Pertandingan Tonton dan Menang "Saya Nak Cuti"

Ok. Rakan-rakan sekalian. Sudah tibalah masa yang dinanti-nantikan. Minggu ini destinasi untuk program "Saya Nak Cuti" yang disiarkan setiap hari Rabu pukul 10 malam di Astro Ria ialah Bali. Untuk tahu lebih banyak lagi tentang produksi Saya Nak Cuti di Bali boleh lah baca post "behind the scene" aku.

Untuk sesiapa yang ingin menang dua tiket penerbangan ke Bali dari MAS. Hari Rabu ini jam 10 malam mesti lah tonton "Saya Nak Cuti" di Astro Ria. Dalam episode 3 ini, anda boleh mengikut hos Juliana dengan activiti-aktiviti dan tempat-tempat yang senorok dan menarik untuk di lakui atau di lawati.

Juliana dengan krew Astro "Saya Nak Cuti".

Tengok bagaimana Juliana berlajar "surfing" di Pantai Legian.

Melompat dari platfom yang tinggi ala "bungee jump".

Selain pada itu. Juliana juga pergi menyelam di site kapal karam USS Liberty dan juga bermain-main dengan ikan duyung ikan lumba-lumba. Nak tengok? 19th Mei 2010 pukul 10 malam di Astro Ria.

Soalan mingguan akan di paparkan selepas episode minggu itu. Anda mesti menjadi ahli MAS Traveller sebelum boleh menyertai Pertandingan Tonton dan Menang "Saya Nak Cuti". Minggu ini 19th May 2010 (Rabu), destinasi ialah Bali, jadi hadiah juga dua tiket terbang untuk ke Bali. Terbang dengan MAS. Jangan tunggu lagi, kalau nak menang tiket terbang ke Bali.

Tengok betapa senoroknya Juliana buat "bungee jump". Kalau anda menang, anda boleh juga cuba di Bali.

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.

MAS CNY Dinner 2010

I can't believe that my first lou sang of this year is organized by MAS, the same as the first lou sang last year at Mum's Place, where my first lou sang was organized by MAS too. Thank you Malaysian Airlines. This time, the venue is at Restoran Crocodile Farm Seafood Village, Subang. I have not heard about this place before lol.

I'll make this post fast because the weather is killing me and I'm still in CNY mood lol.

Joshua and I arrived at the place quite late due to a massive jam in LDP. KampungBoyCityGal, Chris and Christine were already there. Too bad Ai Wei couldn't make it :(

Yee Sang

After dinner, it's time to play some games. Kris Allen live in KL passes is the prize. The first game is hold the mandarin orange only with faces of you and a partner and run back and fro to see who's the fastest without the mandarin orange dropping. Shaz and I lost the Nigel and Joshua. CityGal and Christine is the grand winner and won two Kris Allen passes and a greet and meet passes to take picture with Kris Allen.

The winner.

The first runner-up.

Here's how they won.




The second game is using a long chopstick and pick up groundnuts to feed your partner. Who would have believe that RedMummy and her hubby won this challenge? Chris and I tied with Aaron and Yat. We got the Kris Allen passes but not the meet and greet passes.

Yat and Aaron.

Chris and I.

RedMummy and her Hubby. He's good with the sticks.

Lex feeding me the mandarin orange with the long chopsticks.

MAS Traveller is now running a contest where you can win an all expenses paid trip to Taiwan. Not only that, you'll get to co-host 8TV's Go Travel (爱自游) show with the host of 8TV. Just upload a picture of any Asian country that you went to with yourself in the picture. More details here. I've entered already. Fast, fast join lah. :p

P.S. CityGal, Chris & Christine and I went to Kris Allen Live in KL in The Gardens last Monday. Here's some of the Kris Allen live in KL video that I took.

Kris Allen Live in KL - Before We Become Undone




Kris Allen Live in KL - The Truth




Kris Allen Live in KL - Alright with Me




Wishing Everyone has a Huat Huat Chinese New Year!

Flymas.mobi is as easy as doing The Peter Chao

Malaysia Airlines recently launched their new mobile services that one can access using mobile phone by going to Flymas.mobi. Not only you can book your flight using your mobile phone with Flymas.mobi, you will also be able to check-in, choose your seat, trace your baggage and board your flight by showing the 2D barcode boarding pass that will be sent to your mobile phone.

This is a video I made showing how easy it is to use Flymas.mobi:



I did the video portraying Peter Chao, whom video channel became an instant hit and now is a Youtube celebrity. You can make a video of yourself and join the Flymas.mobi Video contest. The Grand Prize is 2X return tickets to Istanbul. First Prize also got 2X return tickets to Tokyo/Seoul. Closing date for this contest is 11.59pm, 5 Feb 2010. So don't wait, make video now. Seow outside!!!

MAS Saya Nak Cuti

Alas, my virgin visit to Jaya One. Thanks to Malaysia Airlines, I finally has a reason to come to Jaya One lol. This time the dinner gathering is at Brisik. We were all asked to dress to the theme of ASEAN destination that we wanted to visit. The best dress can win a pair of air ticket to any ASEAN destination of his/her choice. Most of us choose the beach theme, one of the easiest to do mah.

Some are not interested for the best dress.

Wingz, where is Barley?

I like MAS dinner gathering, not too crowded and can meet up some blogger friends. Food is always good too.

With Nigel & Kel Li. We all want beaches. Thanks Nigel for the pic.

Jason came all the way from Malacca and then go all the way back after the dinner. Gung ho.

With Jason Mumbles and Joshua "The Innit King" Ong

My foodies gang was there too.

KampungBoy and Chris

2 couples and 2 singles. Such a match lol.

CityGal, Christine and Ai Wei

Some dressed in Eastern Asian style.

Alicia in her Yukata

Okay. Move on the the presentation. MAS and Astro collaborated to make a reality traveling show. How is it going to be reality? No, it's not Amazing Race kind of reality. This one is to have normal folks like you and me to be their own vacation show host. You've watched a lot of show and see how the host get to have fun eating, traveling, and shopping in a foreign country with all expenses paid. Now you can be at that position too with MAS Saya Nak Cuti contest.


Follow the three simple steps below and you can get a chance to become your own traveling show host.

1. Tell about your dream vacation at www.mastraveller.com.

2. If your story is shortlisted, then make sure you get people to vote for you so that you can be one of the 12 finalists.

3. If you're one of the 12 finalists, you'll be going to host your own traveling show.

Faster, submission closed at 11.59 p.m. 31st January 2010. Click here to participate now.



The bloggers that night also get a chance to win trips to ASEAN country. Besides the Best Dress contest, there's another contest Battle of the Dream Destinations, one need to sell your dream destination in a creative way like one is hosting a traveling show on video. I participated in the latter because I knew I won't win the best dress once I saw RedMummy.

I introduced Bali ala Peter Chou minus the vulgarity lol.

While Thomas Yap introduced Maldives like a tour guide.

Shaz has got the most cast in his hosting.

Shaz getting his sensitive nerve point poked by Jessica.

The judges from MAS and Fleishman took 15 minutes to discuss who are the winner for both contest.

The winner of the Best Dress goes to....

Obviously goes to RedMummy. Look at the traditional Thai dancer costume.

Winner of the hosting contest goes to...

Peter Chao Simon Seow. Yes, that's me. My prize a bit different from RedMummy. Mine is a single all expense paid trip to an ASEAN country chose by MAS. I will be following one of the 12 finalist to the shooting of the traveling show. So, I get to see behind the scene of the production of a traveling show.

Jamie was there too. Aaron came quite late and of course David and Hsu Jen were there.

Oh, and the food from Brisik is not too bad. I like the Sate Serai (lemongrass satay). The food is ASEAN themed too.

Saya Nak Cuti!