The second edition of Kuala Lumpur Design Week (KLDW) were held from 1st to 16th May of 2010. There’s a few additional new venues for this year as well as additional exhibitions this year. But unfortunately, i only manage to squeeze my time to visit  Capsquare only although i’ve been craving to visit exhibition in National Art Gallery and Gallery Petronas.

Although i didn’t make it to others venue, i believe this year KLDW was a good eye opener for local designer and future designer. Till next year!

Putrajaya Hot Air Balloon Fiesta marked it’s 2nd year in 2010. A group of big, hot and colorful balloons had landed on Putrajaya’s ground.  Malaysian who missed the 1st event last year, gathered at Monument Alaf Baru to witness this annual event. At early morning, the parking space a near to be filled up, and the take off area are filled with photographers yang mengambil peluang untuk merakam belon udara berwarna-warni. Termasuk juga saya. hehe.

20 plus of hot air balloon participated in this year event. There are from France, Poland, Belgium, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, USA, Switzerland, Thailand, Germany and Japan. Rasanya belon yang paling mendapat perhatian adalah belon Darth Vader from France.

This year, sempat pergi event pagi je (mcm tahun lepas). Gambar-gambar agak gelap. Hopefully there will next year! and bolehlah nak ambik gambar belon yang kurang gelap. hehe. See you guys next year!

Putrajaya, 26 Februari 2010. Sambutan Maulidur Rasul bagi tahun 1431H diadakan di Putrajaya. Dikhabarkan sebanyak 106 buah perwakilan dari badan badan kerajaan, korporat dan juga awam terlibat dalam sambutan peringkat kebangsaan pada tahun 2010 ini. Perakan di mulakan dari Istana Kehakiman dan kemudian tamat di Dataran Putrajaya. Tapi disebabkan sampai lewat, sempat tangkap beberapa keping gambar saja. =)

Tema sambutan tahun ni “Memantap Ukhuwah, Memperkasa Ummah”.

Had a chance shooting for this year Chinese New Year preparation at Thean Hou Temple last few weeks. Since it was a few days before Chinese New Year celebration, the temple are pack with people who came to visit and pray. The spirit of the tiger is in the air. =) I did spend about 2 hours there and challenged myself to get a different angle from last year punya outing. Hehe. I still didn’t manage to get the  shoot that i wanted but i guess i have more satisfied photos this year. Nice! Roar!

By the way, i guess it not that late to wish Happy Chinese New Year! More prosperity and happiness this year! Till next year. Roar!

Thaipusam were celebrate each year by Tamil community here in Malaysia. It was celebrated on the full moon in the Tamil calendar (January/February).

Here in Kuala Lumpur, the event were celebrate in Batu Caves. According to statistic, Batu Caves often attracts over one million devotees and ten thousands of tourist. As in 2008, Thaipusam was declared as a public holiday and i believe the number of devotees are increasing each year including this year. Awal2 pagi pun dah ramai.

This is my third visit to Batu Caves for Thaipusam. I did skip on 2008 and 2009 because of work. There is a new route for devotees this year sbb ade flyover baru. I guess this was their new experince before they climb hundres of steps to reach the caves.

Tahun ni ‘plan’ keluar awal sebab nak cari view yang berbeza dari lawatan2 yang sebelum ni. I think i manage to get the shoot that i wanted. Nice! =)

Festival Bunga & Taman Putrajaya atau Floria bagi tahun 2009 telah dilangsungkan pada 1 hingga 9 Ogos yang lepas. Bunga orkid menjadi pilihan tema untuk Floria 2009.

It was my first time to be at Floria, sebelum ni dengar2, tengok2 dan lihat2 sahaja di media2. It was a hot day but yet ramai jugak yang datang pada hari tu. Meriah!

Till next year Floria, adios!

For the year (2009) wesak day, i squeeze my tight schedule to capture this beautiful celebration. Different from last year, i think i was a bit late for the main ceremony. So i spend 45 minutes searching and eying for a good shoot. So, this is the result.

For this year (2009) , in Malaysia, Wesak (vesak) day was celebrate on the 9 May.

Kuala Lumpur Design Week 2009 was held from 27 of March 2009 till 4 of April 2009. It was held at few locations around Kuala Lumpur such as Kuala Lumpur Tower, Capsquare KL, National Art Gallery and few others.

I was a good start to create a culture and social network among designer from Malaysia and other countries. MI2 (Taiwan), Hexa Project (Japan), Sweden Graphic (Sweden), Digital Malaya (Malaysia), 84 Cubes (Malaysia), Motiofixo (Malaysia) are among the groups that contribute to this event. Congrats to all of them!

It was a good run for Kuala Lumpur Design Week 2009. See you guys next year!

The 1st Putrajaya Hot Air Balloon Fiesta was held on 19 of March till 22 of March 2009. This was the first time people around Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and few near state witness this kind of event. In addition with the school holidays week, families gathered at Monumen Alaf Baru in Putrajaya everyday since early morning as the crews setup the hot air balloon.

Teams are from Malaysia,Belgium, New Zealand, USA, Netherlands, Thailand.

It was a success although this is the 1st time to hold such event. Congrats tu the organiser and all the hot air balloon team. See u guys next year. InsyaAllah.

On 26 January 2009, chinese all over the world including Malaysia, China, Hong Kong celebrates the first day of new year in the chinese calendar. This year is the year of the ox.

walaupun tahun baru cina tahun ini disambut dengan sederhana, tapi ia tetap meriah dengan tradisi rumah terbuka yang diamalkan di seluruh Malaysia.

Happy Chinese New Year to all Malaysian who celebrate it. Hope this bring us happiness, prosperity and much more togetherness in our society. Gong Xi Fa cai.