FIP’S Photographic Exhibition

Worn hands tell the story

The Society of Foto Image Perak (FIP) photographic exhibition recently was an excellent mirror of Malaysia in recent years.

Like the Chinese woman laying out fish to dry in the sun with her worn hands tell the story of long years of toil under the sun or the industry that was the mainstay of the Kinta Valley but not any anymore, tin mining.

The tin mine, a time gone by

Exhibition, slideshow and competition 

With Ipoh undergoing so much change these last five years it was nice to see some photographs that would take us back to what it used to be. Furthermore FIP images are clears and detailed in that it really tells a story with just one picture.

..images are clear and detailed

 Its President Thomas Chai said the club was started by a group of photographers twenty seven years ago led by Au Kam Wah. Currently it has more than a hundred members though only half of them are really active.

Thomas Chai, President with a member Chin KokYan of Urban Sketchers Ipoh

 The club had been hosting an event each year either an exhibition or competition. Their event this year was a two day photo exhibition with the theme “Malaysia Negaraku” and came with a competition and two slide shows included.

..culture, identity, nature and lifestyle

Fifty six participants took part with each having to submit three photos each reflecting on the theme be it culture, identity, nature and lifestyle.

The event held at STG Café Oldtown was well patronized on both days and was a great exhibition.  

JAG

The New Bridge At TR ...... Whats Up

This is the Kinta River at Tanjong Rambutan 

...about 200 meters before The Roots Eco Resort ,,,, headed north...

...they've (?) built a concrete bridge across the river ....

.... no signboards in sight 

..its not completed .... but where will it lead to ....possibly that white patch beyond...

...could it be this 'development' 2km away

when will it be ready ...hmmmm

JAG

Perak’s PDYD4

Perak’s chapter of the Penang Diocesan Youth Day 4 was held at the Church of St Joseph, Batu Gajah.

The 1 day session hosted 265 youths from the Parishes in Perak.  The focus of the day’s celebration was “Who am I in the Family and the Community”. Fr Robin Lomangkok was the speaker.

Fr Robin adressing the youth ..

 ....     work session and sharing

The day started at 8.30am and lasted till 6 in the evening concluding with benediction.

concluded with Benediction 

The next session will be in April with the grand celebration to be held in Sungai Petani in June.

JAG

A Dream Made Possible With Commitment

The Perak Society of Performing Arts production “I Have A Dream” was indeed wonderful for it was their first production with a live wind orchestra, the Kinta Valley Wind Orchestra.

The charity concert in aid of the National Stroke Association of Malaysia (NASAM) was held on 16 December 2017 at the Perak RTM Auditorium.    

First time working together PSPA with the Kinta Valley Wind Orchestra

The musical tells about the choir who are going for a trip to Japan. While all are going some members are having difficulty to attend due to parental consent or cost reasons and act it out with music and dance to many of the songs by that 70’s era group ABBA and a few from La La Land.

A wonderful performance that showed up the talents our actors and musicians, all of whom were volunteers, yet performed so well and seamless it was hard notice any flaws if any at all.

Chai Jin Hann, PSPA’s advisor said that he appreciated them a lot for their commitment to the show.

He described the production as a challenge as the actors and musicians totaling around seventy persons were all volunteers.

The cast were all volunteers

‘I Have a  Dream” was planned when doing the post mortem of their last performance of “The Chimes of Love” in 2016.

“The story concept was created then. We decided to have a bigger cast and work with a live orchestra, the Kinta Valley Wind Orchestra, other than the usual piano. So overall it was a bigger production.

It wasn’t till May when the ideas and songs were selected and the script lines completed. Then too we knew the songs required but we didn’t have the music score and the arrangement so we had to find someone to do that. By then it was already June.

Coming together for rehearsals was the greatest challenge. Some started work in KL, others had to prepare for year-end exams but they were committed and learnt their roles or music notes by themselves.

“We had 50 rehearsals but the only time we had 100% attendance was 1 day before the show, on 15^th December” laughed Chai.  

Chai made use of LED projectors extensively and that combined with a split level stage helped replace the use for props and scenes.

Use of LED's ....

replaced the props and showed different spaces

“The LED’s saved the need for a lot of props. The split level stage too helped as it showed two different timeline and spaces”

“I Have A Dream” is another homegrown performance that showed how the PSPA has grown and improved with each production this time with the addition of the wind orchestra.

I wonder what’s in store for 2018.

JAG  

Blessed Pongal..

..and a Bountiful Harvest of Happiness and Good Health to the Indian readers of Kinta Chronicles

Bercham Claypot Rice

Fast and economical.

Fill the rice, add the water and put on the boil.

When the rice is ready put in the chicken, salt fish ++...cook a bit more ...

Its ready….. Bon Appetit

Groundbreaking - A Green Building For Ban Hoe Seng Auto’s New Showroom

Dato' Lim Si Boon (6th from left) at the groundbreaking event

Ban Hoe Seng Auto recently held their groundbreaking for their new showroom and service centre at Bandar Baru Sri Klebang, Ipoh.

The 41,000 square foot dealership schedule to open in June 2019 will feature green building architecture and the latest in customer service design.

Ban Hoe Seng Auto Director Dato’ Lim Si Boon said that the company holds the accolade of being one of the oldest Honda car dealerships in Malaysia.

In its fiftieth year it continues to transform and evolve every effort through strong customer values and a passionate team of dependable people working together, who genuinely care for every Honda, and every owner.

 “Soon we will have the newest Honda showroom in Ipoh but what really matters is how we achieve that through our lasting footprint on the environment and how we please our customers.

We are targeting the highest-level sustainability certificate to become one of the greenest buildings in Malaysia”.

The new showroom will be among the greenest in the nation. It will feature large glass panels and skylights to optimise natural daylight, combined with energy efficient Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) and motion sensors to automatically switch on and off,

It will also feature an air conditioning capture and rainwater collection system to self-irrigate the surrounding landscape, flush toilets and wash cars and smart screens will proudly display the energy and water usage in real time to visitors.