Friday 30 March 2007

F1 Testing 2007

Despite the heavy schedule work and attending course. I managed to drop by Sepang on morning of Thursday, 29th Mac to watch the F1 drivers testing their cars on Sepang tracks.





Masa' Ferari





Who says we need 500mm lens to shoot F1 photos? An avid F1 fans have the solution



Will post up more when I am back from my trip....

Monday 26 March 2007

PDRM 200th Anniversary Celebration

PDRM (Polis DiRaja Malaysia) or Royal Malaysian Police celebrated its 200th Anniversary, yesterday, 25th March 2007 at the Dataran Merdeka.

The celebration attended by the King, PM Datuk Seri Abdullah, Ministers, IGP, former IGPs and other dignitaries, including the heads of the police force of the respective Asean nations.

Photos of the celebration.

Picture of the King arriving in his Limo...



The King and PM reviewing the march past.



The PDRM officers on the Left Side of the grand stand.



The slim, young and beautiful police woman. Let have more of em on the road!



What is she doing?



The intimating looking FRU... actually Woman FRU (Federal Reserve Unit, usually use for crowd/protest control)



Police Commandoes





Flyby of the newly acquired Fennec helicopters.



PDRM air planes...



What I saw on top of Bukit Aman building




Foreign Dignitaries



Read more from The Star Online

- THE END -

JB Ching Gay 2007 (Part #5)

Johor Bahru Ching Gay 2007 (Part #5)

The Drummers

Without these guys, it will be a quiet affairs. To be a drummer you have to hear the tempo and music to learn.





I like his flag!



The other band members!



Still have time for SMS!



Culture vs Technology...Even though with all these technology we have today, old culture and beliefs still survives..

Offerings

Roasted pork



Huge Joss Sticks



Carcass of a Goat



Carcass of a Pig



The End of the Chinese New Year Ching Gay series.

Thanks for viewing it.


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JB Ching Gay 2007 (Part #4)

JB Ching Gay 2007 (Part #4)

Dances with the Lion, Dragon and Fairy.


In any Chinese procession and celebrations, there bound to be Lion dances, sometimes even Dragon dances. Have you heard of Fairy Dances?

Here is some pictures of the Fairy Dance. They put on a huge figure of the fairy and just swing, and dance wildly on the street at the sound of their small drums and other musical instruments. Like someone possessed!









Northern Lion Dance

You can differentiate by the hairy body and legs. The design is also slightly different.






Southern Lion Dance




Dragon Dance

I always fascinated by the dragon dance, with the colourful design and members up to 15 person manage to move about without getting the dragon entangle up! Sometimes, the leader would throw fire bomb that simulate the dragon’s breathing.









More to come .....

Friday 23 March 2007

JB Ching Gay 2007 (Part #3)

Johor Bahru Ching Gay 2007 (Part #3)

Devotee


Young and old, Rich and Poor, Male and Female... join in awaiting the Gods to passby.

This series of pictures shows shots of Devotee.

Await the Gods in a special colourful tent.



Young and Old



Crowd Control



People for all walks of life... by the roadside paying homage...



Kneeling down .... under the hot sun



Pretty fashionable woman...



I have bigger joss-stick than you!



At the assembly area... tendered by helpers



You can see some others photo here - Link

Note: At the time these the temperature is about 38 degree celcius as you can see certain part of the photo is over expose eventhough the camera is set to shutter speed.


More to come ....

Thursday 22 March 2007

JB Ching Gay 2007 (Part #2)

Johor Bahru Ching Gay 2007 (Part #2)


Chinese Opera

Was reading The Star recently and come across this interesting article....

Quote:
Veteran Chinese opera performer doesn’t want her kids to take up ‘dying trade’Although she has given 30 years of her life to Chinese opera, Mei Ah Zuan forbids her children from following in her footsteps.

More here ... http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story...998&sec=nation

Now back to the JB Ching Gay.....

At the assembly area, there are many stages, where Chinese Opera performed, to entertain the Gods and the devotees.

These opera singers or actors are a dying breed. Nowadays people prefer Amerian Idol, MTV, Reality TVs, and etc

This is how the colourful opera stage look like



The opera singers paying homage to the Gods





The owner of the troupe



The opera singers...







The Puppetmaster?



More....

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