Heys all, just to pop on by to let yo know im still alive and very much kicking at SuaRasa TV9 Alor Star 2009.
Today is the day. Its game from the get go!!!
It's 5.48am now, just done with final editing of layout and other necessary stuff for the big day. My colleagues are snoozing behind me. @_______@
It's alot of work here, but at the same time, its a helluva alot of funn too!!
Yeah, call me a saddist who loves to self torture for funn. LOL
Oh, did i mention my aunty and cousin came by the event site to see me? SO the very the happpeee! XDD
So much have opened up my eyes in the last few days, ill have to talk about them some other day. For now, here's a few things that may opne your eyes... =P
#1. I peed in the drain (in the dark, of course!! XD) TWICE during the last two days. 0.o LOL
#2. It wasnt my fault, the aunty who lives at the public toilet, closed early. (YESSS, apparently there are ppl who lives in toilets. T___T) #3. I pinjam-ed my 21 yo male colleague my long pants ydy. Today he'll have my socks. Tmr... (don't even THINK about it! =DD)
#4. I speak to so many entreprenuers here in Malay on my 016 fon, so much so that when my friends call me on my 012, i answer in Malay. and one silly guy, when he heard me say, "Hello, siapa nie yerr...?"
He hung up. @_@ LOL And oh, my ear burns too as a result of prolonged "Hello, siapa nie yerrrr?"(S)
I REALLY SPOKE SO MANY TIME ON THE PHONE TODAY. fwah!
#5. I asked my aunty to toot-toot me RM??? for pocket money, cuz i cudnt tear myself away from work! #6. Then with the money, i cud belanja 2 Bangladesh workers onsite RM46.30 worth of KFC. And i was very contended doing so. Without their help, i would be dead now. Literally.
#7. I have been up for 24 hours. Wootz!
Wish me luck guys! I love you all!
Daddy and Michele reading this, i love you more!
XDD
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ps. UPDATE: duno why the lappy isued to blog before sot sot wan, all that i wrote, didnt appear. Seeesh! So now oni realized, and rectifying it b4 heading off to event site. Im expect to shop til i drop today because its the last day.
They're selling songket sampin at one for RM90, TWO for RM100, and i just heard them screamout ydy, THREE for RM100. Im wating for it to get to FIVE for RM100! *grin*
Of course, there'll the various assortment of kerepek, cookies and local made food stuff from Bumiputera small and mudium businesses (SMBs) to choose from. Not to forget, some China Crocs at RM22.50 and designer RayBans at RM15, all prices are, eventually, negotionable.
Sometimes i think its due to the fact that i am wearing a sweaty and sticky URUSETIA shirt all the time. haha.. see? hard work and sacrifices pays off. LOL
First day in Alor Star for setting up of SuaRasa TV9 Bersama Celcom and i am happy to report that i am still alove and kicking. For now.
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Yeah, sounds so mysterious hor? haha. Its been a roller coaster since i left KL two days ago. First was the 5 hour car ride in a not-so-optimum Perodua Kembara. And by not-so-optimum i mean humming engine even when car is moving at 5th gear, about aprrox. 100-110km/h. Only will purr like a kitten from 120km/h ONWARDS. Go figure how fast we were going. Almost the speed of light, in hamster speed, of course. Plus super loud Malay music booming behind me. @_@
The got the main question; which is worst, four power windows, but only ONE can open, and its NOT MY SIDE; or colleagues who smoke? OOohh... no surprise there! LOL
Thank God He was by my side, i withstood everything.
And i was happily chewing down the cut apples and pear i had with me in the back. Wooh! XD
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Arrived at Seri Malaysia Alor Star about 7.45pm. No dinner, straight away went to check out the site. And yada yada yada, dinner and nights off. Me and 2 collegues shared with boss. The next morning, i woke up only to find my two colleagues left me asleep, with my boss on the other bed. T_T
Then i found out, they just ran out early to escape the music of the nostrils.. *snores* LOL
Today was good. In fact, it was particularly guuuud. I wouldnt want to bore you with the specifics, but the main highlight of the day was REARRANGING ALOT OF 20X20 TENTS FOR FOUR TIMES OVER!~
By the fourth time, on which i was the one to break the news to the local Chinese contractor, Wilson was already fuming till his ears! I can understand why.
But what has to be done, has to be done. And despite all resentment and anger, Wilson manages the task in the most creative, but almost unthinkable by many -- and this is how he shifted 12 20x20 tents from one end to the other on site:
Yeah, LORRY BACK-LIFT!!!
Brilliant kan?
I thought he was going to take hours to get done. Which he did, eventually. But then again, better like this, than to actually dismantle 12 tents, move them, and set them up again. Tht will definitely be insane. =/
all was well, until dark clouds filled the skies. I no longer needed my sunshades, but i also no longer needed to work that whole time, because the rain hampered our tent rearranging efforts.
Thanks to all of you guys who spoke so wonderfully about the rain in KL... =DD
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I will be expecting a longer day ahead tmr, but my chin is held high. Come what may, i will still be smiling at the end of the day...! XDD
ps. looking forward to meet my aunty and a few special friends here in Alor Star! Wooohooo! XD
Am currently up North in Alor Star for the final leg of SuaRasa TV9 bersama Celcom from 30-31 Oct 2009 at Stadium Darul Aman, Kedah. If you're around the area, don't be a stranger and come say hi!
There's gona be loads of cool stuff to see and do, particularly at my area where the MOE entreprenuers will be setting up booths to highlight their local products ranging from fish produce to fresh fruits. MARDI will also have baby plants and seedling on sale to the public. Not to mention the other tidbits and keropoks are a plenty too!
It's a two day event, so come come come yeah! XDD See you there!
That's a tricky question. Just how do i portray a man who came up with a super anti virus and named it after himself? haha.
Wait, i know. Ill tell you a story. =D
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Then again, i never was good at telling stories. Ill just tell you what i know about this formidable man, Mr. Eugene Kaspersky, creator of Kaspersky Anti Virus and co-founder of Kaspersky Labs.
Mr. Kaspersky (for blogging purposes, Mr. Kaspersky shall, from hence forth, be known as Mr.Sky =]]) hails from small town Novorossiysk, Russia. He graduated from the Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science. This man i tell you, is really a wonder. He got involved in the anti virus business when his computer was attacked by a virus in 1989!
Dun pray pray with him man! See now, 20 years later, he has created an anti virus so WOW, it not only whacks the viruses which attacked his computer once upon a time, but it also continues to whack all the grand- grand-generations of viruses! Talk about total retribution. *YAYS* =D
I imagine this is him getting back at them viruses! =DD
Here's abit more about the man if you no time to Google him:
Born in Novorossiysk, Russia, Eugene graduated from the Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science and worked at a multi-disciplinary scientific research institute until 1991. He began studying computer viruses in 1989, when the Cascade virus was detected on his computer.
From 1991 to 1997 Eugene worked at the KAMI Information Technologies Center where he developed the AVP antivirus project with a group of associates (AVP was renamed Kaspersky Anti-Virus in November 2000). Eugene Kaspersky became a co-founder of Kaspersky Lab in 1997.
Today, Eugene Kaspersky is one of the world's leading experts in the information security field. He has written a large number of articles and reviews related to computer virology and speaks regularly at specialized seminars and conferences all over the world.
Recently the Russian IT Tzar himself came to Malaysia on an Asian tour. He visited Indonesia and Singapore prior to Malaysia, and hopes to stop by other Asian countries before heading back to Russia.
Note: Tzar is an imperial Russian title for emperor.EMPEROR.wooh! Wikipedia mentioned this:
Originally, the title Czar (derived from Caesar) meant Emperor in the European medieval sense of the term, that is, a ruler who claims the same rank as a Romanemperor, with the approval of another emperor or a supreme ecclesiastical official (the Pope or the Ecumenical Patriarch).
During his brief but meaning visit to Malaysia, he has made several special appearences to meet the people, the loyal end users of his famed anti-virus on locations in and around KL City. I however, had the opportunity to meet him face to face in KL when i was invited to an exclusive dinner event, An Evening with The Russian IT Tzar Eugene Kaspersky, held at Tamarind Hill, Jalan Sultan Ismail on the 15th Oct 2009.
*YAYS* XDD
The restaurant itself was rather exotic, perhaps the organizers wanted to show our Guest of Honor a taste of exotic Malaysia... With the its charm of naturalistic yet contemporary Asian setting, Tamarind Hill effortlessly set the ambience fit for a royal arrival. =D
This is the entrance to the fine dining restaurant. The event was held at the lower bar/longue area. That's Gladys in the walk way.
Registration counter. Always see gurls oni. =D
Do you think this shot worked out? Do tell. =P
Just charming hor?! I really struggled with the photos, the place was very dimly lit. Samo i am not pro photographer. T_T
Desert by the water wall. 0.o
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People who arrived earlt chillin around and networking. Free flow of lime, lemongrass, and asam jawa juices all night. Wooh! Local distributors of Kaspersky AV in Malaysia. They're set to perform later that eveing.
OUTSIDE
All out to create the ambience with real live fire weyh!! @_@
Nevertheless, for guests heading to Tamarind Hill, a rustic oasis amid the city's skyscrapers, sitting in tranquility on a private hill next to one of the busiest roads in KL, getting there during dinner time could proove an uphill challenge.
Street wise city folk would have taken the Monorail. Other not-so-wise ones would have driven, like me. Because the restaurant was located on the OTHER side of the convinient road, there ws no way to get to it except for drivers to make a huge turn around the block via Jalan Raja Chulan, only to find themselves crawling bumper to bumper on Jalan Sultan Ismail towards the restaurant, all thanks to the ridiculous traffic lights at the Shangrila KL cross junction. @_@
Alex of Anitvirus365.net having a chat with some guests. Lady in cyan blouse is Janet, PR. Lovely lady. =D
Performers standing by. This pic has been severely photoshopped. LOL
Timothy, the pre-emce (is there such a thing? LOL) and Gladys of Antivirus365.net. Gladys was the one who gave me a courtesry call to confirm my RSVP. After about 3 minutes chatting, i saw her name on the name stciker on her arm. Then i went, "OH!!! So YOU are Gladys??!!" miahahaha
Unfortunately, Mr. Sky himself also had a taste first hand of what a Malaysian traffic jam after office hours is like. He made sure we all knew what he went thru when he addressed the crowd who were waiting for his arrival as early as 7pm. Besides thanking guests for their presence and expressing how delighted he is to be in Malaysia, he also mentioned in his very brief introduction:
"I have been in many traffic jams. In Russia, the cars moves. But here in Malaysia, NOTHINGmoves!! Even a tortoise can move faster here!", he said to thunderous applause and laughter from the crowd.
He's saying, "Go get your food! Don't worry about me.. Go on ahead! Go Go!" XD
And at that very point, everyone knew he was a man with a huge sense of humour and that they were in for a pleasent evening ahead! =DD
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Guests quickly formed lines at the buffet line up as soon as Mr. Sky annouced that dinner is served. He has his guests best interst at heart because he insisted that dinner be served, and then the speeches to follow. What a jolly good man, eh?! Probably all his waiting in the Malaysia jam worked up an appetite too!
Dam nice the food there. Rice only oso got TWO kinds ady! 0.o Got butter rice, and fruity rice, two chunks of stewed lamb, steamed broccoli, fish fillet, some ulam, bread sticks, prawns, and chicken! *yummy*
My favorite: water chestnut -- a famous Thai desert!
I have NEVER seen water chestnuts THIS BIG... EVER!!! And i got to have as many servings as i wanted that night!! You say i happee or not...?!! Miahahah!
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Performances!
When everyone was seated and enjoying their dinner, Timothy Low, the pre-emcee of the night called on a street dance troupe (sorry forgot name =P) to perform. And there were guuud! Awesome is an understatement to describ them. They were THAT good. =D
Dance with full of feeling sumore. But looks more like he's constipated or something! jkjk ^_^
Even Mr. Sky stopped eating a few times becaus his jaw dropped at them busting the moves. =DD
The night was aimed to be a chill out kinda night, where guests can enjoy the food, the performances, network, and of course, meet the famed Russian IT Tzar up close and personal!
Dee was the emcee for the night. And what a fabulous show he -- i mean she *winks* -- put on that night. He opened the night in an extravagantly flamboyant pink overcoat with beatle eye shades, apparently personalizing a Tzar in all Russian style.
(sorry no pic of that, camera was showing temper at me, didn't want to snap. T__T)
Being a comedian by nature, he even said, "When Sook Ling told me to dress up, this is my best attempt to look like a Tzar. Any more effort, nanti i will look like Tzar-rina pulak"(Zarina is usually a Malay female name). The crowd burst out in laughter again! XD
And when i thought nothing about the Tzar-rina joke, this is what he appeared as next:
Tzar-rina the Tzar Diva! XD
By this time, everyone was almost done with dinner and Dee called upon Mr. Sky to take the stage for some Q&A with the guests. And knowing Malaysian, all shy shy wan, Dee had to literally walk around the restaurant to "make" people ask question or if they had anything to say to the Tzar.
Truth be told, Dee is quite tall with a large built, so she he can be pretty intimidating at times. Almost effortlessly. Haha. But in the true Malaysian spirit, guests actually played along with some even saying "I Love YOu" to Mr. Sky! The Tzar, of course, was sitting solo on the stage while Dee went around. =/
From the last question, Dee announced the next agenda and out came a birthday cake! To Mr. Sky's surprise, it was a surprise birthday celebration for his and Mr. Harry's birthday, which happen to be only days apart. Mr. Harry is the CEO of Antivirus365.net (pls confirm anyone? =D) which was part of the organizing effort for Mr. Sky's visit to Malaysia.
A short sketch came on soon after the cake cutting session. Partners and distributors of Kaspersky AV in Malaysia acted an out of the box -- and out of the screen -- performance which left guests laughing in stitches.
The sketched ended with Kaspersky triumphing over the pesky viruses! *YAYS*
They came together and sang their original rendition of 1 Malaysia, 1 Kaspersky, in the true spirit of 1 Malaysia!
Got gurl rapping samo. Fwah! XD
Group picha! XDD
More dance items come on for the night. They included:
Indian solo dance. Geng la she, dance all alone. Wooh!
Dance showdown!!
Antivirus scare Virus; Virus scare back antivirus! LOL
AV and Virus dance off -- like literally jump off the ground!! =D
Dance dance oredy, in the spirit of 1 Malaysia, all become friends... haha!
And a very special dance by the guest of honor, Mr. Sky, accompanied by Dee, this time in yet another outfit. It was really beginning to feel like i was at a Chinese wedding dinner where Dee was the bride who kept changing dinner outfits! ^_"
Anyway, watch the Trepak also known as the Russian Dance, performed by Mr. Eugene Kaspersky! Hillarious. He also claims he does NOT dance. =DD
Suddenly it looked like Dee was half Russian himself! ^_^
The night slowed to some short speeches by Mr. Harry and Ms. Gan Sook Ling, both of Antivirus365.net. They expressed their utmost gratitude to guests and their local distributors for their strong support and believe in Kaspersky AV. Everyone was smiling that night, espcially Mr. Sky! ^_"
Ms. Gan, Mr. Harry.
And with that, the awesome night finally came to a close. Most guests took the opportunity to meet and greet the Russin IT Tzar, and taking so many so many pictures with him! I can only recall the never ending flashed here and there and everywhere... @_@
Yet, Mr. Sky was ever so obliging for photo taking, even though he may be half blinded with the flashed form the notorious cameras -- DSLRs, but mostly compact cams with direct flash -- pointed in his direction to capture the moment. Still he kept smiling. HERO lah he! XD
I wasted no time i cutting cue to get my photo take with the man who created the very antivirus that blocked 3728 intrusion to my laptop over the past months! *YAYS*
All in all, it was a decent event with good food and great people, all of whom had a good time with no regrets. Hey, they did meet the Russian IT Tzar AND had dinner with him, right? Well, sort of anyway. =D
What a superb night!
THE BESTEST PHOTO OF ALL! I *hearts* it!
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That wasAn Eveing with The Russian IT Tzar Eugene Kaspersky in a nutshell.
Now, just how to portray Mr. Eugene Kaspersky as My HERO to fight viruses?
Actually, i don't have to. Quite franlky, i don't need to. WHY?
"All in a day's work"
Well, Mr. Eugene Kaspersky is like a Porsche, just place them anywhere, these cars just sells themselves. =DD
EVEN if i hadn't been invited to the dinner and weren't able to meet him and shake his hand, he would STILL be my HERO, because of him, i can use a fortified AV system to protect my PC. So, he's like the HERO of all heroes to me. =DD
But just for the sake of argument, here are a few reasons why he deserves to be called the HERO that he rightfully is:
#1. Look Alikes Cmon, with such a good looking HERO, who needs another? =D
#2. A HERO who dances. Where to find, you tell me?
Superman, Batman, Spiderman -- have you seen them dance in the movies before? =/
No right? ^_^
#3. Speaking of movies, im SURE you've all heard of Jackie Chan, the bestest, most terra kung fu hero in all of Chinese culture?!
Yeah, the Drunken Master, the New Police Story cop, and the Rush Hour detective!
Him.
Him with the Russian.
And to partner with Jackie Chan is the smartest move anyone in the AV industry has ever made. Sure, Jackie may not know as much as Mr. Sky about virus attacks, but Mr. Chan sure garners worldwide attention and support through his action movies and kung fu moves.
And anyone who is not insane will see the logical correlation between the two:
Mr. Chan kicks the baddies' asses. Mr. Kaspersky makes is viruses worst nightmare. Both of them coming together only means a tougher, ass kickin AV to kick the viruses' asses 99!!
Absolute logic. At least that's what comes to mind when i first see the photo above. =DD
#4. See how Mr. Sky also has some hidden powers which i managed to uncover during the dinner?
# Powerful breath.
# Ability to cut both sides. XD
# Burning the viruses cigar!
# The Russian Palm.
# The one thing in common with Superman, laser eyes. =P (not on purpose edit the eyes yeah. its RED EYE. and i duno how to correct it. T__T)
# An eccentric expression to scare the viruses away. LOL
#5. Sense of humour.
When commented by Dee, "I think yoiu are very handsome.."
He cheeckily replied, "Well, of course!"
Seriously, how many superheroes you see that has a sense of humour? They come and saves the day, and vanish before they are swarmed by paparazzis. The world is getting too serious lately.
It is definitely refreshing to see a HERO with a big heart and a BIGGER sense of humour! *winks*
#6. The system.
After a recomendation from Ming Ming, ive used Kaspersky with little complaints. Most of my friends who are using Kaspersky says the system is almost impeccable.
I overheard this just before dinner:
A: Why, Kaspersky so good meh? My office use Norton oso ok wat. B: Well, it's like that. In offices and enterprises, the network itself will have firewalls and other kinds of security features. Saying, if there was a email with virus which was sent to you, before it even reaches your inbox, it would probaly have been blocked at several security points in the network, ie. the server firewall, the network firewall, and other scans.
Hence, even a cincai antivirus like Norton won't be able to detect an intrusion for the many years you've been using it -- simply because the threats were dealt with early on.
A: Got so many stuff boh? @_@
B: Got lah. Then think, what IF you used Norton, or any other AVs, say in your personal computer at home? Now, unless your home computer is connected to a super large and secure network, once an intrusion is detected, it may already be IN your system because you don't have multiple layers of filtering.
But with Kaspersky AV, its all in one, suitable for use in offices as well as at home. And Kaspersky AV takes care of all the threats for you, which saves you alot of headache. One setting and it'll purrrr like a kitten. =DD
The antivirus will update itself with the latest security patches online by the hour. Even so, we now have Antivirus265.net to provide regional support, should we need any. Und ma?
A: [dots....] waaaaa... you so geng wan. Now i finally understand lor!
Note: the above is NOT a fabricated story aimed at buying votes to get me thru (although it is VERY TEMPTING to fabricate. =P) I over heard this from a conversation on my table. I was, of course, pretending to meddle with my camera all the while they were talking, occasionally scribbling some important notes into my Kaspersky notebook! =DD
#7. And in the 1 Malaysia spirit, he's just THEEEEE man lah.
In all seriousness. Really. Down to earth, crazily sociable, and amazingly friendly, what's more to ask for someone to be your HERO?!! With him you even get super farnee and whacky tacky, all in one!
He really doesn't come across as a stcuk up who invented the world's leading antivirus hence you allmust bow to me now type of guy. And he has a kinda squeeky voice which makes his more so adorable, especially among the fairer sex! =DD
It's been my utmost pleasure and privilage to have met Mr. Eugene Kaspersky, shook his hand, and curi curi took numerous pics of him during the dinner! =DD
Mr. Eugene Kaspersky, IF you're reading this: YOU IS ARE AND WILL BE MY HERO! (kindly excuse the kinda screwed up language of a super excited blogger! =])
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So to end the night, here'e the team for you! The Tzar and antivirus365.net staff.
Get more info about Antivirus365.net CLICK! If you didn't already know, they're Kaspersky Lab's Official South East Asia eStore, kinda like your one stop site for all your antivirus solutions. And what's more, their website is dam chun because according to where you log in from, ie. Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, etc, the currencies in the site will change to match your local curreny, when the site detects you IP address. How cool is THT?!! XD
And then, and then, you their fan club. FREE wan. And be in the loops about up and coming events!
Thank you for the gracious invitation Mr. Mok and the antivirus365.net team! Keep up the good work! Wah, Mr. Mok looks more the fighter than me leh. Paiseh. T__T
Thank you also, to the only other blogger i know that attended the dinner, food blogger, Wilson Ng. Gam siah gam siah for the tunjuk ajar with DSLR camera yah. ^_"
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Before me signing off, must jakun jakun cam ho in lift first! miahaha! XD
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