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I have to wake up at 5:15am tomorrow in order to leave the place by 6:00am to catch a flight with boarding time at 7:35am to Kuala Lumpur. My partner has an interview with an architect and on Saturday, we will head off to Mandarin Oriental Hotel to stay using the last 50% Elite Club Voucher that expires in February 2017. My spouse has already renewed the Elite Club membership for $888 for another year. After checking out, we will head to my small condo in Rhythm Avenue to rest before catching a plane back to Penang in the evening. I just pray for journey mercies and that the interview would be successful.

Secret Recipe is a fusion restaurant serving local Malaysian delights and Western food. Above is Caribbean Fish Fillet of Dory fish, grilled and topped with a generous dollop helping of mint butter sauce for a gastronomic taste to the senses. It is paired with vegetables on the side consisting of julienne purple cabbage, cherry tomatoes, Romaine lettuce and a slice of lime to go with the seafood. Fried French fries are added for carbohydrate to complement the meal for a fuller feeling on the stomach.


Here is a phletora of potted colourful orchids as eye candy along the aisle of Gurney Plaza Mall prior to Chinese New Year to draw in the crowds and tourists who can be big spenders during this festive season, with Christmas being recently over and the dawn of the year of the fire rooster. One can never go wrong with lots of flowers to pull in the crowds and customers' money. The green leaves are easy and relaxing on the tired eyes after a big round of shopping to hunt for bargains. But being a premier shopping mall in Penang, Gurney Plaza is not the place for bargaining and most of the prices displayed are fixed already.


Above is a photo of myself with my spouse taken yesterday at the premier shopping mall after our dinner at Secret Recipe Restaurant which has a promotion of a free slice of cake and a cuppa of coffee for meals over $50 using any of the UOB credit cards. It is valid until end of April 2017. There was a full page advertisement on The Star newspaper yesterday on UOB credit card promotion at Secret Recipe and I took the opportunity to dine here having owned the credit card myself. You can pay the outstanding bills online and check via their website on the amount owed and due date for all the UOB credit cards that you may have.

This is the day time shot of the Chinese New Year decorations of the Rooster in 2017 of M-Mall in Penang Times Square. After the Year of the Monkey comes the Year of the Fire Rooster which will start on January 28, 2017 – the second New Moon after the Solstice. Roosters were very important in people's daily lives in ancient times. They were not only treated as food, like today, but in ancient times people regarded them as a mascot since they ate harmful insects.


This is also part of the new year decoration with some animals to cheer up and decorate the festivity, especially for children and toddlers. M-Mall in Penang Times Square is a happening place in Georgetown. It is the only Condo resort right smack in the heart of the city of Penang. Recently, it hosted the FMM channel of Astro for the Chinese yuppies and they simply loved to see their idols performed and sang on New Year countdown 2 days ago.

One will be spoilt for choice when it comes to shopping for goods, tit-bits, scarves, perfumes, clothes, shoes and much more. China tourists come by the bus loads to Times Square for their shopping and to redeem their M Points collected from the investment. They can redeem at restaurants for meals or to buy souvenirs back home.


This is also taken at Times Square near Phase 1 called Birch the Plaza condominium. The red lanterns certainly light up the dark skies with pink cherry blossoms decorated on the sides. The flowers brighten up the place and make it more merry.


Fireworks were aplenty shooting and lighting up the night skies with showers of sparks that expands and then fades away. Times Square was very crowded with revelers on the last day of 2016 as they usher in 2017 with aplomb. If you are considering where to spend your Chinese New Year, why not come to Penang Times Square to see the painted ceilings, walls and many beautiful works of art of decorations on the walls. There are also several hotels nearby like Sunway Hotel which is just 3 minutes walk to Times Square other than many other smaller hotels nearby - all within walking distance.