DAY SEVEN: ALEJANDRO

Little Monsters,

It's Day Seven of the Blogathon Word Count. Today it's all about the fame and the monsters. Watching the video below should be good enough to justify what a day will be. Day seven I reserved for Alejandro.

Alejandro, the third single from Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster justifies the notion that indeed she is talented. Mind not, the fashion display continues and her last night's performance in American Idol Top 5 result show continues to showcase her varieties. This time she goes Spanish-style with a little twist of ballad disco in the form of Ace of Base and ABBA. Something about the Swedish connection and some Mexican too.

Lady Gaga is as hot as the Mexican latina. Enjoy the video and I'll be back for more for Day Eight!!

DAY SIX: SABA RESTAURANT AND BARBICAN

DAY SIX and BLOGATHON is still going strong!

Last weekend, I had my first ever Arabian food experience. I am not a big fan nor somehow familiar with them. The last time I went to Stockholm, I missed out the frenzy and I remembered seeing a lot of kebab stores all around the corner of Stockholm. Yes, it was exquisitely tasty and superb, a new kind of experience for me because I have never seen one kebab store in my hometown Kota Kinabalu yet. I bet things may have changed all these years.

Good thing is, these come in a cheaper price tag than usual and it is not some fancy Arabian dishes or not - just a simple kebab and a refreshing frizzy drink to keep my stomach happy after a long day-out.

Saba-Restaurant was the place I visited that day. When you stop by at Setiawangsa LRT station - an easily accessible if you go by LRT train, cross the overhead bridge into a near fancy condominium of Seri Maya at Setiawangsa.

There are several Arabian restaurants but look for Saba Restaurant because it is much affordable and provides the same Arabian foods like others. Besides enjoying the typical Arabian food, you can also satisfy yourself with variety range of shisha.

Because it was my first ever visit, I asked dear Evelyn for any recommendation. Thus, she recommended me the Chicken Shawarma Kebab. This kebab is chicken-based and wrapped in a bread with salad and dressing. Though it is dry and lack in mayonnaise, it is still exquisitely delicious. The chicken is tender too and it costs around MYR 4 to MYR 5.

For the beverage, I chose Barbican. Barbican is not castle by the way, but it is a brand of a chilling frizzy sparkling juice from Arab. It is made of malt and should be considered akin any malta beer. (Malta is a young beer, carbonated and contains no-alcohol; generally deemed as beer that has not been fermented) They have different types of flavour; namely apple, raspberry, strawberry and lemon. My personal favourites are the apple and strawberry.

Okay, honestly!! Barbican is awesome!! Shall try if you found it anywhere and I was made to understand that it costs MYR 2.50 per bottle. Barbican is manufactured in Dubai by Aujan Industries Co.

DAY FIVE: HTC LEGEND PLAN WITH DiGi

Hey, it's day five on the Blogathon Word Count. No, luckily I have yet to feel the burnout yet, so technically I am still on for the daily blogging (hehe...)

On today's post, I would like to introduce to the blog reader regarding HTC Legend and its plan if we are using DiGi. This should appeal to those who want to get one HTC Legend under DiGi or otherwise make this as comparison to the others. For your information, DiGi is Malaysian telco that has been around since 1995, with 49% shares owned by Telenor ASA of Morway.

HTC Legend is one of the latest product from HTC that performs under the Android platform software of version 2.1. It has been on the market for the past month and it has finally arrived in Malaysia, thanks to the effort of many. HTC, been a slate smartphone should be very appealing in this tablet era and so far has garnered many good reviews especially for its design and improved user interface as well as its performance, optical trackpad and the aesthetic.

HTC FIRST LOOK



REVIEW HTC LEGEND
From PhoneArena.com



SMART PLAN WITH DiGi



Credit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56B8Q1AQSXk

DAY FOUR: ZEE AVI

It's Day Four of my Blogathon Word Count Challenge. I am beginning to appreciate the hardship to blog a post a day. It's been so long I didn't do that but eventually now I am beginning to feel the enjoyment of daily blogging. I know there may be some of the non-Malaysian will eventually take up some time to read my blog and thus, it will be great for me to introduce something from my own country - that's Malaysia.

On Day One I talked about the summer beverage treats from Starbucks Malaysia. Then on the Day Two, I was immersed myself to rant about the film Iron Man 2. On Day Three, I talked about Muse, an international alternative rock group which I have been loved for so long.

Today on Day Four, it's all about Zee Avi. Zee Avi, hailed from Sarawak, Malaysia is one of our many local talents in the relatively small music industry in Malaysia who has go beyond to the international level. As a proud local singer-song writer, guitarist and ukulele player, she has now found her fame internationally following her sign up with the Bushfire Records, a record company owned by Jack Johnson.

One of her many beautiful songs, Bitter Heart. Enjoy this music video and I am sure somewhere somehow you may find this tune very familiar!



Perhaps it's not too much to listen to the second song, Slow Hands she said:

DAY THREE: THE MUSICS OF MUSE

Muse is perhaps one of the best alternative rock group ever exported by UK in the recent eras. In comparison, we have other acts like Blur or Oasis (U2 from Ireland though) that have dominated the alternative rock sings on the 90s. They are not new although their music is still in infancy in United States. Their existence in the mainstream has been lasted since their formation in 1992.

This is not the first time I wrote about them in my blog. I love Muse and I was inspired by the differences in tunes infusion and the creativity that they always brought forward each time a new record hits the store. Muse comprised of the trio of Matthew Bellamy (vocal, guitar, piano), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass guitar, backing vocal, keyboard) and Dominic Howard (drums, percussions).

Muse's songs are not foreign from us actually. Sometimes somewhere, you may heard their songs from some TV adverts, record stores, film trailers or even just a random tunes out from the radio. Here are the musics of Muse:

1999 
SHOWBIZ

Taste Media, Mushroom

• Peak number 29 in UK Album Chart
• Certified Gold in Australia (35,000+) and Platinum in UK (300,000+) with worldwide sales over 700,000 copies.
• #Singles: Uno, Cave, Muscle Museum, Sunburn, Unintended

2001 
ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY

Taste Media, Mushroom

• Peak number 3 in UK Album Chart
• Certified Platinum in UK (300,000+)
• #Singles: Plug In Baby, New Born, Bliss, Hyper Music/Feeling Good, Megalomania

2003
ABSOLUTION
Taste Media, A&E Records, East West

• Number 1 album in UK and France
• Certified Gold in US (500,000+), double Platinum in UK (600,000+)
• #Singles: Stockholm Syndrome, Time Is Running Out, Hysteria, Sing For Absolution, Apocalypse Please, Butterflies and Hurricanes

2006
BLACK HOLES AND REVELATIONS
Warner, A&E Records, Helium 3

• Number 1 album in UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Australia and France
• Certified Gold in US (500,000+) and Finland; Platinum in Australia (70,000+), France, Italy, New Zealand (15,000+) and Switzerland; Double Platinum in UK (600,000+)
• #Singles: Supermassive Black Hole, Starlight, Knights of Cydonia, Invincible, Maps of the Problematique

2009
THE RESISTANCE
Warner, Helium 3

• Number 1 album in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denamrk, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and UK
• Certified Gold in Denmark (15,000+), Finland and Netherlands; Platinum in Australia (70,000+), Austria, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and UK; Double Platinum in Germany and Triple Platinum in France (300,000+).
• #Singles: Uprising, Undisclosed Desires, Resistance

I LOVE MUSE. Do you?

DAY TWO: SOME THOUGHTS ON IRON MAN 2

This is going to be a long review. Do bear with me and remember that this post may contain spoilers!

IRON MAN 2 (English/PG13)

Genre: Action/Adventure

Release Date: 30 April 2010

Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Running Time: 124 mins.

Director: Jon Favreau

Producers: Kevin Feige, Avi Arad, Susan Downey

Writers: Justin Theroux

Casts: Robert Downey Jr, Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L Jackson

Plot: The world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is the armoured superhero Iron Man. Under pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military, Tony is unwilling to divulge the secrets behind the Iron Man armour because he fears the information will slip into the wrong hands. Inevitably, Stark is pitted against his Russian arch nemesis, Whiplash (Mickey Rourke), and corporate rival Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell). Also making their Marvel debuts are Scarlett Johansson as the sexy Russian spy Black Widow, and Don Cheadle, who takes over the role of Colonel James Rhodes from Terrence Howard.

THE VERDICT

There are lots of talks around the town with the arrival of Iron Man 2. It arrives a week earlier here than in Stateside. Never mind, the next million dollar question would be how good is Iron Man 2? Could it be better than the predecessor? For me, it is not as good as the first can have, but it remains some of the high value in terms of story-telling and enjoyment for the wacky Tony Stark. Highly enjoyable and there are many product placements that really makes the whole thing about The Avenger looks highly anticipated. Personally, it did not disappoint me at all.

DAY ONE: SUMMER TASTE AT STARBUCKS

Hello, this is Day One for the Blogathon Word Count. I have no idea why I ended up joining it but I was rest assured that this is going to be fun. Despite the fact that I have never been blogging so constantly over these few months, I have put myself a challenge, a real tough task to buckle up with the demand for creating one post one day now. One post per day? I used to have one post a week once!

So flexing my muscles and squeezing my brain now!

Summer is inching close. Okay, let's be assured that we in Malaysia do not have summer season because we are blessed with sunshine and rain daily. Blessed or not, there are times when the sun really makes thing so scorching hot. Oh my God, I feel melting now! Fear not! Starbucks Malaysia has introduced a new beverage – a seasonal theme of course.

As we are heading to the heat summer, let us quench our thirst with the new flavor Strawberries and Cream Frappuccino® Blended Cream. I have to say that the new beverage is sweet, filled with the aroma and smells of strawberries, perhaps with some vanilla in it too. As a cream-based beverage, it should goes down well with those who are frenzy with the Frapps. Oops, that could have been the whipped cream taste though!

Also available in the stores nationwide is the coffee-based Espresso and Cream Frappuccino ®. Brewed from the best coffee beans available, then the extract of the espresso is what makes this excellent. Optionally, you can have chocolate chips poured atop too. Simply delicious and brewsome!

For both products, you can purchased them at any Starbucks store nationwide for a price of MYR14 (Tall), MYR15 (Grande) and MYR16 (Venti). Yummy!!