Remember the pain? Thaipusam shootout.

[Royale With Cheese]

The piercing , and per - kavali gearing ceremony happens mighty early in the morning.

Oh I see...

Erm, any kind soul driving down from the East?

 

[tan131]

Anyone driving from Serangoon/Hougang/Punggol/Sengkang area?

 

[neoro]

why don't we meet at 11+
Have some gear head talk then move out at 3 ?
if All of us, assuming all take cab, avr 2 to a cab + midnight charge = thats about SGD 18 (avr) x 4 = SGD 72, thats a lot of Rolls of FILM *_*

 

[Royale With Cheese]

why don't we meet at 11+
Have some gear head talk then move out at 3 ?
if All of us, assuming all take cab, avr 2 to a cab + midnight charge = thats about SGD 18 (avr) x 4 = SGD 72, thats a lot of Rolls of FILM *_*

Not too bad of an idea for the poor folks like me who cant afford a car

can take the last train down, meet somewhere around town where there is a 24hour coffeehouse or actually I prefer booze house! hahaha!

Can do some beer before the early morning & some RF talk.

Lets have a show of hands whos interested to meet up at midnight for beer till morning:
1. Gary (RWC)

 

[neoro]

Lets have a show of hands whos interested to meet up at midnight for beer till morning:
1. Gary (RWC)
2. Yiming (Carlsberg / Tiger / Stout) - eh Gary, what does RWC mean? Beer preference ah? - don't have RF but can absorb really well

 

[merelyok]

RWC.....is a bloody good burger !

 

[tan131]

Lets have a show of hands whos interested to meet up at midnight for beer till morning:
1. Gary (RWC)
2. Yiming (Carlsberg / Tiger / Stout) - eh Gary, what does RWC mean? Beer preference ah? - don't have RF but can absorb really well
3. Bernard (tan131) - Coffee for me

yiming.. i think RWC=Royale With Cheese

 

[spaceship]

Lets have a show of hands whos interested to meet up at midnight for beer till morning:
1. Gary (RWC)
2. Yiming (Carlsberg / Tiger / Stout) - eh Gary, what does RWC mean? Beer preference ah? - don't have RF but can absorb really well
3. Bernard (tan131) - Coffee for me
4.Ben(spaceship)

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Lets have a show of hands whos interested to meet up at midnight for beer till morning:
1. Gary (RWC)
2. Yiming (Carlsberg / Tiger / Stout) - eh Gary, what does RWC mean? Beer preference ah? - don't have RF but can absorb really well
3. Bernard (tan131) - Coffee for me

yiming.. i think RWC=Royale With Cheese

Alamak, it means Royale with cheese, which is quarter pounder with cheese.


1. Gary (Any beer also boleh)
2. Yiming (Carlsberg / Tiger / Stout)
3. Bernard (tan131) - Coffee for me
4.Ben(spaceship)


Since the thingy is gonna be at Little India, we could do Prince Of Wales, backpacker's hotel with a pub below but am not too sure they are open till... or any suggestions?

I'll be at a friend's wedding dinner on Friday, prob will head back to my office at Bugis to change to some comfy clothes & maybe catch some rest before doing the booze cruising till 3am :bsmilie: What a weekend!

 

[DoveVadar]

Ok Guys, the reason for the early invasion is to ensure we get photos of the process (read photographic moment) not the typical march photos (we'll leave them for the tourist) :bsmilie:

of course personally, I also find the piercing more intriguing than the march itself. Those are the "golden hours" so no choice but to arrive early.

Leica MP + Summilux 50mm E43 + Fomapan 400

Its such great idea to have beer before hand! But do you reckon you will be gone by 5am? haha.. Im not sure, hoping to yum chai on saturday morning maybe in china town? what say you?

Let me format the list:

Overall Thaipusam troop:
1) Francis (DoveVadar) 9793 4609
2) Bernard (tan131) 9772 7146
3) Max (meven) 9338 4608
4) Gary (Royale With Cheese) 9450 1122
5) *tenatively Wilfred (Merelyok) 94504056
6) *tenatively Joey (Mamypoko) 9478 4998
7) Anthony (wurdelak) 96258487
8) Benjamin(spaceship)91550931
9) Budi (Imaji) 9248 0463
10) Amous (Funksoulava) 97722229
11) Dave (ZoomP) 9835 2126 - Bringing M3 and M8
12) Ed (daikoku) 90466664

"ECA" Beer/coffee/supper outing troop meeting earlier:
1. Gary (Any beer also boleh)
2. Yiming (Carlsberg / Tiger / Stout)
3. Bernard (tan131) - Coffee for me
4. Ben(spaceship)

 

[DoveVadar]

Leica MP + Noctilux 50mm f1.0 E60 + Provia 400

oh yes, regarding the film only / leica only / 35mm questions. Please any cameras are welcome. Dont need to be the red dot only. If you shoot medium format even better. I respect that! Just really bring MORE film. But im going to stick on 35mm format throughout this shoot. Last year, I saw one guy with 200-300mm lenses with 2x 1dmk3, and 2bags with kneel guard so he can kneel down to shoot fast. I really dont know hes going for photoshoot or SOC. whatever you bring, choose wisely and NEVER obstruct the process and be a responsible photographer.

 

[Wurdelak]

this is really cool... so where's the meeting place? am coming from westcoast... another question... is it wise/ok to bring along wifey? my wife wants to tag along... she's korean so she wants to see how this thaipusam thing goes... any advice on this? thanks!

 

[BananaDiver]

Can someone with DSLR come down too? i'm interested to join lol

 

[Wurdelak]

Can someone with DSLR come down too? i'm interested to join lol

am using a DSLR...

 

[DoveVadar]

this is really cool... so where's the meeting place? am coming from westcoast... another question... is it wise/ok to bring along wifey? my wife wants to tag along... she's korean so she wants to see how this thaipusam thing goes... any advice on this? thanks!

of course. My girlfriend might join us too. whatever it is, its gonna be messy and fun refer to the first post for time and venue and put your name on the name list and whether if you wanna join the beer / supper gang.

Can someone with DSLR come down too? i'm interested to join lol

sure.

am using a DSLR...

behave yourself on that day k? hehehe

 

[Daikoku]

will there be more rf users then kavadi bearers at 3.30am ?:bsmilie:

 

[Royale With Cheese]

Its such great idea to have beer before hand! But do you reckon you will be gone by 5am? haha.. Im not sure, hoping to yum chai on saturday morning maybe in china town? what say you?

Na, dont think I will be gone by 5am. Years of training bro!


Yep, chinatown yum char with tim sum breakfast sounds good.

Last year, I saw one guy with 200-300mm lenses with 2x 1dmk3, and 2bags with kneel guard so he can kneel down to shoot fast.

Now thats some serious sh*t! hahahahaha!

this is really cool... so where's the meeting place? am coming from westcoast... another question... is it wise/ok to bring along wifey? my wife wants to tag along... she's korean so she wants to see how this thaipusam thing goes... any advice on this? thanks!

Yep, its fine. I think there is a map on the first page, check the link.

 

[BananaDiver]

Overall Thaipusam troop:
1) Francis (DoveVadar) 9793 4609
2) Bernard (tan131) 9772 7146
3) Max (meven) 9338 4608
4) Gary (Royale With Cheese) 9450 1122
5) *tenatively Wilfred (Merelyok) 94504056
6) *tenatively Joey (Mamypoko) 9478 4998
7) Anthony (wurdelak) 96258487
8) Benjamin(spaceship)91550931
9) Budi (Imaji) 9248 0463
10) Amous (Funksoulava) 97722229
11) Dave (ZoomP) 9835 2126 - Bringing M3 and M8
12) Ed (daikoku) 90466664
13) Banana (BananaDiver) 97703584

"ECA" Beer/coffee/supper outing troop meeting earlier:
1. Gary (Any beer also boleh)
2. Yiming (Carlsberg / Tiger / Stout)
3. Bernard (tan131) - Coffee for me
4. Ben(spaceship)
5. Anthony (wurdelak) coffee
6. Banana (Anything as long as got food)

 

[Wurdelak]

"ECA" Beer/coffee/supper outing troop meeting earlier:
1. Gary (Any beer also boleh)
2. Yiming (Carlsberg / Tiger / Stout)
3. Bernard (tan131) - Coffee for me
4. Ben(spaceship)
5. Anthony (wurdelak) coffee

 

[glorybox]

Hi fellas,

Do we actually have permission to shoot on the temple grounds whilst this procedure is underway?

I'm sure individuals do, but if we are going down as a group of 15 or so I'm just wondering if they will allow it.

I'm really contemplating on going, it looks like a whole new photographic experience to me

DoveVader, you've been previously, so I was wondering if you knew what the lighting conditions are like there? Think neo1600 + a summilux would suffice?


Cheers,
Shao