Blog4FT
The BlogFT contest has finally ended last January 5th and from the status of its Facebook, there has been tonnes of last minute entries. I wish I was one of the last minute submitter as I have one more post to submit. But I just couldn’t bring myself to complete it due to a mild fever. Anyway I would like to extend my gratitude to all who have voted for me. Thank you so much for voting and most of all, thank you for reading.
The result for December is not out yet and I reckon that the Grand Final results will only be out late February/early March as the Media Category has been extended to 5th of February 2010. Of course I want to be the winner, or the 2nd prize winner but whatever the result is, I am happy to have taken part in the contest and write/illustrate about Kuala Lumpur. I have been doing that before the contest and will continue doing so after the contest as it is a ritual for me to blog about places I have been to.
Ok, let me re-cap the posts that have made it to the Final:
KL: A to Z Fun Things To Do & Places To Visit With Kids
Illustrated Postcard VI – Putrajaya
Despite it’s title, I actually have a collection of KL, Putrajaya and Labuan postcards in this post. You see, previously, I submitted the postcard one by one. Silly me. Tan Sri Dato’ Elyas Omar personally told me me during the Monthly Prizegiving Ceremony that he was so confused that I have so many posts and lucky that I have a post with all postcards in it. Same goes with the KL:A to Z Fun Things. I think I have up to letter L or M that I post individually.
To those who are working in the Media Sector, you can still enter the Media Category and you have up to January the 5th to submit your entries. To enter is easy, just visit Blog4Ft website, register yourself , place Blog4FT logo, have your blog post ready and submit your post.
Before I end this post, here’s a list of “You know you grew up in KL in the 80’s if…”
You know you grew up in KL in the 80’s if…
- you were amongst the crowd attending the late Sudirman Haji Arshad’s live concert in Chowkit Road
- you took the pink mini bus to travel around
- you went to the Konsert Kotaraya in Stadium Negara
- your knew that Rozana Cinta 87 was mostly filmed in Central Market
- you bought your first denim at Campbell Complex or Pertama Complex
- you get all your 80’s trendy clothings from Sungei Wang Plaza
- you knew there was a jumble sale every Tuesday at St Mary’s Cathedral Jalan Raja
- you were familiar with Tan Sri Yaakob Latiff and Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Elyas Omar
- you went to Panggung Anniversary KL Lake Garden to watch concerts
- you watched Toyol in Odeon Cinema
- your first teen dance was at Hotel Malaya
- you knew what Rumours or Faces was all about
- you knew that the 15th Southeast Asian Games was held in Kuala Lumpur
- you knew that Rosyam Nor used to live in Selangor Mansion, Jalan Masjid India
- Your parents would bring you shopping at Hankyu Jaya or Yaohan
- you knew that The Mall was officiated by then Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad (now Tun) that personally buried a time capsule that will be unearthed in 100 year on 2087
- Your ideal place to go roller skating was Stargazer Arena, Semua House
- you have your very first taste of McDonald’s in Jalan Bukit Bintang
- your ideal place of hanging out was at Central Market, Kotaraya or Wilayah Complex
This uncompleted list was the one intended for the Blog4FT submission. Feel free to add to the list just for fun of it by leaving your comments. I’ll link back to you.
Have a great weekend and p/s: link love for the 1st commenter.
38 Comments
Spiffy
Chop?
Spiffy
Oh yes, I got the chop 😀
Spiffy
Alamak Emila, I can relate to each and everyone of those points and I really do remember what Rumours and Faces all about la … LOL!
Spiffy
In fact in my time, the mini buses were all light yellow in colour … Oh god I am soooooo old la!
Spiffy
And Odean, Hankyu Jaya and Yaohan. I don’t think people these days even knew they existed …
emila
hahaha i remember too but later they decided to change to different colors according to district and later only they standardised to pink! right?
Spiffy
And I really did buy my first denim from Pertama Complex … hahaha!
emila
lol ya la! how about pavilion, cathay, rex and others? you remember the places?
Spiffy
Yes, they did. I think they even had orange kalau tak salah 😀
emila
exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahaha me too!!!!!!
Spiffy
I remember all those places. I use to watch all my movies in those places especially Rex …
emila
i know you can…you’re two years older than me only 😛
emila
you got it!
Spiffy
In fact Pertama was my favourite joint la those days. I could hang around there for ages. Do you remember Victoria music station? They had their first outlet there. I used to go there and record the latest top songs. Ahhh, those were the days 😀
emila
yes, and the bus to kampung pandan (my home back then) was light blue…the orange one was to sentul right?
emila
ah yes…opposite kotaraya..my fav was cathay, later could go shopping at sungei wang plaza
emila
yes, i remember!! wahahaha
Spiffy
Ya, Sentul. Alamak, we both really old la to be able to recall all this … hahaha!
emila
i did bought two tapes of mixed songs from the shop
Spiffy
I used to hang around Kota Raya after my movie sessions playing pinball for hours.
emila
hahahahahaha not old la but wiser
emila
and proud too because we witnessed many things
emila
hahahaha your lepaking place was kotaraya!!!! back then, i only lepak at the bangkok bank steps laa….coz i used to think that kotaraya was a place for yuppies 😛
Spiffy
This post has brought back loads of memories about my childhood in KL. Odean, Rex, Semua House, Stargazer, Rumours, Campbell, they all played an important part in my growing up, though I lived in PJ but I hung around KL a lot …
emila
been to The Base in the late 80s?
emila
ditto, spiffy! i used to live in KL (Keramat & Kg Pandan) for few years before moving to Ampang. I spent most of my times in KL because all my schools were in KL.
Spiffy
Hahaha … ys, I have!
emila
and the one in pj, picadilly?
Spiffy
Aiyooo, I forgot about Picadilly. Yes, it’s in PJ 😀 My friend was a bartender there so we always got free drinks … LOL!
bain
yay! it’s your lucky day! ^_^
bain
Hankyu Jaya amd Yaohan…..byk kenangan kat situ….^_^
bain
Bain pun byk beli kaset ngan cd kat situ! yay! ^_^
bain
the pinky bus!!! sampai jadi sardin dok dlm tu!!!~ ^_^’
bain
the pinky bus!!!~ sampai jadi sardin busuk dok dlm tu! ^_^`
bain
alamak….yg ni bain tak tau…^_^’
bain
and CM oso!!!~ ^_^
emila yusof
yay! yang best kat victoria tu, kita boleh come up dgn list lagu kita sendiri dan mereka akan recordkan untuk kita.
saaba
bas 56…