Ah Sang Bak Kut Teh @ Sungai Way

It was a sunny day where a few of us planned this lunch trip to welcome Amy back to Malaysia. She was studying in UK previously and she's back just to renew her visa ha.

So it was Ah Sang Bak Kut Teh for lunch on a Sunday noon, the 9th of August 2009 to be exact. The infamous Bak Kut Teh place that claims that you don't have to get all the way to Klang to get your dosage of BKT, just go to Ah Sang and you'll get it.

and with the various food reviews on the internet by fellow foodies, this very place providing BKT will at least be at a certain standard that is.

There's lotsa people there when we reached there and we were lucky to find an empty table i suppose. Took a few pictures before we started. and here comes the food.

We ordered the standard portion of BKT for 6 person with almost everything available in it except for the special parts, the intestines that is. Pork ribs, Pork meat(fat and less fat ones), Golden Mushrooms, Fu Chok and along with it is a plate of Sang Choi.
*yau char kwai sold out at that time already. =(

The Bak Kut Teh there weren't as good as most people described, the herbal taste wasn't that strong as how i preferred but then the meats were quite nice, soft and tender to my liking where the Sang Choi was just nice for me. The price per person is RM11 and we had a plate of Sang Choi with a few more extra bowls of rice so it was around RM13 for a person.

Still fine with me as i don't frequent BKT that much haha but seriously if you ask me i would prefer the BKT at Kepong or at Jalan Ipoh as this one @ Sungai Way isn't way better than the 2 mentioned ones that is nearer to my place. =)

Do try it out if you're around that place then!

No.531, Jalan SS9A/12Seri Setia,
Sungei Way Petaling Jaya
03-7876 2299

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Heineken Green Room @ Zouk

It was one good night with good company. Heineken Green Room at Zouk KL The very first day of August 2009 that is.

A bunch of us was there including Nigel, David, Kelli, HsuJen, Yatz and Aaron. =)

It was these dudes, Filthy Dukes, a Synthpop band from London, England that was there to rock the Main Room with their kinda music that involves lotsa synthesizer plays and i find their music very loud but at the same time i like it as well. Haha Complications.

Met up later on in the night with Jamie and Ren and lepak-ed at Barsonic instead with the DJ Didjital there rocking as ever. We all know who is him xD

The Girls.

Ian and Siew-Ann

At the end of that night i must say i felt pretty dull then, perhaps i was still bothered by the FML accident that is. Nevertheless, the music by Filthy Dukes did a little bit of its magic having me moving a bit. Yea, a bit.

At the end of the day, its the company that matters. =)

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MTV World Stage Live At Malaysia @ Sunway Surf Beach

It was one of a kind! Being in the largest crowd in a pool. Yah. 20,000 people in a venue that was a surf beach when there's no other events. xD

The very first time a MTV World Stage music event happening in Malaysia itself. With big names such as Boys Like Girls, Pixie Lott, Raygun, Hoobastank, The All-American Rejects, Kasabian and our very own local band Estranged. Having to win the passes from TheStar Rage @ Twitter, i was looking forward to this very weekend going to Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach for this event.

It was as early as 2pm i left home heading to Sunway all thanks to Nigel & Kelli for the ride.



Met up with HsuJen, David/Royalshortness and her sister a.k.a QuirkyPrincess

Being not as privileged as the people who got tickets to MoshPit, we walked all the way to Sunway Lagoon's main entrance before entering Red Zone, the Surf Beach area where the concert is going to happen.

There were lots of people already at around 4pm and it actually rained for a couple of minutes where everyone started to wear the rain coat given by the sponsors.

and i was glad i met up with PekSan!!

Anyways, soon the concert started and everyone was cheering and shouting, jumping and clapping their hands not to mention there were some idiotic morons who threw stuffs on and off during the concert. Hope nobody got hurt. Zzz.

Let me just comment a little bit here and there about the performers.

Estranged
Having a local act being up on stage in an event that is broadcasted in 150 countries makes me proud being a Malaysian but of course, obviously, there were more people who support the other performers compared to our local boys. For me i would say that overseas music is at a much higher level than local ones. I can see the big difference when Boys Like Girls performed on stage where i compared on how they play and sing and interacts with the crowd. No Match AT ALL!.

Boys Like Girls
I felt pretty strange when not many people turned up on a special appearance of them at Sony Style - The Curve Damansara just days ago before the District 9 premiere and found out that they had lotsa fans here in Malaysia where everyone was basicly shouting out loud at the first drumbeat. Martin Johnson made the whole crowd go crazy when he started climbing up on one of the stand beside the stage. These guys were good!

Pixie Lott
As sweet and attractive as ever, this 18 year old who emerged into the international scene not long ago was the only female singer performing in this very music event. Having her performing is like adding some different element in this whole event to make it more interesting and i could see that she can really sing and such. Too bad that the band that was playing looks and sound pretty fake to me, singer can lipsync and so i call this a BANDSYNC. It was very obvious that every single song, the sound of the drums were different and the tempo and all were different with the song when the drummer played some parts. Gahhh. Anyhow it was still interesting. All because she's attractive nyahahahahaa. =D

Raygun & Kasabian
Alright for the performance from these 2 sides, i was either paying more attention on my extremely tired leg or i was wandering faraway in some unknown realm. Didn't really pay attention on them. Maybe just not my type of music though. I don't mean that they are bad, they both have record selling albums with fans all over the world so i guessed its just me myself. I just felt bad for Kasabian because they were the last to performed and lots of people already left the scene went The All-American Rejects finished their performance.

The All-American Rejects
Obviously one of the crowd favourite and one of the best performers in this event itself. I was having a numb leg by then with a sticky body being in a pool of 20,000 people. Everyone should be insanely exhausted already when they came up on stage as its like 4 hours past since the start of the whole event. Instead, everyone, well almost everyone(except me because i was too tired) went ecstatic and jumping crazily. Good performers, good crowd, NICE!

Hoobastank
When most of the people i know who attended this event said that The All-American Rejects was the best, i thought that Hoobastank rocks most!! I preferred their music more and of course, they were one of the crowds favourites as well with lots of fans in the event including me myself. Hoobastank had the crowd going crazy when they played a song with cheers and replies from the crowd shouting: "GHOST BUSTERS!". Totally unexpected and awesome at the same time!! Of course, Hoobastank was THE REASON i was looking forward to this event and when the famous sound of the guitar plucking came out, i went T__T.

HOOBASTANK RAWKS!!

Despite the stupid long intervals between different acts, the RM5 drinks and the rain earlier on, not to mention the amount of time spent standing with stupid people smoking around me having my sore legs, it was still a good event. I hope that they do bring better acts next time, a BIG TIME one with lots of record breaking histories behind them and so. Well, many said it sucked but i thought it was good enough. Having to attend this whole thing for free, i won't say it sucked, if you get what i mean. =)

All the best to the ones who are cleaning the venue tonight!!
*pictures by JasonGoh, Ewin, David and Kelli.

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Birthday Business for Nigelsia

It was a day filled with laughter, joy and a handful of wishes for Nigel.

We had an early birthday celebration for Nigel just last Saturday. The Mastermind planned something up for the birthday boy to play at 1 Utama where a few of us were involved in it.

Lots of walking.

Lots of hints.

and a few sweats...

It took us all a few hours but it ended pretty well where we brought the birthday boy to the next destination for a small little birthday party.

The group with the Birthday Boy in the middle.

Do watch the compiled video shown below.

The rest of the day was spent at Andrew's place watching part of Michael Jackson's magic.

Blessed Birthday Nigel!! =)

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Love Life With Boost!

Ever since i read about this new juice drink in town on kelz's blog where she praised it pretty much, i wanted to try it very badly but couldn't find a reason to convince myself going to KLCC all by myself just to get a cup of juice.

So when i knew that she arranged an informal meeting with the couple who brought Boost to Malaysia, i immediately agreed on the meeting and was all excited about it. I'm not a big fan of gas drinks and though i love coffee drinks, its not such a good idea to frequent Starbucks that much as excessive coffee will cause damage to your body.

But for juice, its different, its refreshing and it taste well especially with a blend mixing a few different ingredients altogether in a single cup.

and so, just last week, i headed to KLCC for the informal meeting and tried the highly recommended juice drink by Kelli where i find myself falling for the juice as well.

There were 3 different categories which is Low-Fat Smoothies, Super Smoothies and Crushes where all of them were 98% fat free! Good news for juice lovers/coffee haters who wants to lead a healthy life boosting up their immune system in a age with more and more upcoming health issues!!

As for that day itself we got a few different cups of Boost Juice to try which includes :

Brekkie to go-go (Super Smoothie)
Mango Tango Crush (Fruit Crushes)
King William Chocolate (Indulgence)
Energiser Juice (Fresh Juices)
Green Tea Mango Mantra (Super Smoothies)
Mango Magic (Low-Fat Smoothies)
Tropical Pina Colada (Low-Fat Smoothies)

and I must say that i love both the Green Tea Mango Mantra and Mango Magic very much!!

It was a great fellowship with the couple where they shared a few facts about Boost which is largely related to health, the extra power factor added to their drinks and how it helps to boost you up nutrition wise.

The Couple - Nick & Soraya.

We had a good laughs on the stories shared by the friendly couple on their adventure to various countries and Kelli even shared her experience when she was still studying in Australia where Boost came from, people would line up in a long queue everyday just to get their daily dosage of juice from Boost.

The banana bread provided was awesome as well! Nigel loves it especially when he takes it along with his favourite boost drink, the Brekkie to-go-go!!

For your information, they have 3 different size, the 12, 16 and 20 ounce cups and if you ask me, the 20 ounce cup is definitely my choice. Unless i got my hands on the eye-catching Boost Travel Mug Haha.

We live in a world with more and more health issues coming up each day and everyone got pretty health conscious lately with the H1N1 issue so i don't see a problem accepting this new drink in the Malaysian market.

From what i've tried, the juices tasted really nice and the blend between the different ingredients were just right and so, what are you waiting for? Go get a cup BOOSTing up your immune system and Love Life!

Nigel, Kelli, Nick, Soraya, HsuJen, David, Me.

Currently they are having this customer loyalty program (VIBE) going on where you'll get discounts and promotions by presenting your stamp card (request for it when you visit the place the first time) each time you get a Boost Juice for a new stamp.

David showing how much he love Boost!

So yea, that's it. If you're unsure of which to choose first, then go for Mango Magic!! I loved it and i hope that you'll love it too! Hope that they'll open a new branch near to my place!!

Boost Juice Bars Malaysia
2nd Level, Centre Court
Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur City Centre
50088 Kuala Lumpur
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College Life & Graduation Day.

*this is a long post. =)

Waking up 2 hours before class starts taking 2 buses before i reach college to attend a lecture/tutorial where most of the times i'll fall asleep in class.There are times where i would overslept in bus and ended up in the middle of KL.

Walking under the hot sun or under the rain and waiting for public transport to get home or college.

It was all tiring, but fun. I could see more things around and ponder upon more stuffs back then.

I entered Tunku Abdul Rahman college in the year 2004. Just after my National Service i started my college life enrolling myself in one of the computer science course.

Few friends made, though not many but we were one heck of a group. I could remember being a good student staying back in college during breaks going to the library or study room during my very first semester.

That was the only semester i was good. xD In the next few semester through out my Diploma course, i started skipping classes going out during breaks, to various YumCha & CC sessions.

YumCha - Going to a nearby drinking place and tok cok.
CC - Going to a Cyber Cafe playing computer games.

It was just the beginning of the DOTA rampage era and that was when i started picking up DOTA. Playing at least 10 games per day every single day with fellow coursemates be it in Cyber Cafes or on Blueserver, a local server that provides a platform for online internet users to play Dota.

The Diploma days was extremely enjoying for me. Me and my coursemates, we will travel all the way to a destination and just hang out there for no reason. Out of the blue.

The above picture was taken when we were having Bak Kut Teh in Johor Bahru. We bunked in one of the coursemate's house and it wasn't even during the semester break.

It was last minute and freaking random. The JB guy, KokHao plan to skip class on Thursday & Friday and head back to his hometown earlier. Then, with no specific reason, a few of us started a MSN chatroom.

Within 20 minutes, we decided to follow him all the way to JB just for the heck of it. Not 1 but 3 cars if i'm not mistaken with more than 10 of us.

What did we do in JB? Eat normal food, Sleep, and go to Cyber Cafe. As if there ain't any of those back in KL. Haha.

Making trips to Seremban to another coursemate's house was fun as well. Same thing. Random, pretty last minute and just for the heck of it.

the most crazy trip we had was going all the way to Kuantan to attend one of our friend's funeral.

It was in the midst of our exam. Some Maths subject i think and we, 3 cars headed all the way to Kuantan in the afternoon after an exam in the morning to attend the funeral service.

Came back in the night the next day where we sat for the next exam paper the day after.

Going to Kajang for its Satay, heading to the cinemas multiple times, Sang from our heart in various SingK sessions looking at the girls who passes by out of the room. That was really some DIPLOMA days for me.

Oh and we do stupid stuffs such as the picture above. Having the same nickname on MSN or replying each other on MSN status.

The bunch of people which includes PengYee, HoongWai, ChinYen, KokHao, BoonPean, YewJoe and etc. You guys rawks!!

However, like what people normally say, time flies and it was just in a blink of an eye i completed my Diploma Course in May 2006. Thank God!

With no certain direction of what to do, i stopped studying for one whole year...

Till 2007... i enrolled myself again, this time in an Advance Diploma Cum Degree course. Information Systems Engineering that is.

My Advance Dip Days were pretty NOT happening. Not like my diploma days as i've said above. Nevertheless, new friends were made with new cliques and such. Though stopped 1 whole year, i manage to get myself back into study mode and attended most of the tutorials.

Yah tutorials but not lectures. Typical Tarc Students if you want to know where we will ask our friends to take attendance for us during lectures.

Falling asleep in class is still what i did most of the times during my adv dip days. Hoped i didn't snore too loud ha.

Anyways, i had my 6 months of industrial training where the company i was in had 2 times of break in & theft case. Must be some "black shop" i assume. Don't wanna further talk about that crappy period.

Unlike my Diploma Days where we will have some last minute random trips to other places, we still have our share of YumCha & Karaoke sessions.

The rest of the story, is just some normal story about a student doing his course. Going to class, Skipping class, Going to exams, Failing and passing the papers and such.

Not much happenings in my college days then as it was 2008. The year i became active stepping my foot into the Malaysian Blogoshpere knowing and mixing more people out of my college.

and FINALLY, i completed my course and it was the graduation day of my Bachelor Degree just last Saturday.

I couldn't be more happier that day. Having mixed feelings all over, i woke up extremely early and headed all the way to Subang to pick the GF up.

My brain was blank the whole journey to Subang.

Good thing that the speeches during the ceremony were pretty short.

One minute, I wasn't even ready, the next minute, i'm already heading up stage to shake hands and get my scroll getting my picture taken by the official photographer.

Headed out to take all the graduation pictures. Pictures that i will treasure. =)

Friends since Diploma Days, ChinYen, HoongWai, YewJoe, Me.


Friends made during Adv Dip days, Eric, King, Swee, Me.


Some random group picture.


and the MOMENT.

For those who've wished me in a previous blog post, through smses, through msn, through facebook. Thank You!

and to Nigel, Kelli, Yatz & David, thanks for coming all the way to attend my graduation. =)

I owe her alot. *Hugs* =)

and i owe them more!! HA!!

and so...

Spending time studying in study room...

Doing stupid stuffs in classes...

Tunku Abdul Rahman College...

and many many more...

I'll be missing those days. ByeBye to that very phase of my life as i'm going to step into the next phase in my life.

and at the end of the post, i just want to tell those whom i've knew during my college days, NICE KNOWING YOU, and i WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN LIFE!

Wish me all the best too!! xD

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Graduation Day Pictures.
*thanks to Nigel for the graduation pics.

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