Monday, June 26, 2006

Batu Ferringhi, Penang

I found this website of Batu Ferringhi, Penang, the place where i stay and live for the past 30 years, although nowworking in KL, but Penang still the best place for me to go back one day.... of course with my wife and son la...

Batu Ferringhi, used to be known as Tanjung Huma, the name that i discovered from my grandfather "citizenship certificate" from the then British Government. I always wonder what is the meaning of Ferringhi, which cannot be found in dictionary and by searching through website, Batu Ferringhi actually mean "Foreigner Rock". Ka Jin said Ferringhi is the word come from Denmark. Again, i have no idea.

More about "Old Penang" can be obtained through RAAF. The RAAF school on Penang Island functioned as a pre-school, primary and secondary school for dependants of Royal Australian Air Force personnel deployed at Butterworth from 1962 to 1988.

More news on Batu Ferringhi, Penang, click here.

Can you guys see my house...?

7 comments:

Wong Soon Yim said...

tipu... u live in penang from 1976 till 1997 only... after '97 most of ur time will be in Selangor... and now u already hving ur family there....hehe, am i rite?

Kean Hong said...

ya la true, from 1976 - 1997. But then i go back often mah, then mah count in lor .... still i go to Fereinghi beach everytime i go back, stay at batu ferringhi also...eat and sleep there too

Wong Soon Yim said...

how about now? i mean after ur marriage? u seldom came back d... so need to deduct few years..hehe

Boon Keat said...

I agree! now sim become "KL lang" liao....

Kean Hong said...

no no no... my heart still in pg, i want to have independent one... haha, i still vote in pg... haha

Wong Soon Yim said...

dont talk too much... take ur action now "penang voter"

Ehsan said...

probably it comes from persian word (farangi that means foreigner. I have found several persian words in malay