The Wet Wedding (continued)

The bride, trying to avoid her wedding dress from getting soaked by the pouring rain.



One of Syaz's bridesmaids makes sure that Syaz doesn't step on her wedding dress while Syaz and Anis cuts their wedding cake.




The wedding coordinator handling the flower girls, briefing them on what they're suppose to do for the wedding while getting soaked under the heavy rain.




At the end of the day, even though the Garden themed wedding turned out to be a wet one, the bride and groom was still happy and enjoyed the ceremony. They kissed with the presence of their bridesmaids before they ended their lovely wedding reception.


by - farhani Fadzil (DMC13)

The Wet Wedding

On the 31st on January 2009, a young couple held wedding reception at Lake Gardens,Kuala Lumpur for family members and friends to attend.




The bride, Syaz,24, getting ready and having the make up artist from GLAM magazine to do her make up.




3 of Syaz's bridesmaids which are also her best friends, takes a peek at her getting ready.



As the wedding was about to start, the rain started pouring and The groom (Anis) as well as the bride (Syaz) had to run along the aisle with their maid of honour and best man handling umbrellas for them.

to be continued.

This is Ah Seng, he is 79 years old.
I met him in an alley, at Petaling Street. Then he starts telling me about his life. He lives in this alley. Collecting cans and newspaper to support his own living. He lives own his own. Ah Seng kids left him because he is a permanent gambler. His only friends are the immigrant workers. 
 

This is Ah Sing's friend, the unnamed immigrant.He didn't not want me to take his pictures as you can see.The immigrant himself also told me that Ah Sinh has  not much friends, he rarely sees him talking to someone like me.

This is “Kiog Zai”, he lives in the same alley of Ah Seng.
He uses the clay pot as his pillow, while we sleep soundlessly with soft cotton pillow. Layers of newspapers turn into his bed sheet.

This is where Ah Seng stays.
He doesn't have a home.
When the halkers clean up and go back home, i sleep at their stalls, on the table,he said to me.

This is where As sing sleeps.
The table his bad;
the clay pot his pillow.

Disney On Ice!

My first experience working as an usher is for the Disney on Ice show at the Putra Stadium. It ran for 3 days straight with one show on the first day, and three shows on the second and third day. Although I thought the show would only be fun for the kids, I observed that the adults were having a good time also. They were singing along with their kids and some were even getting up and dancing along as well.The show has a story line which involves The incredibles saving Donald Duck and Minnie Mouse from the evil malificient.

Lilo! which made the crowd hyped up when he made an appearence at the early bits of the show.

This is the part where the ghosts come out to dance after Mickey

and Minnie decides to visit the Haunted Mansion.The "ghost dancers"

showed some spectacular moves which left the audience's amazed.

Mad Hatter will actually jump out of the stage to shake hands with the crowd sitting at the first row.This would actually make the audience shocked as no one expects him to do such a thing.

These are the main casts of the whole show, Donald, Mickey, Minnie

and the clumsy Goofy!

This is how the stage looks like before the show starts.The characters would come out from the door which has mickey mouse's face on it.

Overall it was an amazing show and it left me suprised as it was entertaining for not only the kids,but for adults aswell.

ashtin sanjiv(dmc 13)

Photos courtesy from michael yip photography,michaelyip.com

thanks mike! :)

Life As A Japanese Homestay Student

Ever wondered what it's like to live with a family of friendly strangers in a foreign country far away from home? Experience culture shock and not being able to communicate with anyone (except via body language) when you're miles and miles away in the countryside? As a Malaysian city girl, I got to do just that when I went to Japan for a week long homestay, and boy, was it different. This was my life - in pictures.

Welcome to Japan! Arrived at Narita International Airport and we (a group comprising of 20 or so students from all parts of Malaysia), got onto a bus and headed towards the capital city, Tokyo. With a population of 12 million people with 23 wards, Tokyo is a vibrant city of lights, people and entertainment.

The famous pedestrian crossing in Shibuya, one of the more famous wards in Tokyo. A survey conducted by The Discovery Channel in 2002, found that almost 55% of people imagine Shibuya's famous pedestrian crossing when they think of Japan.

The Shinkansen or bullet train - the fastest moving train the world. Moving at the speed of 200-300km/h, this was the train I took from Shinjuku train station in Tokyo to Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture where I was to meet my host family.

We were welcomed by this huge yellow banner at the station where we met our host families for the week. Fukushima prefecture is right next to Tokyo and was about 2 hours away on the Shinkansen. The children aka our host brothers and sisters, made the banner for us we were told they were very excited to meet us!

My two host sisters. Left, Kana, 10 and Hitomi who is 12. My first night in Koriyama was spent going to the local Jusco supermarket with the family and buying groceries for dinner. We bought glutinous rice balls with sweet and salty sauce for dessert and watched TV with our feet tucked under the heated and blanketed coffee table - like the ones seen on Japanese dramas!

One of the many perks of a Japanese supermarket - they even have an IDOL section! Yes parents, right next to the vegetables and fruits, your teenager can now browse the rows of hip-swiveling male idols as you browse the Fresh Produce section. Keychains, photos, posters, notebooks, stationery, stickers and magazines - you name it, we have his face on it. Only in Japan.

Celebrating Malaysia Day at Higashi High School with the rest of the Malaysian students in my prefecture. We played games, ate food from our countries and introduced ourselves to each other. I bonded with a girl named Mikiko who was also a fan of the same idol, Kamenashi Kazuya. Nothing in life is more satisfactory than fangirling with a real Japanese fangirl. We exchanged emails and promised to keep in touch.

The pride of Fukushima prefecture - Aizu-wakamatsu. This castle has a significant place in Japanese history as it is the home of the Byakkotai or White Tiger Corps. The Byakkotai were teenage samurai who fought in the Boshin war. Due to loyalty to their lord, they committed suicide when they saw that the castle on Imori Hill was on fire. Benito Mussolini heard of the story of the Byakkotai members who committed suicide, and was deeply impressed by their loyalty to their lord. In 1928, he donated a column from to be erected by the graves at Iimori Hill; this column remains there to the present day. Aizu-wakamatsu also served as a backdrop to idol Yamashita Tomohisa's movie Byakkotai in 2006.

The Akabeko, or red cow, is a traditional toy of the Aizu region in Japan. Aizu legend claims that the toys are based on a real cow that lived in the 9th century and showed its devotion to Buddha by willing its soul away or by refusing to leave the site of a temple it had helped to construct. The earliest akabeko toys were created in the late 16th or early 17th century. Over time, people came to believe that the toys could ward off illnesses. Akabeko has become one of Fukushima Prefecture's most famous crafts and a symbol of the Aizu region. In Aizu-wakamatsu, visitors are given an opportunity to paint their very own Akabeko.

A picture taken with the Fujiki family in the hills of Fukushima. A typical day in the Fujiki household started with me eating breakfast with the family then walking with Hitomi to junior high school where I would sit in class and pretend to understand. We would have lunch in the school and my host mother would pick me up to go shopping or visit a fellow Malaysian student's home. Japanese junior high school students start their day as early as 8am and come home at 5pm due to after-school activities. We would have dinner in front of TV and fangirl whenever an idol we like comes on.

Saying goodbye to everyone before we left for home. A big thank you to the Ministry of Education Malaysia for the big opportunity and experience. Where else would I have gone for fully-nude hot spring bath? Never will I ever forget the image of a naked old woman if it weren't for this experience, and for that, I am very grateful. Japan - a country of endless possibilities, technology and history.

- Nicole Yeong, DMC12

Magic Island,Langkawi

Most people think Langkawi is just another place to drink and let loose on every single stress, but on my journey to Langkawi it was more then just a trip. It was more of a bonding session and also party. This entire holiday was to reward ourselves after 3 months of movie production back in IACT.

Upon our very tiring 8 hours bus ride from Kuala Lumpur, we quickly found our way to the best beach side chalet called 'Mali Best' and then we checked in. No time for nap, a quick lunch and we did what we are perfectly good at 'STOCK UP' you will now what i mean when you scroll down.

Yes that is exactly what i was talking about, what else do you think will cheer us up as much as a collection of alcohol, well this was one of the reason we chose Langkawi.

And minutes after that i got drunk!

Just Kidding i am an indian, unlike most people whom like to get wasted with alcohol we chose to relax by the beach and just chit-chat, we were definitely prepared to hit the waters of the ocean.

And there we were after having a nice cold beer, relaxing our souls on the beach and finally to the water to have some fun, while the rest of the gang decided to stay dry. What a bunch of losers, jokes.

Our experience in the beach was not for long, we got back to our rooms and decided to get ready to hit a bar nearby our place and so we took off to the 'Bar Babylon'

Over there i met this interesting character, cant recall his name. Was a Singaporean though, the guy was really built and buff he was telling me of how happening this island is and he wished he could settle down in Langkawi but sadly has to return to Singapore because he was going to join the National service in Singapore. WOW! that explains the muscles and body building-ness

And then he collapsed right after having that little chit chat with me, well i clearly didn't know the guy cant drink, well i guess all that work out didn't help him to control his alcohol.
The party went on for hours, we had our drink, our shot our dances and all, was a really awesome experience as we got closer to our seniors and personally since it was my first time in Langkawi, i know for sure i had a bomb.

Courage, the goal of his life.

Happiness is a direction, not a place. It just depends on how some one see's it. Sometimes we look back to our childhood days and nothing can be remembered as we're all typical humans who never looks back and correct our mistakes. We only look ahead. Whereas, for this boy over here,It's never too late for him to have a happy childhood.

The boy's name, is Zhi Yang. I met him in on one of my social visits to the orphan's. Everyone children there were very playful, naughty, whereas this boy over here, he was different. He had the confident when i took his pictures. He had the charm in him that no other kids have. This just shows that we can learn many things from children's. For instance, this boy knows he had lost his parents, yet he see's life in a different perspective. Sometime's, Children make you want to start life over.

This is a candid picture of him smiling. Just take a minute off and think, when was the last time do you actually laugh as though nothing else matters anymore? Or even laugh as though u are really happy and you have no worries in life? For me, i see that this boy has nothing but purely happiness. What is a home without children? Quiet.

Ever heard of the phrase " It's not how many times you fall that matters, it's how many time you get back up" . Sometimes we tend to forget about what life could actually bring us. Instead we waste our time focusing on the bad side of life. What happened to the good side? Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. If you're not using your smile, you're like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook.

This is another candid shot of him playing around with the other kids around him.

If we would listen to our kids, we'd discover that they are largely extraordinary in their own way. So for those who have abandoned your kids on purpose, do your kids a favor - don't have any.

This is the last shot of the boy. It is important to know that a smile of encouragement at the right moment may act like sunlight on a closed-up flower. It may be the turning point for a struggling life. So, for those who frowns all the time, i suppose it's time for you to learn from these pictures and Smile! It's the second best thing you can do with your lips.

♥ Lim Lixian

DmC 13

Russian Exchange

A Russian boy Named Amin, came down to Malaysia for an exchange student program for only 2 weeks, a few of us brought him around town and thought him a little bit of english and malay when he was down here. It was a great honor to bring him around and showed him places.

This first day that we met Amin, he was so hyper, we brought him to our area, One Utama.
This was the tortoise that he just grabbed out of the fish pond thinking that it's not a big issue.

This was the second day where we brought Amin down to KL, and brought him to the best arabian tea time place a shisha spot, called Sahara tent.

This was the guys from left, Afif, Dave and Chris, that brought him around, along with Esty.

We showed Amin what was a Beca.

This was at KL when there was a Barathamnatiam Traditional Indian Dance at Tourism Malaysia Building.

Amin wanted to get a picture with that printed girl with his new buddies.

He jacked the Malaysian flag that was hanging around at Tourism Malaysia.
And just take it without even bothering whether people was looking.
He pronounced Merdeka - MONECA!

A party night out with the Russian boy, showed him how Malaysian Party?
He enjoyed it, culture shock for him apparently.

This was the gift Esty and I made him on his last day in Malaysia.
Brought him to Hartamas Square.
He cried out of happiness and was very touched of how we toke care of him

Him crying and smiling at the same time.

The guys he bonded with as brothers for the past 2 weeks.

So many things to do, so little time with Amin.
he was such an entertainment for us.