Events, Exhibitions, Food & Travels !
The evening after we had dinner at Restaurant Saloma Bistro, we headed to Zouk Club, which is just a walking distance away from the restaurant.
Meet Gokcen & Kubilay from Turkey!
Me, Gokcen & Kubilay
Thomaz from Brazil, Lea & Gokcen
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The first day of opening, the king came visit the show.
We have this South Africa defense companies in PWTC.
My client’s tank at the stand
The spacious interior
Aimpoint & Peltor
The most important, Deftech’s machines as below …
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On the 30th of this month, there will be a boutique launch at this outlet in Pavilion. It commences at 3.00pm onwards till late.
It’s so gonna be massive!
So, if you happen to be at Pavilion KL on 30 April 2008 3.00pm onwards, why not dropping by to say Hello?
Ben.
Its now all about the Defense Show which was being held last week at PWTC, it has been a busy week after working so hard for few months, and I am now finally free and able to get some good rest.
In this exhibition, there are so much to be prepared. After getting all the things done, we finally completed for what being prepared in the past few months.
Well, its not an easy job anyway.
For Meggitt, it has a Banshee model displayed at the centre and it has their own demo room, which some simulation being done, and to perform some demo to the visitors.
Every single piece of this company logo was made using 2D Acrylic Cut-Out.
For this entire stand, the finishing is superb and it is a spacious stand being built, a tank was being placed at the centre of the stand as the centerpiece of the stand.
The double-storey stand
Check upcoming post for opening day photos!
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Ben
Last week after the exhibition build up day, I met up the forwarders from all over the world together with my colleague for a dinner hosted by them, at this very very old - Royal Selangor Club.
The building is completely an antique.
I can only recognize one of them - Yap Ah Loy.
In a Little Plank Building
The Royal Selangor Club was started in 1884 and of the original members, Messrs. H.F. Bellamy, D.G. Campbell, S.E. Harper, D.G. Gordon, A.C. Norman, S.B.R. Reyne, H.C. Syers, K. Tambusamy Pillai and A.R. Venning are still in the state (1892).It was started on a very small scale, in a little plank building with attap roof.
Very soon it had to be extended and improved and for this purpose was raised in June 1885, a loan of $900 in 18 shares of $50 each, of which $450 was repaid on August1, 1896 and the balance after a further period of 12 months.
Fun In & Out of the Gay Old Dog
There was no Town Hall in the early “90’s so Amateur (and travelling profesional) Theatricals were performed at the Selangor Club. Everyone was expected to sing or play some instrument in public. “Messrs. Alexander and Dougal sang “The Larboard Watch” - they finished together”, runs a contempory comment.
People present at smoking concerts volunteered or were called upon to sing or play. Women were not admitted. Two ladies, resenting this exclusion, on one occasion hid under the building to hear what was going on. Unfortunately one of them laughed so loudly at some joke that their presence was discovered and they were invited to come inside - and that was the end of smoking concerts for men only.
The Roaring Twenties
Not much is known of the goings-on in the club during the roaring twenties. The officials records were lost during the three-year (1942-45) Japanese Occupation period. Drinking - “Our drink is whisky (at tiffin), beer being too billious for ordinary occasions.” “Andrew Usher” was a favourite brand. Whisky at $1/- per bottle was popular. German champagne cost less $1/- per bottle.
Dancing - Polanaises, polkas, waltzes, etc. Constant complaints about the “dirt of the Club floor soiling ladies’ ezquisite toilettes.”
“St. Andrew’s Night was first celebrated by a dinner in 1894. The Chinese staff were somewhat perplexed. One of them commited the enormity of cutting the haggis for sandwiches.”
One big event in the twenties was the gathering of thousands of people on the Club padang to cheer the Duke of Windsor (then Prince of Wales) during his visit to Kuala Lumpur in 1922. Landing at Port Swettenham (now Port Kelang) on March 28, he was met by four Rulers. His three-day visit was filled with pomp and ceremony, a State banquet, ball and reception.
Several Club members are said to have been included in the polo team (captained by then Sultan of Perak) which played against the Prince’s side. In the visiting team was a young lieutenant, the Lord Louis Mountbatten. He returned 23 years later as Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, at the time of the Japanese surrender.
Kuala Lumpur - and The Dog - suffered severe flooding. Two club members were on commission that drew up a flood prevention scheme in 1921. Because of the slump then, however, the scheme together with several others had to be shelved. There were major floods in 1911 and 1917. The worst occured in December 1925 and December 1926. The 1926 floods isolated Kuala Lumpur for several days. The story goes that there was enough water over the padang for one happy club member - then a leading lawyer in town - to swim from the Dog to the Government offices. It appears the lawyer had taken a bet with one of his drinking friends that he would do the distance without touching the ground. The wager? A double gin sling.
When the floods were over, Club members helped to retrieve bank notes valued at several million dollars from the flooded strongroom of the Chartered Bank. These they dried in the open, near the padang, under the watchful eye of an armed guard.
The Dog in Flame
Fire razed the main portion of the club on the night of December 20, 1970. It started from the kitchen around 10.30 p.m. Damage was estimated at more than $1.5 million. There were no casualties. The straits Times - front page report said: The cooks tried to put out the fire using extinguishers.
Fifteen hours after the blaze the Club’s annual children’s Christmas party went on as usual. And children being children, enjoyed themselves thoroughly while officials and workmen were busy sorting out the multi-million dollar mess. Said the then Club Manager, Mr. Joe Speelman, “we just couldn’t find it in our hearts to cancel the party in spite of difficulties. We had to keep the spirit of Christmas. “The kids had been looking forward to the party for weeks.” The Long Bar which up to then had been restricted to men only was open to women too. Four of the club’s other bars were destroyed. Mr. John Preston, the Dog’s vice-president said most of the club documents had been salvaged and that the club could keep in touch with its members.
When asked about the club accounts, Mr. Preston is reported to have refused to comment. But a club spokesman said that most of the bills had been destroyed. “We can only hope that all members will settle what they think they owe,” he is reported as having said. A large number of members thronged the Dog for the regular New Year’s eve party that year. A long shed was put up on the padang for this.
Then Came in Flood
Three days after the New Year party came the floods - and the Dog was in the midst of it all. The Club and all the buildings around it - Secretariat, Book Club, St. Mary’s Church - were in several feet of water. Worst hit was the padang. It took weeks to clear the field of silt and mud after flood waters had receded.
“The Club Must be Rebuilt at Any Cost”
” In August 1971 plans for the new building were displayed for members’ approval. These plans were later submitted to City Hall. And that set the stage for a series of ding-dong negotiations lasting seven years. At one stage, in October 1972, the Government announced that it needed the Padang for a Civic Centre. The club would have to go. A number of alternative sites were proposed.
First, it was an area off Jalan Duta. Then a site near Parliament House. Later, the Dog was offered land off Ampang, near the Polo Club. Finally Damansara. By then, four years had gone since the fire. A lot of discussion. No decisions. Frustrating for the Management Committee then under President Tan Sri Taib Andak.
You might see me not coming online for the past few days, just because of this exhibition, all with big bullets, guns, grenades, even rockets!
This post is just some sneak preview of what is the coming post during this weekend after I am available from attending to the clients.
And these are 2 of the client’s exhibition stand built. Further detailed explanation on the stand spec to be done by this weekend.
Ben
On 1-3 April 2008, Asia Water 2008 was being held at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur.
Again, the client’s pavilion was being built for this exhibition.
The entrance lightbox wrapped up with tarpaulin.
The Austrian Stand by Maxima systems.
Very cool blue lighted lightbox with red table top.
Click here for the entire album.
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Clients from Turkey are coming to PWTC today for decorating their exhibition stand. This is the day where we have to attend for last minute request for different exhibition stands.
The Fisherman’s Wharfs, where the fresh caught fish were brought into the Kota Kinabalu Town and served fresh to the locals.
It’s located along the waterfront Kota Kinabalu.
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Another collection of airport shots! - Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Sabah
That’s all for this Air-Asia terminal. There is another terminal which serve MAS and other flights.
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Today is the 1st day of building up for the clients’ exhibition stands ! The client’s tank is coming into the hall !
Fish & Co. has nice food like Swordfish Collarbones!
Every single bite is so juicy when it’s being served hot.
It’s at the price of RM28++ for each serving.
Service = 4/5
Food = 4/5
Drinks = 4/5
Price = 3/5
Overall = 4/5
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