toothless smile

You see, a smile is priceless but it’s cheap. It may be just a small action, but it has a great impact.

She was so shy when I took his photograph. Why not when she has lost all her teeths? But hahah, eventually she laughed at me. And the moment she carved her smile, it melted my heart.

*18/8/2012 3.33pm Macalister Road, Penang*

People @ Vietnam

This is an usual sight in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam where people carrying this to earn a living. 

Photo taken at 2.14pm 21/9/2011 during my backpack trip to Thailand-Cambodia-Vietnam.

happy birthday Ah Kong

Photo of Ah Kong and I during his birthday on Sunday April 22, 2012/

Ah Ma from Bidor

Ahhh looking at old people's smile cheered me up again. If my guess is not wrong, he must be the owner or the owner's mother of the famous Ark Thui Mee Sua (Duck Meesua) shop in Bidor.

Date: 20/12/2011

Time: 12.33pm

Venue: Bidor, Perak, Malaysia

Putu Mayam Uncle

If you are wondering where to get Putu Mayam in Kampar, look for this man. He has been selling it for years without fail at the food court every morning. Within hours, all the Putu Mayam will be snapped up. He's the only man i found selling it in Kampar during day time. But at night time, sometimes you can see another Indian uncle selling the Indian delicacy on his bike in New Town. 

Date: 35/11/2011

Time: 8.36pm

Venue: Old Town food court, Kampar, Perak, Malaysia

Annek Kacang Putih

Date: 8/2/2012

Time: 10.49pm

Venue: Macalister Road, Penang

Atuk

Date: 13/10/2010

Time: 6.38pm

Venue: Kampung Dodol, Jalan Perak, Penang

Cute Amma

Date: 24/10/2011

Time: 11.25am

Venue: Old Town Kampar

cheer me up

Family, friends, society, government, technology, and weather may bring me down but never the old people when they always lighten up my day by just a toothless smile. =)

I was down. Maybe because i was sleepy. I slept very late last night and woke up so early. I becomes so grumpy. But after snapping photos of old people, i totally cheered up =p

爷爷 Ah Kong

Date: 16/9/2011

Time: 10.02am

Venue: Jalan Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

me

That's me!!

who doesn't recognize my apek's specs la..

i met this cute uncle at Jalan Petaling last month.

Both of us wear the old-fashioned specs, quite similiar check shirt and same style of shoe but different color.

haha. i just love to take picture of and with the old people. =p

Ah Kong, Tataa, தாத்தா

Date: 11.28pm

Time: 5/10/2011

Venue: Beach Street, Penang

Homeless Ah Kong

Date: 4/10/2011

Time: 12.37pm

Venue: Jalan Hutton, Penang

Orang Asli Semai from Kampung Pos Dipang

Date: 21/11/2010

Time: 5.35pm

Venue: Kampung Pos Dipang, Kampar, Perak

Kampung Pos Dipang in Kampar, Perak was one of the first Orang Asli villages to be destroyed by a disaster in Malaysia. A mudslide due to a heavy rain gushed away the whole village on August 29 1996 about 6pm. The Orang Asli village was situated next to Sungai Dipang. A nearby Chinese village also got affected by the mudslide. The incident snatched away 44 lives but only 39 remains were found, the other 5 are still missing. The disaster is believed to be contributed by the logging activities nearby. True enough, when i went there, a huge area of the jungle were cleared. A lot of trees were chopped and ready to be transport out.

As i always say, development is good but not to the extent that it destroys us.

the tissue seller

9.30pm 19/7/2011 Petaling Street

It has been some time since I post up Ah Kong Ah Ma photos in my blog. I didn’t post old people photos in my Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.131084207876.112867.599962876&saved#!/media/set/?set=a.131084207876.112867.599962876&saved#!/home.php?sk=media) too since I’m in KL.

This is the first old people picture I post taken in KL.

It’s so hard to find old people here. Where are they hiding?

I met this aunty at Petaling Street when I was having my dinner with a friend, Aki from Japan.

She came to our table to sell tissues. I said no, thanks. She tried again and again but I still reject her. At the end she wanted to give me free. Hahaha. Of course I reject again. That’s her source of income, how can I take the tissues form her. Then she wanted to give me free Buddhist mantras and chanting CD. That’s so random.. I was like er.. It’s ok la aunty.

She went into the bank to rest as there’s aircon in there. I went in and chat with her.

She was telling me that her life is miserable. Her fate is bad. She’s unlucky and so on. She was curious why I keep on snapping her pictures. She asked me am I a bad guy. Am I going to put curse on her.

She said you will never know the true colours of people. Well she’s right on that. A lot of us are acting, wearing a mask whenever we go. Some even go abroad by jilatting the boss, lick here and there and become so cheap.

I assured her that I am not a bad guy. I am not a holy man but at least I won’t harm people and not her. I told her where I’m from, where I study and what I’m doing here in KL.

It’s so delighting to see her smile looking at her picture from my DSLR screen.

She touches my heart.

At the end, before I left, I bought her a bottle of mineral water. I didn’t open it up as I fear that she might think I put poison in the drink.

Posting up this photo makes up my night. I had a not so smooth day. i made wrong decisionsss. I was so down. But i can see myself smiling now, before I close my eyes, waiting for a better day tomorrow.