Dance Of The Lions

The start of the Chinese New Year calender of the Tiger!
Sleepless two nights with the fireworks going off at midnight with a blast.
Dum! Bang! Dum! Keep it going, guys. Do make it as loud as you can. :) Do Not forget that Hari Raya is coming soon in September (evil grin hehehe).



The Tiger enters into the scene, and we still calls the Lions to do the dance.
Hmm..there is no Lion in the Chinese Zodiac animals, but there is a dragon instead. Well, cat was told that in the old days, the lions helped the villagers to scare away a 'nian', which is an evil spirit. Every year, the villagers did a lion dance in memory of the event and in the hopes of scaring the evil spirits away by tricking them with a replica of the lions.


The lions doing a short dance at the office area and were rewarded with cabbages and oranges (see the scattered green things on the floor). They will then proceed to the lobby to perform more artistic and creative acts in climbing up a pole and eating cabbages that were hung at the lobby's ceiling.



Ahaks (smile). My favorite big cats.

By the way, the garbage truck came at 3am in the morning to clear the papers and leftovers of the fireworks (as if they were saying..since people are already awake, why don't we just clear the mess as early as we can). And funny thing is, when the garbage truck came, all the dogs in the area will start barking one by one non stop.
Hmm.. Mystery..

National Day

MERDEKA



Everyone is busy getting ready for the end of the eid or Ramadhan month. Here and there, you could see houses lit up with either the old gasoline filled tin can lamp or with nowadays modern electrical flashing angel lights outside their houses. The Raya song can be heard anywhere in FB, as well as Mega Sales being announced in every shopping complex that you went to.

Alas, an upcoming event has been left out from everyone's mind : Malaysian's 53rd National Day. Where's the flags that normally would be put on every car and outside everyone's house at this time of the year? :) Come on, guys, be a bit patriotic.. a wee small flag on top of the car at least. :) Hope you all still have it in your calender: 31st August 2010.

In the midst of fasting and busy preparation for the coming Eid, just need a few moments of your time to remember those that have been fighting and have met their death in defending and liberating the country 53 years ago, so that we, the current generation might enjoy what we are enjoying today.

There... such a long speech  Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!