Monday, July 14, 2008

Weekend with the Ngs Family -Bon Odori



Lena invited me to join the family for this year Bon Odori few days ago. At first i thought it was only the 3 daughters, Lena & Kelvin. Until that evening on the way to Shah Alam only i got to know that 10 from the Ng family joined the fun...hahaha.


(my housemates - they came in a group organised by their college)

This is my forth time going for Bon Odori in Shah Alam, as usual Panasonic stadium was packed with Japanese as well as Malaysians. Some even turn up in Yukata. We reached around 530pm before the performance & dance starts. ^_^ Kelvin's 3 daughters were very excited as it was their first time...walking from stall to stall & tasted types of Japanese food available. It was fun.



The 1st section of the dance started at 7pm sharp, we joined in. It was clumsy at first, stepping on each others foot & bump into the people nearby as we wasnt sure bout the steps. Slowly everyone manage to get into the rhythms, the crowd dance beautifully forming circles around the stage.

(Action during the break)



There was a break in between the 1st section & the 2nd. We then walk around to take photos with Japanese little girls; they are so adorable & people cant stop taking photos with them. We stayed on until the 2nd section ends & headed to Subang for Kelvin youngest daughter birthday dinner celebration. I enjoyed the night with them...was fun looking at the girls excited over Bon Odori & joking around...and the Ng family, indeed a very sporting family..haha.

(Dinner time at Station 1 Subang)

2 comments:

Raymond said...

Wah,had fun eh.....i never missed this event during the 1990s.Do u know Bon Odori is a festival to celebrate the 'deads' in jap

feifeipinky said...

yes, i know bout it...kinda weird huh?! celebrated as if like CNY...hahaha