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Power Rangers Mystic Force Live at Gurney Plaza

Written by Nicholas Chan on December 4, 2008 – 11:26 pm -

While on the way to the mall, I saw this banner hanging on the post so might as well share with you guys some Power Rangers. There will be like little show of Power Rangers Mystic Force at Gurney Plaza on 12-21 December 2008. If you are a fan or if your kids are fans, bring them along.

Power Rangers: Mystic Force (often abbreviated as PRMF and simply called Mystic Force) is an American television series, and is part of the Power Rangers franchise. As with all Power Rangers series, the show is adapted from a series in the long-running Japanese tokusatsu franchise, Super Sentai. Mystic Force is adapted from the 29th series in this franchise: Mahou Sentai Magiranger.

The series officially premiered on February 20, 2006 on Toon Disney, February 25, 2006 on ABC Family, March 11, 2006 on ABC as part of the ABC Kids programming block, on June 4, 2006 on Family in Canada, on October 2, 2006 on Jetix in India, October 21, 2006 on Jetix in the United Kingdom The show is currently being broadcasts on Sunday morning on ITV1 and the CITV Channel under the GMTV Toonattik slot. In the Philippines it premiered on October 6, 2007 in Cartoon Network’s Toonami slot, currently ABS-CBN airing today every weekends in Hero zone and coming soon Hero TV aired in super patrol force.

Power Rangers: Mystic Force is the first Disney-produced Power Rangers series to feature the main villain in its Super Sentai counterpart, and is the first of the Disney-produced Power Rangers series in which all the actors playing the five core Rangers are of Australian or New Zealander descent (the casts of the three previous Disney-produced Power Rangers series to Mystic Force had at least one Ranger actor of North American descent). It is also the only Power Rangers series in which the Rangers wear capes. [via Wikipedia]

As for me, I don’t really have much memories about Power Rangers. I do remember I watched it before and what I got in my mind is “Go Go Power Rangers!”, the theme song.

The video of Mystic Force seems cool man. Love the music.

Tags: Event, gurney plaza, kids, mall, Penang, power rangers
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Playing with the camcorder at the Gurney Plaza’s camera fair

Written by Nicholas Chan on November 19, 2008 – 11:15 pm -

(New Sony Cybershot T500 is out now. It shoots HD video with stereo sound recording.)

Camera fair at the mall in Penang is just a camera playground for you, personally, I prefer not to buy from there, or at least do some price survey and camera research on the net, friends and family first. They might con you into some cheap model, although it’s cheap, the quality is not good. DSLRs are always expensive at the camera fair, try to find a professional camera specialize store, they will provide you good advice and price too.

Last weekend, there’s a camera fair going on. What was cheap was the 4GB flash drive which was selling at RM24.90, limited unit. I’m not sure about the camera since I’ve already have a camera with me already. I didn’t get any flash drive for myself too, because again, I don’t need it, I have many 1GB flash drives. Haha.

Look! My teeth are on the screen. =) Just photog through the camcorder screen with me in front of it.

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Tags: camera, gurney plaza, Penang
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2008 Penang Bridge International Marathon

Written by Nicholas Chan on November 17, 2008 – 7:41 pm -

For your information, I joined the Fun Run 10KM category, the a$$ muscle still have a little bit pain. =)

So this year, I’ve joined the International Penang Bridge Marathon again, I was there last year. This year is my second time and I just love the fun so much. Thousands of people running (some walking) together on the long stretch of highway and bridge is just so nice.

(Andyooi.com)

(Khai Liang and Chien Chern)

Some of my friend went to the half marathon which is actually not 25km I believe but a few km more than that. I am not a stamina guy, so I was the 10km fun runner. My plan was having the camera with me but then I’ve forgotten to bring my sport sling bag, so no big camera. It’s just the small N95 camera and me.

Unfortunately, my phones ran out of battery. So I don’t really get to cover along the route, it’s just some part until the bridge then the phone ran dead. After it went dead, it’s the time for me to walk and run fast. I wanted to ask Yiphing.net to help me take photos but she was too slow, so I went on on my own.

The fun category is for everyone of any ages, covering 10km running route, starting from the Pulau Jerejak Jetty then to the highway, then to the middle of the bridge, a U turn then back onto the highway then to Queensbay’s open carpark.

I woke up at 5am, have a changed then I and Andyooi walked to the Pulau Jerejak Jetty, it’s just stone throws away. Some of my friend on the half marathon category did not get any sleep, they just went walking around the mall in the middle of the night until the event started. I wonder how did they do it.

Registration was just taking a simple piece of yellow band for tagging on your wrist. Then we waited. In the mean time, there’s music, DJ and balloons for everyone.

(photo by Yiphing.net)

The Digi balloon guy said that I could have as much balloons as I want to, so I took a bunch from them, it made me a balloon guy.

Some walk, some run. I assumed that there’s around 10,000 people in this 10km category. At some times, runner from other categories (25km, 43.5km) will join you on your side, they started early and in the end joining you running at the same time.

Fun run was walking on the bridge for fun because basically, you don’t really have the chance to walk on the middle of the road of the bridge. Peoples were busy taking photos but I was not. The scenery is nice but it was little too hot comparing to last year’s run, the sun rise a little bit earlier this year at this time.

Here’s one of me in the middle of the road. It’s not a break or rest for me but a photo break.

There’s ambulance, St John’s and Red Crescent members at some point of the bridge providing instant first aid service and there’s free isotonic drinks too, though I didn’t get any. Keep running then.

It’s a good run. After getting to the finishing line, I got a certificate of participation and lots of free isotonic drinks. It then started the lucky draw event where the first grand prize was a Proton Saga. No luck for anything of it for me, the probability of being drawn was 1/16000 and there’s a lot of people went back before the lucky draw so it’s always redraw, redraw and redraw.

Tags: Event, friend, Penang, penang bridge
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Taking down the tennis stand

Written by Nicholas Chan on November 15, 2008 – 12:26 am -

The Esplanade in Penang was supposed to be light on and there will be a lot of shouts from the crowds of tennis fan seeing the King Of Tennis event here.

Though, it’s cancelled, no moe tennis for you and they are taking off the tennis court. From what I’ve known and read in the newspaper, the players were held back because the organizing side did not pay the enough sum of money that was required. So no players, no tennis, no event.

State Municapal wanted it to be taken off ASAP. I passed by the Esplanade today and only seeing the people were busy removing everything.

Bad or lousy organizer?

Tags: esplanade, Event, Penang, sports, tennis
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Tanjung 10KM Run

Written by Nicholas Chan on November 13, 2008 – 1:29 am -

It’s another run again, the last one was Penang City Run and this was a longer run which the route was 10km long. It’s again, the school wanted us to attend so I was there, to join the fun.

It’s 10KM and the route is Jalan Sepoy - Jalan Residensi - Jalan Macalister - Jalan Anson - Jalan Burma - Jalan Kelawai - Jalan Bagan Jermal - Jalan Gottlieb - Jalan Utama - Jalan Macalister - Jalan Sepoy (finish).

I woke up at 6.30am and arrived there at almost 7 and only found that the race had not started yet. Runners were gathering inside the school beside Padang Polo, SMK Padang Polo I assumed. Found my classmate, took the my shirt and changed it.

It’s not a big race event, it’s just for the avid runners to run, no big sponsors, no freebies, only a shirt. I paid RM7 for this and got only a certificate and a shirt. There’s even no Milo for me because they have ran out of it. It’s so lousy compare to the Penang City Run which I got free flow of Milo and some sort of isotonic drinks, free tshirt, free bottle, free tiger balm and free shampoo sample.

There’s always a lucky draw session in any of the running event here and it’s always a motorbike as a grand prize. Surprisingly, the grand prize went to my classmate Justin Ong who don’t have a driving license, but he had the luck for it. Great man.

Let’s back to something more friendly. I had a camera with me that day again, I had a bag slinging , thus I can’t run. I walked fast with some classmate, chatering a lot but photo-ing a little.

This is Arron, peace-ing in front of the over 200 years old tree near to Island Hospital. That’s a huge big tree but sadly there’s only one of this in Penang.

After the run, we get to go inside to the Governor’s house, the Seri Mutiara. I got no idea who the His Excellency the Head of State of Penang’s governor is or was Tun Dato’ Seri Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas. Still I got no idea who he is. I just got the name.

Normally, you don’t really get a chance to go inside to the governor’s house and that was my chance for once. It’s a big place, big field, big beautiful garden, mini little running stream but the house is not so fascinating. I am curious about how it looks like inside the house.

(Chien Chern on his camera.)

(Beng Tian)

Now, I can tell people I went in to the Penang governor’s house before. Haha.

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Tags: Event, life, Penang
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Boring Forum on Wireless @ Penang

Written by Nicholas Chan on November 11, 2008 – 7:04 pm -

Penang State Government is installing Wifi spot all over of Penang in the next 15 months and in the mean time, RedTone will be the service provider for WiMax wireless broadband and data connection in Penang. I strongly support this project but the only problem is, there’s people concern about this project which will affect the health.

So, the State Government and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) organized a forum for the concern one to discuss about this project. I went to take a look what they were talking about. I don’t really know the way around KOMTAR, but at last I found my way to the DOME (up the elevator beside (KFC).

Unfortunately, this forum dissapointed me, the way the speaker speaks, the topic were so noob and it’s all available on the Wikipedia. Forum venue was a also a lousy place, the DOME KOMTAR is very ugly in the inside, no one willing to renew it, redesign it, it’s just so unprofessional.

Talks were mostly on the cell transmission tower and what is wifi, what is wimax.

There’s around 100 attendees. A lot of spaces. Mostly who attended were the one from the NGO who opposed this project. I found the speaker very uninteresting, noobish, and I made my way out before everything ended.

The only thing good is there was free food during a short break. =)

Tags: Event, Penang, wireless, wireless@penang
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High School Musical 3 Roadshow at GSC Gurney Plaza

Written by Nicholas Chan on November 8, 2008 – 11:57 pm -

Even it’s in the middle of my school examination, I still went out for like a couple hours, it’s a break for me after long hour of study. Anyway, exam is over and I don’t wanna talk or think about it, it’s scary. Ha!

Well, I went to the mall last weekend, the Gurney Plaza, Penang to check out the High School Musical 3 Roadshow at the cineplex (GSC, Golden Screen Cinema) there. It’s actually Warren that invited me to this event, since I was bored and I love events and functions, I went there.

I have already watched the movie before this roadshow. (Not a bad one, kids will like it, but not me.) This was part of promoting the movie to the public and there’s dance, singing competition or we could say that it’s a talent showing competition.

Lots of kids and parents were there. Some were just there to see what’s going on and some were the participants. Kids dancing, kids singing, teen dancing, teen singing, quiz section, dance performance and more.

This roadshow does indeed attracted a lot of shoppers and movie goers. Not a bad event, but we need more gifts! Haha.

Tags: cinema, Event, Penang
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Forum on Wireless@Penang Project

Written by Nicholas Chan on November 6, 2008 – 11:14 pm -

While driving along the road, I saw banners hanging on the lamp post saying that there will be a forum held this weekend, Saturday, 8th November 2008 on the project Wireless@Penang.

Forum on Wireless@Penang Project

Date: 8th November 2008

Time: 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Venue: KOMTAR Dome

This is organized by the state government and MCDC to discuss on this project because there’s people concern about this project will affect the health of the locals.

Meanwhile, a new group calling itself the Penang Wireless Campaign Group, concerned about the possible health risks of state-wide wi-fi, has set up a blog. I’ll say this is a nonsense as I am opposing this group.

If it does really bring in a big health problem, London-ers, Paris-ian, New Yorkers, Japanese, Taiwanese, Singaporean are dead now now.

I will be attending this forum to see what they will be discussing. I am standing by on this project. Thumbs up for CM Lim Guan Eng.

Tags: Event, forum, lim guan eng, Penang, technology, wifi
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