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Yesterday was team China’s turn to display their firework performance in the Malaysia International Fireworks Competition MIFC 2008 @ PICC. Since it was performed by China, I guess many people had high expectations and the crowd was much bigger compared to Malaysia’s. Moreover, it was held on a weekend.

Team China used the romantic story of Niu Land and Zhi Nu as the fireworks’ background. And even the music throughout the fireworks was specially composed by the team. As much as I was impressed by their efforts to incorporate a deity from the Chinese mythology and the nice song into the fireworks performance, it was a weaker display compared to team Malaysia in my opinion.

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Malaysia International Fireworks Competition 2008 - MIFC is currently being held at PICC, Putrajaya. There are 5 teams in this fireworks competition namely Malaysia, China, Spain, Canada and Australia. Being the host for a second consecutive year, team Malaysia was the first to display fireworks last night on 12th August 08.
Unlike the previous year, there won’t be any tickets sold this year. Entrance to PICC to witness the firework display is totally free! Even shuttle buses are provided to transfer spectators from the car park to PICC. Each firework display will last about 20-25 minutes and it was a dazzling performance by team Malaysia!

Please click on the photos to view them in full size in 1024×683px.

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Citrawarna - Colours Of Malaysia 2008 was held yesterday 24th May in Dataran Putrajaya. Citrawarna is an annual event showcasing Malaysian arts, traditions and culture via performances, dances and music. The event has always been shown on live telecast but I have never imagined myself catching it live in Putrajaya. Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib and Tourism Minister Datuk Azalina Othman were among the VVIPs present. Mahathir Lokman and Cheryl Samad were the MC for the evening and they were working together great as a team. Armed with a camera and tripod, I hoped to capture some photos of the most colourful event in Malaysia.

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The sky was exceptionally clear and blue yesterday.. and the cloud formation was perfect.. such a nice weather is hard to come by nowadays. So, I took the opportunity and went to Putrajaya to experiment with some HDR shots. This is my third time taking HDR in Putrajaya, which I have finally managed to get some satisfied results to share with you. HDR tutorials are abundant on the Internet but I will try to come up with my own later. Because I can only fit at most 500px wide photos in my blog, these are actually smaller version of the HDR. To view the full size, do click the photos and it will bring you to my flickr!

Putra Mosque is probably one of the most photographed mosque in Malaysia lol. Simply because of its modern design and situated beside a lake.

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