Pavilion Fashion Show

Man, this blog has been dead for ages. Time to put some new content. I will just start off with some pictures I took over the weekend. On Sunday I went downtown KL to visit the newest shopping mall on the block, The Pavilion.

The Pavilion is built on top of Kat's old school, the ol' Bukit Bintang Girl's School. I was really impressed at how big the mall was. Perhaps it rivals that of Megamall and One U in terms of sheer size.

Shops inside the mall ranged from normal shops you'd find in other malls such as Speedy, MyNews.com, typical restaurants such as KFC and Nandos to never heard of shops such as Angus Steakhouse.

I spent the early part of my mall tour walking the entire length of the mall to pass my time before the fashion kicked off at 1.30pm.

I'll leave the pictures to do the talking as usual. Will upload a few that didn't make it to Flickr.

Long leave

This blog has been dead quite a while now. I've been busy as of late. Went to Singapore 2 weeks in a row. Lots of pics. But put all my pics on Flickr since it is easier to post them up there. Will put one or two here, but the majority of my pics are there.

Just going to recap on somethings that I've been doing over the past two weeks.

I didn't do much on my birthday this year. I decided to take a trip downtown to take some pictures while visiting Kat at her office.

I stopped over near Masjid India and took a long stroll through K.L. Saw plenty of small lil shops around what was little India. Passed by the old Coliseum cafe. Really looks like a shop that is trapped in its own time.

Next stop was the old Sogo shopping mall. I haven't to this place for ages. I can only remember it distantly as some place which I would occasionally go for Sunday lunches when my grandma could still walk, this was back in 1995 or so.

As a kid I remembered a great big clock tower which sorta resembles Its a Small World ride in Disneyland. A huge tower in the centre with little train tracks around it. Fun stuff.

Unfortunately, its now turned into an area where cheap clothes are on sale and SenQ has taken over much of the toy section. Still, the fountain near the food court is still there, though it looks smaller than it did the last time.

Another place I paid a visit to was The Mall, opposite PWTC. I can barely recall anything of the place except for watching some movies like the Rocketeer here and catching a glimps of the then brand new Final Fantasy 8.

This used to be the place where the game shop was. Still feel like I can see the people playing the game there right behind the baner with the number 88.

Man, feel so much older now that I look back at these places where I spent a little portion of my childhood.

Kat's self portrait

This just a test using the W610i review phone i have to upload a picture of Kat up to my blog. Kat, please don't kill me.:-(

Day out at the Apartment

I recently went to dine over at this joint called the Apartment at the Curve. I was along with some of Kat's friends who intially suggested Paddington House of Pancakes. Unfortunately it was full.

In search for food

So off we went to the Apartment. It is a rather new place. When I first saw it, I thought it was a bar.

Eating at the Apartment

The food served there is decent. Ok enough for a light snack. Though it won't be so light on your wallet.

Pasta tastes good

Fish was really good.

Yummy Parfait, which interestingly enough means 'perfect' in French. Note it also refers to yogurt or cream desserts such the one pictured above.

Desserts and such are a nice distraction from the main course food, which tends to be served in small portions.

Up, up and away

Last Friday I was on trip up to Genting on the invitation of Haier, a home electronics appliance company from China. Interesting trip to say the least. Met two people who I have seen before.

Elizabeth Lee, a former Monash Business Club committee member and Leong Huang Zi, a former school mate of mine. Sure is interesting to have met people I know even while on the job.

Waiting for the bus at Sentral.

Enter the world of Haier

KL Audio Visual Expo

Last Friday I was down in KL for an event. So happens the event was held in conjuction with the KL Audio Visual (AV) Expo. The expo took up a good portion of the Marriots Ballroom floor with the grandball room split into several sections for different booths.


In anycase, I was rather surprised to see this 103" inch TV sitting at the Panasonic exhibition area. When I came back later after my event I saw this guy playing the Nintendo Wii on this monstrous TV. Just look at the size of the thing. It really makes the Wii look smaller than it already is.

The end is near

Ah, the end of July approaches. The month has speedily sailed past me. The last of the summer movies, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phenonix along with the last book has been out of the box.

There is hardly anything to look forward now in the month of August, in terms of movies at least. Good thing there are some games to look forward to, Bioshock being one.

In anycase, these are a few pictures taken over the course of the last week of July. Nothing shocking or weird here.

Bicycle in the shade at the morning market near SS17 on a Thursday morning. Was a bit disappointed with the colours produced by the K810i, but I had no choice but to whip it out as the traffic lights turned green at the time.

Glass shaped figure.

The oddly named Thai Style Chicken chop found at Cosy House, Great Eastern mall. Mostly broiled chicken with some chilli sauce poured over it. Tasted ok, but the fries got me feeling guilty by the end of it.

Caught this cat sneaking around Kat's place on Saturday. We had to chase it out from her porch. Once outside the gate, the cat gave me a mean stare so I kindly obliged by taking its picture. Smile!!

Call me when you see this

I was having lunch at Sri Hartamas last week with some colleages. If you have ever been to Sri Hartmas' commercial district I need not go into details over how difficult it is to find parking there. The situation there is a whole lot worse in comparison with some parts of P.J. (and we claim our roads are old and narrow!).

After having followed my colleages around the area and eaten our lunch there, I was surprised to see this car double parking along the same road my colleage parked her car. If you can't see clearly, some guy named Nicholas posted his handphone number on his car window when he double parks. Pretty courteous of him if not for the fact that he is blocking your car in the first place.

Man, the stuff people do these days.


For a good time call Nicky

Lunatic Food Review - Bakerzine KLCC

Bakerzine has opened a new restaurant at Isetan, KLCC. Located a stone's throw away from the Isetan 3rd Floor Supermarket, Bakerzine's small cosy dining spot is the idealic place to have a light lunch or tea.

Above you will see the Set Lunch, an assortment of prefixed dishes that you can customise to your liking. The selection includes, your choice of: salad, main dish, side dishes, drinks and dessert. The overall portions of the dish was tiny in comparison with the full size meals, but for a meal that comes complete with drinks and dessert at a place like Bakerzine, this is a steal.

Kat had the Lingiuni Vongole, a fiesty spicy spaghetti like dish showered with clams. The portion served was quite big so you probably can share if you are looking for more variety.

The restaurant is kind enough to provide a separate bowl for disposing empty clam shells.

The dessert that came along with my set lunch, Parfiteroles. I simply had no idea what a Parfiteroles was when I chose my desert, so I took a little gamble in hoping that it would be a dish I would enjoy. Boy, did my investment pay out. This is one mouth watering desert. It is basically an open biscuit wafer with a ball of ice cream stuffed in between, topped with rich melted chocolate and nuts. Simply said, I would take a truck load of this back if not for the fact that this dessert is sinfully fattening......Yum......

Transformers & the Sights and sounds of KL

Transformers are currently fighting it out in the cinemas this weekend. Here's a shot of two toy figures of Optimus Prime and Megatron duking it out.

I recently received a Sony Ericsson K810i Cybershot phone. I decided to give it try and have been using it to take some shots throughout the weekend.

Lady Luck is on any one's side. Playing cards in my dining room.

You know how some people like to dress up when they go out to the mall? Well this guy took things a little too far. Looks like he is cosplaying or going to an anime convention.

Infront of Lot 10 in Bukit Bintang.

Homer's Adventure

Everybody's favourite family man, Homer Simpson was recently abducted in our lovely country, Malaysia. Homer was minding his own business at the GSC cinema in the One Utama shopping centre when he was approached by two adoring fans who more than happy to take him on a tour of Petaling Jaya.

CCTV footage of 2 REAL smart guys

As the fans were "escorting" out of the mall, their actions did not go unnoticed as everything was recorded on the mall's CCTV cameras. This then lead to the police kindly reminding the two fans, both college students, to return Homer or face some severe action against them.

Having been to One Utama on Sunday to catch a movie, I saw Homer reunited with his family near the entrance of the cineplex. On closer inspection I noticed that there were markings on Homer's shirt, possibly the two eggheads were a little rough with him. Also noticed that the TV remote he was holding is missing.

Still, I was rather intriguied to see that the staff actually put a little note on the wall that read, "Welcome Home Homer"

Never Piss off a Robot

Even robots need their own parking space. Take Megatron for example. Considering the Malaysian mentality of how one should park their car indiscriminately, there's bound to be lots of business for scrap dealers everywhere.

Floods

I was driving home from work one day. I took my usual route home, passing by the industrial area in Section 13. There was an usual crawl stretching back all the way to University Tunku Abdul Rahman. I thought some car broke down in the middle of the road, but it was something far worse.

A large section of the road in front of the Dutch factory was flooded. Everyone joining up to that sectionwas forced to slow down and cross the mini river one at a time. Previously I don't recall seeing a flood along this section of the road, but considering that K.L. got hit with a serious spell of rain and was flooded within recod time (15 minutes in total), I'm not surprised that we will be seeing more water on our roads in the near future.

Swell....just swell...

Weight Issues

A picture is worth a thousand words. This picture may require a little more explaination than usual.

I took this pic on my way to Cineleisure on Sunday to collect a game. I was surprised to see this metal barrier badly bent. Wonder if someone REALLY heavy sat on it or a serious accident took place here. Not sure if the dark liquid below it is blood or something else. Most likely caused by an accident, but I should probably let you create the story for yourselves.

Gingy!!

Gingy here is another clever marketing product used by the creators of Shrek. While most people believe these toys are targeted towards kids, unknown to them young adults buy them too.

I never really caught on to buying toys from Mc Ds all that much (face it, the Happy Meal toys I got weren't exactly quality goods). But if you check this little guy out, you will be surprised to find that he is the exact opposite of the old Happy Meal toys. Not only does he not have typical karate chopping, top spinning of yester years toys, he actually talks! Yeah, there is some real class in this toy. Gingy says a phrase from the movie when you press the bottom most button.

Pretty niffty to hear a plastic ginger breadman actually talk. Can't wait to see the next evolution of fast food toys. Imagine Shrek actually farting or bleeching in your Happy Meal! On second thought.... that may not be such a good idea....