Hanoi – Part 2

Here we come to the second blog post of my Hanoi trip where we advance to the French Quarter from the Old Quarter.

Nothing much to talk about, just alot of pics. Anyway, i’ll be at Hong Kong for the next couple of days, don’t miss me but i know you will

Pulau Ketam

Pulau Ketam is well full of crap crabs. They are just everywhere in the mud. Basically this trip was just solely for eating and photography but uh.. quite a number of people ended up not going in the end, so those who were left was me, the gf and Jack. Damn sad. Anyway, please enjoy the sights and sound (photos have no sound) of Pulau Ketam.

Oh the last pic isn’t one of the sights and sound of Pulau Ketam, that’s my gf.

Hanoi – Part 1

Welcome to my life at Hanoi for day one and two. I’ve been on a trip with my fellow course mates to Hanoi to complete my final subject namely, experiencing architecture for my architectural degree. With this subject done, it will mean that i’ll be waiting for my convocation on the 24th July, which i am currently doing now. Entering into Hanoi, one thing is very prominent. The traffic.

I get frequent questions about crossing the streets in Hanoi when i got back to Malaysia, and i only give them one very simple answer, “just cross”. Day one didn’t consist of much, just a little tour around the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake, the lake at the heart of Hanoi.

Later it was time for the infamous water puppet show, one famous thing about the show is one particular music instrument, namely the ‘Dang Bao‘. It has only one chord and it plays a multitude of tunes.

Day two is a visit to the ancient Duong Lam Village. This ancient place was built 3 to 4 centuries ago around the livelihood of Hanoi till this day, agriculture.

The food taste mostly like Chinese food. But the way of eating it… is just pure original.

Stalls are set up along the pedestrian walkways of Hanoi, you sit on stools and what about the table?

There aren’t any tables. Your table is a circular tray placed on the stools that you are sitting on. Cool eh? Stay tuned for part two then.

Super Auto Mix 2010

Super Auto Mix will be happening on the 2nd of July till the 4th at the National Sports Complex Bukit Jalil.

Date : July 2nd till July 4th 2010
Time : Friday 6pm till late
Saturday 10am till late
Sunday 10 am till late
Ticket Price : RM 18 (Pending confirmation) ( Special price for car clubs members )

Team Cunningstunts will be making their very first appearance this time at SuperAutoMix all the way from Australia. They will be performing dangerous stunts on two wheels! With their finely tuned & hidden modifications to their bikes and carefully shipped into Malaysia, this must not be missed for motorsports enthusiast!

There will be many activities going on such as Modders & Tuners Car Wars Competition , SuperAutoMix Drift Competition , SuperAutoMix Asean RC Drift Competition , Car Clubs Gathering and many many more fun-filled activities.

Among the categories that are being contested in Modders & Tuners Car Wars are :-
a) Best Sticker
b) Best Air Brush
c) Best I.C.E
d) Open VIP Style
e) Extreme Modified K-Car
f) Extreme Modified Proton
g) Extreme Modified Open
h) Big-Boys Dyno Challenge
i) Burn-Out Challenge
j) EuroDM *
k) Best Car Club **
l) SuperAutoMix Best Of The Best ***

As you can see,there will be new categories that is contested and also the coveted best car club title which every club would love to have !

Competition Entry is RM 200 per category .

Each participation are entitle to :
Certificate of Participation + Entry Sticker (on car) + Parking Pass (valid for car park B/C) + Goodie Bag (consist of Meals Voucher(lunch+dinner) for 2 pax for 3 days ; Competitor Tag + Lanyard ; T-Shirt(for final day wearing) ; Entry Passes for 2 pax for 3 days ; and many more ) Total value at RM 250.00

Autoshow Entry Form – http://www.superautomix.com.my/pdf/superform1.pdf

Drift Entry Form – http://superautomix.com.my/pdf/driftform.PDF

For More info -
Official Website – http://www.superautomix.com.my/index.html
or
On Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/pages/SuperAutoMix/118716981478294
or
On Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/superautomix

* EuroDM only for European Car Maker
** Best Car Club Entry Fee RM 1,000.00 – 5 Cars per Entry
*** All competitor are entitle to a shot of glory in SuperAutoMix Best Of The Best

The Late Pudu Jail

One of our prominent landmarks in KL is no more. If you are one of those people who passes by Pudu Jail on a daily basis to work or vice versa, you would not get to see it anymore. As of Sunday, 20th June of 2010, 10PM the walls of the 115 year old Pudu Jail were thorned down. This marks the beginning of the demolition of the entire structure.

The wall in particular is a 394 meters long prison wall which contains a mural painted by prisoners with 2000 liters of paint. For those of you who could not get to say your final farewell or visit the place on time, i’m here to share you my pics which i took at noon on that faithful day.

With the demolition of Pudu Jail, UDA Holdings Bhd will build a mixed development project which will accommodate a transit centre, service apartments, offices, recreation centres, a hotel and business space and i thought they were building an underpass? I see so much greed, i just want to die. Anyway, you can rest in peace now, Pudu jail. You’ve seen and heard much during your time.