Beng Cheng: Annual Chinese festival honoring one's ancestors, usually celebrated at the graveside.

Casuarina Tree: A pine tree that grows along the coast of Penang Island, with beautiful filigree.

Durian: A large, and very pungent tropical fruit that is the favorite of Malaysians.

Kachow: To tease or bother someone.

Kampong: A Malay village, sometimes also Chinese.

Kerbaya: A traditional Nonya blouse

Kopi: Malaysian coffee, either black or sweetened milk.

"Kopi Susu": "Coffee with Cream" connoting a mixed race child.

Langchang or Lanchai: A trishaw, especially a Chinese one.

Lau-Mak: "Old woman."

Makan: Malaysian term for food, or a meal.

Nasi Lemak: Rice cooked in coconut milk.

Nonya: A Peranakan or creole Malaysian Chinese woman, known as the Babas & Nonyas.

Pasar Malam: Malaysian night market.

Sari: Beautiful dress of the Malaysian Indian women.

Sayang: A Malaysian term of endearment, meaning "my love."

Sinseh: A traditional Chinese doctor.

Taukeh or Towkay: A Chinese big man or boss, usually denoting a business owner.

Taukeh Soh: The wife of a towkay, or the "Mistress" of the house.

Penang is a beautiful island off the west coast of Malaysia, noteworthy of its colonial history, the mixture of ethno-cultures, particularly traditional Indian, Chinese & Malay, and religion.