Josh Lim in Seoul, Korea! Part 2: Seoul Tower, HD Smoking & More!
Advertlets, Korea, Parties & Events, Travelling July 23rd, 2010
Let’s start this post in reverse chronology. The past few days have seen me exploring around Seoul as well as attending the various networking events organized by the Seoul Promotion Program. There was quite a memorable trip to the Seoul N Tower - Seoul’s version of the KL Tower 
It was really quite beautiful - I’ll be writing a full post on it later, but here are some previews:
The reception:
Me with some really lovely Korean ladies. Yes, most of them do look pretty damn good. The pop culture samples you’ve seen (eg Wonder Girls, Girls Generation, Hyori Lee, etc) isn’t quite too far off from the reality. I am…shocked. But pleasantly.
A picture at the peak with me, Rebecca, Jin Sook (an SPP representative) as well as a good looking dude from Canada.
Before the trip to the tower, we had dinner by the lakeside -
Awesome view of the lake from the restaurant balcony:
A Korean jazz band played as entertainment. Lead singer was really stunning. Reminded me of a Korean movie I’ve seen where the heroine somehow sings with a jazz group in a bar. Damn I forgot the title though.
The day before that was also another networking night - panorama shot!
Seoul’s night skyline is…surreallistically beautiful.
Malls are heavily populated even late at night:
Lastly here are some interesting Seoul quirks…a special pillow menu at the hotel I was staying, Coex Intercontintal Hotel!
Energy drinks you can’t find anywhere else:
And this last one is…like…wow. I usually smoke Kent, but I guess the only way you can smoke Kent in High Definition is in Korea
More soon! Seoul N Tower really deserves its own post, it will be up too!
Josh Lim in Seoul, Korea! Part 1: The 14th Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF 2010)
Advertlets, Korea, Parties & Events, Travelling July 21st, 2010
Quick post. I’m currently writing this from the COEX Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul, Korea. I’m here on a sponsored trip from MDEC for business matching - Malaysian + Korean businesses. Anyway, it was a long flight (6+ hours) and I just touched down today at 7AM. I then spent most of the rest of the day walking around the Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF 2010). Here goes! (pics are fresh, just from 2 hours ago!)
The Bandai booth was pretty impressive: Robots, promoters and all!
Don’t know who this guy is, but he’s cute
Me testing out a cool Augmented Reality thing. Hold up the postcard to the webcam (the postcard has a special printed bar code on it), and it will ‘project’ images. Cool thing is that it changes perspective according to how you move and angle the card.
Another cool thing I tried was a gesture based navigation system. It was built by the guy demoing it in the picture below. It’s kind of like a Nintendo Wii controller thing (move your hand left and right/up and down) to effect what goes on screen. However, it’s without having a physical controller
This is Won Hee who explained to me about the system. Happy to have met someone that speaks English fluently all the way over here Apparently, she studied abroad!
I think most of you would be familiar with Domo-kun…
If you didn’t already know, Samsung is from Korea. They have quite a massive presence in Seoul, I saw Samsung Galaxy S ads…4 times! on the way from the airport to the hotel. You probably know their products well enough, so this is a picture of the pretty girl at the booth…
A motion capture thing (It’s how they plot out character animations in films such as Avatar). They are waving some sticks that translate to movement on screen. More on that later.
Lastly I leave you with an angry chicken figurine and his friends.
More soon! There’s a welcome party for Malaysian and international delegates tonight that I gotta get ready for. Should be fun. Stay tuned for more, I aim to blog daily/live if I can
A night out at Rootz…
Advertlets, Celebrities, Parties & Events July 9th, 2010
Last weekend was awesome, this particular night being one of them. After viewing the Argentina vs Germany match at Ecoba, a couple of us headed down to Rootz. That’s Sabrina, my date for the night who got a rare night off. You’ll notice that these photos look slightly different from the ones usually - that’s because I was test driving the new Sony NEX, on loan from Sony.
Regarding the photos, the aspect ratio in particular is interesting, I think it’s 16:9 (widescreen, like movies) instead of the usual 4:3 ratio. This photo was taken on the way to Rootz. Colors turned out quite nice - this is near Maison btw. Generally the cam performs quite well under low lighting, but I’m still learning the settings to get everything in focus (you’ll notice that some pics are blurry).
So then after we arrived at Rootz…That’s Sabrina, Donovan (a new addition to Advertlets, and a Facebook newbie too) and his friend Yenny.
Yenny seemed quite shy, but she seemed to be very well prepared to pose in the background even while I took a pic of Sabrina.
Met Darynne there as well.
The lovely Cay Kuijpers was there too!
Josiah (who you may remember from here) was there too.
And to end off this post, some eye candy for the girls, courtesy of Josiah:
More clubbing pics soon! It seems my clubbing nights are just getting better and better…practice makes perfect perhaps
Tweet and win this World Cup 2010 with Astro Bplayer!
Advertlets, Sharing July 7th, 2010
So there’s this new thing - the Astro Bplayer that we recently got to find out about through our first campaign with Astro. To launch it, they’ve got some very exclusive content that definitely has an audience…the World Cup 2010!
I can say that I haven’t always been an avid football fan, but this World Cup has definitely been of a lot more relevance, and I’ve found myself watching a lot more football, whether it’s at Kayu Nasi Kandar, Ecoba, Movida or even the Terrace Bar at Zouk…or just at home at my computer on Astro Bplayer! Especially since there are a record number of Asian teams in the World Cup this time. Well, they’ve all been eliminated now, but they were Japan, South Korea & North Korea (who got absolutely humiliated).
Here’s a short overview of the Asian teams in the World Cup (they are all out, but still, it’s a good read)
(That’s me in my Nike Team Korea jersey. Yes, I don’t know enough about football to form a decision, so I’m supporting the teams that somewhat look like us…)
Me in my Team Korea jersey. Yes, that's Lien from here :)
As someone working in marketing, I think its very cool that Astro is doing this - especially since World Cup broadcast rights are not easy to get (Singapore nearly didn’t get the World Cup rights this year!), and this is definitely a very good ‘preview’ to potential Astro customers. If you’re a Maxis customer like myself, you get special benefits (you get to watch even more live matches), make sure you link your account - here’s how you do it.
If you're a Maxis subscriber, do this! :)
Basically you can watch it from anywhere with an internet connection and a browser. I’m using Chrome btw. No special software required, but you do have to install the Microsoft Silverlight player (Microsoft’s answer to Flash - which actually does a better job of video streaming). From the URL bar, the videos are loaded from Akamai HD - which is a broadband video delivery platform.
Full screen shot of the Astro Bplayer. Notice that I have also blurred out my Chinese name on top, ahaha!
It streamed pretty well on my Streamyx connection (I’m just using a simple 1MB package), and I must say that it seems to have quite a smart adaptive technology - I turned on some heavy downloads (using up about 80-100KBps), and immediately the video quality dropped but the framerate remained
pretty consistent.
It’s free to watch for now, so make sure you drop by to check it out. You can also catch the recaps until the 18th of the month.
There’s a Twitter contest where you can win some really good prizes for watching while tweeting about the World Cup promoting Astro Bplayer along the way.
(Screenshot of instructions from the website)
Prizes include:
Prizes include a 42" LCD TV 3 laptops and RM100 movie vouchers (that's roughly 10 movies).
Give it a try. You never know if you might win it. I can’t join since I’m an Advertlets employee working on the campaign with Astro, but feel free to pass me the 42″ LCD TV if you win…
Back from the Toy Story 3 launch with Advertlets Bloggers!
Advertlets, Advertlets Bloggers, Parties & Events June 12th, 2010
Just a few hours ago, we Advertlets Bloggers attended the launch event and premiere screening of Toy Story 3, sponsored by TM at Mid Valley Megamall! It was quite a blast
The event started with an introduction by Azura, Disney Buzz host.
Followed by a short speech by TM Net CEO Jeremy Kung. TM was the presenting sponsor for the event.
Then, the CEO of Disney Malaysia came up.
Then of course, the highlight of the event: Woody & Buzz Lightyear!
The costumes were very well done as you can see from the pictures - I believe this were the official costumes imported from overseas.
Since everyone was shy to go up to take pictures, I went up first.
And of course, all the bloggers got to pose for an EPIC shot!
Leonard Chua on stage with girls (as usual…*shakes head*)
Representatives from Disney & TM.
And of course, camwhoring after the event!
From left - Advertlets Bloggers Dila Ariff, new recruit Kimberley Ng, Ridzuan Richie & Sham Hardy!
From left: Hanie Hidayah, Esther Ng, Josh Lim, Wai Yan & Yvonne Tham.
Stay tuned for more pics and my thoughts on the movie. After all, we did get to watch it ONE WHOLE WEEK earlier!!
Check out posts from other Advertlets Bloggers:
Nivea For Men Football Fever 2010 Challenge @ 1 Utama
Advertlets, Advertlets Bloggers June 8th, 2010
I was invited by Beiersdorf last weekend to check out a game that they are having at 1 Utama.
Beiersdorf is a global skin care company that you’ve probably never heard of - but you’ve definitely heard of Nivea, Eucerin and Hansaplast. I first got to know of the name of the group that handles all these brands when Advertlets started working with Eucerin.
The setup was done in conjunction with Guardian and other men’s grooming brands. Was quite a huge setup in 1 Utama.
The aerial view of the setup that I took from the 1st floor:
A huge crowd had gathered around the screens. This same crowd would not watch me play later…
More after the jump…
Back from the Sony NEX launch at Teeq with Advertlets Bloggers!
Advertlets, Parties & Events June 5th, 2010
Just yesterday, Advertlets Bloggers headed down to Teeq at the Lot 10 Rooftop to witness the launch of the new Sony Alpha NEX 3 and NEX 5!
Here are some pics:
Here’s a closeup of the exploded view of the Sony Alpha NEX. The Sony Alpha NEX is a prosumer camera that delivers DSLR quality in a compact body:
Here are some shots so you can see the size of it. It’s pretty compact - you can basically cover the whole camera with your hands (depending on how you hold it of course)
More soon, this is just a quick post, with the full post to follow soon!
Meantime, check out posts by other Advertlets Bloggers (you guys are fast!)
- http://www.smashpop.net/sony-alpha-nex-launch-event
- http://www.angelkein.com/2010/06/sony-alpha-nex-launch-event.html
- http://www.placesandfoods.com/2010/06/camera-for-travel-sony-nex-5-launch-at-teeq-brasserie-lot-10-malaysia.html
- http://whatthebunny.blogspot.com/2010/06/sony-nex-malaysia-launch.html
- http://www.jonykt.com/2010/06/sony-nex-launch-teeq-brasserie-lot10.html
- http://yasminetran.blogspot.com/2010/06/sony-nex-launch-event.html
- http://josh.my/2010/06/back-from-the-sony-nex-launch-at-teeq-with-advertlets-bloggers/
- http://meaningfool.blogspot.com/2010/06/invitation-sony-nex-launch-teeq.html
- http://mynjayz.com/2010/06/sony-alpha-nex-launch.html
Here’s something interesting…
I’m going to be arranging testing sessions for Advertlets Bloggers to try out the new Sony Alpha NEX.
Bloggers will be given testing priority by:
a) how soon their post about the event comes up
b) and…in order of them posting a comment on this post
Miss Universe Malaysia 2010 Gala Night (Part 4/4) After Party @ Aristo, Zouk Club
Advertlets, Parties & Events May 22nd, 2010
Here’s some pictures from the after party:
But first, some at the hotel lobby before heading down to Aristo @ Zouk, the official club of Miss Universe Malaysia 2010.
With Joey Hui and Dalvin Parsh:
And it was time to party!
Sarah partied by having a hot dog. Now that the pageant’s over, she can finally eat!
This photo is just hilarious:
This is Yvonne Tham.
She has small eyes, a small nose, and a big heart
Of course, at least one photo like this is necessary. I wish I knew all their names (there was free flow), but in the middle is my ex-schoolmate, and to the left of her is Sarah Yap, one of the pageant finalists.
Social media person Melvin Chan & Stephanie, a fan of Barsonic with nice dimples.
Datin Rebecca had lots of fun that night. Notice the outfit change.
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Josh goes to the Miss Universe Malaysia 2010 Gala Night! (Part 1/4)
Advertlets, Parties & Events May 19th, 2010
The Miss Universe Malaysia Gala Night was held recently at Royale Chulan on the 15th of May 2010, and I was there together with Advertlets Bloggers. Advertlets is the official partner for Miss Universe Malaysia 2010 this year, and so far we’ve been given very good access to the pageant events.
This is one of 4 posts about the event! (Too many pictures!)
As I had to look sharp (I was presenting the subsidiary title of Advertlets Best Blogger to one of the contestants), I bought a new suit that I’ve been eyeing a while. Surprisingly affordable and very worth it. It’s shiny and Korean popstar-styled
We were all dressed up! From left: Datin Rebecca Saw, Dato’ Brendan Lee, Puan Sri Hanie Hidayah
Me and industry friends as well as future beauty queens:
And of course, me and the ladies Connie from Sony, Catherine from True Fitness, Rebecca from Advertlets & Yvonne from Zoos Advertising.
Click read more to see me on stage…
A Night Of 3 Parties: Johnnie Walker Black Circuit, Emily Scott & Barsonic…
Advertlets, Advertlets Bloggers, Parties & Events May 4th, 2010
I don’t always go to three different parties in a night, but when I do, it’s good to share it here.
I first headed down to the Johnnie Walker Black Circuit Party at Ciao Restorante.
I brought along my Canon D1000 which I had just gotten recently.
Surprisingly, one of the first few people I saw there were Advertlets Bloggers - they were apparently contracted to take pics of the event. Didn’t know till then!
From left: ?? (will fill this in a bit), Eu Veng, and the Sony Alpha Gang: Bryan, Jason, Ewin.
Yes I know you guys damn pro, this photo above is too grainy, color balance out, etc etc. Will take some time to get as good as you guys k!
Got inside the venue…
There were plenty of drinks all night, it being a Johnnie Walker event and all…
Dot com guys in suits in the house (from left): Hong from The Malaysian Insider, Chak from Foldees and Josh from Advertlets (duh).
The ladies (Elena’s friend), and Elena Hong from Che Che New York which you may remember from this post.
Clubbing queen Vanessa Gan was there too…
This pic is too cute to pass up putting up here. Elena was very entertaining throughout the night.
Click for more party shots…
F1 Events, with Advertlets Bloggers & Tune Group!
Advertlets, Parties & Events April 13th, 2010
Recently, thanks to Tune Group, Advertlets bloggers got to attend two very cool events. First off was the Lotus F1 Launch event at Pavilion. We were invited thanks to Tune Money!
A massive setup at Pavilion KL.
My childhood hero Tun Dr Mahathir was there. Regret not getting to shake hands with him. Closest I got to proximity was about 2 metres thanks to extensive security and the crowd. Maybe one day. During my Datukship ceremony. Hopefully.
Advertlets + BloggerUnited Bloggers at Rebellz Launch @ Goddezz!
