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  • Youth Jam 2011 At Penang Times Square

    Last weekend’s Youth Jam 2011 (Powered by SONY Malaysia), organized by Penang Youths was a blast because it had so many awesome activities and great prizes for the youth. It was an event for the youth, organized by the youth leaders of Penang which they called it the Penang Youth and I saw it’s a pretty good approach on getting young people together and have a little carnival-liked thingy for them to enjoy.

    My friend was part of the organizing team and as a support, I went to check out what’s around there on day 1 and day 2. I feel the idea and the concept of the event is pretty good, somehow that I feel the crowds were not strong enough, and if there’s fun fair around then it’s perfect.


    Graffiti Competition, congrats to Jin Xin who got champion.

    Though, the activities was pretty interesting, like treasure hunt, photography competition, blogger awards, graffiti competition, dance and cheerleading workshop, food competition, cosplay showcase and the best part was the talent search. I think the talent search event was awesome because it attracted so many talented people to come and join the audition at first.

    Well, another great thing to talk about was the prizes! The prizes for all the competition were really awesome as there were big cash prizes, lots of DSLR and Sony Cybershots cameras, hampers, and even get signed by a local producing company for the talent search champion.

    I myself submitted my blog for the youth blog awards and I won the Best Content Award and Best Food Blog Award. This shows that Penang has not many blogger, yet. Haha.

    After visiting the event for 2 days, I felt the best parts were receiving my award and see the talent search competition final as my high school friend, Ang Min Sheng got the Golden Ticket (Highest Like Vote on Facebook) who went straight to the final with his partner, Jerry. Their group name is Hardwater, which actually a translation from Penang Hokkien – Ngeh Zhui, which means being insisting. Haha.

    I went to show my support and went to check out others too. All the finalists were really powerful and now I realized that in a talent search competition, singing just one song or showing of a kind of performance is not enough. Now is about mash-up and multi-talent. Almost every finalist created their own mash-up and sang various songs in their performance. Cool.


    Hardwater.

    The talent search was like a concert because the contestant knows their stage act well, like how to cheer the crowds. Really cool. If there’s more people at there, then it will be real cool, just too bad there’s not much people checking the competition that day.


    Lio Yi Jun who was the project director.


    Jazz Tan, the managing director for the event and Penang Youths.


    Saatesh, my NS friend.


    The Chung Ling High School friends. Min Sheng, Jerry, me, Yong Fu, Huan Jie and Ren Yu.

    Well, did meet some friends at there too besides just checking out the talent search competition.

    One last cool thing was there’s a Michael Jackson imposter who was real young and really super “Michael Jackson” and powerful. Like all his dance move, he was so MJ!

  • Haegen Dazs For Yiphing’s Birthday

    Hohoho, I want to wish Yiphing the Bunny Shakespears a happy birthday. She is a good friend of mine that I know her for like 4 years already. Last night, we wanted to go look for gift for her with Boo Teik, Chien Chern and Johnny Zheng Feng at 1st Avenue but we was late and many shop was already close already and we thought of Haagen Dazs in the end.

    We brought a pint and went to her house straight for a surprise. Our plan was Chien Chern called her that his car broke down somewhere near her house and wanted her to come fetch him. Then when she come out from her house, we surprised her with the ice cream and a candle.

    Happy Birthday Yiphing. =D

    Yay, got ice cream eat. =D Happy Sunday too!

  • Somewhere Around Buckingham Street and Campbell Street, Penang

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    You know, I really wish that there’s more shops to walk around in downtown, the George Town, the capital city of Penang. There’s full of old and classical and beautiful heritage building and architecture which makes people feels good, just like me. I wonder why there’s no developer make a shopping street in town so that people can appreciate the UNESCO status of Penang more.

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    People prefer to go walk at the shopping mall rather than travel around the city. The city is like a place more to the tourist then the local. Hmm.

    There’s one street in Penang that has a great potential to develop into a shopping street like the Campbell Street connecting to the Buckingham Street at the end. It was a glory back in 80’s where Chinese pioneered the shops here with friendly people and shoplots. But as years goes on, shop owner moves away to other place as they don’t really own the shop.

    Grandpa had a furniture shop here 10 years back but it’s no more right now as the owner stop renting the place. If plan well, this street can be a great place for the local to hang out with cool heritage architecture. Let it be cafes, fashion boutique and restaurants, it will be so awesome.

    If I am rich, I’ll buy and develop this place, but too bad I am not rich. HAHA. Penang State Government and Penang Development Corp., please do something to bring back the glory of Campbell Street. =D

  • Long Time No See Yiphing, Chien Chern and Raykee Aw

    Long Time No See Yiphing, Chien Chern and Raykee Aw

    I met 3 of my crazy buddies, Yiphing, Chien Chern and Raykee Aw (Chen Yuen) last week! It’s really long time no see. The last time I saw Yiphing was, I’ve forgotten, last year I guess, the last time I met Chien Chern was 4 weeks ago and the last time I met Raykee Aw was last year too! It’s really had been a long time.


    Yan Chien Chern.

    Moving on and getting apart is just some part of our life right? Still remember we hang out almost all the time during the time after high school and before college. But after that, everyone have their own life and busy with their own thing. It’s not easy to get back to what it was when everyone was busy with different things.


    Raykee Aw Chen Yuen.

    I guess, that’s life? Meeting friends once in a while is happy. The time we spend most with friends are during high school, so cherish your moment.


    Yiphing.

    Not saying friends are the most important people in your life, there’s still your family. When you get apart from your friends, family are they one that you should get close to, no matter what, family is still the closest and friends comes next. With the equilibrium of friends, family, work, and enjoy, that’s a perfect life.

    Hello friends, are you still reading my blog? =D I miss you all.

  • First Day With Sigma 8-16mm At Hard Rock Hotel Penang

    This is what I did after getting my new Sigma 8-16mm super ultra wide angle lens for Canon mount last week. =D I asked my girlfriend, Hueisean together to go to the Hard Rock Hotel to try some shots with the latest lens.

    I think I can be the ambassador for Hard Rock Hotel Penang because I always go there to take photos and walk for fun, then post onto my blog. =D I guess that’s the best relaxing place to take photos and because they have parking spaces too!

    You see the lens, it’s so wide that it can capture almost everything with little and unnoticeable distortion. It was a quiet afternoon with no live band at the lobby as live band is only available during the night. Though, the laughter and shouting of kids and adults playing at the pool can be heard. What a lovely evening.

    It was close to sunset but sunset was no where to be seen. It’s not super hot yet, sun shines on our faces and the warm sunlight touched our skin. We spent a little time at the beach, taking photos and chit-chat with each other, at the same time see people playing water sports.

    The ivory golden sandy beach outside Hard Rock Hotel is no doubt the cleanest beach in Penang. The other beaches are dirty.


    She jumped.

    Perspiration started coming out from the pores and it’s also the time for us to leave the hotel for some cooling in the vehicles. It’s nice to try out the lens at this place but what I wanted to shoot most is some nice interiors.

    Interiors like something below:

    The lobby and a male toilet. =D I’ve no regret of getting this lens because it’s serve me well as a interior design student and a photography enthusiast. Welcome to Hard Rock Hotel.

  • Beautiful View Of Penang And Seberang Perai

    Recently, I took the ferry from Penang island to the mainland to accompany my grandma to the bus station at the Penang Sentral. And I bought a new lens lately, the Sigma, I brought on-board to take photos. =D

    Penang is super famous for the ferry service, it’s free when going to the mainland, but I strongly suggest they should clean the thing because it’s pretty dirty. But I am pretty proud that we have such ferry service ferrying people to a cross the straits. Ferry is not the important past of this post, cut the crap and let’s getting into some nice landscape view of Penang. =D

    The left is Penang island and the right is the mainland Seberang Perai near the Penang Port area. You see, they are so near and if there’s a bridge or tunnel connected both area, then it will be damn cool. =D

    The lens is so wideeeeeee. OMG. I love my Penang.

  • Penang Canon EOS User Gathering At Coob Cafe

    Last Sunday night, I went to Coob Cafe at KOMTAR Walk to meet up with the Penang Canon EOS DSLR users for a little chit-chat and sharing session (some known as TT / Teh Tarik session). Well, since I am in a holiday and so lucky to be back in my hometown while his event happens, so I went to join the EOS DSLR user for a little gathering to make friends and try some power gear. =D


    These lens total up can buy a car. I am serious.

    I actually got the invites from Facebook and I knew one of them. It’s a good sharing session because I get to played with some powerful lenses and learn about some photography stuff, as you know I am still very noob in photography even though I have been playing for quite a long time, yet my interest in photography has not faded yet.

    As you know, I just bought a new lens lately, the Sigma, so I shared it out too. One thing, my camera was the oldest at there, using the Canon EOS 400D, what a classic. Even though it’s old, I am still loving it, it’s still powering my blog with all the awesome photos.

    Somehow, I am thinking of upgrade, just that I don’t have enough money for it yet. So in the mean time of saving it, I am still sticking with my lovely 400D. =D

    Played 2 L lenses at there, one was the 70-200 F2.8L and another one was the 100mm F2L. L lens is the top of the lines and the most high quality Canon photographic lens, people like to say L stands for luxurious. For your information, an L lens, the cheapest one is about RM2.8k. Expensive right? Photography is really an expensive hobby. However, the photo quality is superb!

    Please support my sponsors (advertisement on blog) more so I can save more money to upgrade my photography gear. =D

    Do you like photography?

  • 7aste Queenstown

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    Hello people the premium 7aste party event is back with the new place theme, the 7aste Queenstown and this time the first stop of the event is in Penang, yes, my hometown at the Mansion 32, happenings on 3rd June 2011. That’s right, Penangite gets it first to enjoy the ultimate event of genuineness.

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    Think about travel, think about the harmonious Queenstown of New Zealand, the nice people, nice wine, and nice music, aren’t them tempting and relaxing? They are now closer than you’ve ever thought, only at 7aste Queenstown, Penang.

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    Sharing is caring, 7aste Queenstown will be coming closer to you too for KL and Johor friends. After Penang’s 7aste will be at Johor Bahru’s Booze on 10th June 2011 and finally to Kuala Lumpur’s Ecoba on 17th June 2011.

    Basically, 7aste is all about the smooth indulgences of all the great places that is brought closer near to you! It’s enjoyment, it’s fun, it’s life.

    One more thing, they have revamped their website, do check it out and Like the Facebook page to stay tune for how to get the invites. Cheers! See you there. =D

  • Brought DID Friends To Penang’s Kuan Yin Temple

    Brought DID Friends To Penang’s Kuan Yin Temple

    Well, last week, my classmate of Diploma In Interior Design (DID) from all over the places (KL, Indonesia, Muar, Sandakan) came to visit my hometown, unfortunately I could hardly spend time with them because my brother came back from Singapore recently and most of my time spent was with my family, and want to apologize for that matter. =) Anyway, did meet up with them in the middle of the night and also the last day of their trip.

    One of the place I brought them was to the UNESCO site, the famous Penang’s Kuan Yin Temple on Pitt Street, to pray and to see. It’d been some time I didn’t go to pray already, so it’s a good opportunity too.

    Surprisingly, they were kinda excited and interested while visiting the temple. I thought they would thought that temple is boring and dirty and blablabla, but no.

    Well, want to let you guys know that the Kuan Yin’s Temple on Pitt Street is one of the must visit in Penang because it’s listed in one of the UNESCO Heritage Building list, so it’s cool. =D

    It’s very very very hot day though. But then it’s raining now in Penang! =D I always keep track of what’s happening back home. Yay.

    =) Birds.
  • Hello Hueisean Dear!

    Hello Hueisean Dear!

    Hello baby! Very random. =D We went to The Ship, outside, few days ago, not for eat, but for fun. It had been ages I’d never been there already. Hmm.

    Brother and his Apple Ye! =D

    Blah, another very random post. Going home in ten days time. Start to countdown now.

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