RM300,000 Worth And 25 Minutes Of Architecture Fireworks In Malacca
On May 30, the federal government decided to burn RM300,000 worth of fireworks into the sky for no concrete reason but as part of the Citrawarna Malaysia (Colours of Malaysia) program. Yes, just a pure night of 25 minutes long architecture fireworks.
For that, all photographers came fully prepared with tripod, hoping to capture this once in a lifetime money burning event. However, for every photographers’ nightmare, the worst thing we could ever hoped for all came in one night.
Drizzle - Checked!
Rain - Checked!
Heavy rain - Checked!
Thunderstorm - Checked!
Thunders (Really loud and bright ones) - Checked!
Wind (Extremely strong ones)- Checked!
Droplets of waters on lens - Checked!
Drenched / Soaking wet photographers - Checked!
Wet camera - Checked!
I was at the 21st floor of Equatorial Hotel Melaka. Imagine whenever the thunder stroke, I was so afraid that it might just struck all of us at the balcony. The wind at high ground practically could blow off my umbrella. Yet, it was one heck of an experience. Out of the 600 photos we have, there were only 60 usable, that’s 10% for you.
Photo credits and gazillion thanks to the photographers Fish Ee, Eugene, Robin (Click to see more!), Monica, Ken and Razul. Also a shout out to the public relations manager, Grace and Chris, for allowing us to go through their presidential suite and into the balcony at the 21st floor.
Note : Some people from the department who organized this event said they didn’t get a bomoh to pray for good weather, which normally they would. Hehe! Do you believe in that?
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Tags: A Famosa, Architecture Fireworks, Fireworks, Fort, Historical City, Malacca, Melaka, Porta de Santiago, St. Paul Church, St. Paul Hill, Waste of Money
June 4th, 2008 09:00
Ya, i tried taking some pictures too. Didn’t turn out as nice as yours. I spesificaly like the ones where it seems like thousands of birds are flying towards the sky at once. I immediately thought “Chidori - Thousands of chirping birds” LOL! That’s the chidori naruto fans!
June 4th, 2008 16:28
Peekaboo! :) leaving my footsteps here! nice meeting you again in just few hours together with Gary @ my Malacca Trip:) Damn, i miss the Pak Putra Mamak punyer Cheese Nan!! your fault! :P hahahhahaha see you again! :)
Sandra Wong
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June 4th, 2008 18:46
Dont like it ! goverment keep used our money to do this … RM 300,000 can repair so many things around us …
June 4th, 2008 19:05
Jeremy : LOL. Chidori. Haha. Imaginative.
Sandra : Nice to meet you too! :D Hehe. You are more than welcome to come Malacca anytime. ;)
Joetribe : I agree. RM300,000 could have used for many things than blowing it up in the sky.
June 4th, 2008 19:47
Hey Jason,
was quite a crazy experience eh?? Never knew it would turn out to be such an adventure ahahahah…
Thanks for having me in the group. But hey, sorry I had to cabut early that night, need to tend to my friends who came to save me and Eugene lah… ahahahaha… without them me and eugene would have been empty handed LOL…
June 4th, 2008 21:14
They are good in burning money fast, but because of that, you got some really nice pictures to show us. ;)
June 4th, 2008 22:20
[…hoping to capture this once in a lifetime money burning event.]
I can’t stop laughing at above statement. Haha.
June 4th, 2008 22:59
Robin : Don’t worry about it, am glad that you helped me. And still, I hate chiuuuu…
Saoirse : I would rather not to have nice pictures than burning those money.
Chong : :D
June 5th, 2008 00:34
I also caught in the rain at Jonker tat time.
RM300,000,burn like tat ><
June 5th, 2008 16:25
That is about the amount of 1 month petrol subsidy for 1400 car users, who use 200liter a month, to pump at RM1.92! Tiu!
June 5th, 2008 16:34
Jijitankyy : Sighs. RM300,00 can be used for so many things.
Bryan : Yup, fuck the Government.
June 9th, 2008 19:23
although it was a waste of money. the fireworks are nice. (:
June 9th, 2008 23:03
Zthon : Nice, but still money wasting especially when the Government are crying and saying that they are poor.