I am back home in good ol’ Ipoh so yes, I have failed to update my blog on the road as I had intended. There were so many places to see every day over this past week I just couldn’t set my mind to blogging at the end of the day. Oh well, it’s not a matter of life and death anyway.

So I went to Singapore for three days and on the first day, had the opportunity to visit Singapore EXPO where there were four exhibitions being held concurrently; CommunicAsia 2010, EnterpriseIT 2010, InteractiveDME and BroadcastAsia 2010.

Photo: Olympus PEN E-PL1

Registering for one exhibition meant that we could visit any or all of these exhibitions. It was my first major exhibition and I admit that without connections, I wouldn’t even be able to step foot in there because these exhibitions were only for people in the industry.

Frankly, many of the products exhibited didn’t interest me; like I said, I’m not in the industry, though to be fair, a few items caught my eye, but I still had a good time there picking up freebies as I made my way through all the booths. The photos here show the freebies that I managed to grab which were given away freely in return for a business card. I like the promotional pens, especially the pink and orange ones that blink when the ball at the top is knocked on.

Photo: Panasonic Lumix DMC LX-3

Some other freebies, like soft drinks and junk food that were surprisingly given away as promotional goodies in the red 1Malaysia bag, are not shown here because they are already in my tummy. LOL What a dumb idea to give away those and passing them off as promotional items.

Skype also had a booth in one of the exhibitions and they gave away free iPhone covers to Skype users who have installed the Skype app on their iPhones. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get my hands on the free iPhone cover because even though I had the iPhone with me, I uninstalled Skype from my iPhone just before I left for Singapore. Gah! Wasted!!! And the Wireless@SG, well, it’s useless at the Singapore EXPO!

Photo: Panasonic Lumix DMC LX-3

I took the opportunity to shoot lots of photos, particularly of display stands and boards but my friend doesn’t know why I need them and I am too lazy to explain. Heheh…Anyway, the exhibitions held at Singapore EXPO were a huge eye opener for me and I have my friend to thank for allowing me to tag along.

Stay tuned for more holiday photos. Cheers!

Yes, I am right now in Johor Bahru, or JB as it is popularly known. The city is rapidly developing, the pace is comparable to Kuala Lumpur. The drivers here are very reckless and drive so fast, if you are driving here, especially if you are not local, you have to be extra alert.

Like I said, the cars zoom by so fast, I haven’t the chance to capture any photos. All I could do was poke the camera out the car window and shoot blindly. This one, of a marina club in Danga Bay, is only a handful of photos that turned out fine, well almost.

I have not been in JB for at least twenty years and I totally couldn’t recognise any landmarks. I am totally blur here, honestly but then it’s OK, I’m not the one driving, Hahaha….but anyway, yeah, the Hill Cow has gone South. Keep a lookout for new posts while I try to update my blog on the move.

It’s the school holidays right now and everyone is hopping onto buses and trains for a vacation. Cuti-cuti Malaysia is the order of the day.

I too would be going South and because I’m taking the train, which makes fewer trips per day compared to express coaches, I had to buy my ticket early. I bought mine a week in advance at the Ipoh Railway Station, after failing to buy it online because the e-ticketing website did not work. Well, what did I expect?

I made my way to the Ipoh railway station on 6th of June, (by the way, it was the second anniversary of Dino’s death, my oh my, how time flies) and because it was Sunday afternoon, I had to wait for close to 30 minutes before I was served. I was surprised because I usually go at night where the station would be almost empty of passengers.

While waiting, I bumped into about four bridal couples who went there to take bridal photos. Can you imagine? I totally didn’t expect that but this must be a weekly occurrence or something. I had no idea at all.

See, I waited so long for my turn that I had plenty of time to take photos. It was raining that afternoon so it was very cloudy but the photos didn’t turn out too bad, luckily. Can’t expect too much from a phone camera.

The rail coaches that you see here are actually part of the electric train. Unfortunately, the electric train service that is expected to start this June plying Ipoh - Seremban is still not ready yet. The ticketing counters are still under construction. That afternoon I was there, the electric train was still doing its trial run. The service has been postponed from April; how long more do we have to wait?