FuturArc Award Presentation in KL – Day 2

We woke up at 6 in the morning as we had to get ready for breakfast before checking out the room at 7.30am...supposingly.

In the room before leaving

When we checked-in a day before, the receptionist told us that we could either have our breakfast in the on the ground floor cafe, or at the 17th floor executive lounge but the menu will be quite limited.

So having the chance to stay in an Executive Floor, of course we chose the executive lounge. Furthermore we don’t need many choices for our menu as the time is quite rush for us before leaving to the convention centre.

One thing of having our breakfast in the lounge was that there were not many people and therefore we didn't have to queue for the food. And hey, they even have yogurts!

Having breakfast in the Executive Lounge

After breakfast and checkin-out the hotel we left for Sime Darby Convention Centre which is just about 10 minutes away. We were told by one of the staff in charge to be there at 8am but we reached there 15 minutes later. No worry! Cuz according to the schedule, the forum was supposed to start at 8.30am and it started about an hour later.

There were many speakers invited to attend and present during the forum. One of them is a famous Malaysian architect, Ken Yeang. Others included Dr, Deo Prasad (Australia), Dr. Nilman Kishnani (Singapore)m Ulf Meyer (Germany) etc.

Sime Darby Convention Centre

The folder each of us got, with a latest copy of FuturArc in it

Outside the seminar room

Some exhibition from Autodesk, Philips, Kholer etc.

This toiletbowl costs RM20,000!

Us with our presentation board (most bottom)

Other award winners' works

Before the forum started

Umbrella-liked lightings

Dr. Ken Yeang giving presentation on Green Building

The most precious photo of the day, with Dr. Ken =)

During the tea break

Opps, gotcha =p

Then it was lunch time, we were asked to go to the room next door and find our table according to the tag given to us earlier. To our suprise, we were actually invited to one of the VIP tables. There were 10 seats per table but only 5 of us and 1 other guy on our table. Which means we will be eating a bigger portion of the dishes. Wahaha...Jenny must be very happy! =p

The menu included: sze chuan soup, steamed siakap, buttered prawns (I ate at least 3!!), chicken with lemon sause, fried rice etc. It's all worth it.

The dining hall

This is the only guy who shared the table with us

Paying attention to him

During the lunch there were some interval breaks for speech and a presentation. I found out a very familiar face in the hall and managed to ask Jenny secretly snapped some photos of him. Hehe.

The award presentation for the top 10 architect firms in Malaysia

This guy really look alot like Mr Bean. Hehe =p

After the meal, we continued the forum and that was the time I felt very sleepy. I woke up so ealry in the morning and had to stay until around six in the evning. Chiou Yann just dozed off while one of the speakers was presenting.

Next was the awards ceremony where all of us suddenly became so fresh again. At first, they annouced all the winners and their categories and prizes except for the Malaysian ones. They kept it for the last.

There were only three Malaysians winners overall. Most of the other winners are from NUS Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. So Tiong represented the group to receive the award, which was a certificate from FuturArc. A S$6000 worth of Autodest Revit software license was given later off the stage. And there will be a two-days lesson of training in Singapore, at any days of our choice. As well as a two-year subscription to FuturArc journal.

All of us with our certs presented by the managing director of FuturArc, Thor Kerr

Miss Antara passing Tiong the Autodesk product

She's a nice lady and promised to bring us shopping in Singapore

Each of us will get one soon when we attend the training in Singapore

Last program of the day, Q&A session

After everything finished, we went to meet one member of the panel of jury, Dr. Deo Prasad to ask for some comments on our entry and chat a little bit. He was suprised to find out that we were only a second year student. Cuz according to him, normally most of the winners are from their final year in the course.

Having some small chat

We then headed to Ulu Langat for dinner. I brought them to this place called Lookout Point where it is located on top the hill and from there there is a stretch of KL view to enjoy. It was my 3rd time there and it wasn't that windy compared to the last time I came with Khong Jin.

But anyhow, I'm sure they enjoyed the view at night. Only at night! cuz in the morning in the city is all haze and smoke. KL is so polluted wei! Must learn how to be sustainable and greeeen already.

Some pics from Lookout Point:

The sky is...

...getting darker..

..and darker

Group photo. I like the beam shine from the 'jagung'

FuturArc Award Presentation in KL – Day 1

At 10.30am we departed UTM in Tiong’s PGU and we stopped at the Restoran Jejantas in Malacca for toilet and meal break.

During the journey

Han Chee and Jenny

Having our meal in A&W's

Became Hang Jimmy

Bought some nuts

And somebody became pregnant

We arrived at Eastin hotel around 2.30pm. It is located in Damansara area and there are many office blocks around. We were given two deluxe rooms on the Executive floor, which is on the highest floor. All sponsored by the organizer, BCI Asia. It is my first time staying in such luxury 4-stay hotel stay and what’s even great was that there are some privileges for guests who stay on the executive floor.

Reaching the hotel

We thought this is the hotel, in fact it's an office block

We stayed on the 18th floor

The moment we came out the lift at the 18th floor (the highest), there was a Presidential Suite on our left side. At first I thought that we have to access the door first in order to enter the corridor leading to our rooms so I quickly insert my room card in the slot but it wasn’t accessible. I tried again and the door still couldn’t open.

Suddenly Han Chee saw another corridor on the other side which connects to our room and I knew that I was opening the wrong door. The door that I was trying to access is the ACTUAL Presidential Suite. Shit, so paiseh la! I wonder what will happen if suddenly some VVIP (eg. Backstreet’s Boys) open the door and saw all of us trying to ‘sneak’ into their room -_-“

Anyway, Tiong and I stayed in room 1806 where we shared a King-sized bed and the girls’ room was just opposite ours. They have three single beds. The room is very spacious I tell you. The toilet is bigger than the usual one where the shower, bath tub and WC are separated. It has an iron and an iron board, FREE internet connection, and I think the TV has surround system. Plus all the switches and air temperature are operated digitally. So chun lal! Or maybe I was just being ‘jakun’.

Tiong and my room

The girls' room opposite

Me

Camwhoring in the bathroom

Camwhoring everywhere

Jenny putting on the robe

Tiong

The view from my room. The convention centre that we will be going is just straight across

Enjoying the WIFI

After settling our stuff and got ourselves rested, we left the rooms at 5pm and went around exploring the place. First we went to the Executive Lounge which was just 1 floor below and it is only accessible by guests who stay on the Executive Floor.

Never have I been to any lounge at any place. The place was just sooo nice and comfortable! They have a TV area, books and magazines corner, free computer usage with free internet access and it also a small dining area, only for guests on Executive Floor! For the first time I feel so grand and pampered in my life staying in a hotel.

In the lounge

The pool area

The lobby

For dinner, Tiong brought us to a place at Bukit Bintang area. It was a Thai restaurant located beside the Lot 10 and the Coronade Hotel. We reached there at about 6 but the staff was still mopping the floor so he asked us to come later. And so we went to Lot 10 to shop for a while and Tiong bought a discounted cardigan at the Top Shop.

We headed back to the restaurant, called Green Lotus. The price was not that expensive for a single person set. I ordered a Bangkok Set and it costs about RM19++. The Tom Yam is highly recommended. It was super duper damn really good!!! And the dishes were not bad either. The place is located at the back alley of Lot 10 and it is at the ground floor of the old residential flat. Not very difficult to locate.

Tom Yam soup

Bangkok set

After dinner, it’s shopping time! We went to Starhill Gallery and Pavilion since the girls never been there before. And we also pay a visit to their washroom in Starhill. It is a must-not-missed visit spot for every tourist in KL. Hehe.

The female toilet

I met Lee Keng at the Pavilion as she just finished her work. Basically we just looked and walked around the place. Tiong wanted to buy underwears but there weren’t any suitable for him. Before leaving Pavilion, we went to the lower floor and bought a dozen of doughnuts at J.Co! The queue was not very long at that time. Yeah, I miss their doughnuts…

All of us were very tired and kinda sleepy already. And so we went back to the hotel. To our surprise, the house keeping staff left some fruits for us in the room. Wah lau yeh! That is really nice of them =)

Bananas and apple

J.Co!!

I like...

Before that we were discussing about going for clubbing in Rush but since all of us were tired already, the plan didn’t work out. Both Tiong and I went straight to bed without having our bath while the three girls took their turn indulged themselves in the bath tub. They sure know how to enjoy themselves.

Next, an exciting yet a tiring day…