smart tunnel

after months of anticipation, finally the long awaited smart tunnel is opened to the public. the tunnel has free access for one month after which toll will be imposed. the toll according to our works minister "will be quite high" due to its dual function as roads and water tunnel if there is flash floods in kl. there are two lanes in the tunnel. along the way, i saw small exits and emergency phones. there were cctvs too. i exit at sultan ismail and came out somewhere near sg wang (parkroyal hotel side). i must say it is a smooth drive. you don't need to take many turnings to reach your destination or go through the traffic lights. but of course if there are many cars using the same route, the journey will be quite slow as there are only two lanes. i will continue using the tunnel as long as it is free. i don't think i am willing to pay to use the tunnel as long as there is no emergency or i am not in a hurry.

SYTYCD top 16

was in ruums again last nite. actually was there every thursday nite for the past 3 weeks. love the atmosphere, the excitement.. seriously, being on a live show compares nothing to watching it on the idiot box. the fly fm team was there to distribute free gifts - t-shirts, caps, notebooks, backstage passes.. got nothing.. arghhhhh!!! they kept throwing it at the same spot and i know two person got more than 1 gifts. that is so unfair!!

was absolutely feeling a bit piss off last night. not because of the fly fm team. just that, it's what i felt. don't know why. life is bad. :(

so you think you can dance malaysia

i was on tv!! though i didn't see it myself. last thursday, i went to watch the first ever malaysian reality dancing competition 'so you think you can dance' held at the ruums club in kl. there was a big crowd - people on the guest list like myself, family members, friends, celebrities and other guests. supposed to be there by 8pm but the traffic stops me. but it didn't matter coz the show didn't start until 9.30pm! i saw the cool yannus, one the judges for the preliminary rounds. he was really cool. also aishah sinclair, paul moss and rina omar. aishah was truly gorgeous! and rina was really petite! the judges for the show were ramli ibrahim - famed for his exotic indian dance, pat who choreographed for puteri gunung ledang and whats-her-name who was in akademi fantasia show according to my buddy.

then the host juliana ibrahim got on the stage to start the show. and so it starts with a bang!! contestants went on stage to perform together. in the competition, the contestants will have to dance in pairs and then the judges will choose the bottom four. the unlucky four will have to dance again to gain sms votes from the audience and tv viewers. failure to get more votes than the others will result in two of them being booted out from the competition. among the contestants, sean was really good looking, joaane was really good and suhaili was a looker! in the end the unlucky four were shake, azie, vish and alice. sadly, shake and azie didn't get enough votes to remain in the competition.

what an experience. my first ever live tv show. i can't wait to go again this coming thursday!

workers' day

today i dragged my ass to malacca. intended to pay up a parking compound ammounted to 50 bucks which i got during a family trip to malacca back in january. as malaccan motorists need to pay for parking even on weekends and public holidays, i assumed i could pay the compound too even if it's a holiday. to my dismay, the clerk at the booth informed i must go to the office itself to settle the summon and it's not open on that day!! arghhh... !! seems like i still need the service of the good old post office to send my payment. ok, forget about the summon.

walked to the ancient town of malacca. the buildings were red but of course, it's not the original colour. i read somewhere the colour in the olden days is white. don't know why they paint it red now though. upon arrival, went straight to Christ Church. in my past visits to Malacca, the church was always closed and guess it's my lucky day, it was opened!! the church still retained some its charm. imagine how people in the olden days in their long coats and victorian gowns had their sunday service. there were several tombs in the church and few were from the 18th century.


after that, walked to the famed A Farmosa. one couldn't give a miss to a visit to this gateway. later on, me and a buddy went to have lunch. i wanted to find a shop which was featured in an eating program in the tv. we accidentally walked to jonker street. there were souvenier, antiques and food shops. one eating shop which had hainanese chicken rice as its specialty had a long queue of people lining up outside. hmmm... must try the chicken rice next time. we walked into tan cheng lock road to continue our search but unfortunately the shop was closed. wanted to try their famous nyonya laksa. so we had our lunch in another nyonya shop, nancy's kitchen. had nyonya laksa and otak-otak. but the laksa tasted ordinary. nothing special. even sarawak laksa has better taste.

we then walked to tan kim hock shop to buy some tidbits. bought mushroom crackers because i never tasted it before.

after that we drove to bukit cina to visit the hang li po well. legend says that bukit cina was given to the chinese by the sultan of malacca. the well is situated beside an old temple, a very old that is. cheng hoon temple or something?

we then drove to klebang beach to feel the breeze of the straits of malacca. the water was a bit muddy and no one was swimming.

there were several fishermen on 'foot'. what i meant was that they walked in the water instead of paddling in a boat.

on our way back to malacca, saw an accident in the seremban - kl highway.

a car was in flame!! hope no one was hurt in the accident.

finally reach kl at around 7pm. received a sms saying that i am in the guest list of the program 'so you think you can dance'! yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh....... i'm gonna be on tv!