“Look, Ma – No Photoshop!” – featuring murals of Muntri, Armenian, Ah Quee, and Cannon Street of Georgetown Penang

Inspired by Rockstar’s school learning unit about art – you see, Rockstar normally doesn’t really like producing “art”, in the sense left to his own devices, he uses few colours and usually ends up with what look more like labelled “diagrams,” science nut that he is… So this is dedicated to inspiring and interesting new ways of learning things.

Graffiti: Art or nuisance? It depends doesn’t it? There is a moment before the paint hits the canvas; breathe right and you can change the way the painting looks. 

Dis is art: The CNY Ker-splat.

I’ve SEEN her on some popular website or other: the “Little Girl In Blue.” Offhand I thought it was Bored Panda but it doesn’t turn up in a quick search…

Friend of Rockstar’s Who Demonstrates Magic Tricks In School – This One’s For You

Now you see him holding postcards………

Now you still see him. With “Where AM I ??! D-uh face…”

Well then, how did he do that, and with no Photoshop either…

Did you catch that? Do it again…

Poof!

“For my next trick, I shall Kung fu my way into this one…”

(Magicians never reveal their secrets

The Miss adds her two cents:

“Da Grandpa’s ride is bigger than my ride…”

“AND so much cooler! Lookit all da COLOURS!”

“The trishaw uncle even provides extra umbrellas to shade your lovely self”

(Regardless, we would’ve horsed around with more pics if we weren’t avoiding the worst of the sun…)

And – and –

“What is WRONG with the tourists?!”

Obligatory spin past historic Fort Cornwallis before heading back…

Dis issa cannon.

Dis issa Pigeon Bath.

PUBLIC Pigeon Bath. Like the Romans had. In Rome. For Romans. But this is with pigeons. (No….. I don’t really know why I typed that.)

And dis is Barney.

At least I know why I typed that. It is Barney.

We pass what must be one of the Little India streets…

…and I wish I had time to look for beads and cloth…for craft (Btw – little known fact – I’ve worn Salwar Khameez and Sari in college for dinners – they were gifts from my Indian Scholar friends at Nanyang Tech Uni in Singapore…. it’s also when I learned to tie a Sari…)

There’s what I consider a thriving Chindian community (Chinese+Indian mix)… Two of my best friends growing up are Chindian (and gorgeous) and another of my best friends has Chindian kids

And then…

Dis is art. I’m talking’ about the “Funny Egg Ice Cream” and “Brown Sugar…. What?” right next to the mural like it SO belongs there as part of the thing…

Which is around here, with a small street where you can souvenir shop

And I don’t know what kind of pose this is. He’s brandishing two ballpoint pens shaped like guns that he found at one of the tourist stalls.

And that’s all she wrote, baby.

Rockstar pretending to be asleep…

ps: We paid RM 20 (about HKD 48) per 30 minute ride which stops as long as you like; the trishaw drivers have itemised maps so you can pick where you want to go, and we selected a bunch of murals (and Fort Cornwallis)… When the ride lasted longer, we weren’t pushed very hard to pay extra (and didn’t have to)… There’s some tourists posing with the murals, but surprisingly really not that many…

More details of the murals on the streets at onlypenang.com; more street art inspiration here, off Bored Panda..