日惹 Yogyakarta(Jogja)

浮罗佛图 Borodudur

Lion Dance 舞狮

CNY celebration won't be perfect without the performance of Lion Dance. It is believed that the 'Lion' will scare away the 'bads' and bring in the 'goods'. A team of with a few 'Lion Dancers' and musicians will be invited to houses, shops and even corporate buildings to perform, in hoping that it would bring good luck to the family members or more businesses.

My family owns a well-known building materials shop in Ipoh. Every year, on the 2nd day of CNY(年初二), the Lion Dance team is expected around noon time to perform at the shop. This tradition has been carried out for many years, even before I was born. I am still a first row spectator of that, although I'm now 24. Just like my cousins ........


This year, of course, there's Lion Dance performance at our shop. This time, they came with a 关公狮(Red lion). As to what I know, there are Black/Green(张飞狮), Yellow(刘备狮) and others. All the lions are named according to their colour, with a character in Romance of the Three Kingdoms(三国演义).

The musicians: - Setting up & getting ready

I'm coming in!

In front of the Altar, blessing for my Ancestors.

Half time, change of player!

In the showroom of the shop.

Look! The Lion is so Pro & Creative!

采青ing

Finale - Kowtowing

Thanks Dudes! Pity them, had to cramp in this tiny lorry.

Normally, the performance would be ended with fire crackers burning. Nevertheless, this is now banned in Malaysia. Too bad. Otherwise, we could see the floor covered by a layer of red colour pieces. It's definitely a good time to take good photo. Not only for the colour, but for the 'Noise' too. Long long time ago, people burned firecrackers as they believed that it would scared away the monster, Nian(年). Red, is always the 'In' colour during CNY!

恭贺新禧

春节快乐

丁亥年猪事顺利

猪年行大运

Happy Lunar New Year!!!!!!!!

Ipohmali

Lyric from str8tothepoint.blogspot.com

Ipohmali feat. DJ Fuzz & Jaclyn Victor of Malaysian Idol

Composed and lyrics by: Point Blanc
Produced by Point Blanc for Voyeur Records
Co-Produced by: Major RE for Voyeur Records
Beat programmed by: Major RE for Voyeur Records
Publishing: So Fly Publishing Sdn. Bhd./ EMI Music Publishing Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.


(Intro)

Yo, this song’s close to the heart, it’s my hometown baby, representin’/Ipoh where you at?

(Chorus)

Ipohmali Ipoh Ipohmali/ I sing it loud and proud that’s who I be/Cos’ small town dreams do come through/ so stand up and represent where you from too booUh/ Ipohmali Ipoh Ipohmali/I sing it loud and proud that’s who I be/Cos’ small town dreams do come through so stand up and represent where you from too boo

(Verse 1)

Yo I was born and raised in a place/ where the hottest women come from /Ipoh city/ that’s where I’ll always belong/ Don’t get me wrong yo/I’m KL lite now/ Its just that my roots stay strong/Growin’ up as a Ipoh chink kid representin’ it/ Ipoh Garden Eastside yo was the hood I was kickin’ it/I grew up poor but I had the riches memories/ Wooley Food Centre rockin’ arcades religiously/ And after school/ me and my crew/ DFS would be-boy on the sidewalks in front of Fair Park shops/ And as my story drops/ I recollect I never had them fancy kicks, fancy clothes all I had was Hip Hop/And peer pressure left me with a scar/cos' when kids were rockin’ Airwalks/I was rockin’ Bata/Back then/ I had nothin’ but a dream to be a rap star/Now who would have thought this Ipoh chink would get this far?

Chorus 1x

(Verse 2)

Yo I’m a Ipohmali chinaman/ I represent/ small town kids havin’ big dreams so understand/ When I spit this rhyme yo’ I’m spittin’ it right/My flows divine and miraculous givin’ the blind sight, hahaBack in the day circa ‘95/ In St. Michaels Church where I prayed for my life to get better/So I can be mah’ family’s provider/ the answer/ was to audition for Poetic Ammunition’s replacement rapper/I dropped the beatbox blew Yogi B away/ got the record deal/ had a choice to make/ leave for KL or do I stay?/ Cos’ everybody sayin’ then bein’ a rapper don’t pay/ From Bingotown to Greentown I was strollin’/ contemplatin’ what mah’ life’s future would be holdin’/ Everybody I knew was all against it/ they said 16 yearold Ipoh kid will never make it/ But I/ persevered/ A boy with no fear/ I had hopes as high as Hotel Excelsior/ For years I proved my critics wrong/ that’s why I wrote this song to tell the world where I’m from cos’ I’m…….

Chorus 1x

(Bridge)

We Ipohmali baby here to show y’all what we got/Never underestimate yourself/ cos’ you can make it/ no matter where you are/It ain’t where you’re from but how you make it to the top/Cos’ we are Ipohmali baby, here to show y’all what we got/

To all mah’ peeps all down at JB/ Throw your hands up if y’all hear me/To all mah cats down at KL city/ Holla at me if y’all hear me/To all my pheng ew across the sea now/ Penang khia are y’all still down?/And everybody across the nation/ you can make it just be patient/

(Verse 3)

Now flash forward to the present/ mah’ life at this point/Nobody knows mah’ real name/ they all call me Point/I’m an industry veteran/ 10 years in the game/ 3 LPs/ now that’s evidence/I seen it all/ the ladies, the groupies, the fancy parties, award ceremonies, glory and all that money (money)/ But I learned the hard way that fame came with a price/For Point Blanc to be more famous than Ipoh chicken rice/

(Outro singing)

Ipoh, Ipoh, if y’all afraid go call the popo/It’s your boy Point lettin’ you know/ the hottest chink hollerin’ from Ipoh/

(Repeat 1x)

(Outro adlib)

Voyeur Records! It ain’t where you’re from/ its where you at/So be proud of where you’re from baby, cos’ I am/

Gua Tempurung

八人行 - 留影于椰壳洞 (Gua Tempurung)