My bro-in-law took my mom-in-law and me to Din Tai Fung.
I took this picture outside the Din Tai Fung.
The xiao cai (小菜).
My beef noodle.
The famous Din Tai Fung Xiao Long Bao (小龙包).
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I was at [tag]Cyberport[/tag] yesterday… Everyone say it’s a real-estate play and not a high-tech incubation environment. So, hv to check out the place. It consist of cyberport building 1,2,3 and 4 (most of them are offices), a mall (Arcade) and a [tag]Le Meridien[/tag] hotel.
The view from the back.
The back has a small garden where you can sit and brain storm or just sit and relax.
The view…..Cyberjaya should hv this kind of view….
The luxury condominium right next to the cyberport builiding.
I took a picture on their video conferencing room. I don’t know if it’s provided to tenants for free or they hv to rent it. But at least they hv this facilities provided.
I took this picture at cyberport 3 building. Look at the hallway. It’s so hotel like. So, quite and peaceful. I like it….
The mall called [tag]Arcade[/tag]. This is one mall in Hong Kong that I don’t see any crowd. Most of the mall in Hong Kong is usually packed during the weekdays but this one….is different….very quite..
The outside view of the Arcade mall which link to the all the cyberport building.
Well, after checking this place, I felt the environment is a combination of Technology Park [tag]Technology Park Malaysia[/tag] and Cyberjaya.
Feel like TPM because most of the companies are clustered in the building and feel it [tag]Cyberjaya[/tag] because [tag]Alamanda[/tag] mall is nearby, has a [tag]Cyberlodge[/tag] and it’s a real estate play. Anyway, I hv been here…..
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I wasn’t doing much so I thought of dropping by the [tag]Hong Kong Book Fair[/tag] to check it out. The book fair has been legendary for being the most crowded at all time.
Today, it’s the second last day and it’s still packed with people.
All the row are packed with people walking and checking books out.
The latest Harry Porter book is selling for 168 HKD.
Tzu Chi Foundation is there, too. Selling their stuff.
[tag]Malaysia[/tag] also has a booth.
And this is what malaysian publisher is selling.
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I went to the gathering of [tag]Malaysian Association[/tag] in [tag]Hong Kong[/tag] at [tag]JW Marriot[/tag] on Friday night. They hv this gathering every friday night and if you happen to be in Hong Kong, you can drop in for a drink. The food is free. The drink is on you (about 80 Hkd -buy 1 get 1 free).
I arrived at a little over 7pm but I did not went in until 7.35pm. When I was there, I was a little frozen. I don’t know what to expect from them. Another thing, I don’t hv anything biz card. Nothing. Just myself. Then…I said…what the heck…let do it.
I walked to their table and asked whether this is the malaysian gathering and Kenneth introduced himself. Then he brought me to Judith (the chairperson of association) and told her I am there for the first time. After the brief intro with Judith and Kenneth brought me around the table to introduce to everyone, I felt a sense of ease. It’s was not that bad after all. Malaysian are a friendly bunch of guys.
I always felt I am out of place among malaysian but that night I felt and sees myself as being malaysian and accepted among malaysian.
I want to forward my thanks for Kenneth, Judith, Andrew Yeoh, Chris and Jaggu Singh (another first timer) for hanging around and chat with me.
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My bro-in-law took to To Kwa Wan to check out a rental apartment.
The lobby is the hotel lobby. It’s damn impressive.
Can you find this in K.L.? Biometric system to go into the apartment.
The swimming pool view from above the 15th floor….damn nice…
The shower room…have T.V..some more…
The room is very small…it’s only fit 1 twin bed and probably nothing else.
The view from the outside. This apartment complex has about 60 floors. The rental for 2 bedrooms, 1 bath (500 square feet) cost about 9,500 Hkd. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath (775 square feet) is about 16,000 Hkd. Do your conversion in ringgit.
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I was bumming around Tsim Sha Tsui and I saw Chungking Mansion.
For a brief moment, I thought I was in Masjid India.
Maybe because of the weather, I thought Hong Kong would be cooler but the temperature is the same in K.L.
You know..lah. In K.L, we drove and we want to find the closes parking to the store. But in HK, we have to walk and my shirt is always wet.
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I hv been hanging around [tag]Golden Computer Center[/tag] & [tag]Apliu Street[/tag] at [tag]Sham Shui Po[/tag] for the last 2 two days.
I bought a computer case (180 hkd for Mid-Tower case), optical mouse (45 hkd) and keyboard (42 hkd) at one of the shop there. I kinda find the computer cases/products are more expensive than malaysia. I don’t know why? They are next to the China.
At Apliu Street, I was looking for a flashlight for my wife because she need it for her work.
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My bro-in-law took me to a bar in Tsim Sha Tsui called [tag]Bar City[/tag]. It’s not some hot bar with some hot chicks. This bar cater for guys/gals above 35 years old and all the song played are from 80’s onward.
And no hot dancing, everyone do the social dance thing… like the samba, cha-cha that kind of stuff.
But one thing awesome about this bar, the singers on the stage are damn awesome.
Where would you find a guy doing wushu during a song. Only at Bar City. It’s a good hangout for me and my bro-in-law. Its for 40 years guys like us and the song belted out remind us of the good old 80’s. I almost wanted to call it a bar for seniors….ehhehehe…
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My first time flying [tag]Air-Asia[/tag] and my first time arriving in LCCT. Wow, there are ton of people on this terminal. No wonder Air-Asia is making so much money.
I went to get checked-in my luggage and they said my luggage weight above the allowed 15kg by Air-Asia (others airlines allowed 20kg). Mine was 23kg. I hv to pay Rm 84. To me, this is another way to skim some dollars from customers.
The flight was delayed 1/2 an hours. Given Air-Asia record, I am pretty ok with it. The flight was not full. So, everyone seat pretty comfortably. I tried the Air-Asia nasi lemak…..yeh….Rm 7.
All in all, Air-Asia really is not that bad. After this experience, will I fly Air-Asia again? Well, it’s going to depend on the destination. If it’s to [tag]Hong Kong[/tag] again, probably not.
I spent Rm 647 on ticket, Rm 84 on excess luggage, Rm 7 on nasi lemak, Rm 8 on 2 coffee, Taxi – Rm 28(aprox.) and Ferry ride to HK Rm 80 (plus I throw up on the ship. it was not a good ride). So, total about Rm 954.00. A full service flight from China Airlines is about Rm 1196.00.
There is no much of cost different. I have added the cost of excess weight because I think I could get away with it in a full service flight. Also, the time spent on air and sea. It took me 6 1/2 hour to reach Hong Kong whereas a full service flight takes about 4 hours (including clearing custom).
Now, the question here is – is no-frill flight really cheaper or it’s just perceived to be cheaper?
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Wow….I just read on theedgedaily.com that [tag]e-games.com.my[/tag] (egamesglobal.com.my) is in trouble. I just can’t believe it. With Rm 60 million funding and promises to develop their own [tag]MMORPG[/tag], they can’t get it up.
I watched with envy when they got that funding because my ex-company who wanted to get the Korean online game into malaysia shutdown due to insufficient capital. My korean bosses try very hard to secure funding to get the games started but things did not work out.
At that time, the licensing fee for a korean online game is about Usd 250,000 (and up) and it’s take another USD 100,000 for the hardware. Not the top of the line games or servers hardware but it’s enough to get the ball rolling.
These guys pick-up about 15,000,000 usd (60 mil x 3.8 exchange rate) and they can’t overwhelm the industry. So sad.
Another question that comes to my mind, how did they get such massive funding from [tag]malaysia debt ventures[/tag] (MDV)?. Why would [tag]MDV[/tag] funds a start-up with no revenue or profit?
Anyway, I am thinking aloud on this one. Those in the VC funding scenes, you know-lah….you only funds the well-connected one…mah.
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