Thursday, February 07, 2008
Loyang Tua Pek Gong
Ok, So my dad said a few weeks ago that after eating reunion dinner, we will go and look at the deco in Chinatown.
He kinda lied >.<
We didn't go to Chinatown, which was probably a good idea anyway since it's all crowded and the roads are closed till 3 AM. We went to Loyang Tua Pek Gong. As we got there I was like WHOA. There's a huge bunch of people there. I guess it makes sense since people are there to 插头香. Incidentally, that just means your first stick of incense for the year. Yes, YOU, not the first stick of incense for the temple. Anyway, there wre quite a lot of festivities going on. The place was quite nicely decorated. I took some photos but I think they turned out quite crappy since I had to take them on the go, my parents weren't going to wait around till I composed shots.
This is a lovely ceiling that they have at the Loyang Tua Pek Gong. I actually wanted to take a photo of the ceiling inside the main hall, but I didn't quite get the chance to do that.
It's the New Year and we even have friends from the other races joining in the crowds. For those who don't know, the Loyang Tua Pek Gong has a space at the side for the a couple of the Hindu gods and a Datok.
What is a countdown without some fireworks? Even though the countdown was only conducted after the New year had already arrived. For the confused, the chinese day starts at 2300 (子时) and not midnight. If you really want to be technical, in Singapore that would mean 2330hrs because we had previously adjusted our time ahead by 30 mins to align ourselves with Malaysia.
Anyway, I thought I'd be like smart and take handheld shots with a wide aperture of 3.5, it was a bad idea as you can see from this photo
After some quick adjustments, the result was not that much better since I can only take very short exposures.
Like I said, my fireworks shots gets worse with every shoot I go to.
And to end the fireworks, we have a display of flying paper!
Finally to let you guys have a feel of how smoky it was...
Not a bad way to start the year off indeed.
I'm currently enjoying the New Year holidays because it is sooooooo quiet. It only gets so quiet like once a year. It used to be this quiet till the 5th day of Chinese New Year but recently it starts returning to normal by the third day or so. Come on people, take a break!
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Ok, So my dad said a few weeks ago that after eating reunion dinner, we will go and look at the deco in Chinatown.
He kinda lied >.<
We didn't go to Chinatown, which was probably a good idea anyway since it's all crowded and the roads are closed till 3 AM. We went to Loyang Tua Pek Gong. As we got there I was like WHOA. There's a huge bunch of people there. I guess it makes sense since people are there to 插头香. Incidentally, that just means your first stick of incense for the year. Yes, YOU, not the first stick of incense for the temple. Anyway, there wre quite a lot of festivities going on. The place was quite nicely decorated. I took some photos but I think they turned out quite crappy since I had to take them on the go, my parents weren't going to wait around till I composed shots.
This is a lovely ceiling that they have at the Loyang Tua Pek Gong. I actually wanted to take a photo of the ceiling inside the main hall, but I didn't quite get the chance to do that.
It's the New Year and we even have friends from the other races joining in the crowds. For those who don't know, the Loyang Tua Pek Gong has a space at the side for the a couple of the Hindu gods and a Datok.
What is a countdown without some fireworks? Even though the countdown was only conducted after the New year had already arrived. For the confused, the chinese day starts at 2300 (子时) and not midnight. If you really want to be technical, in Singapore that would mean 2330hrs because we had previously adjusted our time ahead by 30 mins to align ourselves with Malaysia.
Anyway, I thought I'd be like smart and take handheld shots with a wide aperture of 3.5, it was a bad idea as you can see from this photo
After some quick adjustments, the result was not that much better since I can only take very short exposures.
Like I said, my fireworks shots gets worse with every shoot I go to.
And to end the fireworks, we have a display of flying paper!
Finally to let you guys have a feel of how smoky it was...
Not a bad way to start the year off indeed.
I'm currently enjoying the New Year holidays because it is sooooooo quiet. It only gets so quiet like once a year. It used to be this quiet till the 5th day of Chinese New Year but recently it starts returning to normal by the third day or so. Come on people, take a break!
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