Little Penang after all these time...

The little Penang Street market is where it is happening every last weekend of the month. It is more than just a Street Bazaarbut also where people come to meet people who they otherwise seldom meet outside of their work work scheduled lives. Here Craftsmen and artists, musicians and actvists, the movers and shakers of society gets to share their thoughts and feelings over matters that affect eachothetrs lives.
Little Penang gives those who value living standards and lifestyles as part of their common goals in a society a chance to express themselves while earning an income, get themselves established through contacts made while doing their business and most of all spen beautiful afternoon meeting foreigners from all over the world who frequent this Island of Penang.

This gentleman has been costructing paper aeroplanes for as long as i can remember and always a hit among the kids.

The information service helps many tourists and locals alike in getting their ways around Penang as well as what or who to talk to when in need of help.

These young upstarts get a chance to hone on abilities as public relations persons while earning an extra income. The young one on the right is my daughter and has been working at the Little Penang going on two years now. She has cured herself of being shy and afraid in public thanks to the opportunity given to her.

'There are all kinds of cultural entertainments and musuicians from all walks of life sit in the share their talents with the crowd no matter how big or small the audience be.

The organizers are made up of a few very energetic and vision oriented individuals whose social contribution towards the Georgetown community is mostly out of love and care.

It is not surprising to see a small crowd enjoying a real live music presented by a great musician such as Guitarist 'SAM' whose repertoire includes some of the best of the oldies and includes Jazz as well as Blues. This is because Penangites are yet to learn about the happening themselves. Most are too busy wrapped up in their socio political survival as well religious 'Jihad' and the Astro Channels on such beautiful Sundays. Sophistication is still reserved for the few who has the vision and the insight for the future of this Island.

Sometimes chance meetings of great minds happens under the canopy of the Little Penang Canvass Tent and diverse subjects and ideas are being exchanged by those from different parts of the world and performing their own acts of charity and activism elsewhere.

The regular faces at the Lil'Penang. These are the individuals who are a part and parcel of the scene.


The odd couple. The Beard and the Reluctant Messiah.

The Lady behind the project Mdm. Khoo, "The Super Lady," A mother a writer, a cultural historian, a mover and one who genuinely loves the island and its people.

I have been a part of this scene for the past two years now and am also pretty much a regular face in the crowd. Everyonce in a while a new face turns up and i would enjoy making the acquaitance of such an intelligent being even id he or it is from another dimension.