DANGAY BAY LANTERN FESTIVAL 2008

This is a super out-dated post. I was there at Danga Bay, Johor Bahru, Malaysia to celebrate the mooncake / lantern festival on the 14th September 2008. We wanted to just light up some lanterns but we were greeted with some stage performances of traditional Chinese dances and more. Singaporean artist, Mark Lee or Lee Guo Huang (李国煌) was there. He is one of my favourite Singaporean artists so we did drop by the stage which is just beside the beach to see him live.

We have to find places to hang the lanterns. We even use pencils as support apart from coconut trees.

He came to perform some Hokkien songs mostly from the local movies he starred in.

As a comedian, he of course also did some stage comedy in Mandarin and Hokkien. He shared with the crowd that he finally had a daugther after trying for many years. He said he heard that whether to get a son or daugther depends on whether you make love in the dark or with the lights on. He joked that if you make love in the dark purposely, what will happen if lightning strike suddenly halfway through?

He also did not miss the opportunity to promote Money Not Enough 2 (钱不够用2), the latest movie he starred in. He was asking whether the audience had watched the movie. I did when he asked and he asked where did we watch it. He should be very sure of the huge piracy market in Malaysia. One guy shouted he watched it through the pirated versions and even wanted to borrow Mark to watch. Mark replied that those who watch pirated versions will not hit any jackpots to get back at him. There was even an old man who offered a glass of alcohol to Mark to drink while he was singing.

There are extra candles so we decided to light them all up on the beach.