Armenian Street Festival

    This month is the George Town Festival, a celebration of the third anniversary of Penang-and-Malacca (as a pair) having been named a World Heritage Site.  I'm going to miss a lot of the happenings due to travel from this Saturday.  (Boo-hoo!)  So, I'm trying to take in as much as I can before I go.  One thing was this little street festival that went on last Saturday.  These "Malaysian pancakes" were really tasty.  The bottom part is thin and crispy, thinner than a crepe.  There was a strange combination of things inside, like custard,  chopped peanuts and, oddly, some kernel corn.  It was surprisingly good, even later on when it wasn't crispy any more.  Cheap, too, only RM4
(US $1.30) for seven. 
       And speaking of cheap, how about free?

         This booth featured Muslim calligraphers.  The man in the green shirt went to Jordan for training and he  teaches Islamic calligraphy to others, including the young, as you can see here.  For free, they would render any name(s) you requested in lovely, flowing Arabic script.  At least I assume it was Arabic! 
   
 My poor camera was totally confounded by this pair of styrofoam figures wearing traditional Malaysian dress.  Why?  Because it has a "smile" feature.  If you don't want to use its timer,you can just jump into the picture and smile.  When the camera "sees" the smile, it takes the picture.  Clever, huh?  Well, the poor thing saw the smile on this cardboard face, kept trying to take the picture.  
     And that's the power of a smile--it can even move equipment into action!