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Ruumate SuetMei Birthday Finale

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Monte Carlo photos will continue tomoro.. in the meantime, here are some photos from the 2 events I attended just now.

Most Wanted Ruumate finale at Loft @ Upstairs.

Wah… female Dhalsim. lol

Niki, me and the 2 hawt Ruumatez, Ellie and Amanda.

It was all about camwhoring just now.. lol Kingston is also another Ruumate. Wassup bro!

More photos on this Ruumz event in October!

Suet Mei’s birthday dinner

Happy 19th birthday to my Ampang neighbour SuetMei! lolololol

A group shot we took after the dinner… before rushing to Ruumz for the 2nd time, LOL

More photos on this in October!

Monte Carlo photos will continue tomorrow.

31.07.2009 Celebration, Events 18 Comments

Lamborghini & F1 Track

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

On the way to the port, I realised I was at the F1 Grand Prix audience area by the roadside. FYI, the roads in the city in Monte Carlo are used as F1 tracks.

This is one of the shots I got from Google. It’s F1 in Monte Carlo… and it’s the exact spot I was at.

Here are some photos.

I got excited as I was standing at THE spot… lol

I also got to see many nice cars while I was there. Check out some spy shots I took.

Apart from these, the most commonly seen on the roads was the Smart ForTwo.

OK enough with the cars… lets continue our way to the port!

Ooh.. check out the Fortwo and BMW in the background… hehe

30.07.2009 Travel 22 Comments

Monte Carlo Jump

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

This is the 5th post of my trip to Monte Carlo to attend the Nokia Developer Summit 09 happened 3 months ago.

After walking around the area in front of Fairmont hotel, I went to the back of it and the slope up brought me to the top of the hotel.

As you can see at the bottom right of the photo, was the hotel I was staying in.

This was the view behind me when I took the first photo. Walking this direction will eventually lead me to the city and the port (tourist spot + super big landmark in Monte Carlo).

Then it was time for me to do the smashpOp Jump…. but I was alone… so I stood there for a while trying to think of a way to take the jump shot.

I then remembered that I had the Sony Alpha A700 remote with me. So yay! Jump + Press remote = SUCCESS! (Photo added to my JUMPILATION)

The area where I was at was also directly located behind the famous Monte Carlo Casino. I’ll show more photos of it soon.

Then a couple came and asked me to help them take a photo. I then requested for them to help me take this shot hahahaha.

As I continued walking, I was nearer to Port Hercule.

Next up! Cars of the rich and famous!

Check out this video I recorded as I walked to the port.

29.07.2009 Travel, smashpOp Jump 21 Comments

Lonely Lunch @ Monte Carlo

Monday, July 27th, 2009

After checking into the room, taking photos of the interior, rolling on the bed a while… I went for shower.. and then went to the lobby looking for food.

Wanted to go out to find McD or something… but it was raining… So I went to the reception to ask if there were any food outlets around the hotel.

“Bonjour! how may I help?”
Are there any where I can find food around here? It’s raining so I cant go far”
“No sir. You can have some light food at the cafe at the lobby or the restaurant next to it”
…..

So I went to the cafe for a sandwich…. alone.. cos Nokia people will only arrive the day after.. so basically I had the whole day to explore the place.

The tidbits was free.. and the coke was 7 Euro.. means… RM35. -_-”

This vege sandwich was 16 Euro… guess how much was it in RM. lololol…

The rain stopped after I finished stuffing the sandwich into my stomach. So I decided to go walk around outside since the weather so cold.. it was sure fun to walk around. hhehe

Went up the slope and greeted by a this banner that says “F1 coming next month” I was like omg… why not now? I am here now!!! lol

Monte Carlo is actually one of the F1 racing spots where the tracks are the streets in the city itself.

I turn turned around and walked into the housing areas where I was surrounded by apartments.

… and here’s a backlane shot…

Check out this video of my lonely lunch and the walkabout outside Fairmont Hotel.

MORE TOMORROW!!

27.07.2009 Travel 13 Comments

My room at Fairmont

Monday, July 27th, 2009

After landing at the helipad at Monte Carlo, I was driven to the hotel to check in.

I stayed at Fairmont Hotel.

After checking in, I went to my room……. finally!!!!!!! after 15 hours of flightttttt….

Felt so relaxed and comfortable when I stepped into the room… ah… I see bed…. lol

From this angle, the bathroom is on my left and the entrance to the room was behind me. The door you see on the left of the photo was the door to the adjoining room but it was locked of course.

Felt like sleeping when I was shooting these.. ahah was super tired.

The bathroom. Not bad.

Here’s the view from the balcony.

Comin Up Tomorrow! Lonely Lonely Lunch

27.07.2009 Travel 11 Comments

Back from Men’sHealth NightRun

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

Today was supposed to be a POPCRAP day… but since I just came back from the night run… I think I should just put up a few photos first.

So I joined the 11.5km night run organised by Men’s Health and Shape magazines, at Putrajaya just now. It’s 1.5km more than the previous KL Marathon I joined (I was in the 10km run). Was there with part of the Siao gang members and met some friends there like these guys here.

We arrived quite early… so we just bummed around waiting for 8pm to come…

At about 745pm… everyone was ready!

I took about 85 minutes to finish 11.5km… could be faster I think.. but i was having gastric during the whole run.. so hmmm sadness.

More photos in September!

26.07.2009 Events 18 Comments

Heli Air Monaco

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Check out my vest for tomorrow’s night run at Putrajaya!

Anyone joining? Let’s run together gether

OK back to my journey to Monte Carlo from 3 months ago.

Nokia has prepared the transfer for me from Nice airport to Monte Carlo via helicopter. I was super excited as I was a heli virgin. (not anymore! lol)

So from the airport, I went to the heli gate and a van came and drove me to the helipad.

It was raining when we arrived at the helipad… rain = ugly sky..

Flying to M.Carlo only took about 6 minutes. Damn fast!

I a bit jakun snapping up down left right in the heli ahahahha

I chilled for a while and soon after we were about to land…

Finally………… we arrived at the destination…. Monte Carlo……..

Check out this video of the heli.

More photos next!

24.07.2009 Travel 12 Comments

Hopping to Nice

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Here’s part 3 of my journey to Monte Carlo to attend the Nokia Developer Summit 09 on 25th April.

Schipol Airport in Amsterdam is like a shopping mall by itself. There were cafes, shops and more shops everywhere it’s like shopping heaven. ahaha but I had no time to explore…

I had to rush to the gate to catch my next flight to Nice.

I arrived at the gate and had to go into this bus that drove all of us to the plane which was parked nearby the runway. Check out the video below ok.

Thats me trying to camho again upon boarding the cityhopper.

Thats me tryng to be funny…… but then.. how to be funny when u are alone… kan? oh well…

After 2 hours of flight, I finally arrived at Nice…. this was how the airport looked like from outside.

Interior… very spacious and futuristic looking… but its a boring airport.

Check out this video of me in the bus and then outside the cityhopper.

Another week… another SymbianpOp update.

Next up!: Helicopter ride to Monte Carlo!!!!!

23.07.2009 Travel 15 Comments

Transit at Amsterdam

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

After 13 hours of flight, we finally arrived at Amsterdam…

Breakfast was served before we landed. I picked the sausage and scrambled eggs set… yummy.

I had to stay at the airport for about 3 hours before my next flight to Nice, France… so I walked around camho-ing and taking photos of everything.

I went up to 1st floor and took this shot… slow shutter.. not bad lah.. but it would be better if there were more people walking around.

Oh btw.. the name of the airport is Schipol, Amsterdam.

After a while I got bored and went to the eating area aka food court to rest and to go online.

Then I realised… all the Wifi connection available in the airport were secured and the one and only public wifi WAS NOT FREE!!!!!!! Users had to buy prepaid cards to use the Internet connection there… stupid rite.

I made friends with a guy who helped me take photos of myself at the food court. ahahah he is a student from Hongkong… transitting to London.

After chatting with him there for about 2 hours, I packed my stuff and ready to check in to the gates.

Next up! Goodbye Amsterdam, Hello France!

23.07.2009 Travel 17 Comments

The Journey Begins

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

On the 25th of April… which was… about 4 months ago, I travelled to Europe to attend the Nokia Developer Summit 09. It was my first time travelling there and I couldn’t believe that the destination was Monte Carlo… one of the richest city in the world.

So the day came and I had to travel alone.. as I only got to meet with some Nokia reps at the destination.

I took the KLIA transit train to go to the airport. It only took about 40minutes to arrive there…. not bad!

Once the documents were settled and baggages were checked in, I went to the boarding gate and waited for it to open. Again, it was a bit depressing to travel alone, but hey, I’m going to Europe baby!