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| Monday, 5-Jun-2006 12:00 |
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Boat cruise on Lac' Leman (Lake Geneva)
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Last day in Geneve before heading to the Aeroport Geneve was spent on the 1 and half hour boat cruise on Lake Geneva. A sunny day indeed!!!
 
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| Sunday, 4-Jun-2006 12:00 |
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Bresil vs Nouvelle Zelande! (that's Brazil vs New Zealand)
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the coveted Media Pass !!
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our hotel for the last nite in Geneve, Bernina Hotel
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Xan in the tram with 3 Brasil fanaticos!
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A friendly football match in Geneva, taken place in Stade de Geneve on 4th June 2006.
Great atmosphere, great weather and chance of close encounters with the likes of Cafu, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos etc.. hey, Xan even managed to get Cafu, the Brazilian skipper, to autograph her jersey!!
Brilliant.
 
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| Saturday, 3-Jun-2006 12:00 |
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in Geneve
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trip continues to Geneva, or Geneve' as it is known over there. Geneva is the city close to the French border and of coz, French is spoken here. Take the tram with the sign 'Nations' to visit the various HQs of world bodies such as United Nations etc ...
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| Thursday, 1-Jun-2006 12:00 |
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Lugano - day 2
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Exploring Lugano, the Swiss town with a total Italian flavour !
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| Wednesday, 31-May-2006 12:00 |
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Journey to Lugano, Switzerland
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Xan, enchanted with the sceneries along the route from Milan
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reaching Lugano
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seen from the bus
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Lugano, in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. The region is called Ticino. Lugano is a beautiful resort city near the Italian border (nearest Italian city is Milan).
Was there for about 3 days to cover an event for Swatch Watch : the launch of their new Jelly In Jelly collection on the 1st of June, right in the centre of Lugano (at the main piazza, Piazza De La Riforma)
some pics here ...
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| Saturday, 13-May-2006 12:00 |
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Miri International Jazz Festival 2006
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Quinteto Mambo Jambo opened the 2nd nite to a rousing crowd!
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multi-instrumentalist Frankie Banham
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leader Pete Jack
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Performers Day # 2 :
Quinteto Mambo Jambo (UK)
Shanghai Jazz Ensemble (China)
Fra Fra Sound (Holland)
Lluis Coloma (Spain)
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| Friday, 12-May-2006 12:00 |
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Miri International Jazz Festival 2006 - what a debut !
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All The Best opened the 1st nite set
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All The Best's percussionist
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Syafiee Hairunie stirring things up
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Day 1 showtime !
The 1st ever Miri International Jazz Festival was held at The Pavillion, Park City Everly Hotel in the city of Miri, Sarawak. A resounding success it was! The festival saw strong crowd response and the performers themselves put up sterling performances worthy of the many encores requested (and obliged!)
Kudos to the organizer, Sarawak Tourism Board. The tireless personnel who worked day & nite to ensure a memorable debut fest, that is the Miri International Jazz Festival. Take a bow Gracie Geikie and her team, Michael, Jun Lin, Letitia, Benedict and many more!
Performers Day # 1 :
Syafiee Obe Hairunie & All The Best (Sarawak)
Nah Youn Sun (Korea & France)
UBlues featuring Trevor Jalla (Singapore & Sarawak)
Gangbe Brass Band (Benin)
Superb !
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| Saturday, 1-Apr-2006 12:00 |
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Astro Treasure Hunt 2006 - KL to Lumut/Pangkor !!!
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gathered as early as 6.30am!
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weed's battle with the car sticker
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team "don't overslept"
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1st April 2006 - April's Fool Day..haha
Another edition of Astro's famed Motor Treasure Hunt, organized by the company's Kreatif Club. Kudos to all 35 cars who took part. All in, t'was a fun day for everybody, and even more so for yours truly, as I turned 10 years in Astro and what a way (and location) to celebrate!!
Route : KL to Lumut Jetty, via towns such as Kuala Selangor, Sekinchan, Manjung etc
Team name : "Don't Overslept" (hehehe... refer last year's Treasure Hunt pics)
Members :
Hakim (Navigator)
Aju (Driver)
Foong Ming (Spotter)
Weed (Referencer)
Vehicle : Aju's mean machine, the black Honda City
Checked in time : 3.30pm (limit set at 3.40pm)
Position : 6th !!! (yayyyy!!)
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| Sunday, 5-Mar-2006 12:00 |
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Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2006 !!!
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coffee in the hotel room
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this connects the hotel to the conventicon centre
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in front one of the jazz halls
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3rd to 5th March 2006 - Jakarta Convention Centre, Jakarta.
3 days of non-stop excellent jazz showcases from multi-international performers. I was overwhelmed by what I witnessed first hand and indeed, this is a festival that is one of its kind. I finally realized my dreams of watching LIVE in action top class jazz artistes such as Lee Ritenour, Bob James, Gerald Albright, Jonathan Butler, Tetsuro Sakarai (ex bassist for Casiopea), Nathan East, Lenny Castro, Ricky Lawson, Hiromi (superb pianist from Japan), Filo Machado (the voice from Brazil) and many more.
Didn't get to take many pictures as I have some troubles with the camera equipment on the 1st day. But the trip to Jakarta (via Air Asia) was well worth it. Hard to believe that music festival such as this one took place in a city merely 2 hours from KL. Even harder to believe, I do not see many Malaysian (especially the artistes) took the advantage to come over and watch/learn a thing or two from these top-notch performers, save for Dayang Nurfaizah (who was there, in her own words, "to learn").
Proud to see that Malaysia was represented in the festival by female vocalist, Noryn Aziz, world-class drummer Lewis Pragasam, guitarist Josie Thomas and percussionist Steve Thornton (both joined forces with Krakatau leader, Dwiki Dharmawan in an awesome set).
Next Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival in 2007 will be on 2nd, 3rd & 4th March 2007. Mark your calendar!
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| Monday, 20-Feb-2006 12:00 |
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Alleycats alive !!!
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2006 will mark the 38th year for legendary Malaysian band, Alleycats, making waves in the local music industry. While most of their peers have either retired, quiten down, passed on or simply, stopped making music, Alleycats stay alive & still kicking !!
Here are some latest pictures taken tonite during their nightly performance at Mystery Cafe, The Curve here in Damansara.
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