Celebrate Like A Champion

Okay. Since time is short and TBG asked me to do this. Here goes:

i) Name 4 of the Manchester United legendary players.
Eric Cantona, George Best, Bobby Charlton, Bill Foulkes

ii) Name the founder of Smirnoff Vodka, and the country Smirnoff originates.
Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov(1831-1898), Russia

iii) Complete this sentence, stating the partnership between Smirnoff and Manchester United:

Smirnoff is the official Spirits Sponsor and Official Responsible Drinking Partner of Manchester United.

iv) What is the latest Smirnoff’s Limited Edition bottle called?
SMIRNOFF® 21, SMIRNOFF® limited edition promotional pack.

Part 2:

I'll dress like Superman to celebrate like a champion because Smirnoff and Manchester United are both super!!

There's still time to join the contest. Click here before midnight and post it in your blog.

Grand Launching of Nikonian Academy Discovery Center

Simon Says: Some company grabbed Cindy's jadezheng.com domain and she didn't even have chance to announce it. She now blog in teycindy.com. Remember to update your link guys.


I went to the launching of Nikonian Academy Discovery Center last Saturday. Nikonian Academy which used to be in Phileo Damansara has finally shifted to a bigger place which comprised of a four-storeys shoplot at The Strand, Kota Damansara. Instead of just being a training center for avid DSLR photographer, it nows have a Discovery Center at the ground floor where the NAF memeber and photography enthusiatic can find the range of products that is valuable to be added to a more fun filled experience of DSLR photography.

Michael Jackson were there too for the opening. (Impersonator lah)

After much speech giving and performances, Sean and Andrew finally officiated and open the door to the Discovery Center for the guests to visit and purchase items there because there's opening special price just for that day only.




The Discovery Center has loads of photography accesories such as:

Lens cleaning tools

Tripods

DSLR and lens bags

Nikonian Academy shirts and caps.

Nikonian Academy Photography Vest

There's also a range of National Geographic Photo Bag Collection. I think this is on most photographer wish list lol.

How can this be Nikonian Academy Discovery Center if there's no Nikon DSLR and lenses.

From the new entry level DSLR D5000 to the most advanced D3X.

Nikon lenses from the affordable 50mm f/1.8D AF to 300 mm f/2.8G.



I was told that even if you have the money, you won't be able to get this lens easily because of the high demand and limited stock. This is the prize for lucky draw for the customer who bought over RM 100 worth of merchandise on that day.


I happen to be able to test out the mother of all macro lens, Nikkor 85mm f 1.4, the lens in the middle of this pic here. It's yours for RM 3,900.

You can sell your Kancil and buy this lens.

Those that plan to setup your own studio, can come here and buy the studio lighting, reflector and etc.

There's still a lot of other items that is to post. One have to come here and discover it themselves for the full experience. Interested? The click here for the map.

Address:

Nikonian Academy
13, Jalan PJU 5/21,
The Strand Kota Damansara,
47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 1-700-80-NIKA (1-700-80-6452)

Going up to the 1st floor, we have one side for the photo editing class and another for a classroom lecturing style. Which is now more spacious and can accommodate more people.



Note: Photo editing class doesn't comes with Big Apple donuts.

Taking the stairs, I walked up to the 2nd floor. I got a pleasant surprise of instead of finding one, I found two photography studios or just one studio with two shooting space?? No more rush now.

Clothing and costume for the models.

The 3rd floor is the administrative office so nothing special to show there unless you want to see Andrew's desk, he used to have a room in the old office lol.


As I was saying, I got to try out the mother of all macro lens, Nikkor 85mm f 1.4 on a Nikon D3X body. Which means, its a mother of all macro photography lol. Thanks Jay for letting me testing it out. Below is a few test shot using the combination.

I took a pic of Jay checking out SMS on his phone.

The two pics below was taken by Jay focusing on different target. It's so bloody clear that it clearly shows that I haven't shave lol.

Lastly, I put here the two performances that were performed during the opening. Fire show and Michael Jackson impersonator dance. Click on the picture to watch the video.

Last but not least, congratulation to Nikonian Academy and I'll like to end this with a picture of Helen's cute son, Justin.

Food Crawl: Sri Sentosa and OUG

I was invited by Ivy to join in a food crawl session to try out the Kung Fu pan mee in Taman Sri Sentosa and then the beef brisket noodle in Taman OUG. The team of foodies for this breakfast food crawl consists of Ivy, WMW, Boolicious, CityGal, Nic, Serene, Rebecca, UnkaLeong, SC, Jason, James, and Tan Kiasu.

The Crocs Gang

I don't really sure why it's call Kung Fu pan mee, maybe it's because they used hand to pull the dough into a long and flat pan mee.



The freshly grind chili and lime is a must have when eating pan mee. There's dry and soup version. I opted for the soup version so that the pan mee can be smoother than it is.

A large bowl will cost RM 6 and small will cost RM 5. We all ordered small because this is not the only meal we're going to have lol.

Dry Version


The pan mee is really very long. The condiments that goes with it is the usual fried ikan bilis, minced pork and potato leafs. The soup is of the clear type but with the saltiness coming from the condiments. The pan mee is really very smooth. If you like smooth pan mee then this is the pan mee for you.

Soup Version

Rating: 3.75/5

Besides pan mee, we also ordered pandan chicken as a side. Yes, they don't only sells pan mee here. The pandan chicken is not too bad but not as good as the one I had in Restoran Ruby.

Pandan Chicken.

Rating: 3.5/5

The pandan chicken is selling for RM 4.50 1 piece, RM 9.00 2 pieces and RM 12.00 3 pieces. When I pickup a piece with my chopsticks to take picture, someone noticed the dripping oil and asked me to hold so that some of them can take picture. This is what you get for eating session of food bloggers.

Can see the oil drop?

Address:

28, Jalan Seri Sentosa 9A/133,
Taman Sri Sentosa,
Bt. 6 1/2 Jalan Klang Lama,
58000 Kuala Lumpur.
Close on Monday.
Tel: 016-288 3911

Click here to enlarge map.

Next stop is OUG. With Ivy leading the entourage, we all drove to OUG. Finding parking took us a bit of time because there's morning market in OUG, and it's around 10 a.m. so most people already woke up. After finding parking, we group up and follow the trail to Restoran Yang Kee. It's the same row of shop as Steven Corner but further down.





When I reached there, some of them already placed their orders. I find that the beef noodle here is somewhat similar as the one near Jalan Tun H.S. Lee in KL.

I had noodle with stewed beef brisket instead. According to Ivy, the taste is not as good as she previously ate. I found it to be ok and not too special.

Rating: 3/5



After finishing the beef noodle, WackyBecky brought a few of us to the butter marble cake stall that she crave about. It's just outside the restaurant where the famous pork noodle is selling. I bought a quarter of butter marble cake to be eaten later in the karaoke as me, WMW, Nic, James, Ivy and SC are going to sing. It cost me RM 7.50. Not a bad deal.

I also bought a piece of freshly prepared apom balik, and it tasted great. I'll give it a 4/5.



Everyone that ate the butter marble cake in the karaoke gave it a thumb up. It's really good, especially the texture with is firm and soft. The butter taste is quite strong too, which I like.

Rating: 4.5/5

After singing our hearts out, we detour to Otak-otak Place, 1 Utama for tea. Serene, Nic and I purposely wait until 3 p.m. only to place our order to be able to get the tea time set promotion. I ordered the steamed otak-otak with toast and teh tarik.


Grilled otak-otak.

Jason shared his keropok with us.

My steamed otak-otak.

The steamed otak-otak here is really good. If I have more money, I would have ordered more lol.

Rating: 4/5

My cup of teh tarik.

That day was a busy day for me from the morning food crawl to karaoke to tea time. Later in the evening, I was at Tiger Nuffnang Standout party. That explain why I was too tire to go join the bloggers in Murni's.