Impromptu Birthday Cake

Thanks to my sister Julia, I had a birthday cake this year. Believe it or not, I did not get one for my birthday, with the kenduri and all. The initial plan was to take my parents out for lunch. Julia and her family was on their way back from Melaka, and they joined us at Pavilion as they arrived in KL. We had our lunch at Madam Kwan’s, in a nice little table, tucked away at the back room.

She prefers children plastic plates. I don't really know why ....Then it was durian time ....BurpAll havoc broke loose when the children started playing with their iPads and iPhone. Even if they had one each, they would still like to fight. We had a good lunch, with all the singing and cake blowing. After lunch, we settled back at my parent’s house at Bukit Antarabangsa. Julia brought back plenty of durian from Melaka. Please don’t smell my breath tonight …….

Extension

We have decided to extend the duration of upload for all the photohunts to idnight tonight. All you had to do is upload your masterpieces via twitter with the hashtag #klick and it sould make its way to our judges. The winner will get to win a year's subscription to Flickr Pro, as well as other consolations prizes.

We have Photo Hunts going for four categories - Balloons, Colourful Dresses, Music and Lights. Happy hunting! More details at the links above.

The Evening Before

The excitement was clearly palpable when I arrived at Padang Astaka. The place was slowly transforming into a carnival site, with props being put up and bands doing their sounchecks. All the tents appeared to be in place, with most of the wiring and electricals in place. The damp weather clearly has not dampen the spirit off the crews. Bumped into a few people I have known from before also involved at some capacity or the other. Many friendly faces, with some of them looking at puzzled, staring at my UM tag around my neck. 

We did some on site reccy and finalising what to put up first thing tomorrow morning. Even though it was about to drizzle, the weather was still kinda muggy, reminding to take plenty of fluids tomorrow. A quick look at the weather forecast - showers, with chance of thunderstorm, but with clear, sunny intervals. I think it would be pouring first thing in the morning, but things would clear up by lunchtime. Looking forward to the party then

Bunkface doing their soundcheck

The crew pass in my bag, most of the technical staff as far as twitter and facebook were concerned for the competitions tomorrow had been sorted out. The problem I had was the limited bandwidth I was getting on my iPhone through Celcom. My Galaxy S2 seemed to be nippier on DiGi. It looked like we would have to bring along the P1 terminals and my wiggy modem just to be on the safe side, even thoughTM promised blanket Unifi coverage. Not very optimistic if the speed would hold if everybody were to log onto the network at the same time.

Just sorting out things to take to the site firs thing tomorrow morning. I would just be bringing my Mac Air alone, not the MacBook Pro as there would be a bit of a walk from the carpark to the tent, and I don’t want to be worried about leaving the laptop. I can always carry the MacAir with me everywhere I go. So, looking forward for tomorrow!

Almost set!

The pamphlet for the Photo Hunt to be given at the entrance. Happy hunting and keep on KLicking!

5 Minute Photo Express

What do you get when you can cramp 17 photographers, give them five minutes each, to showcase 20 of their shots at 15 seconds per shot - doing the maths would give you 5 minutes? The 5 minute photo express of course. Inspired by a ‘Pecha Kucha’ event KLickr was previously involved in, we decided to bring the event to KLickr-ville at Urbanscapes this year.

The photographers would be divided into three groups, taking cues at 3pm, 5pm and 7pm, they will not only project their work, but in the 15 seconds also try to explain the mechanics behind them. I was reliably informed that at 15 seconds a horn will be sounded, and if they were to miss the horn on three occasion, they would be ejected. But I would prefer to keep that as rumours. So here is the line-up, at 3 pm:

Ila Farhana - Raja Indra Putra - Mohd Azlan MAM08 - Abdul Urus - Prakash Daniel - Majidah Hashim

From 5 pm:

Lei Lei - Rames - Sze Too - Dina Zaman - Khalil Makata

And finally from 7pm:

Luke Chua - Paul Ho - Wordsmanifest - Loh Chi Ming - Junior - Shaz

Please come and support them. Even if you do not want to watch their showcase for some reason, visit us any way! Have fun, and keep on KLicking!