Category: Uniquely Kuching

No other place like Kuching.

Time to Music in Novemeber

October 16, 2013October 18, 2013 sweet surrender No Comments

Remember Hitz.fm Birthday Invasion LIVE Concert 2013 that I attended in KL last month? Kuching is going to have it too! YAY!

From left â€“ right – Mr Choo Meng Chung, Head of Regional Sales, S&S of Celcom Axiata Berhad, Dhan Andreas, Operation Manager Astro Radio Sarawak and DJ UNO, Project E.A.R

It is â€œTime to Muxic with Xplay hitz.fm Sarawak Birthday Invasionâ€ with international and local artistes! The Malaysiaâ€™s No.1 English Radio station, hitz.fm celebrates its birthday with the return of a bigger and better hitz.fm Sarawak Birthday Invasion with LIVE Concert, in cooperation with Xpax, Celcomâ€™s main prepaid brand for youth.

IT IS FREE TO GO! You get to attend concert with cornucopia of local artists and entertainment by scratch and mix DJs including hitz.fm announcers mmmeng, Kiyoshi, Natasha, Ian and Jinny Boy. Catch fantastic LIVE performance by the groundbreaking home-grown artistes such Project E.A.R, Arabyrd, SonaOne and with the hitz.fmâ€™s Jakeman & Skeletor behind the deck.

Not only that, American rapper â€“ producer Lil Jon and the Dutch electro-dance music pioneer Sidney Samson is also set to perform and roar the crowd at this yearâ€™s hitz.fm Sarawak Birthday Invasion LIVE Concert. You will not want to miss the remarkable â€˜King of Crunkâ€™ and the Electro Grooves from this Dutch Whizz.

How to get your free passes?
– On air:
1. Be the first caller through to 420 953 once you hear sonic trigger and answer a simple question.
2. Answer the question correctly will win 3 pairs of orange zone passes.
3. Caller who calls in during the bonus hour will win 3 pairs of purple zone passes which will bring winner up close to the action happening onstage.

– Online:
1. Log onto sarawak.hitz.fm and answer one true or false question.
2. Then tell us why you want to be at the â€œTime to Muxic Xplay with hitz.fm Sarawak Birthday Invasionâ€.
3. Each winner will win 2 pairs orange zone passes.

– Instagram:
1. Upload a creative picture of self with a sign that says â€œI wanna be at the hitz.fm Sarawak Birthday Invasionâ€ and add on the #hitzswakbdayinvasion.
2. Each winner will walk away with 2 pairs orange zone passes.

– On Ground:
1. Track down the hitz.fm Perodua Cruisers during their crosses.

2. Participate in a simple game with the hitz.fm Perodua Cruisers to win 2 pairs of black zone passes.

– Be Xpax customer:
1. Xpax customers can also enjoy free entry simply by registering online via Xpaxâ€™s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/xpaxfb or at the event itself.
2. Simply by reloading your Xpax accounts at the event, you will get extra perks such as free drinks.
3. Xpax customers who reload RM30 at participating dealers from now until 4 November 2013 will be able to get four exclusive passes to get closer to the action.

Be sure to mark it down on your calender, 8 November 2013 (Friday) at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching from 7pm onwards. Come join us at the â€œTime to Muxic with Xplay hitz.fm Sarawak Birthday Invasionâ€ brought to you by hitz.fm Sarawak and Xpax.

Left picture: From 3rd left – Paul D’arcy, CEO of BCCK, from 4th left – Mr Choo Meng Chung, Head of Regional Sales, S&S of Celcom Axiata Berhad. Below left to right – Kiyoshi, hitz.fm announcer, Dhan Andreas, Operation Manager Astro Radio Sarawak, DJ UNO, Project E.A.R and Mmmeng, hitz.fm announcer.
Right picture: Kiyoshi and mmmeng.

Entertainment Snippets, Public Events, Uniquely Kuching

What’s New in Kuching?

July 8, 2013July 12, 2013 sweet surrender 7 Comments

What’s new after almost 2 years of being away from Kuching? In no particular order as I don’t remember which came first but I know which is the latest hahaha…

The latest, Summer Mall. Went there yesterday. My advice, don’t go for the time being if you are blardy sensitive towards dust. I came back with whole face of rashes, and itchy nose -.-” Also, I removed my makeup and the cotton was black. *GULP* Super duper dusty. Not really completed, still a lot of work need to be done. It’s extremely far away from the city, in the middle of nowhere, guess it’s meant for people living at that area than those living in the urban areas. This is likely to be my first and last time there. It’s futher than going to the airport. Even Boulevard is nearer.

Managed to visit this place last year October when I was back for 3 weeks but didn’t take any photos. I don’t have the latest photo of the place but it’s much more alive and happening now likely due to the cinema and because it’s still consider new. Kuching people have new place (GSC) to watch movie too and the ticket is much cheaper than MBO. Metrojaya is located here, things are pretty expensive but I’m likely to shop here only when there’s sales on ;p.

Plaza Merdeka isn’t very bad. It has many foreign brands but I am not likely to shop there. I won’t name the shops but some brands are really cheap brands overseas yet it’s treated as branded here in SE Asia. Let’s just put it this way, I bought those brands before in Australia/NZ and my sister bought them in UK. It’s blardy cheap in Australia/NZ and UK but it’s so expensive here.

Even though after conversion, Malaysia is selling them cheaper, it’s still not worth it to spend such money to buy things with such quality. I don’t mind spending AUD20 (almost RM70 here in Malaysia) to buy the exact same garment in Australia when I earn AUD. However, in Malaysia, I am not willing to spend RM55+ to buy that exact same one here as it’s just too expensive unless it’s RM20. I can get much better quality garment with RM50+ from other shops. You get my drift?

Kuching Sentral is Kuching’s regional long-distance bus terminal but it’s also a place to shop. During the weekend, it’s quite happening here but I’m not sure about weekdays. Seldom come here too nothing fancy me here. It’s just a stone throw away from KIA.

Oh! There’s another one, near tHe Spring known as ST3. Sorry to say that, it’s pretty much dead, seems like a failure. It’s not big, very small one, the highlight is the apartment there I guess.

There you go, my take on the major shopping places in Kuching.

From My Angle, Uniquely Kuching

Sarawak Grand Timber & SME’s Expo 2013

June 16, 2013 sweet surrender 6 Comments

Sarawak Grand Timber & SME’s Expo 2013 happened last weekend and I only blog about it now! This is the rate I’m going in blogging these days -.-”

Went there to have a look with my family. Visitors were required to register. It’s not as simple as just filling in the form, they even print out a name tag for you! WOW! So pro!

Related goverment agencies setting up their booths.

Will just let the photos do the talking ;p How lazy I am now?

All sort of furniture can be found there. Aside from that, lots of food to sample. My first time eating honeycomb. Our very own honey from Sarawak.

Lots to see inside and outside the hall.

It only opened to public till 6pm, we spent almost 2 hours there. I’m surprised with how long we spent our time there. Not bad, lots to see.

Public Events, Uniquely Kuching

How I Found My Bodyguards â€“ Part 3

May 13, 2013May 13, 2013 sweet surrender 4 Comments

At night, we went for dinner at James Brooke Bistro at Waterfront. It’s my very first time there.

Left: Spring roll. Nothing special.

Right: Satay. Very sweet with strong lemongrass taste.

Left: Sarawak Laksa, hmm… It did taste okay but not Sarawak Laksa to me. It’s rather sweet to be Sarawak Laksa, there’s no lime and sambal given too. There’s bean curd in it some more, more like curry laksa to me.

Right: Vanilla ice cream with pear cake. Extremely sweet ice cream but good thing the pear cake wasn’t sweet at all, so it balanced it out. Too bad, I couldn’t finish it because I had been eating non-stop since noon. So stuffed!

Don’t ask me how much they were, I have no idea as I’m not the one paying.

Here you go, my bodyguards for the night! Imported all the way from the west and they’re all in black and bald hahaha… I’m so well-protected that night ;p Don’t mess with me! They’re smiling, imagine if they’re not, people would really think that they are some gangsters. *LOL* These bald guys supported the fund raising of SCCS by going bald in the afternoon at Sarawak Energy. Kudos to them!

This wrapped up the day for me.

*This post is sponsored by Sarawak Energy*

Food Porn, Public Events, Uniquely Kuching

How I Found My Bodyguards â€“ Part 2

May 12, 2013May 13, 2013 sweet surrender 2 Comments

In the afternoon, I went to Menara Sarawak Energy to attend the dialogue session, tour, and Go Bald event.

In the dialogue session, we were introduced to the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activities that Sarawak Energy engaged in as you can see in the photos.

Left: Another initiative to help the people in the interior of Sarawak. You can learn more here.

Right: After the dialogue session, we were brought on a building tour. This is the Visitor Galleria.

We also went to look at the office layout and how green the building is. This is the first green office building in Sarawak. Was caught by surprise to see that there’s a gym runs by Level-Up there.

Most windows are on the north and south sides of the building so that there won’t be direct sunlight to reduce excessive heat gain.

If you work here, you’ll definitely get views from your windows. The office switches will switch off on its own when there’s no human movement after 15 minutes.

Left: The atrium has got no air conditioning at all and it’s using cool AHU condensate water to cool the atrium, the water fountain you see in there is not your normal water fountain. The water came from the air conditioning system of the building.

Right: There’s also a museum.

You can learn more about the evolution of Sarawak Energy in this museum.

One last event of the afternoon, Go Bald for SCCS fund raising. Sarawak Energy staff took part in it.

There were more than 40 of them went bald that day. She’s the only woman who decided to go bald pretty last minute. It took us all by surprise. Good for her! I don’t dare… ;p If you want to support the cause, do visit gobald.my.