Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
DAB launch at Saujana Hotel @ Subang
Happened to be at the DAB launch event on 19th Jan 2013 at Saujana Hotel.
The hotel is opposite Sime Darby at Subang. This will be more of a photoblog since i'm experimenting with my new DSLR :)
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| Decorated prop by cameraman, RM5 each pic if not mistaken :S |
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| Macro attempt #1 |
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| View from Hotel, golf course opposite the lake |
The company apparently assembles/sells water pump products mostly for commercial use i guess. Pretty neat launch, with 15 VIP + by invitaion only visitors and flashy decorations. There are some VIPs from Italy if i'm not mistaken and some big shots of the company here.
A view from the performer's changing room..
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| Assistant in work |
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| Team from Keejan MusicAcademy |
While waiting for their turn, why not enjoy the free-flowing beer outside of the hall. Cheers from the Regal Orchestra band of the night.
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| Pianist, bassist & the vocalist. |
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| Macro-ing at the reception area. |
Pretty hall such a shame i didn't manage to get in earlier. Missed out the Chinese 12 drum performance and the opera show.
Entertainment of the night by live band. Various shots and modes to try on my new toy ^_^
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| Purple monochrome |
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| Bright lights |
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| The moment |
That's all for this post. It's kind of fun to have an event to get some practise on photography. Till next post.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Big Bad Wolf Sale 2012
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| Source: http://bigbadwolfbooks.com/blog/ |
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| From facebook :) |
Location: MIECC (behind Mines 1 shopping mall)
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| "Souvenirs" from my just-drop-by-to see trip |
Dropped by there yesterday just to have a look since i missed out the 2011 sale last year. Ended up buying some hard-covered books (RM8 each!). That's a really good deal and hard to resist.
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| Hardcovers for RM8 each ^_^ Woots~ |
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Considering to go back to complete my Demonwar saga series collection and also to grab volume 12 of Wheel of Time that i'm missing.
Update:
Went there again today but wasn't able to find anymore Robert Jordan's books and looks like 3rd book for Demonwar saga not here, maybe next year?
Anyway, grabbed one of RA Salvatore's book 'Orc King' seems to be regarding the famous dark elf in Drizzt in the Forgotten Realm series. Hope it will be a good read :)
Each customer that buys gets a cute BBW card, i guess it doubles as a bookmark too.
Pulverising evil book prices! Ah-Whoo-ooo-ooo~=)
Update:
Went there again today but wasn't able to find anymore Robert Jordan's books and looks like 3rd book for Demonwar saga not here, maybe next year?
Anyway, grabbed one of RA Salvatore's book 'Orc King' seems to be regarding the famous dark elf in Drizzt in the Forgotten Realm series. Hope it will be a good read :)
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| BBW gift upon purchase today (8th Dec) |
Pulverising evil book prices! Ah-Whoo-ooo-ooo~=)
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
South Korea: Seoul Lantern Festival 2012
It's a lazy day today, so this one will focus mainly more on photos.
Another one of the free things to do in Seoul. I got this information while surfing on KTO site for more travel information. This one of course links back to my previous post of free things to do in Seoul item #4 :)
Date & time
The event is still ongoing till 18th Nov 2012. So do plan to pay a visit to Cheongyecheon stream while you are there. Here is the KTO website link for more information. The lights are turn on at aroun 7pm if not mistaken, and takes about 40min to walk till the end.
Getting there
There are several ways to get there. Either start from Gwanghwamun Station (probably easiest) to enter the river from Cheonggye plaza or you can go down at City Hall and walk towards Cheongyecheon river. Get a map and take a look and you will know what i mean.
Admission
Free (important! lol)
Looks like my digicam night shots turns out pretty good on the blog.
That's it for today. Happy Diwali to all Indian friends and happy holiday for the rest of you out there :D
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| Starting point. |
Date & time
The event is still ongoing till 18th Nov 2012. So do plan to pay a visit to Cheongyecheon stream while you are there. Here is the KTO website link for more information. The lights are turn on at aroun 7pm if not mistaken, and takes about 40min to walk till the end.
Getting there
There are several ways to get there. Either start from Gwanghwamun Station (probably easiest) to enter the river from Cheonggye plaza or you can go down at City Hall and walk towards Cheongyecheon river. Get a map and take a look and you will know what i mean.
Admission
Free (important! lol)
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| Cheonggyecheon stream - starting point of the lantern festival walk. |
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| Lantern gate. |
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| Aristocrats playing traditional music instruments i presume. |
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| Back view |
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| Korean drummer and warriors of forgotten time. |
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| More lanterns to enjoy. |
That's it for today. Happy Diwali to all Indian friends and happy holiday for the rest of you out there :D
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
South Korea: Discounts & Free things to do around Seoul
When i was doing research of free things to do around Seoul, the most useful information I got was from kampungboycitygal's blog.
Here is the blog's post about discounts and vouchers. Pretty informative and useful for first timers to South Korea.Purpose of this post is to give provide some update and several free stuff you can do.
What's free is kind of fun and most importantly keeps your travel budget low since most people do backpacking to save money and get most of a trip at one's preferred pace.
1) Discount voucher for airport limousine. Most limousine goes to hotels around downtown Seoul and covers many subway station. This voucher gives 1,000 won discount only one-way from airport to downtown Seoul. Here is a link on which bus to take to reach your accomodation, alternatively upon arrival at Incheon International, locate a nearby "Transportation info" yellow counter to get help. Be warned that bus limousine drivers don't keep small change, so be ready with small change before you board.
2) Free shuttle bus to Gyeongju and Busan. Personally didn't try this as my trip is too short to cater for it. Regardless, here is the link.
3) Free T-money @ Incheon airport. Look out for Hana tour counter at airport. However, not too sure if this has been discountinued as the free T-money ran out when we arrived on 31st Oct. This can save you up to 3,000 wonWon't hurt to try check again in case they have restock right?
4) Freebies & Event news from Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO). I missed out the free Nanta ticket giveaway as i noticed the offer on it's last day, unfortunately was too busy with work to pick them up. Currently there is a 30% discount coupon to Lotte World and 'A walk with the Stars" event upcoming. Pay a visit to KTO facebook page or even like to keep up with news about Korea tour and freebies.
5) Free admission places. Probably not all of them, here is a list of some of them you might want to visit that are quite interesting. Cheonggyecheon river walk, Namsan Folk village and King Sejong Exhibition Hall (right below King Sejong statue), National Musuem of Korea and free bicycles rental at Jamsil station Exit 2. Walk about 200m toward Seokchon Lake, the facility is on your right.(source: http://www.korea4expats.com/article-free-bicyle-rentals-seoul.html)
6) Doota gift bag. Walk to Doota mall near Dongdaemun station and show your passport (for foreigners only) together with your printout. Update on the freebies, it seems like the content has been gotten much lesser (refer to kampungboycitygal's blog photo).
This is what's inside the gift bag inclusive of doota shopping coupon. It's really up to you whether it's still worth the effort to redeem this.
7) Korea experience programme @ Incheon airport. Those who checked into airport boarding early could spend time to try your hands on Korean handicraft.We were given the traditional pendant that we made together with free mini gift; one traditional cupboard and a traditional hand mirror in a pouch.
8) Free cosmetics samples @ Myeong Dong. Whenever you enter a cosmetics shop usually the salesgirls will give you freebies. Be sure to ask for more samples, or whatever you see displayed near the counter. We managed to get 2 posters of JYJ from the TonyMoly shop wifey made her purchase.One strategy is to buy ~30,000won only at a go and move to next shop for your purchase to get more chance to ask for samples. There are more than one branch of the same shop especially in MyeongDong so this can probably work out :)
9) Tax refund. Whenever you (foreigners only) made a purchase of more than 30,000 won on a single receipt, you are eligible for a ~5% tax refund. Just make sure to ask for it since not all shops will automatically provide you a tax refund slip. Be sure to bring this back to Incheon airport & validate at tax refund counter. Check into boarding area, the tax refund collection area is near Gate 28 seats area. Do insist on receiving cash back since writing alphabetical address is quite risky (not written Hangul).
10) Sleepover at airport. Not for those that can't get comfortable easily. Surprisingly our first time sleeping over at Incheon airport is quite comfortable. In fact, there are many people that slept (yes, on departure chairs) over most probably because the flight next day is too early and also not to forget that it actually saves one night accommodation cost. Skip this if you find guesthouse/hostel to be uncomfortable hehe
There is probably more out there, who doesn't like discounts and free stuff?
Do comment with your link if you have more info on these. Gotta get them all :P
(Source: http://piktochart.com/2012/05/infographic-maker-15000-users-10000-infographics-200-pro-users-in-8-weeks/)
Here is the blog's post about discounts and vouchers. Pretty informative and useful for first timers to South Korea.Purpose of this post is to give provide some update and several free stuff you can do.
What's free is kind of fun and most importantly keeps your travel budget low since most people do backpacking to save money and get most of a trip at one's preferred pace.
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| Location of bus pickup to Seoul (source: http://www.airport.kr/airport/traffic/bus/busList.iia?flag=E) |
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| Airport limo bus discount coupon (source: http://kampungboycitygal.com/2012/04/7-money-saving-tips-travel-tips-to-south-korea-with-discount-vouchers-attached/ ) |
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| K-shuttle for foreigners (source: http://english.visitkoreayear.com/english/benefit/benefit_06_01_01.asp) |
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| T-money from GS25 at 3,000won |
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| Free Nanta ticket that was offered previously. |
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| King Sejong Exhibition Hall (source: http://english.seoul.go.kr/cav/att/gwanghwamun.php) |
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| Doota free gift bag voucher (source: kampungboycitygal blog) |
6) Doota gift bag. Walk to Doota mall near Dongdaemun station and show your passport (for foreigners only) together with your printout. Update on the freebies, it seems like the content has been gotten much lesser (refer to kampungboycitygal's blog photo).
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| Latest content of Doota gift bag. |
This is what's inside the gift bag inclusive of doota shopping coupon. It's really up to you whether it's still worth the effort to redeem this.
Making traditional pendant.
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| Free mask and samples |
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| Tax refund collection counters @ Incheon airport. |
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| Follow the steps for Global tax free refund. You should receive this evelope or the other blue colored one :) |
10) Sleepover at airport. Not for those that can't get comfortable easily. Surprisingly our first time sleeping over at Incheon airport is quite comfortable. In fact, there are many people that slept (yes, on departure chairs) over most probably because the flight next day is too early and also not to forget that it actually saves one night accommodation cost. Skip this if you find guesthouse/hostel to be uncomfortable hehe
There is probably more out there, who doesn't like discounts and free stuff?
Do comment with your link if you have more info on these. Gotta get them all :P
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