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4 out of 10 CNY activities You Have Done it unconsciously.

Chinese New Year is HOLIDAY !!

1. PAY A VISIT TO SHOPPING MALL

Sunway Carnival Mall

Each shopping mall in Malaysia offers spectacular seasonal decoration especially during all-time favorite Chinese New Year. Sunway Carnival Mall might have spent thousands in order to signify the coming of Lunar new year festival. There is no need to pay to take a picture with your friends !

Branches of man-made Cherry blossom were one of the attraction where passerby could write and tag wishes cards onto the branch. Most popular wishes are health, relationship and job !

Check it out Suria Sabah Shopping mall's Chinese new year 2015 decoration ! Suria Sabah Chinese New Year decoration 2015


2.  LION DANCE


It was not Chinese New year without lion dance. Lion dance is a hired performance done with or without the rising platform. However, the lion dance is must to be performed with loud instruments. One will see the lion dance performers making an art out of mandarin orange or carrying a 4-words scroll to gift to the one who funded the performance.


3. CHINESE NEW YEAR 2016 MOVIES



Well known director Stephen Chow's the "mermaid" is one of the selected few films to debut during the highly coveted first week of the Chinese New Year . The film recorded as highest opening ticket sales in a week in many countries including Malaysia.


4. PURCHASE NEW CLOTHES




There is no way throughout the Chinese New Year week wearing the traditional red Chinese costume. I suppose new clothes mean ward off previous year bad luck. It was really fun though !


5. DYE HAIR




There is no compulsory on this point. Everyone went to do some look adjustment in order to wow the crowd of relative. However, dying hair is not very accepted by any parents thinking as it would probably give a bad impression.



6. NIGHT CLUB


Cocktail tables full of booze. Singing and dancing with band and DJ. A night before Chinese new year eve 2016 ! The lightning effect is quite cool. It was a little bit intense knowing that the entrance fee was FREE


7. TEMPLE



Crowded temple with overwhelming devotees performing burnt offerings.


8.  FAMILY-FRIENDLY LOCALLY HELD PERFORMANCE



Night singing performance !


9. POKER OR MAHJONG



Everyone love gambling during this time. Only on this festival occasion, The full of dust poker cards and discolored mahjong were taken out from store shelves. Most of them were not addicted to poker or mahjong gambling. After the festival, the mahjong and poker will see no light again until next CNY.


The perception is winning and losing is a matter of luck.



10. CHINESE RITUAL BEFORE MEAL

A god blessed meal

An offering before a meal. The food then will be properly placed at dining table.

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Variety of Chinese Foods can be found in Malaysia

1. WONTON NOODLES

Wonton Noodle

Malaysia version of Wonton Noodles.



2. CURRY LAKSA

Curry Laksa

Laksa are vary in places. This is a variation of Sabah / Sarawak Laksa. This dish has been one of the most delicious Asian food. Boasting, the best top 10 food in the world according to CNN report.



3. HAILAM NOODLE

Hailam Noodle

Hidden freshwater shrimp, fresh vegetable, yummy dark soy sauce and light-fried chicken meat.


4. DRY SAUCE NOODLE ( Kon Loh Noodle)

Kon Loh Noodle with Teh C Ice

No doubt virtually every Malaysian Chinese know this noodle dish. All walk of life enjoy it. Usually serve with Char Siew and Siew Yuk (pork).




5. WAT TAN HOR




Malaysian Chinese love this dish with chicken meat or pork.



6. FRIED / ROASTED CHICKEN RICE




Listed in Malaysia Wikipedia one of the must-try food. It can be found at Singapore too




7. SWEET AND SOUR PORK BALL (Gu Lo Yuk )





Favorite dish for young generation 80th an.




8. KUNG PAO CHICKEN

Kung Pao Chicken

9. YEUNG CHOW FRIED RICE

Yeung Chow Fried Rice

10. KING SPARERIBS RICE ( PAI KUAT WONG)

Chinese Style King Spareribs

One of the most successful and well known pork dish among Chinese.

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Cigarette reflects inflation and human behavior

One thing for certain that do not drop in price that is cigarettes. Imagine RM12.00 or 13.50 for a box of cigarette, some of the smokers still afford it. As long as the brand prevail, the price will keep increasing due to substantial demand.

It is legal when there is an illustration consequences of heavy smokers. There are tons of legal cigarette brands in Malaysia that you will get no tired finding one. The prices of cigarettes are fixed you will get the same price at any stores. One should never attempt buying it if you are not exceed 18 years old.

It was the movie " The fault in our stars" the actress against smoking cigarettes so much she said "why make them profitable referring the company manufactured cigarettes caused more people getting cancer.

Whose fault is that ?? the manufacturing company or ourselves to blame purchasing them and lit it up. The decision is always in our hand we will never smoke if we never buy it in the first place.

Higher tax means more contribution on healthcare industries by the fund allocation from the authorities.



1. WINSTON




Manufacturer : JT International Tobacco Sdn Bhd.
Price : RM10 and above


2. PALL MALL



Manufacturer : Tobacco Importers & Manufacturers Sdn Bhd, Jln University, P.J
Price : RM10 and above

I am not so sure why would they put the telephone line numbers there. Is that a number to call up a cigarette sales persons ??






3. DUNHILL





Probably the most recognizable and well known cigarette brand in the world. I must say Dunhill have unique packaging. The price is more or less RM13.50.



4. MEVIUS



Blue means cold flavor. When one inhaled the substance and it will shiver the lung. I do not know whether "shiver" is the correct feeling.



5. PETER STUYVESANT




Seriously someone should teach me how to correctly pronoun "Stuyvesant".




6. SALEM



Salem is always in my context as a scary word or scary town or something.


7. SAMPOERNA

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1.JASON LEONG

Source : Facebook page JasonLeongComedy

Facebook link : Jason Leong Facebook page


He is a doctor but realizing later his hidden talent is become a comedian. His admiration local comedian is Harith Iskandar and Douglas Lim. He made a comedy advertisement related to sore throat medicine product. Besides, he also did stand-up comedian. His joke mostly in English language.




2. HARITH ISKANDER

source : Harith Iskander Facebook page

Facebook link : Harith Iskander Facebook page


Godfather of stand-up comedian in Malaysia. One of the earliest Malaysian venturing in stand-up comedian business. He discovered his talent when one of his friend decided to invite him for a speech on stage at a party. After that show, there were people started sending invitation to him for a comedy talk in corporate parties. He joke in English language.





3. ZIZAN RAZAK 

Source : Wikipedia

Facebook link : /OfficialZizanRazak Facebook page


Zizan Razak is a popular actor and TV host. He is consider as a funny person. He does not do stand-up comedy show. But, he is well known for his humorous acting. His joke mostly in Malay language.




4. SAIFUL APEK / SENARIO

source : Wikipedia

A member of popular group "Senario" . He often dress in a traditional China wear in one of the show "Melodi". He joke using Malay language. Senario received prestigious award in an award show Anugerah Lawak Warna. However, he seem to be inactive after his group were seem to be disbanded due to the show "Senario" has been redundant.




5. AHMAD NABIL AHMAD

Source : kualalumpurpost.net

Facebook page : Nabil Ahmad Fan page


A successful stand-up comedian in Malay language. He is an actor, comedian and singer. A champion in TV show "Raja Lawak Season 2" which give him a nickname of "Raja Lawak Nabil" which translated in English as "Nabil King of laughter".




6. DOUGLAS LIM

Source : Douglaslim.com

He is one of the successful comedian. His joke mostly in English. His joke is funny as much as Harith Iskandar and Jason Leong. He is pretty well versed in joking related in many cultures and talkative person. I believe that his joke carrier is as successful as Canadian comedian Russell Peters.




7. SHUIB SEPAHTU

Source : Facebook page ShuibFC

Facebook link : ShuibFC Facebook page


Shuib Sepahtu is a stage name for him. He just won "Super Spontan" tv show in third place with a cash prize of RM25,000 




8. AFDLIN SHAUKI







Facebook link : Afdlin Shauki

He seem to have more than 1 million fans in his Facebook page. He is a writer, director and actor. Presence in many comedy shows. He is the founder of "Spontan" TV show. He is likened to Zizan Razak and he not really a stand-up comedian more of a celebrities in entertainment industry. His joke is all in Malay language.



9. ALONG CHAM




Facebook link : Along cham


He is one of comedian with the title Raja Lawak due to winning on  Raja Lawak TV show. Besides, he is talented actor actively involving in big movie. He starred in Adnan Sempit Sawadikap the movie released in year 2014.





10. JOHAN

Source : Wikipedia

Facebook link : Raja Lawak Johan Facebook page


Johan a stage name for him real name is Yazid Lim is a popular TV host and comedian. One of the champion in "Maharaja Lawak" TV host entitled him to be called as Raja Lawak Johan or in English translated as Johan King of laughter.


He defeated all other comedians to be the most popular comedian in Malaysia in the year of 2012.

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Luxury smartphones one cant wait to buy. All the smartphones are up to RM2000 no lesser than RM1000

Have you been to shopping malls or watch TV 3 news on 8PM lately ?? Oppo smartphone is mass marketing itself nationwide through mainstream news media. The shopping malls should have hanging Oppo banners at elevator and those smartphone retailers in the shopping mall should have these Oppo smartphones banners and smartphones.


All these started on May these china owned smartphone companies such as Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo expanded it business to Malaysia. Penetrating the Malaysian smartphone market easily through various marketing campaigns. One of the reason they could get Malaysia smartphone market share easily due to Malaysian does not have a local smartphone company. Local smartphone brand existed such as Ninetology. But, Ninetology smartphones were not Malaysian ideal smartphone brand


The last time Samsung made it appearance was when they released their Samsung Galaxy S5 on April. Besides, Apple has been moving behind Samsung. It was shocking that Xiaomi has leads the smartphone sales in China rendered Xiaomi the top 1 smartphone brand in China. Among all the smartphones, Xiaomi prefer to sell it smartphone in bulk at selected day. In Malaysia, Xiaomi sells it smartphone every Tuesday only.


Apple is making an announcement to their large fans base there will be something on the date September 9, 2014. Will Apple return to their glorious days ? I am guessing they will release the long overdue iWatch.
  

The best smartphones in 2014 safely to say it should belongs to Xiaomi, Huawei and Oppo as they could offer cheaper price tag without reduce performance based on technical specification.







OPPO FIND 7A



Features : Corning Gorilla Glass 3, Android 4.3,



It a brand new smartphone introduced and released around March 2014. Oppo advertisement in Malaysia can be labelled as violent marketing. In every corner in Malaysia, there were Oppo advertisements in almost every smartphone retailers, shopping mall elevator, etc. To the extend, Oppo ads were broadcast and spotted in LIVE TV3 news on 8PM. Check another similar to Oppo FInd 7A > Oppo Find 5








HUAWEI ASCEND P7



Features : Corning Gorilla Glass 3, Android 4.4,



New smartphone released in 2014. Huawei is ranked in top 10 smartphone manufacturer worldwide. You have to choose between Snapdragon 801 or Kirin 910T chipset. Both Huawei and Oppo are great smartphones. The obvious advantages Huawei Ascend P7 over Oppo Find 7A is difference in Android version. Check it out Price and specs for Huawei Ascend P7








SONY XPERIA Z3






Features : Water & Dust proof, Triluminos display, X Reality Engine, Android 4.4 Kit Kat


Newly released in September 2014. 2 weeks after the announcement of Sony Xperia Z3, Sony Malaysia announced the availability for purchasing. A great news for Malaysia sony fans. The official release in Malaysia is ahead of many smartphone company such as Apple and Samsung. More details about the price and spec at Sony Xperia Z3 Black







SAMSUNG GALAXY ALPHA






Features : Android 4.4 Kit Kat



Release in September 2014 globally now available in Malaysia. First Samsung smartphone using metal frame a very sophisticated engineering adopted for the consumer demands. A collaboration between Samsung and reputable Paypal lead to an implementation of a fingerprint sensor technology enabling a hassle-free mobile payment to would-be Samsung Galaxy Alpha owners. Samsung Galaxy Alpha with local warranty










ONE PLUS ONE






Features : Android 4.4 Kit Kat



One Plus One users enjoy the highest specification with very compatible value offered. You do notice this smartphone is best bargain. Value friendly towards most consumers. With that 3GB Ram and bigger screen just selling for RM1300 more or less. Check the current price and specification again at One Plus One 64GB








HTC ONE E8






Features : Android 4.4 Kit Kat, DUAL-SIM


Basically, M8 and E8 are brother. E8 is plastic version of M8. Give it a try ! It HTC flagship smartphone. The price seem to be about RM1700 more or less. Check it out on HTC ONE E8 16GB











SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 4






Features : Revolutionary S Pen, Fingerprint sensor, Android 4.4.4 KitKat



Announced on September and will be released worldwide. Samsung greatest flagship smartphone of the year 2014. Meet the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Absolutely fantastic mobile experience for the user who like to use the revolutionary S-Pen functions. Did I miss to say that ? there are already people selling Samsung Galaxy Note 4 in Malaysia although it is not officially launched in Malaysia. Don be surprised. Check it out now !! It has the same price as IPhone 6 or IPhone 6 plus . Samsung Galaxy Note 4










IPHONE 6






Features : iOS 8



Referring on the One plus One smartphone's infamous marketing dubbed as "flagship killer" , I think that statement nailed it on this newly launched IPhone 6. Comparing both of the device in generally IPhone 6 would lose in specification and the price factor. The good news is IPhone 6 does not bend as easily as it counterpart. IPhone 6 will have an ability to pay via "Apple Pay" technology for the convenience of its users. Some news reported that the cost of building up an IPhone 6 required only USD $250 more or less. It branding power and its unique features will still win many consumer hearts regardless critics comments.

Check this out ! One can buy this smartphone through your Maybank credit card installment. IPhone 6 64GB Silver










NOKIA LUMIA 930


Features            : Microsoft Windows 8




Apart of iOS and Android, let us witness another giant operating system in the world. Nokia Lumia 930 is a newly launched smartphone in 2014. Nokia is definitely one of the most solid smartphone maker recognized in the world. You know it best if you have happy childhood memory with Nokia 3310. More detail about the smartphone at Nokia Lumia 930 32GB Orange









LG G3


Features            : Android 4.4.2




LG G3 is an amazing smartphone with incredible performance. Big screen and bigger screen size. The price has been lowered to below RM2000. Check the current price and specs on LG G3 32GB






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