Photos From Chinese New Year

Hello again!!!

Here is my post of those photos I took during my Chinese New Year break. This is 'cow' year for Chinese religion. Well some may ask why is that cow? Actually is just like western horoscope. But Chinese is counted by years. Means that every year is different sign instead of month counting like horoscope.

Okay, I will introduce you all to these photos that I've taken on the trip when I visited several places in Malaysia.


This photo has been taken at 'Tian Hou Gong' in Kuala Lumpur. Its a 3 storey high craftwork of 12 sign of Chinese. You can see the top of it is the cow which represent this is the year of cow. While other animals if drawn at the picture around the pillar.

This is another photo I captured. 'Ang Pow' or direct translated 'Red Pocket' which contains money will be given out by married couple to the children. There will be money placed inside and the amount is not nessecery to be very big ... of course the bigger the happier from children hehe...

Plum Flower is represented Spring in Chinese. The begin of Spring means it is the begin of new year. Chinese might prefer Plum Flower as their decoration during Chinese New Year. For me, it is quite beautiful. But most of them are artificial flower...

This is chinese lime. Normally, it is super-duper sour and no one going to eat it... What to do with this little plant? Decoration. The meaning of this lime is luck. They believe to bring luck to the whole new year by placing it during the Chinese New Year. Normally these lime plant will sell quite expensive during peak season.

This is another photo taken at a chinese temple. People queue up to get blessed from these monks to change their luck and fate for the whole new year. Whether it is real or not... No one can tells but at least people believe it.

This is a photo of a mother reading the 'oracle' note when she get from the temple. This should tell her in particular for what to do and not to do. Hope this note will help her so much because She seems to have a good family there.


This is the last photo which I like the most. The shoot of lantern decoration which they decorate during the Chinese New Year in 'Tian Hou Gong'. If you plan to visit there during the great season, I bet you will find out how extremely they hanged the lantern... Even on some place that we can't figure out how they going to hang there.

Sheleequin

After done shooting photos at car park, we go back to college gallery to meet each other. Since we have extra time, we take some photo at gallery for fun..haha!!! Actually we want to put some photo on our sheleequin.blogspot.com

Quinnie, what are you doing?

we are sheleequin......hihi!!!!


3 Little Girls... Hehehe

Opps ... Quinnie has a nice look there hahahahaha

KLCC photo......

This is KLCC. Located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is my first time taking photo at KLCC with my classmates and my photojournalism lecturer.

Although my photo shooting technique is still a beginner. But I've tried my best to choose some nicest photos for you all.

I'm still remember that day is a very hot day. Mighty sun show no mercy to us. But I'm happy to because how sun always give natural exposure. This is also the reason why I have a nice view of KLCC here.

Random Reflection: A Guy From Penang

It was rainy day at the moment I reach the temple. Without any consideration, I went straight to the lower ground where there are a lot of shops such as food stall, souvenir stall, feng shui stall and so on. I start looking for my subject.

This is a boy name Jackie Chan. He's not from Hong Kong but rather our lovely motherland Malaysia. This is his first time visit to Kuala Lumpur and this is the first time he visit this temple located at a hill around MidValley. He is so cute and this makes me want to shoot more photos on him; of course, permission asked.

What is this?

This is where I found him at the first glance. It is in the afternoon. He is looking at a kind of chinese snack at a stall located in lower floor of the temple. He is so wonder what and how does it taste. He think and think for about 2 minutes before he bought it. The reason for this picture has been taken is because he looks so innnocent when staring at the snack. I wonder what people will think when he never seen anything like that.

Hope my wish will come true

After the small snack that he bought at lower ground, he went up straight to the second floor of the temple and start praying. I'm so curious that a youngster like him will pray so heartly. Perhaps I should ask myself why I don't. The reason I take this photo is because I wish to tell the world that there are still some youngster who loyal to religion.

Saint Water? Will he going to drink it?

After he go praying, he being pointed by some guys to this so called 'Saint Water'. Anyway, he has to knee down in order to have water flowing out of the vase. I don't know whether he drank it or not but for sure is the water is came from the mini pond and it just rained out there...

That's all photo from Jackie before his family ask him for lunch.

The main reason I choose these photos is because I really think that religion things will never goes fade no matter what it is. Some might says that only 'old junks' who pray for god but Jackie give them a punch out by showing his loyalty.

I didn't have a chance to interview him since he came for praying. So I just asked him some question like what is his name, where his hometown, why he come, when he will be coming again and what is his feeling about this temple. He is too shy to answer all the questions and he just says that he is quite surprise that Kuala Lumpur will have a big temple compared to Penang. Also, he mentioned that he planned to move to Kuala Lumpur to further his study.

Finally, we become friends and exchanged mobile number so that I can become his tour guide on his next visit.

..... He is quite handsome actually...... hahaha

These photo has been captured on 2nd February 2009 at 'Tian Hou Gong', Kuala Lumpur by Tang Lee Chin.