Fun and Explore at Saanen Goat Farm

Penang island, highly urbanised and industrialised as it is. How would it come across your mind of a goat farm visit in this small piece of land?

That's exactly what we did! Welcome to Saanen Goat Farm, Balik Pulau!

The place is hard to track through GPS, when we ended up at Happy Goat Farm which was a small enclosed farm not for visitors. With the help of Eddie from Explore Balik Pulau cycling tour, we successfully set foot on the farm!

Reaching the place, you will be welcomed by goat heads poking out of the barn! How cute and funny are they!

 Sit around like a boss!

This is a male goat, resembling a male charisma like that of a Lion. 

 Lydia who is the most keen on the farm visit but who apparently is much afraid of animals with fur! 

 Yup, it was fun! 

And after that she ran away hiding in the car. =.=

 Do you know ME?

Goat butting is a regular practice among the peers in order to sharpen their horns =)

More to my adore were the kids (young goats) running around freely within the barn. A visit worthwhile for the young and matured, as how many of us urban people have actually close contact to farm animals?

Do visit the place for fresh goat milk (yea, they don't stink, much to my surprise!) and Nutmeg flavored goat milk yoghurt (awesome!!). 

Try tracking through Foursquare, the farm is at Jalan Pantai Acheh. Have fun! =)

风和日丽

A fine day of a holiday, I stepped foot on the seaside that I have forever passed by but never walked on.

In luck of a guy fishing for prawns :)

 逍遥自在　＝）

The end of a Day

Had a stroll around the garden in the evening.

 A magnificant view of a pre-sunset

 Orange-purple-blue sunset

Quite some room to improve. I have always admired great sunset views. Hope to capture a greater one. :)

Penang International Science Fair '13

An event for the young, which caught my attention as I have never attended such event as a kid. I just wish I had been to one then, just as I loved the Science Museums visits in Beijing and KL.

 Kids are amazing with their concentrating looks. 

 When the heroes of my time was Ultraman, Bob the Builder is a favorite of the current.

 It's fun to learn =)

New Humble Beginnings cafe at Straits Quay served as tea time. Raspberry Yoghurt tastes good!

I find my interest in capturing children's and animals' pictures (not forgetting my "friends" too!). Hoping to make a better of it. 

The Firsts ~Clan Jetties and Georgetown~

A trial round of photography with a DSLR was in coutesy of a D90 borrowed from a friend. With Vivienne in town and finally to meet her up after a year's wait (a previous meet up unsuccessful), we took a stroll around the Clan Jetties and the old Georgetown.

Clan Jetties

Current attraction: a new wall painting at Chew Jetty been vandalized, merely a day after the pubiclity made on paper. 

 An interesting sight of school shoes in a trolley under the sun.

 It reminds me of the school days when mission of the weekend was to get the school shoes washed and dried. =)

 My favorite spot at Tan Jetty... but totally spoiled by the flags :(  [Wrong shutter speed used.. haha]  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

 An ant's view: Where is the path ahead?

 An uncle fished an 'ikan kitang' which he said was very tasty but have poisonous fins.

 He released this because it was a female.

 The cute mischievous doggie who barked loudly at us when we first passed by, but get shy and timid once the owner took it up! Such a darling ^^

A smell of hometown

 Vivienne with the famous Armenian Street wall painting :)

 Fading over time, they are still as lovely

A new purple indigo wall  

The most traditional Barber's shop along Armenian Street

 Trishaw, an icon of old Georgetown

 Vivienne with the boy outside Khoo Kongsi 

Discovered a flea market at the end of the street, with all types of items, new or old, original or pirated. ;)

It was great hanging out with Vivienne, discovering some new spots, having some girl talk, just a relaxing Saturday. 

my debut

As much as I have been interested in taking photos and being the casual photographer in many friends' events, I ever had an ocassional thought through the mind of going the further step but never seriously thinking into getting a DSLR.

And now I did. After the encouragement of a friend. I guess sometimes I do need to invest into my hobbies.

A huge step I take, I'm setting it for a bigger goal.

Introducing my new babe, D7000.

Born on April 18 2013, call him Nik ;)
A Japanese! Hahaha!!