Tuna filleting at Isetan The Japan Store KL

Isetan The Japan Store Kuala Lumpur was reopened recently after refurbishment.

During the launch, there was a tuna-filleting event at its food and grocery department.

Pusaka Evenings: Teochew Puppetry at Publika

Teochew* Puppetry is a form of puppetry that narrates tales and legend through the use of marionette puppets.

Last Sunday, Pusaka presented a Teochew Puppetry show at Black Box, Publika by Kim Gaik Low Choon Teochew Puppet Troupe from Penang. The troupe performed the 'The Love of the Celestial Fox,' a love story about a thousand-year old celestial fox who fell in love with a mortal man. 

The troupe is led by master puppeteer Ling Goh, who is a third-generation traditional Chinese opera performer and puppeteer. Her mother and other family members are also part of the troupe. They are the last remaining troupe of its kind in Penang. 

The show is part of the Pusaka Evenings, a series of cultural traditional performance from Malaysia that is free and open to all. It is organised by Pusaka, a non-profit organisation which works to preserve and support traditional performing arts in Malaysia.

Check out the video below:

*Teochew people are Chinese people originated from the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong province. 

Merry Christmas

Magical Macaron Christmas Charity Tree at Shangri La Hotel Kuala Lumpur.

The giant Christmas tree at the hotel lobby is made up of 200 miniature macaroon trees. 

Notice all the star labels displayed in front of each macaron? The label displayed the name of individuals and companies that made a minimum donation for each macaron tree. The hotel is raising fund for children with severe heart ailments. Fund collected will be used for the children's surgeries. 

Star Wars Wayang Kulit

Shadow of Change is an exhibition featuring Star War and Superheroes characters in Wayang Kulit (shadow puppetry) style held at Bangsar Village recently. 

                                  

                                               Ah Tuh (R2-D2) & Si P-Long (C-3PO)

Wayang kulit is a traditional art form of shadow puppetry performance popular in the northeast state of Kelantan in Malaysia. Storylines are usually centred around Hindu epics with characters such as Hanuman, Sri Rama, Sita Dewi and Maharaja Rawana. 

Fusion Wayang Kulit, a local team aims to revive the traditional art form, has added elements of popular culture to the performance and story by adapting popular culture and multimedia components. They have introduced the Star Wars story to the performance with 'Peperangan Bintang: Harapan Baru' (Malay translation of Star Wars: A New Hope). The Star Wars characters were on display at the exhibition; the characters even have their own Malay names! 

                                   

                                  Sangkala Vadeh (Darth Vader) and Tok Wan Kenobi (Obi Wan Kenobi)

                                          

                                                             Bruce Lee

Fusion Wayang Kulit

Facebook: Fusion Wayang Kulit

1600 Panda World Tour - Malaysia

1600 panda arrived in Malaysia as part of their World Tour! 

The panda visited more than 15 iconic landmark across the country for the tour. Pictures above shown them at Publika, Kuala Lumpur. 

The panda are created by Paul Grangeon using recycled paper. He shaped the panda in various poses, sizes and emotion. He brought the panda around the world to promote panda conservation and sustainable development. 

They are so life-like and cute!

Invite Ian Wright

* photo from his Facebook Fanpage

Yes, the 'lady' in pink is Ian Wright! The famous travel host was transformed to a Drag Queen in his show, Invite Mr. Wright. This episode was filmed in Malaysia and featured Joanne Kam Po Po.

I just watched this last episode of the show at TLC in Astro. Ian Wright is my favourite TV host! He has my dream job (he travels almost to everywhere in the world in the name of work), he is also a very funny and witty guy. It's always entertaining to watch him. 

While searching for a suitably photo to put here, I came across a bit of news about him and Kechara Soup Kitchen. Apparently, he volunteered with the Kechara Soup Kitchen to distribute food to the homeless, but it was not shown in the episode. Emm, I wonder why it was edited out?

More info on the show @

invitemrwright.com

Vodka Sirap Lemon

A hot and lazy Sunday afternoon.

What's in the fridge?

Plenty of lemons + a half of bottle of syrup cordial that has been unused since new year eve (!)

Result = Sirap Lemon..

The alcoholic in me thought that it would be nice to add in vodka, but I didn't because this is for the family.

Next time, I'll make Vodka Sirap Lemon.