Hi folks, I guess most of us here in Malaysia have enough of long festive and public holidays and weekends over the last few weeks. There were the Federal Territory Day on Wednesday 1 February, 2012 in Kuala Lumpur and the Federal Territory of Putrajaya and Labuan. Then there was this Birthday of Prophet Muhammad on Sunday 5 February, 2012 followed by Chap Goh Meh which is the fifteenth day of the Chinese New Year on Monday 6 February, 2012 and finally the Hindu religious Thaipusam on Tuesday 7 February, 2012. The Hindu celebrated Ponggal which was their harvest festival over four days including Monday 16 January, 2012 in Malaysia but it was not a public holiday.
It is great to be living in my beloved (Rasa Sayang) country Malaysia to truly know our ethnic diversity and of getting to know so many friends and of different cultures and traditions. Well some of us like the long weekends and holidays so that we can do the things we like and wanted to do in our lifetime which we may have planned for a long time. As for some, holidays are good time to have reunions and spend quality time with loved ones or fulfilling some promises to bring your children for special treatments since they may done well in their examinations.
Maybe, you could be one just like me who just like to listen to some of the oldies and songs that bring some sweet memories during these holidays. Thanks to so many lovely songs uploaded onto You Tube by our community. I like to thank zoundcracker for the lovely songs shared on You Tube. One of these oldies reminded me of the Hong Kong TV series that my parents and I watched on the rented video tapes back in the eighties.
As for me, I also took time to have good rests but too much of it made me lethargic and not good for the physical health and mind. Now is the time to get back to work and grind. God is good and great as He gives us HOPE of every thing new not just on the New Year of our creeds and cultures but every day. Be it new found prosperity especially for all of you and for the Chinese people who would love for this Dragon Year for it is said that the Chinese are the descendants of the Dragon.
Here are some video clips that I managed to record while on stopover at Genting Highlands Resorts for you to enjoy and to cherish.
I missed a few performances when the dancers were dancing to the Ding Dong Song as my video camera memory card was full.
Showing posts with label Chinese New Year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese New Year. Show all posts
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Wishing You A Happy & Prosperous Chinese New Year - Gong Xi Fa Cai
My Dear Friends, Family, Relatives and Business Associates, Wishing You A Happy & Prosperous Chinese New Year. For those traveling and driving home to be with the family and reunion dinners, please ensure proper maintenance and road worthiness of your vehicles. Please drive carefully. Take a rest if you are tired and continue you journey when you have freshen up. Kindly ensure the safety of everyone and other road users.
For those who are on duty and at work during this festive holidays, I say thank you for your services as you are key to keeping everyone happy and alive to celebrate this auspicious occasion. Thank you to some of these very very important persons rendering services such as the Hospital and Medical staff, the Banking staff, The Police and Traffic Officers, The Military, The Airport and Air Controllers and Airlines, The Shipping Ports, Ferry Services, Train and Railway Services, The Buses and Drivers and Station Masters and Automobile Workshops and Towing Services and also the Petrol Kiosks operators. The Shopping Malls and the Movie Theaters to keep us shopping and entertained which do not close on these days. Of course, the Telecommunications and Broadcasting stations keeping us in touch with one another. Thank you to the radio deejays for playing us non-stop music and updates on the traffic and news. To my fellow insurance agents and colleagues, I salute you for the on call duty for the emergencies. I want to remember the special group of people at call centers and at help desks of the various industries and especially the Chartis Malaysia Insurance Berhad Travel Guard.
The team at Travel Guard are ever ready 24 hours throughout the year to assist anyone whether you are insured client or not in your travel related emergencies while overseas or in a foreign sovereign. The team for Asia Region is based in Kuala Lumpur. I remember you.
Gong Xi Fa Cai.
For those who are on duty and at work during this festive holidays, I say thank you for your services as you are key to keeping everyone happy and alive to celebrate this auspicious occasion. Thank you to some of these very very important persons rendering services such as the Hospital and Medical staff, the Banking staff, The Police and Traffic Officers, The Military, The Airport and Air Controllers and Airlines, The Shipping Ports, Ferry Services, Train and Railway Services, The Buses and Drivers and Station Masters and Automobile Workshops and Towing Services and also the Petrol Kiosks operators. The Shopping Malls and the Movie Theaters to keep us shopping and entertained which do not close on these days. Of course, the Telecommunications and Broadcasting stations keeping us in touch with one another. Thank you to the radio deejays for playing us non-stop music and updates on the traffic and news. To my fellow insurance agents and colleagues, I salute you for the on call duty for the emergencies. I want to remember the special group of people at call centers and at help desks of the various industries and especially the Chartis Malaysia Insurance Berhad Travel Guard.
The team at Travel Guard are ever ready 24 hours throughout the year to assist anyone whether you are insured client or not in your travel related emergencies while overseas or in a foreign sovereign. The team for Asia Region is based in Kuala Lumpur. I remember you.
Gong Xi Fa Cai.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Roadshow and Opera to say Thank You to the Deity at Kota Permai
If you have been in Malaysia over the last couple of weeks, you would probably be entertained by our local singers at the Ge-Tai(Mandarin) or in Hokkien " Ko-Tai or Roadshow had you ventured out at night to the local Chinese temples. You would also had the opportunity to watch a traditional Chinese Opera show too. Over here in Bukit Mertajam, the local Chinese community here speaks the local TeoChew dialect as compared to the majority of the local Chinese community in Penang Island who speaks Hokkien dialect. Therefore, the opera shows over here are mostly the TeoChew Opera.
However, due to the Opera show and its traditional culture and apprenticeship which are not "seen" to be paying attractive income and the nomadic lifestyle(due to frequent travels around the country to perform at various temples) of the troupe members, comprising the actors, actresses, supporting casts, make-up artist, wardrobe and tailors, the musical team which sometimes doubled up as the stage crews in setting up the "theater and backdrops" which play the traditional musical instruments such as drums,gongs, trumpets and flutes and cymbals, these professional arts and noble jobs are hardly attracting the new and young generations.
They have to put in long hours of training to acquire the acting skills and singing and dancing. They have to teach themselves to paint their faces with colored powders and other cosmetics to depict the faces of heroes and heroines and villains too. They eat at and sleep on the temporary stage set up by the local committee of the temples. It is hard to find a local opera troupe to perform because today's Chinese younger generation are leading a very different lifestyle in the advent of digital age, and have higher expectation of a quality lifestyle in the comfort of the beautiful five stars hotels and the lime lights of the more sophisticated modern art of acting and the glitters on the silver screen and to bash in the glamors of the Hollywood for being cast in the Megabucks Blockbuster Movies. They probably want to be glamorous like Jet Li, Chow Yun-Fat, Sammo Hung or Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li and etc. Guess what? Even today, the Opera troupes are imported from China to perform here in Malaysia. At one time, the troupes from Thailand were quite regular here. They probably find it hard to get new bloods into the industry.
Another dying culture is the Chinese puppet shows which are also performed to thank the deities. Today, we have the animation using the computer digital technologies. I have seen in the past that some temples when they could not secure the puppet shows or the opera, they had hired the services of the cinema crews who show the old movies on a large white screen like a drive-through movie which is more economical and easy to set-up. For the Opera show, there are usually two performances per day. One episode in the afternoon and one episode at night. As for the Ge-Tai or Roadshow, it is only performed at night and usually from 8.00pm to 12.00 midnight with a mixtures of male and female singers who usually dressed sexily or in scantily outfits. Male singers are also rare nowadays as the audience preferred to watch females performers.
Recently, the Opera show held at Kota Permai was to thank the deity "Datuk Kong" or the so called Malay Spirit Deity worshiped by the Chinese community especially those that practiced Taoism for the blessings which they belief were bestowed throughout the whole of last year. Some of the businessmen and residents would sponsor and donate huge sum of moneys to organize the event make burnt offerings. The local shopping center, Billion Supermarket sponsored one night performance of the Roadshow. At Kota Permai, the "Datuk Kong" is said to be "dwelling or residing" at the big rock along the main road of Jalan Kota Permai and it is the main deity housed at the temple built onto it. See my earlier post on the temple here. At this temple, pork offerings and non-kosher foods are not allowed to be offered to the "Datuk" deity as it is a Malay Spirit and it is considered a taboo. Ill luck and bad fate will befall the persons who make such an offering blunder. Even the singer will respect the deity by singing at least one Malay song to entertain the deity.
Here is one Malay song titled Sha-Na-Na sang by Miss Chang Sin Yee.
Anyway, the deity and or other deities will watch the opera or puppet show or Ge-Tai secured as offerings and thanksgivings by the local temple committee who are themselves nominated among the sponsors and donors annually or for a specific term. Of course, the people and residents like me who like to see Roadshows will join the crowd just to watch the performances for free. In the present days, there are plastic stools for sitting and canvas tents sheltering from the rain. In the olden days where I grew up as a child, there were rows of wooden planks laid on stilts and tighten with bolts and nuts above grasses and muddy open spaces and arranged like rows of seats in a theater hall with no shelters except for the makeshift stage.
Those days, we could only watch and it remained in memory. Today, we can shoot photograph and record video. That is why you are now enjoying these video clips that I recorded with Sony handy camera. Here at the Chinese temple roadshow, we cheer and clap for the singers as they sing and entertain us with the latest pop songs and dances. The visitors to the temples will usually close their hands together and kneeling or bowing down, and offer prayers with burning incenses (joss-sticks which can be plain and tiny or big with dragon and figurines and printed joss-papers in gold and silver colors accompanied by lighted candles and lamps to the deity or deities at the temples. Some who have been blessed with good-fortunes will make cash donations. They may even bring along food-stuffs such as boiled chicken, eggs, home cooked meals and dishes, fruits and cookies to offer to the deity or deities. After the prayer sessions, these food-stuffs can be taken back home and consume as it is belief to bring good luck and blessing. You can expect the joss-sticks or incenses with dragon figurines will be popular throughout this Chinese New Year as this is the Lunar year of the Water Dragon.
In contrast, at the Church, the worshipers play the musical instruments, sing praises and worship songs to God, dancing, clapping and raising hands in prayer postures, bowing or kneeling down and giving thanks unto the Lord and Jesus Christ. There are Malay and Murut versions of Songs of Praise and Worship. The church congregations give tithes and offerings in cash and checks. The modern and large churches even accept offerings through debit to credit card accounts or online transfers using the latest banking facilities. These monies are used by the Church to support its administration, missions and to help the poor and needy. The Church have the Holy Communions where the disciples broke breads and eat and drink the cups of wine in remembrance of the Lord Jesus Christ for His Love and Sacrifice for us.
Now you may like to ask, who is worshiping and who is singing? Who is thanking God and who is being entertained? Who benefited from the collection of monies and how it is being used? Anyway, mankind came empty handed into this mortal world and cannot take it with us when we leave this world. Let us be good Stewards and Custodians of what God has placed in our care and hands.
Here, enjoy the opera, roadshow, the pop songs and worship songs and may God Bless you and family and be with you always. Gong Xi Gong Xi.
However, due to the Opera show and its traditional culture and apprenticeship which are not "seen" to be paying attractive income and the nomadic lifestyle(due to frequent travels around the country to perform at various temples) of the troupe members, comprising the actors, actresses, supporting casts, make-up artist, wardrobe and tailors, the musical team which sometimes doubled up as the stage crews in setting up the "theater and backdrops" which play the traditional musical instruments such as drums,gongs, trumpets and flutes and cymbals, these professional arts and noble jobs are hardly attracting the new and young generations.
They have to put in long hours of training to acquire the acting skills and singing and dancing. They have to teach themselves to paint their faces with colored powders and other cosmetics to depict the faces of heroes and heroines and villains too. They eat at and sleep on the temporary stage set up by the local committee of the temples. It is hard to find a local opera troupe to perform because today's Chinese younger generation are leading a very different lifestyle in the advent of digital age, and have higher expectation of a quality lifestyle in the comfort of the beautiful five stars hotels and the lime lights of the more sophisticated modern art of acting and the glitters on the silver screen and to bash in the glamors of the Hollywood for being cast in the Megabucks Blockbuster Movies. They probably want to be glamorous like Jet Li, Chow Yun-Fat, Sammo Hung or Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li and etc. Guess what? Even today, the Opera troupes are imported from China to perform here in Malaysia. At one time, the troupes from Thailand were quite regular here. They probably find it hard to get new bloods into the industry.
Another dying culture is the Chinese puppet shows which are also performed to thank the deities. Today, we have the animation using the computer digital technologies. I have seen in the past that some temples when they could not secure the puppet shows or the opera, they had hired the services of the cinema crews who show the old movies on a large white screen like a drive-through movie which is more economical and easy to set-up. For the Opera show, there are usually two performances per day. One episode in the afternoon and one episode at night. As for the Ge-Tai or Roadshow, it is only performed at night and usually from 8.00pm to 12.00 midnight with a mixtures of male and female singers who usually dressed sexily or in scantily outfits. Male singers are also rare nowadays as the audience preferred to watch females performers.
Recently, the Opera show held at Kota Permai was to thank the deity "Datuk Kong" or the so called Malay Spirit Deity worshiped by the Chinese community especially those that practiced Taoism for the blessings which they belief were bestowed throughout the whole of last year. Some of the businessmen and residents would sponsor and donate huge sum of moneys to organize the event make burnt offerings. The local shopping center, Billion Supermarket sponsored one night performance of the Roadshow. At Kota Permai, the "Datuk Kong" is said to be "dwelling or residing" at the big rock along the main road of Jalan Kota Permai and it is the main deity housed at the temple built onto it. See my earlier post on the temple here. At this temple, pork offerings and non-kosher foods are not allowed to be offered to the "Datuk" deity as it is a Malay Spirit and it is considered a taboo. Ill luck and bad fate will befall the persons who make such an offering blunder. Even the singer will respect the deity by singing at least one Malay song to entertain the deity.
Here is one Malay song titled Sha-Na-Na sang by Miss Chang Sin Yee.
Anyway, the deity and or other deities will watch the opera or puppet show or Ge-Tai secured as offerings and thanksgivings by the local temple committee who are themselves nominated among the sponsors and donors annually or for a specific term. Of course, the people and residents like me who like to see Roadshows will join the crowd just to watch the performances for free. In the present days, there are plastic stools for sitting and canvas tents sheltering from the rain. In the olden days where I grew up as a child, there were rows of wooden planks laid on stilts and tighten with bolts and nuts above grasses and muddy open spaces and arranged like rows of seats in a theater hall with no shelters except for the makeshift stage.
Those days, we could only watch and it remained in memory. Today, we can shoot photograph and record video. That is why you are now enjoying these video clips that I recorded with Sony handy camera. Here at the Chinese temple roadshow, we cheer and clap for the singers as they sing and entertain us with the latest pop songs and dances. The visitors to the temples will usually close their hands together and kneeling or bowing down, and offer prayers with burning incenses (joss-sticks which can be plain and tiny or big with dragon and figurines and printed joss-papers in gold and silver colors accompanied by lighted candles and lamps to the deity or deities at the temples. Some who have been blessed with good-fortunes will make cash donations. They may even bring along food-stuffs such as boiled chicken, eggs, home cooked meals and dishes, fruits and cookies to offer to the deity or deities. After the prayer sessions, these food-stuffs can be taken back home and consume as it is belief to bring good luck and blessing. You can expect the joss-sticks or incenses with dragon figurines will be popular throughout this Chinese New Year as this is the Lunar year of the Water Dragon.
Now you may like to ask, who is worshiping and who is singing? Who is thanking God and who is being entertained? Who benefited from the collection of monies and how it is being used? Anyway, mankind came empty handed into this mortal world and cannot take it with us when we leave this world. Let us be good Stewards and Custodians of what God has placed in our care and hands.
Here, enjoy the opera, roadshow, the pop songs and worship songs and may God Bless you and family and be with you always. Gong Xi Gong Xi.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Happy New Year 2012 Countdown at Esplanade (Padang Kota), Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
Wishing you a very Happy New Year 2012 and may God bless you richly in wealth ,good health, and grant you peace, joy, success and love always in the 366 days ahead.
After dinner at James Foo Western Food, Fettes Park, Penang, Bigfoothill went over to the main annual hot spot for the New Year 2012 Countdown at the Esplanade (Padang Kota), Georgetown, Penang. The VVIPs including the Chief Minister, the Honorable, Mr Lim Guan Eng and his Exco members were there to grace the occasion.
As we were walking on the street which was full of hawkers and petty traders and the people going towards Padang Kota, we passed by another famous landmark, The Sire-Museum Restaurant known for its Western Foods and fine dinning and a collection of the Chinese Antiques and furniture belonging to the famous millionaire, the illustrious Yeap Chor Ee who arrived from China and worked very hard to become the founder of the only Penang based bank, Ban Hin Lee Bank Berhad which had in recent years been merged into CIMB Bank.
There was a concert held at Padang Kota along Light Street and facing the seafront and next to the Fort Cornwallis which is located right in front of the City Hall building next to the Dewan Sri Pinang on the back and opposite Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Penang Branch. American International Assurance Berhad (AIA) Gnext training center is right behind BNM at Bishop Street, Georgetown, Penang. The group Bunkface was one of the performers performing at the peak of the concert. You may like their genre of rock music. They performed the song "Dunia" which means "World" when I was walking to the Esplanade after finding a parking space at AIA.
After dinner at James Foo Western Food, Fettes Park, Penang, Bigfoothill went over to the main annual hot spot for the New Year 2012 Countdown at the Esplanade (Padang Kota), Georgetown, Penang. The VVIPs including the Chief Minister, the Honorable, Mr Lim Guan Eng and his Exco members were there to grace the occasion.
As we were walking on the street which was full of hawkers and petty traders and the people going towards Padang Kota, we passed by another famous landmark, The Sire-Museum Restaurant known for its Western Foods and fine dinning and a collection of the Chinese Antiques and furniture belonging to the famous millionaire, the illustrious Yeap Chor Ee who arrived from China and worked very hard to become the founder of the only Penang based bank, Ban Hin Lee Bank Berhad which had in recent years been merged into CIMB Bank.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Chinese New Year 2011 welcomes Year of Rabbit with Red Lanterns
Welcome the Zodiac Calendar Year of Rabbit. Wishing You A Very Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year. After family Reunion Lunch at Bukit Minyak, Bukit Mertajam in the afternoon, Bigoofthill went for Family Reunion Dinner at Butterworth on New Year's Eve Wednesday February 2, 2011. On the way back to Bukit Mertajam on the Stroke of Chinese New Year's Day of the Year of Rabbit, we turned into Jalan Raja Uda and saw the beautiful sky lit up with fireworks while the street is decorated with red lanterns. It is on the mainland of Penang State and is considered the heart of Chinatown at Butterworth. There is a Chinese temple for vegetarians which is frequented by worshipers offering prayers for good lucks and great wealth during the Year of the Rabbit.
Bigfoothill worships at BMBC and the Holy Bible teaches us, " Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life." ( 1Timothy 6:17-19 NIV).
May God bless you richly in His Grace.
Bigfoothill worships at BMBC and the Holy Bible teaches us, " Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life." ( 1Timothy 6:17-19 NIV).
May God bless you richly in His Grace.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Bunny Girls from Tesco Grabbit Bonus Chinese New Year
Hello friends. It is Chinese New Year festive shopping frenzy everywhere. Most shopping malls are having sales and promotion. I was at Seberang Jaya, Penang when I saw the bunny girls giving out the goodies and shopping vouchers to the public as they are promoting the sales at Tesco in conjunction with the coming Chinese New Year of the Rabbit. There are twelve animals in the Chinese Lunar Calendar Years which begin with Rat, Cow, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Cockerel, Dog and Pig. The grandmother stories have it that the animals kingdom organized a race for all the animals and the first twelve animals which finish the race will be represented in the Chinese Lunar Year in cycle. So the rat finished first and so on. In running the race, the cat was knocked out from the race by the rat and as you know it, the rat and cat are enemies. Just like the cartoons Tom and Jerry. As for the Rabbit, it reminded me of the cartoon Bug Bunny.
Anyway, that is just my little spin on the story. As a kid, Chinese New Year is the most wonderful time because I get to collect money from the elders and married couples and relatives who would stash the cash into red packets or small red envelopes as a blessing gifts. The cash are usually new currency notes. There were new coins too. Those were the days. Now, if you ever get coins in the red packets, the receiver would be thinking that givers are miser and stingy because the standard and cost of living have gone up.
In present commercial world, there are good looking and kind people like the pretty bunny girls who are thought to be associated with Playboy going around towns stripping naked red packets and giving out the shopping cash vouchers and goodies. These bunnies are from Tesco which traveled throughout the country of Malaysia to promote the Chinese New Year shopping theme G-R-A-B-B-I-T Bonus. The guy who is surrounded by the honey bunnies is not the founder Mr Hugh Hefner, he is Bigfoothill's new found acquaintance, Mr Darren from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He and his team members came in Mercedes Benz to Seberang Jaya as there is a Tesco outlet there. By the way, at Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Tesco just opened its branch there last year in last quarter of 2010.
To you guys and bunnies, have fun and grab your Chinese New Year Bonus. Wishing you safe journey home to be with your family for reunion dinner and the festive holidays.
Anyway, that is just my little spin on the story. As a kid, Chinese New Year is the most wonderful time because I get to collect money from the elders and married couples and relatives who would stash the cash into red packets or small red envelopes as a blessing gifts. The cash are usually new currency notes. There were new coins too. Those were the days. Now, if you ever get coins in the red packets, the receiver would be thinking that givers are miser and stingy because the standard and cost of living have gone up.
To you guys and bunnies, have fun and grab your Chinese New Year Bonus. Wishing you safe journey home to be with your family for reunion dinner and the festive holidays.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Singer Wasabe Singing Chinese Song live
Singer Wasabe sings a Chinese song as she gives away shopping discount coupons. So go to Kim Far's outlet at Bukit Mertajam, Penang on Sunday January 9, 2011 to celebrate their anniversary.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
New Year 2011 Countdown Fireworks at Sunway Carnival, Penang
Finally, I got this clip uploaded for you to watch it here or at You Tube. As a little child, my daddy and mommy and elder sisters used to tell me to go and watch the fireworks and would bring me there whenever there were fireworks to be let off at night especially during the special occasions in the small Royal Town of Arau, Perlis such as when His Royal Highness (HRH) the Late King or "Raja" Tuanku Syed Putra Ibni Jamalulail was celebrating his birthdays or the special celebration like his installation as the Third King of Malaysia. My late daddy whom I called Pa and my mommy used to get invitations for the Royal Banquets at the Royal Palace in Arau, Perlis near the Arau Railway station and opposite the Police Station. Now this little royal village boy has moved to Big Foot Hill or Bukit Mertajam in Seberang Perai or Province Wellesley on the mainland side of Penang State.
Those days, little children used to light their own fireworks or fire crackers during festivals like Muslim celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr the end of Ramadan and Eid al-Adha celebrations start after the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia by Muslims worldwide or Chinese Lunar New Year or Hindu's Deepavali or Christmas and New Year. Now fire cracker is banned in Malaysia and Singapore. Pity my nieces and nephews here and there and our present day kids as they cannot play with fire crackers as we did in the good old days.
Now that there is no royalty or royal palace at Bigfoothill or Bukit Mertajam or Penang State as we only have the Governor in state of Pulau Pinang, Bigfoothill took every opportunity to rekindle the sweet memories of the excitements that I enjoyed watching fireworks being let off at every celebrations held around here in Bukit Mertajam and nearby areas. One thing for sure as the bible tell us so, Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. So the fireworks were set-off at Auto City Juru during recent Christmas Eve Countdown to celebrate the arrival of Christmas or the birth of the Royal Baby born in the manger, Jesus. Now it is time again to rejoice in the King of Kings during this New Year 2011 for me and family.
As for you and others, you have many other reasons to celebrate the New Year 2011 as you could be promoted on your career or you boss is giving you a raise or giving you a fat bonus recently or a fat red packet in the coming Chinese Lunar Year of the Rabbit. Bye bye Tiger..soon. maybe, some of you are proposing to your girlfriend and planned to get married in 2011. Do invite me to your wedding reception or dinner. I could then capture your precious moments in life live on my Sony Handy cam DCR-SR47 model. Whatever cause you are celebrating, I wish you all the best wishes and may you find 2011 a blessed year and God with Us, Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14 NIV). You can refer bible verses through this link here to BibleGateway.com http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%207:14&version=NIV1984.
Immanuel is spell as Emmanuel especially in Espanol, French or other languages.
Here is an interesting sermon on Isiah 7:14 from Rev. Adrian Dieleman form the Trinity United Reformed Church, Visalia, California , USA preached on December 25, 2001 which you can click on this link http://www.trinitycrc.org/sermons/is07v14.html
Credit goes to BibleGateway.com for their bible references and resources.
Credit goes the Pastor and Trinity United Reformed Church for the resources on Emmanuel, God with us.
Hope you enjoy the fireworks here for those who did not catch it earlier at the Countdown to New Year 2011.
Those days, little children used to light their own fireworks or fire crackers during festivals like Muslim celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr the end of Ramadan and Eid al-Adha celebrations start after the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia by Muslims worldwide or Chinese Lunar New Year or Hindu's Deepavali or Christmas and New Year. Now fire cracker is banned in Malaysia and Singapore. Pity my nieces and nephews here and there and our present day kids as they cannot play with fire crackers as we did in the good old days.
Now that there is no royalty or royal palace at Bigfoothill or Bukit Mertajam or Penang State as we only have the Governor in state of Pulau Pinang, Bigfoothill took every opportunity to rekindle the sweet memories of the excitements that I enjoyed watching fireworks being let off at every celebrations held around here in Bukit Mertajam and nearby areas. One thing for sure as the bible tell us so, Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. So the fireworks were set-off at Auto City Juru during recent Christmas Eve Countdown to celebrate the arrival of Christmas or the birth of the Royal Baby born in the manger, Jesus. Now it is time again to rejoice in the King of Kings during this New Year 2011 for me and family.
As for you and others, you have many other reasons to celebrate the New Year 2011 as you could be promoted on your career or you boss is giving you a raise or giving you a fat bonus recently or a fat red packet in the coming Chinese Lunar Year of the Rabbit. Bye bye Tiger..soon. maybe, some of you are proposing to your girlfriend and planned to get married in 2011. Do invite me to your wedding reception or dinner. I could then capture your precious moments in life live on my Sony Handy cam DCR-SR47 model. Whatever cause you are celebrating, I wish you all the best wishes and may you find 2011 a blessed year and God with Us, Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14 NIV). You can refer bible verses through this link here to BibleGateway.com http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%207:14&version=NIV1984.
Immanuel is spell as Emmanuel especially in Espanol, French or other languages.
Here is an interesting sermon on Isiah 7:14 from Rev. Adrian Dieleman form the Trinity United Reformed Church, Visalia, California , USA preached on December 25, 2001 which you can click on this link http://www.trinitycrc.org/sermons/is07v14.html
Credit goes to BibleGateway.com for their bible references and resources.
Credit goes the Pastor and Trinity United Reformed Church for the resources on Emmanuel, God with us.
Hope you enjoy the fireworks here for those who did not catch it earlier at the Countdown to New Year 2011.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
New Year 2011 Countdown with singers Ahli Fiqir and Wana at Penang
Happy New Year 2011 to you. I am adding this post to the New Year 2011Countdown as it has been very slow in uploading so many video clips that l have to leave it overnight. Please enjoy the live recording of the show by the famous singers.
The group singers Ahli Fiqir had us entertained with their songs titled "Evolusi KL"(Evolution Kuala Lumpur)and "Samseng" (meaning Ruffians) which are the hit songs from the Malaysian film Gangster. Singer Wana had the audience singing along with her. At this hour, the other uploads are on its way. Stay tuned to Bigfoothill channel at You Tube too.
The group singers Ahli Fiqir had us entertained with their songs titled "Evolusi KL"(Evolution Kuala Lumpur)and "Samseng" (meaning Ruffians) which are the hit songs from the Malaysian film Gangster. Singer Wana had the audience singing along with her. At this hour, the other uploads are on its way. Stay tuned to Bigfoothill channel at You Tube too.
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