L-O-V-E

There is so much to celebrate about life; the people that we love, who were and are there for us through the ups and downs, the great food that nourishes our soul, those breath-taking places that affirms the existence of a greater “Architect” and the many challenges in life that so often tear you apart while making you stronger. In the mood of celebrating all these great elements that have moulded me to what I am today (and I am expecting more heavy duty moulding coming my way), Carlos Nizam Photography is having an online photo contest. The details are as follows:
Theme : Travel
Period : 18 May 2012 – 18 June 2012
How to join:
1. First, you would have to “Like” Carlos Nizam Photography’s Facebook page.
2. Pick your best travel photo to share.
3. Send it to Carlos Nizam Photography’s official e-mail at carlosnizamphoto@gmail.com and don’t forget to include the following in the caption field :

Title: ______
Place taken: _______
Name: _______
Facebook Name : _________

4. Once we have received your picture, stay tune cause we will be uploading it onto our “Travel Contest” album on our Facebook fan page.
5. When you see your picture uploaded, share it among your friends and have them “Like” your post. Oh and in order for your family and friends to “Like” your post, they will first have to “Like” Carlos Nizam Photography’s Facebook page.
6. We shall be uploading the photos onto our contest album once every two (2) days at 6 p.m.
7. Maximum photos for each participant is two (2) photos.

The top 2 posted picture that gets the most “Like”s by 18 June 2012 will get a Fuuvi Pick toy camera (link here)!

So do join me in this month of great celebrations by sharing your travel photos on Carlos Nizam Photography!

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Wild Sounds.

The different tastes and the different things that we take pleasure from are what makes the world go round. Between me and my significant other, we are like Yin and Yang especially when it comes to our taste in music. She has a knack for pop songs and well-accepted titles like Lady Gaga’s catchy rhythms (and not that I have anything against it) but I get my ear-gasms from a different kind of music. Let’s call it a difference in perspective. Anyway today I would love to share my love for a certain kind of music with you. It just so happens that one of my favorite bands are playing tonight (27 April 2012, Friday) at Central Market (also known as Pasar Seni) from 8pm until midnight. And no, you shouldn’t miss the opportunity to see 4 very very talented musicians (Zul, Ned, Mamel and Fie) display their mind-blowing art form tonight. Hopefully, many will be enlightened by tonight’s performance. I know I will.

 

Akta Angkasa

The video teaser. Click on the image below to watch the video.


One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
~ Bob Marley

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Suk San Wan Songkran

Who would have known that for a lot of the communities in South East Asia and South Asia, New Year is celebrated sometime in the first quarter of the Gregorian calendar. The Thais just had their version of the New Year called the Songkran festival, which is celebrated within a span of 3 days. I am sure that many have heard of the term Songkran and would associate it with a lot of water (and fun) and after what I have experienced for one day at the Songkran festival, I’d have to say you would definitely be blessed in a lot of water. Thank goodness that my equipment was wrapped and protected or that would have been a very expensive Songkran shoot. However, besides getting carried away with the fun of throwing water and getting splashed with buckets of it under the hot sun, the essence behind this activity is based on the simple fact that water is cleansing. As a form of respect, the community blesses each other with water, to wash away past impurities and to present themselves clean to usher in a new year. I guess regardless of the community and culture, the New Year is often traditionally celebrated in a ritualistic way for people to prepare for the new year ahead in hopes that the new year would bring forth health, prosperity, safety and most importantly happiness. Indeed the Songkran I witnessed a very solemn occasion that involves cleansing rituals with water, visiting and cleaning the wats, praying and performing alms to the monks.Both my fellow backpacker, Mohd. Ming (a great photographer too) and I agreed that the whole festival was rich and robust (and very wet). There was so much celebration going around that involved both locals and tourists from abroad and it made the already fulfilling trip an eye candy for our eyes and lenses.

 

 

Blessing with water is beautiful; it is as if the innocent water of the earth which has flown wild and free in rain and ocean comes to bless its embodied human sister.
~ John O’Donohue

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Will You Remember?

It was a walk down memory lane on 4th April 2012 at The Cranberries’ concert at Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur. Although, “Zombie” wasn’t my favorite song but out of all their hits, “Zombie” had a lingering effect on me. It could be because I was only a primary school kid, still young, naive and easily impressed by what the bigger kids were into at that time and it was the song “Zombie” that every Tom, Dick or Harry were into. The band entertained the crowd with familiar songs like “Animal Instinct”, “Ode to the Family”, “Just My Imagination” and so forth. It was music fest for me to enjoy songs that used to play on my stereo back in those days. I am glad that they finally did wake up and smell the coffee and got back together. No need to argue but the reunion of The Cranberries, a new album and their 2012 World Tour after a long hiatus, are the things that their loyal fans were and are looking forward to. Just like great food, great music should not be appreciated alone and coincidentally I met the bassist of Akta Angkasa and some of my Instagram friends. It was an enjoyable night for us all and Dolores O’Riordan’s voice will definitely haunt my dreams for some time.

Impossible to Ignore
– Dreams, The Cranberries -

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A Winter Fairy is Melting a Snowman.

Spring is here! We just entered into the vernal equinox and things are definitely getting warmer in Japan but before we head into celebrating the beauty that spring has to offer, I guess we should give a hand to winter and remember her for the unexpected parcels of snow that blanketed the whole of Japan, the perfect outdoor temperature for one to enjoy an outdoor onsen experience and for those cold blistering days that make me appreciate Malaysia’s hot balmy weather more. Anyway, one of the places that I got to visit during winter was Yokohama, a port town just outside of Tokyo. Yokohama has a little bit of Japan, a little bit of China with its Chinatown where dim sum restaurants flood its shopping streets and a little bit of the Western influence with townships like the Bluff area, the very rich live in the foreigners’ mansions with their imported cars parked outside. The streets of Yokohama has a different feel to the ones in Tokyo. Not just because the architecture has a different appeal but it’s really because the streets here are wider and it gives use the much needed space to appreciate the surroundings and buildings. Yokohama was definitely a nice break from Tokyo’s bustling metropolitan mode. It has the right balance of a lively city and a cosy harbor town.

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.
- Frank Gehry

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