Last Wednesday on the 19th of November, I attended Time Out KL: On The Up at No Black Tie. I’ve heard of No Black Tie from a friend who previously had performed there, but I personally have never been there.

For those who have not been there, No Black Tie is located same row as Palate Palette Restaurant and Bar.

Address: 7 Jalan Mesui, off Jalan Nagasari, 50200 Kuala Lumpur

No Black Tie is a very nice and cozy place to chill out after a busy day at work with friends. I like how the overall look of their interior and the ambiance is just right. Their sound system were good too.

At No Black Tie, the night just never sleeps. They have music performances every day of each month. Seriously, I’m sure you’ve seen the schedule. So everyday is never boring.

My friends and I arrived at the place really early that night to get our tables. Because I was told that the place is usually packed. Even if you’ve reserved a table but arrived late, you might not event get a place. And seriously, it was packed. Where else in KL can you find such places that have good music every night?

The night kicked off with the first performance by An Honest Mistake. They music were catchy and I think they have a lot of potential to grow in the music industry. For some angle, the vocalist looks a little like my friend.

Next performance were by The Bassment Syndicate. No vocals for this one, just instrument. They started off by playing a song called “How Deep Is Your Love” and that one really got the crowd’s attention. The song is still in my head actually. Like that one. I thought it was really sentimental. If you’re into Jazz music, you might just enjoy their music.

And coming up is performance by Alaling and the Kaya Koks. Alaling has a really beautiful voice. One of the song she sang was “Facebook“. I thought that one was cute. Especially the part where the lyric goes, “… I want to poke you, and poke you and superpoke you on Facebook…” and “… I want to buy and sell you and buy and sell you again on Friends For Sale…”. Something like that.

Alaling and the Kaya Koks are no strangers to some of us as she previously had performed at several events such as the most recent Nokia Nuffnang Silent Halloween.

The last performance for that night was by Rendra Zawawi and his band. Frankly speaking, I thought their performance were one of the best that night. Oh my must they always keep the best for the last.

That night I went back home exhausted. Although I may had a lazy afternoon that day but the whole music scene somehow added some spices to my boring day. Haha… I’ve always wanted to attend music performances as such but never really gotten the chance because not many people that I know were into those kind of music.

Overall, I think the that local music artists and bands have a lot of potential. Just very a pity that that not many people have heard of them.

For those who would like to join us at the next Time Out KL: On the Up. Do mark down your calendar on the 17th of December.

For more write up of the event, click here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here.

MALAYSIAN AIDS FOUNDATION - WORLD AIDS DAY CELEBRATION!

The Malaysian AIDS Foundation would like to call upon all avid cyclist supporters to rally together to celebrate World AIDS Day and let Malaysians know that we still have a battle to fight against HIV/AIDS in Malaysia .

A mini Ride for Life will be held in conjunction with the World AIDS Day Celebration at Berjaya Time Square .

It is a short loop around the Golden Triangle in Kuala Lumpur which everyone can be a part of - just bring your bike and don’t forget your helmet!

Registration is FREE and everyone joining the ride will get a specially-designed T-shirt sponsored by M.A.C Cosmetics - Viva Glam, NYC.

So be there to show your support towards a worthy cause

Details as follows:

DATE : Sunday, 30 th Nov 2008
VENUE : Berjaya Times Square
ROUTE : Approx. 30km Tour of Golden Triangle – Kuala Lumpur
FITNESS LEVEL : Suitable for all levels of cyclists
FLAG OFF : 7.30am sharp (Don’t be late)

Please call James Bak at 0122221200 or email him at james@ebakz.com if you have any further enquiries.

For more info, visit Malaysian AIDS Council’s website. Or RSVP as “ATTENDING” to sign up on Facebook.

Do come to show some support.

PS: I will be going. Can’t wait to ride again…

Just few days ago was OK! 3rd Anniversary party. It was also my 3rd time attending OK! mag event.

I knew about the event but was undecided about going because knowing that most likely I might be going alone because Aaron, Kel li and Nigel was working during the event night. But was fortunate to have Stephy accompanying me there that night. So happened that her boyfriend and mine were both busy that night. So we kind of like dating each other for the event. LOL!

As usual, the invites for OK! event can only be obtained through the magazine. Meaning, you’re forced to purchase the magazine in order to get the pass. That was the same thing they did for FHM event some time back. Very smart of them.

Well, unless you’re some high profile people and you can just walk through the VIP entrance.

OK! 3rd Anniversary - A tribute to the movies, was held at Zouk KL. Same venue as their previous OK! Celeb Fest event.

400 early birds with invites were entitled an exclusive goodies bag and there were also free flow of Guinness Drought for everyone. Usually, I would prefer if they give the goodies bag after the event because no one like to carry their goodies bag while enjoying the party. That’s so troublesome and so the potong steam wei. Well, I didn’t really drink that night. Don’t really fancy liquir or alchohol.

Suki, the winner of One In the Million performed that night.

While Joanne Kam Poh Poh was the host for the event.

Somehow the sound system was really terrible that night. The music were louder than the mic. Can hardly hear Suki or Joanne speaking while the music playing in the background. I still preferred Serena C as the host. Serena really knows how to control the crowd. Although she may appear to be a little bossy, but she gets her way most of the time.

Kel li was one of the crew during the event. Was a tiring night for her, Aaron and Nigel. They all arrived at Zouk as early as 1pm to do some setup.

Managed to get Jonathan Putra (a.k.a JP) from Channel V and NTV7 Breakfast show to pose for photos. He was really friendly. As in, really friendly. Not many celebs that I know would actually talk to anyone. When I mean anyone, I meant people like us. The nobody. Haha… Yeah, they are human still.

Aaron looking exhausted after posing the whole day. Haha… Read his blog and you’ll get what I mean.

Overall, I think the event was a little boring compared to those previous ones the had. The only entertaining part was when they bought in those movies character to perform. That one were hilarious!

Check out picture of Hell Boy and Iron Man at Nigel’s Blog. Love the Ironman suit. That one was the best among the rest.

Just few days ago, I had a very uneventful and unfortunate Friday. What happened? What did I do? I had no classes that day and I slept through my whole afternoon. How worst can that be?

That very night, me and my friend, Mike, had planed to attend the so-called most-talk-about event, GoMobile, at PWTC. For those who have no clue whatsoever about the event, GoMobile is the mobile version of PC Fair. Get it? PC Fair sells computer related stuff. GoMobile sells mobile related stuff.

Okay, that evening, the initial plan was to meet up with Mike at the Star PWTC station at 7.30pm. So I got my dad to drive me to the nearest LRT station. Dad suggested that I get my brother to drive me since dad wasn’t feeling well but the excuses given by my brother was the petrol tank was close to empty. Never mind. So, dad send me instead and he took the risk of driving the close to empty car. Asuming that with that minimum amount of petrol he might just be able to drop me off at the LRT station. And half way on the road, the car just died. In the middle of the road. Okay, not exactly. He managed to pull over to the side of the road.

So, what do you do when you’re caught in that kind of situation? Find an empty bucket and fill it with some petrol. The only thing dad managed to find in the car was a 50ml mineral water bottle. Great! Just Great! Doubt that little bottle was enough to get the car running to the nearest petrol station. So, dad called up his friend who live nearby to get help. I was already running late. And I mean, super late. Dad’s friend only arrived at 8pm and that was half an hour after the agreed time which I supposed to meet up with Mike.

Well, if you noticed, I even had some time to snap some pictures by the road.

I was a little annoyed at my brother for being so stingy. He can’t even pay RM5 or RM10 to fill up the tank. Seriously. The allowance the gets was way too much when I was at his age and he can’t even afford to buy nasi lemak for my dad. That incident was some time back. It just get on my nerves. Arrg!

Approximately 8pm, dad’s friend arrived with a 1.5liter. Got it filled a little which was just enough to get the car running to the nearest petrol station which was just at the end of the junction. Arrived at the LRT station at 8.10pm. I think Mike would have been cursing me by then already. Imagine, being an hour late. That wasn’t the only problem. I had 5 trains passing my opposite platform and not a single train arrive on my side. How frustrating can that be? One problem after another. By time I arrived at  PWTC station, it was 8.45pm. That poor feller must have been starving already having to wait for nearly 2 freaking hours. Goodness! I have not been that late in my entire life!

So I told Mike to go ahead and not wait for me as I will just meet him at PWTC itself. Upon arriving, I was seriously hoping the event was going to be as good as we were told during the Quantum of Solace screening at Cineleisure. But I was disappointed! Serious seriously disappointed. It was nothing compared to PC Fair at all! They only occupied one floor and it wasn’t the entire floor. Despite only had 5 minutes (because the exhibition closed by 9pm and I thought was 10pm) to look around, I felt that the event was totally overrated. Yes, the 30,000 freebies were real. And yes, the 150 units of hand phones were real. But they were only worth merely RM300. I’m not complaining but they could have given out more attractive prizes. Mike only got 2 notepad from his lucky dip. I didn’t get to do the dip because the counter was arrived when I arrived. Oh well…

I saw quite a number of unknown China hand phone brand that sell imitation of iPhone, Nokia, Sonny Ericson models but their features were really the cacated. I don’t blame them, they are just doing their business by catering phone for lower income earners who can’t afford the original one.

Before the exhibition ends, we saw a few of pretty promoters. And they were really pretty. Honestly. Am speaking from a girl perspective. But just a pity that not all of them can speaks English. I’m not saying that my English is perfect whatsoever. Just thought that people who know English would have better advantage in many areas. And of course, I do agree that if you’re a Chinese you should at least know your own mother tongue. But anyway… (Please don’t shoot me)

Motorola was having RM50 off on all their gadgets and accessories. Mike managed to get a reasonable deal off a blue tooth music head set. But I thought since it was mobile fair and Mike was their last customer for that day, they could have at least given a little more discount or probably throw in some freebies. But oh well…

Candy, anyone?

I only been to GoMobile on the first day and that was towards the end of the their exhibition. Not sure how well did it go on Saturday and Sunday. Supposingly free hand phones (worth up to RM299) were giving out during random hours and there was a treasure hunt going on as well. Did anyone else go to GoMobile? I would like to know how did it go…

Tagged By Suresh on 11th November 2008

Time: 5.30pm
Name: Celine
Sisters: None
Brothers: 2
Shoe size: 3
Height: 148cm
Favourite drinks: Tomato Juice
Favourite breakfast: Yogurt, Milk, Sausage McMuffin, Cheese

Have you ever…

Been on a plane: Yes. First time was going to Penang with my family. I was only 6.
Swam in the ocean: Yes. My grandparents place in Malacca is very close to the sea.
Fallen asleep in school: Yes. Haha… Who haven’t?
Broken someone’s heart: Erm… Yes. You can’t always expect to have 2 way chemistry, right?
Fell off your chair: Not too sure.
Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call: Yes. That was back in high school.
Saved e-mails: Most of the time.
Chicken pox: When I was 7. And I passed it down to my dad after that. LOL!
Sore throat: Yes. Once a while if I don’t drink enough water or eat too much fried food.
Stitches: No. Better not.
Broken nose: No. Don’t want that to happen either.
What is your room like: Most of the time is messy. I only tidy up when I can’t find my things.
What’s right beside you: Handphone, wallet, PC?

What is the last thing you ate: Yogurt

Do you..

Believe in love at first sight: Yes but it doesn’t last.
Like picnics: Yes. But haven’t had one before.

Who was the last person..

You danced with: Myself!
Last made you smile: Boyfriend

Today did you…

Talk to someone you like: Yes.
Kiss anyone: Nope.
Get sick: Not today. Thank God!
Talk to an ex: Don’t have one.
Miss someone: Nope. I’ve been sleeping the whole day to even miss anyone.

Best feeling in the world: Knowing that you’ve done something to brighten someone else day

What’s under your bed: Dust?

What time is it now: 5.42pm

Random Qs/Q…

Is there a person who is on your mind right now: Right now? No.
Do you have any siblings: Yes
Do you want children: Of course! But definitely not now.
Do you smile often: Yes. I like to smile. Sometimes people think I’m crazy.
Do you like your hand-writing: Nope. It could be better.
Are your toenails painted: Yes. Haven’t got the time to remove it yet
Whose bed other than yours would you rather sleep in: My parents! I like big bed.
What colour shirt are you wearing: Pink
What were you doing at 7:00pm yesterday: Was eating Fillet-O-Fish while watching TV
I can’t wait till: my FYP presentation is over
When did you cry last: Yesterday
Are you a friendly person: I don’t know.
Do you have any pets: 1 dog. The fishes are not mine.
Where is the person you have feelings for right now?: At work
Did the last person you held hands with mean anything to you now?: Yes
Do you sleep with the TV on?: Sometimes, when I’m too tired and doze off without turning it off
What are you doing right now?: Answering a Q&A questions?
Have you ever crawled through a window?: Can’t remember. I think so.
Can you handle the truth?: Not all the time.
Are you closer to your mother or father?: Mum
Who was the last person you cried in front of?: Boyfriend
How many people can you say you’ve really loved?: You want number? More than 10.
Do you eat healthy?: Not all the time. But am doing something about it.
Have you ever cried because of something someone said to you?: Yes.
How often do you go to church?: As often as I can.
If you’re having a bad day, who are you most likely to go to?: Someone whom I can talk to. Boyfriend, mum or someone whom I can trust.
Are you loud or quiet most of the time?: Quiet.
Are you confident?: Not all the time.
5 things I was doing 10 years ago: Studying. Online, Hanging out at the mall, Designing website, Blogging
5 snacks I enjoy: Mammi Monster, Cheezels, Twisties, Veggie Snack, Double Decker chips
5 things I give part of it to my family: House, Money, Car, My love, My Trust
5 of my bad habits: Lazy, Wasting Time, Being late, Annoy People, Doing things last minute
5 places I have lived in: 4 actually… Cheras, Malacca, Italy, Ampang
5 jobs I’ve had: Extras for TVC, Usher, Dresser, Promoter, Office Girl

Tag 5 people: I tag anyone who is bored right now and have some spare time to answer all the above questions.

PS: I don’t usually do tag. Just happened to be bored right now. LOL!

A little collage my put together myself…

**Photos by Kev.

Just over the week, I attended the premiere screening of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, by Nuffnang.

As everyone know that Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is the second installation of the first movie. After watching the movie, I personally think that this is one of the few movies which second part is better than the first. Well, both of them are equally good actually. For those who have not seen the first Madagascar, that one was pretty good too, especially their theme song “I like to move it“.

In Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, the movie takes us back to how Alex (the lion) ended up in Central Park, New York. And a little flash back of some scenes of how all the four characters - Alex (the lion), Marty (the zebra), Gloria (the hippo) and Melman (the giraffe), first ended up at Madagascar.

While this time, with the help of the penguins they are determine to fly back to New York. But somehow the plan didn’t work out as what they have planned. Their plane crashed and all of them ended up in Africa. Africa may seems like a great place…but is it better than their Central Park home?

Okay, that is just a little part of the movie. Enough of my spoiler, now go grab yourself a movies tickets. You will definitely enjoy it. *Two (2) thumbs up*

For now, do check out the following video clip. As well as their Trailers & Video Clips on yahoo.

I kid you NOT! Haha…

My Halloween costume (the bloody mummy) was inspired by one of Kev’s photo. To dress up as a mummy, there are several way to source from. You can either rent/purchase those ready made. Or , you can look up on some DIY Halloween costume online. Else, you could easily go to any nearby pharmacy to purchase bandages that look like these…

These bandages come in different length and sizes. There are also two (2) colours to choose from, white or brown (skin colour). The one I used were brown (skin colour) in colour.

Below are some of the items that I used to prepare the whole mummy outfit.

1. Brown and black poster colour to coloured the bandages - to create the dirty effect by soaking the bandages with coloured water
2. Black eyeliner - to colour one eye
3. Thread and needle - to sew the bandages together
4. A pair of socks
5. Fake blood
6. A singlet
7. A short / tube / boxer (anything that you’re comfortable wearing as bottom)
8. Bandages (as many as you need. For me, I used up 9 bandages. )

After dying the socks and bandages, there are how they look like. If you want it to be dirtier, add more black to it. Make sure you hang it to dry before putting it on.

I cut holes between the singlet and tube to get the torn and rugged look. While I wrapped the bandages around my body, I sew the bandages onto each other to hold them together instead of using the clips (that came along with the bandage).

Next, don’t forget black colour nails. To make it look creepy. After all, it’s Halloween.

After I’m done with the wrapping. I added fake blood to make it look scary. And smear some black poster colour on some of the skin surface to create the dirty look.

** Note: Because the bandages, socks, tube, singlet are dyed in colour. I had to wash my hands several times as well as mop the floor when I get on and off the washroom.

My Halloween costume was specially prepared for Nuffnang’s Silent Halloween event. The whole costume took me about two (2) days to prepared. It was one of my first Halloween party and I really had a great time dressing up. Well, this is one of the rare occasion where you can dressed up as ugly as you like and no one will call the cop to report you in can walking devil. LOL! Just kidding…

At the party, I met few other monsters who were some what like me. Sort of. Just kidding.. :p

Robert, the human-like vampire, whose cries blood tears. Haha… I just made that up.

Ringo, the beautiful Marilyn Monroe.

Here we have Simon a.k.a. Black Jack.

Tarzen?

Klubbkidd a.k.a. Kurt Cobain

And Robb, the rather clean but scary mummy.

I didn’t really get to take many photos that night because most of the time was trying to make sure my bandages do not fall off. LOL.

For more blog post on the event, click here, here, here, here, here, here and here.

James Bond… Quantum of Solace… Daniel Craig… Olga Kurylenko…

I’m sure everyone has seen banners, posters and even billboards advertisement on Quantum of Solace. I’m reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally looking forward to the screening. I’ve seen the trailers & video clips of the movie at yahoo. And I can assure you this is one movie not to missed!

Nuffnang is giving away 25 pairs of tickets to the screening Quantum of the Solace by GoMobile. For more details, click on the image below to visit Nuffnang’s website for more information.

Here’s the synopsis of the movie:-

Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White who reveals the organization which blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.Forensic intelligence links an Mi6 traitor to a bank account in Haiti where a case of mistaken identity introduces Bond to the beautiful but feisty Camille, a woman who has her own vendetta. Camille leads Bond straight to Dominic Greene, a ruthless business man and major force within the mysterious organization.

On a mission that leads him to Austria, Italy and South America, Bond discovers that Greene, conspiring to take total control of one of the world’s most important natural resources, is forging a deal with the exiled General Medrano. Using his associates in the organization, and manipulating his powerful contacts within the CIA and the British government, Greene promises to overthrow the existing regime in a Latin American country, giving the General control of the country in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of land.

In a minefield of treachery, murder and deceit, Bond allies with old friends in a battle to uncover the truth. As he gets closer to finding the man responsible for the betrayal of Vesper, 007 must keep one step ahead of the CIA, the terrorists and even M, to unravel Greene’s sinister plan and stop his organization.

- source

The new installation of James Bond is expected to have more actions, more explosions and not forgetting a new hot bond girl. If you want to win yourself a pair of tickets, quick write in to Nuffnang before 3pm on Thursday, 6th of November.

Aside from that, don’t forget to check out GoMobile Clique’s website for their upcoming event called “The Ultimate Mobile Lifestyle Event of the Year”, on the 21-23 November 2008 at PWTC Kuala Lumpur.