60 Earth Hour - How KL city looks like?

I think by now everyone was aware there is a 60 Earth Hour campaign on March 28th 2009 (Saturday)... The campaign is to encourage everyone to participate to have light out for an hour from 8:30pm to 9:30pm.... This is a world wide event... eager to see how the world look like without lights ... Can we see the twinkle twinkle little stars as what we had before or just can't see anything at all... because of the hazy night without lights...

I was sitting on my balcony for the past few days to think on how the KL will look like on March 28th 2009 8:30pm-9:30pm... especially the famous KL landmark the Petronas Twin Tower... i bet the Petronas Twin Tower will be also participate in the lights out campaign so do rest of the tower in KL downtown including those important landmark etc... Will the city council also switch off all the street lights including the traffic lights ... blek! 

KLCC twin tower before 12am

KLCC twin tower after 12am

Just wondered will the twin tower look like after 12am on March 28th 2009 8:30pm-9:30pm... it's an interesting question... so let's find out. I will get my equipment prepare to take some interesting shots.

I think this is a good campaign at least all the people in the world are aware on how important we need to save our earth before it's too later ... let's provide a good environment for our next generation... Let's lend a hand to help our earth. 

Side Notes:

Not related with the 60 Earth Hour... i'm in Coffee Beans right now writing this entry... guess what two interesting scenario has drawn my attention.

1. A couple was seeking the consultation from a feng shui master / fortune teller on how to get their life back... and the guy whom is the fortune teller/feng shui master was carried a laptop... errrrr... so high tech! I curious how much this couple paid for their consultation... in this economy, maybe if you know Feng Shui / Fortune telling... you might be earning good money eh! :p 

2. One uncle with strong BO came into the Coffee Bean... took a sit on the table besides me without buying any drinks...happily shouting on the phone with loud voice telling the other party that he has already reached Starbucks which located opposite the Secret Recipe...errrrrr.... I just gave him a weird stare! .... and i thought *uncle, this is coffee beans not starbucks... can't you differentiate ah? one brown and the other is green... Starbuck is across the road* blek~ 

Rainy Wednesday with enjoyable gym session

I woke up at 5:30am this morning... just wanna to have a change of my daily life ... you must be thinking is there something on... appointment? Going for Bak Kut Teh in Klang again? hehehe... nope... I decided to hit the gym for 7am basic step @ FF-IoI mall. 

I got a text from my friend "Wake Up! Wake Up!" @ 5:30am... and i replied "Wake up already about to give you a morning call... hehehe"... pulled my lazy ass up and hit the shower. Before hitting the shower, I walked over to the balcony and checked out the KL city view in the early morning ... it was so hazy but after a close look ... i realized it was raining outside... Sigh~ Of all the days, why mother nature wanna to pour water from the sky early morning today... really spoiled my mood to the gym ... Sigh~ sigh~ :( Anyway, no rain would stop my gym session... 

The road was full of water whenever it rained cats and dogs ... cars on the road was crawling along the highway... It has been quite a while i drove in such a heavy rain... i realized it was aa challenge to drive under such heavy rain especially for the highway condition that we had in Malaysia.. see our govt spent so much money to support the development of bad quality highway. Why i say so? The water was not flowing out via the drain, most of the time the water was catch and stagnant at the edge of the fast lance in the highway. And those drivers still maintain  the recommended speed in the fast lane... So, when the car drove over the water, it splashed... One car nearly hit my car when i cruising the Putrajaya highway due to the damn pool of water... so so soooooo dangerous!!!. Highway engineers and designers, please design a highway which will not catch a pool of water on the road when it rain... we want a safer highway!

Reached FF-IOI mall after an hour challenging drove... My friend has already arrived there and was doing his cardio...  hehehe he was staying closer to IOI mall than me :p We headed to Janet's class at about 7am,  the whole class was full of Aunties as i expected... we were the only two cute guys there ... kakaka :p Since it has been long time i didn't share board with others... I suggested to share board with my friend...  He agreed since he has not had experience of sharing board. The class started with lots of turns here and there... turn until those aunties also confused... hahaha guess what? both the cute guys were able to catch all the steps that taught by Janet and in par with the speed of the instructor too... *Two Thumbs Up*

The class went through an hour... since my friend has to rush for his appointment @ 9pm... I stayed on for my own weight workout (Back, Chest, Bicep, Tricep and Abs)... I skipped Shoulder for today. After the workout,  cool down and took the shower... then headed Old Town Cafe for their set Breakfast... I ordered Set A (1 cup of Kopi-O, 2 pieces of toast with butter, 2 Omega Eggs). The total after tax was RM4.40... 

Left IOI and headed back to my condo after the breakfast... caught in the jam even after 10am @ the Sungai Besi... blek! re-route to hit Jalan Loke Yew instead... So i went back with Jalan Kinabalu and Jalan Kuching. Wow! surprisingly the traffic was so smooth... As a whole it took me 1 hr plus to reach my condo. Washed up my gym clothes and i'm chilling out in the living room now... kakaka... :p 

What is basic Step? since i could not find clip for Janet's class ... here is a clip that show you what is basic Step in the HeartPatrick's U-tube.

Ritchie

I should have posted this entry last night ... since i was not in the mood to write this post... Since i promise my readers to get this post today... :) Here you go.... Okay... some background to those of you that do not know why Ritchie and who is Ritchie? 

I went to the Semanggoh Wildlife Center and met Ritchie... He is friendly, muscular and cute too... After the visit Semanggoh... i sent my friend an text telling him that i met this guy who is muscular and sooooooo cute... visit my previous entry here.

errrrr.... is he cute? So, he's Ritchie? Yes / No?

Ritchie? Errrrr... what do you think?

How about this guy...Cute? Ritchie? Errr ... He didn't look muscular :p

Ritchie Ritchie... are you Ritchie? Do you know Ritchie?

So who is Ritchie? Are you ready to meet the muscular and sooooooooo cute guy that i met during my trip to Semanggoh Wildlife Center... "Drum please"... 

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Hello... My name is Ritchie... Nice to meet you~

Ritchie: I'm born on 1989... I'm the king of Semanggoh Wildlife Center... glad to meet all of you... do take my pictures eh!... 

Ritchie is having his meal

Closer shots of Ritchie... so is he CUTE?

Not in mood ...

I'm not in mood ... nooooooooooot in mood .... 

So not going to blog about Ritchie... Sorry folks, promise will have Ritchie picture up tomorrow.

Going to sleep and hope for a better tomorrow .... 

Sula bulung. 

On visiting Semanggoh Wildlife Center...

Jonzz and I saw some notes on the white board @ the lodge... The notes stated Semanggoh (1 pax)... So we started to ask the hotel person where is Semanggoh and any transportation, how much to go to that place ... what could we see @ that place etc ... lots of questions like a small kiddo... 

Since we haven't been to the place, we arranged the transportation... it cost us RM25... RM20 for the transportation and RM5 for the entrance fee... it was quite cheap... better than the Sepilok center in Sabah... which was so expensive... sigh~

Anyway, what we could see in Semanggoh Wildlife Center... hehehe.... continue reading.... 

Flower Flower Flower .... Orchid lar.... 

At about 9pm... We need to gather @ the entrance of the walk way to the feeding and spectator platform for some briefing before we were allowed to enter.... Lots of rules.... be quiet, do not use flash etc...  Once the door open, three of us, Jonzz, Chris, and I were walking towards the feeding / spectator platform... so what were the wildlife center feeding... errrrrr.... it's actually Orang Utan. :)

The spectator platform was @ the end of the walkway... we need to stand @ the platform quietly to wait for the Orang Utan to travel to the feeding platform... It was interesting because the rangers were calling names... each of the Orang Utan has a name... btw, there were two new born Orang Utan who has no name yet... they were waiting for people to adopt... I was so tempted to adopt one of the baby Orang Utan and name him TZ... kakaka :p But unfortunately with my current financial condition... I don't think i could afford to adopt an Orang Utan... Sorry man!

After a few minutes of calling... a mother with her child swung over a rope and landed @ the feeding platform... Later followed by couple of others Orang Utan.... 

Mother and her child

ahahahahaha..... I'm Tarzan

What should i do right now, so many human being are looking @ me?

After the food intake... there was an Orang Utan started with showing us some acrobatic swing and hanging himself upside down :) 

Hey everyone! Look @ me .... where is the Clap Clap eh!

Later he just sat on top of the spectator platform... the ranger was asking us to avoid standing below the Orang Utan unless we wanted a warm shower... hehehe. Anyway, before the shower came i managed to took a shot..... are you able to find where is the Orang Utan?

High risk shots .... No warm shower... Stop taking shots of my butt :p

We left the place at about 10am... no one could stay on with the Orang Utan... so we walked back to the civilization, hopped up the van that we came with... and headed back to the city. On the way back, I text one of my friends regarding i met a cute and muscular guy on visiting the Orang Utan in Semanggoh Wildlife Center... He's so cute and friendly....

Me: Hey dude, I met a new friends name Ritche... He is muscular and so friendly...i managed to get his picture... will share with you later. He is so sooooooooooo cute. 

Frenz: You are so gay. Are you sure you're not? hehehe

Me: Errrrr.... Did i ring your gaydar?

Frenz: You are so gay. so gay. so gay. Blek!

Me: Errrrr.... :o

Since i promised my friend to show him the picture of Ritche... so stay tune eh! I will post Ritche picture tomorrow.... hehehe :p 

Anyhow, it was a nice visit to our friends' home Orang Utan + met a new friend name Ritche... *Two Thumbs Up*

Line Dance Funk Party '09

Line Dance Funk Party is an annual event or annual party to be exact, held since few years back, hosted by the instructor himself; Mr Bernard Lim. The latest party was held last year in November at Sunshine Club and it was a blast. With more than 30 upbeat songs, the floor was swept with funky choreographed moves that made everybody shook their bomb-diggity to the rhythm.

As for this year's, it is planned to be held in this coming April 25th.

Venue : Lot PT 4512 (PT 48672),
Jalan 25/70A, Desa Sri Hartamas,
50480 Kuala Lumpur.
(Located behind Coffee Bean Hartamas)

Location Map : http://www.supperclubkl.com/map.html
Cover Charge : RM 90 (including dinner buffet)
Stand a chance to win lucky draw minimum cash prize RM1000 !

I was invited by Bernard to join this party yesterday before the line dance funk... I eager to attend this annual event as i'm progressing well to learn up the steps... i enjoyed myself in the dancing class... 

hehehe... I'm humming the tune of the dance track now while writing this entry... there were 30 tracks in the coming party but i only know errrrrr...... less than 10... how how how how???  How to dance in the party... hiak hiak!

Anyway, I also don't know whether i will be in Malaysia or not ... but if i'm in Malaysia i will definitely attend this party... It's a fun party as we can dance in the real dancing club environment instead of dance in the class room... 

Hey... come and cookie jar ... 

PS: I search around the Youtube and found some clips on the line dance funk party 2008 @ Sunshine club...

On experiencing the Sarawakian Culture...

I could now differentiate which culture belongs to which ethnic after a day in the well known Sarawak Cultural Village... but still not expert .... hehehe. Lots of artifacts displayed in each of the cultural house with the friendly guides had triggered my eagerness to learn and experience more on  the Sarawakian ethnic culture and their day to day life.... 

One of the highlight for all its visitor to this cultural village was the 45 mins cultural dance performance from different ethnic in Sarawak. This has given us the opportunities to watch the performance in one place or else we need to travel around Sarawak to watch these performance. To share with all of you what i experience during the performance dance, i managed to capture some video clip while Jonzz was helping me to capture some interesting shots... :)

Iban traditional dance - Ngajat Lesong / Ngajat Pahlawan

This is a traditional welcoming dance performed by the villagers to welcome their warriors after they have come back from a victorious battle. (source: Passport to a most pleasant and unfortable experience)

So how's the dance like ... just watch it 

Bidayuh traditional Dance - Rajang Be'uh

This dance usually performed after the harvest season as a form of entertainment for guest of the longhouse. The movements of the dancers with outstretched hands imitate the movements of the eagles as they flap their wings in flight. (source: Passport to a most pleasant and unfortable experience)

Watch the clip on how the dance like .... :)

Orang Ulu - Kanjet Ngeleput

This dance potrays the nimble but stealthy steps of the warrior as he goes about on a hunting trip in the jungle, searching for his prey. He sees his target, take aim and blows out a deadly dart which seldom fail to find its mark. (source: Passport to a most pleasant and unfortable experience)

Let's watch the warrior dance ... 

While watching the performance, we came across a cute boy who trying to imitate the step of what happened on the stage... he went over to the front and dance like the warrior... i should have captured his dancing with my camera but i just too busy capturing the performance on the stage... hehehe... Jonzz did take a shot of the boy... The boy was so sporty... :)

Is he cute?

After the cultural performance, there was a break for all the staff in the cultural village... including all the guides within the houses from 12:15pm - 2pm... So we decided to take our break too. We headed to the restaurant near the entrance for our lunch... It was a very traditional and artistic restaurant with all the art from various tribe/ethnic.

Artsy Roof

The friendly waitress passed us a menu on what they served in the restaurant... the first thing that drawn my attention was the Sarawak Ethnic & Exotic Set Lunch. The set lunch cost RM15 per person which includes

* Free Flow of Cordial Drinks

* Green Vegetable on Season

* Umai Umai Sarawak

* Chicken Cooked in the Bamboo

* Ikan Assam Pedas

* Steam Rice wrapped in Banana leaf

Sarawak Ethnic & Exotic Set Lunch

There were two dishes that i found it's unique and hardly could get it @ West Malaysia... There were the Umai Umai Sarawak and Chicken Cooked in Bamboo (Pansoh Manok). 

Umai Umai Sarawak (raw fish Salad)

The Umai is traditional lunch meal for the Melanau fisherman. Thin silvers of raw fresh fish, usually iced but not frozen, combined with thinly sliced onions, chili, salt and juice from sour fruits like lime or assam. The dish is usually accompanied by a bowl of toasted sago pearls and it is so simple that fisherman prepare it easily on their boats. 

Hehehe... this is a dish for the brave ... hahaha... I was brave ... I finished the plate :p How it taste? Errrr... just like the japanese Sashimi... unfortunately the restaurant did not served the bowl of toasted sago pearls... os i could not let you know how the real traditional taste... blek~

Chicken Cooked in Bamboo (Pansoh Manok)

This is an Iban dish... Cut chicken pieces, mushroom, lemongrass and tapioca leaves are stuffed into bamboo and cooked over an open fire. This seals in the flavor and the result is succulent and juicy tender chicken with gravy hinting of lemongrass and bamboo. 

How it tasted? Just like some stew chicken but with a strong aroma of the leaves and bamboo... it's a nice dish when go with the rice ... Yum! Yum!

Overall, I enjoyed the traditional food from different ethnic... I learnt and experienced so much from watching the cultural dance and visiting all the houses in the Sarawak Cultural Village ... Moreover, we had the opportunities to interact with the people inside the long house... just like the living museum concept... :) I would give a *Two Thumbs Up* for this place. Try not to miss this village when you visit Kuching in the future eh!