i was actually on the grass patch(near the woodlands) across the road from Matilda's House. it is darker there and i set up my lonely tripod for my newbie astrophotography(actually simple star trails la.. but.. being the noob that i m... hehehe)...
anyway, was there for a few nights in a row(and stayed till the next morning then head down to take SUNRISE shots) and saw the 4D punters(i assume, or they might be ToTo or some other gambling or simply praying for good luck la.) with some sharp chimes of the bell and a small burning flame(i assume is the offering of joss papers... etc.). the chants are muffled.. and there's this slight fog forming. i can hear dogs howling too...
on one particular night, (i assume these ppl are the same gang or the same priest with different group) it was the 3rd night in a row for me, the chimes of the bell stopped suddenly and there was much activity in the House. u know when its really quiet in the night and sudden noises travel really far... the shuffling of the grass and hurried steps on concrete and soon, i saw the gang running on the concrete pavement, with the priest hot on their heels behind. :bsmilie:
of cos i hurried and left too, went up further away and hailed a cab. basket, midnite charge. it was around 2-3am, i think.
needless to say my little experiment with star trail buanged big time.:bsmilie:
here's a foto i shot long ago...
there's a white cloudy formon the right side of the foto.
in fact there's another shot where the white cloud form is in front of me. got a real fright when i uploaded the fotos back at home. :bsmilie:
tas y when u enter Matilda's House, u can see burnt offerings...marks... covers of joss papers... etc.etc...