~ BLUE MANSION ~

Hi friends.. We have been assigned to make a blog regarding Penang Heritage.. There are five members in my group and each of us given different task regarding this topic by my group leader.. Blue Mansion is my own specific topic to work with.. Lets start with it...

First of all, I would like to do a simple draft in what I'm going to work with.. 

INTRODUCTION:

I will compile all the histories of the Blue Mansion, Penang.

Will let you all know the specialty of the Blue Mansion.

LOCATION:

All about the placing of Blue Mansion.

Also about how to reach the Blue Mansion with own transport and public transports.

GALLERY:

The pictures of the Blue Mansion, Penang.

e-wallpaper

This will be the pictures which i used for the e-wallpaper

~ the MMU bee ~

~ the background I used for this e-wallpaper ~

~ the MMU FOM building from side view ~

~  I used this picture because MMU is a TM university ~

~ the MMU logo ~

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Now I will let you guys to know how I make my e-wallpaper... 

Shall we start guys....???

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First of all I would like to inform you that I did this e-wallpaper with the use of Photoshop Cs3. 

~ This is my first step for begin my e-wallpaper. After I choose the picture I used "SELECTING TOOL" to crop the bee alone without the background... ~

~ The same procedure had been used for both of the print screen files..~

~ For this print screen file, after I choose my background, I just use the "SELECTING TOOL" and select the background... ~

~ After that, I put randomly all the pictures which I cropped earlier and I add some text regarding FOM OPEN DAY.. Once I satisfied with my placing for all the cropped picture, I continue the editing by selecting the "IMAGE" button at menu board and select "ADJUSTMENT"... Under "ADJUSTMENT" I select the "AUTO CONTRAST" button... ~

~ After choose the "AUTO CONTRAST" button a small box name "HUE/SATURATION" will appear and I make some adjustment for the MMU Bee.. I change the colour of the MMU Bee... ~

~ Then I go under "LAYER STYLES" and i make the MMU Bee to look more bigger in size compared to the previous picture.. ~

~ Once again I use the "SELECTING TOOL" to crop the wording without the background..~

~ After cropped the wording I used "ADVANCED BLENDING" and make some changes in "GENERAL BLENDING"... I change the "GENERAL BLENDING" percentage from 100% to 13%... This percentage changes make the wording to look transparent... ~

~ I  add some "INNER SHADOW"  for my wordings... ~

~  And the final result of my e-wallpaper is .... ~

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~ This is my one and only e-wallpaper for FOM OPEN DAY... Hope you guys like it.. ~

~THANK YOU~

~ Blue Mansion, Penang ~

History

Memoir Of A Mansion In Its Prime

Undoubtedly the prototype of the land-hopping 'jet-setter', Cheong Fatt Tze maintained mansions in Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong and China, besides the one in Penang. But although each of his far flung homes amply reflected his high station in life in terms of scale and luxuriousness, it would appear from all accounts, that the Leith Street home was the favoured one. The Blue Mansion was certainly his most elaborate and lavish - its detailing and artisan works more refined than even those in his native home in Tai'pu; and it was reputedly one of only two such buildings of its size outside China.

Blue's Blueprint

The Mansion's construction began before the end of the 19th Century, and it was said that Cheong Fatt Tze had hoped to house nine generations of his descendants there. The plot of land was chosen after heavy consultation with the era's preeminent feng shui masters, and while all his Hakka friends and relatives chose to build very modern, Anglo-Indian houses in and around the area, Cheong Fatt Tze gave the go-ahead for the construction of a traditional Chinese home. Artisans were shipped in from Southern China expressly for the project, and building materials were imported from as far away as Scotland.

The paradigm two-storey courtyard house, incidentally, was built in stages - the centre bay was constructed first, while the wings were added at a later stage (clear indications of after-thought are found in the corridors that lead nowhere and originally external windows opening out into covered verandah ways).

Mansion's Functions

Towards Cheong Fatt Tze's later life, No. 14 served as both an office and a home. It acted as the base for his commercial enterprises and housed the Chinese Vice-Consulate - not to mention his favoured 7th wife. 

All significant activities were concentrated in the centre of the mansion, with front halls allocated for business meetings, the administration of the Vice-Consul Generalship and formal greeting of guests. The rear halls were for ancestral prayers, dining and family; while areas on the first floor housed rooms for significant family members. It was understood that preferred family members were housed in the Centre Bay, while those who had lost favour, as well as lesser relatives, were moved to the wings.

Stables were sited at the back of the Mansion, together with a row of outhouses and bathrooms, the main house itself having no indoor plumbing. Residents depended on chamber pots and the willingness of many retainers to empty them. A low building by the main gate was used as staff quarters together with a raised viewing pavilion that was badly damaged by bombing during the Second World War.

~ Mehndi / Henna Designs ~

Henna (mehndi) is a custom or tradition in India that has been present and handed down for centuries together. Initially used mainly for its healing and cooling properties, Henna, or "Mehndi" as its more popularly known here, has become famous for its designs all the way till the West. Today Henna designing has become commercial and is part of many important Indian occasions, in fact in an Indian wedding the "Mehndi" is a separate day and occasion itself!

Henna designing is an ancient form of body art which has originated from them Middle East and India. Henna Painting as become very popular as a form of temporary tattoo and is liked by one and all. One of the main advantage of henna painting is that the design gradually fade from the body over a period of about two weeks. henna is a beautiful and painless alternative to tattoo.

All this designs I put for my friends and family members...

This design I put for a bride...