Did you notice....

....that one of the photos on this page is where it shouldn't be....happy hunting ;-)

[Updated 9 August]
MYSTERY SOLVED!!
Congratulations to Patrick Ng for spotting the planted photo among all the photos.

In case if you are still wondering which photo we were referring to, please click on the picture below and check out the Titanic photo ;-)

Central Market, The Annexe, Sharing Space Photo Exhibition

Central Market, located in Kuala Lumpur is place to go to for Malaysian handicraft and arts center. Built as the main wet market before the war, the place was converted to it's current state in the 80s.

This was my second time to Central Market, the first time being in the early 90s when I first worked in PJ. I must say it's much easier to get here. I took the LRT to the Pasar Seni station, and just cross the street and you are there. There's also a parking lot in front of the Central Market but I reckon it's easier to take the public transport then risk getting stuck in the traffic.



Inside, the whole place is air conditioned and brighly lit, with lots of shops selling local handicrafts, fashion accessories, souveniours and snacks. There are also food courts and restaurants to tuck in some local cuisine.

Anyway the reason for my trip to Central Market is to visit the Sharing Space photo exhibition, a contemporary photography of Japan & Malaysia. Unfortunately, I can only visit this exhibition on it's last day so by the time you are reading this, they have already busy preparing for the next programme.

The Annexe is located at the other end of Central Market. There were a few art gallery on the ground floor, a cafe on the first floor, some studio on the 2nd floor while the Gallery is located on the top floor.




A shot of one of the walls with the photos. Note the 3 photos on the left are by Pang Khee Teik.


Gallery III.

I like the open space of the 3 galleries displaying the photos. There were interesting topics, themes, print types and sizes photography. Generally, it is an interesting exhibition and unfortunately the prices for the photos would have wiped out my retirement funds so I only went back with fond memories of the works.



Some shots from the gallery window.


No, this isn't an exhibit.

OK, I thought it's a new bank in KL.... KOK Bank.....hmmm I wonder who their customer base are....

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Well, after this photography exhibition, the Annexe would be hosting the notthatbalai art festival. For more information, please visit the site: http://notthatbalai.blogspot.com/

Updates....July

If you noticed the slightly longer load time for this blog...it's because I have just finished loading all the photos for the Singapore meet up. Maybe Dr. Lee could give a bit of comment for each of those photos. I would strive to finish resizing and uploading Mikey's wedding photos...hopefully before his first kid comes along.

Here's another link of an interesting project: http://notthatbalai.blogspot.com/

Hopefully all of you have watched the movie Transformers. One of our childhood cartoons. Well the Simpsons movie is up next. Planning to watch it this weekend. If anyone of you are interested to go together, just give me a call/email.

If it isn't obvious....updates from me would be sporadic at best. So keep yourself entertained. Ciao.

Pembunuh bijirin

In case anyone missed the newspaper article below taken from today's The Star... It certainly gave me a case of severe guffaws on a quiet, boring Saturday afternoon. Will appreciate it if anyone else has ( and I am certain there are tons of..) any other similar subtitling gems from the jokers translating our Malaysian movies/ tv shows to share here...

"KUALA LUMPUR: Anticipating a suspenseful evening in front of the big screen, ardent fans of the latest thriller waited for the “murderer in an ice hockey mask” to start slashing and killing partying teenagers.

However, some 15 minutes into the movie, there were sniggers among the audience, which later erupted into guffaws.

The reason?

“Serial killer” was subtitled as “pembunuh bijirin” (cereal killer) in Bahasa Malaysia.

In another cops-and-robbers movie shown on TV, during a shootout scene, “fire” was subtitled “api”. And when a man kissed his daughter and told her, “Goodnight, cutie pie”, the subtitles read, “Selamat malam, kuih manis.”

Such scenarios have placed translators of subtitles in a bad light. "

PS: full story via this link - http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/7/21/nation/18368076&sec=nation

THE ANNEXE: Contemporary photography of Japan + Malaysia

You are invited to the Exhibition Opening of

SHARING SPACE

Contemporary Photography of Malaysia + Japan

Opening: Thu 12 July, 2007, 8pm

at The Annexe, Central Market

Officiated by Wairah Marzuki

Chairman of National Art Gallery Board of Trustees

Refreshments are served!

Japanese Photographers: Eikoh Hosoe, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Miho Akioka, Miyuki Ichikawa, Akiko Sugiyama, Chie Yasuda, Kazuo Katase, Hiroko Inoue, Tomoko Yoneda, Tomoaki Ishihara, Michihiro Shimabuku

Malaysian Photographers: Bernice Chauly, Sharon Lam, Tan Chee Hon, Caecar Chong, Nazim Esa, Minstrel Kuik, Eiffel Chong and Pang Khee Teik

Japanese and Malaysian photographers reveal the reality behind the invisible world as well as the artifice of our visible world. In sharing a space, the photographers invite us into the visible and invisible spaces they have captured and by doing so, enlarge the realms in which we inhabit.

Exhibition details:

Date: Thu 12 - Sun 29, 2007

Time: 11am - 8pm

Venue: Gallery I - III, Top Floor, The Annexe, Central Market, KL

Admission: Free

Enquiries: 03 2274 6542 (Central Market), 03 2161 2104 (Japan Foundation, KL)

Presented by Japan Foundation, KL + The Annexe, Central Market

In conjunction with the Japan-Malaysia Friendship Year 2007

Postcard images by Eiffel Chong (left) + Tomoko Yoneda (right)

Sponsor: Applied Imaging

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If you guys/gals are wondering why we suddenly have this post here...well, fyi, the Annexe is managed by our old pal, Mr. Pang Khee Teik. So this is a show of support....go take the LRT and drop by for a visit. It starts today and runs till the 29th July.

Gwen Stefani 'The Sweet Escape' Tour Live In KL

DETAILS:
Date/Time: 21 August 2007, TUESDAY, 8:30pm
Venue: Putra Indoor Stadium, Bukit Jalil
Ticket Price: RM285 (Lower Tier) - we are only interested in this seating!

DECISION BY:
10th July 2007, TUESDAY, 3pm.

Sorry we are giving only short notice cause we are afraid the tickets would be sold out if we wait any longer. For those interested PLEASE email/call me, Shien Wei or Szue Fei.

For more details, go over to the website: Axcess
Click for seating plans.

[Edited: 12 July 2007]
I had purchased the tickets. See you there!


[Edited: 24 August 2007]

Photos courtesy of Szue Fei.

It was a fantastic outing. Gwen Stefani was awesome belting out hits after hits. Well worth the RM257 tickets.



For Szue Fei's writeup, click here.

Below are a few clips taken from YouTube.com