Archive for December, 2009
2009 – ITS BEEN A CRAZY YEAR!
Dec 31st
I think this is like the first time i go through the blog posts in a year to come out with a summary post like this to wrap up what happened this whole year. Less eventful compared to 2008 but as crazy as ever!
So yah here it is…
January 2009
Started my year attending this Nokia5800 Xpressmusic launch at Pavilion with a whole bunch of bloggers surrounded with food & drinks and of course, the phones.
One day after the launch, i went to Zouk for Armin Van Buuren with the usuals.
and OH we celebrated Yat’s birthday at Zouk! When he still have his long hair ahaks!!!
Not bad for the start of a new year huh?
February 2009
It was one of the very, uber, paling, hen, sangat, most awesome-est CNY ever for me meeting lots of friends but sad to say that my Ang Pow money didn’t really increase thanks to the OH-My-GAWD-RECESSION-IS-HERE tragedy.
Chinese New Year 2009 rawks!
Then uh oh the last exam in TARC was in Feb!! Now only i remember!! LOL!! That kinda marks my last college days then.
Celebrated Zoe’s birthday and of course Valentine’s Day, how could i miss that day <3 !!
By end of Feb, i received one of the best letter in my mailbox with one of the best news in my life!!!
March 2009
March was. Hmmm.
Going overseas for the first time in my life skipping one of the most important birthday ever for this dream trip to Old Trafford. Quite a hard decision if you ask me!! I won this trip thanks to Mister Potato. =)
Appeared(not featured!) on TheStar newspaper for the first time as well LOL along with Malaysia’s top blogger Kennysia if you can identify us the picture haha thanks to the trip to Old Trafford then.
2 first time in a month. What more can i ask for?
Click it! -Manchester Travel Log 13-16 March 2009
Apart from that, i attended Zouk’s Fantasy Five and had a few sessions with the usuals for Nuffnang Music Bash ’09.
April 2009
Being in some kick ass costume for the first time appearing in front of a bunch of bloggers seems like quite an awesome experience huh? No it wasn’t!! I was freaking nervous!! It was the Nuffnang Music Bash ’09 on the 4th of April.
Then there was this Quiksilver Roxy fashion show at Mid Valley and the Launch of MINT Magazine.
Oh and the best thing that happened this month was DGMB 1st Anniversary!! Some awesome people who gathered together in some random Bloggers Movie Meet back in 2008. You guys still rock my socks!!
May 2009
Started my May 2009 being surrounded by Angels and Devils thanks to LG Haha.
Went to this concert MY MUSIC 环球新声live爆 that featured artists such as 梁文音 Rachel Liang,高以爱 Alisa Galper,神木與瞳 Y2J,魏如昀 Queen Wei,潘嘉丽 Kelly Poon,大嘴巴 Da mouth and 方炯镔 A Bin! It was a blast!! <3
June 2009
Crazy YumCha session at Murni SS2 after Tiger Standout Party. Some record breaking session of “Tiger” Book of Records i think. =X
Graduated from college!! One of the most important day in my life. =)
July 2009
Had the chance to catch Manchester United playing against Malaysia at Bukit Jalil twice, here & here!
The car that bang me…
and got into this Car Accident which i was thankful i was not dead!
Oh and we celebrated Nigel’s birthday in this month!!
August 2009
Went to watch Eason Chan 陈奕迅 concert live in Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach, just one day after the MTV World Stage took place on the same exact stage!
Had fun decorating KL Monorail in some flashmob held in conjuction with Malaysia’s national day. Merdeka!
September 2009
Decided to stop blogging at joshuaongys.blogspot.com and got my own domain up and running, like finally!
Escaped Malaysia and headed to Bangkok to meet Tata Young. Some really crazy press conference at an AIRPORT RUNWAY!! =X
Celebrated a couple of birthdays as well.
October 2009
June 2009 is an important month for me as my graduation day falls in that specific month. Then in October 2009 itself, she graduated! Am extremely proud then. =)
Apart from that,
H-Artistry at Quattro was the bomb!
Caught some Playboy Bunnies at Midvalley and celebrated Miss Goh’s birthday!!
One of the best trip that ever happened, though its just Port Dickson. =)
With secondary school friends that is.
November 2009
Posted up this blog post which created quite a buzz weeks later. Thanks to some specific Drama King, CEO of a few companies kononnya. So that’s WHAT a CEO does! Extremely amusing i must say.
Attended Youth Engagement Summit 2009 thanks to a friend. Inspiring speakers but not engaging enough i thought.
December 2009
DECEMBER IS AWESOME!!! THE MOST HAPPENING/DRAMATIC MONTH OF MY ENTIRE LIFE!!
HA.HA.
First i won a phone.
Then, i went to Old Trafford for the second time in 2009 to watch a live match again! This time with VIP treatment, won this trip Thanks to Smirnoff. =)
Click Click – Manchester Travel Log 10-13 December 2009
Went on court and defended myself because of the accident back in July which i insisted that i was the victim refusing to pay the summon. Quite stubborn i must say but it resulted and ended in quite a funny way. =)
Met Taiwan Supermodel Lin Chi Ling in person!!!
Had quite a birthday thanks to Facebook and of course the people around me!
Had one of the most fun Christmas party in recent years!!
and spending time with her <3.
Quite a crazy year right!! Putting aside the events, birthdays and such, the craziest stuffs that have happened this year must have been watching Manchester United playing in front of my eyes for a total of 4 times. 2 in Bukit Jalil, Malaysia and 2 in Old Trafford, Manchester.
Apart from those good things i’ve been through, i had shits as well. Thanks to the Drama King who wants to sue me as well as my stubbornness in not giving in to the policemen who insisted that i was wrong in the accident back in July.
These 2 shits were the biggest ones i’ve faced this year and of course there were other shitty stuffs that i didn’t really share it out here in this blog and it will remain there behind my back when 2009 ends.
Nevertheless, this year have been a fruitful one with a few lessons learned and hopefully i could grasp them all sealing it in my brain. 2009 is kinda like the last year i can go around making a fool out of myself being stupid doing crazy stuffs where in 2010 i can’t really do so anymore.
Am really grateful with the people around, friends and family and of course those readers who follow my life here in this blog. Thank You.
With that, i shall end this post with the best thing that happened to me in 2009, probably one of the best in my life as well!
Taking picture with Manchester United’s first team players. How on earth would i imagine this before 2009 came, and now 2009 is going off soon already, sometimes there’ll be amazing stuffs that will come along your life, so complaint less, appreciate more and be thankful which is one important thing that i’ve learned. =)
I LOVE MY LIFE!
HAPPY NEW YEAR PEEPS AND MAY THE YEAR 2010 BE A SUPERB YEAR FOR ALL OF YOU OUT THERE!!!
Manchester United Stadium & Museum Tour at Old Trafford, Manchester
Dec 30th
11 December 2009.
It was after the stoning experience watching Manchester United team in training that we headed to Old Trafford for the Stadium and Museum tour. Yes stoning would be the most appropriate word i must say, give me 10 tight slaps on my face i’ll still stone there and then if i would go back in time and watch them train again!
Thanks to Greg our host over at Manchester, we were taken care pretty well of. He was like basically taking us into the place like it was his house. Normally people would line up at the ticketing counter to purchase the tickets for the tours and wait for their turn to be in different groups base on different tour times.
As for us – Me, Ren, Coco and Jimmy, Greg just headed to the counter, exchanged a few words and took the passes/tickets and gave us and then brought us in the Museum place then. It’s like being VIP just minus the bodyguards escorting process.
In fact, Greg actually frequents Old Trafford pretty much and it’s like his second home already i think.
crazy amount of trophies!! *proud*
It was my first time entering the Museum as i didn’t have the chance to do so the last time. Took quite a lot of pictures and sad to say, didn’t get to read all of the stuffs written/published there, just snap snap and snap only.
Upon entering the second room, i noticed something familiar, something i knew since i’ve came to know about things around me. I saw the big word MALAYSIA on the wall with the results when Malaysia played against Manchester United earlier this year during the Man Utd Asia Tour 2009.
If you noticed, you’ll see the Malaysian National Team jersey in there the picture above along with some stuffs from FAM!! *double proud*
In memory
The players who used to skipped training LOL! Refer to the Yellow shirt above, WE HAD A PALLY.
HAHA!!
You can totally ignore these stupid pictures of me myself, i was just trying to be…
Stupid… =X
The Treble!!!!!
Didn’t have much time for Museum Tour. Went through each room pretty fast and soon we were into the next tour already going around the stadium of Old Trafford.
Had the chance to go for this tour the last time and it certainly feels good going for it the second time visiting it for the second time!
Didn’t really pay much attention on the briefing as well as explanation of the stadiums with all the history and fact short talks.
Took loads of pictures around instead as well as camwhoring!! =D
Though its the second time going on this Old Trafford stadium tour, i went through different places of the stadium this round and got a slightly different view at times.
For the unfortunate people, they even have seats allocated for the blinds, with headphones provided!
Future Manchester United player?
Went out of the stadium and proceeded to the Munich Tunnel that had quite a tragic story behind.
Went to the players changing room and went back out to the stadium then. The other side of the stadium, the place where the players and managers usually will be during an actual match.
*thanks to Ren for the 2 pictures above! Love it!
The whole stadium still blew me off when i’m there though its the second time, its the Home Ground of Manchester United okay!! and with a place so old and historic, i’m really impressed with how they maintained it so well despite the various renovations/additions being held along the years.
Awesomely build and well maintained! With lots of love and care from the employees i suppose!
Quite a good walk around the stadium this time and OF COURSE i would love to visit it someday sometime again!!
SOON i hope?
Good thing it didn’t rain hehehe!
Full album pictures here.
Beautiful!
Dec 30th
Sometimes its really unnecessary to worry about so many things thinking from multiple aspects getting panic here and there.
I know that i could count on the one above in every single thing but its really just much easier said than doing and going through it step by step.
*picture taken on the 10th of December 2009
Oh well, anyways, there’s a whole big beautiful world out there waiting for me to explore.
2010 is coming soon!!
Yay?
Comic Fiesta 2009!
Dec 28th
2 weeks back, the same peeps who made Comic Fiesta 2008 a successful event were back organizing Comic Fiesta 2009 at Sunway Convention Centre!
With me having a less superior camera compared to the many DSLR users who was there in the event, i took much lesser pictures compared to last year. Noticed that there’s a change in the floor plan which i think was much more organized this time round.
Saw lots of repeating figurines as well as repeating artworks being displayed there which i still find it pretty magnificent with some new additions to the collections for display.
If only i could own all of them!
About the cosplayers, hmmm i’ve only taken a few pictures then.
It was this dude who admires Cloud of FF7 i suppose bringing his kick ass Buster Sword around that had me taking the first picture of the cosplayers over there then.
Then, i turned around and saw this female maid with her Samurai Sword getting flashes everywhere and that definitely shifted my attention!
please ignore the changes in weapon. =X
Cloud then moved swiftly approaching the Samurai Sword Maid and they started fighting posing for the cameras around…
yah like that…
and like that…
Speechless huh?
Anyway, if you’ve miss any of the final results of the competitions held during the event, here you go :
Above 17 Art Competition
Grand Prize Winner : Abdul Rahman Putra Bin Zulkharnain (Age 18)
Most Creative : Leong Wai Yin (Age 21)
Most Skilled : Grace Ong Siew Ling (Age 19)
Below 17 Art Competition
Grand Prize Winner : Joey Liang Joo Yee (Age 16)
Most Creative : Syafiq Ali Bin Othman (Age 17)
Most Skilled : Chua May Qin (Age 17)
Comic Competition for Booklet – Khairul Hizam
Best Comic Artist Booth – Spam Inc
Cosplay Competition
Best Group – Fiametta-Ink (Anthea Hoi Yii Jian, Jasmine Chee Mun Cheng, Yin Shu Hui, Nurul Nadirah bt Mohd Sharif) from Gyakuten Saiban
Best OTP – Dante (Mohammad Syauqi Bin Mohd Jamil, 21) & Trish (Anne Sri Diyana Jamaludin, 24) from DMC4
Best Cosplayer – Kirin (Sandy Soon Seet Yee, 20) from Monster Hunters
Honourable Mention 1 – Taikoubou (Faradila binti Nik Abdul Aziz, 25) from Houshin Engi
Honourable Mention 2 – Alex Mercer (Shane Shukri Iskandar, 18) from Prototype
Best in Hall – Gabrant (Heirul Mohamad Kamel, 26) from FFX12
Best Craftmanship – Seth Nightlord (Marina Shukry, 22) from Trinity Blood
Overall, it was a good event that was brought by fans for fans. Those who’ve missed it, stay tuned for the one next year and start practicing your artwork skills/cosplaying matching and etc then!
Saw 2 storm troopers on my way back there…
then this Kung Fu girl was looking towards them…
I have no idea what happen after that!!
For those who already miss the Samurai Maid. =)
Do check out some of these sites below as i believe they have much nicer pictures taken!
David Clicks
Mizunaga
Pandarific!!
Quirky Lil Princess
Quazacolt
EJump
May Yee
Cheesez Cake
Rynne
Yousei Teikoku
Let’s Cosplay
Gempak Malaysia’s Comic!
ねこのめ – Neko no Me
Back from Singapore with <3
Dec 28th
Spent the last weekend of 2009 with one of the most important person in my life at Singapore. =)
It was wonderful witnessing the colorfulness of Clarke Quay!
and it was exceptionally nice when its spend walking along the streets there holding someone’s hands. Breathing the same air beside the river in the midst of busy atmosphere around us, just enjoying being with each other.
Had quite a delicious dinner, one meal that i was looking forward to so much before i made this trip. =D
Caught some awesome street performance which had lotsa spectators there!
Nuff Said.
<3
Manchester United vs Aston Villa Match and Europa Suite Hospitality at Old Trafford, Manchester
Dec 27th
12 December 2009.
It was one of the many Barclays Premier League match where Aston Villa travel to Manchester to play against Manchester United. The weather was just perfect that day and that was the main thing i was in Manchester, to watch the live match in the stadium itself!
Left the hotel at around 2pm in the afternoon heading to Old Trafford for the match that will start later in the evening. Reached the stadium in 20 minutes time and the first person we saw at the car park was…
this super hardcore Aston Villa fan… CRAZY!!! LOOK AT THE BADGES!!
Anyways, the reason we were there a few hours before the match was because we had the tickets to Europa Suite where we would have our lunch and etc throughout the day with the VIP hospitality from Manchester United.
Well, it was up till this time that i came to knowledge that there are such hospitality provided by the football club to people who want to enjoy a football game then, different suites at different locations of the stadiums with different pricing that is.
If you’re filthy rich then get yourself in some of the Centennial Club/Executive Boxes/Executive Lounges in the season matches. Go google the pricing and you’ll be shocked how much one must pay then for these. Crazy.
the waiting place for fans to see the footballers they adore.
Holding my ticket happily, i was lining up in a whole line of formally dressed up gentlemen. Feeling a bit under-dressed then, i hid my excitement and joy declining my slight embarrassment not being in formal wear. *laughs* It would be a burden to my luggage if i were to bring my whole set of formal wear all the way to UK!
Entering the Europa Suite itself makes me feels like i’m somebody a higher level/class with the actual me then. I was like a small kid having my eyes exploring the place taking pictures whenever i can.
The first thing we had was Champagne. =)
Ren, Me, Jimmy, Coco, Greg our host.
*notice how Greg wear?
Had a picture of us then and ordered what we wanted base on the menu prepared for that day itself. Lets go to the food alright?
Starters – Creamy Chicken and Leek Velouté with Chive Crème Fraîche
Main – Crispy Suffolk Pork Belly, buttered Fondant Potato, crushed Peas, Apple and Onion purée, Cider Velouté
Main – Gently Pan Fried Fillet Organic Salmon served with a fine Ratatouille, grilled Basil Potatoes and black Olive dressing
Dessert – Cold Valrhona Chocolate Fondant with glazed Peaches and Fruit Coulis
It was a 4 course meal for us then and all of it above were deliciously prepared to perfection, stuffs that i wish i could have on daily basis but i can’t afford to there. Note that on the main dishes, Ren had the pork belly and i had the fillet. =D
The match haven even started and i was already pinching myself hard on my cheek.
I don’t know about the hospitality provided in other suites in the stadium on match day, but in Europa Suite, one of the thing that you get is you’ll meet players there. Actual soccer players yes and some might be legends!
In my case when i was there, Gary Neville who captain Manchester United as well as the England national team before appeared and kids were rushing up to the stage getting ready the stuffs that they want him to sign.
Me? I was like 2 steps away from him taking his picture having the doubt in my mind to take picture with him. I chickened out there and then failing in taking a picture with him myself where else some dude from Philippines went up straight and snap a picture in front of me. =(
It was just a short appearance and shortly after he left, the match was gonna start already then.
With Ren. =)
Couldn’t really hide my excitement anymore, i had a big smile on my face when i was out from the entrance heading to my seats there, once again i’m in the Theater of Dreams, Old Trafford of Manchester, the home ground of Manchester United Football Club. It was my second time there, first time here.
A moment not to be forget i told myself as i was breathing the air in the stadium amongst 70,000 other football fans there.
Jimmy, Coco, Me, Ren.
Took another picture right before the match where we were already seated down.
Soon, the players came out and before i woke up from my dreams, the referee have blown his whistle marking the start of the match.
Not wanting history to repeats itself when i was there the last time, i was concentrating on the game and supporting whenever there’s a genuine chance in attacking by the Manchester United players.
Sadly, half time ended with Aston Villa scoring one goal against Manchester United where i had to keep my prayers for Manchester United to score in the second half then.
Went back into Europa Suite to have some snacks and drinks there during the half time break. Before i could even finish my beer, it was already time to get back out to our seats to watch the second half.
Disappointed much, the match ended with Aston Villa winning 1-0 against Manchester United. The second half showed a few really close chances created by ManUtd but the goal scoring moment failed to happen then and i was to get all emo already watching Manchester United lose in front of my eyes for the second time.
Manchester United defensive line was troubled with a numbers of injuries which lead to the 0-1 loss to Aston Villa and i kept telling myself not to get any sad shortly after the players left the pitch.
The away fans.
Headed back to Europa Suite for some after match refreshments with this mug placed on the table where everyone of the people there would get.
Petrov of Aston Villa and Evra of Manchester United was in the suite after the match and there were people who were getting signatures and pictures again. Securities was much tighter then compared with when Gary Neville appeared earlier.
Despite the loss of Manchester United, i had a great time i admit being a VIP for that few hours with the very much awesome hospitality provided in Europa Suite itself. A service i could not probably afford in near future.
It was already night time when we got out from the Stadium. A view i didn’t get to see the last time i was there where the match back then was during the noon.
Took a few pictures on the way back to the hotel and there goes the 2nd live match i’ve watch in Old Trafford where Manchester United plays against other team.
Would love to go through the whole same experience again, with the exception that Manchester United win the next time. =)
For more pictures, click here.
Fun Filled Christmas Party!
Dec 25th
Held just one week before Christmas day itself, it was one fun filled night at Subang all thanks to Kel Li who made it happen!!
Lotsa shocking moments with everyone laughing pretty frequently, the games where Nigel and Kel Li acted as game masters were quite entertaining and if you read on, i’ll you show you why is it so. LOL!
#Team Awesome
#Team Possum
#Discussing Strategy chewahhh!
#Discussing Strategy as well fuiyohh!
#Discussing Strategy Lah!!
#Game Scene 1
#Game Scene 2
#Game Scene 3
#Game Scene 4
#Game Scene 5
#Excellente!
So now let me tell you why is it so entertaining. First of all, of course, the games must be nice to play and thanks to Nigel & Kel Li, it was! Then, the participants have to fully participate in it to make it all fun and fun and fun!
Here are some of the pictures of us the participants then. LOL.
#David showing the winning pose
#Kenneth and Hsu Jen with er i don’t know what are they trying to say
#Happy Jolly Andrew xD
#Shocking Jen
#GOTCHAAA!!
#Hsu Jen Attempts to Fly!
#david doing his thing!!
then here comes the ultimate participant of the party who displayed all kinds of expressions with full body gesture plus some unique movment around here and there!
Mr Sheon!!
#Please tell me what pose is this..
#Chicken Quack Quack!
#Eagle winning pose!
Yatz was one of the only person who tried to prove himself the best entertainer/participant that night but personally i still think that Sheon did quite a good job in entertaining the group there.
#Look At His Expression!
#Guess what was he doing.
#No he didn’t fell down on purpose, he was doing the Cha Dou Pose…
#Sheon again.
Just look at Sheon’s facial expression lah, how can i not say he’s not the best that night? LOL i had lots of HAHA moments when i saw him doing stupid stuffs and such then.
So yea, here are some other pictures during the game sessions, some pretty serious ones trying hard to explain stuffs that couldn’t much be explained idontknowwhatamitalkinghere!!
At the end of the night i got something new to play thanks to HsuJen my secret santa “partner” LOL!
Top : Jamie, Yatz, Kenneth, HsuJen, me, Sheon
Bottom : Andrew, KelLi, David, Nigel
A wonderful night with awesome people sums up – Best Christmas Party in 2009!!
*the only Christmas party i attended this year hahahahaha
THANK YOU SHEON!! hahahhaha!!!
and just before Christmas ends, MERRY CHRISTMAS PEEPS!!
*ugly pictures taken by me, nice ones by Nigel hehe
