Stuff's 5 years old!

For a 5 year old's party, last night was a night of might and mayhem. We know who provided the might AND mayhem eh. Big thank you to @kenWei316 (Stuff's Editor) for the invites, the free booze (and OJ on the rocks) and a whole lot of entertainment.

Emcees for the night, Natalie and Ean from Hitz.Fm kept the audience pumped up with the silly stage games, loads of lucky draw prizes, and poking fun at winner's names. (Kinda glad they didnt draw my name card from the box. It wouldn't have been worth the humiliation to win a wireless keyboard and 2 mouses/mice)

Ken's got this "I've got a take-over-the-world-plan scheeming in my head" look.

There's this one person, that was so famous by name (which totally describes how he looks) but have never met before. Finally had the privilege of meeting @simonbotak. No guessing how he looks like eh.

@simonbotak and @hueisong before the mayhem began.

I was actually there on official work matter as well. My client Dell, won the Reader's Choice Award for the Best Desktop. So had to take photos of Dell's representative, Tony accepting the award. :)

The organisers didn't do too bad with the party. There were ample booze to make sure the crowd was kept happy. Green bottles and red labels filled the table tops. Rowdy guys wanting to win the next lucky draw prize and pretty chicks filled the dance floor.

@wernshen and his Guitar Hero rocker chick friend, Wei Yu

Lowyat.net's editor having a jolly good time with his friends.

@melkoo & @ciaomella had their fair share of fun as well!

@eddyhan having an intimate moment with @melkoo

Bumped into my junior from high school, Dannie! :)

The DJ-ians, Lim Yen and Jane

This is the, "I can't believe I won a mouse" look.

And this is the "I wanna snap some chick's pic" look.

It was a night of bumping into friends. Here's Ken with my college mate, Wendy & her fiance Jason.

Rocker chics Natalie and Sarah Lian showing the crowd how to be a Guitar Hero.

@lokgotz giving his stamp of approval for their stellar performance.

Who says you can't cam whore with a DSLR. @hueisong and I. And yes, I still need to go for smiling classes! :p

Bumped into yet another high school junior of mine. Vivien standing far right.

Its been quite some time since I've gone partying. Just having OJ on the rocks is not all that fun eh. But all in all, Stuff's 5th Bday Bash was a blast.

Thanks STUFF!

For more pics, click here to view my Facebook gallery.

p/s: there were actually a few more pics that mysteriously disappeared from my memory card. Which up till now, I'm still kinda upset for losing those pics! :(

The Reds go marching on!

It's been a long long while since I've written anything. And I sort of promised our reader(s) that I will take more effort and actually write a proper post *clears throat* and not a one liner and call it a post.
As you might have already known, the Red Devils were in town for the Manchester United Asia Tour 2009. Playing in Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea and China. With Malaysia being their first stop, it was a great opportunity for the team to show off the brand new kit as well.

To be really honest, I didn't fancy the new kit so much when I first saw the "preview" images. But after a while, hey, it doesn't look that bad eh. It's still too expensive for me to get one now. I've not been buying the kits for quite a few seasons now. :(

Federico Macheda

Johnny Evans

Michael Carrick

Ben Foster

Darren Fletcher

Wayne Rooney

Nike being one of our clients, I had the greatest privilege to help out at the Nike Man Utd press conference, where I got to see the great Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Nani and Darron Gibson up close but not too personal. At the press conference, found out a few things.
#1 - Rio Ferdinand is not on Twitter, and he is quite a funny fella.
#2 - Darren Fletcher being a Scot, speaks clearer English than Sir Fergie.
#3 - Nani can hardly speak English. Boy, its time to learn. Summore want to change Maths & Science back to BM la!

After the press conference, I rushed down to Bukit Jalil for the training session. Nothing much happened, but it was a good opportunity to get to see the players in person. Now, there is a Man Utd legend that every Man Utd fan would know, and Nike organised a coaching clinic with some school kids. The clinic was conducted by none other that Bryan Robson. Though I did not get any autographs from any of the Man Utd players or former players. It was a great experience all together.
As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, here are a few thousand for you to slowly digest. GLORY GLORY MAN UTD!

Check out how short some of the Malaysian players are compared to the Man Utd players.

Observing one minute of silence in respect of the victims of the Jakarta bombing

Macheda scoring the 1st goal of the Rematch on Monday

Yes, Malaysian players were always on the back foot, chasing after the ball.

For more pics. Click here to view my Facebook gallery.

Guess what?

I am 1 year and 3 days old!

^.^ To my fellow blogmates, it's been a fun and exciting year, looking forward to more adventure and mischief together.

Frugal Lunch Campaign!

In view of many of us complaining about our lack of funds and the shrinking value of our moolahs, me and my beloved colleagues will embark on a FRUGAL LUNCH CAMPAIGN!

Each week max 50 bucks, if mon-thurs we spend less than 10 each, friday we can celebrate with whatever left for the week to reward ourselves! :) And if we spent all on mon-thur, friday we go on a fast! :( Of course it will be bonus too when have generous souls to belanja us... muahahahaha...

Its not bad actually, below a list of venues to get us started. It can last us for 1mth (20working days) Any more suggestions for us?? Feel free to add on!

Lunch venue:

1. O&S (no yongtaufoo, no extra middle food to share)
2. CP tower Pan Mee
3. Happy Chef Chap Fan or noodles
4. Beef noodles (no tenderloin)
5. Village park (own food, no extra to share)
6. Uptown Lam Mee
7. Ang kee (only noodles)
8. Ho weng kee wantan mee
9. Sek 17 lucky restaurant pork ball noodles
10. Chicken rice (same row O&S)
11. Uncle Koo's curry laksa
12. PJ Utara foodcourt (near rothmans roundabout)
13. Soo Kee kuey teow ting
14. Banana leaf (own food, no sotong)
15. Purnama mamak
16. Brother chicken rice (no siu yuk/no charsiew)
17. State porridge (no seafood)
18. Paramount Chap fan (same row duck rice)
19. Prince cafe (RM9.90 set lunch)
20. BYOL (bring your own lunch)

Desperation time (last priority):
1. Macdonalds
2. KFC

we shall try to keep a diary of our frugal lunches and share pics with you wonderful supporters out there!

I know, I know. I’ve gone MIA for a while now. I’m sorry to our two…and only two existing readers of FabFour about my sudden disappearance. haha! Just that I haven’t got much to share ..heee!
Well, not up until yesterday at least, after watching the finale of the fourth season of “The Biggest Loser”

Check that that body out:

In case you’re not a fan of this famed weight loss reality TV show, “The Biggest Loser” airing in the US for many seasons already (where else would you find an endless supply of obese people but the States right?)

Anyway, her name’s Jillian Michaels, one of the hotter and sexier trainers from the TV show. Besides being known for screaming lovingly in the contestants’ faces, this sexalicious trainer has actually trained all the winning contestants in each season!

mmm… looove the tight and taut abs. Wonder what would I have to give to be half as fit as her. I’m saying half as fit..not even going to attempt to look as FIT as her.

I hope with this sudden detox trend that we’re all following, will motivate us to eat healthy, drink less and exercise more. Having said that I’m not planning to starve myself and binge on fruits, I need my staple to survive the day in office. I’ve chosen to take the easier option of going cold turkey on alcohol for one week (if possible two weeks) and see how it progress from there. Wish me luck :)

And if you’re interested, by all means join our health regime. There are plenty of detox program you can choose from- alcohol, fruit juice, lemon etc..by the end of the programme, we will reward ourselves with a getaway in Genting Highlands..Grand prize awaits you there! Wait no more..come join us!

Wedding Bells

Took my first non-family wedding job today. Had a blast, and I think I'm getting a hang of it. By the time Alex & Dot's wedding in October, I'm sure I would have leveled up to a semi pro already! :) *self loathing smug*

The one painful lesson that I learned from today's shoot was that, technolgy seems to always fail you at the best of times. I spent 4 hours after the morning "chum char" session to finish up the slideshow, and the restaurant didnt have the facilities to handle a laptop. And it was also my negligence not to make various file formats of the video.

Since the guests didnt have the opportunity to see the wonderful slideshow that I did. I thought that I'd let you guys see it instead. :)

Your thoughts and comments (especially nice ones) are most welcomed!

How has your labour day weekend been?

I went, They inspired, I painted!

Clear Skies - Arcrylic on canvas

@eleanorng & @yu11us asked me to join them at a friend's art pad on Saturday evening. Saw a few artists painting, and that inspired me. I had a few canvases lying around, and thought, I might give it a try. This is the resulting experiment. Not too bad for a 1st timer eh! Will see what else I can cook up! Thanks for the inspiration guys.

Earlier this week, I asked on Twitter, which of the seven days in a week, do you hate most. Mine was Blue Monday, and Where-was-the-weekend Sunday. Well, I'm going through the last few hours of the latter, and not looking forward to the former.

Spending quite a lot of time on Twitter and My Brute this weekend. Checkout this really simple Online RPG fighting game. http://cheemster.mybrute.com

Well, sigh, gonna end Where-was-the-weekend Sunday with an exciting FA Cup semi-final game between Manchester United and Everton! Have a good Sunday evening! And welcome Blue Monday :(

Oasis - Wonderwall (Live in Singapore 2009)

Apologies if the video seems to be abit shaky, as there was this sibeh tall ang moh standing in front of me so I had to put my hand way up high for that 3 mins plus. I think I was much better off that poor Plus One. She could hardly see anything with the sea of heads in front of her.

For those who didn't had the opportunity to head down for the gig. Here's one of three videos that I took. As all these were taken in HD, it takes me FOREVER to upload one video. More to come!

Videos were taken with the Panasonic Lumix LX3 thanks to www.markteo.com

The Pantry Tour

Our office pantry is bursting with food.

After a season of drought (ie. no food), it seems like we've arrived at the land flowing with milk and honey.

Come, let me give you a tour around the pantry.

(They don't call me the Pantry Inventory Officer for nothing. Gotta do my job.)

Ice cream in abundance. And not just any ice cream kay, this is premium quality, various-flavours kind of ice cream.

The in-house favourite? Jamoca Almond Fudge. *ahem ahem hint hint*

Next, the famous Him Heang pneah all the way from Penang.

How can you forget, good ol' MAMEE. Brings us back to our schooling days. Comes complete with Optimus Prime stickers.

Japanese rice crackers. Look, even the packaging tells you to 'WANT WANT' it.

We don't only have Jap crackers, but we beli buatan Malaysia. Keropok Ikan Segera. Not Cap Kaki, not Cap Tangan, but Cap Mangkuk dan Keropok. Hahaha!
And if you need the assurance, ia "Boleh di makan selalu."

Show me the lurve.. Love letters. My favourite to start each morning. I have at least 6 everyday.

And our latest addition: DUNKIN DONUTS!

Never knew Dunkin Donuts had these funky-looking donuts, square-shaped and got sesame seeds some more.

You tell me, you tell me, how not to gain weight with a pantry like this???

Till the next update,
Your Pantry Inventory Officer.

What's the story? Morning glory!

I'm actually typing this on the way back to KL. Yesterday's Oasis concert was nothing short of pure awesomeness. If only I had mobile web access, this would be posted up right away. Sadly, by the time this gets posted, it would have been many many many hours later. Inspired by cyber-red, here's my own haiku:

What's the story? Morning glory,
The British boys were around,
And boy did they rock the house down!

Packed was the freaking stadium,
But hot it was not,
Unlike our very own Stadium Negara with no air, no air!

Gigs are of pure awesomeness!
But only if I go alone, and not "alone",
Just so that the focus in on stage, and no where else!

Distraction is what i need,
A target to achieve,
A mission to accomplish.

Short fun trip it has been,
Loving the island more and more,
So lets not look back in anger anymore.

My new found friends! (Plus one's kakis)
The Brit boys thick in action
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Awesome stage man! PURE AWESOMNESS
Amazing light display!

All images in this post were taken with the all mighty Panasonic Lumix LX3 courtesy of my good buddy, Mark Teo. Check out his amazing photography at www.markteo.com.

Mel's review of first quarter 2009

Yeeeeshhhh!!! We just bid farewell to the first quarter of 2009 and jeng jeng jeng......i've achieved my weight-loss goals!!! Clap clap clap... thank you thank you thank you....

So you see, i need to shed off at least 40kgs which sound totally unachievable :( BUT when i break it down.... like this:

two years = 40kgs
1 year =20kgs
1 year = 4 quarters
1 quarter = 3 months = 5kgs
1 month = 1.66666666kg!
1 day = 0.05555555kg!!!!

see! totally achievable eh! and...... i lost EIGHT kilos!!!!!!! clap clap clap....

now onto some proof of my weight loss... hehehe...

this was end of last year when i was in india! yesh... i was 124kg! omegosh!! no wonder i'm always tired and sleepy :p

and.... tada!!! this was me beggining of March....can see abit of improvements right? hehe

and this is my fav photo so far!! no double chin!!! yayyyy!!! good photo by cheem!! hehehe

oklahh... now to my ice cream! oops... after achieving 8kgs... can reward myself abit lar right? :)