…and it has been a while. It has been 6 weeks since my last post. Today is the last day of 2010. The 12 hour countdown to 2011 has begun. I have had a wonderful blogging experience since April 2010, and it has been so encouraging for me to get readers and followers from all over the world, some of whom have become my new-found friends. Thank you guys so much.
…and as we move on to another new year, the City of Georgetown, Penang (where I was born and raised) will be celebrating the City Day Anniversary on 1.1.11, an auspicious date with lots of events including fireworks at the Esplanade at the stroke of mid-night.
…and gosh, it sure has been quite a while since those bygone days of kite-flying, top- spinning, fish-fighting, marble-playing. I treasure those days of yore, those games I played as a kid are almost a non-activity today. But I’m very happy that the history, culture and “treasures” of the City of Georgetown, Penang still remains etched to Penangites.
On August 1786, Captain Francis Light, a trader who worked for the East India Company planted a British flag and renamed the once Pulau Kasatu and later on, Pulo Pinang, Penang, Prince of Wales Island in honour of the heir to the British throne. In 1826, Penang, along with Malacca and Singapore, became part of the Straits Settlements under the British administration in India, moving to direct British colonial rule in 1867 in Penang history.
Georgetown, Penang was named after King George III, and Georgetown was accorded city status by Queen Elizabeth II on the 1st of January 1957, making it the first town in the Federation of Malaya – after Singapore – to carry the city status.So yeah, it’s been quite a long while….54 years to be exact!
Penang’s capital city, Georgetown, is one of the most interesting and colourful cities in Malaysia. Featuring an eclectic mix of old and new, walking down the streets of Georgetown is like walking through history.
As acknowledgment of its well-preserved cultural and historical heritage, the City of Georgetown, Penang was listed as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the 7th of July 2008.Instead of writing up on Georgetown, Penang, in my blog for your reading, I searched and visited many sites on Penang; and may I recommend this lovely site:
which in my opinion, is among the best written and illustrated with the appropriate photos.
Enjoy the reading (in either English or Chinese), and you’ll understand why I love Penang so much! Actually, why Penangites love Penang so, so, very much! …and why so, so, so many tourists who have visited Penang yearn to return time and time again!I wish everyone a very happy, healthy & prosperous 2011!
