Gong Xi Fat Choi, ppl! part.2

welcome to macan-logam year everyone!! rrraaaarrr

fyi, i kinda hate my forehead, it's super-duper big :(

i tried to play with the candle light but the results not too good
my objects (hanna) turned out to be blurred, i think my technique was wrong
could you tell me to do it right?? let's share :)



please everyone look at the jeans' stuck. ahahhahaha :p



do you think we're like twins?? we're just
someone told us so, a man at the klenteng.
many people said we're look the same, but hell noooo



me wearing the barongsai mask, pretty cool, isn'it?? hahaha



i ask how much it is to the man (abang pedagang)
it's expensive, more than 100k. but you can bargain of course
he got various stuff. first, with batteries so the light in the eyes could turn on
the second, the eyes could wink. cute!!


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when we're on our way to the parking lot, we met these boys.
they were THE JAK MANIA.
they got spirits and camera-freak hahahhaha

the orange t-shirts said:
"anti-viking"
"tidak ada kata terlambat sebelum musuh dilumat"
"Gue Jakmania, Lu Siapa Cuy..?!"

form your fingers into "J" letter

take a pose, boys!!



i ♥ this pic



ta-raaa ~
couple of the year, me version :p

fin.

gong xi fat choi, ppl! part.1

IMLEK is a big big day for chinese people to celebrate their new year. Im not chinese but i'd like to take some photo shoot when the day has come. And yeah it's coming at february 14th right when valentine's day (hahaha i dont do this for real).
Me accompanied with peter and my sister, hanna, firstly came to klenteng which located behind standard chartered building near sudirman. When we had arrived and then looked at the front gate, there's no one in there. Is this place not a klenteng for people to pray?? Well i dunno for sure.
Dont wanna end up with empty hands, we quickly change our destination to Klenteng Petak Sembilan, which took place on Glodok, Kota. I have already been in there for photo hunting at my high school-time when im joining "Lensa Mahakam", a not-so-popular extra curricular back at the time. So this would be the twice for me. hehhe let's back to the main story i got.
We directly move to glodok and easily went to the klenteng by following people who seemed to go to there (just look at the clothes they wear, they gotta have spick-and-span look for praying). Arrived at 09.40 a.m, the place not too crowded at first but whuuuusshhh sooner later the place seemed full with people. Lots of chinese, pro & amateur photographers, beggars, asongan seller, security unit. This time i wore swimming glasses, learning from the last experience that my eyes hurt so baaaad.

hey if you wanna find out our luck in this macan logam year, just click here
it's in indonesian language, horrraayyy...

IMPORTANT NOTE:
next year, if you want to go to Klenteng for photo hunting, do not forget to bring a fully close glasses like swimming or diving glasses. it would protect you from massive smoke that came from hio burnt. do not feel ashamed or ridiculous to wear this inside the klenteng if you dont want to hurt your eyes.

FYI, it was difficult for me to take perfect moments. i usually used Manual Mode and im not too handy to use it fast (you know everyone moved here and there and i was just blocking their movement for praying). i really adore people who could take such a delicate moment that truly describe what they wanna share to us. that's why i really really want to take journalist photography course. next year would be great for me i think, hehheheee.
so these are the photos i love the most. i really need comments and advises to improve my skills. big thanks for those who like my post.

this altar is on another klenteng building, this place looked quiet compared to the other

burn hio burn

im very curious with these statue on the altar,
can you tell me the names and what for??

pinkish hio, i love the color :)


candle lights

lots of giant candles, those are taller than me

need to concentrate

barongsai masks

you know who she is, rite?? hehehe
yup, Fitri Tropica! haha

asongan seller


acong and his sister (i think)
actually i dunno his name, but i think acong is a perfect name for this boy


acong was playing with one of these plastic dragon


duit duit duit
imlek was just like ied (moslem's big day), crowded with beggars who need angpao

to be continued........

RAMEN OH RAMEN

just an culinary info post. ehehehhe you better not read this if you dont want to ;p

2do before i die = i wanna eat ramen

ahahahhaa i already had a bowl of ramen before, but i really really wanna try RAMEN 38 SANPACHI where located at Deha Pondok Indah. many of my friends already tried eatin' in this ramen shop and they told me the place gotta good taste. aaaaannnd, here i am and of course accompanied with my bf peter, we went for culinary thingy. so i tried jigoku ramen, a very dangerous meal which make you hot as hell :p but loooove it!! so many chillies with chicken and mushroom on it. just feel the spice, you can pick your spicy level and dare yourself to try the most spicy level. i just had level-3. oh i forgot to tell, this place provides pork if you like
just come and try people...

jigoku ramen, 45k, you can see the reddish gravy

forgot the name, 48k

sluuuurrrrpppp

have a great meal everyone :)