“”The first two years I had to work on my own, a baptism by fire, I had a trusted and excellent friend who really believed in me, I would say more than myself, and he allowed me to practice on real skin, his name is Luis, and he ended up with my most bizarre work. For this I will be ever thankful. ” Weshmagul
Tag: Penang Island
People of Penang ; Josephine Choo’s book, part memoir, part guide “Never Forgetting Balik Pulau” captured by Photographer Adrian Cheah
I LOVE Adrian. I met him 10 years ago when I was on a publishing project for the very first hard-copy of Time Out Penang. Adrian was hand picked for his intimate style of photography of Penang. Something unique and trusting about his demeanour, we were confident that he would guide us with his photography…
Where To Stay : The Brand New Luxury Beach Resort , the Angsana Teluk Bahang , Penang
A salute and appreciation to yesteryears. This hallway separates the hotel rooms from the residences at Angsana. The panelling show cases up cycled old telephone poles covering floor to ceiling. How we must never forget how far we have come and preserve as much history and resources earth and time have given us. What a touching tribute to heritage !
Art Exhibition Review ; Boxed In (one foot at a time) at Hin Bus Depot runs til the 31st of Dec 2020 with Ivan, Curator for Life (Part 1)
This art exhibition review is long overdue. We have just a few days til the exhibition closes, and what a perfect way say goodbye to 2020. Let’s hope 2021 be a little more uplifting, a little less scary, a lot more smiles on faces and a cautious step out of the box, a foot at…
People of Penang : Stuart Every , Producer, CEO Dolphin Creative on All Things Weird and Wonderful
“In a word: humanity. These are individuals who lean into fear. They decide to go into a public space for one reason; to make people happy. If they succeed, then they’ll get rewarded by cash tips, a good artist can make 1,000 USD in 30 minutes!.” Stuart Every , CEO Dolphin Creative
Art Exhibition Review : “Pe’el” The social culture of our party-hardy parents retold by Artist Kide ( Kid-day) Baharudin – opens 2nd October until 1st November 2020
There is something to be said about our parents, they are TODAY the most pretentious-hypocritical-goody-do-goods A F T E R WE came into the picture. I imagine , from stories told to me; the years between the 60’s (and flowed into the early 70’s), was a frenzied flurry of giddy hormones. It was a happily…
Food Tours by Penang Local
The only way to get to know George Town, on Penang Island is to walk our streets and eat our local food along the way. We’ve brought along international chefs, food bloggers, wanderlusters and more types of hungry travellers on our special routes. I landed on this crazy loveable island almost 10 years ago while…
Where to Stay : The Edison George Town Boutique Hotel & Top 7 reasons why you should
” Our goal is to bring back the romance of staying in a hotel and to take care of our guests needs from our recommendations to our personalised service. We would like to be seen as the go-to insider in exploring George Town.” , The Edison George Town
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