CNY X: Shanghai Stunts

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Attended a Chinese New Year Celebration Dinner organized by the Archdiocesan Chinese Language Apostolate Commission and Jesus Caritas Chinese Apostolate Council. That was a real mouthful. A plantain mouthful. :O. At MYR60 a pop for dinner, entertainment and charity, it was quite a steal actually. SK and I allocated about 45 minutes to get there. Ample time really, but we took a wrong turn. The venue was at HGH Convention Center, Jalan Sentul. We were supposed to get off at Dynasty Hotel, but somehow, we ended up at the other end of Jalan Ipoh. It rained and the traffic on Jalan Kuching was not pretty as usual. Our seats were near the back of the hall, so when half-naked Shanghainese acrobats came on stage, I was a bit disappointed. Had to make the best of my digital zoom. More performances after the speeches. Typical non-Cirque du Soleil fare. Tacky lycra. Contortionists. Hat jugglers. Balancing acts. Shaolin kung fu. Bed of nails. Getai performer and last but not least, a Face-Changer (accompanied by a theme song... pian lian! pian lian! pian lian, pian lian, pian lian...!). Food was from a caterer in Sekinchan. So-so je. But the service was amazing. A change of plates after every meal. Pity the kitchen staff. The only grouse was that the warm water they served was actually warm Sprite. Don't know how that happened. :S. Some random twinks among the guests, but I had no chance to take any pics. A fun night none-the-less.