July 2005

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• Bon Odori Festival

  07.16.05 | Permalink |Entertainment, Event, Penang| 2 Comments

  Today I brought the kids to the Bon Odori festival in Esplanade in Penang. The place was filled, few hundreds people were there. Parking was nearly impossible. God provided us one, although it was a distance walk from Esplanade but it is sure better than none. We reached there about 8pm.

  Lots of food stalls around and hungry people too. There was a popular stall selling mega huge balloon and water balloon that they played like a yoyo. I got my son a big balloon. My son played for a while and passed it back to me. I can see $$ flying away, anyway, it was for charity.

  The place was dark, not enough lighting. Fortunately, they placed lots of tables and chairs.

  There were dances & performance. Many people joined in to dance. Lots of Japanese people around. Mostly there were in Kimono. Too bad, no kimono for sale else would have gotten one for my gal. I saw so many Japanese children in Kimono, they were very adorable.

  Fireworks were started sharp at 9pm. It was beautiful and real loud. My children enjoyed it. People started leaving once the fireworks was over, so did we.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Venue: Esplanade
  Date: 16th July(Saturday)
  The program:

  17:20 Arrival of VVIP
  17:30 Speeches…bla bla
  17:45 Launching by some Japanese guy plus chingay show
  17:55 Inspection of stalls by VVIPs
  18:25 1st session Bon Odori dance
  18:50 1st Awa Dance session
  19:15 Drum demonstration
  19.35 2nd Drum demonstration
  19.55 Dance performance by Msian Jap Soc.
  20:15 2nd Bon Odori dance session
  20:40 2nd Awa Dance session
  21:00 FIREWORKS display
  21:10 3rd Bon Odori Session
  21:30 Lucky Draw
  21:45 Sayonara

• Sponsor A Child

  07.14.05 | Permalink |Charity| Comments Off on Sponsor A Child

  Sponsor a child. You get tax exemption for it. Start giving to the needy rather than those who squander your hard earn money.

  I am sponsoring a child in India. She is from a poor and abuse family background. I don’t get any tax exemption becuase the organisation is not part of the IRB program. Anyway, I am happy to sponsor her in her daily living and education.

  Here are a few options:

  Women Aid Org

  Red Cross

  World Vision

  LUKE 18:22 So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” (NKJV)