Thaipusam 2012

YESSS...this year Thaipusam fall on 7 Feb 2012....it was on Tuesday and the "medical miracle" is fortunately Monday is also holiday due to Maulidur Rasul was on Sunday and the holiday carry forward to the next day. And another coincident is the 3 holy-days of 3 religion falls on one day after another day.

5th Feb - Maulidur Rasul

6th Feb - Chap Goh Mei

7th Feb - Thaipusam

Isn't that amazing! So since the eve of Thaipusam is holiday the plan to get good sleep and awake at midnight will be going fine...hehe:) This is our 2nd year gathering  of PTPL friends. As we planned, Murali, Koki and Prema came to my house and fetched me. Then we waited for Mina and Suba at Ampang to follow them. Reached there at 11.30pm. Before enter to the temple, we rounded around and set one place to watch the fireworks. The fireworks starts at 12.30am. Here are few pictures.

So after the fireworks show, before taking our supper we took our signature photo. This is the signature photo. We have the same one which we took last year gathering.  

After the photo session we planned to eat supper at the shops outside of the Batu Caves. All the way walking we stopped at an open-air food stall and ate there. An incident happened here. It was self service food stall so we have to take everything by ourselves. When come to the drinks corner,  I took hot tea, but was looking for scoop or cup or anything that will help to take the ice cubes from the box. Suddenly a lady came an asked what I was looking for. I told her "I need ice cubes but...." before I finish my sentence the lady quickly use her bare hand to take the ice cube and was almost put into my glass. I moved my glass away and said, "sorry, I don't want." Then she asked me why? I told her "I don't want because you used your bare hand to take the ice cubes" and i walked to my table without looking at her reaction. I really don't care how she felt. But when come to business apart from earning money, hygiene is more important. At least she can use the plastics to cover her hands. I am not trying tell I'm the Miss Hygienic but when you see it in front of you, how could you take it? Rite...do you..?

Then I went and joined my friends at the table where they all were eating and waited for their drinks to be arrived. I was talking to Mina about what was happened and that time 3 of my other friends ice tea arrived. I didn't tell them about the issue. But since I and Mina really needed the ice cube, and the tea was very hot, we took few ice cubes from them. They looked at us and said "You guys want ice ah, wait I call the akka to bring the it." I told them the truth after they finished their drinks. They got shocked, then asked back..."then you too took the ice cubes rite?" But we have answer for it. We told them that one was clean because was washed in ur tea...heeheehee..:) (Koki, Prema and Suba was the victim...poor gals)

After the tragic supper, we planned to go for the hyper energetic activity....what else..of course the extreme park activities. But these year we made a mistake, we are not supposed to eat before the fun activity. Thank god nobody throw out the "half boil". The last we went for Giant wheel.

This view was taken when we went into the Giant Wheel. Its quite boring sitting inside the very very slow moving wheel, but what was the fun was all six of us were into the one "room" until the RELA guys warned us its not advisable but we forced them to let us be in that one cabin (err...is it called cabin..? ah who cares...it koondu actually)

The cave shines and shimmers with Gold Murugan...

Jai Hanuman....!

Its his vow for HIM..

Amman Karagam...actually this type of karagam were more this year..

Murali said this is varisai(row) kaavadi...I puzzled and looked at him..he said "all queued up in row so its varisai kaavadi lah...." 

 

Its mayil kaavadi too...but most of the parts were decorated with styrofoam...so its NOT styrofoam kaavadi...okay...:)

Lord Muruga...Happy Birthday..!

Many kaavadi arrived at the early morning 3am onwards...

The trans....!! (hehe...only professional photographers know its in night mode and have to use the tripod to prevent shaking)

He is coming with urumi melam...

Vanna (Colorful / Light) Kaavadi.

This one is my most favourite pic...its called Kutty Kaavadi (I named it)...Kutty means small and cute...and its taken by another kutty...:)

When I'm clicking all these photos, I was sitting on the road, since I didn't bring the tripod, so I have to stabil myself to get the nice photo without any shaking. At that time, one aunty asked me.."ma, are you from press or reporter from any newspaper?" Woohooo...I'm so impressed...:) Is my style of taking photo presenting me as reporter? Well, I gave the auntie a smile and told her where I was attached to.

Nikkira style-eh paaru...yennamo murugan silaiye ivangge than katti mudicha maathiri posing vera....But I love them all, I can't stop laughing when be with them...it was another memorable gathering part 2..hehe:)

  (L-R: Murali, Mina, Subashini, Kokilam and Prema)

The crowd at the entrance 7.15am onwards...I think the 2 chinese guys who were at the right bottom also gets the blessings. Look at their forehead.

This cutie look so divine...like rishi munivar...he is taking palkudam..

This boy was slow and steady...and relax...!

Bakthi paravasam...! actually she was running and her parents were holding like wanted to slow her down...!

Yooohooo....here arrvives chicks kaavadi...;) pretty gals...:)

Okay all enough of thinking the white chicks...! Take a deep breath and lets say.. "aum sharavana bava...aum shaanti..shaanti..shaantihi.."

After our "spiritual" tour, we left in tired at about 8am while getting the pulisaadham from one family and ate it all the way back home. Really had a tiring yet fun Thaipusam Day with my beloved friends.