Some Interesting VENTURES for Malaysia

Here are some interesting shops that I saw at the Shopping Malls in Manila which I've not noticed in Malaysia yet. Perhaps some entrepreneur would like to bring this back to Malaysia.
It may just work!!

Good IDEAS for Malaysia

Now this is rather interesting. Its a Fast Food Joint

with a Chicken dressed as a Cowboy.

Most interestingly its called CHURCH Chicken. Mebbe because

Philippines is a Christian nation, mebbe that's why CHURCH Chicken works! :)

Mebbe Malaysia should be Surau Chicken or Masjid Chicken! :)

Daniel if you're reading this blog. .. mebbe u should do this!! :)

A Picture Retail Outlet to take pics of Kids and Family! So CooooL! :)

Blogged about this on the first day. A Hair Salon for Kids! I think it will

really work in Malaysia! And it should be set up in a MALL, and not a stand alone Salone

by the road or in the SS2 square area! Shopping Mall would reap better benefits !!

OOOOOOOhhhhhh I think I Should Start This!!

Its called BAG TAGs and all they do is just produced Tags for your Bags

using Disney Characters. They are quite updated, cos there was a logo of Ratatouille too.

And it was pretty decent to create one, and whilst we were there, the queue of people

creating tags never did stop! :)

In Malaysia's Malls .... we have lots of Waffle this, Waffle that.

But we don't have real Crepes (pronounced "Crap").

Check out the yummylicious Crepes with Ice Cream and sumptious toppings.

Ha ha Ha!! For those with a good & lame humour

This retail outlet may just work. Its just plain tee shirts

with SPOOF names. Like instead of FEDEX, its FEDUP

and of course some vulgarities were thrown into the Tees..

which i have so cleverly censored from this blog! :)

And MY MOST MOST Fav Idea ......

which i doubt will ever work in Malaysia.

MAJESTIC HAM!!

Doesn't it already sound yummy?

Lots of HAM variations! :) oooooh!! :) YEAH!

Psst so if u do start a business because u caught some great ideas from this Blog. Let me know ya! :) Not that i wanna take any credit... but its interesting to share what other countries have and what Malaysia does not have yet, and to see it come to fruition! :)

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How Bad is 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 in One Day

As u know the number Four (4) in Cantonese is pronounced "Sei", which is also the same meaning as "Death" in Canto. So the Chinese don't really like the number 4 very much!

Well we had an interesting number of FOURs yesterday at the Glorietta Mall.

We watched the Die Hard 4.0

at Glorietta 4

and on the 4th Floor,

in Cinema 4

on the 4th of August!!

Ha ha ha!!

Check out the Ticket Stub above with all the "4s"

Its was a Brilliant non-stop, hard impacting show ... that Bruce Willis

couldn't DIE despite all the bombs, missles and guns used against him!! ??!!!

We managed to find a Food Court in Glorietta 4.

Which help save some money for makan makan.

And quite a lot of choices too..

Missing Chinese Food already on my second day in Manila.

So had to eat something chinisey.

Lots of offers, and the price was pretty decent at Magic Wok

Wanted to try their Ku Loh Yok (Sweet & Sour Pork)

But they only had Sweet and Sour Chicken.

Let me just say that the little bowl of soup tasted much

better than my main meal!! Sigh!!

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At Mandarin Oriental Manila

I'm currently staying at the Mandarin Oriental, Manila. Its a nice hotel in the Makati area of Manila. The hotel on the whole is a bit aged, but the service delivery is great.

Mandarin Oriental, Manila

The Mandarin Oriental Manila is a 400+ rooms.

This is a nice garden display of the signature logo of the

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group ... the 11 bladed fan

Happy & smiling Guest Relations at Mandarin Oriental

One thing I personally don't like about the uniforms is

that the Golden FAN at the collar is so HUGE!!!

Lobby area of the hotel.

And true to the Mandarin Oriental tradition, there's

an Oriental looking design on the lobby marbled floor

Love the food served at the Paseo Uno.

This is the typical Hotel's Coffee House.

WHY? Cos they serve REAL Bacon and Pork Sausages..... ooooh Yummy!!

Check out the yummylicious HAM! :)

What's also cool about the Dessert Station is that they

have TWO Chocolate Fountains.

One Dark Chocolate and the other White Chocolate!

How yummy is that!

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Manila DAY 1 : Glorietta & SM Shopping

Arrived in Manila today without an event.

The plane was rather empty and i had a row of 4 seats all to myself! :)

Love that!!

The first nite in Manila.

Popped over to Glorietta ..... a large shopping mall

Similar style to Sungei Wang... low ceiling but lots of small shops

but they have some pretty decent reatil outlets too!!

Dinner was at Kenny Rogers .... .BUT

.. but Kenny Rogers in Manila has PORK!!

Yes.... super yummy Ribs!! :) Woo Hoo!!

It was YummY!!

I thot this was a GREAT IDEA!!! Don't remember seeing anything like

this in Malaysia. A salon that only cut hair for kids!!

Check out where the Kids seat.

The chair actually a CAR! So cooool huh??!!

Walked over to the newer mall to do some shopping

in the Supermarket. Its none other than SM.

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Your name is not on our Flight Reservation

When I arrived at KLIA this morning, I was confused by the Electrical Board that shows the Departure Time and the Check In Counter.

U know that feeling rite? U walk in, into KLIA ... look around ... A B C D E F G ... err which row should i venture to? So no choice... stare up at the Electric Board lor.

The Electric Board shows planes departing from KLIA and now also includes flights departing from LCCT. So the list was really long. So it took me a while to actually find the MH 704 flight to Philippines.

Finally .... saw it in the corner .... check in at ROW C.


GOT A SHOCK when I arrived at Row C!!

There were sooooooo many people lining up to check in at Row C (Which is also the generic MAS Check In section). The line was snaking back two rows, I peered to the left and saw that the MAS Domestic line was WORST!

I cannot believe it that despite the queue being so long, out of 13 Counters available at Row C, only TWO .... and i repeat TWO were open to help us check in! How Can?

I commented to my colleague, maybe if they open all 13 counters and check us all in so fast, then KLIA will look like there's no crowd!! Sigh!!

Well the BIGGEST SIGH came when we finally reached the Check In Counter. Which took about 18 minutes of lining up to reach. The lady that was checking in took a long time. A much much longer time than usual. So i couldnt help but asked...

me : Is there a problem?

MAS : Umm ... i can't find your name on our Flight Reservation

me : Huh? But you are holding my Airline Ticket!

MAS : ummm.. yes.. did you book thru an Agent?

me : Yes yes.. my company's travel agent handles our ticketing. BUT how can i be holding a Ticket and not be listed in your flight reservaiton?

MAS : umm .. unintelligible .... always like that one booking with Travel Agent ...

me : Is this a Full Flight?

MAS : Found a seat for you ... and No its not a full flight.

YIKES!! How can like that one? If it was a full flight to Manila surely will be deferred to the next day cos MAS / Philippines Airlines code shares and flies once a day! Thankfully we made it into the plane!

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Received a VIRUS File via MSN Messenger

Wah liau!! This must be something new where viruses are being sent via MSN Messenger and without the contact person aware!

Well .. as usual the MSN popped up with a message from a friend, as usual.

And in the Message, was a short message to accept a picture file transfered via MSN.

Well that would be like all other messages that we receive on MSN rite? The only thing is that Rachel hardly sends me photos, or should i correct it, Rachel doesn't send me photos.

All our MSN discussion was always work related. That's when i got suspicious (plus i just spoke to an IT expert two weeks ago about virus sent via MSN ... so it was weird to really see it happening). So I accepted the zip file, and quickly sent an email to Rachel.

From Me:

Hey Rachel

Did u just send me something via MSN .... ?? I think its a Virus!

From Rachel

No ar! Don't open it! I received this file from another user too. Our IT colleague is scanning the virus in our computer now.

So thankfully ... i didn't open the MSN attachment!! So guys .. be careful cos a file transfer can be sent via MSN from a contact that you may know .. but its actually not from them!!

>> Was in discussing this with an Singapore IT expert two weeks ago, and he mentioned that he has seen this happening on MSN Messengers and what's happening is that someone is hijacking the messages from one person to another and using the other person's name and info to send virus/attachments out!! He said .. remember MSN Messenger is running on an unsecured platform!!

Here's a ScreenShot from the MSN Messenger Virus.

The message was simple and believable!!

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Off to Manila this Friday

What to do in MANILA???? HELP!!

This is a totally unexpected trip. Our company is under going a huge change in the Professional Management System from the Fidelio System to Par Springer Miller System (PSMS). Its a super duper huge project. Being in the Core team .... has been so far pretty interesting, cos we get to set it up for the entire company!!

Anyway two of us will be sent to Manila to observe how Mandarin Oriental, Manila underwent the entire process of change and transition to PSMS. It will be rather non stop, cos there will be tons and tons of questions on How did u do this? Why did u do that? What has the change incurred? What are the new processes? ... and la di da and lad di di!!!!

The really POSTIVE note is that ... we will get to stay at one of the best hotels in Manila .... the Mandarin Oriental of course !!!

Cantik or not their Room?

So the trip will be from this Friday (3 Aug) to next Thursday (9 Aug). Yups ... its a really long time to be away from the family and kids!! Don't really wish for that to happen, but unfortunately the timing is as such.



Will update more ....... sooon!





ANYONE .... what to do in Manila? (not that we have a lot of time) Heard that we should buy Mangoes .. as in Preserved Mangoes!! Hmmm ... any suggestions?



*Now u know why so busy and no time to Blog!!
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