3 things from OlaBola that changes my life

So in a short time, our very own Malaysian production, directed by Mr Chiu who many remember him with his breakthrough movie, "The Journey", make another history. Well, this blog post, I ain't gonna talk about what is the movie about since everyone can read it everywhere else. So here is the 5 things I learnt after watching to movie:

It is 2016

Last post, honestly speaking, is really God knows how long was that ago, I even feel bad for myself, well, there might not be people following around in this blog, but still...the update time interval is too damn long. I say sorry to myself.

Well, it is already 2016, 15 passed way to fast for me even to realize that it is already a new year. Well, ups and downs, happening and not so happening, everything seems to be running. So here is for the first ever post for 2016!

Grand Opening of Everrise @ Vivacity

Of course I still stick to the same team, of course I am still with Sarawak Bloggers, fun people, why not? Hence, we were invited to cover their opening at Vivacity.

It was named, Market Place by Everrise, why? This huge area of 30,000 sqft actually blend in good thing well, all into one place. Everything you need for your family, all under one roof, why all the hassle to go so many places when you can get all at one place? Even better, apart from our local products, they have wide range of goods from Japan, Korea, the West, imported goods such as fresh fruits and vegetables, premium yogurt, gourmet chocolates, fine pasta, imported drinks, wine and so much more!

Opening from 10am to 10pm, now you worry less about your fresh food from market, now you can get it after your office hour, simple! *especially for lazy dude like me*

Dato' Mayor Chan were to the one to officially open the Market Place, accompany by all board of directors of Everrise.

Hey look! Dong Dong Chiang!

We were being taken for a tour around in the Market Place, there were many section that catch my attention, although I do not do much of my grocery shopping because I am single and I eat out 7 days a week, but I really gotta give credit to their display artist, my gosh look at their creativity!

And right after that it is something that I never experienced before, something that I would cover on the next post, it is called "Hog & Wild". Short - good food, good beer, good environment!

In conjunction with their opening and also Chinese New Year, they have plenty of promotion on going, not only the one in Vivacity, but all of their other Everrise, so you can actually look for them at www.facebook.com/myeverrise!

The Original Macam Macam Ada

It was not a very good day, was packed with plenty of stuff and work loads, but the not so happy part was, I met an accident, long story cut short, dented door, need money to fix and hence not so...great a day. But no kidding, sometimes people do say...Happiness' initial is food. *alright, I might have just made that up, but for me that is kind of true, lol*

Getting from a fellow blogger information, 12 years, this is The Original Macam Macam Ada Mega Buffet's 12th years. That is a grown up child already. For me, i gotta say, memang you'll see the diversity in culture, in food, in people if you are at this buffet.

I see Chinese eating together with Muslims friends, and other wise.

I see all sorts of food being served by Grand Magherita, from Chinese food, Japanese food, Middle East food, or course the delicious local delicacies! 

And yes, friends, I am already like an hour late when I arrived at the dinner, an hour after our Muslim's friends break their fast due to the not-so-happy incident, but look at the crowd photo I snapped, people are still there, having their food, having chit chat with their companies and having a real good time I must say!

Hence, I put my cameras down, settle down a little bit, apologize to all my fellow bloggers about the very late arrival and cerita accident bermula.

*NOTE: I am always the panglipulara no matter where, -story teller*

A story which I am not gonna tell in here, really, if u see me, let me know you wanna listen to the story, I will verbally tell you, its more story telling like that.

So, it is more to food time instead of talking, turning to Tia, i asked, what's highly recommended?

Without any doubt, she go straight with PENANG CHAR KUEH TIAW!

I am a big fan of Char Kueh Tiao to be honest, you know the a little bit hangus taste, not bitter, but it is a little over fried by the cook. The one shown in the picture is pretty much like how I describe it, but the extra thing that I was so glad when I took a bite, was the spicy sambal used to fried Kueh Tiao. Uhh! That taste, definitely makes you wanna go back for another round for sure, I did!

This one is pretty much like lok lok that we normally eat around town, but there is one thing that is differentiate between them and the rest of the other lok loks, yes, the sauce! The sauce with the lok lok that is being served at Grand Magherita is spicy, sweet and a little salty, you might be thinking the famous lok lok near Kuching High School taste almost the same, but I am telling you no! It is not the same, it has its own unique taste! And man, the Ngo Hiang (spring roll) is crispy and remind me of my late uncle, he used to make what I called the best ngo hiang I will ever taste!

Because I was waiting for the sotong kangkung, I went over and grabbed the omelette, not a big fan of oyster cook this way, or maybe the Penang way, I have little comment about the omelette. 

And the sotong kangkung that got me waiting for, cause the aunty that is behind the station went to grab more sotong and also kangkung, then you know what does that mean, too good! Everyone want some, that's why...habis! I was good for me because of the ingredient were fresh!

Up to the sotong kangkung, I started to feel a little bloated, maybe due to my mood, I slow down a little in the food consumption, but I told myself, this is an opportunity that I obtain, I must not let it to waste, hence I got up and went to the local delicacies station, and I grab a few piles and piled it onto my plate and get back to the table. There are fried vegetables, chicken, fried rice and beef on my plate (photo under) I would say, quite a normal one that we had everyday, but one stands out a lot, that is the beef! Tender and juicy, simple as that. It does not have plenty complicated ingredients to prepare the dish, but the juice that has been extracted out after cooking, I wish my mom find out the ingredient about this. Lol

Right after the plate with that juicy beef, I got extremely bloated and really started to feel not so well, really does not know what went wrong. But photos are the extremely nice, sweet and candylicious cakes that fellow bloggers had gathered for the table, everyone went back with high-sugar level, I am quite sure, but everyone was darn happy with the cakes!

And the Japanese food! Garner took this and also wanted it to share it with the table, I sat there, with saliva drooling, wanted to have a piece but all I know was the damn bloated tummy, not a very right moment..

The Original Macam Macam Ada Ramadhan buffet is here for the entire month, you can actually go down and have a taste with all the great foods yourselves  at adult RM 100 and kid at RM 50 only! Pretty worth it I tell you, really!

The number is there to be dialed, and we would really like to thank Grand Magherita for the delicious food! WoHoo! and here is the Group Photo!

Always By Your Side

Pretty dope yeah? A lovely Sunday I would say, pretty weather, nice companion with such a memorable event. I used to catch up with stuff. You know those, "Hey, catch up soon!". That kind of catch up. But lately...it's all work catching up with me and me caught in that. *Hey, hey, I'm not complaining here k?!*

So it was nice to actually have some time off, doing something still pretty much related to my work, but doing different parts of it. So yah, Volkswagen invited bloggers to join them for convoy and I was like, "why not, but little do I know that...I am actually catching up with the legends"

Graduan Aspire Borneo 2015

I would say, many of us right, when we graduated from schools, we were pretty much 'lost', really tak tau nak gi sine..duno where to work, what direction to head, who should we talk to and so on. Yes, there are those that have quite a clear head of what they wanted to do, maybe way before they entered university...but I still think there are quite a huge numbers outside still unsure about what they wanna do with their life, I USED TO BE ONE! 

I would say that image is pretty much describe what I used to be when I get my degree. WONDER & WANDER, and if you used to be one or still are one NOW! FEAR NOT! For I am telling you...how this could be put to an end!

GRADUAN ASPIRE 2015

Are you doing anything on the 14th of March 2015, on a Saturday from 10am till 5pm? If you are, and it is not URGENT, I'll say scrub it off, and if you are NOT on something, apa tunggu lagi? Let's REGISTER and go! Plenty of activities, plenty of things to look at and learn and you might just find your future CAREER + PASSION there!

Top Players in all sorts of burgeoning industry is all under one roof awaiting for your arrival, don't believe me? HERE!

AEON, Astro, Axiata, Bank Rakyat, Biotech Corporation, British American Tobacco, CIMB, DRB Hicom, Eco World, HGST, Intel, Lafarge, Maybank, NAIM, Press Metal, Prudential, Public Bank, Securities Commision Malaysia, Sarawak Energy, Shell, Taylor's Education Group, Teach for Malaysia and also Telekom Malaysia.

I think many, or almost every logo in that very picture, many of us are very familiar with them, why? Because they are TOP PLAYERS! like I mentioned just now, don't you want to be a team with these TOP PLAYERS? Challenging yourself in achieving what many might just dream of?

If you are still reading my lines here, and find things not so convincing yet, lemme PUT ICING on THIS VERY CAKE,,,

Apart from the exhibitions shown in the picture (psst...see closely in the website, it says more might be coming in!), there would be another thing! INTERVASITY

Where you and your team mates can let the WORLD hear your idea and who knows, your idea might take you somewhere far, I AM NOT KIDDING YOU!

OK, enough, lemme get you straight on how can you GO! Simple as ABC, go here - www.graduan.com/aspire REGISTER, MARK YOUR CALENDAR and I SHALL SEE YOU THERE! @ PULLMAN HOTEL KUCHING

Pretty interesting eh, I ENSURE YOU, Regret you will never have once you are there! 

AGAIN!

Date: 14th March 2015

Time: 10 am - 5 pm

Venue: Pullman Hotel Kuching

More details: www.graduan.com/aspire

Wu Bai and China Blue (Live in Singapore)

All the way since 1998, when I was 10 years old. Not much about music I know, not much about singers or bands that I know around except those hot ones during those days. But I am pretty much attracted to this very one guy.

He is Wu Bai and China Blue...

I am a banana (Chinese that know nothing about Chinese characters). The most that I can write is my very own name. Pretty much that is it. Nothing else, yaa, I can play mahjong, I can also play Chinese chess but all those I recognize them like how I recognize pictures, for example, when you see a spotted, long neck animal, you know that is a giraffe. Yes, pretty much it is like that.

But since 1998, Wu Bai's music had been played over and over again at my cousin's place, the bunch of people that I grew up with (my aunt is my nanny). His music, his band, his energy, really grows within me, although up till now, some I still not very sure what is he singing about, but yaaa..he still let goosebumps grow on me like no one's business. And ever since I learn about, singer do come down and perform live for their fans, I am like, one day, I SWEAR I AM GONNA SEE HIM LIVE!

Well, of course ticket ain't cheap for a kid, double the price because no concert come to Sarawak (a lil sad case), so we have to fly to see one particular concert. So until when I am 26 years old...I finally heard that he is coming down to Singapore to perform. Coincidently with all the emcee jobs that lined up for me, his concert ticket plus flight and expenses at Singapore become my disposal income. Hence, let's FLY!

The official poster of his tour, the best part...his line up songs are all his golden classic, meaning to say, all the way since 1998 which is when I started listening to his music! ROCK ON!

I did not capture the entire journey from Kuching, but as for me, it was really history...some memories for me which will never fades, never erased from my mind. During his performance, all I remember was just we (me and Irving) singing all the way from beginning till end (literally!) and the one picture I captured...

But for you Wu Bai fans out there, here...

The entire highlight of what the concert looks like, damn...right after the concert, we hunger for more! Let's rock on...enjoy the clip people! :)

The Unveiling...

Wedding for some, it is like a new start, another beginning for a person's life. When two become one, two families become one, everything combined and life journey continue..

But as for the process, there are many aspects to look on, and many things to consider and done but in Kuching, luckily there is a new wedding gallery to provide their clients the very best that they have to make their clients special day even better.

SOUTHLAKE PERMYJAYA another success by NAIM, award winning developer

The SouthLake Permyjaya will be another NAIM’s successful project – 
Having such interesting stronghold pillar, people around will definitely look into such project as a BIG THUMB UP! Here are their 4 main feature!
Exclusivity, Rejuvenation, Security as well as Connectivity.

For more info do visit their Facebook page and official website respectively, or call into their respective offices at Miri (+6085-491000), Bintulu (+6086-339666) and Kuching (+6082-416288)

let Havana Cafe host your Christmas Eve!

We are again, back to the festive season that we all had been waiting for all year long. For the past 300 over days, we all had worked hard. Going through bosses bad moods, clients fussy request, family small issues, friends crazy stress and many more. But we are now at a more happy mood time, yes, there are some companies that this is the time when it gets craziest, but well, yes, do take time to have some rest and think back of what your wish was last year and achievements that you had done for the past 300 over days.

*thinking*

Let that thinking stops there, and come back on it later. Now you think, what to do on Christmas Eve, got a plan? Let me have some says over what you can do. Christmas Eve falls on Tuesday, which is still a working day and our government is already very considerate giving us Public Holiday on Christmas Day itself *hopefully your boss give you boxing day off too*, but Eve is not a day off yet for many. So you come home from work, take a shower, help or do the kitchen for dinner, ask family members to gather and spend time with dinner together maybe...

That would last for an hour or two probably, then all gather in front of the television and have some small chats, that would maybe last for an hour or two as well, and when it's around 9-ish 10. many would have said, "I'm a lil' tired now...I think I'm gonna rest". But you are not tired just yet, energy is still filling up your entire body, what do you do?! Well, this might sounds heroic, but let's put on your mask...

For HAVANA is HOSTING a MASQUERADE PARTY! 

If some who does not know what is a Masquerade Party is like, you must had missed out many fun in your life, but no worries, let Havana make your first time, a memorable one! You might bump into something like this!

Well, maybe not Ang Moh, but definitely some good looking people with mask on awaiting for you with your mask on too! Don't you just feel the excitement?

Alright, all the details are in the poster, the delicious fresh beers in towers are waiting for you at a cheap price, great part? ALL NIGHT LONG! 

They are even generous enough to put up a surprise while you have your countdown! What is the surprise? Well, you gotta go and check it out!

And I have just receive a confirmation! There is a door gifts for whoever is putting on a mask! *while stocks last*. They are also putting up, best costume award! So suit up and let your mask wins you something!

I am already excited with it, how bout you? Yes, you may start googling mask designs and stuff and start preparing for it, time is running out...and you do have few days left!

What is a party without music right? Worry not, for HAVANA CAFE also had it covered, local talent will have her spin that night, young and pumped up with creativity, they present you, DJ SKY!

Yes, don't be fooled by that young innocent look, she can spin! Shaped and trained by an established, also local talent, DJ Biggs. She took up music as young as the age of 8 by learning piano and cello, in proceeding, she took lessons in DJ-ing, she loves her own music, she produce her own songs with her peers and she took out at least an hour from her hectic schedule in a day, just for music, now that is COMMITMENT! She might be young, but when she is on her deck, she could be a beast with her music, so why not drop by and have a listen on what she is going to present you!

Now...

1) You are getting cheap price beverages

2) Door gifts if you put on your mask *while stocks last*

3) Best costume award awaits you

4) Young blood is going to entertain you with her music

5) NO ENTRY FEE!

It's definitely some party that you wanna drag your friends to have some great time with!

Strumming from paradise: Sungha Jung

First of all, I would like to sincerely send my apologies to many parties for the late post. But any how, this is the only way I can pay the favors that you guys had given me. Anyhow, drop those, let's see what I had been put through. 

Never I could imagine, listen to this guy:

That video was posted up couple of years ago. When he is still a young teen and starting slowly to build his music career. Many then knew him by then, the Korean boy who's smaller than his guitar, fingers so small but his skill made his guitar 'sings'.

In 2012, he, Sungha Jung was brought to Malaysia, thanks to TruEvents, in-collaboration with IMH (international music house) and driven by Ismaco Automotive S/B. These wonderful people had brought the wonderful boy and of course his awesome skill with his guitar.

He is no common k-pop celebrity, he ain't got the awesome look like most of them do (as you can see) but his talent...he far off a lot more, better than some and when he plays, he brings you into his world, of passion living and dancing with his guitar. His strumming and arrangement seems to be like a dope, making his fans high and feels like floating.

He is not any normal teenage boy, his talent in music is beyond capability of many musicians and some who claimed themselves as musician. Sungha's capability is really far off then many can only imagine.

During that wonderful night, Sungha take us into his world full of beautiful strumming of his guitar strings, he played some nice songs such as payphone, somebody that I used to know, the whole supermario theme songs, his own arrangement such as nostalgia, irony, sorry and some of the Japanese animations' theme songs and definitely one of his and PSY's hit song, Gangnam Style which both himself and the whole crowd enjoy it. He blew off the roof of Pullman that night.

Sungha was the main event that night, again, thanks to TruEvents, in-collaboration with International Music House, Ismaco Automotive S/B, not forgetting, technology partner, core system and also their official printer, Lee Ming Press S/B. 

But I also wanna bow to people who appear and entertain the crowd before Sungha, which is the International Music House

And the Malaysian youngest Mentalist, Chris Cheong

It's overall a really nice event and for myself, Sungha is really not talented, he is gifted. Send direct from God's music box. :)