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DETA - Dulux Emerging Talent Award @ KBU College

2012-09-15T03:35:00.000+08:00

DETA - Dulux Emerging Talent Award 2012 @ KBU College - Only 4 person from my class, another 6 from the degree's class and 5 of my senior went to the Dulux Emerging Talent Award on last Saturday. It was supposed to be more than that, in fact my lecturer invited everyone to go but all of them were lazy and has no passion of it. I told myself, since it's my final year in Taylor's University, so why not? Just go for fun, get some inspiration, experience, foster friendship and play.

Funny that the lecturer actually booked 2 bus but ended only 10 boarded the bus. Haha. So sad for them.

It was a competition for interior design student held at KBU College and 3 winners get to go to Amsterdam and some other part of Europe for free! Cool right? But it's not for me as I am not that good, yet. HAHA. There's more than 10 school participated in this little competition and it's pretty happenings at there.

So basically, the competition was about designing a space concept for different type of space - Restaurant, Office, Gallery. Each of us were divided into 3 different team and each team get their own type of space. I've got office design. We were given a paper box and some paint colour as well as some recycling material, then we have to produce a conceptual design through all the material.

Well, I kinda suck at it, blur at first then came up with a childish stuff in the end. Admit that I was blur and stucked. Haha. However, looking at other's creative work, it gives me an energy to search for creativity and study on creativity. Yeah! My school has a few person got into final, but then didn't make it for the grand prize.

The college has notice board for Club and Society. It feels so 'high school' to me! =D

Me, Henry, Connie and Wei Shi.

Hanan, Aida, Rasyid and Me! =D

Anyway, it was a fun day, realised that I am not creative, got free food, know my friend from other class more and I told myself to strive hard to look for creativity.

Sunrise: Straits Quay, Penang

2012-09-15T02:39:00.000+08:00

Sunrise: Straits Quay, Penang - This is my long waited sunrise post. Was thinking to post it up earlier but have caught up with some school assignments. I actually went for this sunrise photoshoot about a month ago when I was in Penang for a short holiday.

I woke up as early as 6.30am, drove there in 10 minutes and it was just nice as the sky was clear! However, I've no idea why it was pretty warm that morning. Usually, morning is cool and fresh, but it's not on that day.

At there, I've seen people jogging at there, doing some morning walk. Seems like there's people earlier than me. Haha. Straits Quay was so quiet in the morning, not forget to mention - pretty and peaceful! Set up my tripod and then I waited! It feels good in the morning, when the air is fresh and sky is clear. Let's check out the sunrise now. =)

Penang is pretty isn't it?

First Time: Pubika @ Solaris Dutamas

2012-09-15T02:22:00.000+08:00

First Time: Pubika @ Solaris Dutamas - Publika, a mixed development mall + office + residential located at Solaris Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur is a very cool place. I went there for the very first time last week for dinner and to check out that place as I've heard friends telling me that the place is cool. Yes, indeed it is.

Wondermilk!

It's a very artsy mall which houses many cool and nice cafe and restaurant. The interiors of the mall is decorated with various arts pieces that also serves as furniture. If you are a designer, sure you will like that place, touching, taking photos and enjoying the place.

Unfortunately I did not bring my DSLR with me, or else I would have busy shooting. Anyway, will go back again, eat and to see. =)

Video: Shadowfax - Cycling Around George Town By Fauzi Yusoff

2012-09-04T20:47:00.000+08:00

Video: Shadowfax - Cycling Around George Town By Fauzi Yusoff - This is a cool short film of Fauzi Yusoff and his team cycling around George Town, Penang showcasing some few cool places. Penang has more and more bicycle riders nowadays!

Check out the statement copied from the Vimeo site:

I was approached by Canon to do a video for Shadowfax at Penang.

I took this oppurtunity to go cycling, backpacking, and travelling with friends. This is the first part of our journey. Thank you to our sponsors, friends and everyone who gave a good support toward this project.

Thank you to our sponsors:
Canon, Adobe, Grafa, Ryokan Chics, Red Inn and Tofu Cafe, Bed & Bikes

Directed by Fauzi Yusoff
Assistant Camera: Shazmir, Fahmy Says

Thanks Fauzi Yusoff and team for this awesome short video of Penang!

Shadowfax at Penang from Fauzi Yusoff on Vimeo.

PIK NIK Food & Gathering With Primary School Friend

2012-09-04T20:31:00.000+08:00

PIK NIK Food & Gathering With Primary School Friend - It'd been a while that I see and meet my primary school's friend. After studying in Chung Ling High School, it seems like I was lost in contact with most of them. All the while I was like mixing with high school friends, only when Facebook arrives on the web, we started to communicate again. Well, it's nice to have some nice primary school mate who organises some gathering session.

Well, thanks Joanne for organising that recent gathering session at PIK NIK when I was in Penang few weeks ago. I was pretty excited for that as I haven't been meeting for a long long time. In fact, I did forget about a few girls in the invitation list, hehehe, but not now. Now I've remember all of you! No worry.

It was dinner, it was gathering, it was photo session, it was Zenga session, it was just joking around, it was reunion. Funny that I didn't know what to talk at first, was shy at the girls, nothing much with the boys as they were high school mate. But crap and bullshits coming out of mouth after some warm up of "Hello" here and there. Laughter started to break the silence. HAHAHA.

How about food? Not low price, but looks good! Should have tried out the smoked salmon waffle. I ordered a new food in the menu - Spicy Kimchi Spaghetti and seriously.... It's HOT AND SPICY! But with my spicy tongue, it's still acceptable.

Spicy Kimchie Spaghetti with sausages.

Chicken Waffle Burger. Looks yummy and very worth with that portion.

Smoked Salmon Waffle - Yums! Very good.

Bacon Waffle.

Food presentation does indeed looks pretty at there. Forgot to mention, the owner behind this little cafe is a Graphic Designer! That's why you will see very irregular seatings and fancy graphical artwork around the cafe. Cool place to chill, perhaps in the afternoon. It gets pretty noisy at night. =D

Photos of some Zenga session and group shot with them...

Nice expression of Vi Vien before falling off .

Me, Lit Chen, Joanne and Choon Yong.

Me, Yong Fu & Ee Teng.

Jing Xian, Zee Yen, Chen Yong, Me.

Yi Jia, Khang Chian, Me.

Jia Hui and me.

Yi Jia, Vi Vien, Minli and Renyu.

One cool thing, why so many I know are either studying dentistry or medicine???? They are like everywhere around me! Happy gathering and all the best in everything! It's time to focus back on interior design study! =)

PIK NIK

15, Nagore Road,
Penang.

Telephone: +60164529250

Business Hour: 3pm-12am+ (Closes on Tuesday)

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Ahmad Tea & Vintage Teas - My New Companion

2012-09-04T07:35:00.000+08:00

Ahmad Tea & Vintage Teas - My New Companion - Coffee is nice, but does not feel comfortable in me some times. My new thing in my life is - drink tea. Just recently, I started to drink tea and Lifehacker has a good write up on guide to tea. Basically I drink tea is just for fun, for leisure, rejuvenate, replenish and healthy!

Not forget to mention, it's tasty too! I've read on the Internet, only now I know that tea is good for health. Tea that I am talking about is Green Tea & Black Tea. I am not sure about Chinese tea like Pu Er, Long Jing, Tie Kuanyin and other. My starter would be Green Tea and Black Tea. Green Tea has got a lot of good comment about it.

1. Tea contains antioxidants. Like the Rust-Oleum paint that keeps your outdoor furniture from rusting, tea's antioxidants protect your body from the ravages of aging and the effects of pollution.

2. Tea has less caffeine than coffee. Coffee usually has two to three times the caffeine of tea (unless you're a fan of Morning Thunder, which combines caffeine with mate, an herb that acts like caffeine in our body). An eight-ounce cup of coffee contains around 135 mg caffeine; tea contains only 30 to 40 mg per cup. If drinking coffee gives you the jitters, causes indigestion or headaches or interferes with sleep -- switch to tea.

3. Tea may reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke. Unwanted blood clots formed from cholesterol and blood platelets cause heart attack and stroke. Drinking tea may help keep your arteries smooth and clog-free, the same way a drain keeps your bathroom pipes clear. A 5.6-year study from the Netherlands found a 70 percent lower risk of fatal heart attack in people who drank at least two to three cups of black tea daily compared to non-tea drinkers.

4. Tea protects your bones. It's not just the milk added to tea that builds strong bones. One study that compared tea drinkers with non-drinkers, found that people who drank tea for 10 or more years had the strongest bones, even after adjusting for age, body weight, exercise, smoking and other risk factors. The authors suggest that this may be the work of tea's many beneficial phytochemicals.

5. Tea gives you a sweet smile. One look at the grimy grin of Austin Powers and you may not think drinking tea is good for your teeth, but think again. It's the sugar added to it that's likely to blame for England's bad dental record. Tea itself actually contains fluoride and tannins that may keep plaque at bay. So add unsweetened tea drinking to your daily dental routine of brushing and flossing for healthier teeth and gums.

6. Tea bolsters your immune defenses. Drinking tea may help your body's immune system fight off infection. When 21 volunteers drank either five cups of tea or coffee each day for four weeks, researchers saw higher immune system activity in the blood of the tea drinkers.

7. Tea protects against cancer. Thank the polyphenols, the antioxidants found in tea, once again for their cancer-fighting effects. While the overall research is inconclusive, there are enough studies that show the potential protective effects of drinking tea to make adding tea to your list of daily beverages.

8. Tea helps keep you hydrated. Caffeinated beverages, including tea, used to be on the list of beverages thatdidn't contribute to our daily fluid needs. Since caffeine is a diuretic and makes us pee more, the thought was that caffeinated beverages couldn't contribute to our overall fluid requirement. However, recent research has shown that the caffeine really doesn't matter -- tea and other caffeinated beverages definitely contribute to our fluid needs. The only time the caffeine becomes a problem as far as fluid is concerned is when you drink more than five or six cups of a caffeinated beverage at one time.

9. Tea is calorie-free. Tea doesn't have any calories, unless you add sweetener or milk. Consuming even 250 fewer calories per day can result in losing one pound per week. If you're looking for a satisfying, calorie-free beverage, tea is a top choice.

10. Tea increases your metabolism. Lots of people complain about a slow metabolic rate and their inability to lose weight. Green tea has been shown to actually increase metabolic rate so that you can burn 70 to 80 additional calories by drinking just five cups of green tea per day. Over a year's time you could lose eight pounds just by drinking green tea. Of course, taking a 15-minute walk every day will also burn calories. [From here]

I went to the supermarket and look for tea bags as I do not have tea pot or mug. There's so many tea bags on the shelves which makes me confuse about which to get. I ended up with Ahmad Tea and Vintage Teas as they have a better looking packaging. Sorry for not going for local's Boh. I don't know why. Gonna try up this two Ahmad Tea Original Green Tea and Vintage Teas Black Tea Peach first only then I look for others.

Any recommendation?

Breakfast Wan Tan Mee At Taman OUG

2012-09-04T07:04:00.000+08:00

Breakfast Wan Tan Mee At Taman OUG - Was craving for Wan Tan Mee (noodle) this morning and went to the one located at PJS7 Low Cost Flat area but it was not open. Then the place 'Taman OUG' came up on my mind as it was somewhere in between the way to the city centre then off I went to that place.

I recalled once I had Wan Tan Mee at there but have forgotten about which stall and coffee shop it was. Randomly, I went to the coffee shop (Restorant Swee Hing) that has the most people. Parking was a big problem at that area, but I still managed to find one. Wan Tan Mee stall located at the front was the first thing that greeted me so I quickly ordered one to easy my morning hungryness.

RM4.50 for the above plate of Wan Tan Noodle, with plentiful of char siew, 3 wan tan in soup, a little kai lan and the springy noodle. Oily as it seems, but the noodle was springy enough and the soy sauce was just nice to my taste. Too bad there's too less kailan vegetable. Char siu was so-so to me although sweet. As for the wantan, it's not bad afterall. It's just another kind of wan tan mee if were to compare to Penang's. Penang's has lard in it!

Please introduce some nice Wan Tan Mee place in Klang Valley, Kuala Lumpur, PJ. =)

By the way, kopi-peng costs RM1.90! This is KL, duh...

Wan Tan Mee @ Restaurant Swee Hing @ Taman OUG

48, Jalan Hujan Emas 4,
Taman Overseas Union,
Batu 5 Off Jalan Kelang Lama,
58200 Kuala Lumpur.

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First Time Visit To Kampar & UTAR - Little Town Of Perak

2012-09-04T06:42:00.000+08:00

First Time Visit To Kampar - Little Town Of Perak - I went to Kampar, Perak yesterday! Kampar is a little town in Perak, far away from the big city but famous among Malaysian students as there locates a few higher institution - UTAR & KTAR. I have many friends who are studying at there but I've not been there before. I went to there with my girlfriend to check out some hostel room as she's moving there to study.

It's about 1 hour 45 minutes drive from Kuala Lumpur and the place is kinda rural. The first place I came across is the little town of Tapah before reaching Kampar. Kampar is very peaceful, there's many hill and lake, and a lot of residential terrace houses which serve as student accommodation.

Nothing much, you can see coffee shops, rows of shoplots, cyber cafes, a tall hotel - Grand Kampar Hotel, Tesco, railway track and that's all I guess. Haven't explore much yet. UTAR is cool, the campus itself is big and has a modern squarish design. Unfortunately, the landscape doesn't seems being maintained well. But afterall, it seems to be a good designed campus, just located at a wrong location. It should be something close to the city in my opinion.

The student accommodation is one special thing. Each row of terrace houses is named according top institution in the world like Harvard, Cambridge, Imperial and so on. And don't be surprise that there's 20 student living under one roof. That's so, dense! And bicycles are everywhere.

Chee Pherng, Boon Hooi, Me and Peng Sheng in front of UTAR signage!

Met some high school friends there, tour a bit of the campus and went back home. Will be visiting there again, perhaps explore some cool spot. I have found a nice sunset shooting spot at there, will be back with a tripod and a proper camera! =)

Fun Time At Taylor's University Photo Studio

2012-08-31T20:25:00.000+08:00

Fun Time At Taylor's University Photo Studio - I've taken an elective course in school for this semester - Digital Imaging. It's more about learning some editing via Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. There's a few elective that we can choose, other than Digital Imaging, there's Creative Thinking and Visual Culture. Most useful of all, of course is Digital Imaging.

Recent class, I get a chance to use the school's photo studio, seems very well-equipped with various backdrop and studio lighting, tripod too. Despite having a good studio, my photography skill is not that good. Nevertheless it was a fun time pressing the shutter button in the studio. I have some problem focusing and getting the best lighting setting sometimes. My camera was on Shutter priority mode all the time, is it correct?

Anyway, the photos taken are actually for us to learn how to mask on Photoshop. Quite fun. Took a lot of photos, and check out some shots below.

Me...

Wesley Low, Seremban boy.

Dancer Arvin Tang, Medan boy who likes Malaysia so much.

Steve of Pahang!

Jia Hui, the Ipoh girl.

Gino and Moh.

Azhar as subject.

A group photo.

My New Starbucks Bottle

2012-08-31T07:26:00.000+08:00

My New Starbucks Bottle - Recently, I have started to drink tea, Green Tea is my favourite at the moment and I find it very healthy and taste good. To allow me to bring some tea around, I bought a Starbucks bottle as I know it can withstand high temperature. My tea is just tea bag, so it's OK to put into it. Picked the tall size and it costs me RM38 for it.

The design not bad right? Love my Starbucks bottle now and I just get to know that when you buy beverage from Starbucks with the bottle, you will get RM2 off, pretty cool.

Pan Mee At Hou Mei Yuen, Bukit Jambul

2012-08-29T04:36:00.000+08:00

Pan Mee At Hou Mei Yuen, Bukit Jambul - Pan Mee, although is not one of Penang's famous food, but then it's still loved by the Penangite. You can find Pan Mee at every state of Malaysia, every where have their own style. Recently, I went to one at Bukit Jambul to eat Pan Mee, it's located at one of the shoplot below the low cost flat.

I've been hearing about this Pan Mee for some times already and now finally I've a chance to try it out. I believe people around this area will know about this Pan Mee place.

There are two choices of Pan Mee for you to choose, it's either the thick flat pan mee or the small one, then you can choose either it's dry-based or soup-based. I wanted to order the thick pan mee but it's finished already. The dry one was good filled with soy sauce, minced meat, ikan bilis and a separate bowl of soup with fish ball and vegetable. I like the dry one.

The soup one is basically the same thing, just with the soup and without the soy sauce. The taste is light and clear, add in some chili to make it taste better in my opinion. After all, I still prefer the dry one.

Additionally, I ordered a bowl of fish ball soup. Yums!

Besides that, they have a few dim sum for you to pick. There's a guy holding a tray of dim sums going around for you to pick. I took a plate of siu mai as appetizer.

Hou Mei Yuen 好味园

Taman Bukit Jambul Flat,
11900 Bayan Lepas,
Penang.

GPS: 5.335671, 100.288889

Business Hours: 8am - 3pm, Closes on Sunday.

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Night Shots From 1st Avenue Mall, Penang

2012-08-29T03:43:00.000+08:00

Night Shots From 1st Avenue Mall, Penang - I was waiting my girlfriend who was buying Tang Yuan on Magazine Road, then I see it's quite interesting to turn on long shutter and capture some night trail. Although I have did it before, I just couldn't resist myself from pressing the shutter.

Later then, I asked her to wait for me in the car and I went to the carpark of 1st Avenue Mall to take some shots from above. =D Put my camera on the flat handrail, set on a slow shutter mode and capture.

It would be even better if I've got a tripod with me that time, but it was fun.

Heng Heng Tomyam Mee, Bukit Mertajam

2012-08-25T08:43:00.000+08:00

Heng Heng Tomyam Mee, Bukit Mertajam - Seberang Perai really has a lot of good food. Raja Uda, Butterworth has good tomyam mee, but at Bukit Mertajam, there too, has a good tomyam mee stall named Heng Heng.

Heng Heng does not only sells tomyam noodle, but they do sell pork noodle, as well as seafood porridge. But the famous one is the pork noodle and tomyam noodle.

There's quite a number of ingredient for you to pick for your serving. The tomyam is very thick, sour and spicy a bit but it's good. Try it with some minced meat, mantis prawn and perhaps some abalone slices, it will be nice as it's me and my girlfriend's favourite. One thing that it's not so 'awesome' is the price. The bowl that I ate was RM10. Pretty expensive right? Anyway, it's a good one. Do check it out.

Heng Heng Tomyam Mee

Lebuh Nangka 1,
Taman Desa Damai,
14000 Bukit Mertajam, Penang.

GPS: E100 26.634, N5 21.872

(Cloudy) Sunset: George Town City Centre

2012-08-25T08:02:00.000+08:00

Sunset: George Town City Centre - My latest sunset watching place is in the heart of George Town. Well, I'd call it the city centre of George Town. But the exact place is the carpark of 1st Avenue Shopping Mall. Haha. You can get a good view of sunset across the magnificent Penang Hill.

I went to try my luck for sunset watching few days ago but sadly, not so good, it's kinda cloudy. Nevertheless, it was nice that I've found a new place for sunset watching. Awkward location, but pretty cool.

Penang Port At Night

2012-08-23T19:17:00.000+08:00

Penang Port At Night - Penang Port is located at Butterworth. Read that it's sold to Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, the person who owns Johor Port. Kinda sad because to me, I feel the Penang Port should be own by the Penang people or the Penang State Government. I strongly disagree with the privatisation.

Anyway, forget about sad stuff, I was bored last night, took my camera out and took photos of the Penang port from my balcony via the 55-250mm telephoto lens. The result is, pretty cool, try zoom it, you might see the name on the cargo ship. =D

Some other part of Butterworth.

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Biggest Tai Su Yeah (King Of Hades), Bukit Mertajam

2012-08-23T19:08:00.000+08:00

Biggest Tai Su Yeah (King Of Hades), Bukit Mertajam - It's hungry ghost month (Phor Thor), or just simply the 7th month in the lunar calendar. It's one culture festival for the Chinese. It used to be a very eerie month but with the busy city nightlife and the loud 'kotai' playing at almost every neighbourhood, the eerie feeling gets away.

Taboos are strictly observed in this month to respect the dead spirit (we call them 'buddies'). Parents always warn children not to play at night or go out till late night in this month. Yeah, I still don't really dare to get pass midnight where the city gets quieter a bit. Haha.

During hungry ghost month, many people worship the King Of Hades - Tai Su Yeah. Peter Tan has a good write up of Tai Su Yeah. I went to Jalan Pasar at Bukit Mertajam (玄天庙) to visit the biggest Tai Su Yeah in Malaysia and also do a little prayer.

It was very crowded. Worshipper of all ages offering the Tai Su Yeah/King Of Hades with joss stick, 'gold' paper, and fruits. I prayed and I went away. There's a few thing you cannot do at there, considered taboo, like you need to be careful of what you talk, no vulgar stuff, have to be kind, and do not place anything on their offering table even for just a while, it will be considered as coffering to the 'buddies' and the Tai Su Yeah.

Well, Happy Hungry Ghost Month!

Good To See You Guys (5SA1 - Class Of 2009)

2012-08-23T10:25:00.000+08:00

Wei Lee, Shi Jie, Tee Jin, Juan Shong, Jing Min, Hock Sheng, Jin Jie, Jin Sheng, Ee Teng, ME.

Good To See You Guys (5SA1 - Class Of 2009) - What a night... Spent the rainy night chit chatting with bunch of old friends of Chung Ling High School that have not met for a long time at the hawker stall and Starbucks Coffee, Straits Quay. It's a good night to gather around and talk crap, mostly listening to Juan Shong talking his awesome life in United Kingdom. Although not everyone turned up, but it's good to meet up.

Each of them have their own path of life, most of who I've met are and is going to the U.K., a few in Penang, a few going to Kuala Lumpur, a few to Johor, and me? Still gonna be in Kuala Lumpur for a year, but no idea where to after that. =) Still early to plan I guess?

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Better Stay At Home On Public Holiday In Penang

2012-08-21T09:57:00.000+08:00

Better Stay At Home On Public Holiday In Penang - Penang's traffic was so bad today (Monday)! It's Hari Raya Day 2, and it's traffic jam everywhere, especially tourist-centric area like Kek Lok Si, Gurney Drive and more. Argh. It's good to see people visiting Penang, but the traffic condition have to be improved.

Wanted to eat Asam Laksa today at Kek Lok Si but it took me like half an hour to reach there. Upon reaching, there's a long queue of people waiting for laksa, I assume, tourist. No place parking and long queue, might as well go somewhere else.

Well, I think, it's better to stay at home during public holiday, what do you think? What did you do today?

A Evening Walk Along Gurney Drive On Festive Season

2012-08-21T09:46:00.000+08:00

A Evening Walk Along Gurney Drive On Festive Season - It's Hari Raya, Day 2. Penang has became a very congested little island on this festive season with Malaysian from other states flocking into the UNESCO World Heritage City of George Town. Traffic congestion are everywhere in Penang.

To prevent getting trap and being frustrated in the traffic congestion, one of the activity I did to kill time was strolling along Gurney Drive, a quick walk for a little sweaty exercise with my parents. It was some unusual activity, normally I would just jog, but it was just walking with a faster pace, enjoying the breeze and laughing at those who were stuck in the traffic jam. HAHA.

Gurney Drive has more people than normal day as it's a public holiday. Unfortunately, it's low tide and a huge part of it revealed the ugly muddy shore. Seriously, I am quite sad to see this unhappy scene. It's like the shores are crying. Something need to be done, environment expert, state government, just turn it into a park, expand the walkway, or whatever way to bring back the lovely shore.

The other end of Gurney Drive still looks good. It's still looks good and kids picking up seashell can be seen at there. It was a dull and cloudy day, a nice day out for walking, but not so nice for photography.

On the way back, detoured to Gurney Paragon for a little desserts and Gurney Drive hawker for some nice soya milk, as well as fresh cockles (si hum) lok-lok. What a nice night.

Happy Hari Raya, day 2 and enjoy the kotai in your area. Happy hungry ghost month too!

One more thing, did I mention I met local artist and TV host - Miau Miau Lin Jing Miao (苗苗林静苗)? =)

Hong Kong: Old-School Bing Sutt Starbucks Coffee @ Central

2012-08-20T22:12:00.000+08:00

Hong Kong: Old School Starbucks Coffee @ Central - One of the coolest place in Hong Kong to me is the old-school style designed Starbucks Coffee outlet located at Central area. I went there last year, and it was in one of my visiting list. What's so special about this Starbucks Coffee outlet is the old-school Hong Kong coffee house design which local called it 冰室 (Bing Sutt).

This is a good blend of western coffee in to local Hong Kong culture. Although, the original Bing Sutt (Hong Kong's kopitiam) design was not so dim, yet it brings out a warm, relaxing and mysterious feeling in the cafe.

It was full of people. It's an attraction in my opinion and it has a unique Starbucks Coffee design. Mom went to shopping around Central area and me, dad and brother were enjoying a hot brew of coffee here.

It's a little bit hard to spot out at Central area as you have to turn into a street and walk up a flight of stairs. Anyway, I've included a map below for your reference. =)

Starbucks Coffee (Bing Sutt design), Central
Floor M2, Baskerville House,

13 Duddell Street, , Central

Hong Kong

Telephone: +852-25235685

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Balik Kampung - Sunset On Bus, Back To Penang

2012-08-20T19:11:00.000+08:00

Balik Kampung - Back To Penang - Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all Malaysian and friends out there! I am now finally balik to my kampung - Penang. It feels so nice back here as I've got about a week break from class. Yeah!

Sunset watching from the bus first seat.

Traffic wasn't that smooth last night on the express bus, there's some jam and slow moving traffic in between. I thought it's supposed to be smooth as it's already day 1 of Hari Raya as many have already went back home the day before, but it's not. Still, there's many car on the North South Highway.

Watched Dexter to kill time, a nice drama!

Waze is a good app to tell me what's happening ahead.

Jam! Strawberry jam!

Happy holiday everyone and have fun!

Sunset: Anjung Indah, Balik Pulau, Penang

2012-08-19T09:59:00.000+08:00

Sunset: Anjung Indah, Balik Pulau, Penang - Not a great sunset it was, at Anjung Indah, Balik Pulau. This sunset watching place is easy to find as it's halfway when you are on the way to Balik Pulau through Paya Terubong. It's the mid-hill level where it's very happenings during durian season in mid-year. There's chair around and you can get a good view of the sun setting in the Straits of Malacca here.

Lovely Hueisean went sunset watching together.

Unfortunately, the haze was the down factor for the sunset. Anyway, it was fun checking this out and I will be back with my longer telephoto lens. The next stop in Balik Pulau, perhaps is Kampung Sungai Burong. =D Don't really dare to go there now as it's the Hungry Ghost Month, better get back home early before night falls.

Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre

2012-08-19T09:36:00.000+08:00

Went To Popular BookFest 2012 @ KL Convention Centre - The eve of Hari Raya Aidilfitri, not surprisingly, the road in Petaling Jaya was so smooth today, LDP was so nice to drive on. I didn't drive in to the city centre despite the smooth traffic, I am just stingy to pay for the parking and fuel. I took the LRT, to save fuel and the environment.

Seems like it's a holiday for those foreign labour worker, they came out in group and ride the LRT together. I don't really have good feeling for them. Anyway, cut the crap, I went to Popular BookFest 2012 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre today and it's my first time going there. There's so many people at there, kids and youngster mostly and also lots of parents! It's very crowded at there.

I was pretty excited about it, but my excitement turned into disappointment when I saw the big banner of 'Ticket Counter', then 'RM2.50/entry'. I was like 'What?! Why do we have to pay for books fair?!'. PIKOM PC Fair is free, why couldn't you? Well, since I was there already, RM2.50 is not really a lot, so I just paid for it and went in. Got a wrist tag as entrance and a guide book filled with advertisement.

It's an International books fair, but most of them are Chinese books from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. I was hoping to look for some design inspiration book from Taiwan and Hong Kong, unfortunately I couldn't found any. Instead, bought a self-improvement book - 心理专家的说话技巧. Sounds interesting. There's design book on sale at very low price, but I didn't get them because it's quite old.

I was at the hall for quite a long time, not because there's too many books, but is because I was finding design books hardly. Checked out the stationery section too, not bad, tech accessories are on sale, bought charger for my phone as I've lost mine.

Went to Kinokuniya after that and I can tell you that Kinokuniya is still the best! Don't think I will return to the BookFest next year.

Hong Kong: Awesome Night View From The Peak

2012-08-19T09:17:00.000+08:00

Hong Kong: Awesome Night View From The Peak - Something that I've stopped posting for quite some times and that's my trip to China - Hong Kong last year. Suddenly remembered that I still have quite many thing about my travel to China to share, so I quickly sit in front of my computer and start looking for photos before I forget about it.

One of the nice experience in Hong Kong was heading to The Peak at night to check out the Hong Kong night view. I tell you, queuing up for the tram at night is a disaster, it could take you more than an hour for it as it's a long queue, everyday! You can take the bus, if you know how to, or like us, we took the haggling cab waiting by the roadside. The cab charges 4 of us for HK$40 which I think pretty reasonable after some negotiation, as it brings us all the way up, and cutting all the long queue.

The temperature up there was superb, chilly, windy, cold. It's very happenings up there, lots of people were taking photos of the spectacular view of Hong Kong from top. It's just so awesome. At 8pm every night, there's the light show, it's weird that you see the light but you can't hear any music like you can hear at the Avenue Of Star. Nevertheless, it's worth to visit The Peak at night. I've been there in the morning before.

Click here to read more about my China Trip.

Sunrise: Teluk Tempoyak @ Batu Maung, Penang

2012-08-19T07:35:00.000+08:00

Sunrise: Teluk Tempoyak @ Batu Maung, Penang - Checking out sunrise/sunset is one of my favourite thing to do now. The moment seeing the sun rises from the horizon, sun ray penetrating the dark sky is like greeting you of a coming new day, the feeling is just awesome. However, it's not easy to wake up early for me. HAHA. Anyway, let's check out some sunrise that I went watching at Teluk Tempoyak, a fishing village at Batu Maung, Penang few weeks back.

Many friends told me that Teluk Tempoyak has the best sunrise in Penang, with the view of second Penang Bridge at the background and with clear blue sky, it's even prettier. It was far from my place, took about 30 minutes to reach there. The fishing village was quiet in the morning. I was afraid that no sunrise can be seen because of the strong haze present on that morning. I waited anxiously with my girlfriend Hueisean for the sunrise.

The haze looks like fog in picture and it makes me feels like Hangzhou, China. =D

The place is a mix of peaceful nature and a bit of messiness. One side, you can see green hill and hear the sound of the wave hitting the shore, another side you can see the construction of Second Penang Bridge. It was just two of us at the shore waiting for sunrise, we waited not long, about 7.25am, we saw the little round sun up in the air. Although there's no clear blue sky, the sighting was cool with a red round sun blending with the view of Second Penang Bridge. Awesome.

Me and her.

The Golden Sun, reminded me of the game on Gameboy Advance.

Hueisean posing on the bridge.

Just sad that it's not a clear blue sky morning. If I've got omph next time, I'll come back again, it's pretty far to me. Haha. After the sunrise, we went for breakfast at Church Street.