Mich's Monologue: Georgetown CNY Celebration 2011

If I don't do this tonight, I think I will never do it. As usual, it's an outdated event! So I will just fill this entry with all the photographs and let them do the narration. This year's state level chinese new year celebration was not as fun as the previous year. This might be because the first time experience is always the best, filled with excitement and new discoveries. Or maybe the drizzle successfully dampen our spirit. But I personally think the crowd at a junction at Armenian Street killed the fun. It was extremely sardine-packed at the bottle-neck and I nearly pass-out due to human suffocation (imagine sweaty bodies plus rain-soaked clothing).

This cards were obtained from free hugs and we can use them as token to play games along the street.

This street features the lifestyle and things used by our fore-fathers in the olden days.

There were actors and actresses along the street playing the roles of traders selling cakes, biscuits and sugar canes. A group of young men acting as labourers were the 'stars' of the street. We can actually purchase the food on sale but we have to change our money to the olden days currency for our purchases.

The following pictures are my personal favourite. These bunch of young people were assigned to dress in 1960s outfit and every single one of them obliged to be photographed. They made the whole event so much more interesting.

Penang is one of the first state in Malaysia that is actively supporting the reduce, reuse and recycle campaign. Therefore, there was a mini reminder to encourage its people to practice the three R.

As we proceed to the next few streets, there were more stuff to check out:-

Bananas anyone?

Remember I mentioned about the huge crowd earlier? Check it out yourself. Some girls were assigned to 'give out' red packets with non-monetary contents from a balcony and the crowd went wild and crazy because of this. Kiasu-ism perhaps??