The 11th Hour @ KLPAC

Few entries back, I have blogged about i got the free ticket to KLPAC for the movie 11th hour narrated by Leonardo Dicaprio. 

Finally, the day has come... but i faced some challenges and hiccups... The sky suddenly turned dark and the rain started to pour heavily @ 2pm. Fortunately, I was staying very near to the KLPAC... just 5-10mins drive from my condo to the place. So waited for the rain to get lighter and we left for the place @ about 2:20pm.

I have invited Kimmie to go with me for the movie... she was so enthusiasm to watch the 11th hour but unfortunately when i confirmed with her on the time, she has a training @ her church... Then, i called up Pat but Pat was not free too... his girlfriend was in the town. Sorry Pat, i didn't have an extra ticket for your girlfriend. Anyway, got turned down again. So asking mom whether mom was free and interested to watch the movie with me. Finally, I got mom to watch with me.

Anyway, we reached there about 2:30pm, dropped mom @ the entrance of KLPAC and headed to the parking. Since we were early, Mom and I were walking around KLPAC to check out some up coming shows. For those who likes Sharespeare... they are giving out free ticket for Sharespeare Theater from May 11th -June 1st 2008. I'm not a fan of Sharespeare, don't mind to go with you if you invited me for the theater (Hopefully i will not fall asleep during the play :-> )... hehehe...

Let's go back to the movie... The 11th hour is an hour long documentary. Started with lots of environmentalist explaining the problem/impact of global warming, showing some data on how we as the earth resident have contributed to the global warming, what makes the global warming worst. Then they explain how we as the resident should help to clean up the mess and what could be done to save the earth. The most scary part that mentioned by the fact was that we have been using lots of resources in an extremely fast manner. This has made the mother nature imbalance and lots of extreme disaster has been triggered and who is the victim? WE! ... :-p

So, the 11th hour also shown and encouraged all the citizen of the earth, what would we need to do... definitely we need to manage and consume the resource in a smarter way. We don't need to have a bigger house and a bigger car. Just need whatever we need for living... The mindset of owning a bigger house means rich should be abandoned. The more we wanted a bigger house or car, the more we contributed to the destroy of the earth. So, there was a very important word mentioned in the movie, "Frugality". Sound vulgar eh!Tthis is a very powerful and important word if we properly applied. The whole world will be saved if everyone applied this word in action... What is Frugality? I Wikipedia the word and here you go the explanation 

Frugality is the practice of

• acquiring goods and services in a restrained manner, and
  
• resourcefully using already owned economic goods and services, to
  
• achieve a longer term goal.[1]
  

More about Frugality...

So, we need to start apply the Frugality to save our planet earth... Very sad to see how Malaysian wasted the resources... this was a good example, as you know the ticket for 11th hour was free, i belief lots of people have already signed up for getting the ticket and collected the ticket. On that day itself... they did not turn up. What the $%##$^#! There were only about 60% people turned up which what i knew from the mail sent by YTL communities, the YTL management team has agreed with the movie company to have additional 2 sessions to cater for overwhelming response. I was pissed to those who taken the ticket and did not turn up for the viewing... they had contributed the waste of the resources in the world... they should be blacklisted for any future free ticket. These people were just for the sake of getting the free things and decided not to turn up... are they really wanted to know what 11th hour is about... I doubt so! #$#%$^R...

I got even pissed when i found out lots of my friends were interested but could not get the tickets. They were just sighed and looking forward for 11th hour to be shown in Discovery Channel. Anyway, to those who wanted the ticket and not able to get it... this is a good show to watch, watch it if the Discovery Channel shown this. A good knowledge gain for us in this generation to preserve some resources for the next generation. So for those who wasted the resources... you should have regretted your selfishness action... hopefully you will change soon...

Got off from the movie @ about 5pm.

Chill Out @ The Attic - Bangsar

Last Wednesday, I went out with two of my friends Kimmie and Pat. We went to this community bar located near the housing area of Bangsar. This bar is @ third floor of a shophouse. The owner of the bar has renovated this place and turned it like an attic, i bet this is why they named this place, The Attic.

I got to know of this place from Facebook. The owner also created  a group (theAttic) and a page (Up @ Attic) that i have signed up. Finally, i decided to pay a visit to this bar and just wanna to test out the environment.

I picked up Wednesday as the day to visit the Attic reason being is that there was a live performance from Nick Davis. 

Nick Davis, 20, is a song writer, composer, singer and an actor.

I was able to listen to his music live, it was so nice and enjoyable.

Nick Solo

Nick & Friends

Nicole, Llew and Nick

We ordered drinks and just sit by the bar and enjoyed the environment. Attic is not a huge bar and the things that i like Attic is that all its patrons/customers would not smoke inside the bar as the owner has restricted the smoking group to the balcony. So the whole environment within the aircon is smoke free... we could breath smoke free air inside the bar... Nice!

Llew's Moto (Attic designated drink)

Kimmie's Long island tea & Pat's Cappucino

Three of us (TZ, Kimmie and Pat)

Pat & Kimmie

Kimmie & TZ

We didn't notice by the time Nick finished his performance it was already 12:30am... So, we decided to leave the Attic and we invite more friends to the Attic on our next trip :->

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Last day to file your tax

I went to file my tax about 11am @ the Jalan Duta IRB building this morning... There were lots of people inside and outside the IRB building... To my surprise, the efficiency of the IRB has improved dramatically. From the moment i walked in to i walked out, the process only took about 15mins including paying my tax @ the counters... the sign to the tax paying counter is clear and there were lots of helpful staff to assist for those who needed assistant. The whole process is well planned and the most impressive portion was the counter that collect the tax. Guess what? They opened twenty counters and separate cash, 1 cheque, 2-3 cheques, 4-5 cheques and more than 10 cheques etc. I'm so impress and wanted to compliment their good work in getting this more easier with providing a improved and better services... Kudos to the IRB department.

If you need to file your tax and have not done it... you still have 10+ hours... hurry up! :->

The 11th hours - Climate Change Week...

I received a confirmation mail to pick up the 11th hours movie narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio. So, i went to Starhill yesterday to get the ticket for this coming Saturday 3rd 2008 - 3pm.

Since i have paid RM7.00 for a whole day parking @ Lot 10. I decided to drop by Starbucks @ Bintang Walk. I was the starbucks from 14:00-17:30... was surfing and MSN with my friends.

Before i left Bintang Walk, I took a couple of picture

Pavilion - One of the KL high end shopping mall

Planet Hollywood @ Bintang Walk - KL

The Climate Change Week - The 11th hour ticket that i collected from YTL.

The Kuala Lumpur Performance Art Center which is located very near to my condominium. I took this picture from my balcony... :->

Thanks to YTL for sponsoring the 11th Hour movie... I'm looking forward for the movie to see how we could save our mother earth...

Updated: For detail about climate change week : YTL Climate Change Week

Egg Piercer

What is this?
This is an egg piecer. This tool will protect the egg from cracking whenever you boiled it. I did this experiment with the result shown in the picture

The egg on the left i used the egg piercer and the egg on the right i was not using the egg piercer.

How to use it?

Place the egg vertically on the egg piercer and press the button to pierce the egg. Make sure the egg has been pierced. 

I like this tool so much as i don't need to place salt while boiling the egg (this is the traditional way). Moreover it's so easy and looks nice... I'm still have not come across this tool in Malaysia. Maybe you could get it from outside the country :->

Out of KL for 3D/2N

I will be going to Penang on this coming Thursday... 

What is this tool use for?

Hint: 

It used in the kitchen. 

It related to the picture below.

My US colleague gave me on my last trip to US.

So, what do you think? Do you know the name of the tool and its purpose? Dropped me a comment... :-> Will review the answer later ...