:: kyan may ::

Wanna watch World Cup 2010 at home but not subscribed to ESPN or no Astro? Don't frown.

Majority of the household are not subscribed to ESPN or would like to watch a few matches over the whole season. Thus, I've got a solution for you.

Just go to Astro and register to watch the matches.

Searching for Friday night hangout post – (traumatic) mortem of assignments. Should you go for:

• A. Friend’s home (aren’t you sick of it already after a whole week of staying in for assignments)
• B. Mamak around the corner (You go there like everyday, don’t you?)
• C. The Library – 6,000 sq. ft. space
 
Please read the Rules and Regulations before deciding:

Rules and Regulations in The Library

1. You must keep the noise on high level. (Make as much noise as you want)

2. You are allowed to drink and eat.

3. Books are for display purposes only. The only book worth reading is the Cocktail Encyclopedia.

4. Librarians are walking around and at your service.

C, C, pick C. Hangout at freshly opened The Library lets you enjoy all of below:

A sleek cocktail bar (stocked with 100 selections of single malt whisky), and the largest beer selection in Malaysia.

You can order any type of beer –plus Buy 1 pint FREE 1 pint during Happy Hour (12pm – 6 pm, for HoeGaarden, Stella Artois, Carlsberg, Tetley’s and Connor’s Stout Draught)

Braised Rabbit meat with mustard cream sauce (RM 55), Librarian beef burger served with fries (RM26.80) or even Welsh Rarebit (RM15) – dark beer and cheese on toast to go with your drinks and Ayam Percik (RM 32).

Some places offer jugs, towers or even giant pint of beers but here, they offer BARRELS - the first in Malaysia (yeah, you heard me...barrel – equivalent to 22 jugs or 40 pints) Meaning, you can have your own tap, don’t need to wait for your beer anymore.

Ahhh, my favourite corner.

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Looks like someone did her research.

The Library at Lot G23A, E @ Curve, Mutiara Damansara (03 7726 2602 or http://thelibrary.my )

Tweeps around KL, all twit~!

Last night, Kuala Lumpur was one among the 200-odd cities around the world where Twitter users gathered this weekend for a cause.

For the first time, almost 200 Twitterers/ Tweeps/ Tweeples came together making it the biggest tweet up (Twitter meet up). Finally, we get to see the faces behind the names we have been following and socialize (face to face – involves talking and body language, no keyboard or screen), eat yummy food and donate money to Destiny Starting Point, Klang.

Mingling and endless conversation going on and their thoughts were not limited to just 140 characters. Twestival started as a Twitter-based meet-up but has grown into an event that benefits local charities all around the world from September 10 -13.

Attendees registered with RM 40 donation at the door (prebook - RM30) and began feasting on Cupcake Chic (@thecupcakechic) , 1901 Hotdogs (@1901hotdogs) , New Zealand Ice Cream (@nznMY) and more amidst sipping beers sponsored by Tiger – Guiness Anchor Berhad.

Beginning around 8pm, the fun at The Mist, Bangsar (@mistclubbangsar) kicks off with Will Quah (@willsquah) spicing up the Tweeps. Entertainment by Inversion Crew hip hop dance performance and DJ Twilight Action Girl. Later, Will Quah partnered with Elaine Daly (@elainedaly) to push the auction bids higher and higher and SOLD! The lucky draw prizes includes:

• Starbucks @starbucksMY ‘bearista’ and two mini mugs,
• RAW Pixel Studios @rawpixelstudios Photography voucher worth RM 500
• New Zealand Natural Ice Cream @nznMY supply for 1 year (No, it doesn’t come with a gym membership!)
• Crocs voucher worth RM 129.90
• Exabytes Network Hosting and Domain for 1 year worth RM 270
• Poken Asia @pokenasia – social profile exchanging electronic device with cute printings (I want one too but I ain’t that lucky!)
• Lenovo @lenovo_MY desktop C300 All-in-one PC
• AirAsia @airasiadotcom Return tickets to Saigon
• and lots more!!!

Auctions

• Pilatique 4 sessions of Pilates classes worth RM 600 – Start bid RM 150 (Well, it is useful for the one who won the 1 year supple of ice cream!)
• Nike @nikemy Waffle Limited Edition jumper for girls (It comes with a pick up line too – “Hey, can I smother you with butter and honey?”)
• Czip Lee @cziplee – Moleskine Helvetica Limited Edition notepad
• Kiehl’s Whitening skincare hamper
• and many more!

TwestivalKL is supporting Destiny Starting Point, a Klang-based charity home that take in young boys who dropped out of school to prevent them from getting involved in gangterism. “We help the young boys to find their purpose in life and help them to achieve it,” says Pastor Stephan Samuel of Destiny Starting Point. “We decided to partner with TwestivalKL because we need help to sustain the home as it is hard for us to raise fund due to the stigma and problem of the boys being a delinquent.”

Pastor Stephan Samuel with four boys (Samuel, Hoon Kuan, Solomon, Daniel) from Destiny Starting Point home

More than 20 local sponsors, including Digi Broadband that stepped up to donate two desktops and a year supply of Digi Broadband access to the home, which fulfilled the organiser’s initial fundraising objective, allowing the full cash proceeds from the event go towards the home’s other needs. 

At the end of the night, the amount adds up to RM 9000 plus and the organisers asked every Tweeps to give in all the small change in their pocket to bring the figure up to RM 10 000. Within minutes, #twestivalKL thread showed “I hear 10K has been breached!” by @zeffri. Well, a mundane “What are you doing?” question can be leveraged to achieve noble objectives too. 

David Lian (@davidlian) from Text 100 PR (@text100MY) who volunteer as the event organizer, joyfully said, “I’ll definitely do it again next year!”

The not very lucky @kyanmay didn't have a chance on lucky draw nor auction because I put the goodie bag and ticket in the car before the event starts and I don’t remember my LUCKY NO. How about auction? The Kiehl’s hamper I wanted starts bidding at RM 150 and I had only RM 150 in my pocket. Yeah, better luck next time - February 2010, another TwestivalKL. It’s good for the Tweeps to practice the long forgotten real socialize skills once in while.

You can follow me @kyanmay but not literally though, I WILL CALL THE POLICE! =P

Goodies bag – Two GSC movie tickets + two tall any Starbucks drinks!

@davidlian and @nikicheong poken’ing


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For more information, check out TwestivalKL. Or search for #twestivalKL on Twitter to find out all the happenings during the night.

Due to my recent healthy lifestyle, I started drinking water more than ever and I discovered…

These days, ordering water in a restaurant can be as complicated as ordering a five-course meal. Why?

• Tap or bottled?
• Mineral or spring?
• Still or sparkling?

I just go like…’Err, just get me a room temperature drinking water, thanks.’ Gosh, how many choice more are they. And not all places serves Evian anymore because of the conspiracy. 

According to Morales, the no-Evian clause is a holdover from years ago, when a rumor started circulating that the radiation cloud from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster blew straight from Ukraine to Evian's water source in France.

E! News

So, I stick to Spritzer, which is available almost everywhere, and green is associated to environment.

Speaking of environment, do you know you can save more space in the bin if you squeeze the bottle like this? Just open the cap and squeeze it down onto a flat surface and screw the cap back.

And it is easier to send for recycling too. So, start squeezing! (Warning: It might cause some sound effect when doing it, so please don’t do it during meeting/class/cinema ya!)

Have you drink your 8 glasses (2 liter) of water today? Go, gulp a glass now!

Have you experience any change of lifestyle after the H1N1 breakout? Do you get worried when someone else sneezed openly beside you on the train? What would you do if you catch a cold during this pandemic period?

When H1N1 started to spread around the world a few months ago, Malaysian are still at this funny mind state where pandemic will not spread into Malaysia. We are pretty good at blocking out the negative thoughts in our head. Remember those were the days, KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) was flooded with people ordering their famous Spicy Chicken during the SARS outbreak. However, travel is by far the biggest contributor to the spread of a worldwide pandemic.

This is a rather bad time for a trip. My advise to you is to stay at home with your PlayStation or your Wii if you’ve been slotted for vacation time. Air Asia will have another big sale soon,  no worries for the air ticket burned. While KLIA/LCCT is one of the busiest entry point to Malaysia should be taken extra prevention steps from the virus entering our country which I don’t see when I got back from Korea a month ago. Compared to the check point entering Seoul, passengers are checked one by one. In KLIA, I was just joyfully walking through the crowded check point passing in a H1N1 prevention form and they return me Health Alert Card to present to doctor if I experience any of the symptoms. . No thorough checking. No asking. No extra prevention.

In the busy city of Kuala Lumpur, are the patrons of crowded places doing any prevention step?

Let’s see.

Schools? Wow, 3.6 mil to spend on thermometers, face masks and liquid sanitisers distributed to all schools. So far, I’ve heard 3 schools closed down for a week when found student might be potential swine flu carrier.

Cinema? I used to visit the cinema twice a week. Now, not anymore because I’d be trapped in a closed area for at least 90 minutes of  potential exposure H1N1. If only one person is infected in the cinema, that’s it! No prevention actions taken at all at the major cinemas like GSC and TGV.

Clubbing? As a student, I study hard and play as hard too. I used to bar/club hop 10 places a night but now there is only one place in the whole of Klang Valley that I would visit for a little dance - Zouk. The only place that has temperature screening for each clubber before they can enter the indoor area. Qualified healthy clubbers will be stamped with a sticker to make sure others feel safe hanging out around you.

At least 20 to 30 per cent of the Malaysian population are expected to be infected with influenza A (H1N1).

NST 12/08/09 – H1N1: Don’t take pandemic lightly, says WHO rep

Pictures (above) courtesy of Kenny.

Zouk – temperature check on clubbers.

So, have you seen any preventions step taken? Do holla me ya!

Can you finish this pint of beer?

Available at La Bodega, Jalan Telawi, Bangsar.

Promotion:

• Happy hour 5pm – 9pm = RM 178
• Normal hour = RM 198

A good recipe for almost everything in life: Just add beer.

P.S: I don’t drink, but it’s a saying for most working people.

TWO weeks into my slimming efforts and things are hanging by the thread over on the up side.

I’m feeling healthier, fitter – and definitely thinner – and the plan seems to be getting easier to follow by the day (at least I try to think of it in such a way).

I’ve found various guilt-free food to eat out, such as nicoise salad, rocket salad, Caesar salad with less dressing, and the beauty of this is that I can eat as much of them as I want.

As I’ve stocked my fridge up with grapes, kiwi, strawberries and bananas I’m rarely hungry and my cravings are starting to diminish – though the one thing that’s driving me to distraction is the look of the tiramisu as I walk down Jalan Telawi passing by Alexis. 

Normally it wouldn’t even occur to me to want a slice of rum soaked fingers with mascarpone cheese, but now it’s forbidden fruit it seems like the ultimate treat to my sweet-starved tastebuds.

The other thing that’s proving hard to stick to is my chocolate allowance. The one thing I can’t live without is my Godiva praline. I chain-eat – whenever one box is finished I still have like 5 boxes piled in my fridge.

This doesn’t fit in very well with having to stick to about 8 pieces of praline a day.

But despite my mind playing tricks on me and taunting me with char kuey teow, bbq fried chicken, char siew and banofee pie – as well as piled up golden boxes of Godiva – I’ve been a good girl and pretty much stuck to the plan (well, i slacked a bit but I controlled myself by just taste eating – not more than 2 bites)

To prove it – and to help with my willpower – I’m writing down every morsel that passes my lips on a child-like diet sheet that encourages me to give myself a smiley or a sad face at the end each day (Shin Chan style, sticker ‘budak baik’ and ‘sticker ‘budak jahat’). Last 2 days wasn’t very impressive because I was exposed to many temptations.

The devil in me wants to have a night on the tiles and then draw a face with a massive grin, downing a bottle of wine, and so far I’m getting nearer. That’s why I‘m writing this down to make myself aware of it.

The main thing keeping me going is the fact that I’ve lost 2kg already which proves the plan works and as I publish this, I am hoping for another 2kg at the next weigh-in.

So for now I’m wolfing piles of fruit, tossing rocket salad and mixing meal replacement powder with ice cold water, in the hope of squeezing into those size 8 jeans in two weeks time.

I woke up feeling guilty over the nuggets and fries CCM and Sum ordered for themselves and I finished it up last night. *sigh*

So, I decided to take an oath.

I, :: kyanmay :: aka. Leong Kuan May hereby declare that I will join the Detox Healthy Slimming Program starting 10 June 2009. During the slimming process, I must change my lifestyle and diet. I must not break my promises without permission*. I firmly believe that  I will achieve my ideal body weight and become healthier with this slimming program.

Therefore, no more

• kahlua + susu
• japanese buffet
• anything and everything from McD
• CCM, don’t tempt me with Double Choc Ice Blended…only tea for me, like ketua.
• can’t think of anymore now, to be updated.

*And by permission is strictly not granted by my partner in crime, CCM. You bad influence, chipped tooth b*tch!

:: kyanmay ::  Where there is a will, there is a way.  GOOD LUCK!

Digi recently launch a campaign Love To Save. Just one click, and you will help Digi raise RM150,000 for charity. And no, you don’t have to pay for it but you gotta register in order for Digi to pay RM 5 for each registration.

Wanna do something charitable today?

• Go to www.lovetosave.com.my
• Choose your charity of choice.
• Click to donate and DiGi will contribute RM5 to your charity of choice.
• Each registered user is only allowed to click/vote for one (1) charity
• To raise more funds for your charity of choice, refer friends to come in and donate.
• If you are the highest donors, your name will appear on the site.
• You can choose to support a particular charity via the Public Groups or you can support the Personal Groups (set-up by individual supporters, online, for the various charities)
Come on, after all it is #charitytuesday !

http://lovetosave.com.my

With the announcement of a new third generation iPhone next week at the WWDC, rumors are flying around like crazy. The Green Room put together this graphical representation of all the rumors that are circulating around (click the image for a larger view).

Get a clearer picture at The Green Room.

One fine day, we just decided to spend the whole day together doing our errands. At 10am, Chia Min sent her car to the workshop with Renee and join me for lunch. Bijou, Mount Kiara is closed every Monday so the nearest tempting choice is Wendy’s burger. My first time although it has been in town for a while. Just never really got to it, cause I’m a big fan of McDonald’s.

Chia Min got excited over triple layer beef + cheese burger.

Then, I tried to squeeze it into my mouth too.

Chia Min: Hah, i bet you can’t eat it like I do. *evil laugh*

Well, since they have two huge menu solely on salads, I thought of giving it a try but, not good at all! The vege tastes bitter.

  Moving on, we got Chia Min to a salon for a hair cut. Since she don’t like us calling her “Bay Yong Jian”, the Korean Faceshop spokesperson.

TADA~! Nice hair cut, glad that she like how Ken from Hairquarters, Solaris design her new look. But, the fringe is a little too long, covering eyes, not good for ‘lilo’.

By 3pm, I finally bring myself to drop by the agency for updates. I have been missing for a while.

I guess we are just trying to de-hair Chia Min the whole day. First hair cut, then eye brow shaping at Shu Uemura (RM 30). We wanted to bring her to Magdeline for Brazilian waxing too, but we had an appointment with Monster VS Aliens 3D.

We got excited playing with the accessories at Forever 21, a shop that I can never buy anything from because too many to choose from.

Posers. 

Zoolander Chia Min.

I got glasses shots too, 3D some more.

Monsters VS Aliens is a really good show. Well, I guess it depends on who you are watching it with. =P The 3D effect is awesome, I kinda tried to hide when the ball hit me from the screen.

Weird: Both Chia Min and I fell asleep and woke up at the same time during the movie. We missed them fighting with robot at the beginning of the show. Most likely because of our motion sickness.

Caught. Eating with napkin. 

Come on, flashing with breads?

The daily ritual was held at Sid’s Bar. Tonight, a weird couple keep on staring towards our direction, the guy especially, literally the whole night. To the extent, we felt uneasy. We figured that weird couple were trying to pick up a girl to join them for threes*me.

Joyce joined us for a short while.

Although it seems like an ordinary day out together but thanks for spending time with me, it means a lot. You are both funny, Chipped Tooth B*tch + Ms Plum Flower Name. *stop fighting*

Ever since my last visit to Singapore, I was looking forward that the next big thing in KL would to the same thing like ban smoking in public places. Here are the top ten reasons this law rules:

10. No need for a full body scrubdown after a Friday night out.

9. If you’re not holding a cig, you can hold another beer.

8. Save shampoo for long hair, ciggy smell stays in your hair unless you wash it at least 3 times.

7. You won’t have to worry about the black lung.

6. The only hot butt in the room will be yours.

5. Febreeze will no longer be your signature scent.

4. Guys will be forced to actually ask for your number, rather than bum a cig then hang around ’til last call being awkward.

3. You can take that RM 9 and buy something nice for yourself. Like three bottles of Listerine.

2. Manicurists for miles will be thankful for the demise of the yellow nail.

1. Clearer skin + healthier heart = totally smokin’.

These are some really awesome ads. You have any creative ones? Let me know!