Last Friday, I discovered a place that has….

1. Rock Climbing

2. Watersports

3. A Shopping Complex

4. A GSC Cinema

5. A 5 star hotel

with 5 star service (not the type that you’re thinking)

6. And the best part is, this place gives away a Free Trip to Bali for 5D / 4N at a 4-Star hotel.

That’s right people, this place is no other than Alamanda Putrajaya!

I had a smashing time wei!

Surprised? I was no less taken aback myself when I was invited by Advertlets, courtesy of Alamanda, that there would be a special blogger outing, From 8am morning to 10pm some more. Alamanda so many things to do meh?

Turns out, there really was THAT much to do.

But given that Psychkin and I live just 15 minutes from Putrajaya, we had no choice but to sleep an EXTRA HOUR while the other bloggers gathered at 1 Utama at 8am. Only at 9am did I leave my house..and we was still earlier than the rest. Buahaha,

Breakfast at Oldtown with Coffee was a very welcome sight. Especially for those who had to wake up extra early to catch the 1 Utama bus i.e. almost everyone.

Rames playing with his new 30mm F1.4mm lens and some tea-dripping action. You should’ve seen his face when he caught the tea falling off the spoon. Almost like he struck lottery lol.

And this is probably the bestest best deal of all. A teaser of what we would receive at the end of the day.

And to qualify for this, we had to work hard to Play, Rock Climb, Camho, Wakeboard and Watch Movie. Not something I would complain about, really.

Some goodie bags to start off the day. Dunkin Donuts and Cold Storage are cool people.

Bboyrice, Jason Mynjayz, Rames and Psychkin can’t wait to Camho.

And so does Bimbo Shopaholic Smashpop.

I came to Alamanda before about 3 years back, and to be honest, I had low regards for the place. It felt congested, underutilized, unorganized.

Much to my surprise, a whole lot has changed. Brands like Valentino, Nose, Clarks, and surf brands like Quiksilver and Billabong pretty much fill up the lots of the complex.

8TV host Belinda checks out Quiksilver…

…while I check out a mannequin’s boobies at Billabong. Nice…suit.

New Camho Face, designed by Howard U. I cannot make it laaaaaa

Pandaaaa* on the way to Putrajaya Challenge Park for Rock Climbing. This girl couldn’t wait to get her hands dirty!

And she got pretty much what she wanted with a piece of her shoulder taken off during the climbing process. Failllll ahahahahaha.

There’s always one thing about rock climbing that is very important The Crotch-Adjustment session.

This is Mr Trainer checking to see if my crotch is safe and well protected.

Securing crotch for Leowazza and Superwilson.

Serious face of the day. Rames deep in thought on how to scale those walls.

And while Bel, me and Psychkin do our share of climbing…

….Rames and Leowazza decided to have their private agenda that involves hands-on and some pushing action. Aiyer so Bromantic leh.

We played and played until we were very happy.

And when we got hungry, lunch was served at their P’s Cafe! Shiok.

It was one of those moments when I suddenly feel like dropping to my knees on the ground and dedicate to the sky: ‘Thank you for making me a Blogger!’ Even my chargeable Orange Jus became FOC on my request. Tumpang glamer.

Group Shot! of 1/2 JonYKT, SimonSo, RebeccaSaw, Jason Smashpop, Josh.my, BryanLyt, BangsarBabe, me, FatJason lol.

It’s me and the Pandaaa*

…and Pandaaa*s kicks. Caught my eye instantly.

Hotel Pullman was a (surprisingly) busy hotel, with also surprisingly affordable rates for a 5-star hotel.

Surprised yet? There’s really this kind of bustling activity at Putrajaya!

This is one of the hotel rooms which they opened for our tour. I know it looks a bit like a porn-film set-up, but it’s not lah. I just wanted to know how many people could cram into this room. Quite big lol.

The gym comes complete with posers as well.

But the best was yet to come.

This was the training session before…

…Wakeboarding! Where everyone has to pass the Ultimate test: The Pangsai Test.

Whose style do you like the best?

Okay lah. It’s the mini-training session on how to work the wakeboard. Haha.

Sad lor, many ppl including myself didn’t get to try it due to time shortage and looming clouds. But Psychkin and me and one girl in between us got to try out the Tube-thingy. Oh yeah we got wet pretty much. Compared to some other bloggers hiding in the shade *ahemSmashpopRamesBboyriceJasonOngJonYktBryanLytahem*

And just when everyone was hungry, Manhattan Fish Market had some stuff for our munching-ness.

A whole plate LOADED with Calamari Rings. My all time fav nom nom nom.

With a whole lot of vouchers from Focus Point and Chakri Xpress. Wah overload leh.

It’s me and the Hogan!

The perfect ending to a physically-draining day would be no other than…

A free movie! Ow!

And not of any show, but of Avatar.

I have a great many things to say about this show, but I’ll put it in two words:

EPIC AWESOMENESS.

Storyline is completely smashing, and something in its own beautiful dimensional word, made me watch it over, and over again. The 2D version twice, and last night, the 3D version.

The CG and FX of this show are totally realistic in its own fictional way. The character modelling, physical movements, expressions, gravitational effects are so effin good that if the Na-vi weren’t blue, they would pass as real humans.

Because of this show, Sam Worthington would probably be the next big thing around. In Terminator Salvation, he as Marcus Wright already was the hero, outshining our Christian Bale (again, he was outshone by the Joker in The Dark Knight).

And Michelle Rodriguez, was so, so hot, as usual. Loves.

Group pic after movie!

I know this has been pretty much to read already, but this is what happens when you have fun the whole day LOL.

Because this part, you shouldn’t miss!

Josh.my handing out travel vouchers to bloggers for the Bali / Phuket vacation after the whole day of impatient waiting and doing other unnecessary stuff to very very happy bloggers. Oh yeaaaaaaaah.

And the best part for everyone is that this ain’t something special for bloggers. ANYONE who shops a minimum of RM800 at Alamanda will get this Holiday Voucher. Guaranteed.

So those of you who got married this month, like those who made me less by a couple of hundred bucks for angpau, are thinking of where to go for your honeymoon. This could be it.

Go check out Alamanda today. It’s worth it.

And here’s a little bit of good news.

I discovered only today when I unpacked my goodie bags, this bundle in a plastic bag. In wake of my excitement after the Alamanda day (about 6 days ago), I forgot to take out my very Very Wet Alamanda T-Shirt which I used to dry myself after Wakeboarding.

Since it’s the Xmas season, I’m giving this away to the lucky selected blogger who leaves a comment here. It’s a little smelly, but hey, it smells like me and that’s really cool.

Any takers?Limited edition okaaaay

 

I’ve never, Ever packed so much stuff for a 1 week trip before.

 

 

Only after I found out that it was ‘strongly encouraged’ that I comply to the Salsa Cruise Themed Nights, when I scrambled to assemble the most daring, blazing, challenging sets of costumes to follow these themes:

 

1.  23rd : ALL WHITE NIGHT

2.  24th : GLOW PURPLE NIGHT (OMG)

3.  25th : CELEBRITY NIGHT

4.  26th : FORMAL NIGHT

 

With the exception of the themes on 23rd and 26th, I came to a near panic when I had to think of what to wear for GLOW PURPLE.

 

Did I have to find a PURPLE Barney suit and hang some GLOWING Xmas lights around myself?

 

I personally wouldn’t mind, but I wouldn’t be able to see what the heck I’m snapping at while wearing the big purple head.

 

And for CELEBRITY NIGHT, the first person that came to my mind was Michael Jackson, but I thought against it. Firstly, he’s a dead dude and I don’t think it’s that all great to impersonate a corpse.

 

Secondly, I need both my hands to hold the camera, so I can’t afford to be grabbing my crotch all the time. Or pointing to my nipple.

 

 

See la. Dressing up is more hard work than shooting itself. Aih.

 

Anyhow, I shall do my best. Be sure to follow me on Twitter here as I will be twitting whenever there’s reception on board the ship!

 

Also shooting with me are Dwayne Foong and Bryan Lyt. I’m so excited I can’t sleep. Tomorrow the bus will leave 1U bus station at 10am, and I’ll be going down with 10-15 others to Singapore, where we’ll put up the night at Ritz Carlton.

 

 

I sure hope that they allow purple dinosaurs to check in.

 

Cheers!
EVo

 

I gave myself a scare last night!

 

All along, Friday the 13th was never a bad day for me…but until last night, I almost had the Osaka Fire Department jump out of their pajamas at 12am.

 

We came back late last night and being the tired asses we were, I was laden with stuff and had a little trouble lifting the bottles of water up on the table.

 

 

Little did I know, or remember, that all these barang were loaded right on top of the stove.

 

As I tried to stuff the bag of water furthest to the back, I thought I smelt something burning.

 

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYTHING WAS SET ON FIRE.

 

Paper, plastic bag, tissue, was blazing like a barbeque pit. I wish I had a pic of it mannnn….but as camho as I am, i would be completely out of my mind to turn around, run into the room, grab the camera and come out and take a shot. I dare not think of what would happen if I did that wei. Parents and bro will be CINCAU HANGUS liao.

All I could snap was the remainder of the ‘barbeque’….

 

 

 

Almost kena bakar also can camho. With my aksi vacuum penuh gaya.

 

 

And I kinda toasted Mum’s next day breakfast. Sorry Ma.

 

 

 

So as if to compensate for last night’s mishap, I had the luck to stumble into a very interesting shop as we were walking in Namba area today.

 

 

 

Round the corner and you will find…

   

 

Wah, I like Saturday the 14th   xD

 

Cheers!
EVo

 

P.S. To my commentors, I’m trying to open your blogs as well, but the connection’s not allowing me to..ai. Looks like I gota wait til I’m home then hop on ur blogs.

P.P.S  My apologies for the ridiculously short post. I have an early day tomorrow…visiting Osaka Castle (which honestly, may not be as interesting as today’s findings. Heh)