Let's Party as Hollywood Celebrities at the Astro B.yond IPTV Hollywood & Celebrities Night

First of all, what is Astro B.yond IPTV? Well, it's actually Astro B.yond feed through high speed fibre optic network instead of using sattelite dish that sometime can be affected by weather. What's more, it comes with high speed broadband service that could let you surf the Internet up to 30Mbps, which roughly translate to 18 minutes to download a 4GB movie and 1.5 seconds to download a 5MB MP3 song. Also, you don't have to worried about missing your favourite show because it comes with P.V.R (Personal Video Recording) feature that let you record not one but two channels at the same time. Like to know more or want to subscribe to the package already? Click here for more information about Astro B.yond IPTV.

Now, if you are a Nuffnanger, then get ready for a party this month end. Yeah. That's right. It's the Astro B.yond IPTV Hollywood & Celebrities Night.

Date: 29th October 2011 (Saturday)
Time: 6.30pm – 10.00pm
Venue: B.yond IPTV Concept Store
No.5, Jalan Solaris 2, Ground Floor, Solaris Mont Kiara

Dress up as your favourite Hollywood Celebrities such as Brad Pitt or Megan Fox or even Super Junior or Girls Generation. Two of the best dressed bloggers will go home with a 32 inch LCD Internet TV. Time to plan your costume guys!

Besides best-dressed bloggers, one of the Nuffnanger might walked away that night with a home teather system.

Just head over to Nuffnang blog post about this party here. Write a comment below on "If you could be a Hollywood star or Celebrity, who would you be, and how would you use the Astro B.yond IPTV services if you owned it (Please also include your blog URL in your comment as well)"

Faster guys, only the best 70 comments will win a pair of invites. Let's party!

Behind the Scene of MAS Saya Nak Cuti (Bali)

Have you ever wonder how a traveling program for TV being made? I have the opportunity to follow the MAS Saya Nak Cuti production crew from Astro on their Bali episode with the one of the seven winner, Juliana.

Day 1: Met the crew and Juliana in KLIA. After they checked in their luggage, it's time to go into the departure area. Juliana's mum was there to send her off.

Juliana bidding farewell to her mum.

The crew then shot about makcik's feeling about Juliana's trip.

A picture with the Saya Nak Cuti crew. Ben, me, Aaron, Jon, Kelvin and Juliana.

We then depart to the boarding gate, on the way to the gate the camera is kept rolling to shoot all the moment from going pass the immigration until we reached the gate.

Our flight. Malaysian Hospitality 715 ;)

There's no time wasted, while waiting to board the plane, Aaron Tan the director of this episode of Saya Nak Cuti asked Juliana to put on the hook-on mic so that they can shoot the "interview" about her feeling about the trip before leaving Malaysia to Bali.

What it means by "interview" is that Aaron will ask Juliana questions and she will answer in front of the camera but after editing the audience will not be able to hear Aaron asking the questions, it will be just like Juliana saying to the camera what's her feeling about the trip.

Juliana being "interviewed".

After the MAS airoeplane touched down in Nguh Rai International Airport, Bali. The crew was the last to leave the plane because they are shooting the moment of reaching the airport.

We then split to check-in to each of our hotel because my accommodation is under MAS tour package, so it's the hotel appointed by MAS, which is Legian Paradiso. While the crew booked their own hotel.

After about 3 hours of rest and lunch. It's time to meet up the crew in Badung Market, Denpasar, Bali. The crew has already finished shooting the scene in Badung Market when I finally met up with them. The next area is the Kumbasari Art Market, which is just next the Badung Market.

So, followed them up to Kumbasari art market.

Aaron leading his team. He will also take on the camera too most of the time. It's a small crew.

What the audience won't know is that by the time we reached Kumbasari Art Market, almost all the shops there were closed. So, the crew have to make do with some shot showing Juliana looking at some of the wood crafting.

Luckily there's still one shop that is open. Not to let this opportunity go, the crew quickly made a decision to shoot in the shop.

I took a behind the scene blooper video in the Kumbasari Art Market shoot. You surely won't see this on Astro Ria lol.

It's a wrap for the first day of shoot. We then parted our way. The next day will be a more exciting shoot because Juliana will be doing surfing, bungee jumping and diving.

The entrance to Badung-Kumbasari Market.

Day 2: After having breakfast in Legian Paradiso. I took a transport to Legian Beach where Juliana will take on surfing lesson with Rip Curl Surfing School and doing bungee jump in AJ Hackett, Denpasar, Bali.

The sky was dark when I arrived at AJ Hackett where the bungee jumping platform is located.

Juliana was already up at the platform preparing for her jump. She took quite some time to get her courage to jump down from the platform but alas she was able to made it.

Regular Jump

AJ Hackett's staff helping Juliana out from the bungee rope.

Juliana talking about her feeling after the first jump.

There's a variety of bungee jumps and prices.

After getting a taste of regular jump (USD $99), Juliana have not had enough, so she continue with a Full Body Harness Jump (USD $130). The different is one will have more control over the body in the latter, like flipping while jumping.

Going up again for the Full Body Harness Jump.

Full Body Harness Jump

It's raining at that time but that doesn't deters Juliana from doing the bungee jump, which is part of her promised to her friend that passed away due to cancer. To get more of her story, be sure to tune in to Astro Ria every Wednesday 10 P.M. from 5th May 2010 onwards. The Bali episode will be the 3rd episode, which means it will be aired on 19th May 2010.

Juliana got her Certificate of Borderline Insanity after completing her jumps.

I didn't see Kelvin there on the bungee jump, which later I found out that he's back in the hotel room editing the video that they shot on day 1 the whole day. Talk about efficiency.

I didn't follow the crew to the diving site (USS Liberty ship wreck site) because it's quite far away and I have limited budget. Juliana will also be playing with the dolphin on the 3rd day. So if you want more on that you'll have to watch Saya Nak Cuti on Astro Ria.

On the last day (5th day) in Bali, I met the crew in Ngu Rai International Airport. We checked-in our luggage.

While waiting for boarding. It's time to do a closure "interview" on Juliana's thought about the whole Bali trip.

The Bali trip was great for me and I was able to see behind the scene how the Astro crew work. Remember to watch Saya Nak Cuti on Astro Ria because you'll be able to win yourself two air tickets to the same destination on the episode you watched from Mastraveller.com's Tonton dan Menang contest. So, if you want to go to Bali, then be sure to catch Episode 3 of Saya Nak Cuti on 19th May 2010 10 P.M. on Astro Ria.

About the contest:

"Saya Nak Cuti" Tonton dan Menang/Watch & Win

Tempoh Peraduan/Contest Period

29 April 2010 -18 June 2010


Hadiah Untuk Dimenangi/Prizes to be won

2 tiket penerbangan MAS ke destinasi percutian minggu ini.
2 MAS flight tickets to the weekly destination

Pemenang akan menerima 2 tiket penerbangan Malaysia Airlines ke destinasi percutian episod yang ditayangkan.
The winner will get 2 Malaysia Airlines air tickets to the holiday destination of the episode that was aired. (Which mean if you are watching the episode of Bali and you won then you'll be going to Bali)


Syarat-syarat/Terms & Conditions

1. Daftar sebagai ahli di mastraveller.com/Register as a member in mastraveller.com
2. Jawab soalan mingguan dan lengkapkan slogan yang diberikan (soalan akan disiarkan pada setiap hari Khamis)/Answer the weekly question and complete the slogan (question will be given every Thursday)
3. Jawapan boleh didapati dari rancangan Saya Nak Cuti yang di siarkan di Astro Ria (setiap hari Rabu jam 10 malam)/Answer can be obtain from watching Saya Nak Cuti that will be aired on Astro Ria (every Wednesday at 10 P.M.)
4. Anda perlu menghantar jawapan dalam masa 3 hari selepas episod disiarkan di Astro Ria./ You need to send in your answer within 3 days after the episode has been aired on Astro Ria.
5. Tarikh tutup penyertaan ialah pada setiap hari Jumaat jam 11.59 malam./Closing date of the weekly contest is on every Friday 11.59 P.M.
6. Pemenang mingguan akan diumumkan 2 minggu selepas pertandingan ditutup. Weekly winner will be announced 2 weeks after the contest closed.

Astro B.yond - Murder In The Details

A murder has happened. Huai Bin was found dead with a stabbed wound in the chest in Rain Club, Sri Hartamas. 20 Groups of detective consists of five members each were asked to find the murderer. The team that is first to smoked out the killer will be rewarded with Astro B.yond Experience (decoder + satellite dish with 1 year free subscription and a 32 inch LG LCD TV to go with it).

Clues were scattered around. To find the clue, the detectives have to use magnifying glass to see it clearly, as clearly as the HD channels available in Astro B.yond subscription. World Cup 2010 in South Africa will be held this year June. You can now enjoy HD world cup at home with SuperSport HD and ESPN HD channel from Astro B.yond.

It's so damn clear even my digital camera's pic is so clear wtf.

Okay, let us get back to the murder investigation. Sorry, World Cup fever burning already. I was one of the detective with my team mate Serge, Niki, Kallew and William. Kallew is the leader.

Me, Kallew and Niki.

We split into two groups and started searching for clues. After 5 minutes of chaos (imagine about 100 detectives there looking for clue). Niki and I finally found out first clue. From there we were able to know that there's been an third person in the relationship.

Serge went up the attic to look for clue.

Not long after the first clue, we found the 2nd clue. The clue tell us that the murderer has a band aid on his/her hand and wore a bangle. Then the 3rd clue show us that he/she got red blood splattered all over his/her clothing. From there, we already has a few suspects in mind. We left Niki to look for the 4th and the last clue, while we go search for the murderer.

Detectives checking out one of the clue

But alas, Team Terrence was a minute faster than our team, he was able to find the killer brought her to the authority. The murderer happens to be Huai Bin's girlfriend, Fresh. Spot the bloody red dress and the band aid and bangle on her hand.

Here's what happened. Huai Bin and Robb were having an affair behind Fresh's back. One night she caught them red handed. Having an affair is one thing but to see your boyfriend having it with another man and bi-sexual? Anger and jealousy clouded Fresh's mind, while Huai Bin is trying to explain to Fresh, she took a knife and stabbed Huai Bin in the chest. Killing him straight away. Robb stunned by the whole event, chased out to find Fresh.

Here's the video of the re-enactment of the murder:

Me with the "gay lovers", Huai Bin and Robb.

So the story taught us that having an affair, homosexual or not will not bring any happy ending. So, guys and girls be loyal to your other half. It's better watching all the drama on HBO HD channel from Astro B.yond rather then be in a drama yourself, no?

The detective challenge doesn't ends there. There's only 1 person that can get the winning prize. So the group of 5 detectives has to compete among themselves in a Astro Trivia game to see who goes home with the Astro B.yond decoder + satellite dish with 1 year free subscription and a 32 inch LG LCD TV. Eric came out the fastest to answer all the questions correctly. Congrats to him.

Seeing the nature and history has never been more clear and detailed now with National Geographic HD and History HD channel from Astro B.yond. Good to invest in a LED LCD TV too for the best of HD experience. Current Astro customer just needed to add additonal RM 20 to the monthly subscription fee and the Astro B.yond Box, Astro B.yond Dish, new smart card, new remote control, and HDMI Cable can be exchanged with your current Astro hardware for FREE. Faster get this offer now here before any changes in the promo.

Not a Astro customer yet? Then it's time to get Astro B.yond so that you can fully utilize the HD TV that you bought but just using it to watch movie on expensive Blue Ray disc or play PS3. Fully utilize your HD TV that you spend thousands buying, man. Subscribe to Astro B.yond now.

For those that want to try their luck and win . Lucky you, join the Astro B.yond Murder in the Details Facebook game and try your best to win. 10 winners will be getting their hands on Astro B.yond decoder + satellite dish with 1 year free subscription and a 32 inch LG LCD TV. Oh, you must be an Active Astro Customer to join this game.

Now won't you want to watch National Geographic HD in this state of the art LG LED LCD TV?

National Geographic HD is Channel 73.

P.S. Someone didn't want Simon Seow to participate in the Astro B.yond Murder in the Details Facebook game and killed him before he left the murder scene while trying to solve the murder. Now that Simon Seow is out of the way, your chances to win will be higher.

Disclaimer: All the characters in the murder are fictional. Huai Bin and Robb are not secret lovers nor Fresh is Huai Bin's girlfriend. No one died.