belawan - kampung nelayan

er..the pics in this post were like shot back last month
on the 8th of dec
again
this trip was made with the citra photographers
amei and iksan
we traveled for around an hour plus for belawan
the port city of medan


























this very trip
opened up my eyes more
the beauty of photography is just that
it makes u see what others miss
and on this trip
i saw the locals
how they were afraid of their homes being torn down by their government
kampung nelayan
like the name sounds in malay
means fisherman's village
is a small little town build on top of the sea

























well, law wise
they've practically lived on an illegal land
that's why they were afraid that their homes will be torn down
and we were questioned a bit regarding that by the mums during our stay there
another thing was that
these people were amazingly friendly
when i board my car to take my leave
i was told by one of the locals to
"jangan bosen mampir ke sini ya bang"
meaning
"don't get bored visiting here"
it was not by one dood
but a few
most of the kids there were also very camera friendly

























sadly my 580EX had broken down when i was there
thus, no flash was fired and i went to 1/20 of the shutter speed
thus most of them went blur or i had to go down to the widest aperture

























one of the saddest thing i've ever seen with my own eyes were the picture above
right beside their homes were this small hill of rubbish dump
i believe they were separating and collecting plastics to be sold again
now, how can anyone smile so wide when u're on top of a massive pile of rubbish ?
i know i sure can't
they managed to do just that for me
saying how can a pile of rubbish be photographically beautiful ?
and i replied
this is a picture that i wanna share with the world
when people are out there with their technologies and gadgets and spending their money
another part of the world have to live with these just to earn enough to fill their stomachs
now, i sure wanna print this and go back there
find that girl in blue
and give it to her
well, i shall be back on my next holiday
let's all hope i remember still
=x

























landscape wise
the place was not that bad
thou limited
but i managed to pull off a couple of pics that i felt worth uploading

























iksan was the one who brought us around
and he said that we were suppose to be there for the sunset
well, since the sun wasn't really on our side that night
i said let's just make a little street photography and make full use of our trip

























the pic above and the one below were the ones i feel made my entire trip worth it
well and of course that smile from the girl in blue
damn..i should have asked her name !

























and well
finally
the 3 of us !













me - amei - iksan
















coming right up was my little home-based photoshoot of me friends !