Teluk Kemang

Teluk Kemang is regarded as the most popular beach in Port Dickson, some 10 minutes drive from Port Dickson Town

There is a dedicated zone for souvenir shops and hawker stalls. This is definitely an ideal place to get a souvenir home while in Port Dickson

 

 

Teluk Kemang Beach is 1.6km long, which starts from Kemang Indah up to Baitu Hilal. Teluk Kemang get its name from a "Tree" which was found by the 5 family members originated from Selangor which were Niat (Penghulu), Bahir and his sons Limat, Neemat and Abd. Samad.

 

In early 1880, Teluk Kemang area was full of deep forest and swamps. The five family members exploited the area whereby they found a lot of trees which is known as "Pokok Kemang" ( a tree with which has fruits that are small and green in colour).

 

Seeing that the area was still without a name, they decided to named it as Teluk Kemang because of its location and surrounding area which have many bays and consists of many Kemang trees.

 

 

 

The beach is now a popular destination during school holidays with various water sport activities available. 

My Chinese New Year 2012

In the beginning of the year, I had been waiting for the Chinese New Year to arrive as this is the best time for me to spent some quality time with my family and friends.

 

As usual, firecracker is a must on this very special day and I am "armed" appropriately for the countdown.

 

 

 

 

 

When the clock hit midnight, it was like a war zone here in Sibu. The firework was just amazing and I would never miss it for the world.

The aftermath of the night before in way of the main entrance to my house. Hopefully, we will blessed with good luck, wealth and health in the year of the dragon.

I was literally served with hard liquor for the past 2 days. Age is catching up on me and I don't take a lot of those liquor like I used to do in my 20's.

Managed to catch up with Bengbeng on some blogging topics and just to catch up on some issues regarding my hometown. Thanks for the hospitality!

 

It's a great day to catch up with friends as I don't get to see them very often nowadays. This is without a doubt the best moment for me in 2012.

2012 Suria KLCC CNY Decoration

Dragon has been used primarily as the main decoration in KL's malls and this is no different in KLCC Suria.

There is a huge dragon basking in golden colour occupying the stage at its main concourse.

 

The auspicious golden dragon is set to bring good fortune for the mall and shoppers alike.

2012 Midvalley and The Gardens CNY Decoration

This year Midvalley Megamall is literally been decorated with red giant lanterns.

 

With brightly lighted paper cut lanterns, shoppers will be immersed and showered with good fortune and prosperity this coming lunar new year of Dragon.

 

At selected schedule, there will be some show at Centre Court stage such as lion dance and etc.

Same concept is adopted by the adjacent The Gardens Mall although the lantern design there is more creative and digress from the traditional design.

 

 

As usual, the decoration at The Gardens Mall is always moderate but classy.

 

There will be occasionally some performance here such as Chinese dance, instrumental play, acrobatic and lion dance

My First Experience at 2012 Maybank Malaysia Open

I never watch a live badminton match in my entire life and this year, I am determine to watch the Malaysia Open Super Series at Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Unfortunately for me, I was a bit late where the Premium and the Lower Tier ticket seat were sold out on the final day. I am left only with Upper Tier seat (RM 25).

 

There is already a long queue at the stadium as early as 12pm to watch our local champion in the final.

The first match was the mixed double, an all China affair between Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei and Xu Chen/Ma Jin. It was a one sided match as Xu Chen and Ma Jin made a lot of mistakes. Xu Chen has a powerful smash where sometimes I can't even spot the shuttle.

The Women's Single is another all China affair between Wang Yihan and Wang Xin. I like Wang Xin attacking game but she made too many mistakes which cost her the title.

The Men's doubles was the most interesting match of the day. The pace was fast and I truly enjoy their game. At the end of the match, the Taiwanese pair was able to kept their composure and win the title in the process.

 

The most anticipated match was the Men's Single between Lee Chong Wei and Kenichi Tago. The Malaysian crowds were just superb and supportive. Now I understand why Lee Chong Wei was able to defeat Chen Long a day before.

Kenichi Tago played well in the beginning but unable to keep up with the Chong Wei's game plan after 3 minutes of the first set.

Lee Chong Wei won his 8th Malaysian Open title. This will probably his last appearance and I strongly believe there won't be any Malaysian players in the final for the next year edition.

The last match of the day is women's double between Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Ha Jung Eun/Kim Min Jung. Both pairs made a lot of mistakes during their game but the Danish pair came off victorious in the end after a tight battle.

 

There was a minority of Danish supporters here. The Danish pair was cheerful and playful after the win. Christinna threw her racquet to the crowd and Kamilla gave away her shoes.

 

Well, the event did not went on without incident. I notice there were many bad line calls in almost all the final matches. There are times where the organizer looked a bit disorganized, especially during the prize giving ceremony.

It was truly a memorable experience for me and I hope I can come back again next year to watch the game. Surely, the nation's best player, Lee Chong Wei will no longer be around. Let's hope some new talents would emerge by then.

2012 1 Utama CNY Decoration

I was indeed surprised to see 1 Utama still maintained its underwater odyssey theme for the CNY decoration which the management used during the just concluded Christmas.

 

 

 

The familiar giant clams used last month are still visible although the background colour and carpet had been changed to red to coincide with the CNY festival.

 

 

 

 

I believe the decoration is still relevant as this is the year of water dragon. It might look a bit odd for certain people where a dragon emerge from a shell with an underwater backdrop.

 

 

This year decoration is still acceptable considering the gap between the last Christmas and CNY is just less than a month away.