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TM Everyone Connects Launch + Flash Mob | Bukit Bintang

November 26, 2009 by thejessicat

It was a quiet Sunday afternoon and I had a feeling I didn’t want to stay at home all alone after doing the house chores! So I decided to meet up with a couple of friends down town Star Hill (Bukit Bintang)

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The traffic snarl was unbearable towards the city and I just realized that I completely forgot about the huge and grand launch of TM Everyone Connects! No wonder the massive gridlock was insane!

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They even shut one of the most important roads in town just for the entire event to take place – with the huge stage, LCD screen and a gigantic crowd of energetic youths! So the moment I got there (getting a parking space was a pain!) Sam and I then headed towards the center of the hype.

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There was a huge display of a stomp performance by Stompers KL, with broomsticks, pots and pans and many other household stuff! Video thanks to Sam, checkit out :

It certainly got all the onlookers especially the foreigners real confused yet amused at the same time : )

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Bunkface’s Through My Window
was playing all day!

Other popular songs were played as well and the volume was pumped up to the max! Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’, Boys Like Girls ‘Love Drunk’, Katy Perry’s ‘Waking Up in Vegas’ together with more chart-topping hits! We sang along like crazy.

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Bunkface then made their appearance and ran towards the stage to sing their popular song, Through My Window! It was broadcasted on the big screen along with the lyrics for all to see and sing along!

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Check out Sam and I jumping on the bandwagon to participate as well in the video that I shot with Sam’s camera:

DO NOT LAUGH
Cos I’m singing in a very insane manner! >_<

Another awesome thing that was so coincidental was that, I met a few of my readers during this Everyone Connects launch! Geddit? Everything is possible with Everyone Connects : ) Yup, because everyone really connects today! It’s really nice meeting your readers in person, and getting to know them too.

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And here they are, lemme intoduce Allison (above)
and Sue Fei (below) for you ^_^

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I was enticed by the participation of this huge flash mob. Fun and communication transcends at any age! I saw the old, the young and the… erm.. very young, playing a part in this launch as well!

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It was rather amusing when I noticed that all the passengers of our skytrain – the LRT, kept peering through the glass window just to look down at everything that’s happening right here in the middle of Bintang Walk.

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Soon after, Reshmonu then prepared to perform, he was dressed as a big orange microphone when he was running towards the stage! But we all knew it was him – his dreadlocks were the giveaway!

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There was a heavy downpour but it definitely did not dampen our spirits. We continued singing and jumping in the rain along with the outrageous crowd before escaping to grab some dinner in Secret Recipe with Joshua, Sam and Vic.

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When I came back, local band Basolaye was playing on stage with their very own version of Through My Window. Apparently they had a whole hoard of supporters, roaring and cheering for them throughout the performance.

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Bunkface then stole the limelight again and performed the closure of this entire TM Everyone Connects launch.

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It certainly was an eventful day and a rather awesome one too. Connecting – with no cutting required! Hahahahaaha (If you’re Malaysian, you would understand this joke) So if ya spot me walking in the streets whatsoever, let’s take a picture and get connected as well, wheeee! : )

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PEOPLE GOING CRAZY DURING 2012 | GSC CINEMA, ONE UTAMA!

November 19, 2009 by thejessicat

Yippeee! I had the opportunity to catch the movie 2012 in theaters within the 1st week of release despite the fact that my friends told me that the all tickets were sold out in all major cinemas. Anyway thanks to you-know-who-you-are! 🙂

But just before the movie began, came various movie trailers and cineadvertisements. The moment Everyone Connects TM song sang by Bunkface which I blogged about [here] started playing, I had a shock of my life.

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What on earth was everyone doing!!??
@_@

The song was really catchy and well, at one point played innumerable times on hitz.fm so obviously everyone knew the words to it. But still, why was everyone getting into a frenzy, stood up waving their arms while singing along to it?


Look, it was 2012 after all.

Another tragic movie. Think worlds coming to an end, pandemonium, losing loved ones, total annihilation, bloodshed, catastrophe and tears. Rather depressing, is it not? But hey, everyone else was at the extreme opposite of that emotional situation.

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Get what I mean?

Not wanting to be left out, I sang along too all because I know the lyrics as well. But I wasn’t eccentric enough to stand on my chair, hysterically waving and yelling at the top of my voice and whatnot though. 🙂 Didn’t dare to!
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But I guess, everything’s possible with connections
They all perhaps knew each other, I reckon

Parts of me suspect that it was a flash mob yet why am I flabbergasted at this sudden behaviour? Hmmm.. whatever it is, it certainly raised my eyebrows and everyone else. So surprising, like ohmygoodness! Quite cool, right?


thanks for the piccies jaclyn!

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What mysterious Through My Window song is this?

October 19, 2009 by thejessicat

Morning peeps…Need some quick help!

I was driving in the car yesterday back home from an event and I managed to catch this rockish punk song playing on radio. Can’t believe I actually waited all alone in my car even after parking just to hear the radio announcers mention the song name and the band.

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This was d last photo I took just before that song played!

It has this Greenday-meets-Fallout Boy feel to it! The beginning was really different though… it was some repetitive electric guitar plucking for quite a while then came the rockish elements and the heavy percussion bass.

Tried to Google and YouTube it but to no avail. It’s a really catchy song. I even checked the latest releases from most punk rock bands like Greenday, Fallout Boy, All American Rejects, Boys Like Girls and even local bands.

Was in my room listening to the radio all night till I slept, but I all heard was Black Eyed Peas, Flo Rida, Timbaland, Pixie Lott, Taylor Swift and more.
Hey, it’s NOT HELPING!
RAWR!!! >___<

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PLAYLIST?
‘THE SONG’ DID NOT EVEN PLAY ONCE MORE!

I only heard it ONCE, but I think it goes something like :

“Me and You
When we are not alone
*something something*
We are together now
*another line I can’t really remember*
Through my window I can see
Our wildest dreams could be so real”

and another part I like :

“there’s more than you
and more than me”

It totally felt like a rock concert kinda song despite having such meaningful lyrics!
So annoying when you love the song but don’t know what it is!

Ohnoes I need to know this song! Is it some upcoming international band or some indie new song that can’t seem to be found online ANYWHERE on search engines?

argh
If anyone knows what the title of the song is,
please lemme know!

Till now, I’ll be keeping my ears peeled and stuck to the radio. Just in case it plays again! Do help me pay attention to the song too alright? If I STILL can’t figure that song out or if all those radio stations didn’t play it again, Imma record myself singing it so that you guys have a better idea.

WILL/MUST/SHALL find out and won’t rest till I know what song it is! Bahhh!

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Hard Rock Hotel Penang Interior!

September 30, 2009 by thejessicat

Alrightey! Like I promised in this entry , the 2nd part of my Hard Rock Hotel Penang coverage is now here! In that entry, I only blogged about the exterior of this prestigious rock n’ roll hotel.

So gentlemen (and ladies) ignite your Harley Davidson superbike engines and brace yourself for the interior & the grand entrance of Hard Rock Hotel and Hard Rock Cafe Penang.

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The superbike display in the Grand Ballroom

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Upon driving around the vicinity located in Batu Fehringgi, Penang, it’s hard not to notice the elongated building of Hard Rock Hotel – which, in my opinion, reminds me of a piano keyboard.

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A panorama of the keyboard-looking hotel
heh 🙂

Upon taking a closer look upfront, the huge iconic Hard Rock guitar stands prominently in the center of attraction. A pretty good tourist photo spot and perfect for those who fancies pretty backgrounds to camwhore in.

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One of the first few people to ecstatically grab a photo with it would obviously be this person below. I don’t know her – do you? 😛 Take a closer look at the guitar statue btw!

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Bearing the words of Hard Rock Hotel,
this franchise has already built a brand of its own

Fancy one of the boys from the classic rock n roll band the Beatles, greeting you upon your grand arrival. Which band member is this by the way? I tried Googling him but all of them look the same to me wtf. Someone help!

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Hence the caption
^_^

So yeah, when your standing right there admiring the bronze statue of all 4 members of the Beatles, something else will be flashing above you in a myriad of colors! Check out their crystal chandelier which changes colors every 10 seconds or so..

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Made it into an animation so you catch my drift

Pretty right? I stood there for 5 whole minutes just watching the chromatic beauty of these colors flowing down from their respective crystal ‘pixels’ right to the bottom to what everyone was admiring at the lobby.

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Elisa Saw, the Communications Manager & I
Thanks fo the invite!

I especially liked the lobby. They had 100% authentic music oriented merchandise/costumes on a glass display all around. Some from Elton John, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue and the list goes on! Some even from those artistes dating all the waaaaay back to my parents’ era!

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<3 the acoustic guitar & rugged green top

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and the electric guitar!

Remember in that previous entry about Hard Rock Hotel Penang, I mentioned that the staff greeted all the guests by saying “How May I Rock Your World Today?” instead of the conventional “How May I Help You, Sir?”

So, it’s not surprising if their room check-in counter is actually a bar!

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… and bartenders flarring!
(with their mouths wide open)

Unfortunately though, it was full occupancy that entire week, so they couldn’t bring me up to capture the rooms and the suites. Not even a single empty room available for me to shoot! Which is unless, I settle with unkempt bedsheets and clothes (prolly lingerie wtf) strewn all over the room.

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By the elevator

So that was the closest I ever got to the rooms. Just outside the elevator. But don’t worry. I’ll be back soon for a stay there! 🙂

Just beside the lobby was Starz Diner. It’s an all day dining restaurant featuring Asian and International Cuisine. It’s 1 of the 5 Food & Beverage outlets of Hard Rock Hotel Penang.

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My favorite beyond favorite part of Starz Diner was this :

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Their doorknob!
It’s that guitar again 🙂

Anyhoozers, the next thing I did was to explore the Grand Ballroom. I liked how the entire building’s exterior walls were made of glass. Totally reminds me of a greenhouse!

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Beautiful.

So beautiful that I just had to camwhore with it

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But of ALL moments,
I was shot adjusting my hair LOL

My two cents tells me that this hotel is the perfect place to hold your wedding – especially if you’re a rock fan woo hoo! m/

ANYWAY

I love how Hard Rock Hotel can be so creative, bold and out from the norms of any other hotel you see out there.

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wedding cake!

This is the main table, right below the stage. It was the most elaborately decorated, with the banquet chairs all adorably tied in a bow with the aforementioned iconic guitar pinned to it

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and the percussion set right smack in the center of this table!

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That’s where mom & dad should sit!
And the rest of your immediate family 🙂

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another mini guitar on the guests’ table!
Such an adorable thing!

Ohmy. I sound so excited *deep breath*

Up on the podium/stage, there’s this rostrum which has a guitar on it too! I can almost imagine the pastor/emcee/some-person-whom-my-husband-and-I-hired standing there to give a toast at my wedding! And mom will prolly cry on stage too while making the speech yadda yadda…and… ohmy I think my thoughts spoke too loud.

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How may I rock your world today?
m/.

I soon exited the Grand Ballroom & decided to head to the infamous Hard Rock Cafe. So far, I’ve only been to HRC KL and HRC Singapore. But in my wardrobe lies HRC tees and memorabilla from Texas and New York!

Yes Ima fan of Hard Rock Cafe.
Sue me.

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Randomly, Harley Davidson superbikes has huge side mirrors

I made my way out of Hard Rock Hotel to enter the adjacent Hard Rock Cafe. Guess who I ‘met’ before walking into the cafe?

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A white statue.
No it’s not Abrham Lincoln
nor is it Napoleon Bonaparte


It’s none other than the King of Pop!

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Michael Jackson
of white gloves & thriller dances

Honestly, don’t ask me what the King of Pop is doing sitting so comfortably at the entrance of a ROCK & ROLL themed hotel. Strange right? Hmmm.. mebbe he’s just a music icon that goes with the flow of all genres no matter what. Heh.

I’d like to see Whacko Jacko at a Jazz festival wtf.
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Ta-da!

For those of you who have hit Hard Rock Cafe anywhere in the world at all, it’s basically the same rockawesome thing.

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Spot Elvis Presley guys!
Do you see him?
(and is that Oprah beside him wtf)

Did I mention that I absolutely adore the mushroom soup in Hard Rock Cafe? Yuppers – never missed it whenever I go there.

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Finally, love the Hard Rock tank top! In my favorite colour and design too. Thanks! I had a wonderful time venturing the hotel.

And so should you
*grins*

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Hard Rock Hotel Penang Launch!

September 24, 2009 by thejessicat

FINALLY! What could be better news? The Hard Rock Hotel Penang finally opens its doors for business on the 19th September 2009. For those not in the know, it is a full-fledged hotel inspired by rock & roll music everywhere!

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Met fellow photographer, Mac
One of my old buddies

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Hard Rock Hotel totally breaks the mould of conventional beach resorts! There were guitar engravings everywhere and their hotel staff greets us guests with a “How May I Rock Your World Today?”

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Check out Penang’s largest free-form beach-sand swimming pool, complete with sand islands, water slides and private poolside cabanas.

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I sat down for a while to do some people-watching. Noticed lotsa hot arses walking about and of course, other fascinating sights of families with children.

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Whoops. I think I was spotted!

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RUNNNNNN

Today, it was entirely packed with people chilling by the deck chairs and also playing in the pool. All the rooms were fully booked for the entire week!

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Full occupancy of the hotel at today’s soft launch!

Thanks Elisa the Communications Manager, I was invited to join their blast. I was awed beyond words, as I adore everything rock-themed m/.

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Polarized this photo a lil

Other than the impressive features, they do boast some colorful fun to enthuse the children as well. Sudden squirts of water sprinklers come and go, and the pails above fills up and overturns a whole bucketful of water gush onto you!

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Where the kids frolic about

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and ermm.. adults, if it floats their boat

I fancied how most of the rooms had an absolute beach frontage exposure. Totally gives you the I’m-on-a-holiday-leave-me-alone! feel.

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The little bridge across the pool
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Imagine opening your glass sliding door and there you have it, pool deckchairs and the 25,000sq feet pool at your feet to dive into, anytime you want.

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It has built-in speakers underwater, mind you! So you can still rock on even in your goggles and wetsuits. Head banging under the sea anyone?
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The swim-up bar, half-submerged in the pool

Heck, if you get thirsty or feel like partying, you can even beckon the waiters by the poolside bar – The Shack – to swim across to serve you your drink. They have all types of international & local beverages, alcoholic and even non-alcoholic


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And ice-cold beer when the day gets sunny

Yes, you read right. They literally swim across the pool to your room to get your order and swim back with your drink!

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So *cough* if you simply despise a fella from the bar or are just in the mood to abuse your authority as a Hard Rock Hotel guest, order a drink every 5 minutes and get him wet. Pun unintended!

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Wanting to take a lil rest, I sat by the bar to quench my thirst with a glass of Rocky Chocolate. It was nice how most of their beverages had connections to rock themes. If ya wanna rock, ya might as well go all the way!

Speaking of F&B, Imma show you their Pizzeria just around corner.

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A warm and cosy Pizzeria by the poolside wide, with a variety of rockin’ pizzas, international local snacks as well. I had a lil picha session with the Executive Chef of this Pizzeria. Heh

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They had a live demonstration preps of pies, pizzas and other pastries, all oven baked to perfection! Check out the coal oven behind this jolly ol’ chef.

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Nothing like Madame Lovette’s human pies from
Sweeney Todd’s The Demon Barber of Fleet Street!

As I turned around, something caught my eye. There were ongoing guitar lessons! It was a little session of the guitar instructor guiding the lil rockers their basic strumming and plucking some old skool rock faves.

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From the 1st batch of students

And something for the kids as well!

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Lil Rock, the kindergarten & care center for kids

Had enough of Hard Rock Hotel Penang yet guys?
There’s more to come on the next entry.
Notice that all I’ve showed you was only the exterior comprising the beachfront, the freeform pool, the bars and al-fresco food & beverage area?

Stay tuned for the next part of Hard Rock Hotel Penang’s visual tour – the interior!

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We’re just halfway through this visual tour!


Next up, is where you will see the glamourous hotel entrance, crystal chandeliers which changes colors every 10 seconds bearing the words Hard Rock Hotel, a larger-than-life statue of Michael Jackson round-a-bout, the rockstar Hard Rock Cafe..

*DEEP BREATH*
Where were we?


…the lobby area with a bar concept & bartenders flaring, the showcase of authentic rockstar memorabilla with LCD screen rock MTVs, glass marquee rockroom (ballroom), a Harley Davidson superbike display, Lil Rock Kid’s Club, the Body Rock gym
and more.

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Come inside Hard Rock Hotel with me


This is definitely the place where rockers meet.

You know you want to see more of it.

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