MCA’s Mega Gathering In Ipoh

MCA’s mega gathering at the Ipoh Convention Centre on March 25 was a massive affair which saw members from as far as Teluk Intan in attendance ferried by a multitude of buses.

But maybe the timing wasn’t right as by the end of the day when the early speakers had their say and MCA President was at the microphone the crowd had thinned by almost 50%.

The audience when President Liow took to the microphpne... 

....right (above) and left of the hall

The venue at the spanking new Ipoh Convention Centre was perfect. Considering that it was held at 2pm the members must have begun their journey several hours earlier. The majority of those attended were senior with a smattering of young participants. 

A busload from Sg Siput

 It was certainly a logistics effort ferrying participants. They must have started their journey several hours earlier as they had arrived as early as 12pm. The event was scheduled to start at 2pm with the arrival of the MCA leadership.

The President is given a rousing welcome 

First up was Dr Mah Hang Soon as the first speaker

..the audience became restless after the third speaker ... 

taking in the sights from inside the ICC

 It ended after 5pm with many queueing down the single escalator and making their way back to their bus to take them home. 

the first step home gets a 'step up with CoCa Cola"

.....  this outrider was waiting for the VVIP's

The end to a long day......

JAG

Busy Georgetown .....it has transformed for the better.

Busy Georgetown, Penang ... three cruisers are docked in the port, the channel is busy while Komtar in the center stands omnipresent looking out at the city ...... 

..and at night it still looks busy .... a very different scenario.

JAG 

My Dracaena Fragrans Blossomed On the 1st Day of CNY2018

Dracaena Fragrans, taken the 1st night of  Chinese New Year 

This is the Dracaena Fragrans that blossomed on the night of 16^th February 2018 the first day of Chinese New Year 2018.

The leaves are glossy green ...

Above photo taken on 7th February

I week before the New Year on 7^th I noticed some shoots had sprouted. This green plant has been around almost 20 years and provided shade and never ever flowered before.

Taken on 13th February

 A few days later on 13 Feb it had begun to blossom. It looked nice and rather exotic.

It opened to a full bloom on 16th night 

On the first night of CNY, 16 Feb there was a strong odour that wafted throughout the house. It was the Dracaena Fragrans.

The cluster of blooms .....

On checking Wikipaedia. This is what it said. Dracaena fragrans  (cornstalk dracaena) is a flowering plant species that is native throughout tropical Africa. Dracaena fragrans is a slow growing shrub, usually multi-stemmed at the base.

was 'highly fragrant', taken on 16th February night '

The leaves are glossy green.The flowers are produced in panicles 15–160 cm long, the individual flowers are 2.5 cm (0.98 in) diameter, with a six-lobed corolla, pink at first, opening white with a fine red or purple central line on each of the 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) lobes and is highly fragrant.

Taken on 18th February@10.30am

 On the 18^th morning the some of the ‘lobed corolla’ looked about to dry and wither which did happen but by early evening was looking healthy again when the dried corolla had withered and a second batch appeared.

A second batch of corolla appeared, taken of 18th Feb at 3.30pm

 By the 4^th day on the New Year it had withered and I probably won’t see it again for the next 15 years.

JAG

CNY2018 (1) – First Things First

Started the first morning with a bang ..with my neighbor Mr Lim  ……

......... but not before ……

……then light up …..

 …..in the Year of the Dog. Danny (my precious) inspecting the carnage done …Woof, Woof

JAG