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Kek Lok Si Visit Number 1 During Chinese New Year

Written by Nicholas Chan on March 5, 2010 – 1:49 am -

Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang most famous pagoda temple, also very famous with big big Kuan Yin statue in South East Asia, perhaps Asia. During the past 15 days of Chinese New Year, the temple was lighted up with lamps and LED at night. The only problem is that they only light it up during the Chinese New Year and not during normal day, no idea why and don’t like not lighting up during normal days.

Road towards Kek Lok Si temple was jam with cars going up to the temple every day for the past 2 weeks. I wanted to go there to take photos for a long time already, and I have got chance. Why Visit Number 1 because that I went up twice, this was my first time, with the Leo Club people and I was there late, so didn’t take many photos.

Stupid traffic jam made me stuck in the car for almost an hour. It’s really that crazy, the road is so narrow and we were hanging there. Reached the temple at around 10pm and it’s late already. Didn’t really have the mood to shoot and there’s too many people, I don’t like people without camera waiting me to take photos, because they will be just standing there looking at me with the tripod. So, I thought of going there the other day.

More over, due to time constrain, I can’t shoot the whole Kek Lok Si, every corner of it.

KOKahKOK, user of Canon EOS 400D.

Alvin Yang, user of Nikon D90.

Him Keat, no camera.

Lion Ong Lai, user of Canon EOS 500D.

Wallace, no camera.

Kenny, user of Canon EOS 400D, most powerful with 17-40 F4/L Lens.

The Leo Club people was Lion Ong Lai, Kok Sheng, Tze Yang, Tee Jin, Him Keat, Kenny and Wallace. Some were there early already, so they get to shoot more, and for me, who were late, only get to shoot a little.

We took the lift up to the Kuan Yin statue there, unfortunately, it’s late and we only get to go up but not down. Paid RM2 for it and met a long-time-no-see friend, Ah Leng.

Got up but didn’t get the chance to go near to the foot of Kuan Yin statue and when I wanted go up, they closed the lights already. OMG, that’s why, I planned to go there again on the other.

Although lights closed, we took some group shot before walking down to the car park, in the dark! Stay tune for the post of my next visit. =)

Tags: cny 10, Friends, Leo Club, Lifelog, Light, Night, outing, Penang, photoshoot, Temple
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Setting Up New Ikea Lamps In My Room

Written by Nicholas Chan on July 11, 2009 – 10:59 pm -

I bought the Ikea halogen wall lamp last year in the only Ikea store in Damansara, I didn’t get to mount it up as I don’t have my driller and screw. Moreover dad says it won’t be looking good if I mount it up right below my bookshelves because the halogen lamp is too thick. So he asked me to keep it perhaps he may use for his client in the future, yes, he does interior design.

While doing a little bit cupboard cleaning, I found the lamp just lying inside, I think dad and me had probably forget about it. Inspiration then came in my mind of setting it up in another way, without the need of any screw and driller. No holes, which is instead of making to light shines downward, I make it shines upward to the ceiling, creating a bounce light effect, so it will look warm and soft. Not so striking on my desk.

This is my first time setting up lamps at home. Ikea’s stuff comes with a simple pictorial guide with no words. So anyone and work out with their stuff easily.

It’s very annoying when setting it up with the cable dangling around. When it comes to cable management, it’s headache time when I got limited tools. I only know how to hide it up.

There’s not only cable for the lamps on top, there’s also cable and plug from my printer and a rear speaker.

At first, I was thinking of using only the 2 lamps out of 3, which the 2 place on top of the bookshelves shining to the ceiling, then I decided to add another 0ne behind my monitor since the cable is long.

I got no idea where the switch should be locate, there’s no hole for me to hide the cable and I only can place it somewhere that is not noticable when people walks in my room.

One thing that do you notice the photos of baby up there? Ignore them if you may, one of them was me and another 2 were brother. The place where I hide the cables is behind the 3 photos, so you probably don’t want to take away the photos from there.

The photos of my new workspace lighting are on the other post.

Tags: Arts, gear, ikea, Lifelog, Light, Lighting, tool, workspace
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Ox Year Pai Ti Kong

Written by Nicholas Chan on February 4, 2009 – 11:06 pm -

This year’s Pai Ti Kong night falls on 2nd February Monday night. It was again a special school holiday on the next day because the school wanted us to rest at home after a long night of Pai Ti Kong. If you don’t know know what Pai Ti Kong is, it’s a festival that the Hokkien pray to the God of Sky and also known as the Hokkien New Year. A very happening night in Penang where you can hear a lot of firecrackers and see fireworks in the sky.

However, to me, the “ohm” of taking photograph was not there, most likely because of my half-broken lens and not fully equiped camera gear. I still like my last year’s photograph of the Chew Jetty Pai Ti Kong celebration. It also can be boring because I go to the Chew Jetty there every year, hopefully a special inspiration will come to me next year or perhaps go to somewhere else.

As usual, road block and cars parked far away from Pai Ti Kong place and one end of Weld Quay. We walked. I went there at around 11.30pm and there were already a lot of people when I was there.

=) I would love to get myself shown in a motion picture. I believe it’s work of some filmmaker but definitely not from the TV station. TV station’s crew wouldn’t be so kind to put up something like this to warn you.

There’s fireworks, lion dance, dragon dance and that’s all.

It always the same thing, the long ritual table with all the food for the God of Sky and candle lighting at the end. There’s a lot of photography enthusiast there to take photo too. A lot of which has a very good gear setup but I love mine. =)

I want to play firecrackers! But then nobody in my house buy it, so no firecrackers for me.

By the way, Mr Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was there too!

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