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Jom Heboh 07 Queensbay
Jul 9th
So Jom Heboh 07 was held in Queensbay during the last weekend. Unless you’ve been living under a rock in Malaysia, you’d know what Jom Heboh is lol. Anyway it’s a carnival organized by TV3 with Maxis Hotlink being the main sponsor. Most people will feel that this carnival is only for the Malays but there is still something for the other races as well 
Well Siang Leng and I weren’t there entirely for the carnival you see. We wanted to buy movie tickets to Transformers on the Friday night but there weren’t any seats left. So we figured that Saturday morning wouldn’t be a bad idea. After that we can go check out what’s the fuss’ all about with Jom Heboh. We never been to any Jom Heboh before so we could only wonder. Speaking of Transformers, it is a super-duper good movie! The scene where Optimus Prime first appeared felt amazing. All the childhood memories of the cartoon suddenly just kept coming back. If you haven’t watched the movie yet, I am wondering what you are still waiting for lol.
You’ve probably read about the recent haze in northern Malaysia affecting Kedah, Perak and Penang. The heavy rain on the night before the carnival is godsend. It not only clears the haze, it also sets a cooler afternoon for visitors to the carnival. See the bright clear skies? I alsmot forget how clear skies look like… It was really relieving after enduring the horrible haze for a week. I get dizzy even just for going to lunch.
As usual, Indocafe is always there to serve nice and ice cold coffee. And it’s free too! Just take how many cups you want lol, no need paiseh.
There were a couple of TV3′s official souvenir tents where you can purchase goods like T-shirts and caps. They are quite expensive though, RM30 for a collared T.
An activity kids will definitely enjoy must be the mini motokart racing, 4 laps cost RM10. It didn’t generate too much interest from the public though.
Hot FM was there too. And apparently they brought their own car lol. It looks nice, don’t you think?
This is the main stage of the carnival. Big isn’t it? It will be used for the concert on the next day.
With thousands of people thronging Queensbay for the carnival, there must be good control and security. So, many of our beloved and respected PDRM were deployed to safeguard the event. And you couldn’t blame them for taking shelter under the tree, the afternoon sun is vicious 
Anyway really salute them for being there since morning to control traffic and stuff.
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Jul 4th
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Sunway Carnival Mall @ Seberang Jaya
Jul 2nd
Sunway Carnival Mall is the latest shopping mall by Sunway Group to open in Seberang Jaya, Penang. It is the 2nd largest mall in Butterworth after Megamall Pinang. The opening of this classy shopping mall will benefit Kulim and Seberang Perai people very much. We don’t have to travel across the bridge for well maintained cinemas anymore 
For folks like us staying in the mainland, there’s only 2 cinemas we can go to, either Summit BM Plaza’s GSC or Pacific Megamall’s Mega Cineplex. Both are badly maintained, have bad sound system and even smells… We will get to enjoy the 8 hall GSC cineplex very soon haha!
It only takes 20 minutes to reach Sunway Carnival Mall from Bukit Mertajam or Bayan Lepas. The roads leading to this mall are mostly highways and pretty much without traffic jams. Car parks are aplenty and well maintained, unlike Queensbay’s (feels like a desert over there) We headed there immediately after visiting the just-ended Matta Fair. By the way I won a 2D1N stay in Kuching’s Damai Beach resort!
Main anchor tenants are Parkson Grand and Giant. With other smaller tenants like Metrojaya, Factory Outlet, City Chain, ESpirit, Nike, Adidas, PUMA, Giordano.. etc
A view within the shopping mall, the closed section on the top floor would be new GSC in town
Life just got more interesting for Penangites lol.
Yusoff Chong impersonating Samy Vellu
Feb 13th
As mentioned in my earlier post, this is the funny video of Yusoff Chong impersonating Sammy Vellu. Enjoy! Video adjusted to lower quality due to its large file size.
Technorati Tags: funny video, Yusoff Chong, Sammy Vellu
Jabil Annual Dinner 2007
Feb 13th
Jabil 2007 Annual Dinner was held in Equitorial Hotel, Bukit Jambul last Saturday. The event can only be held in Equitorial Hotel because of the large number of attendees. And only the ballroom in Equitorial’s can accomodate so many people. I was a sub-committee of the event, job was to usher guests into the ballroom and support the lucky draw system. Because of that I had to arrive earlier at 2pm.
This is the view you will get at the receiptionist. Notice the Penang Bridge on the left, and Queensbay Mall on the right. The Bukit Jambul Country Club’s golf course is also visible from here.
Looking to the left, there are a many bungalows along the small hill. They must cost at least a million or so.. landed property in Penang island is super expensive.. One of the units has a swimming pool, so nice.
The entrance to the event. Our night was themed ‘Masquerade Nite’ hence the special decoration.
A view within the ballroom, this is only about half a quarter of the ballroom’s total size. The lightings were superb, and each table had 2 balloons attached. Very nicely done.
The main stage, taken in the noon.
And how it looked like when the event was about to start. Disco lights were on, creating the party atmostphere. The emcee of the night was Michelle, who is actually a guy. You would mistake him as a lady if he didn’t talk. A hilarious personality, no wonder he was invited to host all our annual dinners.
Next was a series of dance performances by Cat Vogue, a group of professional performers who can dance really well! Notice their outfits are very skimpy too..
Oh my look how excited she got lol. And the girl behind her seems to be very unhappy about it
No pictures of the food served that night. See next picture for explanation.
The food sucks, big time. My friend’s expression explains it all lol. Thanks Quah for posing lol.
Yusoff Chong, a popular comedian notorious for immitating artistes and politicians made his way from Kuala Lumpur to the event. His impersonation of Tun Dr. Mahathir, Lim Keng Yaik and Samy Vellu left everyone in stitches. I recorded a video but it is more than 80mb.. Will find a way to post the video if possible..
Amy Search was probably the most anticipated by everyone that entire night. Although at 49, he looked great and still remain as a favorite singer in Malaysia. His popularity recently is further boosted for being TV3′s Mentor winner, Fiq’s mentor. For those borned in the 80s, who can forget his hit song ‘Isabella’? I myself liked his ‘Kerja Gila’ in the 90s, a very catchy song. I have always thought that Amy Search is a cool guy judging from his appearance. Surprisingly he is a friendly and cheerful guy, who smiled a lot throughout his performance.
I was lucky to win a Pensonic Coffee Maker from the lucky draw. Besides that I was also given a half day replacement leave for having to work on that day. This couldn’t be a better reward, I will use it this Friday to get home early. Hahaha I didn’t expect I will get to avoid the traffic jam!
Technorati Tags: Jabil, Annual Dinner, Equitorial Hotel, Yusoff Chong, Amy Search
Food Bazaar @ Pesta Pulau Pinang
Dec 20th
Besides shops selling stuff you don’t need and a fun fair, there’s also a food bazaar in Pesta Pulau Pinang. Mostly sold are Malay and Thai food, in fact they are the only choices.. Anyway Thai food was quite interesting, especially the Thai Coconut Ice Cream stall. If you haven’t tried Thai ice cream before, this is a very good opportunity (although you can find it at Tesco too..) A lot of photos to drool over
What’s interesting here is on the top left, Thai Chee Cheong Fun. Wrapped inside are seafood and vegetable. They don’t use sweet sauce but chilli.
Cucur udang @ RM2 per piece. Tasted great but a bit oily.
I wonder why Chrysanthemum tea label on clay cups.. Below the cups was a box of Thai soya bean milk. They cost RM3.50 per bottle if I remembered correctly. The seller claimed it were the tax and rental which caused the expensive price. Aiya I should’ve bought one to try.
Udang galah bakar, BBQ lobster? RM10 for 4 pieces, expensive stuff but they looked really nice.
Thai Sticky Rice with Mango. I never had this before, really curious how it tastes like.. Should be very sweet, well according to the articles I read on the Internet.
A closer at the mangoes. Yum, my mango addiction is starting..
Thai version of our fried oyster, fried mussels. RM5 per plate, looks really crispy and yummy.
Keropok and tidbits from Penang and our neighbour, Thailand.
A big pot of boiling tomyam soup.
And the ingredients for making tomyam noodles. A lot of people ordered this!
BBQ Tilapia. The one on the left looked a bit burnt lol.
Cute hard boiled and fried quail eggs. I think they are 1/3 size of a normal chicken egg lol.
Fried rice, noodles and a big-pot-of-I-dunno-what
Those big sausage lookalikes are actually wrapped otak-otak. RM2 for one, not nice at all..
Fish fillets and popiahs anyone?
Technorati Tags: food bazaar, Pesta Pulau Pinang, Thai food, Penang
