TRAVELLIVE 5-2016
When I was 18 years old, I got a lovesick since my boyfriend at high school loved another girl upon studying at university. The 18-year-old girl that time considered her health nothing, not eating for days. I locked myself in my room, and even got angry with my parents. One Friday afternoon, my father picked me up after my music lesson, let me home to get some clothes and personal stuff before driving eastward. After parking our car, he bought two tickets to a small island. I was about to say nothing, but upon arriving at a quiet wharf, I couldn’t help but asked: - Where are we going, Dad? You know I am sad, so why do you take me to such a deserted place? - I want to bring you far away from sad things you have in the mainland. I’ll teach you how to say bye to them, girl. We dived with fish, crying with the ocean. We stood on high cliffs, letting sea breezes wipe out all my stupid sadness. How magical it was! I seemed to forget the things that upset me. I just wanted to lie under coconut trees, reading my favorite books. My Dad was right. It’s stupid to let my beloved ones down because others don’t respect me. The “love story” between me and islands started like that. Time passed, I’m mature now. Whenever the life gives me “a storm”, I travel to an island so that winds and waves can erase my sorrow and fill my soul with tranquility. What about you? Which place is your “soulmate”? Share with us when you find your own peaceful island!
When I was 18 years old, I got a lovesick since my boyfriend at high school loved another girl upon studying at university. The 18-year-old girl that time considered her health nothing, not eating for days. I locked myself in my room, and even got angry with my parents.
One Friday afternoon, my father picked me up after my music lesson, let me home to get some clothes and personal stuff before driving eastward. After parking our car, he bought two tickets to a small island. I was about to say nothing, but upon arriving at a quiet wharf, I couldn’t help but asked:
- Where are we going, Dad? You know I am sad, so why do you take me to such a deserted place?
- I want to bring you far away from sad things you have in the mainland. I’ll teach you how to say bye to them, girl.
We dived with fish, crying with the ocean. We stood on high cliffs, letting sea breezes wipe out all my stupid sadness. How magical it was! I seemed to forget the things that upset me. I just wanted to lie under coconut trees, reading my favorite books. My Dad was right. It’s stupid to let my beloved ones down because others don’t respect me.
The “love story” between me and islands started like that. Time passed, I’m mature now. Whenever the life gives me “a storm”, I travel to an island so that winds and waves can erase my sorrow and fill my soul with tranquility.
What about you? Which place is your “soulmate”? Share with us when you find your own peaceful island!
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It might surprise you that<br />
the families living in these<br />
houses aren’t required to pay<br />
any kind of land tax because...<br />
they don’t live on the land.<br />
The best time to visit the Clan Jetties,<br />
and Chew Jetty in particular, is<br />
during sunset when you can relax<br />
on the wooden bridge and watch the<br />
sparkling jade sea with fishing boats<br />
under the yellow orange sun beams.<br />
STREET ART IN<br />
THE GEORGE TOWN<br />
George Town was officially<br />
recognized by UNESCO as a world<br />
cultural heritage on July 7 th 2008.<br />
Strolling down its small streets on<br />
a cool afternoon to look at the old<br />
houses and graffiti art is one of the<br />
most exciting experiences in Penang.<br />
This is also the most checked-in<br />
place. Tourists take photos of the 3D<br />
paintings all over the place. The locals<br />
should be commended for their good<br />
nature as strange people gather to<br />
take pictures in front of their homes.<br />
When traffic jams occur, cars even<br />
stop to wait for visitors to finish their<br />
shots instead of honking.<br />
Strolling down<br />
streets to look at<br />
the old houses and<br />
graffiti art is one<br />
of the most exciting<br />
experiences. they<br />
tell stories about<br />
the customs and<br />
cultural treasures<br />
of the George Town<br />
There are two main forms of Street<br />
Art in George Town: 3D paintings<br />
and steel rod caricatures which the<br />
“Marking George Town” map at the<br />
airport introduces. However, there<br />
are some statues and sculptures not<br />
mentioned on the map; so whether<br />
you can discover them or not is up to<br />
your luck.<br />
They all tell stories about the<br />
customs and cultural treasures<br />
of the George Town. If you seek<br />
something weird and ridiculous,<br />
then check out the Cheating<br />
Husband- a steel-rod sculpture<br />
installed on the wall of a house<br />
facing Love Lane. The image of a<br />
corpulent man escaping from his<br />
wife will have you laughing out<br />
loud. Meanwhile the “Too Narrow”<br />
on Lorong Soo Hong Street<br />
describes a riskshaw driver who<br />
is driving so fast he drops his two<br />
passengers, and the Rope Style on<br />
Jalan Pintal Tali evokes Rapunzel<br />
whose hair was braided into rope.<br />
Or you can challenge yourself to<br />
find the “101 Lost Kittens”. As<br />
the name reflects, the Thai artist,<br />
Natthapon Muangkliang, along with<br />
Louise Low and Tang Yeok Khang<br />
from Malaysia have hidden 101<br />
kittens in a collection of 12 artworks<br />
throughout Georgetown. Aiming to<br />
raise awareness about lost pets, the<br />
collection consists of Skippy Comes<br />
To Penang, Please Care & Bathe Me<br />
on Armenien Street Ghaut, Cats &<br />
Humans Happily Living Together<br />
on Cheah Kongsim, and more.<br />
<strong>TRAVELLIVE</strong> 121
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