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You’ve Got Mail – Open Air Movie Carnival 2006

August 20, 2006March 21, 2007 sweet surrender No Comments

I got these tickets for free 😛

On Friday morning, I got a message telling me that I’ve got mail in my red mailbox. I was kinda blurred and didn’t bother much about it even though this reader of mine(sorry can’t tell you who this reader is, I promise not to expose the identity of this reader) tried to explain to me. I even forgotten that I have a red mailbox downstair 😛 When I sent my bro to school, I saw something in the mailbox, I took it out, it’s an envelope with two movie passes! It’s hand delivered summore on Thursday night. My early b’day gift? Hehehehe…

Thank you very very much! Geee… I got free stuffs! 😛 Wow… I thought only those popular bloggers will have the privilege of getting free stuffs LOL… This is consider my first though it’s not from some sort of companies that need the blogger to review their stuffs. I actually got my 1st gift from my reader WOW! Thanks again. It’s supposed to be for me and my sis 😛 but then I invited Jimmy LOL… Don’t think she would want to go.

Two RM5 passes. There were RM3 ones but limited to 500 tickets and it’s sold out long time ago. It’s a 3-day event with all kind of activities from band performace to Celcom roadshow to free ice cream for children below 12 to jungle treasure hunt to the movie screening. There were 3 movies each day.

Here’s the excerpts of the event from their offical website:
Experiencing our outdoor screening event in open air! After month of planning, the “Tri-Generations Movie Carnival” event going to held on 18-20th of August 2006. This will be a very interesting event where everyday have special program and Jungle Treasure Hunt. Great prices will be given away. So bring your family, friends and your love once to watch movies under the stars with lovely environment.

I went there on Friday evening and decided no to watch it on that day. Just went there to take some pictures.

Since we couldn’t made it on Saturday, so we decided to go today and intended to watch one movie only. We reached there before 7pm and parked behind Civic Center because there weren’t proper/legal parking spaces near it. The nearest was across the road, Civic Center.

The things there were quite overpriced! Dare not to buy much things except black soya bean drink and “longan” drink for RM2 each. Should had brought my junk food along eheheh… Everyone was sitting on the floor. Some found used boxes and spreaded them on the floor to be more comfortable. The floor was rough and hard… awww… butt painful 😛

Left: View of the ppl, ah well… Too dark can’t get any nice photos.
Right: Jungle Treasur Hunt! What? Looking for brown envelopes on, in front and the back of the stage called Jungle Treaure Hunt? That’s the jungle? LOL… I didn’t join, so lazy to get up and risk getting my place seated by people.

I changed places more than 3 times to get fresher air. Damn!! Really can’t stand those smokers! Puffing non stop! I know they have the roght to smoke coz it’s not air-conditioned place but it really annoyed me. OIII! YOU DON’T WANT TO LIVE, I STIL WANT! INHALLING SECOND HAND SMOKE IS WORST THAN SMOKING! Though found a place where lucky enough that no one smoke behind me or next or in front of me but the smoke from rows behind me or from further away actually being blown here! Grrrr… I had to use tissue to cover my nose. Oh… got mosquito bit me too 😛 luckily only one.

So I watched Garfield 2 that started at 7.15pm and ended around 8.30pm. Then I left that place to go somewhere else for late dinner. Not intended to stay there till the final movie that most probably would end at 1am. Too uncomfortable. Pretty torturing experience. 😛

What the xxxx that
you called that “Tri-Generations Movie Carnival”!!??!!? For the kids, for the parents for the grandparents!! Sigh… ask the old people to sit down like that it’s way too cruel and torturing. Poor grandpas and grandmas. Even young people like me couldn’t stand sitting like that, I was pretty restless that time, kept changing my sitting position to get a comfortable position but too bad… None! How do you expect those old folks to be able to stand it?

So.. that’s the end of my experience watching outdoor movie. Thanks for the tickets again!! I don’t blame you for the discomfort, don’t worry. Heheheh…

Interesting, Public Events, Retro, Uniquely Kuching

Early Birthday Celebration

August 19, 2006March 21, 2007 sweet surrender No Comments

We celebrated Jimmy’s birthday at food fair. I’m not the one organizing it. I’m not the kind that will organize party or whatever. I’m just a lazy girl ahahah… It’s organized by Nien and Wei. The theme for the birthday was Cosplay and we had two cakes for it. See the four people in front of me? You know who are they?
Happy birthday! Well… one day early. It doesn’t matter. We have a video for it too… Not to forget… I’m the host again! 😛 Hahahaah… I’m still as stiff as ever.

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Kuching Festival 2006(10) – Last Two Days

August 19, 2006 sweet surrender No Comments

The last two trip of food fair. We were there to celebrate Jimmy’s birthday. Will blog about this later.

Left: Scallop sushi(2 for RM4) and octopus sushi(2 for RM4). This is from the stall called Home Made Sushi.
Right: Sambal Deep Sea Stingray(RM6). It tasted OK with the sambal however the sambal wasn’t enough .

Johore Bahru Otak-Otak, RM0.80 each.
Hmmm.. tasted weird 😛 ahahah.. usually I see otak-otak in brownish or creamy white colour and this is the first time I saw red otak-otak. It’s minced fish meat with santan and it’s barbequed. It’s my first time ate this too.

This is Pandan Chicken from "Yi Yuan"(I’m not sure about there English name). It’s a Teochew restaurant here. It’s RM3 for eight pieces.

The food fair will end on 20th August. So tomorrow is the last day.

Food Porn, Public Events, Retro, Uniquely Kuching

Kuching Festival 2006(9) – Supper

August 17, 2006 sweet surrender No Comments

Went to Kuching Fest after dance class for supper.

Left: "Ji Ba"… Ok… don’t think so much! It’s not that foul word "cxbai". I heard that it’s Hakka traditional food. RM2 per box. It tasted like "muaci". "Muaci" has peanut powder/red bean paste etc. as the fillings and the outer layer texture is sticky and chewy. This is the opposite, the peanut powder is coated outside. The dough is sticky and chewy. Hmm… Many said it’s nice but nothing special to me.

Right: (L-R) "Yuan Su Ji Kuai"(direct tanslation to English for each word is "Salt Crispy Chicken Nuggets") LOL… I really don’t know what it’s called in English, fried squids and sweet potato sticks.

All used the same batter and deep fried. The fried squid is RM1.50 per sticks, chicken nuggets are RM2.50 per 100gram and sweet potato sticks are RM1.60 per 100gram. We bought 100gm chicken nuggets and 3 fried squids. All together is RM7. Hmmm… pretty expensive and portion is small.

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Kuching Festival 2006(8) – Opening Ceremony

August 13, 2006March 21, 2007 sweet surrender No Comments

“Oh my… it’s so romantic darling! *MUAH* It’s so nice! Thank you very much!”
“*Down on his bended knee* Will you marry me my sweety pie?”
“Oh yes! My chuchu! I do!”
Then the couple sat there looking up the sky, kissing each other under night sky brightened by the fireworks!
Star light,
Star bright,
Let the fireworks,
Brighten up the night sky…
Isn’t it great?

HOLD ON THERE!! ROMANTIC? YOU CALL THAT ROMANTIC!?!? GOSSHHH! That’s ridiculous! You know some Cantonese dramas like to use this kind of scene? It’s misleading! It’s damn torturing! No fun! Neck pain! Looking up to the sky to see the fireworks, and the ashes and debris fell into your eyes, on your head, your face and your body. The sparks fell not far in front of you that might cause burnt if you are so unlucky that it fell on you. Then after the fireworks, you rub your face with a white tissue, you get shimmery greyish stained on the tissue. It’s worst if you are sweating or you have oily skin.

OK! There! This is my first close encounter with fireworks. Seeing it right on the spot instead of my bedroom window. It’s no fun I tell you. It really scares me and I was desperately looking for place to hide from the falling ashes and debris from the sky but then If I went into one of the huts in Hookien Garden, I couldn’t see the whole thing. Both my eyes experienced a bit of discomfort because of the ashes that fell into them. The debris fell on my shoulder and when I swept it off, it left black marks on my shoulders and I need to rub them off. Lots of poeple were quite desperate to find a place to hide from the falling ashes and debris too but couldn’t find a strategic place to see the full fireworks especially those that brought their children along. Wear goggle next time! 😛 I’m afraid no more next time for me!

The fireworks started after the minister offciate the festival. I forgot what time was it because I didn’t have a watch. It’s let off at the Hockey Stadium next to Hokkien Garden. We have a video for it and it’s still editting. Will post it up once I got hold of it.

Don’t get me wrong. I love fireworks very much but not so close to it. Fireworks are romantic but not this way. My idea of romantic fireworks is dining in a high rise building or high place, somewhere that allows you to see the city skyline, any city will do :P, and having candlelit dinner with my love one. After the dinner, we sit there looked out the window, in each other embrace and see the fireworks light up the night sky. That’s romantic LOL! Are you ready to puke? Go ahead 😛 haahhaha… I’m just a hopeless romantic.