Widgets Galore

Mpph… I just got to really know about widgets today. It’s really interesting as you get to customise what you like all around your own site or blog without having to create the contents from scratch. Slide, Last.FM, DIGG and Sonific are some of the ones I’ve added recently to my blog here on Blogger.

Have fun… here’s how I’m in a Sentimental mood!

Christmas @ 1 Utama

Christmas at 1 Utama is always something we look forward to every year since the opening of the complex. Maybe it’s the size of the Oval area which makes every year’s display seems big and larger than life. And this year’s display was certainly larger than life.

Taking the “tunes” from the little drummer boy, this delightful Christmas display featured a colonial display of brick-walled, spired stage display along with a giant drummer boy, something which 1 Utama has always been famous for, (ie giant mickey house, giant castles… etc) and several other smaller ones on musical keys.

It was quite a sight.

We brought Celeste to have her Christmas photos taken here too!

Christmas @ Sunway Pyramid

We made our first trip to the new Sunway Pyramid last Sunday. I must say it’s good to finally see the old-faithful lion grow in size. The additional shopping wing was a refreshing sight. Mpph… somehow all the new wings of the shopping complexes seems brighter and are more generous in space.

The 2 concourse area of the complex are not very big, but good enough for festive setup such as the Christmas showcase they had. A children-sized trainset and several Christmas huts lined the main concourse.

A lot of the shops have yet to be opened but the place does look promising along with the strong retail brands of the old wing still readily available.

Christmas @ The Pavilion

Ah, once again it’s the end of the year and Christmas decor are up everywhere in KL. I’m a sucker for the festivities of this season. I guess because it heralds the beginning of a series of holiday periods leading up to Chinese New Year.

Anyway, what makes it interesting is perhaps more of the glitter and glam of each venue trying to outdo each other with their Christmas decor.

The Pavilion this year did up an impressive white spiral centrepiece in its concourse area. White see through fabric presents a coloured lighting glow from the tall structure.

*note: the structure does seem awfully similar to the spiral structure we proposed for the opening of the Gardens @ MidValley… mmmpphh… curious…

The theme of their Christmas Celebration this year is “Celestial Christmas”. Interesting… that’s heavenly, just like our little Celeste. 😉

Winning an Online Photo Contest

I’ve never been one to enter really any sort of competition, really. Lazy perhaps or sometimes I discourage myself even before I do anything about it!

But, this time around I entered my photo of the Brunei Mosque in PhotoMalaysia, my favourite photo forum and lo and behold, a couple of weeks later, I was announced winner by the number of votes from members.

That’s pretty cool.

What’s even more interesting is the fact that I won a Canon Printer, which was something that I was looking for only about a week ago. Fortunately, I hadn’t bought it. Well, it’ll be a nice little gift for myself to use this Christmas season.

Happy, happy, happy…… 😀

Judging Showtime with Celebs…


Was asked to be the official judge for the Mandarin Oriental Annual Staff Party. It was interesting because out of a panel of actors and actresses, I was the only non-TV personality… yes little ‘ol me. But as I guess 9 years in the events industry does qualify me in some way to judge a performance, something which I am already doing at the office while filtering through suitable entertainment for my client… (yes, no, yes, horrible, dreadful…)

Yes, I was practicing my Simon Cowell impersonation (some weight loss would have been helpful with the looks… *sigh*)

Most importantly, I had the privilage to chat with Dato Aziz Satar, who worked next to P Ramlee in their hey days of local black and white comedy acting. Wonderful conversations… glad I practiced my Bahasa Malaysia.

There was the equally famous Ruminah Sidek… who was charming as ever and had that famous smile all the time… Emelda was a bit reserved but perhaps due to the fact that I was trying to create small talk which only, I myself found interesting! (shame…)

Radhie a regular face on local comedy, was always upbeat… Shahrizan was the Master of Ceremony for the evening…

It was fun… being a celeb and walk the red carpet for a change…

Oh… coincidently, the evening’s affair was managed and organised by my wonderful team of event managers… Perfect show? Well, only they (and me, sitting from the judging table… ) know where the little glitches were… too seasoned not to notice! hehehe… (waving finger..)