Month: April 2006

W00t. I am actually a published writer.

There is a new book in town.

Forget those cookie-cutter travel leaflets… read this book instead! From spotting lumbering greenback turtles in the postcard-perfect Perhentians, to being scared stiff by a Japanese goddess in seductive Lang Tengah, to getting acquainted with a cheeky kitten-raping monkey in mythical Langkawi, to finding Nemo and his dad in dazzling Selingan… exotic Malaysian islands present an assortment of mind-blowing experience for the diver, snorkeler, sunbather and beachcomber – from the good, to the bad and to the finest. Knee-slapping, heart-warming and occasionally hair-raising (think lunatic bus drivers, ghosts and snakes), this collection of 30 absolutely dripping-with-local-color tales, as narrated by adventurers who have been there and seen it all, is bound to pack a wallop to the reader’s imagination.

And I’m so honoured to be one of its contributors.

Preview of “Malaysian Islands: the good, the bad and the finest” in PDF form. Check out this site, the book has already gotten so many positive reviews. I’m so proud :D

So you need evidence that it’s not another preppy, formal, pretentious travel guide? Here are they….

Appendix 1

Appendix 2. ROTFLOL

You can get both hardcopy and softcopy from Lulu.com. The book is also available in Amazon.com, but Amazon currently ships this book within the US of A only.

Do check it out peeps :D I love it and I’m sure you’ll do too.

Laundry Bar Launch.

Remember when I mistook a bar for a laundry? The good folks from the bar decided to invite me to their launching to convince me that it is indeed a bar. And so I went…

Arrived at The Curve a tad early hoping to catch some dinner before hopping over to Laundry Bar but as I passed by the place, it was already bustling with people. Damn happening.

The bar area.

So I gave dinner a pass, signed the guestbook, entered the place and hope to spot a familiar face. I love the decor! Unpainted walls with elegant murals, lovely lightings and plenty of seats.

Laundry Bar.

The music was good…ranging from funkified oldies to reaggae to dnB to garage to R&B. Me loving the Laundry Bar already. The fact that it’s next to my gym certainly adds to it.

Bartenders.

First people I spotted were Shaolin Tiger, TV Smith, Zona, Nazrul and MuteAudio.

Zona, TV and Nazrul.

Le Tiger and Kimberlycun.

Me and Zona.

Me and Nazrul.

We were all seated at the bar corner, where they kept shoving us very delicious food from Italiannies. I think I counted about 7 kinds of dishes. The drinks were of course, free flow :D

What’s wrong TV?

Mine.

Also mine.

All also mine

Cheers!

Later on, Sharizal dropped by. And Farah. Also saw Jia-Wei (who played Ruth in The Homecoming).

Kimberlycun, Jia-Wei and Farah

Of course, I wouldn’t miss any opportunity to camho now, would I?

Shiny, shiny disco balls.

Aspiring poster girl

Dancing queen, eat your heart out.

Think I just posted damn a lot of pictures. Phew!

Fun place. Will definitely drop by more often. Thanks to the good people from Laundry Bar for the invitation ;)