Garden City of Lights

Weekend comes and have lots of fun

Joke around makes us feel like one

Super slackers now kiss my heart

Growing older is not my fault

-Butterworth Pushfull

Got back from the Lantern Festival in Ipoh last Thursday, with my luvly friends..had a blast. Its been a while since I had something exiciting to look forward too. So letting the pictures speak for themselves, this will deifinitely be a photo entry. The lanterns were up by dusk, and at 8pm was the judging rounds. We missed the Lion Dance. The lanterns it is then...

We got to let our imaginations run loose as the designers crafted magically enchanted lanterns to please both the judges and crowd.

Display of intricately detailed handicrafts.

There he is in between the swarm of red fishies..

Oowh, lupe nak mention. Yup, there was also a photography competition held at the same time. 1st prize goes to rm1,500 and up to like 16 consolation prizes of rm100. So guess what? The place was packed with eager photographers ready to capture your connection with the lanterns on display. (Above, jenga ckp sorang2 hehe..)

Children show genuine emotion, but are hard to capture. So they had to settle for this big kid. Hahaa..jd model aku mlm tuh!! Gc kept a close eye on me at all times. Seriously funny! Maybe the theme nowadays is cultural integrity and I was the only female malay donning the tudung.. Right place, right time. (above : by s1nach)

Well actually, it started out as us posing for our own cameras. But then out of nowhere this photographer comes up and *snap* *snap* a pic of you. You smile in embarassment. The photgrapher goes up to your bf and rattles,

"Lu bwk lu punya isteri, dekat2 dgn ini lantern ayam..Jgn pandang camera..buat mcm cakap2.."

Huh??! Isteri sape? haha..that was hillarious. We didn't know what we were supposed to do. The lantern was of two wild chickens, and after the awkward photoshoot the photographer explains that the animals represent marital bliss. Right.

And that was pretty much the launch of my one-night-modelling career. This pic shows this guy from The Star asking me to pose for him.. Tolong sesame melayu.. tak salah. I even modeled with my roomie. Jenga lg klaka..siap berdialog ngn aku lg time tu. But it got a bit tiring when you had to pose for like, God knows how many DSLRs that night. Bottom line was, it was a nice feeling.

"Amoi, amoi!! Saya belum tangkap lg ya!! Tunggu saya.. wahhh...Time kaseh ow."

There was a point I was dripping in sweat while posing. Like in the final pose of me grabbing an orange from the middle of this ancient chinese coin shaped lantern. I hope they use my pics..hehe

Tgk btol2..I think I was sauna-ed the whole session through. Gc slipped in the middle of the big lenses and got this for me!

Gc wasn't in many pics that nite. He was avoiding being paparazzied.

I accomplished what I had planned on. Taking pictures.

And etc.. Many thanks to jenga for the signatures.. I have yet to install photoshop *sigh* thanks to s1nach for coming along, for your expertise and kind guidance. To my gc. I had so much fun. Thank youu!!