One of the reason that makes me keep visiting this historical city, is the colourful Street of Jalan Hang Jebat, or a more popular/recognisable name - Jonker Street.
This street is full of food, antique goods, old architectures, cultural stuffs, fashions, etc...
On Friday and Saturday Night, the street will be closed, and transformed into a weekly carnival.
There isn't any specific best time to visit, however, I'll recommend 2 weeks before Chinese New Year, or during the Christmas & New Year Eve week. Because during these 2 festive seasons, the streets will put up with extra lights and decorations
It's a definitely an excellent place to hang out and celebrate Count Down!
I took a series of photos and I classified them into various colour themes. And here they are:
I was in Melaka the last few days before Year 2007 ended. This is like the Nth time of Wildchild & I visiting Melaka. Both of us just love this old city.
The place is just so authentic, historical, arty, cultural, colourful, friendly, and lotsa food!
Here are some glimpse of the city in different time...
date: 08 - 09 December 2007; time: 9am - 9pm; venue: Asia City Complex;
I'm really excited about it, as this is probably the first HobbyCon ever held in Sabah. This is organised by a bunch of young+hot+passionate+hobbyists from ClickStartPlay.com (CSP) (my gang of new frens! ^0^)
The event will cover a series of activities, such as:
Pump It Up;
Board Games and Card Games;
Magic: The Gathering;
Warhammer 40k;
Board Games;
Computer Gaming;
Cosplaying;
Dance Performances;
Live Blogging;
Manga;
PSP and NDS Zone;
Toys, Figurines and Model Display;
Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend it... 'cos I won't be going back KK anytime earlier. T_T
However, they have all my full support I can provide.
I have an habit of visiting various shopping mall during Christmas month, to see the effort of each mall put in to live up the place. For this year... I'm pretty impressed with 1Utama New Wing.
It's so fun+magical to me!
^0^
This was the 1st Saturday of December, and look at the mood+atmosphere at 1Utama.
I must say, the management of 1Utama had really put in lotsa effort. Check out all the ornaments on each Tree. And there were dozens of Christmas trees. I really salute the team behind all this, not to mention those staffs/hired workers to put up all these.
"Your Effort are Greatly Appreciated! Your work made everyone smile+happy"
/salute /applause
On our way back, I discovered these 4 fellas!
I heard The Curve has very nice set up too, I'll pay them a visit soon.
Product Info 產品资料 Artist(s) 歌手名稱: Tsai Chin 蔡琴; Album 专辑名称: Concert Hall - Golden Voice 2007 金聲演奏廳; Release Date 出版日期: 30/10/2007; Language 語言: Mandarin 華語; Publisher 出品商: Universal Music 環球唱片;
from 取之於 YesAsia.com Veteran Taiwanese singer Tsai Chin started her music career 37 years ago as a folk singer. Earning much praise for her unique silky voice, Tsai also became popular for her performance in musicals later in her career. In the recent years, she has become increasingly popular as a concert performer, singing at sold-out venues in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and even the US. Concert Hall - Golden Voice 2007 was produced by Peter Kam, who won a Silver Bear at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival for the Isabella film score, and Chiu Tsang Hei who is especially well known as a concert producer for stars like Sally Yip, Kelly Chen, and Jacky Cheung. Music lovers can look forward to Tsai's renditions of such popular songs as Jacky Cheung's "Farewell Kiss" (Track 7), Teresa Teng's "Supposing I Was Real" (Track 9), and Faith Yang's "Give Me Your Blessings" (Track 2) in this stellar concert hall audiophile album.
This edition comes with a DVD featuring ten music videos and a 30-minute making of documentary.
My Thoughts Finally, Tsai Chin released a new album, featuring all the Classic Hits in the 70s - 90s, by various artists, i.e. Jacky Cheung, Sam Hui, etc...
Her album is made for win!!! LOL~ seriously! I believe Tsai Chin has the most album being mastered/digitally re-mastered into DSD format.
Normally, I listened to her songs with Hi-Fi Stereo Headphones in the middle of the night, where no other noise polutions. You'll need to enjoy this in a Hi-Fi sound proof audio room, with super Hi-Fi system, to get the best out of it. Her voice is really God Made.
Woke up at 0500hrs, picked up wildchild, Mo & Mutiara at 0615hrs. It was raining, and very discouraging. But thank goodness, the rain stopped when we reached Subang, and it made the weather cooling.
It's a perfect weather to run.
At the Stadium... Once we reached MPSJ Stadium, we head out to look for the rest of the gang, and reporting in. On my way to the reporting camp, I bumped into Zorocaster again, and we took another picture together. LOL~
At starting point... T minus 10 mins, we were called out to the starting point, which is outside one of the entrance of MPSJ Stadium.
While we were waiting, I took this...
LOL~
and the race began at 0730hrs. I didn't take much photos this time, as I was turned off with the event (read below), anyway, I still completed the run as a sportsman.
My time was 1 Hr 28 mins. There's a slight improvement. GANBATTE!!! ^0^
Who won? Scratch below to find out...
My thoughts This event sux, IMO.
The safety measures were not properly carried out at all. There were no proper trails or reserved lane for the participants. I've seen multiple times, parcipants were tailed by cars behind, or 1 feet away from speeding cars besided them.
Besides that, there were no medics throught out the whole track, and no water stations in between. However, I was told by my other experienced runner friends, that normally 10KM doesn't have any water stations, Siemens' 10KM Run is exceptional.
I don't think I'll ever participate any runs organised by the same organiser(s) or this track.
- - - - - - - total KM: 30KM (as at 26 August 2007); best time: 1 Hr 28 mins;
I DID IT AGAIN!!! My record for this run is 1Hr48Mins for 10KM. I'm sure I can do better next time, if I train hard enough~lah.
Anyway, I was there not to run... but to take pictures. LOL~
and here's the story.
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I got up at 0445hrs, reached Rodney's place by 0545hrs. Then Jack came. About 0615hrs, WaiOnn's came with his usual just woke up winding mood (LOL~ chill, buddy!). We all hoped on to his car and headed to Sunway.
Finally reached Sunway around 0630hrs, we were told roads were closed, so we parked at the residential area and walked. Got our offical jersey from Mel (and thanks for looking after for everyone's bags).
T Minus 5mins, before the race...
The 21KM race started at 0645hrs, we went in after that. There were so many people there, and yet I manage to bump into zorocaster. What a conincident. LOL~
At 0700hrs, the 10KM race horn goes off, and here we go...
at 1KM
Due to lack of training, after 10mins, my engine died off... LOL~ and I proceed with my primary objective - i.e. document down this journey.
at 2KM
After about 30 mins the race started (for 10KM), people were shouting and cheering, 2 African runners were returning. THIS IS MADNESS!!! LOL~ They are real running machines! GO!GO!GO!
at 3KM
It's sunrise, it was so beautiful, I stopped and snap it. Then I spotted zorocaster returning... WTH?!?!? THIS IS ANOTHER MADNESS!!! LOL~ Well done, zoro!
at 5KM
One uncle, out of no where, got on to the track and running with the rest of the participants. He was carrying 2 huge bags summore. REAL CHAMPION... LOL~
at 6KM
at 8KM
at 9KM
There was an incident right before 9KM ended. I'm not sure what's going on exactly. A car stopped by, one huge Indian man stepped out the car, started talking to a young police officer, while the driver remained inside. The next thing, the officer stepped back, unbuttoned his holster, ask the fella to stay put with a warning. The guy didn't listen and looked a bit hostile, immediately, the officer radioed out "Bantuan! Bantuan!" (Assistance! Assistance!).
Two officers came over from the other lane. The young officer was shouting "Tangkap dia! Tangkap dia!" (Arrest him! Arrest him!). The big Indian guy went back inside the car, and they went off.
What a drama! phew~
at 10KM
Finish line
After crossing the finish line, everyone went to que up for drinks - Milo Ais & 100Plus. The crowds were quite discipline and polite, til some noobs, cut ques. Some even worse, walked straight right to the counter, ignored everyone, grabbed and walked off. SHAME ON YOU, UNCLES!!! Yes, there were a few rude senior participants.
I didn't complete the race within 50mins, i.e the qualifying time, therefore no medal for me. But it's ok, it was a well organised event, me and my friends had fun!
GOOD JOB, organisers! Thank YOU, GOD for providing a nice weather for us. Thank you, Mo for collecting the jerseys for everyone. Thank you, WaiOnn for the ride. Thank you, Mel for looking after everyone's bags. Thank you, everyone for this fun+good run!
OH! I nearly forgot, there were some rewards/harvest for me after all: 01) a good+nice adidas runny jersey - cost RM59.90 (got it for RM15, comes with the registrations); 02) a good old traditional thai foot massage;
^0^
- - - - - - - total KM: 20KM (as at 05 August 2007); best time: 1 Hr 28 mins;
There's a collaboration event by the National Fitness Council and 1Utama over the weekend at 1U - NFC 1 Utama Fitness & Youthfest 2007.
The event includes activities/competitions like:
the Battle of The Year Malaysia 2007;
the One Challenge Table Soccer Championship 2007;
the Malaysia DJ Battle Championship 2007;
We happened to be there to catch the Battle of The Year Malaysia 2007...
NFC 1 Utama Fitness & Youthfest 2007
the Battle of The Year Malaysia in action
My thoughts: We are living in a really really fast pace & high competition society. Due to that, many parents have to work extra hard, hoping to make a better living for their families, unfortunately, because of that, many times, they have neglected their children, which leads them to the wrong path.
It's sad, isn't it?
I strongly believe with more events/activities like this, will really help to introduce and promote healthy & fun ideas to the youth. With a sense of positive achievement, it'll do them real good.
However, parents shouldn't just push the responsibilities to 3rd party, parents should always be more supportive and encouraging to their children. Help your children to discover what's their talents. They need recognition from friends, teachers, schools, society, family and parents!!!
We have lots of talented young kids, that needs guidance assist them to discover their talents & passions.
I hope the ministry and private sectors will have more collaborations to organise more of such events for the youth.
"Thanks penpa & penma, for being such a loving, supportive and encouraging parents until today! Without your love, I would have lost so many times in my younger days! I love you guys!"
