Posted in Carnivals, Entertainments, Festive Season, Happenings, tagged Auld Lang Syne, Events, Festive Season, Festives, Happenings, Happy New Year, Hogmanay on December 31, 2008 | Comments Off
Here’s Wishing You A Happy New Year
————————May Your New Year Be A Good One—————–
We will open the book.
Its pages are blank.
We are going to put words on them ourselves.
The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.
———–Edith Lovejoy Pierce
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The [...]
Posted in Carnivals, Entertainments, Happenings, Places, tagged Events, Happenings, KK Time Square, Kota Kinabalu, Places, Sabah on December 30, 2008 | Comments Off
Colouring & Lego Contest
The day the grrown-ups were let loose to be creative and be kids again. Honey, I shrunk myself. That’s right, folks! That was the day kids could run free and be themselves and be king for the day. Yeah, back to the good old days where kids would be kids.
Recently, Mothercare [...]
Posted in Happenings, Landmark, Places, tagged Blue Mosque, City Mosque, Kota Kinabalu, Landmark, Malaysia, Mosques, Places, Sabah on December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
KK City Mosque
Considered to be one of the landmarks of Kota Kinabalu, built to look as if it’s floating on top of a blue lagoon. It can be seen from a distance along the Coastal Highway. As you get closer, the aesthetic beauty of the mosque appears in awe- inspiring view right before your eyes . It [...]
Posted in Carnivals, Entertainments, Fashion, Happenings, Places, tagged Cosplay, Events, Fancy dress, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu, Party, Places, Sabah, Travel on December 27, 2008 | Comments Off
Hell Or Heaven 2008
Who says Sabahans are boring and conservative? All they need is
an outlet n wat dya get? Hell or Heaven!! This cosplay party, organised by Street2 and held at Promenade Hotel, was a blast, everyone came out fully dressed up in Lolita, Goth or their fave Anime character. Even we MCs were [...]
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Nostalgia, tagged Christmas, Festive Season, Festives, Food, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu on December 24, 2008 | Comments Off
The Night That Launched A Thousand Stars
more about “The Night A Star Was Born“, posted with vodpod
Posted in Entertainments, Places, Travel, tagged Jesselton, Kota Kinabalu, Landmark, Places, Sabah, Travel, White water-dafting on December 23, 2008 | Comments Off
Api-Api- the Town that Rises from the Ashes
Kota Kinabalu, affectionately known as KK by the locals, is the coastal capital city of Sabah, where sandy beaches with tall coconut & palm trees can be seen in abundance. Originally known as Jesselton, named in honour of Sir Charles Jessel, a high ranking officer of the then British North [...]
Posted in Landmark, Places, tagged KK Observatory, Kota Kinabalu, Kota Kinabalu Signal Hill, Observatory, Places, Platform, Signa Hill, Travel, Yayasan Sabah on December 22, 2008 | Comments Off
Panoramic Kota kinabalu From Up High
Signal Hill, where the vantage view of Kota Kinabalu can be seen, is the highest point in the City . The observatory platform, though located at a lower point, will still give you impressive views of Kota Kinabalu city that stretches for miles to the outlying islands of the Tunku Abdul Rahman [...]
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Places, Shopping, tagged Christmas, Festive Season, Festives, Happenings, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Shopping, Travel, Warisan Square on December 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A More Sombre Look @ Warisan Square
A decidedly more scaled-down version of the christmas decor presentation than two years back. But still worth the visit just to see the Christmas Grotto on display in a glass case outside the mall. It does draw crowds to have their photographs taken. The interior of the mall this [...]
Posted in Happenings, Places, crankies, tagged Boats, Fishing boats, Kota Kinabalu, Places, Sabah, Travel, Trawlers, Water, Waterfront on December 20, 2008 | Comments Off
Dance Ti Thy Daddy Song
Come here, maw little Jacky,
Now aw’ve smok’d mi backy,
Let’s hev a bit o’ cracky,
Till the boat comes in.
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Dance Ti Thy Daddy Song
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Beats me! Me no understanding either.
Posted in Carnivals, Festive Season, Happenings, Places, tagged Carnivals, Celebration, Christmas, Festive Season, Gaya Street, Kota Kinabalu, Places, Sabah on December 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Nights of Peace, Love and Goodwill
Gaya Street came alive last night! Throngs of people were at the once a year Christmas Celebration event. Carol singings and inter-church choir & dance performances were highlights of the night. And Christmas would not be Christmas without a nativity play. Yep, that’s what you got. Take it or leave it! I [...]
Posted in Nostalgia, Places, Wonderment, tagged Add new tag, Donggongon, Inbong, Kota Kinabalu, Penampang, Places, Sabah, Travel on December 18, 2008 | Comments Off
Country Road- Back to the Times We Left Behind
Driving along Jalan(Road) Inobong always triggers in me the memories of times past and the longings to be back to the countryside, where once all our ancestrors lived and tilled the lands. To the city slickers, of whom I am one born and bred, these are the memories [...]
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Places, Shopping, tagged Festives, Karamunsing, Places, Shopping on December 17, 2008 | Comments Off
Glittering Kara! Kara! Kara!
One of the two best Christmas Decor presentations in Kota Kinabalu I have seen so far, the other being at the 1Borneo, of course. A smaller version of the Christmas Grotto than the one at 1Borneo was also set up at the complex , where a photo-shooting session with Father Christmas (Santa Claus) [...]
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Hotel, Places, tagged Christmas, Festives, Hotels, Pacific Sutera, Places on December 16, 2008 | Comments Off
Blue Christmas
I’ll have a blue christmas without you
I’ll be so blue just thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green christmas tree
Won’t be the same dear, if you’re not here with me
And when those blue snowflakes start falling
That’s when those blue memories start calling
You’ll be doin all right, with your christmas of white
But I’ll have [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged power boat on December 16, 2008 | Comments Off
Due to unforeseen circumstances, I was not able to cover the final race. You could keep up to date by visiting this blogsite- MadeInSabah.
Apology in advance.
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, tagged Festival, Japanese on December 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rice Pounding Party or Anger Management Party
The Japanese expatriate community in Kota Kinabalu had been busy all last week preparing for their Mochitsuki Taikai. What is that, you may ask? Nor did I have a clue before that. Apparently, Mochitsuki means the Month of Rice Pounding- and Mochi means rice. As for Taikai, as far [...]
Posted in Fashion, Hairstyle, Happenings, tagged Fashion, Hair, Hairstyle on December 15, 2008 | Comments Off
Workshop, Seminar and Lunch
Renown Korean Mugens brand came to town recently to launch their new 2009 products at the Le Meridien Hotel, Kota Kinabalu. There I was, and a few others, having been picked to be the hair models. As in any typical hair workshop, the models got a total image makeover plus, wait for [...]
Posted in Legend, Nostalgia, tagged Chinese, Folklore, Legend, Moon on December 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rabbit Or Man On The Moon?
Chinese legend has it that there lives a Jade Rabbit on the moon interminably pounding the elixir of life for the moon goddess, Chang’er. Chang’er was banished to the Moon for having stolen the pill of immortality from her husband. Take a closer look on the picture below, doesn’t the shade cast [...]
Posted in crankies, tagged Funny, Humour, Lovebirds on December 13, 2008 | Comments Off
Loveboat Made in Hong Kong
Posted in Happenings, Places, Powerboat, Sports, tagged Happenings, Powerboat, Race, Sports, World Cup on December 12, 2008 | Comments Off
Day 1- Time Trial
The Sabah leg of the World Cup Powerboat is now officially open. The event will be held over three consecutive days (12-14 Dec.,08) in front of the Kota Kinablalu Waterfront.
Day 1 has seen few crowds out and about, probably due to it being a workday today. Vast area in front of the waterfront [...]
Posted in Landmark, Places, Roadsign, crankies, tagged Humor, Places, Roadsign, Travel on December 12, 2008 | Comments Off
Access To Govt Flat Road (Jalan/JLN)
How much clearer can it get?
Creative Road Sign in KK
Obviously everyone got lost on the way home.
Coming up: Powerboat race
Posted in Divine, Eqyptian, Spooky, tagged Culture, Egypt, History, Horror, Spooky, Statue on December 11, 2008 | Comments Off
This eerie-looking Egyptian ornamental statue was recently purchased by my wife from a friend, Amal. Take a close look at the picture. Doesn’t it look uncannily life-like? The effort that was put into the details of the statue was staggeringly amazing. Sleep tight, don’t let the bed-bugs bite…………
Here’s wishing you a Pleasant Good Night!
Posted in Landmark, Places, Spooky, tagged Haunting, Horror, Places, Spooky on December 10, 2008 | Comments Off
A Scene Out of The Amityville Horror.
Guess where it is?
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Places, Shopping, tagged Add new tag, Christmas, Festive Season, Kota Kinabalu, Places, Shopping, Travel on December 10, 2008 | Comments Off
Been There, Seen That!
Centre Point is giving a dose of Deja Vu. Anyone would like to tell moi if Centre Point is doing a parrot show by giving the same Christmas decor a work over once more? Global financial crisis has got to Centre Point first, I presume. Years back, CP used to do the [...]
Posted in Landmark, Places, tagged Bukit Padang, Park, Places, Travel, Tun Fuad Stephens Park on December 10, 2008 | Comments Off
Bukit Padang Park
A joggers’ paradise this is. On a normal week-day you will find the park full of joggers and the in-crowds jostling to be seen in this must-be-seen part of the city. To avoid being crushed in the rush to jog and be seen, keep away from the morning sessions before 9:30am and the afternoon [...]
Posted in crankies on December 9, 2008 | Comments Off
Posted in Happenings, Technology, tagged Sabah, Events, Shopping, PC Fair, Technolgy, Computer on December 9, 2008 | Comments Off
Fair Enough!
Missed the Fair? Huh? Too late! Next stop- KLCC, Kuala Lumpur (12-14 Dec 08).
I am always sore about the Sabah leg of the PC fair. Absolutely nothing new would be introduced here. It’s all accessories, accessories, accessories, same old, same old, same old. Prices are generally a bit lower than the noraml time and at [...]
Posted in Festive Season, Happenings, Shopping, tagged 1Birneo, Castle, Christmas, Events, Fairy, Festive, Happenings, Shopping on December 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Razzle Dazzle @ 1Borneo
A 40-foot high Fairies Castle dazzled with Xmas lights and trees was officially launched last Saturday (6/12/08) at 1Borneo Hypermall in preparation for the upcoming festive season. Falling snow at the backdrop was supposedly in with the show, but I wasn’t quite sure where the snow was supposed to be falling. Maybe I [...]
Posted in Wonderment, tagged Holeyman, Holyman, Marvel, Saint on December 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Crystal Holey Skull
Posted in Happenings on December 8, 2008 | Comments Off
Selamat Hari Qurban
An official public holiday today in Malaysia.
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