First hour of Lunar Chinese New Year

Every year, when the clock strike 12.00am on the eve of 30th day of last month in chinese calender, it's marked the first day of Lunar Chinese New Year. As usual, almost every chinese home, who are Buddhist or Taoist in religion, will start the god praying ceremony (as in every first and 15th day of every month in chinese calender) and the famous God of Prosperity Invitation (Jip Choi San) ceremony. The said two ceremony can be done at the same time. My home is not excluded from this two ceremony. Below are some shot I taken...

Enjoy...

**Some underexposed photos are purposely done**



The preparation.


Up-close...


'Ong Lai' Candle Light...can last for 15 days...


Ceremony start...no praying shot as parent not allowed...


Some cheap firework display around the neighbourhood...(handheld...not bad eh???)


God of Sky...


Dragon joss-stick...


Fook...means happiness and prosperity


Treasure Offering for the Gods...


And finally......to scare/chase out 'Nian' monster and other dirty stuff....

Chinese New Year Decoration in Home

After having our Dinner of Togetherness (Tuan Yuan Fan) on the day before Chinese New Year, we still have 5 more hours for the God of Prosperity 'Invitation' (Jip Choi San) ceremony. It's really a long wait for me... So, I take my camera and go around my home for snap, snap, snap... This year my home was not heavily decorated as year before because my home had just went thru a heavy renovation...Everything looks just new and nice... So, my mother and sisters just bought some flowers and decoration thingys to do some mild decoration in my house. Below are some photos i shot that night...

Enjoy...



Dinner of Togetherness...Almost the same every year...


Butterfly on the flower...


Bird with sweet fruits...


Another butterfly...About 20 butterflies can be seen in my house...


Bird eating sweet cherry fruits...


Big KAT 'Mandarin Orange'.


God of Happiness @ Laughter God...in standing mode...


Golden God of Prosperity...


Another two birds...


Money Lion...


RUN!!!...Pin! Pin! Biang!!!....

Kuala Lumpur...Wandering......

On 16th February 2007, I went to Kuala Lumpur for some Pre-Chinese New Year(CNY) photoshooting. I start my 'wandering' around 3:30pm from Miharja LRT-STAR station and end at 7:00pm, before I went for Pre-CNY dinner with my colleagues. That day was rainy day...so not manage to get much shot.

Enjoy...



LRT train reach Miharja station...


DO NOT EVER TOUCH DRUGS!!!


Barb-wire outside Pudu Jail...


The wall of Pudu Jail. A very nostalgic wall painting to me. Remembered last time when I was small, everytime we will passby Pudu Jail with very nice and colourful wall painting as my parent always bring me to Sg. Wang Plaza for shopping...

Start rain heavily and need to stay in Berjaya Times Square for half an hour...

One of the handsome Lion Statue located in front of Berjaya Times Square...

Hmm...normal scene in Kuala Lumpur...

Welcome to Sungei Wang...

Nice eh???

Widest coverage from Digi under Monorail Station...

*speechless*

AAhh...everyone is rushing back to hometown...

Maybank Tower...Former tallest building in Kuala Lumpur

Where to go???

Petaling Street-lah~~

Air Mata Kucing...Cat's eye drink...A must buy drink when you are in Petaling Street...This stall even have a branch in MidValley Megamall.

Lighter...

Buah Berangan Goreng...Also one of the famous stall in Petaling Street...I never try the fruit before....

And lastly my colleagues and I had a Yee Sang dinner together....

Sick...sick......

Finally I get sick...have been wished to get sick everyday and now I get sick...how lucky I am...

BUT...sick is torturing.....!! :(

Minimoto ShootOut

VVvvvrrrooommmmmmm!!!!!!!..............

The exhaust sound is not as loud as F1 car. The body is not as bulky as MotoGP. The rider is as young as 6 years old. The track is as short as 300 meter. That's Minimoto sports. What is Minimoto??? Minimoto's size is one third of MotoGP attached with less than 100cc engine. The minimoto is only suitable for children to teenager from age 4 to 14 years old...

On 3rd February 2007, my colleague and I went to Minimoto track near my working place to try out motorsport photography. This is also my first try on motorsport photography. Well, it is not as easy as what written in photography magazine about motorsport photography. I having difficulty during whole period of shooting session. The difficulties I encounter :
1) shoot at night
2) close distance
3) lens' F-stop not big enough

From 200+ photos I shot on that night, only less than 10% can be used but not in good quality (still a little blur). The whole shootout session is a real useful experience to me. I will try again in near future. Below are some 'good'(considered..) shot for you to critiques......... Enjoy...


THE TRACK


The Park


Pit lane.


The corner.


The hairpin.


The lampost.


THE MACHINE


Minimoto


The helmet and the tools.


THE RIDER


The strategy.


Concentration.


The relief.


THE SKILL


The start.


Cornering.


The babes.


Out of line.


Bye-Bye...