Photography: Joss Stick Maker

During my street photography on Sunday, we managed to past by the joss stick maker shophouse. The maker, Mr Lee made the joss stick all by himself at his shophouse. The joss stick are all made out from  imported sandalwood power from Australia. When the joss stick is burnt, you will be able to smell the fragrant incense. Normally, he do not work on Sunday. But however, it's Cheng Bang week so he opened an extra one day to produce more for the demand. I managed to snap some pictures of him with his permissions. A very friendly man indeed. 

The pictures below will show you a brief idea how he made the joss stick. After making them into one stick, it is then left to dry. There are many sizes too! 

This is the packaging I saw left outside of his shophouse, the bag to import in his sandalwood powder from Australia. He is a very famous man after all the publicity from the Penang Tourism to promote Penang under the heritage and traditional trades. You can see him in a lot of Penang Brochure. 

Address: No 1, Lorong Muda,

               Off Lorong Stewart.

               Mon - Sat (9am to 12noon)

Food: Kopi Cine

Sunday means the day for my photography. This week I visited another new place called Kopi Cine at Stewart Lane. It's located at a corner of a T junction. The entire row of the houses are under the same management called Straits Collection under the Bon Ton Group. There is a website that contain full details about the residence, restaurant and retail too - http://www.straitscollection.com.my

After browsing the website and was informed by a friend of mine, I decided to visit the place. The person in charge who maintain the place is doing a great job. Reason being the pictures you see in the website is almost similar to the place at this point of time. I was quite impress with it.

As usual, I was busy taking pictures of the place. That is something I really enjoy doing and love doing it cos it bring joy to my life. For one, I am not a person who likes to write a lot. I just like to share the pictures I took. To me, pictures said a thousand words. Agree? :P While I was busy taking pictures, a lady by the name of Ms Anna Yoon took time to show me around the Reading Room and Residence. She is so friendly and informative. Thank you, Ms Anna! You make me feel so welcome at home as though I was a foreigner. Let me share with you some pictures.

There are so many things to see and share. I think I over shared pictures here. :P Spend so much time taking pictures of everything except food! I only took 2 pictures on food and it is not an attractive picture but the food is GOOD! It's not as expensive as Amelie's Cafe as the price is quite reasonable.

See told you only 2 pictures. Hehe... Just bare in mind that you might find it a little hard to find a parking lot but it is surely worth the experience. Oh.. and for those who have little children, don't worry as crayons are provided and the tables are covered with mahjong paper. It's very creative and I love it! :D If you are interested to see the little me trying hard to be creative, scroll a little lower down and tada.......

Opps.... sorry I am not creative at all! :P

Straits Collection
managed by Brand Bon Ton Sdn. Bhd.