An Eventful Day to Remember: Korean Pop Music Wave 2017 Concert @ Setia Spice Arena Penang, Malaysia

A day after attending Ed Sheeran's concert in Malaysia, I went back to Penang and was actually trying to dream for another free concert to attend to, Kpop concert which has my superstar idol Oppa Rain-Bi Jung Ji Hoon in it too. Guess what, S.U.R.P.R.I.S.E!!! Gurney Plaza notified me on the 15 November 2017 evening via instagram related to a phototaking contest i joined for fun a couple of weeks earlier mentioning that I won myself the concert tickets for the next week concert! yayyyy~ I was so ecstatic and euphoria! It seemed unreal. My lil' dream I wished for in my heart came true!

Anyway, in the earlier October 2017, I heard from my friend that Rain-Bi will be coming to Penang for this concert. I was thinking of attending the concert but it won't be an all concert just by Rain-Bi. There will be other Kpop artists holding a concert together with him too. I don't really know the other artists well, apart from 2 of them who hosted Running Man tv series, Haha and Kim Jong Kook. Therefore, I was a lil' reluctant to purchase the concert ticket. I last attended Rain's concert was approximately a decade ago, which my Uncle purchased for me at around RM3XX/ ticket.

Since life is so hectic, it would be extremely great to attend another concert.  

This was my 2nd concert of the year! It will feature artists such as hot B.A.P (boyband- their songs were really hot and cool. My first time knowing them- no regrets. Love their Warrior song and they did the Opening concert with a bang), T-ARA, HaHa, Kim Jong Kook and lastly Rain-Bi :D 

Just went to collect my 2 tickets from Gurney Plaza information counter. Each ticket costed RM728 and it's for VVIP seats (very very important person)! Thank you so much, Gurney Plaza! ;)
Feeling contented. My own "cemerlang" award for myself. My concert buddy said this was my big haul. haha

On the concert day and from our seats: 24 November 2017 (Friday).

#TGIF after working day: Concert to end le tired day!
Best night to end the week as I had a freakin' 3 days inspection from the authority at workplace and took a couple of weeks of hardwork preparation. 

Not clear picture as I was swaying to the beat. hehe..
By right, it would super clear as he was just directly in front of my eyes standing tall and smart on stage. 

This was captured when I was sitting down quietly at my seat. LOL~
He sang around 5 to 6 songs: to name a few which were La Song (from Rain Effect album),  It's Raining (in Penang. haha...the song from his 3rd album), Hip Song (from Back to the Basic album), Instead of Saying Goodbye (for closing the concert with a bang).

 Instead of Saying Goodbye (for closing the concert with a bang). Confetti confetti confetti dropping!
Omo, still unbelievable that Rain came to me in Penangggggggg. :*

I'm truly thankful and grateful for what has been happening throughout this whole year round. Indeed, many many happy returns despite at times life is filled with many challenging and obstacles. The outcome was truly worthwhile and amazing! Very fruitful year. I will end this 2017 with a BANG! Ushering great success, health and love for 2018!

See y'all!

An Eventful Day to Remember: Ed Sheeran's Divide (÷ ) Concert 2017 at Axiata Stadium Bukit Jalil, Malaysia

In the early May 2017 this year, I learned from the social media and newspapers that Ed Sheeran will be holding a concert on the 14 November 2017 in Malaysia! *woot woot*  

My concert buddy and I decided to attend his concert as the last concert we attended was 2 years ago, The Script concert in Shah Alam, Malaysia. In order to make us happier with life and to celebrate the year, we decided to attend one this year. So, we waited for a couple of weeks for the concert tickets to start selling. On the first day of the selling of the concert tickets, we told ourselves that we would buy them later in the evening after returning home from workplace. However, after an hour or so, we learned that the tickets were all sold out within 30 minutes. Like seriously?! *jaw dropped*  

I love Ed's "Photograph" song so much and also it got featured as the movie soundtrack, "Me Before You" too. Ever since then, I am listening to it at almost every single day in the car while driving to work, even up to today. haha. *crazy me*

Well, I do not know much about Ed Sheeran, except that he is a British solo singer who is very talented. He could play several instruments and perform on his own using a loop pedal. 

With this sold out tickets news that we found out, we decided to let it go. T_T

So one day (about 2 months plus before the concert day), when I was reading the newspapers, I came across that a property developer put up an advertisement related to his concert and stated that they were organising a contest. This has caught my attention and I decided to take a snapshot on it and save it to read it clearer at night. That week itself, I decided to tell and suggested to this concert buddy to just simply join and give this contest a try. All we need to do was to make a short video clip related to Ed. We actually danced unprofessionally for a couple of hours after our morning exercise at the Botanical Gardens (including the planning and practising) and made a fool of ourselves in that clip since we are not professionals to begin with. ;) The clip was hilarious though. She stitched up the clips and added in funny texts based on our shared ideas. Then I submitted in the clip to complete it immediately without further delay as we needed to get friends to help out in the votings (50% based on votings and 50% based on judges decision). You may watch our so called winning clip here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFIWOHDXRps&index=40&list=FLUShP9W6jqR0yee62qfA2hw

We were quite confident that we would win a pair of his concert tickets cause we were in the top 25! :* But there was a bonus prize, since we submitted the clip early to join, the first week itself, we won ourselves his latest 2017 Divide (%) album too. *woot woot* It was happiness when I received the call from the organiser and that the lady, representative of the organiser was indeed very happy to hear my voice of happiness while speaking to her.

Anyway, the rest is history! :D

Us with our epic prizes, an original album and 2 concert tickets (costed RM358/each)! We went to collect the prizes on the same day of the concert at the organiser's booth,just at outside the concert stadium after flying from Penang to Kuala Lumpur!
Thank you, Citizen Setia! We are very contented! Our hearts are full and feel so lucky!

After picking up our prizes and had our dinner with my Uncle, we went back for like a while to wash up before going for the concert.
Us wefie more with our concert tickets! :* But Mickey Mouse didn't look so pleased at some point. LOL

Me selfie before the concert starting.
There was an early opening by Lauv, a new American singer. But we just reached the inner stadium when he was about to finish singing. The queue was long outside.

Thanks Ed Sheeran for the awesome performances! The much anticipated concert (after waiting for 6 freakin' months and 10 days) just ended with a bang!
Loved his live "Photograph" song...I can still remember the repetitive lyrics he sang towards the end of it..."Hearing your whispers through the phone...X2 ...Wait for me to come home" <3 br="">

Guess what, I also love love love his "Happier" song so much and then when we went back home to dig in the album, my buddy found that this song was written by Ed Sheeran himself, Benjamin (not sure whom is it) and Ryan Tedder (OMGGGGGG, my favourite One Republic lead musician). No wonder, we found something in common with our love for this song.

I also love his live "Sing" cause he made us "Tarzan-ing" with him during the concert, which went like this....."Ohhh... ohh..oh...ohh.....oh oh...oh oh...Sing! *Repeat*" hahaha~ It was truly fun!

There were many more songs that I loved too, "Bloodstream", "Shape of You" and etc.

We sprinted all the way to catch our LRT train at the end of the concert which was gonna close in 15 min time before 11pm. hahaha

Truly an eventful day to remember! Yeahhh~

Recently, last Saturday (09 December 2017), a friend of mine living in Sarawak (East Malaysia) messaged me to notify that she saw me in the Chinese local newspaper, Sin Chew Daily, this news is just published (almost a month after the concert). It was sort of a throwback to the newspaper and to me too! This got me really excited and feeling so cool on that weekend! :D
Below is the column of my mini moment and achievement which got featured in the newspaper feeling as a mini celebrity of the day. *hehehe*

I'm in the news today! *woot woot*
The source: Sin Chew Daily newspaper (dated 09.12.2017)
My dear friend translated a small section that quoted me about winning this contest which went something like this, "One of the lucky winner jacquline thanks to SP Setia for bringing such an amazing and wonderful concert." 

Thanks to my dear friend for the notification! It somehow reminded me of 13 years ago as I also won an entrance ticket to a 5-star hotel (JW Marriot Hotel- if I remember correctly) to dine and watch Jerry Yen (Taiwanese flower boy heartthrobe) during that time from a Chinese newspaper for Oral B Braun Contest in which she was the one who helped to translate my contest slogan. ;)

Movie Animation Park Studios(MAPS) @ Ipoh, Perak: Live Your Dreams on the 1st Day (26th June 2017) of Soft-Opening

Last Monday was the country's festive public holiday, Hari Raya (Eid for the Muslims). 

So, da boyz suggested to visit this theme park a week earlier and to my surprised, he pre-purchased the tickets (costed RM131/person at promo price for this soft-opening week that comes with free 1 day visit/person for the next visit that has a due date by 30 Sept 2017) almost immediately! :D 

Then only he decided to inform me on that~ Yayy~ My mixed reactions were half excited, half disbelieved and feeling cool. LOL~

This is Asia's First Animation Theme Park which costed around RM520 million for the construction of the theme park in Ipoh (capital city of Perak) to attract tourists and locals to it. It was supposedly scheduled to open in 2016, however there was a delay and had to postpone to 26 June 2017. 

Anyway, here it is, the much anticipated theme park has opened its door. :)

All pictures are without filters. The weather was so fuming hot and sunny, so, there isn't a need for a filter ;)

On the day itself, we decided to drive down early in the morning at 7-ish from Penang to Ipoh! Luckily there wasn't any traffic :)
We reached there around 9am. The journey took us around 2 hours by driving with an average speed limit.

Here we are! We've reached MAPS @ Meru, Ipoh!
Upon exit the Ipoh toll, drive around the bends for 2min before reaching. It's really at nearby the highway.

The sign says it all! ;)

The queue before the counter opens.

Literally with the map about the MAPS and the Smurf entrance ticket!

After entering into the theme park, one needs to go through bag checking point. I usually just equiped myself with a pouch, my identity card, some money, a pack of tissue papers and my mobile phone. I'm there to enjoy and play not to go for some shopping! :P 

If you would to bring a big bag, it would cause you a lot of hassle as the staff may need to check your belongings thoroughly.

Next, exit checking point and you would walk past a bridge surrounded by an artificial lake before reaching the Animation Square Zone.

You can see the centre stage once you stepped into the Animation Square Zone.

Another view of the Animation Square Zone.
As it was a soft-opening, the operation of the theme park wasn't 100%.

First we tried this 4D Adventure Theatre. It's a motion theatre with D-box seatings whereby when the animation comes to live, your seat will move according to the animated movie, they featured #Boboiboy , a local kid's cartoon..
One needs to wear their 3D glasses too which will enhance 3D film effect while watching the screen with physical effects such as water splurting at your face when the spaceship immersed into the water, wind blowing and something sweeping or hitting your legs. :D

Do you have a need for stunt? Something interesting and extraordinary whereby legal mat rempits will be showing off their moves: cars screeching and motorcyclist doing stunts professionally at Stunt Legends, Live Action Zone.

Mini Coliseum Water Play at Fantasy Forest Zone.
Picture effect was perfecto with its sunny bright day without any filter! ;)

Overlooking the artificial man-made lake from the tree house at Fantasy Forest Zone.

A painting of the Pharoah at the Upside Down Pyramid(Fantasy Forest Zone).

Teamwork table board game whereby we need to team up with 4 people and then try to roll the metal ball from the starting point into the centre hole with teamwork along the maze @ Upside Down Pyramid.

A kiddy and adult ride. Zugo's Crystal Quest @ Fantasy Forest Zone.
We even spotted a senior citizen lady and uncle sitting on this roller coaster. 

Variety of animals carousel @ Fantasy Carousel, Fantasy Forest Zone.

Red Baron @ Fantasy Forest Zone.
Looks like a kiddy plane ride but it was pretty fun as you get to choose when to fly higher, above the ground or lower by pressing the yellow button. You could get to honk like a kid too. ;)

The Frog Prince & I :)

Had our late lunch at Coral Kingdom.

Late lunch: Blueberry Velvet.
Remember to request for discount if you happened to go during this time. The guy forgotten to give us a 20% discount.

Sea-like decorations on the ceiling.

A huge Starship! It's actually a restaurant but yet to open.

It a sunny day! #nofilter
This Asteroid Attack is a thrilling ride where it could turn 360 degrees. We were supposed to try it out before we were stopped by the staff as he was concerned on our spectacles and belongings. For safety reason, you're not supposed to bring them along. Luckily he stopped us. Otherwise, we would have peed in our pants during the turning. LOL~

So real yet so unreal with the hugeeee Starship! #nofilter

Hyperspin! My kinda relaxing swinging coaster. #nofilter

Smurf Theatre.
A very much kiddy theatre for interacting with the kids. Apart than that, i love singing the Smurf song, "La la ....la la la la...la la la la la...la la..la la la la...la la la...la la.".

The Adventurous Bumper Blast @ Blast Zone. I love this although had to queue for like 1 hour.  The legal hit & run! hahaha~ The only time you could hit and then run without being committed of any offences.:P
They closed a few rides especially the Wormholes and Dream Zone. Thus, the crowd mainly will focus at certain rides at certain zones.

Our teabreak before leaving the place. With burning Hotdog and Coke Zero @ Pit Stop Cafe.
Inside here, the lady told us that we got to enjoy a 20% off because of our day pass ticket.

Before driving back at 8pm, we went to have our dinner, steamed chicken rice, beansprouts and fishballs and porkballs soup at Lou Wong, Ipoh! It is about equivalent with HotBowl's steamed chicken rice too, located in Penang. I approve of this. ;)

I journey back took additional 1hr 30min on top of our 2 hours drive. >.<

Live your dreams with Asia's 1st Animation Theme Park~

Verdict: It was a bright, sunny hot day at the first day of the soft-opening! Wish that there was a cold windy weather just like in Hong Kong and Britain during summer. hehe~ 

I would say that it was better than the Lost World of Tambun, Perak. Quite comparable to other international themeparks (of course, it is franchised from international la) but on a smaller scale. However, I still do prefer the large Alton Towers in Britain and Disneyland Hong Kong. However, maybe after all of the zones and rides have been fully operational, then we could review on it again. 

We didn't expect to have a delay at the ticketing counter when we presented our print out receipt as we pre-purchased out tickets from the online website. Anyway, the staffs seemed clueless to whether to let us pass the counter and they did discuss among themselves what to do next. Probably, as the day goes by, after this first few days incidences, they did realise and improve on this. Expect some technical errors happening to the rides and my Dream Zone that has more interesting thang inside was close on the first day (Casperrrr....where are you friendly ghost) T.T

Anyway, I felt awesome to be one of the first few thousands to get to enjoy the soft-opening of this theme park although not all zones are fully operational! 

I hope by the time when I'm back again, all other rides and zone that weren't operational have begun operating~

All in all, this theme park creates jobs opportunity for the locals, increases tourists visit to Perak state and also allows families and friends to live up to their dreams of having fun in here! Killing all 3 birds with 1 stone. ;D

How to get here:

MAPS 

@ Persiaran Meru Raya 3,

Bandar Meru Raya 3,

30020 Ipoh, Perak,

Malaysia.

Opening hours:

10:00 - 18:00 (Mondays to Fridays)

10:00 - 22:00 (Saturdays, Sundays, Public Holidays & School Holidays)

Baking with Jackie: No Baked Cheese Cake

Hola!
Want to have some cheese cake? It's either one needs to use money to buy it at the bakery shop or use your energy, heart and soul plus sweat (did it at the evening after working day. Seriously, halfway through, i felt like regretted not just getting a cake directly from the shop to make my life easier. ha ha~) to make it when you're just a noob at it. >.<

So, I wanted to make a no baked cheese cake for the boy on his birthday. Was so excited to make a cheese cake for him! Had many weird ideas in my mind. Hope it works smoothly yo!
Pre-planned like a couple of months ahead (even got him an advance birthday pressie, an electric grill -> LOL so that we could steamboat and grill whenever we want) on what ingredients to look for when I dropped by at the supermarket so that I won't missed out on the necessary ingredients at the last minute! ;)

Ingredients: Cream cheese 250g, whipped cream 200mL, a pack of Tiger milk biscuits, a can of S&W dark sweet cherries and half lemon juice. Don't forget your cake pan or aluminium foil cake mould. The foil is easier as I don't have to trouble myself transfering the cake when it's ready.

Here's the instructions:
1. Crush the #milkbiscuits & 4 tablespoonful of #cookingoil (substituted butter but not sure healthy or not. But eating cheese cake is already unhealthy anyway. LOL~) to make the base/ foundation of the cheese cake.
2. Beat the #whippedcream when it's cold and taken out directly from the refrigerator (did a huge mistake by thawing at room temperature for 1 hour together with my cream cheese >.< ) No wonder it took like ages to be whipped up and looked creamy. So much different than from the clips taught from the youtube channel. Supposed to take like ~5 min to whip it at a maximum speed with a mixer but i took around 30min and still leftover cream still looked like fresh milk plus my mixer was like almost heated up. In the end, some watery milk did splash out from my bowl onto the floor and some parts of the furniture too. I swear  this made me like giving up. fml~)🙈
3. Beat the room temperature #creamcheese, add half slice of squeezed #lemonjuice and 3-4 tablespoonful of #sugar according to preference. Beat them to homogenise the mixture.
4. Add the beaten whipped cream into the mixture and beat the mixture lightly to homogenise everything.

That is how the homogenised mixture looked like.

5. Pour the homogenised mixture onto the base and and even it on the mould. Place into the refrigerator for a couple of hours to chill it.
6. Open the can of #cherries and layer it on top of the #cheesecake to decorate the cake.

Decorate your cheese cake with cherries.

7. Refrigerate the cheese cake overnight before served! 🎂

Tada, Jackie's "ho liao" (yummy in the context for food) cherry cheese cake is ready!

Gave the boy a surprise by telling him to wait in the car after he dropped me back home at night. So, went to decorate the cake with the candles I bought it from DIY shop and lighted them up. 

As I was bringing it out and walking towards his car, due to the distance and wind, some candle lights got blown away. However, due to to having 13 lighted candles, the probability of having a few more lighted up is still high right. So, yeahh! :D

Happy Birthday, da boyyzzz~ 

I think I could say that he seemed surprise and was really happy over it. Plus, he said he loved the cake!

Cheers~

;)

Cooking with Jackie: How to Boil An Imitation Sharkfin Soup 😉

Boil the #water with #chicken bones, slices of #shiitakemushrooms #fishmaw fr an hour.

Get ready 3 tablespoonful of #cornstarch and dissolve it in water until homogenise. 

Add a pinch of #salt , #pepper , a teaspoonful of #thicksoyasauce to the boiling broth.

Take out the chicken bones and shred the pieces of meat frm the bones to add into the broth. 

Add the imitation defrozed sharkfin and stir the broth, add in the homogenised cornstarch and stir the broth and lastly add in 2 beaten eggs into the broth while it is boiling and stir gently.  Switch off the fire and serve the sharkfin broth or soup.

Garnish with some fried minced garlics, if needed. 

Tada! Yummy goodness golden soup on a rainy day! 😉

Feels so #cny 😅😆

Imitation shark fin made of seaweed!

                         

     Boil the #water with #chicken bones, slices of #shiitakemushrooms #fishmaw fr an hour.

When the broth is almost done! Looks alike like the one at the restaurant? ;)

Yummilicious bowl of soup or broth! Serve when it is still hot!

#jackiecanboil

Ushering in the Year of Fire Rooster 2017 🔥 🐓

A couple of months before welcoming the Chinese New Year 2017 (according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar), traditionally and as according to culture, we would do some spring cleaning around at our homes for the preparation, Cleaning away all those dust is believed to welcome more good luck in our homes. To add to it, cleaning those windows and put up new curtains. 

Something small fr the security guards, pak cik cleaners and auntie cleaners to quench their thirst in conjunction with #cny 2017 #mandarinoranges #packetdrinks How could I forget those simple and genuine smiles and cute waving from the pak cik cleaners everytime they saw me driving into the organisation. A colleague also came to tell me happily that some cleaners got mistaken and thanked her instead~ Indeed, I managed to make everyone happy in a way.  I don't expect anything in return for this purpose 😀

Happy Year of #Rooster 2017! 

Our lucky pick #toyvendingmachine#softtoy costed us rm3 with only 2 games a few weeks before ushering in the new year with ah boy's luck.  😘🐓😍 Playing this kinda game could be at times addictive too~

Pretty purplish yellow hybrid of #daisies -like #chrysanthemum #plant in which I bought fr #cny decoration at home. 🌻 🌿

Not sure how long it would be able to sustain in a small pot after buying from the supermarket. I fancy supermarket pottery flowers can't last long. Maybe the flowers would love to be in an air-cond environment. >.<

My second #Yeesang#lousang of the year! 🎍🎋🎉🎆🎊

#success #health #wealth #prosperity #sushiking #precny #celebration#HappyChineseNewYear

Tossing to prosperity in all aspects: Heng ahhh, Ong ahhhh, Huat ahhhhh!!!!

A Japanese good luck charm. It is traditionally in red, different colours are used to signify good luck in different facets of life. 🎍🎋

#red fr #luck 

#pink fr #love

#yellow fr #business 

#white fr #achievements

On the Chinese New Year eve (27th January 2017), we will be preparing lil' steamboat reunion for our lil' family gathering during dinner. Some family may have bigger group, some may have a smaller group, just like us :) However, our food preparation may look like serving a whole group of giants with a big appetite! hahaha~
Around noon, I helped my mommy to put up the red cloth above the main entrance door to usher in the new year at midnight. I believe that every single Chinese in the world does that for their homes, regardless of whether they are Buddhist or Christian. ;)

After dinner, if there were to have any floors that are dirty, sweep and mop it up before the clock strucked 12am as on the 1st day of Chinese New Year, we are banned from sweeping and mopping the floors to avoid luck from getting out from our home.

Steamboat preparation by mommy is in progress~

Our lil' reunion fr #cny 🍻🍜

#steamboat (soup was pre-boiled with pork bone broth) #reunion 

#precny 🎋🎍🎉 #HappyChineseNewYear #FireRooster 🔥🐓

#fishballs #crabballs #cuttlefish #prawns #greenvege #eggnoodles #tofuballs #friedgarlics #manyotherballs

Lil' giant me had this 3 rounds! :D :D :D

Trying out this #wheatbeer #1664 #France #kronenbourg#precny #FireRooster #2017
Note: Almost similar to Carlsberg taste, but more on a diluted side. Therefore, not so bitter.

#mandarinoranges is a must fr #cny (for praying to the deities aka Gods and for eating.

I don't fancy tis type of fruits 😅 #honeyponkan 🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊

Immediately clock strucked 12am (midnight- 1st day of CNY), we prayed to usher the Fire Rooster for the year 2017. 
This is also a custom and religion that mom followed each year, which is to pray to the Gods. 
We worship to God of Heaven, God of Prosperity, God of Kitchen and God of Soil Ground/ Floor Guardian. 
In general, we are Buddhist. But we are more towards the Hokkien culture who follow the Taoist worshiping.Complicated. Don't question ppl's religion! :P
#FireRooster #popipopi #LightgivesusHOPE

Chu yi (1st Day of CNY) which is today (as of 28th January 2017).
Snacking on this (US gift by the boy) while waiting for auntie and cousins to visit the parents! :)

Pesto for dinner, anyone?! ;)

1. Boiling the spiral pasta for about 8 min (add in a tablespoonful of cooking oil and half tablespoon of salt). Drain off the water after that.

2. Then, start cooking the chopped garlics with a tablespoonful of cooking oil. Add in prawns and cuttlefish (leftover from steamboats).
3. Next, open and put in the powdered premix pesto sauce and add a quarter to half cup of water and let it simmer at a medium fire. If it is too watery, add a teaspoon of cornstarch to make the sauce sticky.  Add in a teaspoon of sugar to taste.

4. Switch off the fire from the stove and add in the boiled pasta and toss to mix.

Finally got to find this #Belgian #Belgium #wheatbeer#hoegaarden #hoegaardenrosee#raspberries at places like #tesco 

It was previously sold at limited bar places. 

#happyhour #cnyday1 

Well, it's slightly sweet with fruity berry taste. Thus the raspberries flavour. Alcohol content is also not high, only 3%! Ah boy said ribena alcohol though. But not really that ribena flavoured! 

I love this way better than other fruity alcohol drinks that I've tried.

Cheers~ 🍻

Gong Xi Fa da Chai!

Keong Hee Huat Chai!

Xin Nian Kuai Le!

Happyyyyy Chinese New Year 2017!

*cock cock cock cock* ;)

#prosperityinallaspects