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灯笼节
lantern festival 2009

1) melanie & megan
2) bus
3) albert park
4) dropped my camera! scratched lens!! *heart drops*
5) ate
6) bought parasol, fan & 'vietnamese hat'
7) bumped into abigial from malaysia!
8) short hello with denise
9) couldve met VJ
10) 10pm- home sweet home

p/s:

 - hope you wont mind the bullet points; it's already 1.30am and i really really want to sleep.
 - the photos are all jumbled up.

 - all the 'animals' and 'characters in the photos are lanterns, giant-form :)

 - ive got two crappy videos i havent uploaded, will upload when i have the time.

church and work tomorrow.

face masks and authentic vases hanging on the tree branches.

dog and cat.

red rooster.

teapots on trees.

original lanterns hanging above.

men on stilts.

lantern version of hong kong.

bo-choy field; lantern style.

kiddy rides. it looks like it originated from candy land.

the screen which broadcasts the events happening 100m to its left, come to think of it, it's quite pointless.

aisle of the moon and stars.

goats and cows.

the pink parasol i bought for $10. megs has an identical one.

moon and star lantern.

god of wealth & god of longevity. i learnt their names by reading the sign :)

the gazebo.

port-a-loos

we bought asian hand-fans :D 

megs-red 

mel- fushia

$3

i didnt check mine properly! only realized the laddered fabric after i bought it.

ah, and i forgot to bargain.

megs wearing the $3 hat i bought for dad.

our food.

megs-okonomiyaki

mel-fried wonton

m&m-lychee frappe and peanut kaya crepe

my favourite photo!! a lady gave me a form to enter the best photo of lantern festival 2009 competition and im submitting this shot. only because it's colourful

these are not lanterns. 'lit-up' butterflies.

martial arts demonstration.

chinese calligraphy.

毛笔字。

watermelons on branches.

hand-made lanterns by students.