Last Stop: I-City :)

Hoping for a wonderful Merdeka count down, but disappointingly, none of the places like Pyramid, The Curve, or One Utama launching any fireworks. Well, Anne told me she missed I-City, it was after quite some time since her first visit. We actually never thought of going there for a count down at all before, they don't have any fireworks as well. But it came up to my mind when she mentions about it... Haha, okay why don't we just take a turn there too? It's my first time, I never been to I-city before... paiseh, hehe...

Forgot about the time, we kept chatting in Bubba Gump restaurant until nearly 12am, only we started driving to I-City. It's Merdeka Eve, but it seems rather quiet. Instead of the grand and huge nice fireworks like new year, pathetically, we saw only one shot, A SMALL ONE... on the highway near Sunway.

We didn't know there was actually a Merdeka Eve celebration in I-City though without fireworks, ermm.. more like some events. But it happened after all 'cause we reached at the time of 12:30 am. Eventually, I did felt regret a lil for missing the celebrations, but not at all later, Perhaps it's because I realized the earlier stops were the most precious ones.

Colorful lightning artificial trees by the road side

Aww... When we first saw this view, it's so nice and romantic duel to the lightnings effect scrolling and scrolling. Love this view alot :)

She's hugging the tree... Hehe, nice one.. :)

Actually this was the result after few shots, keep balancing and adjusting the brightness. It's the most safisfy shot after all. But she claims that my posture was a lil bit weird. Haha, yea... I have the same opinion, looks a bit sissy... aiks.. :P

Yeah, love this shot... though it's a lil bit blur. Thanks Anne standing there patiently and took it for me. I don't know what to pose at first, bored in standing still, so might as well I just squad down. Hehe...

If it's not too hot here and instead windier, it's really a nice place that I don't wanna leave.
No special effect from camera at all, I love original... Look, the scene so beautiful and romantic. Love it... :)


She pretends like hiding behind the fake trees... Love this shot til max :D

The picture looks familiar. I knew she had been here once before and took some pictures as well that time. But when she tells me she was wearing exactly the same white dress like she wore during the first time, only the retarded me notice, saying "IS IT??? AIKS... SORRY NOW ONLY I NOTICE AFTER SO MANY HOURS!!!"

Yea, she was wearing the same dress, not because she knew we would be out to I-City. We never thought of I-City at first at all, so, it's just coincidentally but felt so inconceivable, two times also she wore the same dress. Hehe, this really reminds me of a song: "Today was a fairytale, you wore a dress, I wore a dark gray T-shirt. I told you you were pretty and you looked like a mess, today was a fairytale..." Haha... :)


Ohh, this shot... haha, both of us were actually laughing at the weird noises produced from the the tubes by those sampat indian boys. The stupid weird noises sounded just like farting... (laughing out loud XD) and they were all over the place. When I was halfway focusing and she poses nicely, suddenly that funny weird farting noise blasted out loudly behind me and both of us straight burst our laughter while shooting failed. Omg, hahahahaha... you can still see the picture is blur since my hands were still shaking 'cause of laughing... :P


Yea, it's the only section that needs to pay before we can step our feet on it. Thought of going for pictures too but tak jadi at last. We found it nothing special but just few horses and dinosaurs, thus don't wanna let them to suck our money. Hmm... still, Anne suggested to take some pictures of the horses from above. Thanks to the lens, luckily the short distance lens was still long enough to reach this scene.


Lots of lanterns were hanging in front of us. As we walked in this area, it makes us to have the feel of Chinese New Year. Nice... :) "每条大街小巷，每个人的嘴里，见面第一句话，就是恭禧恭禧．．．"


The view is so nice, but besides all the artificial lightning trees here, there's really nothing much. Pity Anne that she has to teman me all the while, guessed she's sort of bored. Lol, she was wearing her sandals, which was having difficulties in going up and down the slopes. Aiks... supposed we just drive up there. Don't need to walk... But never thought of going the second time, I bet she felt the same.



Last shoot of the night!! Haha, this was not the actually lightning color of the original scene, but I set the white balance out of range so that it makes it blue in color and looks cooler. Hehe, love this shot... it even looks nicer than the original scene.


It was around 1am plus already, only we started going back. Both of us were yawning all the way... Sorry Anne, I should have sent you home earlier 'cause I know you were kinda tired. Thank you for spending the day with me, it would always be an unforgettable outing like those last time. I'm really very happy and delighted the whole day... it's an euphoria. Let's go again... :)
Thanks for the things that you bought for me, they suit my taste and I love it a lot. :)


Miss ya :)
And that's all for the single day.



The Xiao Qi Gui :)

Destination: The Curve!! :)

After SS2 pasar malam, the next destination was... yeah :)... The Curve :D



Well and again, she took over the driving part. Hehe, gotta let her to get used to the big Camry so that she can handle next time without me taking over. Her driving skills... err, hehe, very cautious, no problem no worries. :) At least not as scary as I do, 'cause of the kissing of other cars' butts and makes her screaming all the time "Don't kiss their butts!!!"



Duel to saying bye bye SS2 for quite some time, we can barely recognize the way out. Turning rounds and rounds, stopping by the roadside, machee and juices served(nice)... it's time for the GPS to do its job. Lol, okay... destination set. Making a U-turn, it led us on its own. Reaching the junction, Anne finally remembered the way to The Curve, but the GPS kept repeating, "Turn left, Turn left..." Irritating? Yeah...


"ZAI IA LIAO LA!!!"


was how she responsed to the GPS...
meaning: "KNOW ALREADY LA!!!" (In HocKien)


Hahahaha... well, we shall just leave it there in case she really misses the junction.

And here we are... The Curve food street.

poser spotted...

Love the lightning here at evening time... Frankly it's my second time here. All the while it's fresh in my mind that I love this beautiful place since the first time, simply because of the lightnings, the feels(romantic), the varieties choices of restaurants, and also the stores in the middle of the street selling all kinds of boutique items. It's not a bad idea to pick what you are looking for like, bags, shoes and boots, wallets and purses, sunglasses, watches, and maybe dresses. I can't get to name all...

In front of Mache, love this shot. :)

Supposed, Marche was the restaurant we planned to try out. I heard that it's something like buffet which we are to pick the raw food we wanna serve and they cook on spot. Sounds special yet it was still during Malay Puasa period, all the have were only Ramadhan Buffet. I don't understand what's the difference but well we were gonna head on to other restaurants.


What a rare chance to have such outing here, I meant with Anne. I'm therefore freaking painstaking in the restaurant that serve us. It's not a strait to choose a nice restaurant in this "restaurant-ful" place, but absolutely no thanks to Sakae Sushi, Fridays, or Kenny Rogers, etc etc.

Eventually...

Bubba Gump Shrimp Company :D

Was our choice...

It's in our restaurant try lists since quite some times ago. Ermm, yeah, since her birthday this year.. Hehe, glad that we finally make it. Saw those items hanging on the rack and hanger? I bet were the boutique items for sales. Located besides the main restaurant... I want their shirts. :)


As you can see, the restaurant is constructed mostly with woods. With lots of enthralling quotations on hanging on the wall, as well as some handmade decorations, and also the countless of stickers with number all over the pillars. Have no ideas what were the number stickers originally, but they do make the restaurant look more classic and captivating. :) But the Malaysia flag :S.. Lol, overall ~ Thumbs up* :D

Anne, character of the night...

Is this better? Ermm, love this one more...

Ohh... I didn't notice until Anne went around and snapped this. There was a small-scaled bar further inside the restaurant. Haha, it did caught my attention.

Hehe, she snapped this... not bad, but the color not vivid enough. Sorry I should be teaching her how to use my D-SLR and to adjust it. Aiks... I forgot, (and my camera was stolen again, damn it...) next time ya :) You need to know 'cause you are using it quite often. No worries, very easy only... :D


Spotted beers, Carlsberg, Heineken, and Tiger... Hehe, should have gave them a try but we didn't plan to serve with any of them that day. It's not the time... Laundry will do next time ;)


Besides beers, they have quite a lot of other types of wine as you can see on the rack.


OLD SAILORS DRINKING SOCIETY?? Lol, it reminds me of the those pirates and sailors drinking their beers or wines in the bar... I love this shot, a nice shot from Anne. :) Credit


Obviously, the bar tender looked somehow kinda shy... I don't know what happened but all I saw was, Anne asking him to pose and let her to have a shot like this... hehe, not bad though, nice shot. I was sneering behind... :)


"RUN FORREST RUN!!"... as the first time customers, we were told by the waitress that they would not border or interrupt us as long as this blue metal plate is shown on top... and...

"STOP FORREST STOP!!"... would cause them to show up to us almost instantaneously once we flip to this red plate. We were like, "wow, amazing...!!" (Really?? Wanna try??)

Lol, Anne wanted to shoot at the both the plates. And when she was halfway shooting at the red one, the waiter shows up right in half a second. Hahaha, so paiseh for making them busy but we like their service, rather efficient. :)

I thought of ordering a color-captivating drink, Tropical Vodka. It looks nice in it's color, in green, and I guess it's a mix of soda with topical fruit flavor. But Anne hold me back, claiming that it's unhealthy because of the coloring. Hmm :) okay, she don't feel like drinking much, so we ordered Yogurt of Berries Fusion and share with each other.

Yogurt of Berries Fushion, it tastes nice... love it.

A shot of Anne with the drink :)


The actual name of the drink was called "RUN FORREST RUN". Haha, that's the reason it caught our attention and we ordered it. Anne asked the waitress, what if the drink arrived and it's with our blue plate on top? She said she will run far away immediately! Haha, makes us laugh all the while... :D

Their famous drinks were all jotted down on this ping pong bat, nice shot by Anne..


Taking picture with a metal barrel that contained chili sauces and tobasco inside.. We were kinda amazed at everything that they serve on the table. Very special, even the table was with something written in marker by anonymous... love this shot too :) it's nice


Food served... don't really what's the name of her meal, but I've tried a lil... it's rice covered fully with baked cheeses and cooked together with shrimps... tasted nice though.

Busy taking pictures of her meal... :)

And this was mine... same, I couldn't remember what's the name of this. It's served with veges like carrots, long beans, onions, and the lemon is for the salmon. Hey Anne, I'm fine with veges okay? I love veges... not exactly a carnivorous, I'm more to like omnivorous . :)

Anne with her food, norm norm... :P

Me with my food... ^^

Finished our food for like after hours of chatting... Anne told me actually there is a second floor in this Bubba Gump restaurant, and we are allow to make reservation if ever we wanna celebrate a party with friends or to have personal dinners upstairs. The thing is, call them up in advance... We went snapping around at the staircase and also second floor. So quite.. :)

Halfway up to the second floor, nice posture...

Me, hehe... posing for the shot.. :)


Nice.. love this shot..


A waiter helped us to take this, somehow, it looks a bit blur. He just couldn't get us a sharp shot, headache... can you please avoid handshaking?


Hehe.. those seats were nicely arrange upstairs. We went around to check out at every corner... Just can't help stop taking pictures at each other. Messy-kan their chairs and things on the table.. :P


It's a shirt with their company name and years that the company formed on it... Love this shot, I was wondering is it for sale?

Random shots by Anne. She just can't help with these romantic scenes. Hehe... cute :)
They are nice though.

Last shot in The Curve, leaving....

Wait... the night hasn't end yet. It Merdeka Eve, we planned to go for the count down. Who knows none of the places has fireworks, disappointed... We only get to see one on the way on the way to I-City, a super duper small one... Sigh, no choice then. Was expecting something special in I-City..


To be Continued,
make sure u stay tune.



The Xiao Qi Gui :)