November 23, 2004
Fake Plastic Thingies
Another old shot that should have been posted late last year :P Nailed this one along Orchard Road, in front of Paragon if I recall correctly. I've only been there a handful of times, but on each occasional visits, that stretch of road has never ceased to amaze me with its amazing deco visuals - great eye candy. Management at Bintang Walk should learn a thing or two about themes, instead of just pitching huge tents every few metres along the sidewalk!
If you haven't figured what the objects above are (hint: it's not candy laced koay teow), they're actually chic, plastic decoratives hanging from an arch :P
Btw U2's 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb' should arrive in local music stores within the next few days. Vertigo kicks ass!
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November 04, 2004
Wicked Pillar
This close-up shot is one of the many pillars found around the Royal Palace in Bangkok, taken back in February. Note what you'll see from the reflections; a view from another perspective, neat eh? :) The developed picture turned out great, so why not share it I thought.
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July 11, 2003
And the Gudong goes to...
Not for the first time, the Instant Cafe Theatre have outdone themselves with their latest production! Having already missed the first one late last year, I definately wasn't gong to let this chance pass by. For a Thursday night, I'd say the turnout came as a suprise. The show was sold out for the evening, and not a seat was spared.
Hostess for the night was none other than Jo herself, aka Miss Ribena Berry (the artist formerly known as Ambrosia La La). She did a pretty good job keeping the crowd entertained with her wacky Manglish antics, but the real fun came from the rest of the cast.
Like all ICT skits, they tend to be politically charged. You'll see what I mean in a while. What do you get when you come across the ISA and Who wants to be a Millionaire? Why, it's everyones favourite show, 'You can't say That!'. The grand prize? A job at the government civil department where you'll have your very own 'kounter tutup' sign, never ending tea breaks and a limited edition Putrajaya tudung to go with! How could anyone turn down a prize like that?! Before all that though, contestants are to correctly answer many gruelling questions in a Voight-Kampff manner, like;
"A Reformasi supporter is screaming obscenities towards the government in a demonstration, along with a few others in the hot sun, trying in vain to rally the public. But he can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?"
Okay I made that one up, but by now you ought to know the sort of questions that were posed during the show :)
Right, i'm not going to play theatre critic here and go through the whole 2 hours of insane comedy, but all I can conclude is that the audience were simply left standing for more, literally speaking. Thinking there might have been another 'easter egg' performance, the cast had to convince the audience that there wasn't really anything left, many bows and curtsies later! We got shooed off eventually :P
It's only days away, and i'm dreading Monday already.
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June 06, 2003
fake plastic fountains
There's a sudden craze for miniature waterfalls lately in the office. Check it out:
I was hesitant in buying one at first when the order list came in last Tuesday. Like, how traquil can this get compared to the real thing?
Alas, giving in to peer pressure made me rm20 poorer this morning when the stock arrived :P I think there were 13 of these things purchased today alone! Stay tuned for complaints or praises.
One the reasons i'm always looking forward in meeting up with my former apiitian classmates is because of the food involved :D It's going to be steamboat tonight in Kepong. The last time we had dinner together we ended up going to Genting - twice. For some reason we were determined to get our expresso shots that night.
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Furballs in my washing machine
It's official. Kittens in my alley have turned the washer into their clubhouse.
Most of the time i'd find all four of them nestled in the base. Mmm I wonder where the rest went.
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May 20, 2003
Home Stills .I.
It's kind of a routine for me to do this whenever i'm back home, so here are some of it.
This is starting to get messy. Does anyone have suggestions on a good photoblog I could use?
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April 29, 2003
Destination Redang Di-Ekor Tebu
The party originally consisted of 8, but Esther had to unleash a 777 at the very last minute. Not good at all I first realized. So in the end it was 3 couples, and me! But it wasn't so bad as it turned out to be; I never once played lamp post throughout the trip!
Day 1
Left the house around 5 in the morning, and it was already 9 by the time we reached the jetty. Halfway through to the island, our speedboat stalled, in the middle of the ocean! 1 minute 'sandiwara' there. Smiles almost immediately turned to worried frowns. Not a great way to kickstart your vacation no? Luckily it wasn't serious. According to our guide the engine overheated a little normal than usual, so a check had to be made. PHEW. It didn't take long before we were on our way again.
I've never seen such jade green seas in my entire sorry life! Man, it sure didn't look anything like the ads from Mild 7... it was better! Soon enough, the green became translucent shades of blue. Pure eye candy. You just had to be there to see it. Nothing comes close to the other beaches i've already been to! The sand was so white, it made my eyes hurt just to look at it for a second.
"Oooh this is definately it..."
It was straight for a mad dash to the beach upon checking in to the chalet. Had my trunks on all the while so yes, I was that eager! Snorkeling just had to be given a pass later that afternoon, everyone was beat after all that diving and swimming earlier!
"GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD!!!", my last words before the 5 metre dive ;)
Meals were provided daily, so food was never a problem at all. Not that I remember knocking on the kitchen door in the dead of night anyway. Ooo ooo! I'm telling you, the place is blessed... it had Astro installed! You just knew I wouldn't miss that Manyewww v Real game did you? :D hahah I thought so. Ach, such is the defensive quality of the Mancunians... but overall? Bittersweet.
Day 2
was loaded with stuff to do. Woke up as early since snorkeling was at 10 that morning. Another boat ride was taken to the Redang Marine Park, where the dive was going to be. To be honest after all that underwater sighting, it was kind of a dissapointment. Expectations of a coral reef filled with a riot of colours soon diminished to a dreadful view of dead, broken corals. Good thing the fishes made up for all that eyesore. Came in all sorts of shapes and colours. Flourecent ones were simply breath taking. If only I had some ultra violet light to bask on these guys, what a scene that would have made!
A couple of hours later in the 'Mangrove Pit', it was back to the chalet for lunch and some rest. Oooyeah we were gonna get all the rest we could; reef shark viewing was up next!
This session has to go down as the most exhausting of the lot. Imagine this: the boat had to travel almost 2 clicks away from shore, and from the boat we had to endure a 200 metre swim to make it to the spot, hence 400 metres in all on rough current filled seas! The sharks I saw didn't differ much from the ones that can be seen from aquariums (ala beach club),so it wasn't much of a big deal after all.
Instead, sea turtles (not leatherbacks unfortunately) made it to the big picture. It went something like this:
As we were all swimming to the spot where the sharks supposedly were, the guide pointed to the surface frantically, where there was this rather large turtle resting, nestled among the corals. Quickly, he dived down, and as the poor creature tried in vain to whisk away, our guide caught hold of its shell, and started to swim to the surface. Not wanting to lose my fingers, I stroked the back of its shell, and man was it rock hard! Kae on the other hand did manage to feel it's fins though, soft as they were. Soon after that it was once again back to the chalet, with a little self satisfaction.
As always no beach outing is complete without some beach volleyball! 7 sets later I just knew how much I sucked at it after all these years neglecting this bruising spike and dive fetish. Well at least all of my serves got through :D
I was so tired out by dinner time that lifting a pair of eating utensils became such a workout! Uhhuh you could tell how burned out I was. Crashed right after dinner so I missed karaoke later that night. Heard it was a blast.
Day 3
The flight back home was scheduled at 8:30 that morning so we really had no choice but to leave the island as early as 6! What a shame that we didn't have the chance to spend another evening there. Then again, you wouldn't want to mess with Air Asia's ticket policy, a minute late upon ticket collection and it's auf wiedersehen to your flight. It happened once to me so I should know better :)
All in all the trip was memorable. Till now I still have that scene of the perfect seaside etched in my mind. Though we didn't exactly do just about everything which was possible there, it was time and moolah well spent, down to the last split second and cent :) Also, pictures from the SuperSampler turned out to be absolutely terrific! Postcard picture stuff! I'll have them on the site as soon as I have them scanned. Lol some of the shots looked as though they were taken from a Sunday comic strip. Hurhur and that tan I have, just nice! Hope they don't start peeling off just yet. Meanwhile it's moisturizers all around.
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