Thursday, October 30, 2008
Cleo-Zeta-Jom!

Wooo - hoooo!
(Cleo's Fashion Awards title, that is)
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And I will be off for the following tonight :

I've never been to Zeta Bar, heard about it only - so shall have a look later on!
*come back shortly for pictures, yea?*
Labels: Cleo, event, food, music, places, Roxy, short-talk, work
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Gradually We Graduate

Congratulations Kelz once again - and welcome to the grind! Mua ha ha ha!
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For more pictures from that day, you can also check out :
David's
Joshua's
Kelz's - 1
Kelz's - 2
Labels: event, food, friends, places
Monday, October 27, 2008
Estrella's "Stay" - Music Video
Now, if you have not heard of them, you should. You can google them up or just scroll to the end of this post for some links to their site, if you want to. Easy listening assured. Anyway, without further ado, here is the video, do enjoy - comments and feedback are much appreciated.
Oh ya, Happy Deepavali to all Malaysians out there!
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Related posts and links :
Estrella's MySpace
Estrella on Laguna Records
Inilah Ska
Shorties #1
Make It Reel
Happy Moments
Labels: Estrella, Laguna Records, music, video
Friday, October 24, 2008
Canon Goes Green : Finale

YAWA kids all geared up for a cross country cycle.

The VIPs touring the forest as part of the activity lined up.

Some familiar faces hanging out.

The completed thumb printed artwork.

Zainal Abidin performed 'Hijau' not long after some quiz session with the audience.

The audience enjoying the song.

The registration counter more or less empty with everyone at the stage area.

Much thanks to Mel n Sharves from CO.

With the usuals.

Finale Message of the day : Growth is the only evidence of life.
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You may also want to read Canon Goes Green from the beginning :
Part 1
Part 2
Labels: Canon, Eco-Friendly, event, friends, places
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Canon Goes Green : Part #2

An estimate of 200 people were already present by 8am.

Mr. LIew Sip Chon, President & CEO of Canon Marketing (M) giving a welcome speech.

Canon Goes Green officially launched.

Participants eager to plant trees.

The VIPs having a go at it, shortly before the participants make their way in the forest.

After flagging off, everyone was allowed to their respective areas for tree planting.

The rather short press conference taking place.

More participants making their way into the forest - it was ongoing.

Souvenirs were then given away to the guests of honor and VIPs - a globe pot complete with a plant.

The people from YAWA making some good morning music using recycled items.

The VIPs jamming along to some feel good beats.

Message #2 of the day : Use recycled materials to make music!
Canon Goes Green : Finale will be next! Come back soon!
Labels: Canon, Eco-Friendly, event, friends, places
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Canon Goes Green : Part #1
But I bet you don't remember planting any trees, now do you? Let me refresh your mind just a little bit. Remember the time in primary school where we were given a task to plant a red / green bean? We were supposed to use a glass jar and the medium was a damp cotton? I remembered it was the best moment ever watching the bean sprouting a leaf at that time. Well, it was like planting a tree, you'd have to agree - when we were small and Christmas trees were tall.
Fast forward to today and we're still planting. Trees that is. And more specifically in this year's biggest environmental effort to date : Canon Goes Green. Climaxing with the planting of 2500 trees of various species at Padang Kota Damansara and in the effort to sustain and save Mother Nature for our future generation, it was certainly a day to witness it myself.
Having the opportunity to attend the event, here are some pictures that will be presented in parts and captioned to tell a story. Hope you enjoy viewing them!

The event started at 730am on a Sunday and many were already there.

Participants were required to register themselves in given groups.

No surprises seeing the EnvironMENTALS there the earliest parading around in all things green.

There were 14 areas for the tree planting besides the various activity booths present that day.

Those who came early had more morning grub but the platters were always being refilled.

A gigantic canvas was present for the public to participate in finger printing leaves unto bare trees.

Hosts Hansen & Elaine all ready for the day.

Information brochures were also given out to the public as part of the activities lined up that morning.

For the kids, face-hand-body painting was available to keep them at bay.

Message #1 of the day : Guess we'd better think twice before going for the second round.
Canon Goes Green : Part #2 will be up soon. Be right back!
Labels: Canon, Eco-Friendly, event, friends, places
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Kiss The Jerk Goodbye
So no surprises to me when I found WiMAX's latest video on Youtube, I clicked play and waited for the video to load in anticipation.
Wondering what could they possibly come up with again?
The title itself was provoking as it is, so I had to say I was rather impressed with the real settings of how a press conference were to take place began in the front of the video.
The sound of a silent room was so real that for a moment I honestly thought I was watching a genuine press conference myself.
When the press conference began, there were a few problems with the video.
It seemed that it didn't want to play smoothly and that it was rather jumpy.
Thinking it was the sucky fact of my broadband that I am using, I felt a tad bit frustrated.
Only to be fooled towards mid end of the video from WiMAX.
Check it out for yourselves to understand what I'm trying to say.
I'm sure most of you would feel what I felt at first when I watched it.
Perhaps we can leave it up to WiMAX to show us the real problems that we do encounter with our current broadband internet service.
Now, I can't wait for the upcoming WiMAX videos. If there are more, that is.
Labels: P1, short-talk, technology
Monday, October 20, 2008
On The Up
That's when it came.
Thanks to Kelz & Anju from Timeout KL, I was invited to Time Out's "On The Up" where local talents go on stage and perform originals at No Black Tie. Part of NBT's 10th anniversary celebration and October's Music Showcase 3, the lineup that night included Tony Leo Selvaraj, Thing One, FourLetter Story and Adil Johan Trio.

Located at Jalan Mesui, NBT is considered one of KL's best kept secrets.

RM20 at the door for a night of soul-soothing tunes.

If you're there early, you might even get a preview when the band soundchecks.

Hailing from the local theatre scene, Tony Leo sings and writes songs as well.

With a little bit of pop, rock and a traditional number, TLS opened the night rather well.

Met Brian - Timeout KL's music man that ran the show that night.

Thing One was up next with their instrumental set.

Showcasing to the audience their technical side, they are certainly a band to look out for in the future.

Soon, FourLetter Story took the stage and entertained the audience with their pop / rock songs.

Closing the night was Adil Johan Trio.

AJT featured guest performances that included Otam and Melissa.

Melissa filling in the choruses.

Kelz, Anju and with Dillon who turned up itchy to bang skins.
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Bands featured that night (that are online) :
Tony Leo Selvaraj
FourLetter Story
Labels: event, friends, music, places, TimeOutKL
Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Fantastic Four
Then there's Quattro - an all-new club downtown which carries all the four seasons. I had the opportunity to attend the introductory launch earlier tonight to check out the place and I managed to take some pictures. Here they are :






Note : Rainy days are here again. Stay dry. Grab an umbrella today.

Labels: event, friends, places
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Green Day!
Entitled 'Canon Goes Green' - it aims to create awareness about the importance of environmental conservation and the pledge is to plant up to 2500 tree saplings with each photo contribution it receives from the public via its website www.canongoesgreen.com
I bet we hear about 'going green' or being 'eco-friendly' a lot these days, but what are we
doing about it?
Well, I guess we can join Canon this weekend and contribute to the environment for our future. Check out other happenings in the poster below and see you there!

Labels: Canon, Eco-Friendly, event, short-talk
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Kung Fu Lessons with Master Foo
I've been raving very much about the past few comedic and fresh videos that WiMAX has come up with.Imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon the brand new one that they have come up with.
Reminding me of movies like Kung Pow, the moment I viewed it I was preparing myself for a hearty laugh or probably I could be holding my stomach from too much laughter.
The video finally finished loading, I clicked it and I felt there was the probability of my eyeballs being dropped onto my keyboard.
It wasn't very funny to be frank and it was actually rather dull and stereotyped.
The only thing that kept the video any ounce of interest for me, refraining me from falling asleep was that if you look closely, you would be able to see catch in the video.
WiMAX literally portrayed the nuisance that most people go through while loading videos on Youtube or other video sites that we have to either pause the video and wait for it to fully load, or while we watch it, we go through the buffering as it plays.
The video showed double buffering which was to me rather different, so props for that!
But despite it being a little bit boring on the side, do give the video a go. Who knows? You might end up enjoying it.
Labels: P1, short-talk, technology
Monday, October 13, 2008
Sweet 23! - Finale
Without further ado, here comes the finale of Sweet 23! Hope you all enjoy it!Happy Birthday Kellster!
*full video (4 mins) will be made available as featured video of the month (video at the header section) soon*
Labels: event, food, friends, places, video
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Sweet 23! - Part #1
Labels: event, food, friends, places, video
Friday, October 10, 2008
Celup! - Finale


Most of us started to lepak and enjoy each others presence after the insect-eating session.

Then it was clean up time. Everyone had something to do. No lazing around.

Hwei Ming saved up for his family the next day.

And while inside his house, we decided to take some group pictures, rather crazily.

Not wanting to go just yet, we hanged a bit more outside and chit-chat.

Some were going around and taking more pictures.

Thomas didn't want to leave early as he arrived the last that night.

However, some had to go as it was getting rather late.

And all good things must come to an end.

So we bid farewell to each other, one by one as we left with good memories to keep.
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Related posts:
Celup! - #1
Celup! - #2
Labels: event, food, friends, places
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
I’m Going Silent this Halloween with Nokia XpressMusic
Years passed by and after watching a lot of "Halloween Special" movies on our free-to-air network, I realized that going trick-or-treating in the neighborhood could be a fun thing after all, especially when you get to meet other kids in your neighborhood (my residential area celebrated it many years ago).
But the one thing that always scares me was the random (or scary) noises that can be heard during those two special days. It just chills me to my bone, even though I know its just a cat or pipes creaking.
Fast forward to today (or rather this year) and we are presented with the very same thing. We still get to meet friends, listen to scary noises (and lie to ourselves its really a ghastly being), meet new people and even stand a chance to receive candy (or win cool prizes) during Halloween. (Yes, we tend to ignore the whole reason behind Halloween in this part of the world)
"How?", one may ask.
Why, by going to Nuffnang + Nokia's 'Silent Halloween' party, of course.
Silent party? Well, you know how noisy parties can get, what more having monsters and creatures of the night frantically running around, right?
This time around, with Nokia as the official sponsor and Universal Music Malaysia as the official music sponsor, one can party, dance and move to the tunes one receives on their mobile phones, hence being 'silent' while actually attending the event. Cool, ain't it?
And to make things even cooler, one can actually win mobile phones from Nokia and music CD's from Universal Music Malaysia, while having a ball at the party.
Now, let's imagine going to the party all dressed up as some famous Halloween character. I guess the outcome would be like the following Nokia XpressMusic ads I personally created to suit this upcoming event :

Imagine Frankenstein groovin' along to some music on his Nokia XpressMusic phone.

Or Dracula tapping along to some Romanian rock band, powered by his Nokia XpressMusic phone.

Or seeing myself (yes, that's me in my awesome homemade Predator costume) getting jiggy with it with a Nokia 5320 ExpressMusic phone (if only I had one to get jiggy with it, though)
I know I will be there :

And I know I will be going silent this Halloween with Nokia XpressMusic.
No more making scary noises and getting scared by such noises again!
See you there!
*click the original banner on the left side for more info*
Labels: contest, event, Nokia, Nuffnang, Universal Music
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Jangan Salah Kampung!
What a bliss it is to drive in the city or anywhere for that matter during a festive season.
Everyone has returned to their hometowns, living the city vacant for a good couple of days.
Seriously, with the lack of traffic congestion, my stress level went down more than just a notch.
Being contentedly at home resting not having to get up and get to work at 9, I took my time leisurely surfing the internet and catching up on other things.
In conjunction with this festive Raya season, WiMAX has certainly outdone themselves again.
They produced a video in relation to the Hari Raya celebration that tickled my bone to the core.
I watched it more than two times because I have to say, I really liked the video!
The intro of the video gave such a melancholy feeling as they fiddled around with the effects of colours and settings.
It reminded me a little bit of how Petronas usually does their ads and we all know how those ads tend to touch us.
I grinned to myself as I saw the lead actor appeared on the camera as I just watched the movie he recently acted in called KAMI.
Needless to say his goofy image from the movie was almost similar as his goofy self in the advertisement.
WiMAX couldn’t have sent their message out any clearer and wiser and most certainly realistic.
Because let’s face it, the problems that the advertisement showed at the very end, all of us has went through it with our internet service provider.
So take my word for it.
Load the video and watch it to the end.
I can bet you, you will like it and I am certain laughter will erupt!
Here you go :
Labels: P1, short-talk, technology
Monday, October 6, 2008
Celup! - #2


Never once you will not get a photo of him with his tongue out.

Hwei Ming had flying water balloons targeted at him for the night.

Malam itu dipenuhi dengan lawak antarabangsa.

At least, people paid attention and respected one another.

It was a potluck as well where people were encouraged to bring some chow.

Aaron was the mastermind to water balloons and surprise attacks. But nothing beats Thomas that night.

Nadia on the frets that night - the girl can play!

Don't drink and drive. Let it all go first.

Of current issues and the future of the blogosphere.

"They tried to make me go to rehab, but I say aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah"
Be right back for the finale!
Labels: event, food, friends, places
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Saturday Lunch Bunch
*Hope you like the birthday present, David!*
*If video doesn't play in Firefox, use Internet Explorer instead*
Labels: food, friends, places, video
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Celup! - #1


The makan gathering was to also have everyone meet up to bid farewell to Hwei Ming.

Hwei Ming had this prepared for the 'celuping'.

Read all about the true story here.

Round tables proved to be better than long tables.

Karena, Shu Jian, Hwei Ming & Amy.

The water reload station was used for filling water into balloons that night.

Pamposer & her friend, Kenny came quite late.

Besides the celup spread, we also had other types of food.

Sheon drove all the way from Kedah that night to not miss an unforgettable gathering.

And so the eating and chatting continued.
Part #2 up next!
Labels: event, food, friends, places
Friday, October 3, 2008
Inilah Ska
Labels: Gerhana Ska Cinta, music, Nokia, video
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Selamat Hari Raya

Don't bother watching it in the cinema though, DVD would do fine.

One of the group shots taken before the movie.
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Oh ya, it's David's birthday today, so here goes :












