CNY 2013 in Penang

so here comes the chinese new years post. :)

i came back on the 8th of feb and chilled at bro's house the whole day coz most of the hawkers were closed already. :(

back to penang. day nine.

day eight was nothing much. only clubbing at night and i'm waiting for pictures from the babes. and day nine we had another family lou sang dinner session. this time at cititel hotel. and i'm so gaining weight this chinese new years.

after dinner i guess we all had extra weight. so when we were about to leave and enter the lift, it actually rang telling us it was overweight. ><" pretty funny thou. coz it rang when i stepped in. and the lift kinda bounced. freakayyyy!!!~

and at night i had another club session at mois with chriz. charles. von. vera. allen. seven. and it was fun!!~

left for kl on day ten. and i'm back here now. updates on kl's cny soon. =))

back to penang. day seven. part one.

second day of chinese new years i woke up a lil later than usual. went out roving a little bit and then headed to Queensbay Mall hoping to do a lil shopping but more shops were still closed. so i ended up going back home to take a short nap before heading to chee cousin's place to meet up and head out for dinner.

dinner was thai food. and i seriously recommend this restaurant if u're in penang. lacated at abu city lane in town centre. maa roy thai food restaurant.

the tomyam was great. i enjoyed it alot. so was the other dishes.

and at night 5 of us headed up to kek lok si temple. finally i get to go up and shoot the lights. really really pweeety!!~~~ and baby tigger ju got to tag along.

back to penang. day six. first day of cny.

first day of chinese new years was pretty simple. heading off to vegetarian branch before stopping and hanging out at granny's place. family members come one by one for chinese new years visiting and the young ones says "ang pao roving".

headed to different family and parent's friends places to rove for my collection. and ended up back in granny's place again for dinner.

i finally got to go to kek lok si today. really tired from a whole day. bed time. more tomorrow. =))

back to penang. day five. part five.

as we walked towards the sixth temple which is the kuan yin temple, we were already prepared to feel the heat and smoke. as we got closer to the temple we could already see the smoke from far.

the outside of the temple was practically like a war zone. having seen fire burning everywhere. *i'm sorry if it sounded rude* but with all the tumbled joss stick cups and burning candles all over, it really felt and looked like it.

moreover, there were way more beggars at this temple compared to others. so as i prayed for the safety and health of myself and my love ones, i prayed to the gods to protect my camera when i was there as well. *it was pretty scary if u were there. trust me.*

some kneeled outside to pray, some brought their goggles along to enter the temple. while some of my relatives went through the whole thing, some had a seat at a stall nearby to take a break after simple prayers to the deities from the outside.

while i did something crazy, going through all the heat being the only girl standing with a DSLR with one reporter from The Star and a few other random guys near the big joss stick burning fennel, i believe it was all worth it. the final outcome of the pictures put a smile on my heated up oily face at the end of the shoot.

i was trying out shooting fire lines and for a first timer i'm happy with the outcome with only my kit lens.

and then we left for the final temple. where the temple is located at the roadside and it is a small one. elder people squish to get in to the temple while younger ones will choose to stand outside. we were done with our roving this year in 2 hours record. half an hour faster than last year.

i'm actually really happy to be part of all these actually. it may be tiring but it is really fun to do it once a year. today is first day of chinese new years. so happy chinese new years my dear readers and followers. may health and prosperity will hope into u soon!!!~ ♥