It cost me 60 cents to park for an hour near Sunshine Square and i handed over 1 ringgit. The change of 40 cents was returned and i rushed off as i had another appointment. Little did i know that instead of getting 40 cents, i had 1 x 20cents coin and 1 x 1 rupee (Indian currency).

I only found out about it when i returned home.

Both coins had similar sizes, they only differ by weight and that’s how i realized when i was emptying my pocket.

Based on today’s exchange rate:

1 rupee = 0.06988 MYR

that’s less than 7 cents. So it’s about 27 cents. My mum then told me that some parking attendants return coins in rupee or baht, so just double check before leaving.

It might only be 13 cents to some of us but it could be a lot if it was multiplied.

Lesson learned -_-!

On a side note:

I received a package from overseas a couple of days ago and i was ecstatic ! Will write about it soon

Coming from a closely-knitted family and being always stuck in front of the computer all day long, i never liked clubbing. In fact the ones in Penang are usually in town and i was living on the other side of the island, …

in a kampung …

… called Kampung Jawa.

The most happening place in Kampung Jawa was this mini mart called Sui Wah and that’s it. I grew up and left for my degree, Sui Wah grew up and it’s now Sunshine Square, still the most happening place around Kampung Jawa.

Shifting to Melaka and KL to further my studies did open my eyes big big, well it depends on how you interpret my sentence. I think i have gone to pubs and clubs in KL more times compared to Penang.

Actually in Penang i have only gone once … -_-”

That also my friend drank my share of the beer, swt.

Last year was the first time i attended Hennessy Artistry where Flo Rida was the main guest artist and i tell you that event alone changed my perception on clubbing and parties. That’s like a different class all together. I was there as a hired paparazzi photographer. People just kept tapping on my shoulder asking me to snap their pictures. At that point of time, i was still new into photography and it was a good training ground for night photography. I just learn/work better under pressure.

That night i remembered roaming around the place snapping and changing lens whenever a different artist appears and that got me thirsty. Tired you know.

Even with Angeline constantly reminding me not to drink a lot since it was free flow BUT it fell on deaf ears.

I first asked for a coke but probably the fella didn’t hear and poured Hennessy only. Not even mixed. Gulp down 2 cups and i felt one kind, lol.

That night i think i drank 6 cups all together and i think that’s my limit cause i wasn’t drunk or floating. So yeah i drank responsibly, lol. Enough of the drinking but Flo Rida definitely brought the house down !

The following year, i was invited by Yatz and since i had an extra pass, i dragged Mr Canon-in-D aka Wei Chung along. I have always told everyone i knew, that they should try to attend Hennessy’s events.

Though i was equipped with my camera but i barely took any photos. A few hours before that i was at my sister’s convocation in Melaka. My GPS made things worse. Searched for Bukit Kiara as a reference and it brought me to Seremban -_-” I was more or less tired when i arrived.

While i was enjoying the surrounding, suddenly i heard people saying, ” Eh look, mini jay chou.”

I was like who ?

Ok ler, he does have a slight resemblance of Jay Chou.

Wei Chung and Lih Ren. All three of us have known each other since end of 2003. Or was it 2004 ? Nevertheless, all kawan lama

Then Wei Chung was kind enough to offer me to take my photo which ….

… was a bad idea T.T

This Friday (02 Oct 2009) from 9pm to 3am, Hennessy Artistry is back with Paul Freeman, Hsiao Hung Jen, Boys Like Girls and Lenka will be performing Club Quattro KL. I was told that the free 100 tickets has already been given out but fear not.

Purchase 1 bottle of Hennessy VSOP to get 2 exclusive invites!
Purchase 2 bottles of Hennessy VSOP to get 5 exclusive invites!!

So see you there if you are coming

Speaking of partying and clubbing, the most recent one i attended was at Ministry of Sound for Juice’s Birthday Bash.

The main space in the middle shakes because of the crazy-ass bass and that makes everyone dance, lol. I was with Leang, Yatz, Lih Ren and Joshua. They kept telling, ” Snap only don’t worry !”

So yeah i went around snapping.

One thing i have learnt that night was don’t, don’t ever put maximum power for the flash gun. Why ?

Cause the artist would be flash banged for no reason >.<!

Bad move.

Joshua was showing me how to enjoy the songs, lol. Lih Ren and Yatz just stared in blurness

The dance floor was really vibrating like mad. So some of the people got onto the platform where the artist was and started dancing.

The girls that happened to snap earlier too got on to the platform and now only i realized why some of them were wearing sunnies. So that they won’t go blind if someone flashes. Wait, that sounds wrong -_-”

Then suddenly the rest of the fellas kept shoving me saying, wei look look on the stage. This couple was really get it on. Am i invading their privacy ?

What do you think ?

This entry is kinda sketchy, like no direction. First there was the zaman purba story of my kampung and then suddenly got girls dancing and couples kissing. LOL.

Btw my kampung is damn real, ok. Not made up one.

If you come to Penang, do find it. You can’t miss it. It’s near Intel and Agilent

See you all on Friday

P/S: Dolphin is invading KL this weekend ! Roti telur satu !

Last week i was fortunate enough to be back in Penang for the 4th consecutive weekend and i was back mainly because needed to get some things for my thesis as well as attend a Penang Blogger’s Meet which is known as What a Bloggiful World.

The venue was Paradise Sandy Beach Resort which coincidentally was the same venue for the Penang Food Hunt which i have yet to blog about

Upon reaching, i was greeted by Chee Hsien and Imin who were in charged of the Registration booth. Dolphin and I reached quite early and there were barely anyone in the hall.

Ceddy and Minny who were the emcees for the event

Though the time stated was 12pm sharp but as usual some had their watches set to half an hour slower. But sooner or later, the hall did fill up. To be frank, i had my doubts at the beginning but i was proved other wise. The decoration of the hall was not how i imagined and it was more like a prom themed hall. I felt under-dressed -_-!

Our table consisted of Shouters from shoutoutlounge.com and other bloggers.

Charleskey’s dad, dropped by our table to chat

Jolene, ChenSeng and Angeline

Adelene and friends …. school mates if i am not mistaken.

The program finally started with speeches from the emcees,  main organizer and also the VIP. Which was followed by a 3 segment show by Celebrity Fitness which caught everyone off-guard. Probably no one expected such a performance by the gym instructors, lol.

Three belly dancers appeared before our eyes on the stage and so were the amount of photographers who gathered right in front of the stage -_-! and that includes me, lol. For some reason i had a gut feeling that i was constantly being monitored by dolphin, hahaha.

One of the performers for Body Combat which was more like doing taekwando or karate moves according to music.

Then it was Hip Hop dance and i have to say my photo didn’t really justify the swift movements the 3 girls showed but this was the only shot i took of them before returning to my seat.

During the officiating ceremony, Charles decided to sabotage while i was trying to get a shot of the people on the stage -_-! lol

This was probably the cheesiest part of them all, celebrating for the December babies. But it didn’t really matter cause it just added more fun to the function and so happened the YB’s birthday falls on December as well.

Then everyone was asked to touch the knife for good luck

There was also games and 10 lucky people were chosen. They would each performed whatever that’s stated in the piece of paper given to them in exchange of a RM50 reload by Digi.

Mark was asked to pout like Angelina Jolie

I can’t recall what he was suppose to do but i know Minny jual mahal like there’s no tomorrow, lol.

Eunice was also there and she had to act out if a blackout occurred while blogging

Erica was asked to pose 10 times different if she were to take pictures of herself.

Probably you would notice a lot of the pictures were blur -_-! Sigh, i need steady hands.

There were lucky draws right after the games and prizes were worth RM 10k if i am not mistaken.

What a Bloggiful World

We took a group photo before leaving.

For more detailed writing on What a Bloggiful Worl, drop by Emily’s

I will be posting the rest of the pictures on my facebook, so look out ya

I was walking with my mum and sis towards our car in Queensbay mall just to find out some dodobird did an illegal parking behind our car. In fact one of the guards was already waiting there, anticipating some comotion. I tried reversing but there wasn’t enough room to get out of my parking bay. If that wasn’t frustrating enough, another dodobird parked right beside our car which was meant for trolleys and that made my getaway even harder.

So at that very moment my car was only able to reverse straight back, without being able to turn.

By then i have already caused a massive jam on floor six and seven. Within minutes more guards and parking personels appeared. They themselves were furious at how ignorant some people could be. They tried paging the owners via PA system but as you and i know, NO ONE LISTENS to those announcements.

After five minutes, they decided to move one of the car ….. manually.

The car behind was a Proton Wira and the car beside was a Daihatsu Charade.

As they were moving away their bikes, a few people who got stuck in the jam actually walked up to see the problem. One fella even decided to help the rest.

They checked the Wira and found out it was Auto and thus harder to move. So all of them gathered at the Charade to move it to the left.

By then more people have gathered behind my car to watch them move this car and i tell you, it wasn’t pleasent at all. Cause as they moved the car, cracking sounds were heard and my sis actually noticed part of the front bumper gave way. I am not sure why that happened but after moving the car a few times, i was able to pass thru with ease

It was the most stressful twenty minutes of my five days break in Penang -_-”

Thank God for Penang food, this kinda incident can be overlooked The three of us ended up at New World Park feasting away on Char Koay Teow, Chee Cheong Fun, Yam cake, ice kacang …

Hmmm this explains why i am gain weight by the minute whenever i am back in Penang >_<”

Moral of the Story: Please park responsibly. You wouldn’t want to see a cracked bumper when you get back to you car wouldn’t you.

Just got back from Redang and i am still swaying around as though i am still at sea @_@

I was never a fan of classical music and i remembered how my dad used to play the cds that he got from Reader’s Digest and i would go bonkers. In fact at times i would show tantrums *the joy of being a kid* just to get the song changed or the cd player switched off.

But all that slowly changed and i started to appreciate classical music but not to the extend where i go gaga over it.

During my younger years i remembered how much time i wasted sitting in front of the tele box watching shows after shows on either tv1, tv2 o tv3. There’s one particular session where i definitely wouldn’t miss it for anything in the world and that’s the Dunhill Double BlockBuster. Every Thursday and Friday i will be glued to the tele watching what ever they had to offer and i tell you those movies were top notch, i mean for that time ler. It brought the world of time traveling to me and it made a strong impact that i even asked my dad why aren’t we going back in time when the speed of the car touched 88, lol. If you still haven’t got any clue what was i talking about, it’s Back to the Future. Besides that, Robocop was another one which i followed religiously.

So just like those movies, Dunhill brought Johann Strauss to my living room. I remembered vividly that it was shown for 4 weeks on every Thursday and Friday. After a quick check on wiki, i found out that it’s called “The Strauss Family” and it’s a seven part mini series. The storyline kept me on my toes for the whole month and that’s where i learned about sibling rivalry The song that caught my attention was composed by Johann Strauss II and it’s called The Blue Danube.

For some reason, i didn’t manage to video record it like what i did for Back to the Future and Robocop. The song was never heard again till a decade later when p2p was widely used and i somehow stumbled upon the song. To those who have no idea what the Blue Danube is, here’s a sample

Speaking of classical songs, a few weeks back i attended the Harp in French Music which was organized by the Penang State Symphony Orchestra & Chorus which was held at Dewan Seri Pinang. I didn’t manage to catch the first part of the show and had to stand at the entrance till that particular piece was finished.

Before the show, i was at the ferry point waiting for Dolphin to appear from the sea but because of rough currents, she took longer than expected. So while waiting, i got bored and started snapping random pictures at a nearby construction site.

Was suppose to go on a food hunt around Penang but time didn’t permit. We barely had half an hour before the show and we rushed to a nearby mamak stall to have dinner. Dolphin ordered their speciality which was torn roti canai with chopped chicken. It tasted something like scrambled murtabak, lol.

I on the other hand, ordered Garlic Naan and Chicken Tika. So filling our stomaches, we dashed off to the venue. When we reached there, the first part of the show was already on the way and no one was allowed to move around in the auditorium. The late comers had to wait at the entrance till that piece finished.

When we finally got in, we choose the sittings which wasn’t too far from the stage and waited for the show to restart as it went into an interval. The whole show lasted till 10pm and the arrangements of the songs were really ear pleasing. The only ‘potong stim’ part was the small kids running around in the middle of the show and one particular kid ran up and down the aisle i was sitting beside with a plastic bag. Now how annoying is that, with the sound of plastic bag being introduced into orchestra. They should ban all kids for this kinda show or simply cage them outside till their parents finally noticed that their kids were no where nearby. But overall the show was good and i would really look forward for more show like this in the near future. Futhermore the price of the tickets sold were reasonable. In fact, they even had student price.

After the show, we met up with some of the participants in the orchestra itself. Dolphin met up with her coursemates and friends

Chen Seng and Stefan so happened to be my ex-schoolmates and they both were in the orchestra

This Sunday will be meeting up with ‘the Gayaz’ for Beauty and the Beast Musical @ KLPac. Anyone out there going ?