CHELSEA

As a Chelsea super fan, I must go there to support support my team. It is really a good opportunity to see idol over there. Lampard, Terry, Joe Cole, Ballack.. Wait me...

But as a Malaysian, izit I suppose to support Malaysia team? :-) Realy hard to decide wana wear Chelsea jersey or Malaysia team T-shirt...Haha...

DerrickY
2023
26/07/2008

SAMSUNG CHELSEA ASIA TOUR 2008 MALAYSIA

CHELSEA PLAYS IN MALAYSIA AS PART OF THEIR SAMSUNG ASIA TOUR 2008

Star-studded Chelsea will play in Malaysia as part of their Samsung Asia Tour 2008-Malaysia! Get your tickets early to watch the Blues in action, playing a Malaysian Selection at the Shah Alam Stadium on Tuesday, July 29, 2008.

ProEvents, the leading football marketing and management consultancy in Asia, is the sole and exclusive tour promoter for the Tour. Samsung Malaysia is the Match Title Sponsor, while other Official Match Sponsors include adidas, Astro, MAS and Maxis.

The match will kick off at 8.45pm and is a golden opportunity for all football fans to see the top flight Premier league team in action. The Pre-Season Tour will see all members of Chelsea’s first team, led by Chelsea’s Team Manager, Luis Philippe Scolari, in action as it forms an important part of the Team’s preparation for the 2008/09 season which begins in August.


TICKETING INFORMATION
Fans can also make online purchases and print their tickets via the E-ticketing facility. Also for the first time, fans will also be able to make purchases via ‘m-tickets’, where an sms/ems, picture message or WAP push will be sent to the fan’s handphone and with that, they can enter the stadium.” This m-ticket will however be only available to Maxis handphone subscribers.


ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY
Chelsea, one of the big four clubs in the English Premier League, is widely popular throughout the world and especially so in Asia where it has a wide fan base. Football fans from Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia are also expected to catch this once in a lifetime opportunity to see “The Blues” in action here.


PRICE CATEGORY

SEATING PLAN

GETTING THERE


DRIVING ROUTES AND PARKING LOCATIONS

TICKETPRO OUTLETS (RM103, RM83, RM53 & RM33)

KUALA LUMPUR (CASH & CREDIT CARD)
MUSIC VALLEY, AMPANG POINT
FANTASY MUSIC, SUNWAY PYRAMID
ROCK CORNER, ONE UTAMA
ROCK CORNER, THE CURVE
ROCK CORNER, SUBANG PARADE
ROCK CORNER, THE GARDENS

PENANG (CASH ONLY)
ARTIST GALLERY, ONE-STOP MIDLANDS PARK
ARTIST GALLERY, QUEENSBAY MALL
ARTIST GALLERY, GURNEY PLAZA


KOTA KINABALU (CASH ONLY)
RAM PRODUCTION SDN BHD (CLOSED ON MONDAY)

JOHOR BAHRU (CASH ONLY)
THE PFAGGS AGENCY

DerrickY
1917
26/07/2008

向中国漫画家廖冰兄致敬

廖冰兄1915年生于广州，原名东生(取生在广东之意)。年幼丧父，阿妈为了养活兄妹俩，只得改嫁一个广西人。后因生活所迫，把6岁的妹妹廖冰抵押给别人，兄妹分离，他痛苦不已，为了表达对妹妹的感情，廖东生在发表作品时署名“廖冰兄”——廖冰的哥哥，从18岁以后一直沿用这个名字。阿妈改嫁后，他跟贫苦的外婆在贫穷的小巷里生活。不足20岁的廖冰兄，就以一个“狂妄”才子的身份跻身趋于成熟的中国漫画界，承接了早期漫画人创立的中国漫画事业。廖冰兄晚年多以书法、绘画和小品为扶贫助学筹款集资，有一段时期喜画重彩风景画（曾发表于1995年《美术》杂志），多以广东水乡为题材，融中国画、西洋画、儿童画、版画、水彩、水粉画于一身，形成独特的艺术风格。
《禁鸣》（原名：枭暴）1945年秋，全民抗日胜利结束，国民党反动派即图谋发动内战，独吞胜利果实，使中国依然置于其独裁的黑暗统治下。而中国共产党与人民则力求实现和平、民主，使中国走向光明。为了揭示这场关系国家命运的斗争的意义，冰兄以得逞于黑夜的鸱鸺钳制呼唤光明的雄鸡构成此画，题为《枭暴》。然此画于1947年初在香港被盗。 "文革"期间，林彪、四人帮把光明的中国人民推落法西斯统治的黑暗深渊，张志新痛斥其恶行，惨遭割喉枪杀，1979年冰兄重绘此画，悼念这位为保卫光明而献身的猛士，画题改为《禁鸣》，但是又于1981年在法国展出时被窃。此画再于1991年重绘，现已捐赠给广州艺术博物院此画记录了两番性质相同的历史――光明与黑暗的搏斗；画的本身亦遭两番同样的恶运――被窃。 蝇的株连（1994年）　　

说明：此画记录了极左路线制造的历次政治运动――用重磅炸弹对付一只苍蝇，炸弹之下是无数无辜的良民，画面令人瞩目惊心。

DerrickY
0120
24/7/2008

B@cKpaCk-ING --> Phuket

Phuket island is located at the southern part of Thailand.

Majority of the citizen there is chinese. But they are cant speak chinese well as malaysia. Most of them onli can speak Thai, only minority of the silver hair citizen can speak chinese.

Language is not a main problem between us, most important is the foods over there is damn tasty. It absolutely different from Bangkok's food.

Phuket well-known with beaches and night life. The Thai girls over there are hotter than red sun. When im pass by the street. The Thai girl will shout, " Hey guy, you are so handsome, I love You". :-) I know im not as handsome as Danial,not as yengzai as Tom Cruise, but when the time heard they called like this still feeling very syok.

If compare redang and phuket, I prefer redang more than phuket. Redang life more peaceful and more quite. Maybe im d type who like natural. So i place Redang in my 1st place. If u prefer night life, Phuket is the best island to go.

Phuket also one of the location that having bungee jump this extreme high blood pressure activity. The price is around rm150/jump. Other than phuket, chingmai and pattaya are the places that still having this activities.

Here is some pictures that i capture during my trip in Phuket

DerrickY

15/07/2008

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B@ckPacK-ING PART-->3

I join the 1 day tour during the third day of my trip.. The place that the tour offer is Floating market, Kwai River bridge and tiger temple.

I think every 1 also heard about floating market before.. From Bangkok to Floating market, it take around 2 hours by van. The distance is around 15okm. i think every one sure curious why it take long time to reach there. Haha, act i also duno why the driver so follow the rule. Whole journey also 90km/h.

Floating market is just like the normal market i go. It sell whatever things that is can find in our Pasar. But the different is we are not walking during in the market but we are on the Sampan. If you want to buy something, you just order the sampan aunty stop the sampan near the stall then you can start bargain with the boss., In Thailand, anything also can bargain before you pay money, even foods also can request for discount.. It funny rite?


The Kwai river bridge is the bridge that is build during world war 2. This bridge is connecting Burma and Thailand. During world world 2, the soldier kidnap the south east Asia guy and force them to build the railway. So this Railway also call as Death Railway. The main purpose of this bridge is for the Japanese soldier send the goods between Burma and Thailand.

Until today, this railway is still operate. 1day 2trains will pass by the bridge..And Im so lucky that when the time im at there, i can meet the train...

I know an Australia friend in the Kwai river bridge, it really "ngam" also that this joker also name as Darrick.

Haha, saw an elephant there.. Try to catch it..

Quote From wikipedia:

"Tiger Temple, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua, is a Buddhist temple in Western Thailand which keeps numerous animals, among them several tigers that walk around freely once a day and can be petted by visitors.

The Theravada Buddhist temple is located in the Saiyok district of Thailand's Kanchanaburi province, not far from the border with Myanmar, some 38 km north-west of Kanchanaburi along the 323 highway. It was founded in 1994 as a forest temple and sanctuary for numerous wild animals. In 1995 it received the Golden Jubilee Buddha Image, made of 80 kilograms of gold.

According to the abbot and others associated with the temple, in 1999 the temple received the first tiger cub, it had been found by villagers and died soon after. The story goes that several tiger cubs were later given to the temple over time, typically when the mothers had been killed by poachers, others who wanted to get rid of their tiger "pets" or those were under pressure to do so as laws and policies surrounding the keeping of cites protected species became more strict. As of 2007, over 21 cubs have been born at the temple and the total number of tigers is about 12 adult tigers and 4 cubs.

The subspecies of these tigers is unknown as none of them have been DNA tested, but it is thought that they are Indochinese Tigers, except Mek (a Bengal Tiger). There is also a possibility that there may be some of the newly discovered Malayan Tigers and it is likely that many are cross breeds or hybrids.

They spend most of the time in cages, being fed with cooked chicken, beef and dry cat food. The meat is boiled to avoid giving the tigers a taste for blood and also to kill the bird flu that may be present in raw fowl. According to the temple website the dry cat food replaces nutrients, such as taurine, that are lost when the meat is cooked.

They are washed and handled by Thai monks, as well as local staff, and international volunteers. Once a day they are walked on leashes to a nearby quarry. Originally they would roam around freely in this area but now, with the increase in visitors and the amount of tigers who sit in the canyon, are chained. The staff closely guide visitors as they greet, sit with, and pet the cats. The staff keep the tigers under control and the abbot will intervene if the tiger gets agitated. Nervous tourists may also observe this from about 10 metres away. The temple collects donations for feeding and upkeep, and to fund the building of a larger tiger sanctuary which would allow the animals to live in an almost natural environment all day long.

The Tiger Temple practices a different conservation philosophy than in the west. In western zoos and parks the emphasis is on providing a natural environment for the animals. In the temple, at least until the sanctuary is completed, the animals seem to be treated more as family members. Although it may be possible for the offspring of the current generation to return to the wild, their parents will live out a life within the temple grounds. Their conservation philosophy seems to be working, while projects elsewhere often need to resort to artificial insemination. Over 10 cubs have been born at the temple in the last three years despite having no breeding program whatsoever.

The temple opens daily for visitors at about 1pm, and the tigers are walked back to their enclosures at around 4pm. Due to the pressing need for income, the temple now charges 300 Baht admission. The most common way of visiting the temple is to go on a tour from nearby Kanchanaburi for 300 Baht per head, or to hire your own Songthaew from the bus station for a group for less than 1000 Baht. Day trips are also available from Bangkok. Prices current as of July 2006 and do not include temple entrance fee. The temple now receives 300 to 600 visitors a day. There are donations boxes in various locations around the temple for those who wish to support the sanctuary. To get photos with the tigers, visitors are asked to give a donation.

Controversy

Conservation organizations charge that the tigers at the temple are not rescued wild tigers, but are obtained by illegally trading with black market tiger farms. They say the real purpose is making money, not helping tigers. The groups also criticize the Tiger Temple for interbreeding different subspecies of tigers, which they say violates conservation principles. Abuse of tigers at the temple has been reported by some visitors.

An investigation by Care for the Wild International (CWI) revealed evidence of illegal tiger trade, animal cruelty, false conservation claims and visitor safety risks based on information collected between 2005 and 2008. The CWI investigative report was released on 20th June 2008."

P/s: Next blog will talk about Phuket Island...

DerrickY
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