Last Saturday, some of us woke up early and some not so early for a futsal session in Subang with the hosts of Castrol Football Crazy! Put together by ESPN/Castrol/Advertlets, it was a great time for 20 bloggers and some staff. That’s us bloggers below!

The warmup session before the match. It started with some normal warmup moves then got weird towards the end, with host JD leading us to gyrate sexily and more. Haha.

Team A

Team B (which I was in)

And no picture of Team C, lol. Jason say they too lansi to take picture. Haha.

One of the highlights of the match was a ball hitting Dan Khoo’s balls. It hurt a while, but we believe he’s okay, and that this will have no long term impact on his fertility.

They say when a man gets hit in the balls, the impact is so hard that other men around it can feel it too.

Here are some of the sexy bloggers that were there too…

Other injuries that day included Michelle (middle) being hit in the face by a ball kicked by Bryan. He was red carded, lol.

Referees Adam C & JD gave out plenty of unnecessary red and yellow cards, all as part of the show (It’s Castrol Football Crazy after all). Some of the more hilarious reasons included:

Azrin (Group B) : Azrin got a yellow card for calling Adam C a “referee kayu” . During the half time.

Ewin (Group A) : Ewin got a RED card for not scoring a simple goal.

Bryan (Group C) : Bryan got a RED card for kicking the ball at Michelle’s face.

Jason (Group A) : Jason saved the ball from an attempt from group B and they got awarded a penalty. What? And so many more cards given without any fouls.

And the lovely Castrol girls. I found out later on, that I already have one of them on Facebook.

There was a tweet wall too…over 130 tweets in those few hours!

And here’s some celebrity gossip about the hosts of Castrol Football Crazy.

First off…

JD’s real name is Jason Donovan, like the 80’s singer. Kidding.

His real name is Jason Desmond CHIN. Yes, he is part Chinese. JD is best known as part of “JD and Dilly” on Red FM. He is currently single, and looking. You can look him up on Facebook.

Adam C’s full name is Adam Johan Carruthers is also part Chinese, part Malay, part English and part monkey. Hahah. I used to stay be Adam’s housemate - so let me tell you this juicy piece of gossip - he drinks a lot…of ginger ale. Haha.

Below, is JD drawing on himself.

Later on, there was other games: football juggling, and a shoot out challenge. Below is Vernon shortly after he lost control of the ball:

That’s me below, with Adam defending. Do  you think the ball reached? Tune in to find out! (Showtimes at the end of the post)

You can see us on air on…Castrol Football Crazy on February 3rd and 10th to watch all the ball-kicking fun we had with Adam C and JD!

Castrol Football Crazy airs every Thursday at 8pm only on ESPN, Channel 812. Also, go and Like the official Castrol Football Crazy Facebook page!

This was our first project with Castrol, and we at Advertlets look forward to collaborating on more crazy events soon. Lastly, I leave you with a picture of Elvina Chua, part of the Advertlets Team and one of our new bloggers Elvina would like to remind you: “Remember to fill up with Castrol the next time you service your car!”

The Kuala Lumpur party boy has returned. After an absence from blogging for about a month…AYAM BEG!! (read it out loud).

It is important to note that EVERYTHING in this blog post here happened within the same day. And was written, photographed, edited and uploaded on the same day too. This is my first post of 2011, and I resolve to be more consistent with my blog updates in future, have many pretty pictures for you, exercise regularly, all in addition to being more of an Epic Lim.

First off earlier in the day, met Bridgette Liberty Yu of pillowtalkpromises at Bangsar Shopping Centre for a discussion. Her friend, JT, a Youtube travel vlogger was there too.

Also managed to meet up with a client at the same venue to collect the below gift. Thanks to Holiday Villa for the first CNY gift of the year! Do fan the Holiday Villa page and consider Holiday Villa Group Of Hotels & Resorts for all your accomodation needs

After that - it was time to head over for the Miss Universe Malaysia 2011 Revelation Press Conference, where Malaysia’s selected representative for 2011 would be announced.

I don’t usually get to shoot 3 beauty queens on the same day, but today was an exception. Btw, Advertlets was the online partner for Miss Universe Malaysia 2010, and will continue this year too

The thing with Deborah Priya Henry is that she’s incredible to shoot. It is SO HARD to get a bad shot of her. Honestly I can see why the public was so supportive and the judges that she should be the one to represent Malaysia today.

Met my friend Janis there too at the press conference. Love her tattoo. Don’t stare too long though, she’ll kill you.

Later in the night, there was the unveiling party :) I realize I look rather pretty in this photo below. Bloggers in the picture are Naomi (in the background, white outfit), of naomitham.blogspot.com, and Magdeline Wang (black dress, right hand side) of mag-a-licious.blogspot.com

Serena C was the host for the night.

Lavinne & Fay Hokulani. I like how her name sounds like a drink. Like “OMG, I had so many Fay Hokulanis last night!’

‘mag-a-licious’ Magdeline Wang with Deborah Priya Henry. Notice they are the same height. I will make a prediction - Magdeline Wang will qualify as a finalist, if not win Miss Universe Malaysia 2012 History would have taught you that hot girls usually appear on this blog before winning titles. After all, Yvonne Sim was on this blog too, 1 year before she was FHM Girl Next Door 2010.

A woman loudly exclaimed “I want to take a picture with Miss Universe Malaysia!”

She had a very strong resemblance, and I asked her “Aren’t you like, her sister?”. And she said, “Yes!”.

They really look similiar. If Deborah Priya Henry doesn’t win this year, I suggest we send her clone sister in the next few years.

And below. Please forgive the stupid chinaman grin I have. The lady with the nice hair and incredibly sharp nose is Patricia Sue Lin Knudsen, one of the potential candidates for this year’s Miss Universe Malaysia 2011 as well. Personally I would have liked her to have been selected.She looks like an exact mix of a Asian and European features. She’s from Denmark btw.

Looking at Patricia from different angles gives you a different impression of her ethnicity. Evolution dictates that the further away samples from the gene pool, the better the results. That’s why Pan-Asians are so hot, and people who marry their cousins produce ugly children. This only reinforces my decision to one day marry a Brazillian supermodel, or perhaps, hire one to spawn my future child.

Anyway, back to the topic - the major pageants (World, Universe) are all about women who are tall. As the average height for contestants from other countries is 5′10. Which is unfortunate. I personally would like there to be a pageant for women below 5′5. There used to be a Miss Malaysia Petite pageant, but it was discontinued. Serious. I think it’s a great idea. Last year’s Miss Universe Malaysia 2010 2nd runner up, Vera Hui was excellent - great features, build and speaking skills, but given that she was 5′4, 2nd runner up was the furthest she could go.

Trivia: Did you know? The last Miss Malaysia Petite was Hannah Tan. The pageant was discontinued after that.

Onward….

Have you heard of “Yew Han Baker?” No, it’s not a bakery run by a Chinese man It’s the guy on the right, below. Nice chap that I’ll hopefully be shooting again soon, together with the rest of his pop-rock band.

Dynas Mokhtar was there too.

Deborah Priya Henry OMG so pretty.

Pat, below, runs things at this club. Let this be an example to you that you don’t need to have typical Chinese girl long hair to look good. She looks great with this short crop, which she informed me she had just done recently.

Magdeline Wang is gonna be famous someday

Meanwhile, Nadine Ann Thomas, Miss Universe Malaysia 2010…was today revealed as an aspiring hip hop DJ currently under the Kartel label of Joe Flizzow.

Fo shizzle ya’ll.

Below is Hafiz of CuteCarry.com, fashion blogger and Kee Hua Chee, celebrity journalist were there at the party too. Here they are in their fabulous outfits.

Okay. After that it was onward to the next party at The Hill…which is…wait for it…wait for it…ON A HILL!

I was there for the Moet Hennessy Diageo Media Appreciation Night. MHD is a conglomerate that may sound familiar to you. That’s because they are the parent brand for Hennessy, Belvedere, Johnnie Walker, Bailey’s, Glenmorangie, Smirnoff, Moet & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot & more!

Mag followed along for the second party of the night

Nadia Heng (Miss World Malaysia 2010), her friend Cassandra, & Roen, who is one of the owners of The Hill.

Big time taiko Jason Ong of mynjayz.com was there too. Damn stylish right his samfu. He must have really good taste, or the person that picked the outfit for him has.

Each guest was given chips to use for the card games in a “casino” with “baccarat” and “blackjack”. Those with the most chips at the end of the night won prizes.

There was also a very entertaining “beer pong” game, played with liqour of course.

I don’t know who this girl is, but she is very photogenic.

Helenness Chong is looking stylish with her Takashi Murakami Louis Vuitton bag.

Erica Ting does her ‘ting’.

And then there’s this random person below la.

Last stop for the night was Devi’s Corner for some Maggi and teh ais

Lastly, here’s yet another picture of Deborah Priya Henry, our new Miss Universe Malaysia 2011!

Last Friday, I went with blogger Magdeline “Mag-a-licious” Wang to check out the launch of Che Che New York’s new Hello Kitty collection. You may remember the first post here where I previously covered another launch.

Che Che caters to a female audience, so there nothing that I could possibly use myself, but it was a good opportunity to take some happy colourful shots. What do you think of the pics? Personally I think they are quite tastefully done, incorporating the ‘kawaiiness’ of Hello Kitty with the chic style of Che Che New York. Something I would use if I were a girl. Or a ‘fabulous’ guy, if you get what I mean. Colors are mostly from the palette of white, brown, black and pink.

I met Megan Tan, the 8TV Quickie host! (Now I’ve met all of the 8TV Quickie hosts, ahah!)

And in case you’re wondering, I asked her if it’s a good time to be a “Megan”. Please don’t do the same, I’m sure she gets asked it all the time.

Look familiar?

Pic above (from left):

Michie Kin of fashion brand “The Kins”, Natacha Meuneir (wrote about her here previously), Bridgette Liberty Yu, Winnie Loo (of A Cut Above fame), Lavin Seow, Leng Yein (you may know her from the giant marriage proposal billboard that was put up near Tropicana City Mall, or her many pictures).

The models were from Seventeen Magazine featured models, if I remember correctly, as the collection is catered to younger females.

And more pictures from the collection -

Cute, kan?

Anyway, if you wish to check it out, Che Che New York is located at:

Che Che New York Boutique
G-42, Ground Floor

Mid Valley Megamall
Tel: 03-2282 8619

Fanpage: http://bit.ly/checheNY (Malaysia)

Visit Magdeline’s blog for another take on the event!

Super overdue But anyway, here are the photos from MTV World Stage 2010. Since you’ve probably seen all the pictures of the artists by now, I’ll just show some of the people I met along the way Thanks to Celcom for the tickets to the After Party, and thanks to Sony for use of the Sony NEX (all pictures were shot with the NEX-3 with kit lens).

First off, we have Wai Yan camwhoring on the way there…

Who’s cuter?

And…upon arriving.

That’s XOXO, Malaysia’s first English girl pop group. Or rather, 3/4 of them. You can check out their fan page here If the girl to the right looks familiar, it’s because you saw her in these posts - Dalvin Parsh was a Miss Universe Malaysia 2010 finalist. Here’s another shot of them.

And…

On the right is Zher from the 8TV Quickie. A skinny, bubbly girl

With the Advertlets Bloggers: Samantha Kong, Jeremy Choy, Jason Ong, Xiangcool, Azrin, Jon YKT.

And of course…me and the Wonder Girls They were walking around in the crowd, but wearing masks to avoid being spotted. I was lucky to spot them.

Here are a few more shots of them on stage. Standing in the crowd, these are the best shots I could get.

Me and Joanne Kay. My favourite local celebrity lookalike

Female bloggers with VJ Utt and VJ Holly.

With more bloggers posing at the MTV World Stage photobooth.

Lastly, me and all the MTV VJ Hunt finalists 2010.

From left: Dawn Balagot (Philippines), Kylie Chapman (Malaysia), Alice Yu (Indonesia), Ali Agus Ardie (Indonesia), me, Holly Grabarek (Indonesia).

Check it out: Advertlets Bloggers & friends at the recent Hennessy Artistry 2010 finale party at the Mines!

Trying out something new here. This was taken by me with a Sony NEX-3, and edited with iMovie (was my first time using the software, took me about 2 hours to edit this). Lighting is a bit bad in some spots, as no additional lighting was used. Hope you like it though!

Regrets:
- Did not capture all the artists/bloggers
- Did not capture MYSELF (argh, how could I forget)

If you wish to tag your friends, the video is here on Facebook: Advertlets Facebook Page - Videos - Hennessy Artistry 2010 Finale with Advertlets Bloggers & Friends

Comments and feedback are welcome!

Every now and then, there will be a post here that doesn’t involve clubbing or alcohol. Wait a minute, it’s a chinese wedding, so there’s definitely alcohol! Anyway, I was especially happy to attend, this being the second blogger wedding I’ve been to in my lifetime. This time, it was the wedding of Advertlets Bloggers Wilson Ng & Rachel Ting, who both write on placesandfoods.com

We at Advertlets were happy to be there From left: Jason Ong, Hanie Hidayah, Josh Lim

Yes, the bubble wrap casing is cute, isn’t it? Ai Li is fascinated with the iPad …if she gets one, she can call it her AiPad

You’ll notice that the photos look slightly different. First time using a Nikon D300 with speedlight on this blog, it was Jason Ong’s camera. Most of these shots here are by me, although Jason took a few too.

Chinese weddings always have awesome food. This was the opening dish:

Unfortunately I forgot to snap the rest, too busy eating…

A big group shot of our table…all bloggers one. Okay, well, 80% la.

Got this good shot of Jason Ong yam-seng-ing.

Got this at the right moment as they were popping the champagne Only wish the other photographer weren’t in the way…

The one on the right is not Hannah Tan, it is none other than Joanne Kay

I like how the groomsmen wore Mexican wrestler masks.

First wedding I’ve been to where the opening song before the bride and the groom came in was the “Transformers theme” followed by a WWE Wresting Anthem….then the ‘proper’ here comes the bride song. Interesting.

Below: Wilson & Rachel walking in…

Lastly to end the post - some of Wilson & Rachel’s really hot friends!

Lastly, remember to visit www.placesandfoods.com/wedding. If you have 3D glasses, you can view the wedding pics in 3D. Yes, 3D wedding pics. All in all it was one of the most fun weddings I ever attended, and I like how they did quite a few things differently. Gives me some ideas for my own wedding. Which won’t be too soon la

Thanks to Warner Brothers, we recently had our FIRST 3D screening! It was none other than Legend Of The Guardians, The Owls Of Ga’hoole. It’s based on a set of popular children’s books, but you don’t need to know that.

Interestingly enough, I really wanted to watch it as it was directed by the same guy (Zach Snyder) who directed ‘300′ and ‘Watchmen’…this is his animation debut. Also, the soundtrack features one of my favourite artists…Owl City Amazingly appropriate.

My date for the movie was Jessy…a deep-dimpled friend I haven’t seen in a while and a new blogger (she just started a few days ago). Here she is, making our Advertlets preview screening tickets look good

Here are some shots of the blogger crowd prior to the screening…

As is customary…a group pic of us after the screening.

On the movie itself…I think the owls were translated to screen very nicely. Left: real life owl. Right, animated owl.

To sum up the movie, it’s kind of like Lord Of The Rings meets Happy Feet with the slow motion and orange/blue/red stylings of ‘300′ (same director)…all with owls.The film’s running time is 1 hour 30 minutes, which is just about right. A tad slow in the first half, but the second half is definitely enjoyable. The Australian accents feel a bit odd at times - given that most of us are used to American/British accents, but after a while you get used to it, and it does match their characters.

I don’t know about you, but I didn’t quite like the way the Bahasa Malaysia subtitles jumped out at you - can we petition the Malaysian government NOT to make the subtitles pop out, and have them ‘flat’? The owls are cute. You could hear the cinema going “awwww” when the baby owl appeared. Your kids would want the buy the soft toy versions of the owls.

I wouldn’t quite call it a kiddy movie though - there is some good fight scenes, some violence, although there’s no blood and there is definitely some owls that die (at least 2). Don’t worry, won’t spoil it for you which owls die. It feels suitably dark in some places, and the story is deep enough for an adult to enjoy, but its definitely something you can bring your kids to enjoy.

Soundtrack wise, I would have preferred a less orchestral score, and more ‘indie/pop/guitars’ route that the trailer took (the trailer had a very good song from the band ‘30 Seconds To Mars’. Hanie was dissapointed that it didn’t appear in the film. There’s one particularly memorable part where the Owl City song “To The Sky” comes in, a foot tapping-ly happy song written specially for the film.

Humour wise, there are a few good laughs, but don’t expect a laugh a minute comedy. It’s an epic tale, with owls. I can honestly say that I got goosebumps in a few of the more dramatic moments. All in all, a good film to watch in 3D, and it’s definitely one of the better animated films to come out this year together with ‘Toy Story 3′ and ‘Despicable Me. ‘

In conclusion: I watch a lot of films (about 2-3 a week on average, and my tastes are pretty varied), so if I enjoyed it you probably will too Overall:

Pros: Animated owls are cute and appealing. Inspirational story. Can be enjoyed by kids and adults.

Cons: Title is too long and prone to confusion (Legend Of the Owls? Legend of Ga’hoole? etc). Soundtrack could be less orchestral. Australian accents are odd.

And…

About the crazy coincedence mentioned in the title…I twitpic-ed this a couple of days back. The chances of a picture of a movie about owls getting a randomly generated URL with the word owl in it is…like…1 in 500,000? Wow. I couldn’t believe it. Either that or Twitpic is becoming self aware, kind of like how Facebook is now creepily detecting faces and suggesting you tag them.

This post is missing something before I conclude it…

Maybe some funny pictures of owls?

Oh, right. You probably want another pic of Jessy. There you go

Post ends!