & more
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