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| Wah! So many people was earlier than us. |
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| Very awesome stage design. |
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| Wow! The blogger Nick Chan! |
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| A group shot before going home after a long 3.5 hours of concert. Yeah! |
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| Houston, NASA of Penang. LOL. |
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| What’s up what’s up. |
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| Ong Kooi Jin! |
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| Khoo Kongsi. |
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| Beautiful girls. |
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| Scott! |
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| With Gen Yong & Alvin. |
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| Uncle RELA. |
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| Yi Jun. |
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| Gen Yong, Kok, me, Alvin & Min Xiang. |
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| Kok & JJ. |
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| LANSIs. Emily, Jameson, Lester, Victor, Nick. |
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| Yao Jing. Pattern banyak. |
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| Me, Connie, Hua Mic and Jason! |
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| This guy, a helper probably was trying to shoo people sitting on the stairs and go fill in the space in front of the stage, but no one bothers. Sitting on the stairs has a better view! But ass pain sia. |
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| Put your hands up. OK. |
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| Peoples on the balcony. |
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| Decided to go take a walk, grab a drink during some loud rock band playing. Sunset, oh lovely. |
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| Jin of JinnyboyTV is on stage, MC-ing, welcoming Jason Chen. |
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| I was just pretty far away, but yeah, it’s Jason Chen on the stage. |
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| Right after all 3 Youtuber performed, that Najib and Rosmah came on stage for a little appearance. O.o |
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| Rave party all night long. Awesome. |
DETA – Dulux Emerging Talent Award 2012 @ KBU College – Only 4 person from my class, another 6 from the degree’s class and 5 of my senior went to the Dulux Emerging Talent Award on last Saturday. It was supposed to be more than that, in fact my lecturer invited everyone to go but all of them were lazy and has no passion of it. I told myself, since it’s my final year in Taylor’s University, so why not? Just go for fun, get some inspiration, experience, foster friendship and play.
Funny that the lecturer actually booked 2 bus but ended only 10 boarded the bus. Haha. So sad for them.
It was a competition for interior design student held at KBU College and 3 winners get to go to Amsterdam and some other part of Europe for free! Cool right? But it’s not for me as I am not that good, yet. HAHA. There’s more than 10 school participated in this little competition and it’s pretty happenings at there.
So basically, the competition was about designing a space concept for different type of space – Restaurant, Office, Gallery. Each of us were divided into 3 different team and each team get their own type of space. I’ve got office design. We were given a paper box and some paint colour as well as some recycling material, then we have to produce a conceptual design through all the material.
Well, I kinda suck at it, blur at first then came up with a childish stuff in the end. Admit that I was blur and stucked. Haha. However, looking at other’s creative work, it gives me an energy to search for creativity and study on creativity. Yeah! My school has a few person got into final, but then didn’t make it for the grand prize.
Me, Henry, Connie and Wei Shi.
Hanan, Aida, Rasyid and Me! =D
Anyway, it was a fun day, realised that I am not creative, got free food, know my friend from other class more and I told myself to strive hard to look for creativity.
Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre – The eve of Hari Raya Aidilfitri, not surprisingly, the road in Petaling Jaya was so smooth today, LDP was so nice to drive on. I didn’t drive in to the city centre despite the smooth traffic, I am just stingy to pay for the parking and fuel. I took the LRT, to save fuel and the environment.
Seems like it’s a holiday for those foreign labour worker, they came out in group and ride the LRT together. I don’t really have good feeling for them. Anyway, cut the crap, I went to Popular BookFest 2012 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre today and it’s my first time going there. There’s so many people at there, kids and youngster mostly and also lots of parents! It’s very crowded at there.
I was pretty excited about it, but my excitement turned into disappointment when I saw the big banner of ‘Ticket Counter’, then ‘RM2.50/entry’. I was like ‘What?! Why do we have to pay for books fair?!’. PIKOM PC Fair is free, why couldn’t you? Well, since I was there already, RM2.50 is not really a lot, so I just paid for it and went in. Got a wrist tag as entrance and a guide book filled with advertisement.
It’s an International books fair, but most of them are Chinese books from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. I was hoping to look for some design inspiration book from Taiwan and Hong Kong, unfortunately I couldn’t found any. Instead, bought a self-improvement book – 心理专家的说话技巧. Sounds interesting. There’s design book on sale at very low price, but I didn’t get them because it’s quite old.
I was at the hall for quite a long time, not because there’s too many books, but is because I was finding design books hardly. Checked out the stationery section too, not bad, tech accessories are on sale, bought charger for my phone as I’ve lost mine.
Went to Kinokuniya after that and I can tell you that Kinokuniya is still the best! Don’t think I will return to the BookFest next year.
A-Mei is AMeiZING! Win & Catch A-Mei in Hong Kong – A-Mei is da bomb! A-Mei, Zhang Hui Mei is my favourite Taiwanese singer and she’s super duper awesome! She has been nicknamed as the “Pride of Taiwan” and “Taiwanese Modonna” and is one artist that can really entertain you with her singing, dancing and showmanship!
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Goddess Of Mercy – Guan Yin’s Birthday 观音誕 (Guan Yin Dan) – Taoist and devotees celebrates the birthday of Goddess of Mercy (also known as Guan Yin Dan) on 19th February, 19th Jun and 19th September each year on the lunar calendar.
It’s a very hot Sunday!
Today is the 19th February in the lunar calendar and it’s a very happenings day at the Goddess of Mercy Temple (Kuan Yin Teng) on Pitt Street. I went there with grandma to pray, I also brought along my camera to take photos of the celebration. It’s really very crowded and hot because of the burning of joss stick. It’s overly crowded in the temple hall, moreover some part of the temple is closed for renovation.
It’s very uncomfortable to move around due to the heat and amount of people, but then I managed to ooze myself into the crowd to pray and take photos.
Look at the number of joss sticks!
The super crowded inner hall of the temple.
Lighting up the joss stick.
Offers to the Goddess of Mercy.
Freeing the birds is a way of doing good deeds, which I don’t really agree as these birds and caught and then bought to release.
The birds stall.
Huge dragon joss stick.
Giving out food and drinks to the needy.
Renovation going on in the temple.
There’s a corner offering ear piercing. It is said that it brings good luck to the children who get their ears pierced during Guan Yin’s birthday. There’s many parents bring their little girls for ear piercing. It looks pain, some are brave and some cried. I’ve pierced before and I know the feeling. Haha.
There’s many beggar gather at the Kuan Yin Temple on this day and there’s people bring a bag of coin to give out to them.
Penang First Taoist Float Procession 槟城太上老君古庙游神 – Last Sunday, Penang has its first Taoist Float Procession with a spiritual route of 11.8km, and a length of 4km of more than 80 floats, representing different Taoist temple around Penang, and other state.
This Taoist float procession was organized in conjunction with the 115th Anniversary of the Lean Wah Thong Temple in Air Itam, Penang. It has attracted many locals and tourists to experience the float procession and also caused some traffic congestion in town.
I didn’t really know about it at first until my grandma told me about this event, only then I searched on the Internet and found out about it. It’s very cool, with many different Taoism god on the decorated float and many devotees join the procession. It’s a very happenings night, but I think the state tourism and culture authority should tell people more about it, so more people can experience the event as I know many didn’t know about this event.
I went to Pangkor Road and Jalan Dato Kramat to photograph the event. Hopefully, this kind of event will occur every year in Penang to attract more tourists and devotees to Penang.
More photos after the break.
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Pai Ti Gong / Hokkien New Year At Chew Jetty 拜天公 – Pai Ti Kong literally means “pray sky god” is a very happenings festival during Chinese New Year in Malaysia, especially in Penang. It is also known as the Hokkien’s Chinese New Year where this day is celebrated by most Hokkien Chinese. It falls on the 8th day of Chinese New Year during the night throughout the midnight, where you can hear the sound of firecrackers and fireworks all over Penang, and place where people celebrate it.
On this night, Hokkien Chinese set up a table full of food which are to serve to the “Sky God”. Although fireworks and firecrackers are prohibited in Malaysia, but then people still playing with them because it’s one of the Chinese culture.
Penang is has the most people celebrated this day and it’s the most happenings place for Pai Ti Kong in Malaysia, especially at Chew Jetty.
I am a Cantonese Chinese, so I don’t really celebrate the day, but then I do go to Chew Jetty every year to see people celebrating it and also to pray too. Last year, I didn’t get a chance but this year I have it. Chew Jetty was even more crowded this year. About 1km stretch of road were close for the Pai Ti Kong festival. As usual, a long table is set up on the road where people put food on the table which to be served to the god. Rich people will buy roasted pig to be dedicated to the god, of course, they will take back the roasted pig and eat with their family and friends after the praying ceremony at midnight.
Chew Jetty was so happenings and crowded. Something different then last time is there’s a stage set up with performance and some performers hail all the way from China. Mini stalls selling gift and collectible product are set up in Chew Jetty too.
The number of people that went into Chew Jetty was really a lot, a lot until that RELA had to restrict the number of people to go in as afraid that too many people will make the place collapse. Luckily, everything went nice, as they arrange people to go in batch by batch. Well, this is another must see in Penang, it’s something very different, very special, during Chinese New Year.
Traffic jam at Weld Quay.
Chinese lantern.
Miku bread for the god.
A girl putting food on the long table.
Roasted pork!
Big dragon joss stick.
Interview by RTM Malaysia TV station.
Performance stage.
Tarrot card fortune telling.
RELA member arranging people to go in Chew Jetty batch by batch. Good job.
Have you been there before? Check out my post about Pai Ti Kong in 2010, 2009, 2008.