Review iCalvyn

Hi everyone, Calvyn is a cute young guy and a typically Penang kia (kia is a hokkien word for guy), according to the photo somewhere else. :p

How do I know about him? I get to know him online in the WebmasterMalaysia Forum which attracts a pool of webmasters/bloggers/e-enterpreneurs/developers etc. He is one of active members in that forum, and subsequently caught my attention to visit his blog. ;)

I feel touched that he is the 1st one to concern me and ask me whether I have any bog or website, indirectly inspiring me to get familiar with the blog sphere, using the blogspot platform mainly for practices before having the formal blog. In fact, he becomes my 1st blogger friend, although we had never met before. He also have congratulated me when I won the title of the Member of the Month for April 2007, May 2007 and June 2007. He is kind to help and share, especially if you have encountered problems related to blogging and website. Although he is pretty new in blogging using the formal own domain.

Calvyn is an IT Officer in Penang, he blog about his IT Officer life. He is now giving away free domain to who ever review his blog.

Gals, he is still available, if not mistaken. :) Try to date him before he is attached.

Do you know that?
- The WebmasterMalaysia Forum is initiated by ExaBytes, based in Penang.
- Penang is known as Silicon Valley of (North) Malaysia.

Also read:
Little Penang (Calvyn's first domain)
www.littlepenang.com or http://mylittlepenang.blogspot.com/
Wiki - Penang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang
Official Tourism Website for Penang
http://www.tourismpenang.gov.my/
Visit Penang Travel and Tourism
http://www.visitpenang.com/

2nd Penang Bridge secures RM1.7bil loan from China

This marks another diplomatic milestone between Malaysia and China.

For the close ties between Malaysia and China, Malaysia is able to secure a huge loan of more than RM1.7 bil (US$500mil) from China for the 2nd Penang Bridge project (RM2.7bil). The huge loan is the largest for a single project given to a foreign country by China.

The loan will be handled over from the Bank of China to Bank Pembangunan, Malaysia.

Construction of the bridge will begin in early 2008 and be completed in 2011.
The bridge will link Batu Maung, Penang Island and Batu Kawan on the mainland of the Malaysian peninsular.

UEM will co-operate with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to build the second Penang bridge.

Do you have any comments on this?

Do you know that?
- CHEC (China Harbour Engineering Company) is one of the foremost builders of bridges in the world with brilliant achievements in constructing some longest bridges in the world.
- The 2nd Penang bridge (24km long) will be the longest in South-East Asia.- In the diplomatic history, Malaysia was the first Asean country to have formal ties with China.

Also read:
RM1.7bil loan from China for the second Penang bridge
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/7/11/nation/18264310&sec=nation&focus=1
CHEC - Introduction
http://www.chec.bj.cn/ens/gsgk/zgjj/index.html
CHEC - Achievements
http://www.chec.bj.cn/ens/gsyj/glql/index.html

Red Bean Series - Cendol

Yummy.... Tasty.... Cendol is a very popular dessert in Malaysia.
It consists of green pandan flavoured noodles, dipped in white coconut milk with brown sugar plus red beans, which are BIG size or normal size, depending on which sellers.

It costs between RM1 to RM1.50 per bowl.

The places for selling the best cendol in Penang:
- Penang Road
- Lorong Selamat Coffee Shop

Also read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chendol

Red Bean Series - ABC (Ais Batu Campur) aka Ais kacang

No doubt, "ABC" (Ais Batu Campur) is the mother of all Malaysian dessert.

What does "ais kacang"? It is literally "iced beans".

Basically, ABC consists of shaved ice, showered with red and brown syrup, plus red beans, jelly and sweet corns, "attap chi" and evaporated milk.

Additionally, certain type of ABC is chilled up by a cup of ice cream on the top. :)

It costs from RM1.50 to RM3.50 per bowl, depending on the amount of the ingredients.

The famous place for selling ABC in Penang :
- Lorong Selamat coffee shop
- Swatow Lane

Also read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_kacang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bean_Ice