A couple of leftovers.

From the Penang trip. I didn’t take a lot of pictures; comparably, anyhow, to Langkawi or Bangkok, or even Betong. And I didn’t write a lot about it either, mostly because I know everything else would be comprehensively covered the good people whom I went with.

The guard.

This was a weird house. It had a helmet guarding the barbed wires where the gate should be, and looking inside was a manner of oddities. Most interesting, at the window sill, was a deity of Kuan-yin with three D size Eveready batteries in front of it; you’d wonder why the incense were substituted. I noted that candles were lighted there at night, when we passed by.

(It was very obviously occult, though if Bryan hadn’t pointed out its immense peculiarity I would’ve ended up walking in and checking it out and, quite possibly, manage to get something else following me out.)

Anyhow;

The Penang Baptist Church. Which has interesting architecture, and a neon cross. See the red?

These were all taken during the walk shortly after arrival, in which the destination was;

Biscuits. Ghee Hiang.

For all that's worth; that red thing there looked tasty.

Which conjured this odd individual here doing these things;

What the...

Stop getting into my shots

And then; Mansion!

The taking of Pelham 123

Le Gurney Drive;

The smell of fish markets and bogus dead-sea mud

The Maharajah had everything; a grand kingdom, treasures in mountains, personal harems, exotic summer getaways and an awesome turban.

Yep, life is good.

And the he lost everything.

"NOOoooooo..." "GYAhuaaAhuaahAaha!" (ok, he's gonna kill me for this)

And then we got all pose-y, and Li Mei took this shot;

Huff! Happy Birthday XP


Right. I’m all lazy now. Goodnight people.

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Maybe some music before i go:




From Sword of the Stranger, composed by Naoki Sato.

For the record, Sword of the Stranger is a decent movie. Nothing too new or too great, but you'd dig the fight scenes, the characters and the sweeping score.

Ah, and also:



From The Sky Crawlers. Composed by Kenji Kawai. The score here reminds me of another Mamoru Oshii movie, Ghost in the Shell. Wait. It's the same composer.

This movie, on the other hand, was refreshingly engrossing, even if it has fewer dogfights and high-flying action as the title might imply. Instead, it's more of a character study type of movie. Riveting.