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Day Two of Malaysia International Tourism Bloggers Conference & Awards (MITBCA) 2012 at Seri Pacific Hotel!

June 4, 2012 by thejessicat

 

 

Today's the second and FINAL day for MITBCA 2012! 

As I had retired to bed pretty late the night before, I arrived Best Western Seri Pacific Hotel a tad later in the mornign.

 

First session was conducted by Sheila Scarborough 

 

She gave an intriguing insight of people and organizations and how they use/ought to use social media to increase vibrancy and visibility of their tourism destinations, products and services 🙂

 

 

The fourth panel session highlighting the importance of measuring performances and return of investments.

The panelists included Dr. Mridula Dwivedi from India, James Craven from the UK, Nisha Jha from India and Jojo Struys from Malaysia

 

 

BREAKTIME!

 

T'was lovely to meet a few more of my readers at the event.

We had a nice chat & of course, pictures! :D

 

Thank you for saying hi!  Major loves.

It was nice chatting with you guys! :D

Hope all of you learn heaps from the conference & had fun!

 

Next, was the open forum session where it touches on the effects of online social media on tourism websites globally.

This is where questions are posted to Twitter ending with the #mitbca2012 hashtag and it will be shown LIVE on widescreen right in front of the conference & answered by the panelists 🙂

 

We had bigshots in the house! Great to know that everyone's questions are in good hands!

Abdul Khani Daud (Director from Tourism Malaysia), Shahul Dawood (President of the Malaysia Social Media Chambers) & a senior official from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission.

 

When everything was over, it was time for a parallel session – workshop one!

How to make social media work for tourism by James Craven, an expert in the industry from the UK

 

 

"Backlinks are a huge part of our strategies.

The role of backlinks cannot be overstated."

James Craven

 

Answers from the floor answered by a fellow delegate from the floor!

 

David Hogan involving in a discussion from the floor

 

Sheila Scarborough then answered a delegate's question, in a way which I fully agree with.

When asked about what the measure of success is or the distinction of traffic, she gave her two cents:

 

"I don't care about the numbers. The most important is the wonderful & compelling content.

If you have those, the numbers will come automatically.

A blogger's influence is also measured by not mere numbers but by other platforms,

influence & reach apart from JUST the blog.

It's the connection, interaction & how they engage with their readers that matter"

– Sheila Scarborough, award-winning veteran social media specialist from USA

 

More questions and answers were handled very well by panel members and also by other delegates!

It was clear to see a very dynamic and informational sharing session happening right then and there.

 

With Shane Dallas!

The Travel Camel & one of the speakers from the Day One of MITBCA 2012

 

Wit

With James Craven

 

I left the hotel very enlightened by the various input and imparting of information by many notable (local & foreign) people in the blogging & tourism industry, all flown down from all over the world!

Amazing two-day session, indeed. Great job MITBCA 2012 peeps!

 

Glow & I right outside the hotel just before I left

New friends made too 

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A month after Chinese New Year.. better late than never – GONG XI FA CAI!

February 24, 2012 by thejessicat

 

 

So after exactly a month, I've finally got round to finishing the batch editing of all the photos from my 2012 Chinese New Year!

Don't know why I didn't exactly take as much "proper photos" this CNY – all of the photos you are about to see today are all shot with sub-par phone/tablet camera quality. 

 

If I could sum up Chinese New Year for me every year (in no particular order), it  would be :

 

1. Family

2. Food

3. Hometown

4. Angpows! $$$

5. Red

 

So here's what I was up to this Chinese New Year – in photos!

 

So here we go… FAMILY!

Yup, that's my immediate family. Small, but complete nonetheless 😀

 

At 5'7", I believe I inherited my height from my dad.  Don't know if that's supposed to be a good thing, since I'm always b!tching about my height on Twitter. Heh. 

Anyway, roadtrip up North to Penang with my fellow Penangites! :D

 

Penang Bridge during sunset!

 

The moment I crossed the bridge, I felt a tinge of nostalgia sweeping up to me like a morning breeze.

Good ol' Penang; encompassing so much memories of growing up, life, love, friendships and more 

 

KOMTAR: Penang's tallest landmark heritage

 

Brought the boyfie home for CNY. 

Hahahaahah  what does High Expectations Asian Father have to say?

 

lololol just kidding! They got along pretty damn well 

 

Seafood dinner by the seaside with the parents & him for our early CNY reunion dinner. Being islanders, seafood is one of our staples amongst many others!

(Don't say rice. I will smack you) 

Look for cooking classes at www.OnlineCollegeClasses.org and you'll see that there is so much more to the cuisine than simply rice!

 

I daresay this was one of the best dinners I've ever had

 

We had so much delicious, freshly caught seafood on our table!

 

Teluk Kumbar Seafood is the name. 

And that's where you're gonna having your sunset seafood dinner when in Penang

 

Here are only 5 outta 8 dishes we ordered.

 

Where else did we go for our Chinese New Year reunion dinner?

 

To Kok Thai Chinese Restaurant for an 8-course Chinese Banquet dinner! 🙂

This photo doesn't do the food justice at all!

 

3 generations at a round table for dinner 

 

The boyfie stood out tonight; being the only white in an Asian restaurant on Chinese New Year

 

And that's not all..

 

In my family, food comes in abundance as the cooking never stops! 🙂

Delicous home-made reunion dinner meals & yee sang throughout the 1st week of Chinese New Year

 

Spent time with my maid who, if you didn't already know, 

was my nanny & helped to look after me when I was a 3 year old toddler – till now! 

 

Spent time with some friends over Barbeque Steamboat at

Town Steamboat along Macalister Road in the city

 

I was so full & didn't feel like talking. So I got bored. 

 

At Healy Mac's Irish Bar & Restaurant along Straits Quay!

Don't remember what I ordered, most likely along the lines of Kahlua, Baileys, 

Wild Turkey or some other form of coffe-cream liqueurs.

As always.

What's next?

 

It was Australia Day!

Fancy some shisha and a bit of Down Under spirit mate? 

 

Went to the famous Kek Lok Si Temple.

Translated from Penang Hokkien as 'Temple of Supreme Bliss'

 

Welcome to the largest Buddhist temple in South East Asia! 

 

Just for the record, I'm not Buddhist.

So… why exactly did we pay a visit to Kek Lok Si temple this Chinese New Year again?

 

To watch other people pray

 

For pretty lights!  

The elaborate decorations during the festive season were gorgeous!

 

To take photos with Buddha…

 

And take photos with a bigger Buddha…

 

and take photos with Buddha again…..

 

… not just ONE Buddha, but many many Buddhas all lined up in a row…

 

We also wanted to climb up and take photos with the massive Guan Yin (Goddess of Mercy) statue, but alas we were too late.

 

We had to go as soon as the gates began to shut.

Good lord, I felt as though I've just warped back from China for a second! :D

 

And last but not least….. gambling session with the buddies!

 

Listen up, lucky cat! Bring mommy some good luck aight? 😀 😀

 

Just so you know, he most certainly kicked some ass 🙂

Good job, son!  Black cats aren't harbingers of bad luck after all, in your case, BabyChivas!

 

We caused the banker to be bankrupt and yes, I won double the capital I put in!

 

 

Hope you had a smashing Chinese New Year celebration of the Black Water Dragon just like I did :D

A late post is better than none! There you go, my Chinese New Year this year!

 

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