New Year Countdown at I-City

Outings — By Christopher on January 1, 2010 at 10:20 AM

This is probably one of the rare occasions I get to usher the New Year outside of church. Church’s off because it is under renovation! We should renovate our church every year so we don’t have to organise a thanksgiving meeting on the 31st December! On the other hand, I didn’t receive any invitations from anyone to send 2009 off. Tagged along with my sister’s buddies to I-City. I-City is in Shah Alam by the way. We had “VIP passes”. Ha ha!!

As you can see, the number of people at I-City was relatively lesser. Hope you guys enjoyed the squeeze fest at other locations

There were stalls set up around the vicinity of the area (they were invited by the authorities). Tried some keropok lekor and that was it.

The fireworks started with a minor glitch. The announcer counted down to zero but there was a 3 second delay before the fireworks went off! Ha ha! It was my first time shooting fireworks and I learned a few things or two. Watching the fireworks go off first hand at a close range was really an experience for me! It was loud, and the shock wave was immense. Imagine the shock wave produced by a bomb going off! Thank God my lens didn’t shatter. Right, I was exaggerating

First, thou shalt not be too close to the fireworks! Second, thou shalt require a wider lens! (24mm on a 1.6x is not wide enough IMO) Thirdly, it was tough as I had no idea where the fireworks would happen next!