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The year of the Tiger is just 12 minutes away as I bring you some more Super Street Fighter IV goodness. This time there’s a short animation of Juri, the new femme fatale tae kwan do user. You’ll see her kick the guts out of Chun Li as she fights off Guile and Cammy. Short and sweet, just hope they make a special animation like they did for Street Fighter IV. Well enjoy the short animation, Happy Chinese New Year to my fellow readers!!

For those celebrating Valentine’s Day tomorrow, have a treat with three of Super Street Fighter IV’s femme fatale, Juri, Chun Li and Cammy in glorious 3D inked animation.

The year of the Tiger sees Kratos bringing chaos and vengeance to the PS3, quite fitting I suppose. In this final chapter of the God of War series, Kratos leads the Titans on a war against the Gods of Olympus. Will the Titans finally triumph against their captors with the aid of the God of War? It’s up to the players to decide the fate of Olympus this time round. Till March, all we can do is enjoy the following trailer:

Thaipusam Penang

Organizer: Penang Hindu Endowments Board
Contact: 04-6505136
Venue: Murugan Temple, Waterfall

This Hindu festival is usually celebrated in January or February, during the full moon of the 10th month in the Hindu calendar.

A pilgrimage procession takes place to bring the statue of Lord Muruga, who represents virtue, youth and power, on a silver chariot led by more then 60 Kavadis adorned with peacock feathers from Little India to the Nattukottai Chettiar Temple atop the hill of Waterfall Road.

On the day before (29th Jan 2010), old coconuts are smashed along the roads where the Chariot procession will pass for its spiritual journey.

During Thaipusam in Penang (30th Jan 2010), devotees go through a physical endurance of being skewered and pierced on the back and front of their bodies by hooks with miniature urns as an act of penance.

Majority of the devotees who go through this act are Indians but Chinese, Sikh and other visitors can also be seen taking part in this act of faith which leaves many devotees and observers alike, spiritually transformed.

In celebration, more than 100 beautifully-decorated make-shift stalls, are erected along Waterfall Road road where charitable Chinese and Indian families give out bottled water, fruits, sweet, buns and prepared sweetened and sour rice to devotees. Thunderous loud music, singing, dancing and the beating of drums of devotional songs by their supporters can be seen and heard far and wide throughout the entire vicinity of the festival.

Upon reaching the temple, devotees will fulfill their vows, offer thanksgiving prayers and penance to Lord Muruga. The chariot is then scheduled for a return trip to start from the temple (31st Jan 2010) on the same evening and reach Kovil Veedu before dawn the following day.

This festival of rich culture and deep tradition is an ‘out of this world’ experience which draws a massive crowd of tens of thousands to these streets in Penang yearly.

Queen Mary 2

Location: Swettenham Pier, Geroge Town, Penang

The luxury ocean liner, Queen Mary 2, will be docking Penang Swettenham Pier International Cruise Terminal on the 4th February 2010.

Queen Mary 2 is named “Best Luxury Cruise Ship” for the sixth consercutive year by the readers of Travel Weekly.

This grand ocean liner and it’s 6,500 including the crew will be arriving from Phuket. It has 15 restaurants and bars, 5 swimming pools, a casino, a ball-room, a theatre and a planetarium.

More than 3,000 passengers are expected to land on Penang shore and enjoy their day tour here in the heritage town.

We invite all Penangites to come together to show the guests the Penang hospitality and give them a warm welcome. If you are a cruise ship fan, don’t miss this opportunity to see what made this cruise so famous.

God of War III is a highly anticipated action game coming to the PS3 this March. Fans of the franchise have more to look forward to and do in this final chapter of the series. Kratos can now grapple and ram into hordes of enemies, illuminate dark areas of a room to reveal passages and doorways and even illuminate enemies in a dark tunnel to deal some smack down. Enjoy the featurette and be prepared as Kratos invades PS3s worldwide this coming March!

Alright folks, the latest english trailer for FFXIII is finally out!! Featuring a song by Leona Lewis. Can’t wait to play this game, which looks awesome just from the trailers.

Some husband and wife jokes to kick start the first week of 2010, enjoy the good laugh

Husband: Do you know the meaning of WIFE? It means, Without Information, Fighting Everytime!

Wife: No darling, it means, With Idiot For Ever

Wife: I wish I was a newspaper, so I’d be in your hands all day.

Husband: I too wish that you were a newspaper, so I could have a new one everyday.

Doctor: Your husband needs rest and peace. Here are some sleeping pills.

Wife: When must I give them to him?

Doctor: They are for you

Wife: I had to marry you to find out how stupid you are.

Husband: You should have known it the minute I asked you to marry me.

Husband: Today is Sunday & I have to enjoy it. So I bought 3 movie tickets.

Wife: Why Three?

Husband: For you and your parents

Wife: What will you give me if I climb the great Mount Everest ?

Husband: A lovely Push…!!!

Q: What is the most effective way to remember your wife’s birthday?

A: Just forget it once and you will never forget it again

The husband replied, “Yes dear, but I was in love and didn’t notice

It’s the new year of 2010 and I can’t help but get excited by this classic brawler, Street Fighter. We all knew that it was a matter of time before a sequel would be released, the only thing I did not anticipate was the naming convention, Super Street Fighter IV sounds like a lazy way of thinking up a new name for a game, but for this instance, I guess people don’t really care once the game gets fired up.

In this iteration Capcom has added 6 new characters, Juri, Guy, Cody, T-Hawk, Dee-Jay and Adon and at the same time adding new Super Combos to the existing cast of fan favorites. To whet your appetite, here’s a trailer of fights to come once Super Street Fighter reaches fighters world wide this coming March!

Through the viewfinder

Happy New Year to all and anyone who reads my humble blog. Once again we have entered the beginning of a new year, one that we all hope will bring better tidings for everyone.

As usual there were count down events all over the state of Penang last night, I decided to go check out the concert at Queensbay Mall as Power Station was coming to perform. Well my main purpose was not to go countdown, but more towards shooting the concert, and besides, I missed the past year’s concert which I think featured more interesting celebrities, not that the celebrities who came last night aren’t interesting. Continue reading

My Bazooka

Now if you are a photographer, you probably know what this lens is, yeah it’s a the ever popular Canon telephoto lens! My very first L lens, a very expensive souvenir I bought in Singapore. This baby really burned a big hole in my pocket (nearly RM7,000), but it’s well worth the money. The full package comes with carrying case and hood as well.

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